Friday, January 21, 2005
CATHOLIC ANGELIC CHANNELER
A story at PittsburghLIVE linked at Spirit Daily, describes a Pittsburgh area Catholic woman who holds "angel gatherings". Carol Ann Ciocco has gleaned her knowledge from the books of West Coast clairvoyant Dr. Doreen Virtue. Virtue has her own set of tarot cards which Ciocco uses to give angel readings for her "angel gathering" guests. She is quick to assure that the deck does not contain any of the "fallen angels" from Judeo-Christian tradition, whom she claims not to work with because they are "non-union."
She claims that she is not a "true psychic medium," but admits that she "can't recall most of the information she's relayed" because she "kind of go[es] into a prayer state." She hopes to be able to teach session participants how to contact the angels on their own.
She goes on to recount how her mother, a "devout Christian" who "prayed the rosary several times a day", introduced her to looking for angels. After her mother passed away in 2002, she moved back into her childhood home to care for her father. After reading Virtue's book "The Lightworker's Way" she began to experience feeling as though she was not alone when there was no one else in a room.
She has reconciled her activities with her Catholicism:
Although she admits many conservative Christians probably would look askance at her gatherings, she said she's managing to reconcile her more recent approach to angels with her long-held Catholic faith.
"I did go through a crisis period, but now, it's like a moot point," she said of dovetailing her angel explorations with Catholic doctrine. "It took me about 10 years to come to this point."
"This is a part of my religion," Ciocco said of her relationship with angels. "This seems to be some sort of gift. It doesn't replace going to church, it enhances your communication with God."
Ciocco also believes animals, especially her pet cat, have guardian angels, and has photographs of the cat with what she claims are angel images in the picture.
Apparently from the article she associates sex with visions. At least she says:
"Even though it's not something sexy like a vision, you still should take it seriously," when speaking of messages angels send her.
As is so often typical, she is turning her experiences into a money-making operation.
The article is especially interesting since Dr. Doreen Virtue's tarot deck plays such a significant role in Ciocco's seances.
Doreen Virtue has co-authored a book with James Twyman, the promoter of the movie "Indigo". Virtue has written her own book on Indigo children as well.
Amazon also sells her angel tarot deck as well as her goddess tarot cards. In fact Doreen Virtue is a very busy lady. Amazon lists 67 entries under her name. And she looks so young!
Illustrations for her tarot cards were created by Rosicrucian artist Cheryl Rose who has done a painting of Indigo Children. Rose has also painted a portrait of James F. Twyman. There is a link on this webpage which will take you to James F. Twyman's website. If you scroll all the way to the bottom of the Virtual Gallery you can see that Rose has paintings which are "visions from sacred sites" which will be part of her forthcoming book "Art Through the Eyes of the Soul". There you can see links for The Grail King, Rosslyn Rememberance, Our Lady of Medjugorje, and Mary Magdalene, among others.
Rose and Twyman are both listed at The Light Party Attainment website.
