A TRIP TO BANYEN BOOKS

Banyen Books is in Vancouver, Canada.
Many of the mystical books in this incense-rich store have a strong Asian flavour, but there are also titles from Western spiritual streams as well as psychology and the healing arts.
Banyen Books  has been around aprox. 45 years....
On the experimental West Coast, it turns out, alternative spirituality sells. This shop has sold thousands upon thousands and more, books....27,000 titles and products, Banyen’s extensive collection remains dizzyingly diverse. Along with serious books on spirituality, psychology, the healing arts, community building, ecology and the intersection of science and the sacred, there is no shortage of titles on the Freemasons, UFOs, the 2012 “cataclysm,” ESP, astral travel and psychedelia.
Anything and everything seems to be grist for Banyen’s non-judgmental spiritual mill. 
I am so looking forward to my visit there...

Emotional Vampires and Sage and Smudging

Tomorrow calls for a nice walk by the ocean or down some nature trail because, help! I bumped into an emotional vampire :( I have to counter balance the vibe for sure. This person used to just pop over to my home unannounced, and for three days after the visit my home would still have this awful, yukky feeling lingering around. I was on edge just dreading a knock on the door, but then it stopped and no more visits...phew.  This person intends to start popping by again, and I'm surprised they don't get it.  I have dropped some pretty strong hints, and I don't want to be super outspoken to them, as that might hurt.  I think I have only ever met one other person that I have caught this kinda vibe from...its rather creepy. This is a woman, not a man. 

Maybe I will need to do a Smudge😟

Sage and Smudge

What is Smudging?

The modern-day practice of burning sage (or sage combined with other dried herbs) in personal smudging rituals and ceremonies is based on a combination of the spiritual, medicinal, herbal and cultural teachings of the past.
Essentially, a smudge ritual or a smudge ceremony is performed to correct the energy in a home, in an office, in an object, or even in a person. This is accomplished by burning sage or sage and a combination of herbs, in a focused, intentional way to cleanse out negative energy and to replenish positive, healing energy.

 

I don't have any sage right now, but i can get some at my local spiritual/healing shop. I do have a sage candle and wonder if that might help??? We don't want the smoke detector to start screeching👾