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How paying attention opens doorways to magic found only in the thin places.

When you get those feelings from time to time, dear grandchildren, that you are connecting to something more than just this three-dimensional world, pay attention. You may be experiencing your own version of an Aleph, or a different dimension, or something that the ancients called – A Thin Place.

From Paulo Coehlo’s novel Aleph to Harvard Physicist Lisa Randall’s theory about extra dimensions, and the author’s thoughts about the Thin Places ancients communicated with and traveled into, this episode tells the third part of The Brilliant Land, an original story about Comyna, a student of Merlin’s. Comyna must open the Galactic Doorway, a task she has tried twice before … and failed, each time.

Note: Books, articles and video links mentioned in this podcast:

• The Aleph by Jorges Luis Borges, 1945

• Aleph by Paulo Coehlo, 2011

• Opening Strange Portals in Physics Smithsonian Magazine, featuring Lisa Randall, Harvard University

• Physicist Lisa Randall explains her work further in Extra Dimensions of Our Universe,

This episode is available as a blog post on thegrandmotherstories.com.

The ancient super skill — working with earth energies — brought benefits to the earth and to humanity. Today, no matter where you are standing, odds are good that you are within at least an arm’s length of a line that is connected to a Ley line – a natural earth power running beneath your feet.

• This episode is a continuation of episode six, which began a story about the stones and their songs and the way they connect the patterns in the earth, the patterns in the stars and the patterns inside of you.

• If you haven’t yet listened to episode six, When Stones Sing and What it Means, you can follow the link here or on thegrandmotherstories.com; that episode told the story of Comyna and her students, where they learned how to listen to the stones. In this episode, Comyna learns how to respond to a particular kind of message from the stones.

• You can find a link to Hugh Newman's fascinating presentation discussed in this episode here: Earth Grids and Ley Lines – The Invisible Super Science of The Megalith Builders’.

Your human biofield, the ancient skill of growing your Light, and the power of Gandalf the Grey:

Drawing on science and personal experience, this episode explores the connections between the human electromagnetic energy field and the power and magic of the Istari - the wizards - of 'The Lord of the Rings'.

How the songs of stones connect the patterns in the earth, in the stars and in you.

As you move through your life, dear grandchildren, walking and running and definitely not standing still for very long, how will you be able to view the whole tree of your life, from its roots to its branches?

Fire is an essential element that generates the energy that drives the universe.

The ancients knew of a second kind of fire, something they called the sacred fire, which could open doorways into other dimensions.

If you can picture your heart filled with the fire of your own passion and remember that you stand between two immense energies of fire – the one in the centre of the earth and the sun in the sky – then you have the building blocks you need to open doors in multiple dimensions.

Honouring Imbolc, discovering new depths within the mystical properties of water, and how an ancient wellkeeper's promise holds meaning for each of us now.

Understanding how our ancestral connections goes beyond tracing our family trees as we learn to take our search inward. If you could speak with the ancients about the end of the world, what would you ask them?