During my Reiki
II attunement I had the feeling of someone standing at my right shoulder. I had not experienced this feeling before and
so assumed it to be a new guide, here to help me specifically with Reiki. I mentioned it to my Reiki Master and she
confirmed that there was indeed someone standing just behind my right
shoulder. She suggested that, during a
self-Reiki session, I ask for a name and who they are.
During my
session the following day, I asked the guide to come and help me and also asked
if I could be told the name and a little more about them. Again, I felt a very strong presence of
someone just behind my right shoulder and this time had a feeling around my
chin and neck, as if I was wearing a garment.
That was it, no name and still none the wiser as to who my new guide
was.
The following
morning, just as I was waking up, I saw words that looked like “St Wendra of
Dreda”. I was a bit taken aback, where
did that come from and what did it all mean?
I googled and was absolutely gobsmacked on the hits I got – amongst them
was the following:
St. Wendreda was the daughter of seventh-century King Anna, one of
the earliest Christian kings. At a time when Christianity was putting down
roots among the Anglo-Saxon peoples of England, St. Wendreda and her sisters,
Etheldred and Sexburga, were enthusiastic missionaries spreading the Gospel of
Christ.
Shunning the life of a princess, Wendreda dedicated herself to
healing. She eventually settled in a small settlement called Mercheford, where
some humble fisherman resided. Her sister, Etheldred, went on to found the
monastery at Elyl, while her other sibling, Sexburga, became abbess of a
monastery in Minster.
Later, Wendreda founded a community at March, Cambridgeshire,
dedicated to healing. She passed peacefully into the heavenly kingdom, and her
relics, enshrined in gold, were buried in the Ely Cathedral.
However, in 1016, the relics were carried off in battle in the
hopes they would bring victory. At the Battle of Ashingdon, the conquering
Danish king, a pagan, seized the relics, but soon was converted to
Christianity. He took the relics to the Canterbury Cathedral where they rested
for the next 300 years.
In 1343, St. Wendreda was returned to March and enshrined in the
church dedicated to her memory. The St. Wendreda Church stands to this day, and
is world famous for its magnificent double-hammer beam roof along with 120
carved angels.
Not only was
that so mind-blowing for me but, as a keen genealogist, I have traced my
paternal family back to March in Cambridgeshire!
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