Flashes of Insight

HOLISTIC FIRST AID KIT

Homeopathy-
Pre and post op even dental use Arnica 30 c and Hypericum 30c Arnica to reduce pain, swelling and bleeding.Hypericum in case of any nerve damage.[also good if you stub a toe or bang your finger]
Nux Vomica- great to pull out the anesthesia,also good for the gut if you have any indigestion, also for pets throwing up from getting into the garbage or some unknown substance,excellent for poisons or PMS headaches (read on…)

Lions and Tigers and Flash Oh My

Its been a long time since I had a day off of leisure without a new crisis rearing its head but this Sunday, I seized the moment to go to one of my favorite places on the planet, EARS Endangered Animal Rescue Sanctuary run by my 2 friends Gail and Jaye www.BigCatSanctuary.org check this place out if you want to see some gorgeous big cats.
I have been going there to treat and love these beautiful, awesome cats and other creatures for about9 years. During this time I havve built some wonderful relationships with many of the animals there. I have bottle fed some of the tigers that are there since they were no bigger than one of my house cats. (read on…)

Healing Duke the Tiger*************
Date: 6/6/2005 Excerpt from my forthcoming book
LIFETIME COMPANIONS: LOVE NEVER DIES
This book is devoted to the marvelous and amazing animals that I have had the honor to share my life, many of which return again and again to teach and share their love.
One never expects to suddenly wind up in a tiger’s cage pulling this awesome animal from the jaws of death but sometimes, the Goddess has other plans for you and you had best be up to the task at hand!
May 16 was just such a day in my life.
The Full Moon in Sagittarius pushed me back to The Endangered Animal Rescue Sanctuary[EARS], to work on healing Duke, one of the biggest and most splendid tigers you will ever see. I had visited him on Saturday when I heard that he was not doing well and joined the “Duke team” of supporters many of whom have alternated sleeping near his cage for many nights as this case has evolved. As a matter of fact, between Jaye,Gail, Cristina,Morgan,Susan,Amy,Kelly, Craig, and me,Duke has not spent a minute without human company in at least two and a half weeks and believe me he is loving it!. (read on…)

The Wise Woman’s Tarot by Flash Silvermoon

I will be offering a new feature for Pagan Ways. Grannymoon has asked me to do a 3 month reading for all the signs of the zodiac so that each of you can keep up with your shifts and changes during these ‘interesting times’.
I will be using my Wise Woman’s Tarot so I thought that it would be best to give you a little taste of the Divinatory Tool itself;
Meet The Wise Woman’s Tarot…….

The Wise Woman’s Tarot is a multicultural, matriarchal book with colorful companion deck. It celebrates the global female lineage in 78 powerful images. (read on…)

Modeling New Ways of Being-The Annual Wise Woman’s Festival Preparing for the 5thYear April 4-6!
by Flash Silvermoon

These are very exciting times and it has never been more important for us to start living into a higher consciousness.
The Annual Wise Woman’s Festival is one of those experiences of living into a such a consciousness and space that grows year after year in empowerment,safety,and deep sharing by all.
Its hard to find words to describe the intensity and subtlety of the uplifting feelings we enjoy at the WWFest.It is always a heartwarming empowering experience of soul connection for many with their sisters, lovers and friends. (read on…)

ALTERNATIVE HEALING FOR ANIMALS IN THE SHADOW OF EARTH CHANGES
For years we have been talking about,fearing,waiting for, gathering info and doing ritual, and otherwise praying to avoid or at least be in the best position to weather Earth Changes. The truth is they are upon us, here and now.

Spiritually, I believe that we still do have some choices as to how physically this planet needs to experience these traumas.

Scientists say that this is indeed a time of cataclysmic changes for the earth and its weather patterns that are cyclical over thousands of years. That does not even take into consideration the governmental manipulation of weather using H.A.R.P. The Elders of the Hopi, Mayans and other Ancient Ones tell of such changes. However, they also say that by raising the vibration of love and oneness we can avoid some of the more horrifying symptoms of such changes.

Clearly when the smallness and genocidal proclivities of the current regime raised their ugly heads during the series of Katrina disasters in the Gulf Coast, the deep goodness of the common people of this country shone brightly like a beacon for the poor and displaced.
During those difficult days,I rode through my little town of Melrose,in north Central Florida and saw any number of groups raising $$ collecting food and clothing for the survivors of this Diaspora. Left and Right, Pagan and Christian, regular people were hearing the call from within and responding in inspiring and profound ways.

