June 13, 2024



Sunday Spiritual Service

June 14, 2024, 10:00 am



The Lotus Center

124 County Highway 58

Oneonta, NY 13820

Also on Zoom



HOMILY:

"The Gentle Warrior", by Rev. Renee Ranke

Redefining the Divine Masculine Through the Footprints of our Fathers



EMCEE: Rev. Story Lucile Ducey




ZOOM LINK

ISD Community News

Stay Connected. . .

" You may consciously anchor in a” sun seed,” from the solar flares, and request to anchor sun disks into your chakras. . . “
Learn more about this suggestion in this month’s astrology forecast from Connie Lull- scroll down . . .




Writing Class with Renee

"Don’t think of this as work. Think of it as “date night”- that will help you increase your flow, rather than something I’m supposed to do..."


A message received by Renee in "Automatic Writing and Beyond"

class with Renee Ranke, ISD Faculty


There are 2 more sessions on Thursdays at 5:30! (Tonight & June 20th) Do you have a wish to connect intuitively to spirit led writing?

Join us- reach out to Renee Ranke


Pictured- Diana Friedell and Connie Lull at a previous Automatic Writing Class -

Photo by Tamii Barrows- Stone Hill Photography



ISD Headquarters!

photo by Tom Landon

More precisely CHIPMUNK headquarters!


Sunday, June 16th,Father's Day Service Sunday July 7th: NO SERVICE and No Board Meeting due to holiday weekend.


NEXT Service will be on July 21st, at ISD Headquarters, followed by a picnic/potluck outdoors. Please bring a dish to pass. Tom invites you to bring your bathing suit, the pool and hot tub are open and absolutely delightful! If you want to drop in the pool any other time, you are welcome but email or call Tom first!



Upcoming classes and events...

Contemporary Metaphysical Thought

with Diana Friedell


June 15th, 2024 at 10:00am- 2 pm


The Friedell's Gazebo

Oneonta, NY 13820


In this class, facilitated by ISD Pastor, Faculty & Psychic Medium, Diana Friedell, we will explore and learn about leading thinkers/writers in the current day arena of spiritual growth.

Is there a metaphysical or spiritual teacher/influencer/author who you have been following, and been inspired by?

Students will create a short (10 minute) presentation, and prepare a one page outline, on the spiritual or metaphysical leader of their choice. We will take turns presenting and enjoy learning from each other. The presenter will also lead a discussion about their topic. Perhaps this material will be used in a class you teach in the future, or in a talk you develop.

This class meets a requirement for the ISD Ministry Program, and all are welcome to attend, whether you are in the ministry program or not.

This class will be held in person, and on zoom for those attending from a distance.

Tuition: FREE for ISD Ministers or Ministry Students

$45 or $35 for ISD Members will include lunch.



FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER

Path of the Magdalene Free Meditation Circle

with Dale Capristo

June 20th, 2024 at 7:00-8:00 pm


Magdalena Healing is a global movement dedicated to the rise of the Divine Feminine in balance with the Divine Masculine. This FREE group meets via zoom on the Third Thursday of every month.

Path of the Magdalene Meditation sessions are an opportunity to join together monthly on line and /or in person to activate the healing frequencies of Mary Magdalene in your own life. Mary Magdalene embodied the highest qualities of the Divine, unshakeable faith, unwavering courage, love in action. Each month a quality of Mary Magdalene; faith, tenderness, intelligence, is explored and activated. Find the ZOOM link to join this free group here...

MORE Info/To Register

Reiki Two, with JoAnn Wormuth

Saturday, August 10th, 10am-5pm


Expand your healing abilities with sacred geometry and a Level 2 attunement. JoAnn, Reiki Master Teacher, introduces 2nd-Degree Reiki symbols that increase healing power, assist with mental-emotional balance, and distance healing. Practice sessions, manual & certificate included.

Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki

Level 2 Training

$170.00 or $150 for ISD Members

Includes Manual, Certificate, Snacks and Beverage (bring lunch)

with Q&A/practice 4:00pm – 5:00pm

  • Prerequisite: Reiki Level One Certification.


