Surviving the Changes: Forward to Basics for the New Era

I was pleased to have again been interviewed by Nedda Wittels for the Animal Communicator Forum on February 14, 2011. It was a long (1 hour 7 minutes) discussion, covering a variety of topics under the banner Surviving the Changes: Forward to Basics for the New Era, and you can listen to it using the player below (requires Flash). (And you can listen to my previous interview here.) [audio:http://billiedean.com/bd_content/acf_2012-02-14-BillieDean.mp3|titles=Surviving the Changes: Forward to Basics for the New Era for the Animal Communicator Forum] I hope you enjoy this wide-ranging discussion. … [Read more...]

News from A Place of Peace – January 2012

Adopted goat babies at A Place of Peace.

January 22, 2012 It's late here at A Place of Peace, the rain falls gently, and when we step outside, we're greeted by the gentle knicker of a wild mother mare who recognises us as "The Ones Who Bring Food".   It's time for their last meal of the day, and the garden has been turned into a nursery for three mother mares and their little filly foals.  The house yard is quite large, and they go under the pine trees and the Hawthorn Tree, the little ones racing around with their tiny tails stuck high in the air.   They are so beautiful, and growing up in complete security, knowing that if they can't find mum, aunty is close by.  The mares are great mums, and very proud of their babies.  I shudder when I think these foals may never have been born, and their terrified mothers, killed horrifically in slaughter houses which should be shut down forever. During the day the wild horses graze peacefully in three herds.  Merlin the stallion has his herd which includes the baby … [Read more...]

Ascension Messages from Animals, Nature, and the Fae

Animal Communicator Forum

I was pleased to have been interviewed by Nedda Wittels for the Animal Communicator Forum on June 15, 2011. It was a long (1 hour 25 minutes) discussion, covering a variety of topics under the banner Ascension Messages from Animals, Nature, and the Fae, and you can listen to it using the player below (requires Flash). [audio:http://billiedean.com/bd_content/acf_2011-06-15-BillieDean.mp3|titles=Ascension Messages from Animals, Nature, and the Fae for the Animal Communicator Forum] I hope you enjoy this wide-ranging discussion. … [Read more...]

New Moon, New Year – New You?

Greeting the Sun

 22 January 2012 The long awaited  year of 2012 has arrived and I'm reminded of the first time I heard about it in 1978.  I was a herb student, and after a field day identifying plants in the wild, our hosts offered a vegetarian lunch (potato patties and salad). The conversation, as we dined alfresco, me with the resident dog at my feet, turned to conspiracy theories. It was one of those days you just don't forget. I loved the company I was in, even though I was the youngest there, feeling much more at home in this alternative environment than anything else in my life to date. There were bees buzzing. The dog and I were quietly communing, and the human conversation and company were fascinating. The conversation turned to 2012.  Was it really the end of the world?  Would a UFO come and get the "good" people? Did you have to believe in Jesus to be saved? Was it all a furfy?  Our host, a very tall man with a beard and overalls, stood up and talked about the Hopi … [Read more...]

Healing Through Connecting With All Life

This is a quest post by animal communicator Val Heart. You can also listen to the interview I did on Val's show The Real Doctor Doolittle. . . . . . . One day I happened to glance outside onto the shaded area of my patio deck and noticed my grey tabby cat laying in a regal pose, front arms stretched out with her paws elegantly crossed in front of her. Her eyes were half shut, she seemed to be smiling a Mona Lisa smile, and even from inside the house I could see that she seemed to be vibrating. Fascinated I watched as her energy seemed to grow and grow until it connected with every living thing and object within at least 50 feet of where she was. The air around her seemed charged with life force and peace, humming with power. I asked her what she was doing, since it was obvious something remarkable was going on, and she said: “I am blessing my space, being one with everything and everyone from the trees to the earth to the birds to the insects to the wind…, … [Read more...]