This is a time of great polarities. What is good, is better and more elevating and inspiring than any outpouring I have seen in my life?

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ANIMAL COMMUNICATION AND HEALING DURING EMERGENCIES

We are living in a time where people as well as whole species of animals are being totally toxified by our environment and even the food and water that we consume. This presents a whole aspect to healing that Vets and healers of some 20-30 years ago did not have to contend. Vibrationally everything has been sped up and the toxic effects of fear have created their own traumas.

Therefore, when we try to address health and healing, we must, by the very nature of the current situation, take a very broad and open-ended view of cure.

Bottom line, to begin, one must understand that animals are enlightened beings not underlings below humans. Communicating with them does not mean telling them, it means listening to them. Allowing their thoughts and voices to permeate our consciousness so that we can truly help them and not just decide what they need. You have no idea how thrilled animals are when someone listens to them for a change and they totally open up. They don’t care if you have a degree or if you studied in Harvard. They either feel good about what you offer or they don’t and when you are on target, the reaction is often instant because they have no walls up against alternative anything.

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The Wise Woman’s Tarot by Flash Silvermoon

I will be offering a new feature for Pagan Ways. Grannymoon has asked me to do a 3 month reading for all the signs of the zodiac so that each of you can keep up with your shifts and changes during these ‘interesting times’.
I will be using my Wise Woman’s Tarot so I thought that it would be best to give you a little taste of the Divinatory Tool itself;
Meet The Wise Woman’s Tarot…….

The Wise Woman’s Tarot is a multicultural, matriarchal book with colorful companion deck. It celebrates the global female lineage in 78 powerful images.
Flash Silvermoon’s scintillating text and densely symbolic card designs are rooted in the body of ancient esoteric knowledge. Together they make r/evolutionary inroads into the very structure of the Tarot itself. In short, Flash’s work forges a sacred marriage between ancient wisdom and progressive thinking.
An accessible tool for divination, The Wise Woman’s Tarot will deepen your understanding of the Ancient Mothers’ wisdom. Speaking clearly to beginners, longtime Tarot enthusiasts and adepts alike, The Wise Woman’s Tarot strives to raise the evolutionary bar for all!
The Wise Woman’s Tarot has been developed independently over some 25 years and is a completely woman-identified Tarot deck & book (read on…)

Flash Silvermoon Interview..for Pagan Pathways
Date: 10/2/2007 8:36:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Thank you so much for agreeing to share with us! Please do tell us about yourself and feel free to be as in depth as you like!We would love to print your picture too!

ok I will pick a couple for ya

Where were you born and raised and what are some of your earliest memories?

I was born in the presence of my mother on March 18, 1950, in Jersey City, NJ. I am quite sure that my room must have faced the Statue of Liberty because I have been a freedom fighter for as long as I can remember. They tell me that after singing Happy Birthday to me on my first birthday, I smiled and put my fist through the cake!

My first Feminist action took place in kindergarten at 4 yrs of age. I had been participating in the rhythm band for a couple of weeks just waiting for my turn to play the snare drum. I had clicked the claves and clanged the triangle but that magic moment when my sticks would strike the skin of the DRUM was awaiting me that morning or so I thought. I was not raised to think that girls were inferior to boys so imagine my surprise when I had the sticks taken from my hands and was told that girls could play anything but this and that I could go to the back of the line again.

My little egalitarian heart was breaking but I screwed up my courage to tell the teacher that this was unfair and was there something else that I could do during this time as I didn’t want to be a part of something so unfair. She told me that I could fingerprint and so I stood in the corner for the rest of the year and finger-painted during the rhythm band time.
This theme and connection with the drums has followed me all the way through adulthood and today am appreciated as an accomplished percussionist. (read on…)

A Tale of 2 Decks:The Wise Woman’s Tarot /Rider Waite Smith

I started reading cards with the Rider Waite Tarot and it is a good primer, used it for years and was only going to write a good “how to book” for it’s use when the Goddess took control and turned my few pages called “Visions for a New Deck” into a 25 yr. lifework called The Wise Woman’s Tarot.

I definitely was influenced by RWaite but I felt like I wanted to create images that were relevant to all races and that were also very Goddess oriented.

