Mystical Sorrowful Rosary Experience

Sorrowful Mysteries I have chosen to do the rosary again in the early morning hours when the neighborhood is in a deep sleep. Last night I drifted in and out of sleep, having the experiences of the sorrowful mysteries. These states began to self arise in me between prayers, the dreams and the inner mystical process that happens to me when I deepen into the mysteries. I would like to share with you an experience I had many years ago that returned to me last night as I prayed the Rosary’s Sorrowful Mysteries.

I use to live in Mt Shasta, CA. for many years. I know the mountain well, and have had many experiences when I walked the high mountain trails. It was by a fresh water spring, that I often visited, that I had the following experiences. There had been many people, from all over the world, visiting Shasta during this time. Many had traveled off the walking paths and carelessly stepped on the fragile eco system. Plants were trampled, and the high mountain heather, which takes 500 years to grow just one inch, was crushed. Some folks littered sage sticks like gum wrappers, and spiritual graffiti that was left behind in the form of the altars they built. The place was a mess, and this is one of the Sacred Mountain of California, if not of the entire West Coast. I sat down by this fresh mountain water spring and all of a sudden these little mountain gnomes appeared in my third eye. They were very upset and were saying Do something! Do Something! I quickly settled into a meditative state and began do an Earth Healing Meditation that I had done many times, but this time the meditation had gone off into an entirely different direction. In the beginning of this meditation, you align yourself with the Cosmic Golden Christ Light. Then you invite the Emerald Green Light of Nature Intelligence and allow the two light rays to merge. You then visualize a sheet of white light going deep into the Earth. This sheet is used to energetically clean the throughs-forms and emotional process left behind by human beings. But as I said, this is how I began the meditation, but something else began to happen when I lowered the light sheet down into the Earth. When I began to visualize the sheet rising out of the Earth, I saw the Shroud of the Suffering Christ! Christ then spoke “ "Mother forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." He was speaking of the Mother Earth. I then created another sheet of white light and lowered it into the Earth. Again, as the sheet raised, I saw the Shroud of Christ, and this time he said "When I was crucified, my blood fell on the Mother Earth and she became Christ-ed. Now she is going through her own crucifixion." I lowered the last sheet of light and the Christ image appeared once again. He said to me a more personal message this time. "Go educate the people."

The reason I am sharing this long story is because last night, I experienced the Earth Mother Christos, as I prayed the rosary and meditated on each mystery. I saw how we have denied as humanity the Earth’s Divinity. I whispered the Hail Marys, as crystal beads beads slipped through my fingers. I saw the Christ stripped of his clothes and his clothes were casted for lots. I realized how those in power are actually gambling away our Forest, Water, Air, even the Sacred Fire is used for bombs and atomic energy. Our Natural Resources are being stripped of the Earth just as they stripped Christ from his garments. Deep in the hours of the night, I saw Christ carry his cross. The cross became the burden that our future generation will have to carry. A planet full of harmful chemicals, that bring disease and suffering that shortens the human life, plant life, animal life. I visioned Christ on the cross as our suffering planet. The Earth's suffering will be felt by all of us. Jesus came to show us the Way when his form was broken on the cross in that moment he poured his Essence into the very atomic structure of Mother Earth and everything was changed.

It is up to us to discover our own Christ-hood some may call it Self Realization, Awakening or Mastery. I have my own belief of the second coming; Where many of us are Awakening Together. It is up to each one of us to find that Christ Light within our Inner Heart. This Inner Light is also known as Buddha Nature or Spiritual Self and this Light is within everyone. This Light is within everything even when this Light is masked by human ignorance. The Black Maria our Mother of Matter is calling us all home. She calling us all to Awaken to the Earth Suffering and make the changes we all need to make to realize our Spiritual Self.

