Curious Cat - where science & supernatural collide

On a recent episode of a podcast, guest Amarillo Valle (pronounced Vi-yah) said, "We say, happiness is an inside job. Well, peace is an inside job, too!" 

His statement shook me. It woke me up from some deep slumber, a type of recurring dream where I kept putting others in charge of my experience, my joy, my happiness, my peace. Why did I give away my power? When did it happen? And how do I endeavor to take back the reins? I think Season Five of Curious Cat is that journey. Finding the bridge between what culture had said are two opposite forces, then harvesting the magic there.

This week's exploration of the bridge is via music. A melody can move me to tears. Singing snaps me out of a funk. Humming makes my brain work better. Music is the way the dead reach out to me most often, maybe because it's the channel I'm open to receiving information on best.

My first hint to the power of music was as a young mother. Once a week, I ventured out of the house to the local hospital and joined the moms class with my newborn. There were babies of many ages there, including some in the six to nine month range. I learned from the first class by observing, that age could get antsy, squirmy and the parent would stand up, hold the baby with two arms out front, and with the baby's back to them, the parent would rock forward and backward on their heels. That worked to calm the antsy babies. 

But if one baby began to cry, soon out of empathy, all the babies would join in. That's when we were instructed to sing, Twinkle, Twinkle, which the entire class did. And within seconds, all the babies quieted, eyes watching, calm. It was pure magic.

Some of my most potent memories of my daughters as babies involved music, playing songs on a speaker or radio and dancing with them in my arms. I'm smiling ear to ear as I share this. 

Is there a song that makes you feel calm? Sad? Brings up a funny memory? Or annoys the heck out of you?

Mine is Twelve Days of Christmas. If I'm preparing a meal for the family and that song comes on? Oh my gosh. It sends my anxiety through the roof. 

Music can help us fall asleep, a certain song can give us more energy than a cup of coffee,  enough to stay alert behind the wheel on a long drive, and impacts how we heal, recover, learn and rest. 

I've pulled the latest research from the internet and can't wait to share. 

Let's get into it.

Show Sources & What to Watch/Listen/Read NEXT

Sound Heals, the movie, Thomas Durant (on Amazon for rental)

The Healing Power of Sound as Meditation, Psychology Today

How Music Helps People Heal: Therapeutic Power of Music (2024), David Victor, Harmony & Healing

The History and Psychology of Spooky Music and Sound Design in Film, String and Tins dot com

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How are you this week? Have you been seeing more places, spaces, where two opposing forces or states of being intersect? Have you witnessed the magic in those juicy spaces? If you're nodding yes, has the supernatural winked at you? Given you more overt breadcrumbs? 

This morning as I ran, I watched the clouds move across the sky, one in particular was shaped like a pyramid. It then morphed into a shark. Is cloud scrying a thing? Certain shapes, designs, patterns, images evoke a deep knowing in me, remind me of my connection to everything else. A spiral, for example. It calls to mind a whirlpool, a vortex of energy, a portal. Spirals, pyramids, waves, checkerboard patterns, art on a cave wall, the handprint of another human created thousands of years ago that we can picture placing a hand over, a mental link to ancient ones that stretches the bounds of time and space. 

Art is a magical bridge, both from us to other civilizations, or cultures, or individuals. It's also an internal bridge between sides of our brain, logic and creativity, math and mental health. Our self-expression is potent medicine.

Let's get into it.

 What to Read/Listen/Watch NEXT

What Art Does to Your Brain, Berkeley.edu

Your Brain on Art, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, Amazon.com

Art and the Brain, The Healing Power of Art

How to Integrate Art into Your Daily Life, The Roanoke Star dot com

What Your Favorite Color Says about You, According to an Expert, The Pioneer Woman 

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Before we dive into uncovering the language of the Universe, I'd love for you to pause, take a deep breath. Exhale. And remember. Thich Nhat Hanh wrote, "Our breath is the bridge connecting our body and our mind. Returning to our breathing, and following it all the way through from the beginning to the end with awareness, brings body and mind back together, and reminds us of the miracle of the present moment."

When was the last time that, while the outside world hollered for your precious attention and energy - distracting - annoying, that you caught an inkling, felt a deep knowing that if you didn't shut all that crap out and pay attention you were going to miss something important?