  • Reiki is universal life force energy. This Japanese technique is used for stress reduction, relaxation and balance. If one's chi is low or blocked, then we are more likely to become ill or feel stress. When chi is high, we are better able to be healthy and happy in mind, body and spirit.
  • Reiki clears and balances the life force energy allowing for the body to best care for itself.  It is an essential tool for those caring for themselves and loved ones. Reiki complements your doctor's medical plan for you.
  • You will be able to practice and ask questions. As your Reiki teacher, JoAnn will be available for ongoing support. 


Individuals who already possess Reiki attunements sometimes wish to refresh their practice. I whole heartedly welcome their participation and believe there should be a price incentive to do so.

Reiki Level Two Refresher Class (Take it Again) for $85.

Reiki 2: More Info/To Register

Monday Oracle Group


July 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, and August 5th & 12th.


with Story Lucile Ducey



This Monday Group is called an Oracle Group because we will be focusing first, on deep meditation for healing and renewal for ourselves as we attempt to reenter the world together.

Then, we will be seeking guidance, teachings and home work from Spirit together for all of us and our families as we move through this transition. This is experimental work with Spirit. We allow Spirit to direct us and present the teachings they want us to focus on.

We will record the messaging and seek the overall message as confirmed by the majority of the messaging.

The overall goal is to dissolve challenging personal and communal karma while we seek strength and guidance in creating a new chapter for ourselves as individuals and for our world.

July 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, and August 5th & 12th.

$15 per session regular tuition; or $12 for ISD Members. Register for any one you can attend, or for series at 10% discount! 

Payment Options: Register in Advance for All Six for 10% Off = normally $90, now $81.

ISD Member Rate- Register in Advance for All Six for 10% off = normally $72, now $64.80

More Info or to Register

ZOOM Development Circle

with Diana Friedell, Thursday Evenings 5:30-6:30pm- July 11th- August 22nd

or with Story Ducey, on Tuesday Evenings 5:30-7pm- July 9th- August 13th,


Join Diana Friedell on Thursdays OR Story Ducey on Tuesdays on Zoom for a Summer Intuitive Development Circle for Life Guidance!

Story is also offering a Tuesday 10 am morning Group in Person at Darling Hill


Starting on July 11th from 5:30-6:30 pm Thursdays on Zoom until August 22nd. 

Looking for answers on important life decisions? Diana Friedell, an Intuitive Development Teacher and popular Psychic Medium for the past 23 years will lead us in different practices and exercises to allow our own intuitive abilities to unfold and continue to develop in a like-minded group. Open to anyone, at all levels of development. Whether you are honing your skills, and practicing to meet a requirement for the Intuitive Practitioner Program, or want to read for others professionally, or just to read for your family and friends, you are in the right place.

Our Spirit Guides are waiting to help us on life path decisions that we are facing, that may involve Career, Relationship, Home, Finances or Family, and are committed to our success. Develop your clairvoyant abilities to see, hear and feel the answers and the guidance you are searching for. Regular practice within this friendly group gives us confidence and accuracy in interpreting the messages that come to us.


$18 Per Session, $15 ISD Member Rate.  Register for One at a time, or Register for them All.


More Info/To Register

WHEN: Sunday, July 13th, 12:00 - 3:00 pm


WHERE: ISD Headquarters, 124 County Hwy 58, Oneonta

or on ZOOM- Get link when you register


For those who wish to get good at "stand-up", discerning short, quick, accurate messages for a group setting - parties, circles, services, classes, etc. How to hit the key points you receive & maintain privacy for the person you are reading for.


YOUR TEACHER: Rev. Diana Friedell, Psychic Medium, ISD Faculty, and Pastor, with 24 years experience, with teaching and reading for her own business, and at the Institute for Spiritual Development, Oneonta.


General Tuition: $46 ISD Discount Rate- $37.





More Info/Register for Message Bearing

SATURDAY, August 17th, 10:00 am Spiritual Service, followed by a All Members & Friends PICNIC, hiking, potluck meal, campfire, Games at SUNY College Camp!




