Spirit's Scroll Wisdom Walks In Circles Newsletter by Margaret Hart Lewis
March 2006, Volume 2, Number 3

In This Issue...
  • Wisdom Walks the Spiraling Life Stages
  • Margaret's New Book, Landings!
  • Mysteries of the Labyrinth
  • Chakra Work with the Labyrinth of Intuition
  • About Margaret Hart Lewis

  • Margaret's New Book, Landings!


    Dear Friends,

    I am very pleased to announce the upcoming publication of my new book, Landings, The Spiritual Return to Living Fully in the Body. Landings is due for release late this spring. I will be providing updates on the website and in Spirit's Scroll, so keep checking in with me and I will let you know when it becomes available. I plan to offer signed copies that you can order in my online store!

    Here is a brief overview of the Landings storyline. I hope you are intrigued and want to read further!

    Traumatized by past sexual abuse, Jesse lives in a fragmented world, where unknown aspects of her personality take charge whenever she feels threatened. Split away from her awareness of her whole self, she survived and grew into adulthood with dissociative disorder. She now stands at a precipice of crisis, teetering on unstable ground, which may crumble, descending to the loss of her marriage, her sanity and her life.

    Rose, an enigmatic healer whose lineage traces its origins to the revelatory mystical teachings of Mary Magdalene enters Jesse's ordinary worldview, ushering her into a transformative realm of spiritual healing and self-actualization. Together with the skill of psychologist Dr. William Blackburn, these healers assist in reuniting the shattered fragments of Jesse's soul, by teaching her how to integrate her heart, mind, body and spirit.

    Jesse's heartrending and poignant adventure launches her perceptual awareness beyond the boundaries of personality and guides her to land upon the transcendent territory of the infinite possibilities of her soul. From the cellular release of traumatic body memories to the emergence and integration of altered states of personality, Jesse's tale of visionary evolution reveals the gnosis, or inner knowing of the Magdalene's legacy of sacred marriage, which unveils the finest point of an individual's soul.


    Mysteries of the Labyrinth
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    Walking the Labyrinth is akin to the movement of a Woman’s Inner Moon, her cycle of creativity and reproduction.

    Movement from the outer opening into the center of the labyrinth represents the ovulation phase of a woman’s cycle. As estrogen circulates throughout her body, her inner moon waxes, filling her with creative energy as she brings forth her life-giving eggs that peak at mid-cycle of her full moon. This is her time to dance in the outer world, to be creative, active and able to manifest her dreams. Her shedding eggs journey down the lunar horns of her fallopian tubes. Ovulation is the journey inward to the center of the labyrinth. It is the first phase of the labyrinth walk. The journey toward the center of the labyrinth is the time when we pose a question to our intuitive voice.

    When she reaches the center of her serpentine journey, she will find illumination, a moment of clarity and the conception of new insights to be birthed with the release of her moon flow. As the waxing into her full moon progresses, progesterone is released, building up the uterine lining at this phase of her moon cycle. At the center of the labyrinth attention turns inward. She must take a moment to reach into her essence and unveil her deeper truth. She allows her inner knowing, her intuition, to guide her as her dark moon flows. She floats and dreams within this inner pool of feminine essence. At its center, the labyrinth reveals the message of the inner voice.

    The return pathway is a walk of integration, a journey where the treasure is unveiled and understood. The cycle completes and begins anew. Her void has been cleared and a space for new ideas can be birthed, new concepts can grow and fresh dreams can be implanted in the dark only to rise and smile at the reflection of the moon’s return to the light. The Oracle becomes the Awakened One as she returns from the labyrinth’s spiraling inner core. She is the bringer of the dawn of new wisdom. The walk out of the labyrinth reveals the insights and understanding of the message of the inner voice.

    This description of the how the labyrinth walk is similar to a woman's reproductive cycle has its origin in a transformative passage Jesse experiences in my book, Landings, The Spiritual Return to Living Fully in the Body.

    As I have worked more deeply with the guidance of my inner voice, I have found the labyrinth to be a particularly helpful process and tool for accessing my inner guidance. I keep a finger labyrinth at my desk and when I am stumped, confused, unfocused or in need of answers, I pose a question to the labyrinth and then take the journey. What follows below is the process I use for inspiration and intuitive guidance. Try it out and see what you discover! (A good source for a finger labyrinth you can print at your desk can be found at www.lessons4learning.com)

    1. Place your left index finger at the opening of the labyrinth’s path. Follow your breath for a few minutes and center yourself, bringing your consciousness down into your bodymind.
    2. Pose a question. This question can pertain to any area of your life. As you pose the question, hold it in your mind as you move into the labyrinth and trace its path to the center with your fingertip.
    3. Come to the center and wait. Meditate for a few minutes or until some form of an answer comes. This illumination may not appear at first to be an answer. It may be a vision or a symbol that at first blush may not appear to have any meaning as a response to your question. Just hold the thought or vision in your womb space and allow it to be.
    4. Retrace your pathway out of the labyrinth allowing the question and response to integrate within you.