Maybe what you would've missed was a message from a loved one that passed on years prior. Or it was a whisper not to enter an intersection on that yellow light, or it was a song on the canned music at the grocery store or mall that has always held deep meaning for you, or it was a reminder that you didn't lock your home; or that you haven't heard from your daughter in too long, or a reminder to schedule that vet appointment for your dog.

What came to your mind? In that moment you witnessed the Bridge; a message was sent, seen and understood. STILL through all that outside noise, you heard the message! Acknowledging that helps it to happen again. And again. In less subtle ways, too.

That juicy in-between space is not just on display at times when a set of supernatural conditions are met, like, say, a full moon, Halloween, summer solstice, sunrise, the passing of a loved one, etc. 

The Bridge (or the veil as some prefer to call it) is always there. What's different about those woo-sanctioned moments is we go into those times EXPECTING a message, anticipating the delivery of some deeper knowing, divine guidance, or communication with an ancestor. We are pre-primed to witness the supernatural. It's the energetic equivalent of setting our radio dial to a clear station. 

Well, bring that open mind to each fresh day! Give it a try, and see if you experience more of it. 

I wonder if that's the importance of morning minutes? Making a daily practice of sitting in silence to hear direction? Confirmation? That feels true. 

I'll check in with you on this next week, and let's see if we can normalize hearing from the Universe. 

This week, we turn to the familiar across the globe - the symbols, stories, and signs that seem to resonate across time and geography. These hints to the language of the Universe even come in the form of melody. Ever heard a song that felt like an old friend you lost track of for a bit? Seen a bunch of references to rabbits, that spotted one out on a walk and wondered if the animal represented some deep knowledge?

What to read/listen/watch NEXT!

The Present, Curious Cat Episode on Buzzsprout

Dream. Dream. Dream. Curious Cat Episode on Buzzsprout

Symbols Across Cultures, Cultural Mixology.com 

Worldwide Ancient Symbols and Meanings, Symbolikon

Fairy Tales Across Cultures, Medium.com

StoryCorp Mobile Tour Information and Request (that they come to your town) Form

Four Powers of Stories that Unite Us, Scott Monty, Medium.com

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Today, our search for the Bridge turns outward to the stars, the Sun and Moon, and how they reveal the Bridge that lies within each and every one of us, breadcrumbs sprinkled on our birth charts that carry over into our lives on Earth.

Is there anything quite like the feeling of looking up into a clear night sky? Staring into the indigo helps put our human, day-to-day troubles into perspective fast. Our troubles shrink, and that shift helps what we face to feel manageable.

Staring into the stars comes with a sense of deep grounding, too, humility, an easing of weight we carry - not quite full-on anti-gravity, but a lightness. 

There's another feeling star gazing brings that's bittersweet, it's a sense of longing, forgetting something important, not like where we put our car keys, but like missing the love of a vast community in heaven, forgetting the stories that are as old as time. Longing to be rejoined to the all because we were once stardust, too.

There's a deep knowing in the span between Earth and outer space. The stars are set in a design we knew before we were born. The stories Ancients told of animals, Gods and Goddesses, heroes, villains, cautionary tales, love, banishment, revenge, retribution, healing, and more, they are tattooed on our souls.

What to read/watch/enjoy NEXT: 

Talking Astrology with Some Kind of Fae! on Curious Cat

The Sun Was Eaten: 6 Ways Cultures Have Explained Eclipses, Britannica.com, Melissa Petruzzello

Famous Constellations and Their Stories

The Science of Rainbows, Optic Weather

Five Ancient Artifacts Made of Meteorites, Sciencing

The Night Sky, Nigel Henbest

Rasa Lila Healing (evolutionary astrology at its BEST!)

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Each year I treat myself to a tarot reading from my friend, Karen Rontowski as a birthday present to myself. It's the perfect way to look back, be present, and look to the year ahead. This year was no different, because as the months have unfolded, her insights continue to resonate.

One key bit explained my sense of never fitting in with anything my entire life, is when the cards, and Karen said, "You are a bridge." She explained, I am a bridge between all things. Life and death. Political parties. Between elements. Light and dark. Day and night.