My Prayer; Dearest Mother as we struggling as a human race to Awaken, I ask you to strengthen us. Pour your gentle Mercy on each one of us and give us the courage to make the right choices regardless of how great or small they may be. Give us the Faith to be true to our path. Give us the alignment to do our soul’s purpose. May the Christ Light within each one of us be Awaken to its full potential. May unconditional love and truth be our compass as we travel this life’s journey. Pour out your Blessing like a water from the sweetest mountain spring. Bring your Blessing to all who read these words and all they love and are connected to, May we join together like a chorus of Angels as the beads of my rosary slip through my fingers hear this prayers. Amen

This rosary was an old Child's Rosary from France that I remade. The lightness and innocence that still lingered in these beads I could feel as I remade this old rosary into something new. The rosary is dedicated to praying for the Elemental Energy that is behind all forms in Nature. This four decade rosary is used to pray for the Air we breath, the Fire Element which is the sun and the first spark of new growth in every seed that grows. The Water Element is every form of water on Earth and also our human emotions. The Earth Element is the rocks, the great mountains and all of plant life. The decade beads are garnet between the glass pink beads. The center of the rosary, known as the Rosie Sharon is sterling silver with an image of Mother Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I used a rose Mary's Flower as the Medal at the begining of the beads. Kneeling on one knee dangling from a sterling silver chain a Nature Spirit bows to Mary and Christos. When we pray with Nature the Elemental Kingdom actually can absorb our prayers. Sacred Art by Raylenea Custom Handmade Rosaries contact rayleneabbott@gmail.com

Joyous Mysteries of the Rosary

I learned the rosary at the age of seven. I re-learned rosary in a mystical tradition which had been taught by nuns in a convent to Ariel Farley. When I learned the mystical rosary from Ariel the practiced deepened for me. I will always remember Ariel saying when you say the first four beads of the rosary after making the sign of the cross is called the “ Invitation”. What you actually are doing is you are calling a band of Angels. She went on to say that each bead of the rosary was connected to an angel that carries your prayers. We would direct a prayer after saying each Hail Mary to a situation after reflecting on the mystery. When I began saying the rosary like this in group it took a long time, but as the prayers and intentions grew everyone would deepened. My teacher went on to say by the time you finished the entire rosary there is a whole legion of angels that arrive to serve you and carry your prayers. This was our meditation. Our intentions would be directed in alignment with each mystery.

The First Joyous Mystery is when the Angel Gabriel came down from Heaven and said “Hail Mary so Full of Grace the Lord is with thee” This mystery comes directly from the Angelic Kingdom and is the first sentence of the prayer “Hail Mary”. When you say your first Hail Mary you have connected yourself to the Angelic Kingdom through these words. Angel Gabriel came with the Holy Spirit and in that moment The Blessed Mother became pregnant with the Christ Child. This has been called the Immaculate Conception in the Church. But for one moment look at this mystery differently. Let us see that this mystery is about soul initiation . When we see that each person here on Earth has the opportunity to become pregnant with the Holy Spirit. Each one us can open ourselves to the Living Fire of the Spirit and become that empty vessel to become pregnant by the Holy Spirit. When saying this decade of the rosary direct your prayers to opening the door and become that empty vessel. Mediate on letting go of all those experiences that keep you from being just that. Allow your prayers to sink deeply into the Silence of the Sacred Heart, so the Christ Light can be born in you. This mystery aligns us with our Guardian Angels and opens us to the possibility of communion with the Angels, just as the Blessed Mother was aligned to Archangel Gabriel. There are nine choir of angels which are: Arch Angel Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Uriel, the Seraphim, the Cherubim , the Thrones, the Powers, the Virtues and the Principalities, all the Archangels and our own Guardian Angels.

