Dianna is an author of occult / mind-body-spirit books, gothic poetry, urban fantasy and paranormal romance. www.diannahardy.com
Of her spiritual background she says:
Of her spiritual background she says:
"As well as my writing, I enjoy sharing with others my spiritual thoughts and experiences. I have been working with the unseen elements of the earth and the spiritual dimension for as long as I can remember, my earliest memory being at one year old, when I was taken by my mother to an ice sculpture of Snow White in her coffin within a cave in Portugal... a moment which I immediately recognised as being important and have never forgotten. That Snow White was also the very first film I ever watched at the cinema at the age of three, left me with no doubt that the story of Snow White was significant to me somehow. It was not until many years later that I realised so much of what I did had a name and an orgin within Shamanic (and other) practices, and that Snow White was a symbolism for the path I was to follow: Death, Rebirth, Eve/Lillith and the Apple, and of course Love, the meaning of 'happily ever after' and the healing of broken hearts.
Consciously, I began to study Magic, Witchcraft and Shamanism (from different traditions) in 1999, finding excitement in knowing that many things I already did naturally, like journeying and communing with my Spirit Guides was 'normal'.
My main teachers have always been my Spirit Guides (different ones at different times), and I have been led to Earth Teachers every now and again to enhance my learning, focus my initiations and nudge me in the right direction, including Ivan MacBeth and Dr Yubraj Sharma. Learning is continuous within any form of spiritual practice, because energy and spirit is not solid - it always changes and transforms... I am always learning something new.
As an author, my words very much reflect elements of how I live in and perceive the world, as well as some things I have learnt along the way. With the Insights Series, my thoughts were always to make available books that "cut out the crap" behind learning how to lead a spiritual life. The discipline needed to walk a certain path comes with the love and experience of a subject and cannot be forced -- yes, trained -- but not forced. The history of a subject can be found in any number of other books, and widely on the internet. My books don't deal with history -- they deal with the here and now, with you and what you can bring to the spiritual elements that you're passionate about.
Living shamanically and the power of magic is something that I strongly believe is inherent and very much alive within all of us and whether we choose to take that further into a full blown practice is our choice.
I write these books, so that you may catch a glimpse of your own magic realm, just waiting to be rediscovered."
Dianna is qualified in Crystal Healing (1999), Indian Head Massage (1999), Bach Flower Remedies (2004) and Indigo Essences (2010) and currently divides her time between parenting, writing, running her small publishing company, working with essences and reading the Tarot.
Consciously, I began to study Magic, Witchcraft and Shamanism (from different traditions) in 1999, finding excitement in knowing that many things I already did naturally, like journeying and communing with my Spirit Guides was 'normal'.
My main teachers have always been my Spirit Guides (different ones at different times), and I have been led to Earth Teachers every now and again to enhance my learning, focus my initiations and nudge me in the right direction, including Ivan MacBeth and Dr Yubraj Sharma. Learning is continuous within any form of spiritual practice, because energy and spirit is not solid - it always changes and transforms... I am always learning something new.
As an author, my words very much reflect elements of how I live in and perceive the world, as well as some things I have learnt along the way. With the Insights Series, my thoughts were always to make available books that "cut out the crap" behind learning how to lead a spiritual life. The discipline needed to walk a certain path comes with the love and experience of a subject and cannot be forced -- yes, trained -- but not forced. The history of a subject can be found in any number of other books, and widely on the internet. My books don't deal with history -- they deal with the here and now, with you and what you can bring to the spiritual elements that you're passionate about.
Living shamanically and the power of magic is something that I strongly believe is inherent and very much alive within all of us and whether we choose to take that further into a full blown practice is our choice.
I write these books, so that you may catch a glimpse of your own magic realm, just waiting to be rediscovered."
Dianna is qualified in Crystal Healing (1999), Indian Head Massage (1999), Bach Flower Remedies (2004) and Indigo Essences (2010) and currently divides her time between parenting, writing, running her small publishing company, working with essences and reading the Tarot.
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