She that I can see all sides, literally feel them all, and yet I stand apart and create a bridge of understanding between the two factions or things or ways of being. NO wonder I've never felt like I fit in.

The last months of 2024 an into 2025, I am understanding that being a bridge is to lead with empathy, it's to feel into the place where two extremes intersect, and now more than ever, the collective needs to harness the magic in that in between space, lean on that healing, that peace, and let that love power factory jet us to a better tomorrow.

This isn't fake toxic positivity I'm speaking of here. This is finding common ground and reminding us that we have more in common than we don't when the outlets with the widest reach scream at us that we don't.

The Bridge is something I speak of in my show intro, it's the soul of this podcast - to look at where science and supernatural collide, to stare into the space where a soul and a human form join together to create something greater than one plus one is two. 

So, for the coming weeks, I'm diving headfirst into those spaces. From life and death, good and bad, angels and demons, earth, air, fire and water, and every other duality, they are coming under the microscope so we can all understand the magic.

Let's get into it!

Want to learn more? Read/watch/listen to this NEXT!

The Story of the Four Elements, Moonletter, Ben Belinsky

Empedocles and the Four Classic Elements, Owlcation

A World History of Classical Elementals and Their Correspondences (or relationships with one another), Cassie Uhl's Blog

Related Episodes

Water Magick

Nature IS Medicine

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The most valuable commodity on Earth isn't gold or uranium or fresh air and clean water, it's Free Will. In the last month or so I've gone deep into the angelic realms with some celestial guides. One common thread between all angels, guides, Spirit, God, Jesus, Israfil, Buddha, ancestors and any other being is that each human has Free Will. In order to be of assistance, or charm our dang lives, we have to ask. In split second, life or death instances, our Higher Self gives an immediate response to forces that wish to intercede on our behalf, knowing this version of us most likely will take too long to respond and be saved. 

But those dramatic instances aside, I've noticed in different ways from a myriad of groups as well as individuals, including some in the woo community, we are being lulled into giving away. From the jokey, "Jesus take the wheel," to the Meteor 2024 bumper stickers, to sessions with shady shamen that involve hallucinogens, to Super Bowl ads, some meditations, alien ideation, and more, the messages were unrelenting and unsettling, and I feel called to highlight this valuable commodity. 

There's a professor at Stanford who believes none of us has Free Will. 

 If we receive breadcrumbs from the Universe through dreams or synchronicities and choose to follow them, is that still using Free Will?

Add to the mix the mystical week I've had that led me to drive back to the pet grooming business to deliver a message, and I'm certain this will be a juicy episode.

Let's get into it.

Show Sources and Next Reads/Watches/Listens:

A Stanford Neuroscientist that Believes Free Will Does Not Exist, YouTube, BigThink interview with Robert Sapolsky

Synchronicities from the Library of Thoth, YouTube

Such an intriguing conversation about myths and free will

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will, Robert Sapolsky, Amazon.com

Synchronicity: What is it, does it exist, and if so — how can you recognize it in your life?, Sylvia Clare, Medium.com

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Last week as I researched Archangel Raguel, the angel of justice, I came across another angel I'd never heard of and got curious. He's best known as Azrael's coworker, as they are bookends of the dying and transition to the Beyond process. But, my he's not solely (okay no pun intended there) in charge of that aspect of the human experience. He's much more. And like the other angels, he came forward with a second half of an episode that isn't what I would've chosen. I thought he'd maybe want me to dive into psychopomps or death doulas or hospice care, but no. Archangel Jeremiel (Jera-meal) has another focus.

Let's get into it!

Archangel Jeremiel 101

Are you familiar with Archangel Jeremiel? He's also known in Jewish tradition as Ramiel, and his name has a few meanings, either "God uplifts," or "the Thunder of God." Wow. Both speak to his strength and his positive vibes, right? 

K Pearson Bradley on Medium offers a perfect introduction to Archangel Jeremiel, writing, "One of the less talked-about archangels is Jeremiel, whose name means “God uplifts” in Hebrew. He is mentioned in various iterations of the Bible, and he has been described as a loving and sweet energy, even funny. I read a post by Jodie Helm, one of my favorite Medium writers, who wrote that she feels his loving presence and calls him “Jerry.”