    Chakra Work with the Labyrinth of Intuition



    Our circle of intuition creates an opportunity for inquiry and revelation that can be accessed between the mind of the brain and the mind of the body. We can travel the ladder of light, or the chakra system of the body, when we embark on this kind of spiraling journey. Our intuitive voice enlightens us as we take the knowledge gained from the brain's mind and move it down into the body's mind. In this movement of energy and intelligence, we are able to access the wisdom stored within the chakra system of the body.

    The labyrinth exercise described below is included in the Kuan Yin Personal Seminar now available at wisdomwalks.com. If you missed our online course on the Kuan Yin material, this work is offered to you now in the self study seminar version of these empowering teachings.

    Let’s practice this mystical movement now with the Finger Labyrinth. We will follow the same exercise as previously given but this time, imagine you are traveling the ladder of light (chakra system) within the labyrinth, from your brain's mind to your bodymind, (located at the center of your body near your navel).

    You will begin at the brain, represented by the outer opening of the path and you will travel inward to the body mind at the center of the labyrinth. There will be natural resting-places on the spiraling path where you encounter each of your chakras. Allow your fingertip to sense and determine where these chakras exist on your spiraling journey.

    Place your left index finger at the opening of the labyrinth’s path. Follow your breath for a few minutes and center yourself. When you feel ready, pose a question. This question can pertain to any area of your life. As you pose the question, hold it in your mind and move into the labyrinth, tracing its circular path to the center.

    Begin at the crown chakra at the top of your head, which is represented at the opening of the labyrinth. This energy center is home to the aspect of you that is the old soul within, who knows and sees all of your inner truth as it merges with the vastness of your spirit. Ask this energy center to awaken and be with you on your labyrinthine journey to the center of your bodymind.

    Now move your finger along the path and allow it to rest when your fingertip senses the place of your third eye chakra on the labyrinth. This energy center is home to the aspect of you that is insightful and open to the cosmic all-seeing-eye of your inner truth. Ask this energy center to awaken and be with you on your labyrinthine journey to the center of your bodymind.

    Now move your finger along the path and allow it to rest at the place on the path that represents your throat chakra. This energy center is home to the aspect of you that speaks with the sweetness of your inner truth as it reflects the greater truth of the Divine. Ask this energy center to awaken and be with you on your labyrinthine journey to the center of your bodymind.

    Now move your finger along the path and allow it to rest at the place on the path that represents your heart chakra. This energy center is home to the aspect of you that is loving and willing to open your heart to the intelligence of love which is the eternal source of your inner truth. Ask this energy center to awaken and be with you on your labyrinthine journey to the center of your bodymind.

    Now move your finger along the path and allow it to rest at the place on the path that represents your solar plexus chakra. This energy center is home to the aspect of you that is curious about your intuition and willing to explore your inner truth. Ask this energy center to awaken and be with you on your labyrinthine journey to the center of your bodymind.

    Now move your finger along the path and allow it to rest at the place on the path that represents your sexual chakra. This energy center is home to the aspect of you that is playful, creative, and open to the imagination, the gateway leading to your inner truth. Ask this energy center to awaken and be with you on your labyrinthine journey to the center of your bodymind.

    Now move your finger along the path and allow it to rest at the place on the path that represents your root chakra. This energy center is home to the aspect of you that is innocent and one with the beauty of nature. Ask this energy center to awaken and be with you on your labyrinthine journey to the center of your bodymind.

    Come to the center of your labyrinth and drop your consciousness down into your bodymind. Feel your center of awareness and be still. Meditate and wait for a vision, sensation, message, or a feeling to come to you, slowly and gently with great ease. Stay with this until some form of an answer comes. This illumination may not appear at first to be an answer. It may be a vision or a symbol that initially may not have any meaning for you as a response to your question. Just hold the thought or vision in your womb space and allow it to be.

    When you feel you have received the message, retrace your pathway out of the labyrinth allowing the question and response to integrate within you. Again, stop when your fingertip senses the presence of each chakra and anchor the energy in each of these centers, allowing the message to deepen along the ladder of light with each center of wisdom offering its contribution to the meaning of the message you have received.

    Once you have reached the outer opening of the labyrinth, imagine you have arrived at the height of your crown chakra and visualize a golden lotus blossom unfolding at this energy center. It is unfolding with the beauty of your inner wisdom.

