Personal Oracles: Guiding Us To Live In Spiritual & Physical Harmony With All Of Life

Personal
 oracles
 have
 been
 around
 for
 as
 long
 as
 people
 have
 inhabited
 this
 planet.
 Almost
 every
 religion
 and
 culture
 throughout
 history
 has
 embraced
 its
 own
 oracle
 stories
 and
 practices.
 The
 ancient
 Babylonians,
 for
 example,
 looked
 to
 the
 clouds
 for
 oracle
 messages.
 Called
 Nephomancy,
 cloud
 gazing
 is
 one
 of
 the
 oldest
 and
 most
 widely
 used
 forms
 of
 divination
 in
 the
 world.
 The
 Druids
 used
 it
 extensively
 but
 called
 it
 Neladoracht.
 Also
 in
 the
 western
 world
 were
 the
 ancient
 Greeks,
 who
 still
 retain
 a
 reputation
 for
 being
 oracle
 aficionados.
 For
 them,
 oracles
 were
 wellsprings
of
divination
and
prophecy
available
to
all
citizens,
from
the
common
worker
to
kings,
 philosophers,
 and
 religious
 leaders.
 Oracles
 addressed
 personal
 issues,
 politics,
 philosophy,
 religions,
law,
social
mores—no
topic
was
taboo.
 This
 understanding
 of
 the
 relationships
 that
 bind
 together
 natural
 forces
 and
 all
 forms
 of
 life
 has
 been
 fundamental
 to
 their
 ability
 to
 live
 for
 millennia
in
spiritual
and
physical
harmony
with
the
land.


Valeria interviews Ann Bolinger McQuade  — She is the author of  “Everyday Oracles: Decoding The Divine Messages That Are All Around Us.”

Ann Bolinger-McQuade is a regular contributor to magazines, a popular workshop facilitator and radio talk show guest. Ann shares her curiosity and passion for discovering the hidden obvious and encourages us to tune into the guidance and support that surrounds us all. Bolinger-Mcquade’s perspective of the world as alive, nurturing and filled with personal oracles springs naturally from her Native American ancestry. As a child growing up in Kansas she was intrigued with the idea of having Native American ancestors, but never considered her heritage relevant to her life. Her ancestral imprints began to emerge when a series of personal events that were triggered by her breast cancer diagnosis sent her hurling onto what she describes as an invisible moving sidewalk. (Imagine the people carriers in airports.) She believes that at certain times we all land on such a sidewalk, designed to carry us to a specific destination. This particular sidewalk transported her to a place where oracles that were hiding in plain sight seemed to magically appear at precisely the right time.

Ann coined the term personal oracles to describe those mysterious messages that guide and often comfort us, and in so doing illuminate an interconnected world that is tuned in and available to us at all times. Ann makes her home in Tucson and Taos with the love of her life --- her husband Kenneth --- and her dog Pandora and a cat named Moon Boy. For the many blessings in her life she gives thanks.

To learn more about Ann Bolinger McQuade and her work, please visit: https://everydayextradimensions.com