Our Astrological Forecast


Connie’s Celestial Conversations




June continues with four changes of sign and the Summer Solstice this week. Also, after several months of a tightly packed “bucket” arrangement of planets that saw many stelliums and conjunctions, which encouraged us to concentrate a great deal of attention on specific areas of the chart; Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus. The planets are starting to spread out now. This changes the dynamics. We will have ongoing opportunities to apply the wisdom received and remembered to broader areas of life. 


Not only were we under the influence of the concentrated bucket arrangement, but we had an Eclipse season with a Total Solar Eclipse in April. We have had extraordinary Aurora Borealis, a parade of planets, and high solar flare activities as well. SPRING WAS INTENSE THIS YEAR! I sincerely hope that it was a season of breakthrough and wisdom for you.


ASTROLOGY FORECAST 

(June 16 - 23)


VENUS and MERCURY are conjunct and move together into Cancer on 6/17. Both planets find a happy medium in Cancer without undue challenge. 


MERCURY leans toward being drawn to history, antiques and tradition in Cancer. The home is less likely to be modern in decor. The mental patterns tend to be softer, with nostalgia for the domestic arenas taking point. 


VENUS takes on a nurturing, motherly aspect in Cancer. As always, love of elegance and beauty are predominant, especially as it pertains to home and hearth. That is the traditional way to interpret these transits, but the times are not normal, so I invite a deeper interpretation for your consideration.


VENUS and MERCURY are both personal planets. Cancer is a water sign associated with home and hearth, nurturing and motherhood. If you remember, last year I asked you to add the possibility that Cancer was also about finding your “home” wherever you landed, because the true home is always with you in your “heart center.” I also asked you to think of the Cancer symbol crab's sideways movements, it's adaptability. Next week I will be discussing something about Solar flares and new information coming in. This will be a very individual journey where each of us takes a distinct path only for ourselves. These two personal planets in the HOME zone are good partners to have. 


Mercury will be in Cancer through 7/2, and VENUS until 7/11. It may be a good idea when you read the suggestions for next week about Solar seeds and Sun disks to specifically invoke MERCURY and VENUS as your personal assistants.


Asteroid VESTA is moving into Leo on 6/19 until 8/24. I think this will be a very interesting transit this year. VESTA is the home of the sacred flame within the self. She has a purity of purpose. Now, Leo the Lion is predominantly about power, sovereignty, and how that may or may not apply to leadership. So do you see where I'm going with this? SACRED LEADERSHIP ANYONE? We can sure use it. 


Ultimately, you are designed to be your own divine leader. VESTA can help you do that in the most sacred way. KNOW that you have that flame burning within yourself and use all its glory to create something extraordinary in your life. VESTA stands ready to assist you.


The SUN moves into Cancer on 6/20. We've discussed Cancer characteristics above. Now we have the Sun joining Mercury and Venus to form a stellium in Cancer. My advice is quite simple, really. Drink water. Get in water! Float, play, allow the Divine Feminine aspect of the water element to cleanse, sooth, and nurture you. This will be important because the 25th Solar Flare cycle continues, and you will be surrounded by brand new galactic fire energies constantly. You will similate what is best for you much more easily with the help of the water element. Let the divine feminine be of assistance as well.


The FULL MOON is in Capricorn at 9:08 pm EST on 6/21. This is also the Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere. 


There are several interesting aspects on this FULL MOON day and evening. Let's look at them one at a time to discern a theme for you.

T-SQUARE between Moon, Sun , Mercury, Venus, and Neptune. 


This is an opposition between the Moon in Capricorn and the conjunct SUN, MERCURY, and VENUS in Cancer.


All of them are, in turn, square to NEPTUNE in Pisces. This can be dynamic, but does not have to be difficult. In a T-square arrangement the apex planet is the focal point. In this case NEPTUNE is at 29° Pisces, which encourages us to implement ALL of the best attributes of Pisces. Mystical, Magical, Esoteric Pisces and NEPTUNE are a perfect combination for our foray into the new age. Therefore, this T-square has alot of positive energy available to you. Again, I stress the Divine Feminine as two of the three signs involved are water signs.