    Inner Teen Mini-Online Course

    This Mini-Online Course is designed to help you reconnect to your Inner Teen and to forge a meaningful and life long bond with this aspect of your soul. You will discover inner pathways that reveal healing practices to remove any blockages between the adult and teen aspects of you. You will encounter the perpetual question every teen asks of herself, Who am I? Within your circle of life, you will discover how your teen perceives her self in relation to your body image, self concept and identity, search for meaning, and where you fit in the world of your unique creations.

    The teen within is the blossoming rose, filled with beauty and the light of your budding intuitive self. The archetypal energy of the Inner Teen often contains unknown or forgotten aspects of your divine light. Most adults look back to the child aspect of self for healing and hidden keys to passion and purpose in life. It is true, the child holds many of these keys, but so does the aspect of you that is the Inner Teen! Many participants of the Kuan Yin Online Course, (which pertains to the teen stage of life) discovered and expressed to me that very deep healing work lay with their inner teen.

    By re-establishing contact and creating a sacred trust with your Inner Teen, you will learn how to effectively heal wounds she may be carrying from your past, which could be impacting your life today. Through relationship and inner dialogue and true partnership with your Inner Teen, you will reclaim your sense of well being in your present life. You will discover any missing links from your sense of purpose and destiny that your inner teen may embody for you. Come explore the wonder of your intuitive nature that finds its source within your inner creative teen!

    So often in present day adult life, we lose touch with the part of our self that listens to the inner voice of wisdom. We disown the supposed 'rebellious teen' who questions our adult authority. And yet, it is this aspect of self whose impetuous nature provides the uncanny ability to zero in on insight that the adult mind may feel too burdened with responsibility to perceive.

    The untamed teen has a quick wit and wild spirited core at the essence of her being and she holds many directives to your destiny. Your Inner Teen is a vital contributor to the holistic nature of your intuitive voice. She is the one who listens without judgment or distraction and with lightning speed, she uncovers the pearls of intuition's truth. Come join me in this online adventure of spirit with unique coursework offering pathways for reuniting with your Wise Inner Teen!

    This Mini-Online Course provides the Inner Teen Teachings as given in the Kuan Yin Online Course and Personal Seminar. If you want to focus on the Inner Teen aspect of these teachings, then this mini-online course is for you!


    About Margaret Hart Lewis


    Margaret H. Lewis is a highly regarded professional speaker, workshop facilitator, business and personal development consultant, gifted spiritual practitioner and author. For over 20 years she has provided countless training seminars and workshops on a wide range of life management and personal development skills.

    Margaret is a graduate of an intensive four-year program of spiritual study, receiving her professional certification and ministerial license. She is continually engaged in many areas of research and study that further her continuing education as a spiritual practitioner.

    From 2000 - 2005, Margaret directed Lynn Andrews website where she designed, wrote and taught Online Spirituality Courses with Ms. Andrews. In her role as the Online Course Creator, Margaret oversaw the entire learning environment and curriculum presentation. Margaret has ventured out on her own and is offering many new online courses and learning adventures on her website at www.wisdomwalks.com. Please keep checking the website and new issues of Spirit's Scroll for updates!

    In private consultations, Margaret has assisted hundreds of people in releasing the blocks that are holding them back from achieving their goals and visions of fulfillment. To set up an appointment with Margaret, please email her at info@wisdomwalks.com or visit her online store at www.wisdomwalks.com.


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    Wisdom Walks the Spiraling Life Stages

    Each Wisdom Walks Online Learning Experience, whether it be an online course, personal seminar, or a focused mini-course, addresses a specific life stage and its particular attribute of intuition. Like a spiraling nebula, our passage through each life stage marks the unfolding DNA of our soul. This spiraling journey shapes us individually and allows for spiritual growth to occur as we master the gifts of our intuitive voice at each stage on our circle of life.

    Now Available! The WisdomWalks Kuan Yin Personal Seminar and the Inner Teen Mini-Course!

    Online Courses

    The Wisdom Walks Series of online courses relate to the attributes of intuition at each life stage. Each course in this series stands on its own, so there are no pre-requisite courses. You are welcome to join our series with any course from any life stage at any direction on the wheel of life.

    Each course is characterized by the archetypal presence of the wisdom of Ancient Goddess figures. Artemis, Greek Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt, symbolizes the untamed virginal aspects of the Child's intuitive nature. Kuan Yin, Chinese Goddess of Compassion embodies the teachings of the Inner Teen's pearls of intuitive wisdom.

    White Buffalo Calf Woman, the Native American Goddess of the Sacred Pipe of Prayer, guides the Adult's intuitive relationship with the Divine Source of creation. Brigid, Celtic Goddess of the Inner Flame, represents the everlasting fiery wisdom of the spiritual Sage.

