A Metaphysical Church and School for Spiritual Development

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Join us for our Metaphysical Service in person or on Zoom

this Sunday, March 6 at 10am.

Our homilist will be Rev. Amanda Hoover and Rev. Diana Friedell will be our emcee.

See below, under A Message from Your Pastor, for more information from Rev. Diana.

To join via Zoom click on the below link:

Full Zoom Details:

Second- On Sunday, movie theater side entrance of the mall in the front is locked until 11:00 a.m.. You Cannot enter there. You can either park in front and enter starting at 9:30 am at the center front Main Entrance, between Applebees & Subway, which will be open only for those attending the service. OR Instead, as you face the mall, you will drive around to the right past Dick’s Sporting Goods to the back of the mall, and drive on the back road to the bumpy parking lot just before JC Penney on the back side- Park there and Enter THE BACK SIDE MAIN ENTRANCE that brings you into the hallway by the bathrooms, pass by the bathrooms, see JC Penney on your right, and the Community Room on your left with the black curtains hanging in the shop windows. Continue in the mall until you see the “cage” door to the community room on your left and enter there. Please make every effort to arrive on time or early, because that main cage door will be closed for privacy once the mall opens.

Sunday, March 6^th, 12 noon at the Community Room, and via the zoom link.

All are welcome to attend and observe, but don’t have the privilege of voting. If you have ideas that you would like discussed, please email Kimberly Winsor, Board President (kimberlyawinsor@gmail.com) to see if you can be added to the agenda. There will be a time on the agenda for public commentary.

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Are you committed to your spiritual unfoldment and to expanding your intuitive skills through regular practice with a like-minded supportive community, under ISD Faculty’s excellent tutelage?

Introducing the “Lightkeeper’s Discount”:

For a donation of $40/month you may attend any & all OPEN development circles throughout the month, from 2 to 15 circles.

Please mark your donation (at the donation button on the website home page) as being for the monthly ‘Lightseeker’s Discount’.

Adult Education

Interested in joining our

Intuitive Practitioner Certificate Program?

If you are seeking a deeper spiritual connection with the ability to tune in to your own higher guidance for accurate answers to life path questions,

AND

If you have a firm commitment to your spiritual awakening, with the desire to gain self-understanding as well as to guide loved ones, clients, as well as yourself, with your intuitive gifts,

then this program is for you. . .

Here is a link to the required course work to complete the program:

 It is said that we all have psychic abilities, but how do we harness and expand them? In this 2-part class, with Psychic Medium, Diana Friedell, learn the safe way of opening the door to intuitive messages, meet personal spirit guides in meditation, and learn the 7 Spirit Guides of Theosophy. Through fun games & exercises, develop confidence and clarity in your intuitive answers, both for yourself, and for others.

“Feeling is Believing!” Your new abilities continue to develop, w/Psychic Diana Friedell, with a profound expansion of our ability to feel & see someone’s aura, energetic state, and medical conditions. In part II we will learn to place events we perceive in the past, present and future to assist us in delivering spirit driven accurate messages.

A required class for the ISD Oneonta Intuitive Practitioner and Healing Certification Programs, but open to everyone

Self-care for Lightworkers is an in-person 4-part series that will give students exposure to valuable resources and practices to be able to do just that....self-care. Kimberly Winsor, LMT, RPP teaches body and energy centered approaches to creating and maintaining clear, positive energy in yourself and your work environment, whether you are an energy healer, providing healing sessions for friends & family, or accessing your intuition for to provide intuitively received messages. Classes taught in person at ISD Oneonta headquarters.

Dowsing with a pendulum, is one of the oldest forms of divination. It allows you to tune in to subtle universal energies for guidance. In Part I of this class, Judy Lynn brings you closer to your pendulum with a greater understanding of how it best works for you. In Part II Renee Ranke leads you on a journey to discover your own internal pendulum.

Suggested Donation for these circles is $10 Please click below to make a donation to ISD and note what circle the donation is for

Introducing the “Lightseeker’s Discount”:

For a donation of $40/month you may attend any & all OPEN development circles.

(Those eligible for the Lightseeker's discount are in green and marked with an asterisk below * )

* Learning & Psychic Development Circle

email interest or questions:mysticalmomentsremembered@gmail.com

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*Wise Wednesday Meditation and Intuitive Development Circle

RSVP to Diana info@dianafriedell.com

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* Dream Message Circle

With Rev. Story Lucile Ducey. This circle is dedicated to receiving, recording and discussing the messages many of us are receiving in our ‘night school journeys.’

RSVP to Story storyducey@gmail.com

Friday 

6:30-7:30pm EST

* Multidimensional Happy Hour

With Rev. Amanda Hoover. Join your guides and higher self for an all natural HAPPY HOUR party in the higher planes with Amanda. Our carefree lighthearted higher guidance and connecting with like-minded souls is a great way to go into the weekend feeling rejuvenated and full of loving vibration.