Some people have used the Tarot as a way to offer Feminist rhetoric but I have found to my delight that no one need put such an overlay on the Tarot because feminism, and a woman-centered magical philosophy was already present if one wold but look more deeply,which is exactly what I did. (read on…)

It was a gorgeous and uplifting day at Junglefriends today. I saw some of my favorite monkeys and they were all so glad to see me too. It’s heartwarming how they know I am there to help them and they show it so clearly with their joyful calls and excited little faces.

Macy, one of many white faced capuchins was my first customer and she just adores me. Her human parents told me that she doesn’t even behave with them the way that she does with me sometimes. She called me over today and wrapped her tail around my arm and started looking for my jewelry which was hidden under my shirt, smart monk! Then she showed me her boo boo on her little hand and we put some calendula creme on it which only proved to be like dessert to her as she licked it off as quickly as I could put it on her. She took my hand in hers and gave it little kisses and then groomed my nails picking ever so gently on my unmanicured cuticles for a minute or two. I honestly don’t know who gets more out of this exchange.

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I cried like a baby when I heard the news about Jumangi’s passing yesterday and am going over today to pay my respects and give Jaye and Gail some support. I know that this has been a very hard loss for them. This is a Rescue Sanctuary and as Gail pointed out to me that death is all a part of the process, still there are some that just tug on your heart strings and it was Jumanji who first tugged on mine and whose story brought me to EARS the first time.

At the time I had just lost my sweet dog Bear who was just the dog of my Heart and I was inconsolable. Shortly thereafter Jaye called me about coming over to EARS as she had heard of my animal work. I read Jumanji’s story on their website and I was a goner. I knew that this invitation to EARS had Bear’s pawprints all over it because it was going to take someting as awesome as 40+Big Cats to begin to help me get over losing my Bear Boy….and it was going to take a Big Cat as awesome as Jumanji to keep me going through some of the other huge losses over the years. Going to Ears has been such a healing place for me and a place for me to heal the animals. I never could have dreamed 20 years ago to have had the honor to call a lion or a tiger my friends or to know special women like Gail and Jaye who care for some 45 Big Cats,most of them tigers.Today’s visit will be bittersweet but always so very heartfelt.

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It was a beautiful Florida day and a great time to visit one of my favorite places,EARS,a Big Cat Sanctuary. The smoke of the recent forest fires had subsided so it was safe to venture out for an extended time for a change. The weather was perfect and it was the good thing. Sultan, the almost pure white tiger cub who now probably weighs about 500 lbs loves to play splash with me. He has a big cast iron tub to soak and play in and he just loves to see how wet he can get me.

The first time that he showed me his tub,, he was so excited. I could hear him in my head telling me “Hey Flash ya gotta see something really cool!” Then he ran over to the tub and as soon as I got near enough, he stood on his hind legs making himself nearly 6 feet tall and came crashing down into the water throwing a tiger water wave over my entire body. Before I could catch my breath, he had done it again and now I was soaked to my skin. The next time that I visited him, he was already in his tub so I foolishly thought that I was safe from the deluge. Wrong! This time he came flying up and out of the tub and then came crashing back in to splash me. I always think that I can move far enough away and I am always wrong. He clearly sees it as a very fun game to splash Flash. Now I know to wear cotton when I go to EARS for this reason as he ritually soaks the whole front of me.

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Giving and Receiving:Finding Sanctuary with the Big Cats 
    
      I am extremely fortunate to live just 30 minutes from the “Hilton” of Big Cat rescue operations called EARS, Endangered Animal Rescue. This spacious refuge for dozens of rescued Lions, Tigers and Cougars is a testament to the huge hearts, courage, tenacity and plain backbreaking work of founders Gail Bowen and Jaye Perrett, as well as a host of devoted volunteers and interns.
   For the past six years, I have been helping to heal these animals.   In the native Shaman tradition, I carry Cougar medicine and in Chinese Astrology, I am a tiger.   These gifts energize my psychic abilities as an animal communicator helping me evaluate the cats’ needs as I visit with them, treating them with flower essences and reiki.  Fortunately, Gail and Jaye are very receptive to combining these alternative therapies with traditional veterinary medicine.  
These visits bring great lightness to my heart, giving my soul deep satisfaction.    Many times I have come for the Cats, but today I am mostly here for me. This has literally been the year from hell. My heart feels shattered in a million pieces and my spirit is all but broken from too many tragic losses of life and love.   I want to be an active participant in my own liberation from grief, finding my way back to the strong, spirited woman that I once was.   Today’s journey into the world of these awesome felines is a first step towards recovery and empowerment (read on…)