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Jan Engels Smith's Articles in General Spiritual

  • Soul Retrieval and Shamanic Journeying
    Traditional therapy does not hae to be a long process. When coupled with Shamanic Journeying, the process is shortened because the person being healed is fully present.
  • Life Experiences—Choice—Karma—Unconditional Love
    Life experience, choice, karma, and unconditional love must be understood holistically. One without the other can bring confusion. Together, these terms explain the wonder of life.
  • Journeying and Incarnations – Was Jim Really John Lennon?
    When John Lennon died, Jim was struggling with a career decision. Read about the powerful experience Jim discovered through journeying that changed his life for the better.
  • Affirmations and Mantras
    The spirits never let me off the hook, so they gave me a mantra to practice also. I diligently sat every day repeating my phrase; it took me about an hour each day. To my amazement it had a tremendous impact on me. The practice became rote and, in fact, a part of my being. Because of the repetitions, the mantra became embedded in my psyche like a catchy tune.
  • Belief Systems, Attitude and Change
    Your thoughts will either support you or destroy you, but it’s your attitude which governs it all.
  • What in Heaven’s Name is Collective Consciousness?
    Have you ever driven down the highway and found yourself angry and getting clenched fists shaken at you? First one does it, then another and your are boiling inside. That’s one way collective consciousness works.
  • Energy Is Electrical and Magnetic
    Invisible energy is powering your visible experiences and you can control it.
  • Faith and Miracles
    Faith is built by the strength of one’s belief systems. The more you believe something to be true, the more faith you have in the processes associated with it.
  • The Journey to Becoming Yourself
    The basic truths included in this article are unifying principles the author has learned in her work with the spirits. These truths present concepts about healing and working with energy. They also provide suggestions on how you might apply them to your own life to enhance your process of healing and well-being. If you make them a part of your daily life, your life will improve in a dramatically positive way.
  • The Shamanic Journey: Spirit Helpers
    The shamanic journey is common to all cultures (even European) and the nature of the journey is remarkably similar, even in cultures widely separated by era and geography. In the spirit world, both time and place are illusions. The lessons from the other worlds are universally true, drawing from a collective consciousness that is accessible to all.
  • Honor and Trust the Relationship with Spirit
    People start a new commitment to the spiritual path, and then immediately want wonderful things to manifest for them. Unfortunately, this is usually unrealistic. Before you are given access to the unlimited information, or powers of the universe, there is a respect and a trust that needs to develop between you and the spirit realm. There is a mutual responsibility and accountability. This articles describes how to honor that relationship.
  • Realizing Your Dreams
    Many people think that they understand the concepts behind manifestation and then become frustrated because their life isn't changing in the way they would like it to. This article shows a simple method of matching your beliefs with your desires to manifest your dreams.
  • A Quest for Understanding and Connection - Part 1
    This is the first in a series of articles from my book, Becoming Yourself: The Journey from Head to Heart. This series tells my story of traveling my own spiritual path.
  • A Quest for Understanding and Connection - Part 3
    This is the final in a 3-part series excerpting my own story of my spiritual journey and how it has changed how I view my self and what I bring into my life.
  • Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval - Part 1
    This is the beginning of another series of articles excerpted from my book, Becoming Yourself: The Journey from Head to Heart. This series describes the basics of shamanic healing, including the process of Soul Retrieval.
  • Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval - Part 2
    This is part 2 of a series of 3 articles on Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval, excerpted from my book, Becoming Yourself: The Journey from Head to Heart. This series describes the basics of healing using the shamanic tool of Soul Retrieval.
  • The Journey From Head to Heart
    This article is the first in a series of articles excerpted from my book, Becoming Yourself: The Journey from Head to Heart. This article describes how to start the journey of discovering the self that has always existed, and that requires finding the inherent qualities within and then revealing them to the world.
  • Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval - Part 4
    Part 4 in a series on Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval. This article talks about the affect of Western Culture on our healing.
  • Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval - Part 5
    This is part 5 in a series on Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval. This article explains the outcome of Soul Retrieval.