Also active is a square between PLUTO and MARS. Perhaps you will remember a few columns back when I introduced the concept of higher octaves of expression. PLUTO is the higher octave of MARS. A square is not inherently bad, it presents a challenge to choose better, create something more beautiful. This power dynamic is about proper use of your personal power and ours as a society as well. 


Finally, PLUTO in Aquarius is Trine both JUPITER and URANUS in Gemini and Taurus respectively. Trines are always universally positive. Luck and Providence are with you. PLUTO concerns entire populations and cultures. URANUS supports sudden developments. JUPITER is, of course, our luckiest planet, and in Gemini that luck spreads around to many individuals.


Take this FULL MOON to heart, go out and talk to the Galaxy and expect great things. May this help you find your Godspeed.


ASTROLOGY FORECAST

(June 24 - 30)


I want to discuss a process that is in progress this year regarding our SUN, and including the current Solar Flare cycle. The Summer Solstice heralding the beginning of Summer in the Northern hemisphere is an appropriate place for these thoughts.


We are currently in what is termed the 25th Solar Flare cycle, and it is peaking in 2024. The previous cycle, the 24th, peaked in the Spring of 2013, right after our Milky Way Galaxy aligned in a Total Solar Eclipse to the Great Central Sun on Dec 21, 2012. 


The SUN has a huge sunspot that has been spitting out eruptions resulting in numerous X and M class flares in the last two weeks. These emissions are more than the 100 trillion neutrinos that pass through your body every second of every day. The coded information traveling on the emissions from a Solar flare contains information in the form of “sun seeds.” 


This information is paraphrased from author Rae Chandran, The Sedona Journal, volume 33, May 2023, pages 9-12.

It discusses the codes from the Sun and Moon, hermetic teachings, and alchemy. It states that you may consciously anchor in a” sun seed,” from the solar flares, and that you may request to anchor sun disks into your chakras. It continues on to encourage you to sync your soul pulse with that of your physical being, the planets, the signs, etc.


Not covered in the article, but worth discussion, is our unique interaction with galactic energies. We can all stand in a crowd out in the sun, go through the steps stated above, and none of us would anchor in the same combination of energies. 


Many years ago I was given a wisdom teaching during automatic writing that gives clues as to the way this might happen. It involves the retina cells in our eyes. I was told that those cells are unique and ancient. They communicate directly with our DNA and stem cells. These cells are very much involved with our electromagnetic energy gradually transforming to crystalline, and with the activation of our 24th pair of chromosomes. This happens whether you are aware of it or not. If you choose to make it a practice and part of your Ascension process you, will accelerate your soul growth.


NOW, I AM NOT TELLING YOU TO STARE AT THE SUN! What I am saying is this comes to you as a normal transmission of natural light. 


Several years ago I took a course on the Keys of Enoch, came out of a deep meditation and seemed to have gone to the Great Central Sun. Markers were put in my hands and I drew a few pictures to illustrate my “journey.” One of them was a single ray of sunlight packed full of symbols and sigils. I want to draw your attention to the photo at the top of the heading. This is a picture my husband, Doug Lull, took that clearly shows distinct energies on the ray of sunlight! I invite you to experiment with the idea, the process, and make it your own.


There is more to the timing involved. Why now? Include Tibetan Numerology and consider this. We are in the peak of the 25th Solar cycle, we live on the planet Earth, and we hope to live in a state of Grace. The numeral breakdown for each of these things; 25th cycle, Earth, and Grace is a “7.” Seven is connected to inspiration, mystery, intuition, and has brain connections to deep memory. 


I suggest to you that this is a time when the forces of love and light have provided us an opportunity to make great gains toward receiving more of our full soul attributes into the physical world. This summer is a unique time for us. I invite you to try a version of this that works for you.


