Transformation from Hu-man to Bird-Man or Angel-Man

[Shirlee Hall]

My life has been filled with angels and birds visitations and messages. Both symbolize a gateway to heaven. The message of the Bird Tribe is this: if one has wisdom they can find the guardian of the door and open the door. What does this door lead to? The Garden of Eden or the Garden of Creation...the 450 billion galaxies revealed to us by the Hubble Space Telescope. A place the Mayans called 'the place of herons'. Some call it Birdland. Birdland was reached by crossing the waters of immortality. In order to make this journey, said the ancient Egyptians, we have to transform ourselves into a heron. There was even a formula for doing so in the Egyptian Book of the Dead...written for us by Thoth.

Research shows us the mystical meanings of birds. I chose the Swan because they have played a very important part in my physical, mental and spiritual life. Historically, there have been swan cults in England and Siberia, swan feasts, swan-feather mantles, swan-kings, swan-knights, swan-lineage, swan-maidens, swan-shamanism, swan Upping in Britain on the River Thames and legends of the Sky Bird seen in the stars of Cygnus on the Euphrates River of Upper and Lower Iraq as a celestial bird.

Throughout Indo-European myths swan maidens are mentioned. The Vedic Brahma had the swan as his special vehicle. Of course, there is the myth of Zeus in swan form impregnating Leda who then give birth to the Heavenly Twins, twilight and dawn, and Helen, another name for Selene, the Moon. Both male and female swan spirits appeared in folktales derived from pagan mythology. They link the different worlds and dimensions. The English Mute Swans, the pair who I love, also epitomize the idea of strength through silence.

In the popular book, "Animal Speak", the author, Ted Andrews, offers extensive research on the symbolism of swans. As a totem, they represent the awakening of true beauty and power, celestial guidance, virtues and infinite possibilities. Myths and legends share the transformational power of these magical creatures. A swan leads the reader of my latest book, "Be-Embracing the Mystery" through each chapter. Swans are the mystical carriers involved with the evolution of the soul. They are special friends in both the physical world and worlds of Light~~~