    Online courses include a comprehensive workbook, online audio versions of all the meditation and visualization practices, two conference calls with your classmates and Margaret, and the online message board for discussion circles relating to the work of the course.

    Personal Seminars

    Personal seminars are designed as learning experiences created for independent study. The seminars contain the same teachings as offered in the Online Courses.

    If you are unable to participate in a scheduled online course, you may take the seminar version of the Online Course in your own time and at your own pace.

    Personal Seminars have rolling registration, which means you can register for the seminar at any time.

    Personal seminar materials include a comprehensive workbook, online audio versions of all the meditations and visualization practices, and a one hour phone consultation with Margaret to review your discoveries upon completion of the seminar assignments.

    If you are one who enjoys self study in accordance with your own schedule, the personal seminar is an ideal fit for your path of endeavor! You can take all the time you need to explore the work, and when you feel you have reached a place of completion, Margaret will make herself available to discuss your realizations, answer any questions or concerns, help you release any blockages to your intuitive voice, and she will offer new avenues for further discovery.

    Mini-Online Courses

    Mini-Online Courses are designed to create a focused area of study regarding one particular life stage offered in each of the Wisdom Walks Series of Online Courses. For example, the first mini-course is based on the Inner Child Teachings as given in the Artemis Online Course and Personal Seminar. The second mini- course focuses on the Inner Teen as examined in the Kuan Yin online course and seminar. Future mini- courses will be developed for each life stage.

    Mini-online courses include a comprehensive workbook and a CD set of all the guided journeys and meditations that accompany the course materials. These courses have rolling registration, which means you can register for the course at any time.

    Intuitive Lessons at each Life Stage

    The child within you knows her source exists among the stars and her dreaming world of magical thinking opens the floodgates of star guidance that showers you with the starlight of your intuitive soul. The great lesson in the child life stage is to learn to trust the intuitive voice.

    When the child grows into the teen, she moves down to earth from the starry realms and becomes fully embodied in her physicality, with both feet planted on the earth. She is driven to experience all things of the material world and she becomes acutely aware of how her gut level intuition guides her. The great challenge in the teen life stage is to learn to truly listen to the intuitive voice.

    The adult is the one who orchestrates the symphony of sound manifesting into form between the heavenly cosmos and planet earth. Where the child is of the stars and the teen is of the earth, it is the adult who choreographs the energy between the above and below realms of the stars and the earth. She is the one who manifests her soul's intuitive starry dream on the material plane of earthly existence. The adult's learning at this life stage is to follow the heed of the intuitive voice.

    We come full circle when our wheel of life turns toward the life stage of the Sage. She is the one who holds the wisdom of her experience. Her challenge is to share her intuitive voice with all who come into her life circle. Understanding the lessons of earthbound life, she looks again to the stars, the place where she knows she will one day return when at last she finds her wings of intuitive flight.

    I invite you on this journey from the stars to the earth and back to the stars as we explore the inherent wisdom within your soul. All the aspects of you from the child to the teen, the adult and the sage, have so much to share with you. Let’s do the deep work of spirituality. Let’s dive below the surface of the mind’s meditations to the heart’s soulful beat and the gut’s primal understanding of the very core of your essence. That is what I offer in our online learning adventures. Do you have the courage to take the plunge with me?

    For the Child and Teen stages of your life's circle, you may participate in these online courses the next time they are scheduled. If you missed the online courses for these life stages, Personal Seminar versions and mini-online course are available for purchase now in my online store at WisdomWalks.

    Later this year, I will be offering the Adult Online Course for this very intriguing life stage and I am already gaining wonderful insights into the design of this new work!

    Come join us for our next Sacred Fire on May 6th, 2006 at Lake Erie for a celebration of Rebirthing your Creativity! All are welcome to our fire circle! I'd like to see your golden countenance shining in the firelight of our circle of kindred spirits.

    We held a Mid-Summer Fire on Thundering Lake and now plan to follow our Autumn Fire and Winter Fires with a Spring fire of rebirth! Our fire on May 6th will awaken the Great Creative Artist within you. Spring is the time of new life and the manifestation of our dreams. Come join us at the light of our Spring Fire of Creativity and leap over the flames of your winter slumber and land among the lush blooms of your rebirth. This fire will capture and dance alive the energy of your creative acts of manifestation!

    I would love to hear from you! Please email me at info@wisdomwalks.com with your questions and thoughts about this issue of Spirit's Scroll.

    Calling All Artists and Photographers! If you have work you would like for me to feature in Spirit's Scroll, please contact me at info@wisdomwalks.com.

    My thanks and full copyright credit belongs to NASA for the amazing spiraling nebula photo featured in this issue of Spirit's Scroll.

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