There is one last planetary change in June. SATURN begins retrograde motion on 6/29 at 19° Pisces. This retrograde lasts until 11/15/24. It will be in the second decanate of Pisces the entire time, as it travels from 19° to 12.°


The second decanate of Pisces has these characteristics: 


KEYWORD: Compassion

CONSTELLATION: Cygnus, the Swan, known as the Northern Cross. The celestial symbol of grace and beauty.

PLANETARY SUBRULER: The Moon.


NEPTUNE rules Pisces, and is currently at the 29th culminating degree where you hope to achieve all of the sign's attributes. Neptune combines with the lunar energies to greatly heightened your awareness of the greater cosmic energies. Everything is humming on all cylinders. 


How will the SATURN retrograde factor into this? You may be able to make adjustments to structure and procedures that will work best in the months to come. Adapt, reorganize, and find just enough necessary discipline to implement some of the highly advanced memory seeds and soul attributes you are inviting into your daily existence.


May this Summer find you blessed and joyful.



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Prayer Warriors


Just a reminder that we are continuing our Prayer Warriors group, every day at 5pm we pause to pray and send our healing energies where they are most needed right now


Each day at 5 PM EST, we will pause for about 10 minutes and meditate and pray with the intention of sending healing energy to all. You do not have to be present each day to be part of the prayer/healing team.


If you would like to be part of the Prayer Warriors, or have a request for healing please email our Healing Program director, JoAnn Wormuth at joannwormuth@gmail.com and she will add you to the team, and/or the prayer list.





What is the Institute for Spiritual Development?


It's both a metaphysical church and an educational center originally founded 40 yrs ago in Sparta, NJ. With the belief that all paths lead us Home, ISD is dedicated to helping each spirit walk their path with courage and joy.



We stand for each individual’s right to seek their own personal Truth, as they respect the same right for others. We honor the sacred texts of all traditions of the Light


The Oneonta NY chapter of ISD was Lovingly created by Rev. Diana Friedell & her sister Rev. Sue Landon. We are now led by a powerful leadership team, and executive board.


ISD is a spiritual community that focuses on healing and intuitive connection, and the joy of finding the spirit connection within rather than being told how it should or could be experienced.

We welcome those who want to belong to a spiritual group of like-minded people, in which you can explore and find your own path in a community of love and support.


There are classes, services, events, and a sense of community and fellowship. Energy healing and intuitive messages are delivered as a regular part of the worship service. Classes offer many tools which will help you on your life path, and the community we are creating together is one of openness and acceptance, and the ability to adapt with change and growth.



Welcome Home!!!


We could use your help. If you would like to volunteer to help with our Metaphysical Library, event planning, service planning, website, office tasks, or anything else- Just call or email Diana!


Did you know that there are other ISD chapters?

It all began with ISD Sparta NJ!

Now there are also chapters in, Washington DC, Treasure Coast Fla, and of course....right here in Oneonta NY.



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Got Bottles & Cans to return?


ISD has a CLYNK account at Hannaford in Oneonta. 

How can I help? 

Email Tom Landon at tflandon51@gmail.com and he will give you a time to pick up stickers at our new ISD headquarters.

Take one to put on each bag that you are bringing to Hannaford- Ask someone there where the bags go. With that correct tag on it, the bottle deposit money goes directly into the ISD Oneonta Account.




Kimberly Winsor

Rev. Story Ducey

Rev. Diana Friedell

ISD Oneonta Board of Directors


Kimberly Winsor - President


Jo Ann Wormuth- Vice President


Tom Landon-Secretary


Sali Dellysse - Treasurer


Connie Lull-

Trustee


Susan Owens -

Trustee


Story Ducey -

Ex-Officio Member


Sherry Barton

Trustee


Jaya Buckland

Trustee


Chantal Doktor

Trustee




Diana Friedell - ex officio

Our ISD Leadership




Diana Friedell - Pastor, Co-Director


Story Lucile Ducey, Co-Director

Adult Education/Programming Chair

Ministry Training Program


JoAnn Wormuth – Healing Program Director


Carla Finn- Newsletter Editor


Tami Barrows- Administrative Assistant


Amy Gallop- Social Media



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