A familiar fairy tale illustrates how to find and challenge the many fears which hold us back from the love and prosperity which is our birthright.

By consciously recognizing angels you create a circle of power and sacred bond with others. Similarly, the basis for a permanent and profound change in your life resides in recognizing and honoring the person you have been, the one who has brought you to your current point in life. Only then can you lay to rest the ghosts which haunt you and become that which you want to be.

Too often our holiday celebrations are based on traditions that no longer reflect our current beliefs. As a result, we set up expectations that, when unmet, leave us feeling empty and even angry. Because Samuel wants us to experience the magic of the holiday season, he encourages us to examine our holiday traditions and reflect on what they mean to the person we have become today. He then gives an easy and practical three-step exercise that will help empower us to recreate our holiday traditions to reflect the people we are. This teaching is great for every day, not just the holidays!

According to Samuel, the Celtic new year, Samhain—which marks both final harvest and the time to prepare the land for winter rest and spring renewal—is the time to recreate our lives. He suggests we begin by being thankful, first for our past and then for the person we have become. Samuel teaches that our foundational beliefs are the “soil” making up the “land” of our life, and he presents specific techniques for becoming aware of those beliefs which no longer benefit us, and ways to have the most profitable “harvest” in our lives. This teaching, in which he calls for “eight days of rebirth, renewal and recognizing the new,” includes Samuel’s “famous” television and media fast as a technique for learning to think for ourselves!

Samuel begins this teaching by talking about procrastination. He offers insights into the mental processes that sabotage our dreams, and he gives practical techniques for creating new beginnings, including how to put feet on our dreams by knowing how and when to expand or narrow our focus. In closing, Samuel talks about death as change. “The way you accept the concept of death is the way that you deal with change generally. What would you be leaving the world if you were to die tonight? Does it remind you of anything you’re procrastinating on?”

In this teaching Samuel shows us ways to stop pounding our heads against the wall and find true happiness. “You are here to be happy, and in order to experience that happiness you created a very wonderful pathway for yourself. You gave yourself gifts and abilities so that, by experiencing them, you would have consistent joy in your life and thereby be encouraged to continue.” Learn specific exercises from Samuel that will help you find your patterns of happiness and better enable you to do the work you’ve come here to do.

In this meeting Samuel teaches about the ancient Celtic celebration of the first harvest, Lughnassadh, and calls for “a time of transfiguration—an internal harvest.” He uses this meeting to review and teach us more about how to see and merge with light. He sums up his teaching during this meeting by remind-ing us, “Lughnassadh is the celebration of the sun, the harvest, the energy of doing, of hope beyond hope, of follow-ing your bliss for a change!” He then closes with, “Dear one, may the wizard you are SHINE.”

Samuel uses this meeting to teach what seems to be two very different topics: making good choices and seeing auras. He tells the audience, “You create your independence by the nature of your choices,” reminding them that the master sees multiple opportunities within every decision. Then Samuel describes how to use the information in the human energy field for additional input in making wise choices. “Here is my promise,” he says, “you practice this, you will see changes.”

Samuel gifts his audience this night with a truly loving and inspiring teaching for everyone who desires to manifest positive change. He talks about using Summer Solstice energy for manifesta-tion, and says it is a time to be “born anew,” to “do the things you really want to do.” Samuel includes some fascinating information about spirit’s birth options. He then devotes some time to Ascendency as a result of conscious action before giving some very thought-provoking answers to audience questions about suicide, death and grief.

This recording is a great example of the practical self-empowerment techniques Samuel is known for. “The truth of it is,” he tells the audience, “there are certain things within your existence that really will make a difference!” This lively teaching is filled with exercises for improving the physical, mental and emotional aspects of our lives, given in a way that we can easily incorporate for a better connection with our spiritual selves.