Willa White's Blog

My baby son is 10 months old now and one of his favorite pastimes is climbing up the stairs.  More and more frequently, he heads to the stairs for his climbing exercise.  Sometimes we head him off at the pass and sometimes we allow him to climb with supervision.  I let him go at his pace, but I am his safety net for now. As I hovered behind him during one of his stairclimbing adventures, he stopped halfway up.  Usually he climbs up as fast as he can go.  He climbs with a smile on his face and jabbering his excitement as his ascends each step. This time, he paused to examine his pathway.  He intently studied the light and dark variation of the wood grain, touching the pattern with his little baby fingers.  He was fascinated by the knotholes in the wood, tapping at them. As he examined the steps, I found myself thinking about how we as humans often use the ladder or stairway as a symbol for spiritual development.  It seems universally accepted that vertical is good, horizontal

For those who attended my 'Language of Spirit' class on Friday March 7th, I wish to share the book quotes I read regarding the development of Mediumship. Speaking from the Spirit World, W.T. Snead said, "I do not transmit words.  I speak to you in the language of spirits, that is to say, I think, and the vibrations of my thoughts are transmitted by the intermediary of our spirit bodies.  Your spirit body then gives consciousness of my thoughts to your brain."  I feel this is an excellent way of describing the process of spirit communication.  Mediumship is about speaking soul to soul, using the faculties of the mind and thought to give expression to the impressions received from the spirit world. Another important point to remember is the great part which is played in mediumship by the subconscious.  All spirit messages come through the subconscious, which is the seat of the most wonderful organ of all, the memory... A mediums reacts to her ethereal environmen