The Garden of Gethsemane

  A little over a year and a half ago in May of 2010 two friends and I made a pilgrimage to Egypt, Israel and Jordan.  In preparation for an initiation I was to receive in Israel I was blessed while in still Egypt to be visited by the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael.  These Celestial Beings each guard one of the four directions protecting the Holy of Holies contained in the Ark of the Covenant.  It was in this structural capacity that these four came to me to open an energetic corridor through which my future spiritual work was to be done.  

 The unexpected initiation began in Jerusalem while walking down a steep lane from the top of The Mount of Olives. One of my friends encountered a young man carrying a guitar, she enquired if he and his group were going to be singing and if we might join them.  He readily agreed and we next found ourselves at a wrought iron gate being opened from within by a cassocked priest.  I was awed as I realized we were being ushered into The Garden of Agony.  This garden sits across the narrow way from The Garden of Gethsemane and was once contiguous to it. The Garden of Agony is where Jesus contemplated his path the night before he was arrested, the path which lead to his crucifixion, agony indeed.  The garden is powerful guarded by ancient olive trees over 2000 years old and living witnesses to what has transpired in their presence. 

  My friends and I very soon realized the group the group we had joined were Born Again Christians from Texas!  The three of us, fresh from our Egyptian temple activations with Ra, Isis, Osiris and company were certainly an interesting and ironic addition to this fundamentalist gathering.  We wisely and respectfully kept our mouths closed and joined in their praises to our mutual Creator.  

  My observing eye enjoyed this sight.  There we were in that awe inspiring garden, sitting in a circle of Texans with guitars, hallelujahs, bibles and hands raised all in a chorus of song.  The leader of this pilgrimage was an impassioned ex-stewardess on a mission.  This event in The Garden was the highlight of their journey and we were privileged to join them.  After much fervent prayer the woman began to make her way around the circle giving individual Prophecy and Laying on of Hands to each participant.  

  My friends and I were the last minute additions to this group and our blessings was held to last.  She approached to the right of me and blessed my traveling companions. I was amazed by the intimacy and accuracy with which she prophesied  to each.  She was genuinely channeling The Holy Spirit, The Shekhinah in Hebrew.  And, it was my turn next.

  She took some oil and with it made the Sign of the Cross on my forehead.  She then spoke, "I anoint your ministry, for your heart is as the Heart of God.  As such, you will travel the world to awaken the non-believers."  

  If I were sitting on a chair I would have fallen off it.  This was exactly the same message I had been receiving for months prior.  I understood from that moment the purpose of the corridor opened by the Archangels in Egypt.  I was indeed being prepared to offer consciousness awakening activations to many and in many places. 

  To my right Michael and to my left Gabriel, in front of me Uriel and behind me Raphael, and over my head God's Shekhinah." 

  —From the Hebrew prayer Kriat Shema

The Garden of Gethsemane