Second Mystery Visitation***** The Visitation is that moment of Mary coming to visit Elizabeth and in seeing each other, their babies that filled their wombs jumped with joy. Elizabeth, like all good friends, totally can see who Mary is and immediately gives her recognition with her words “ Blessed art thou among all women and Blessed is the fruit of thy womb”, which is also the second line of the prayer “Hail Mary”. The first line of Hail Mary is the Angel Gabriels words to Mary at the Annunciation. The mystery of the Visitation can be directed through prayer in finding spiritual friendships, as Ariel, my rosary teacher, use to say. We all need to find our community when we are walking the Spiritual Path. The people who are wise, compassionate and get who we are. This is a great gift on the spiritual path. Yes, there are those times we need to walk alone and dig deeper into our own inner process to advance ahead, but we are human and we need companionship and support along the way. The Mystery of the Visitation is the deep connection of soul friendships. I have used this mystery for womb/heart healing. The womb of Mary was filled with the Healing Presence of Christ. It is in our womb heart that we find the Spirit of Christ. We also can pray for birthing mothers and even birthing new projects in the arts, writing, healing arts anything that you would like to birth in your life.

Mystery of Nativity Experience***** I moved on to the Mystery of the Nativity. It was in the space between my breath and my prayer that a vision occurred within me. I saw Baby Jesus within me, shinning brightly between my womb and solar plexus. He was a golden radiant light! I sighed for a moment. I fell into this sacred moment. Jesus was not completely bound in his swaddling clothes, but still was not fully free from his bindings. I thought to myself, “This is the state of my own inner child not completely free but in the process of discovering my freedom.” The inner child in all of us is the very Source of our inspiration our creativity. The vision continues, the Holy Family is near. The Nurturing Mother and the Gentle Father that leans on his staff and gives his family support. This is one of the most powerful archetypes in the Rosary to heal one’s self from the traumas that have happened in your own family lineage. We may ask ourselves what is the reason for so much family separation in today’s culture? We take this moment and look at ourselves, we look closely at our physiological issues that happened as children. There is a possibility, when working with this archetype of the Holy Family, that we can re-learn how to mother and father ourselves. We can learn to nurture and protect our inner child. The Mystery of the Nativity is a very powerful way to work within your own Sacred Heart. You allow yourself to become your own Loving Mother and your own Supportive Father. We re-parent ourselves to become the Illuminated Inner Child. When this happens, we have full access to our creativity and to our purpose in the world. Traditionally this mystery can be used for the healing of the family, children and relationships between husband and wife. We can be used for prayers for the children being born into the world. That children have the strong support of both of their parents. You can also meditate on the humble shepards that are the first visitors that arrive to welcomd the Baby Jesus and the Wise Men that followed the star and bought gifts.

Note***** “May the Radiant Baby Jesus find a room your Inn, "Inner Heart." May we nurture that Inner Child. May we support our own Inner Child with Unconditional Love. May that Unconditional Love be extended towards our Earthly Mother and Father, No matter what took place, No matter what happened!“ Visualization Meditation: Remember that no matter what took place in this incarnation you have been given the greatest gift from your parents and that gift is your Life. It is on this ground that we can re-establish the love in our hearts for our physical parents. It is on this ground that we can mend the broken parts in our lineage that we’re not understood by our parents, or grand parents or their great great grand parents. We heal our ancestors though establishing that Love in our Blood-lineage. We view the parts in our lineage where the Love Flow was broken. When we see this clearly and with an open heart, we can slowly and gentle return the karmic patterns that we have carried for our parents and our ancestors. We gently place those patterns at their feet . We return these burdens and gently say “As a child, out of my love for you, I took on your fate. This fate has grown too heavy for me to carry. I no longer can carry the fate of my lineage. I do this out of love for myself, without cutting off my love for you, my parents and ancestors. I allow the Love Now to flow back into my lineage where it has been broken. I honor my parents and my lineage, for they have given me this precious gift of life. Then you can ask from your Ancestors “Please give me your blessings (And if you have children or grandchildren) and see that the Ancestral Blessing flows to them also”. It is done. Ask your ancestors leave your field. Breathe and gentle return to seeing the Holy Family in your Inner Heart, fully loved and accepted. The Visualization Meditation has been inspired by Burt Hellinger's Family Constellation work but is not associated with his work.