Click below for additional details and Zoom link

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7-8 pm EST

Next circle is Thursday March 17th

* Path of the Magdalene Meditation Sessions

RSVP to Dale to receive the Zoom Link dalecapristo@gmail.com

Contact Story for more information

7-8:30pm EST

With Story Ducey. This experimental group will focus on deep meditation for healing and renewal and seeking guidance, teachings and homework from Spirit.

email interest and to get the Zoom link:storyducey@gmail.com

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Check out our March 2022 events calendar on ISDOneonta.org for upcoming events and remember to like and follow us on Facebook to see our events posted there.

By Friedrich Schiller

There are three lessons I would write —

Three words as with a burning pen,

In tracings of eternal light

Upon the hearts of men.

Have Hope. Though clouds environ round

And gladness hides her face in scorn,

Put off the shadow from thy brow —

No night but hath its morn.

Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven —

The claims disport, the tempest's mirth —

Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven,

The inhabitants of earth.

Have Love. Not love alone for one;

But man, as man, thy brother call;

And scatter, like the circling sun,

Thy charities on all.

Thus grave these lessons on thy soul —

Hope, Faith and Love, and thou shalt find

Strength, when life's surges rudest roll.

Light, when thou else were blind.

ASTROLOGY FORECAST (Mar 3-9)

Those of us participating in ISD gatherings have come to each other having studied with various masters, utilizing differing methods. Our spiritual language has dialects. There is genius in the variety. What they have in common are the underlying patterns contained within that versatility.

I invite you to view Astrology in a similar light. Allow me to use common Earth based patterns to help illustrate this phenomenon. Textiles come to mind. View the weave of whatever clothing you have on. Look at the intricacy, the sheer beauty. Include the colors and patterns created by that weave. (There are several cultures where a spiritual message is placed within the fabric pattern.)

Now, look at your own skin, an animal's markings, the bark of any tree, the veins in a leaf or flower, etc.

The patterns that literally make up the minutiae of our physical world do not stop there. The beauty continues on by way of the Fibonacci Ratio and the Golden Sacred Geometrical Ratio. The energetic measurements of the Divination systems, and indeed the Cosmos of which we are a critical member continue on. The magnetics, electrical and crystalline grids, the plasma and antimatter of space are all connected in the majesty of your Soul's existence. You are on a Cosmic thread with "The Creator" at the other end, who knows when you vibrate that thread with your experiences.

Astrology is a road map designed to help you recognize your patterns and to understand the weave, the beauty and magnificence of your life.

The Stars this week:

The Capricorn season has now concluded. This month features two New Moons - Mar 2nd, and the Black Moon on Mar 31st. Three Planets are changing signs, and Conjunctions are still prominent and intense. Conjunctions increase the magnitude of the aligned planets. Following last Sunday's incredibly powerful 5 way conjunction is another series:

Mar 2nd - Mercury/Saturn (accurate, logical thinking), Moon/Jupiter (altruistic and trustworthy)

Mar 3rd - Venus/Pluto (sublime artistry) Mars/Pluto (enhanced willpower, courage) Moon/Neptune (prophesy, artistry, magic),

Mar 5th - Sun/Jupiter (lucky, generous, optimistic)

Mar 6th - Venus/Mars (unity, romance, generosity)

Mar 7th - Moon/Uranus - (genius, independence)

We are now beginning an Aquarius/Pisces emphasis. Venus and Mars both pass into Aquarius on Mar 6th together. They join Mercury and Saturn to form a powerful Stellium. We have a real opportunity for the balance of the masculine/feminine on a broad scale. This ability for a breakthrough in balance is possible within the self, between Nations, cultures, organizations, etc. The realm of Aquarius is the Macro. The World Wheel. Our creations begin as thought. The airy, mental aspect is very beneficial toward "the best for all", and win- win scenarios. Keep in mind that this is also accompanied by Saturn and Mercury who will insist on integrity in decision making and communications.

The Sun, Jupiter, and Neptune in watery Pisces puts the emotional fuel into a very hopeful window of time. Both the personal planets and 3 of the outer, world planets are together in neighboring signs. They are lined up to significantly help us.

The following are innate characteristics of Pisces:

Qualities: Water, Mutable (flexible)

Key Phrase: I believe

Key Word: Compassion

Virtue: Charitability

This is a good time for a leap of faith. Expect that everything and everyone is going to be fine!

May we all find our Godspeed.

Do you or someone you know need some assistance with mental health issues or coping. Here is a link to the US Department of Health & Human Services that will provide you with resources and tools to help deal with the stress.

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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.

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!

Kimberly Winsor - President

Sali Dellysse - Treasurer

Susan Owens - Secretary

Tom Landon - Trustee

Maggie Kilbride - Trustee

Story Ducey - Trustee

Melissa Stagnaro - Trustee

Amanda Hoover - ex officio

Diana Friedell - ex officio

Diana Friedell - Pastor

Amanda Hoover - Co-Director

JoAnn Wormuth – Director of Healing