Episode Resources and Read/Watch/Listen NEXT List

Who is Archangel Jeremiel? Andcross.EU

Archangel Jeremiel and Life Review, K. Pearson Bradley, Medium.com

Meet Archangel Jeremiel, Ask Angels dot com

Meet Archangel Jeremiel (and a channeled message), Flowing with Angels

Archangel Jeremiel (and a MEDITATION to connect with him!) Black Feather Intuitive

Angels and Archangels' Crystals, Crystal Heaven

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The title of this episode - Raguel and the Wounds - sounds like a sad boy band name, doesn't it?

But, this episode, and the messages specific to YOU are anything but sad. They are joy and freedom and support and comfort and love.

 Let's get into it!

 Raguel 101

Archangel Raguel is new to me, as of the making of last week's episode, when I spoke of the shadow traps of angelic work. I love that I never knew his name, but what I've uncovered as I prepared this outline, is he's been in the front row of my life all my days. I'll explain more about that in a bit.

But first, a little Raguel 101 to give us all the juicy details on this angel.

Episode Read/Watch/Listen NEXT list!

 Who is Archangel Raguel from The Black Feather Intuitive

Possible Signs of the Angel Raguel's Presence, Learn Religions dot com

 Angels and Awakening, Julie Jancius

Doing the WORK to Forgive (with special guest Leslie Fear), Curious Cat Podcast

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This week's episode came as fast and fierce as water from a firehose. Archangel Chamuel turned the mountains and sky pink one morning, which set the stage for me to research this unfamiliar angel.

He made it clear as I was gathering information, that there was much more to this episode in the making than just info about him. Well, boy was he right!

I've got a list of the ways that working with angels can result in pitfalls, or tarpits or shadow traps if we aren't aware. And that list includes ideas to get us out of those predicaments, too! 

Let's get into it. 

Show Read/Watch/Listen Next List

Archangel Chamuel, the bridge to unconditional love, Curious Cat Podcast

Archangel Chamuel, Angel Wings Art dot co, Jayne Tunney

Meet Archangel Chamuel, Learn Religions dot com

A FANTASTIC post from Martha's Tarot on how Chamuel helped her through a client and then a dream experience! 

Angels and Awakenings, Julie Jancius, Amazon.com

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*** This episode is all about the magic messages waiting in times of quiet. When I've felt down and alone this last year, one major form of 'company' has come from watching Desert Drifter on YouTube. His wife, Evelyn, posted that he was in a car accident on Friday, January 31st. He underwent lifesaving brain surgery and is fighting for his life. Below is the link to his YT channel. If you feel compelled, join his Patreon, to give their family some monthly stability during this trying time. If money is short for you, play his videos and he will receive earnings from YouTube. He's one of the good guys, going out and hiking to sites that hold ancient art, creation, history, and knowledge, all the while teaching his viewers how to be a good steward of such sites.

I dedicate this episode to Andrew and his wife, Evelyn, and am sending prayers for his full recovery. 

The Quiet to Hear the Divine

(how getting quiet & pushing past discomfort can result in golden gifts)

Last week you and I took a long look at the spectrum of emotions, many of which have been stigmatized or suppressed by Western Culture. What struck me is that boredom deserved its own conversation. Complicated, positive, negative, a mix of both, and at its heart, uncomfortable in this overstimulated time.

Boredom is one of the most misunderstood feelings. What if moments of boredom are golden opportunities to imagine? Create? Problem solve? Learn? Grow? And more!

How did boredom lead me to be introduced to two angels? I'll explain!

Let's get into it.

Sources & Reading/Watch/Meditations! 

Magic of Boredom from Break Free from the Internet, Substack

Who Is Archangel Haniel? An overview from Learn Religions dot com 

A Message from Archangel Haniel: Signs You Need to Slow Down & Embrace Divine Guidance, Christina Aroche, YouTube

A soothing message from Archangel Haniel, YouTube (I want to play this audio!)

Information about Archangel Jophiel from The Black Feather Intuitive

***MEDITATION*** - Archangel Jophiel Transmission: Invoking the Citrine-Gold Ray of Beauty, Creativity and Joy, Steve Nobel, YouTube

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