The Fourth Mystery Presentation in the Temple******Traditionally it is when Mary and Joseph presented baby Jesus to be Blessed at the Temple.....This mystery you can present yourself at the Temple Door of your own Sacred Heart to be dedicated to do the Spiritual Work. I personally like presenting the Spirit of Nature at the Mary's Temple to be healed....sometimes I go on and on between Hail Mary's presenting the mountains....trees, oceans, and the different elemental kingdoms. Yet you can also present people, and situation in the world that need that Healing....The possibilities are endless.

The Fifth Mystery Christ Teaching in the Temple*****You might remember that the Holy Family disappeared for several years after the Nativity and took the flight to Egypt. The first recorded event that took place after these disappearing years was Jesus at the age of became separated from his family and they found him teaching in the temple. This mystery is about your own spiritual work in the world....Creating the right alignment with your Higher Self and your purpose of being in this incarnation at this point in time...If you already know your spiritual work you can just pray for a deeper understanding...or the right circumstance to bring your work into the world.....If you don't know your work just ask.....

Sacred Art by Raylenea Custom Made Rosaries and Chaplets**** Our Lady of Lady Laghet Chaplet French Medal of the Black Madonna of Laghet with crystal beads, mrytle wood bead and pilgrim's ring to wear on ones belt medieval style. silver plated wire 20 gage

