Awakening Your Inner High-Priestess
& Source-eress

By Doreen Virtue, Ph.D

M y first clue that this would be a strange visit to Sedona, Arizona, was when “Gator,” a handlebar-mustached taxi driver, pulled in front of our hotel in a dilapidated red Lincoln Town Car. The car’s hood sported a large pair of steer horns, and its eight-track tape player blasted a Willie Nelson song.

Gator drove my friend Lynnette Brown (who’s also the co-author of my book, Angel Numbers) and me to a rental car company. We were in Sedona for the weekend giving a mediumship course. My husband, Steven Farmer, was also in town, co-leading a men’s retreat along with Jade Wah’oo, a shamanic teacher.

Sedona is among the most magical places on our Earth. The red-rock skyscrapers give it an unearthly appearance. It’s easy to feel ungrounded in Sedona, as if you’re in a surrealistic dream. During our visit, there was also a harvest moon, the term given to the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, the date when sunlight and nighttime are equal in length as summer ends and fall begins.

I’d become sensitive to the moon’s cycles and their effects on my body, moods, and the events I experienced. Full moons often elicited adventures and surprises.

I was scheduled to give a speech at the Sedona Creative Life Center on the first evening of our trip. The speech was for WE International, a support group for walk-ins. As I’ve written in my book, Earth Angels, walk-ins are spiritually evolved souls who offer to take over the body and life of a depressed or suicidal person, leaving that individual free to go home to Heaven.

Unlike possession, a walk-in situation only involves one soul inhabiting the body. The original soul leaves, and the new walk-in soul enters. The exchange is often done unconsciously, and the only clues that it’s happened are when family and friends begin saying, “You’ve changed so much!” (either as a complaint or a compliment). Walk-in souls usually can’t remember their childhood, and they often make sudden changes so their new body’s life fits their own personality. It’s common for walk-ins to change their first name and leave their spouse, home, and job—all within a short period of time.

As Lynnette and I drove to the venue where I’d be speaking, we called upon Archangel Chamuel to help us find our way. Chamuel is known as the “Finding Angel,” as he helps retrieve lost articles and give directions to those who have lost their way.

“Archangel Chamuel, please find the place!” I exclaimed. Then I corrected myself: “I mean, please help us find the place!” Lynnette and I chuckled. Otherwise, Chamuel would be at the Sedona Creative Life Center waiting for us, saying, “Well, you asked me to find the place. I’ve been waiting for you!”

As we laughed, I saw Archangel Michael standing on the side of the road. Michael is a huge, handsome archangel who protects us, and I often invoke him while driving (especially on unfamiliar roads). Michael’s bright royal-purple aura lit up the street just as we saw the street sign for Schnebly Hill Road. We turned right on Schnebly and immediately found the center. “Thank you, Michael and Chamuel!”

Musician Peter Sterling played his harp during the guided meditations, and afterward, he offered to take Lynnette and me to a full-moon ceremony on Cathedral Rock, a monolithic red-rock natural structure that’s 900 feet high, almost the same height as Paris’s Eiffel Tower.

In addition to its many natural red-rock skyscrapers, Sedona is known for its vortexes, which are energy centers within the earth similar to chakras. Vortexes look like water going down the drain, swirling powerfully in the center. Sensitive people can feel the vortex energy, and many report healings and inspiration from being near them.