firetemples

Inspired by Angels
Britt Nesheim

Priestess of the Persian Fire Temples and Archangels

© 2009 Britt Nesheim

For nearly a year I have been cultivating a friendship with my spiritual girlfriend Marisa. Marisa was drawn to me because in one of my old Angel
Circle fliers I mentioned that I had studied the ancient mysteries of Avalon with a Celtic spirituality teacher. This interested Marisa because she has a
strong association with Avalon and looks like an Avalonian priestess with long silver blue hair. When I did a reading for her I saw Avalonian
priestesses around her which is very rare in my psychic experience. At the Angel Circle meetings Marsia made it clear that she does not identify with
angels and prefers to study the ways of the Divine Feminine which she calls the Goddess but kept an open mind and continued to participate on
and off. Over the past several months because of our joint passion for the divine feminine my relationship with Marisa blossomed. When we were
together I wondered if I had an association with Avalon as well but could not pin point anything about my spiritual history to Avalon. I desired to know
more about my ancient spiritual origins.

Although my current life ancestral roots are European, I have a strong affinity for ancient Mediterranean times. I relish in Mediterranean style food
such as lentil soup, black tea, apricots, dates, fresh fish, and salads with chick peas, red kidney beans and feta cheese. When I think about
traveling to far away places, I fantasize about visiting Morocco, Alexandria, Greece, and Constantinople. I own several pieces of Middle Eastern,
Indian and Greek styled jewelry. I am drawn to designs used in Persian rugs and ceramics. Two of my close spiritual girlfriends are from Iran. I think
that people who grew up in the Middle East and proactively participate in American life have warm, friendly and hospitable personalities. I have read
more than one contemporary memoir written by Middle Eastern woman crying out for a voice. I enjoy listening to modern New Age music created
using instruments of ancient Persia and India such as shakers, bells, sarangi, tamboura, santoor, ektara. In the summer time I prefer to wear clothes
reminiscent of harems such as long baggy pants, cardigan sweaters, and mules for shoes with pointed toes or golden colored sandals. When I
dress myself up for spiritual celebrations, I wear long flowing multi layered skirt, golden sandals, a bracelet made out of bell chimes which draws the
attention of my female Indian coworkers, a belly dancing skirt, and third eye jewelry.

It was not clear to me that my affinity for ancient Mediterranean culture held any spiritual significance for me until it came up in readings. One reader
saw that my bedroom had flowing drapes in it which reminded her of a harem and then discerned that I have had a past life in a harem. I explored
this reading in a past life regression therapy session and saw myself as the daughter of a very kind sultan living a communal life with many other
women of all ages. In another past life reading my friend Maria saw me as a temple priestess with blonde hair and blue eyes but could not pinpoint
the time or location. It felt Middle Eastern or Mediterranean. When I looked at this life in a past life regression therapy session sensed that the
religion reminded me of Egypt or Greece but knew that it was neither.

Marisa has been to my home more than once and noticed my affiliation with Persian things like my preferred style of dress, preferred diet, and warm
colors which illuminate my living room such as golden yellow and warm pinks and reds. Through a series of divinely orchestrated events (which
make up an entirely separate article associated with the Fairy Congress), Marisa and I jointly signed up for a workshop taught by RJ Stewart, an
expert on ancient spirituality. His class focused on the Seven Directions which make up the Tree of Life, a model used in all ancient religions for
mapping out the inner spiritual realms. When Marisa and I got in my car to drive to RJ’s class she handed me a gift in the form of an oracle card with
a picture of a tree and several birds including a large peacock and pheasant resting in its branches explaining that she thought of me when she saw
the card because she knew that I like birds and that birds have come to me more than once with spiritual messages. I immediately noticed that the
design on the card reminded me of the Tree of Life designs I have seen in Middle Eastern ceramics. I did not mention this to Marisa, was curious
that she did not recognize the design as Persian, and put the thought in the back of my mind.