Sign of the Cross

Joyous Mysteries Last night, I did the Joyous Mysteries. The unwinding of memories that are being revealed through my process in this novena has been very intense, and trying to put them into words difficult, but I will try to do my best. The Rosary’s mysteries can be seen as windows of archetypes, that each soul must pass through in their own awakening process. Looking back, It was after the Crusades that the Knight-Monks were inspired by the Eastern mala (prayer beads) and the rosary was developed. Most of the people of this time were simple and they did not read or write. The mediation of the rosary was often done in the great cathedrals and said standing in front of stain glass windows that inspired interpretation of each rosary’s mystery. The cathedral’s stain-glass was made by master-craftsmen of the time. The stainless glass was brought to life through color and light, while the repetation of the prayers and the visualization of the art transported the common folk into the mystical inner realm of the rosary. This was a simple yet beautiful way for people to experience the teachings of Christianity, without actually reading. This become more of a direct spiritual experience through visualization and meditation then through the intellectual process of reading or writing the written word. The traditional Sign of the Cross has for centuries been in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Catholic religion retained the Spirit of the Great Mother through Mary the Mother of Jesus, but the pagans of that time needed the Mother to be able to swallow and digest the doctrine of Christianity. Later, through the Protestant Reformation, the Mother archetype as Mary the Mother was dismissed because of her connections with the Great Goddess. A Christian reformation was needed at that time, but the removal of the Mother drove a deeper wedge into the disconnection with creation in matter of Western Culture. Disguised under the veils of the Virgin Mary, it held the different aspects of the Great Goddess for 2000 years, and still lives. The pagan religion was based on the Green Earth and the growing trees…natures seasonal changes. Their Earth Mother provided everything for them, food, clothing and the very substance which makes up the physical form. Everything in nature at this time was recyclable, especially the continuation of the growing season, when the autumn leaves fell, creating rich compost to grow new seedlings, and thus seen as the continuation of the Great Circle of Life. The evergreen trees were a reminder that something inside of us does not ever die. The Christ coming was the greatest demonstration, during this time, in history, that life goes on beyond the form of matter. The form may be destroyed, but the Eternal Spirit, the Spirt of the Father and the Son, are one in the Infinite Space of Eternity. Please remember that these are all arch-types of the time, trying to explain the Great Mystery of Life. Words can never fully explain this mystery, but can only hint at their meaning and thus can only be truly experienced through our longing, seeking and devotion through the windows of these archetypes. From an early age, I made the Sign of the Cross over my body, and it was taught to me as a powerful blessing. But still, I question this practice and its wholeness at this point in time. You begin the crossing at your head saying “In The Name of the Father” and then you go to your belly, and what is said is “In The Name of the Son”. But where is the Mother? The Mother is the belly that nurtures, she is the Source of Life here on Earth. The Son, as Christ the archetype of Jesus, is the reminder of our Eternal Nature…this was his demonstration. When we place the Infinite Presence here without acknowledging the Mother we become like lost children in paradise. This manifest as not honoring our bodies or experiencing a healthy sexuality. The unconscious collective will manifest itself as disrespect for the Earth, women, the food we eat, the water we drink the very air we breath. This is the Great Mother’s Body in form. When we put the Son in the Mothers place, we have separated ourselves from that very act of creation. Collectively for centuries, even if we do not have religion, we have all been effected. Even the approach to science has traditionally come from this disconnected viewing point. This is how deep collectively we have fallen from the Grace of Wholeness, of being one with Creation. We all are longing for the comfort of the Mother, the Mercy, the Unconditional Love that freely flows when we breath, when we eat, when we drink water…these are the God given gifts of creation through the Mother. These gifts, given from the Mother, can also teach us the lessons of becoming more merciful by practicing unconditional Love for ourselves and each other while we are in human form. Christianity has emphasized this doctrine of guilt, sin and un-obtainable perfection to such a state, that the “self hate” generated by it has been ingrained into the collective unconscious. So for those who have this devotion, please reflect on this and bring the Mother back into the Blessings of the Sign of the Cross. When you touch your forehead, this aligns you with the God Head, the Infinite Space that makes up all Creation. Place Blessed Mother at the belly where she belongs, so we can be nurtured by her Presence. Then cross yourself to the left shoulder honoring the Son/Sun, the Eternal Light, that is the Center and the Source of everyone and everything beyond the form of matter. When you cross yourself to the right shoulder, the Holy Spirit, this is a reminder that the Eternal Presence is in everything and everyone. It is in all forms, hidden within Mother Nature, all religions, cultures, people, friends, families and foes. Let the division stop here, be purified in this simple blessing (In the name of The Father and in the name of The Mother, The Son and The Holy Spirit Amen). The picture of Mary was a gift from the nuns to Ariel Farley after they taught her the mystical tradition of the rosary. Ariel made many copies of this image which she gave to her students. I have known of several people, besides myself, that have had mystical experience doing the rosary before this image. The second layer of this image is the Notre Dame of Paris rose window.

Sacred Art by Raylenea Custom Handmade Rosaries contact rayleneabbott@gmail.com This rosary is quartz crystal, sterling silver with Rosa Mystica Medal

Mary's Sacred Flora

Looking at a Medieval image of the Virgin Mary you would think she was Mother Nature herself. Her hands wore foxglove blossoms referred to as Our Ladies Gloves. The yellow toad-flax ( Virgin Flax) was her flax for spinning her cloth. The big leaf of Colcasia became her cape when she wasn't wearing Lady's mantle. The yellow flowers of Damascenicum nothum became Mary's shoes but she also had a change of foot wear because she was known to wear common Birdfoot treifoil or Monkshood for her slippers. Where ever the Blessed Mother step she left behind as her foot prints Columbine flowers.
Honey suckle tendrils were her fingers and Maiden Hair fern was her hair. She combed her hair with our Lady's comb also known as teasle weed that once was the comb of the Goddess Venus.
Impatient flowers became her eardrops and fushia buds became her earings. Canterbury bells were her night cap and wood anemone became her pettycoat. The common white bindweed became her drinking glass.
You can see that the very body of the Blessed Mother was clothed by Mother Nature. The Sacred Flora of The Blessed Mother is a way for us to view Nature as Sacred and how important we see the Sacredness of this Earth and the precious gift of life.