Hi,

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I take it that you refer to this particular correspondence –

To No. 7: ... I send you this snippet of information from the ‘guru gossip’ web site –

There is a new book being released called

‘THE HEALING OF ALIEN ABDUCTION THROUGH SHAMANISTIC HEALING

by Dr. Francesca Rossetti D.D.

Through ‘psycho-regression therapy’ and the use of her ceremonial rattle, Dr. Rossetti aims to heal the trauma caused by ‘alien abduction’, to clear blockages connected with ‘negative extraterrestial interference’, and to release psychic implants: such as ‘metal discs in the body or aura, Microchips, wires in the brain, metallic dust, miniature radio receivers and green rays of light, as well as live ET entities, which may have their source in Andromeda, Ancient Egyptian, Atlantean, Lemurian, Martian, Grey and Reptilian energies, to name but a few...’ Cost of therapy is £130 for 3 hours.’ Apply to The Rosetti Foundation, B/M Spiritos, London WC1N 3XX or phone 0171 792 2957.

This new form of psychic help beats any old-fashioned attempts to heal oneself through traditional therapy and meditation. The new mode is – get raped by a Martian and then pay £130 for 3 hours to make it look real. Vineeto, AF-List, No 7c

The announcement of the supposed new release which I quoted was a parody on New Age practices from the ‘guru gossip’ web site. However, when I went to Dr. Rossetti’s web site to look for the origin of the above parody I found the following:

Francesca Rossetti D.D. ... is a world traveller and she has met several ethnic tribal leaders and healers.

During the course of her travels she has personally been linked to a number of ancient traditions. These include being consecrated as a healer in the Philippines, and by the Kahunas in Hawaii, being accepted into the healing side of a Shinto school of the Martial arts in Japan and being adopted by the Iroquois Indians during one of her visits to America. <snip> Part of Francesca’s work is to open up psychic windows within, thus helping you to live your life in greater depth with more abundance on all levels. One of Francesca’s aims is to spread her knowledge through teaching the natural laws which govern nature and giving people an inner understanding of birth, marriage and death and the psychic causes of disease. Francesca has psychic abilities and is able to go into altered states of consciousness enabling her to tune into other levels of reality.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wholeness/rossbiog.htm

Dr Francesca Rossetti DD has been practising as a past life therapist for over 20 years. She is a researcher into the paranormal aspects of the human psyche and a spiritual teacher.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wholeness/rossbook.htm

Mrs. Rossetti further details some of the ‘ancient traditions’ and ‘paranormal aspects of the human psyche’ and the nature of her healings – she offers equally paranormal methods for healing psychic ailments.

‘Shamanistic Healing ... covers many different aspects including the releasing of ‘negative karma and emotions’, and thereby cleansing and healing different organs in the body. It is also possible to release ‘curses on love, money and health, as well as spells and black magic influences’ that may be causing perhaps subtle restrictions within this lifetime. Treatment includes the ‘healing of psychic injuries from past lives, and the integrating and the healing of past personalities. As well as releasing old religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and also healing ‘crying wombs’ and ‘broken hearts’. Shamanistic methods of healing include the use of sacred sounds, ceremonial rattles, evocation of the divine forces, and ancestral energies’.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wholeness/rossther.htm

Therefore Mrs. Rossetti’s work clearly falls into the category of superstition as defined by the Oxford Dictionary :

Superstition 1 – Irrational awe or fear of the unknown etc.; belief in a religion considered false or pagan; religious belief or practice founded on fear or ignorance; credulity regarding religion or the supernatural; an instance of this, a practice, belief, etc., based on such fear or ignorance. 2 An irrational religious system; a religion regarded as false or pagan; a ceremony or observance of such a religion. 3 Widely held but irrational or unfounded belief; a common but unjustifiable idea of the effects or nature of a thing etc.

Only four years ago I was deeply entrenched in spiritual belief and devotion and, as a fully paid-up member of the whole spiritual New Age movement, believed in all kinds of ancient traditions, superstitions, shamanistic healing, alternative medicine, karma, past lives, parallel lives and life-after-death. Not only was it fashionable, it also suited me well in that I never had to feel responsible for my feelings, moods and actions – it was always someone else’s influence, some karma from some other life, some psychic vibe in the air, some deep wound from my childhood or simply the particular astrological predisposition or the specific constellation of the day. Needless to say, believing that some paranormal forces or other-wordly energies were the cause of my roller coaster moods did nothing to eliminate my misery and my malice towards others ... and believing they were the cause only served to remove me further from the possibility of doing something about it.

When I came across actualism a whole new world opened up. By reading about Richard’s experiences I learnt – and soon confirmed it by my own experiences – that it is possible to change myself (all by myself) in order to become increasingly free from malice and sorrow and to experience peace-on-earth.

This change towards becoming happy and harmless does not happen through shamanistic healing or the psychic help of a powerful Master or through devoted meditation – this change happens by methodically and radically investigating all spiritual beliefs and emotions that cause me to act maliciously or to feel miserable. By asking ‘How am I experiencing this moment of being alive’ and then investigating the down-to-earth practical causes of why I am not feeling good right now, I have succeeded in removing 99% of my beliefs and emotion-backed thoughts that used to make me feel sad and angry, grumpy and fearful, greedy and needy, anxious and pining, inferior and arrogant, silly and gullible. In short, the method that Richard devised is not only simple, it also works.

The method works for those who are ready to look behind the curtains of religious and spiritual belief to find out what really causes human beings to fight and kill each other, what really is the underlying cause of corruption and starvation, depression and domestic violence, rape and murder, suicide and genocide.

When I dug deep into my own psyche to find the causes for my own destructive emotions and passionate actions, the superficial explanatory beliefs of past-life karma, childhood hurts, astrological predispositions and mythical spiritual forces were simply unsatisfactory. I wanted to know the origin of fear, the source of aggression, the underlying reason for the continuous need for love, the root cause for my desire for power and control.

I found that the source for all this misery and mayhem lies much, much deeper than the commonly accepted reasons – social conditioning, ‘wrong’ beliefs, psychic wounds or good and evil forces. The source of all my misery and mayhem is ‘me’, ‘who I think and feel I am’ at the very core of my being. The core of my ‘being’, this alien entity inhabiting my flesh-and-blood body, is relentlessly driven by the instinctual animal survival passions, programmed to survive at any cost.

Fiona, you might by now begin to understand that Actual Freedom is freedom from all beliefs, be they ancient or modern, Western or Eastern, tribal or universal. An actualist does not replace a ‘bad’ belief with a ‘good’ and soothing belief à la Oprah Winfrey – an actualist investigates and incrementally eliminates all beliefs and relies solely on facts and sensibility. Initiating such a change may be a bit scary, particularly at the start, but as you read on in the extensive correspondence of our website you might find that the benefits of both Virtual Freedom and Actual Freedom far exceed the temporary relief gained by following the fashionable fantasies of the spiritual way of life.

‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ – until you discover the actual world that lies beyond any fervent belief and passionate imagination. This actual world is magical, delightful, easy, sensuous, wondrous, scintillating, sparkling, pure and perfect. All of our writing is but an invitation to find out for yourself.

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