In preparation for the second day of the workshop I got dressed in my harem and Greek style. I wore a light golden tan cardigan with a tie at the
under breast area, a goddess styled light green t-shirt, golden and pink earrings, a golden snake shaped bracelet, golden and sliver flat mules and
three golden necklaces two of which with Greek styling. During the second day of class RJ explained that the Archangels associated with the
celestial realm of the angels on the Tree of Life held significance in the ancient religions of Persia and were worshiped in the Fire Temples of
Zorostrians. Zoroastrianism is an ancient Persian religion practiced during the mid-5th century BCE. RJ explained that Greek religion and
Christianity are based on the religion of ancient Persia. These fire temples originated in the times of Atlantis. RJ then explained that Archangels are
associated with light and uplifting energies and when communicating with Archangels psychic readers will perceive the future whereas psychics
associated with earth based religions like the Faery tradition, the Goddess or ancestors tend to study and see the past. It was then that my affinity
for angels and Archangels and Persian culture, the style of my readings which I call angel readings and my past life reading memory as a priestess
became clear. When RJ explained the history or Archangel worship I saw Marisa perk up and I knew that together we had found the answer to my
question about my ancient spiritual origins.

In that moment, I intuitively knew that I have practiced ancient spirituality in the Fire Temples of Persia. I realized that because the decorative
designs of ancient Greek and Egypt were similar to those of Persia at that time and because Greek and Egyptian religions are better known to
Westerners than those of ancient Persia that I at first thought that my past priestess life was as a Greek or Egyptian priestess. From my past life as
a Persian priestess I created a strong association for angel and Archangels practicing in the Fire Temples. I carry the memories of these times and
my association with the angels and Archangels with me into this lifetime which explains why I see angels and Archangels. I went home and
researched Zoroastrianism and learned that many of the Persian gods and goddesses are depicted with wings that remind me of angel wings. The
Persian Tree of Life often depicts a mythical creature based on the body of a bird, especially that of a peasant. I called Marisa to explain to her that
through her intuition she had predicted the answer to my question even before we had gone to class by selecting the oracle card with the Persian
Tree of Life and birds. I thanked her for being my spiritual girlfriend.

Over the weekend and the day after class I saw the repeating number combination 333 which I know from Doreen’s teachings means that you are
working with the ascended masters. In my case, the ascended masters had shown up to help me understand my ancient connection with the Persian
Tree of Life which is a magical system.

My desire to understand my ancient spiritual origins had drawn a new student to me named Traci the spiritual meaning of which I did not realize at
first. Traci showed up to the last Fairy Intuitive class which I held the weekend before RJ’s class. I met her recently for a private reading. I was
wearing my harem Middle Eastern and Greek styled summer wear: long baggy white linen pants, golden sandals, hot pink painted toe nails and a
goddess styled light green t-shirt. When Traci and I greeted each other we screeched when we looked down at our feet. Both of us were wearing
golden sandals and both of us had painted our toe nails hot pink. In her private session I noticed that Traci was being guided by ancient ancestors
which looked Greek. She did not understand this. I explained to her that in ancient times family lineage was considered to be sacred and people
actively engaged in ancestor based spiritual practices. I suggested some sources for her to learn more about ancestor worship. I told her that the
golden colored disk earrings she was wearing were significant of her past lives. I did a past life reading for her which revealed her as a Grecian
princess caught up in a political struggle between herself, a foreign lover and her parents. Once again through the law of attraction I had drawn a
student to me that mirrored what I was going through at the time. This time my student was helping me remember my ancient past lives and
reverence for ancient spirituality which I have carried with me into this life. Traci was going through the same, also had strong associations with
ancient Mediterranean times, and had shown up to reinforce my remembering.

P.S. I did visit Istanbul this year, the modern day version of Constantinople. It was not a spiritually expanding experience for me like Marisa’s
adventures to Glastonbury. I was spiritually deadened by the male dominating culture of today and the militaristic religion of Islam. Caution for
spiritual explorers. Your past life memories may be more pleasant than revisiting places of times long ago. Check the spiritual values of the country
you are visiting before booking your travel.

With Angel Love, Fairy Joy, and Ancestral Memories,

Britt Nesheim