Interviewed by Val Heart

I was thrilled to have been interviewed by American animal communicator Val Heart on her show The Real Doctor Dolittle. Val was a delightful host, and we had a lovely discussion. You can listen to it in the player below (requires Flash), or click through to Val's web site and have a listen there (and even if you do listen to it below, go have a look at Val's site). [audio:http://billiedean.com/bd_content/val_heart_real_doctor_dolittle_10nov2011.mp3|titles=Billie Dean Interviewed by Val Heart on The Real Doctor Dolittle radio show] We had a lovely discussion about a lot of things during our hour together, including: What the animals want us to desperately know right now. What is behind the need for social change and compassionate action. Whether animals have an understanding of humans as carnivores (you can guess my take on that one). What an animal shaman is and what they do to care for the animals on our planet. What my New Shamanism is, and what it could mean for … [Read more...]

Solstice, Celebration and Meaning

Summer Solstice

December 22, 2011 In our home we celebrate the Solstice, not Christmas, which is for many people becoming increasingly a time of despair and anxiety.  Solstice is one of the Sabbats that has been celebrated throughout time, and for us, it holds far more meaning than the often stress-filled day society tells us we must celebrate.  When we lived in Sydney, we used to hold a Boxing Day gathering for all our circle of friends who were traumatised by their family get togethers.  There were a lot of them!  So Boxing Day became a healing day with spiritual family. Walking through a Canberra Mall last week to get new dog tags engraved for the dogs, I was overwhelmed by the massive despair that this time of celebration and giving is still creating.  Being an empath, I was feeling teary from the collective sorrow and stress. Truly, it is time for a massive overhaul of how we consider celebrating Christmas. Talking to people in that mall, I found many were embracing a … [Read more...]

Festive Sweets

Chocolate Melting

December 21, 2012 The following is one of the recipes from our new ebook Loving Kindness Chocolate Indulgence: A Vegan Recipe Book for Animal-Loving Chocoholics, which we released yesterday, and which people are loving. The Festive Sweets recipe is perfect for this time of year, and fun to do with the kids. This recipe was generously donated by Vegan Family, and our ebook is a fundraiser for the animals of A Place of Peace. Festive Sweets Making your own sweets is actually quite fun - children have a great time with this too.  They are also nice gifts if placed in a pretty box or packet. Ingredients Vegan chocolate - I recommend Maya Gold for these - it's orange spiciness is perfect for this time of year. Nuts of your choice (hazel, walnut, pecan, almond, brazil) Vegan marzipan (many supermarkets stock this) Dates Desiccated coconut Cocoa Icing sugar Crystallised angelica Glace cherries Flaked almonds Directions It's very simple! Melt the … [Read more...]

Surviving the Current Energies

Sad dog in a Christmas hat

December 8, 2012 It has to be a cosmic joke. Christmas is usually an emotionally frayed enough time without Mercury in retrograde, but we’ve had three weeks of it! Mercury goes forward on December 13. Hooray! When Mercury goes, retrograde it is a good time to go within.  And with the energies of the moment being particularly touchy, if you can go within I would highly advise it. Eat lunch alone! Out in nature. It’s a good time to duck and hide. Hibernate even. Because this Mercury Retrograde is heightened by the December 10th Lunar Eclipse, the 12/12/11 Gateway, and solar flares, it might makes people very stressed if they don’t understand what is going on. Here at home, we put our heads down and work and tend animals, and it is like we are in our own world. But the number of cries for help are coming in good and fast, so I know people are struggling with this, this time. Don’t worry. We’ll have a new gateway soon. But the essence of it is that we have to do our … [Read more...]

Divine Love Healing Circle – December 11, 2011

Samantha at A Place of Peace

Hi everyone, My next Divine Love Healing Circle will be held at the Full Moon, December 11, 2011. Here is how it works. If you would like one or more animals included in this particular Divine Love Healing Circle, leave a comment on this blog post giving the animal's name and breed.  On the the above date, I will conduct  a Divine Love Healing Circle, where I send Divine Love and Deep Forgiveness to the animals listed here, along with the ones who are in my care. To be clear, I don’t send healing. I send Divine Love and Deep Forgiveness, which is like a blessing for the Highest Good.  That is because I believe it is not up to us to send healing, especially when there is no permission from the person to whom that healing is directed.  Every being has their own soul journey.  By sending Divine Love and Deep Forgiveness, all human ego is out of the way and only pure Divine energy is invoked. Again, if you want to register your animal for this healing circle, leave a … [Read more...]