{"id":19633,"date":"2019-04-01T01:10:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T06:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=21062"},"modified":"2019-04-01T15:59:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:59:06","slug":"kate-howe-the-ct-medium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/04\/01\/kate-howe-the-ct-medium\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Howe, The CT Medium, Offers Messages from Beyond the Veil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\nThere\u2019s\nnothing spooky or eerie about the group reading, but then, I\u2019ve\ngone to these before, and, full disclosure, I\u2019m a witch \u2013 I scare\npeople, I don\u2019t scare easily. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nroom has a sense of softness to it, with cotton-ball clouds hanging\nfrom the ceiling, tulle covering overhead fluorescent fixtures, fairy\nlights and sheer curtains hanging in the windows, and angels \u2013\nsometimes just their wings \u2013 everywhere. A cross hangs on one wall,\na colorful picture titled \u201cChakra\u201d on another. In one corner is\nan ancestor altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlthough\nKate Howe had arranged two rows of chairs at the far end of the room\nfor a two-hour Heavenly Connections Gallery Event, we seven women who\nshowed up settled into the cozy fabric furniture nearer the door,\nsupplemented with relocated folding chairs. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nHowe\nsmudged the space, swirling a smoldering bundle of sage around the\nroom and followed that by striking a chime several times, allowing\nits vibrations to further cleanse the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\ndo energy work as I talk to you, FYI, so you might leave here with a\nheadache, you might leave here feeling really tired. It\u2019s because\nI\u2019m moving some energy around as I connect with you,\u201d Howe said. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\nam a medium \u2013 from the day I was born. My mother would always pull\nout the medium in me as a child. Everybody else thought I was weird.\nI would talk to trees; I would talk to imaginary friends; I would\nspeak in different dialects and my mother always nurtured that in me.\nMy mother always said, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s just Kate talking to her\nangels.\u2019 And my dad, who was very much on the other side of his\nbrain, is, \u2018You can\u2019t tell her that.\u2019 As a businessman, he\nsays, \u2018You can\u2019t tell her that\u2019s OK. People are going to think\nshe\u2019s crazy,\u2019” she said as she seemed to tower above us\nseated in something of a circle with a wide opening for her to move\nabout, in and out as she pleased. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWhen\nI was 21, my mother passed away from lymphoma,\nand I was in a very difficult place, spiritually. I didn\u2019t know\nwhat it meant to lose a parent. I didn\u2019t know what it meant to lose\nanybody \u2026 and it being my mom really tripped up my emotions, my\nmind, my anger, my sadness. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cShe\ncame clearly to me one day in her garden. I was \u2026 so upset she was\ngone, I got down on my knees and I screamed at the top of my lungs,\n\u2018Why did you go?\u2019 And I clearly felt her stand right in front of\nme and she said, \u2018You may never know the answer to that question,\nbut please know your pain can be channeled in a different way than\nfalling to your knees and screaming.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cAnd\nI said, \u2018Well that\u2019s what I want to do.\u2019 She said, \u2018You\nabsolutely have the right to do that, but I also know your pain can\nbe channeled into something beautiful, too.\u2019 I said, \u2018I don\u2019t\nknow what you\u2019re talking about.\u2019 She said, \u2018Give me time.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n“So\nI ended up going to a medium named Patti\nSinclair.\nShe\u2019s out of Norfolk, Connecticut. I was supposed to see a shaman\nthat day, because before my mother died, my mother set my dad up with\na spiritual adviser to help him get through her passing. So he went\nto this person a few times and he\u2019s like, \u2018Kate, I really think\nyou could use some of this guy\u2019s healing. He really seems to help.\u2019\nI\u2019m like, \u2018OK, whatever.\u2019”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nInstead\nof the shaman, Sinclair was there. Howe and her father came without\nknowing there was a change, and decided to meet with her instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cShe\nlooked right at me as we walked in and said, \u2018Your mother has sent\nme here to be your spiritual mother here on earth,\u2019\u201d Howe said,\nadding that Sinclair became her mentor \u201cand helped me understand\nwhat I\u2019d been getting my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nExplaining\nhow she works, Howe said, \u201cEvery healer brings their messages a\nlittle bit differently. I am a little disorganized in the way I go,\nso just bear with me. There are times where I\u2019m halfway through\nsomething and I\u2019m on to something else. They tend to talk to me\nthrough a lot of numbers, through a lot of symbols. Symbolism is huge\nas a medium because that\u2019s how you talk. A lot of people think you\njust have a conversation. \u2026 It\u2019s not like that. It\u2019s like, \u2018You\nneed to tell my daughter that I\u2019m going to be with her in that\ncourtroom.\u2019 Except it isn\u2019t words. It\u2019s a vibration, a symbol.\nThey might show me the courthouse. They show me my female symbol in\nthat courthouse. And then they\u2019ll go, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s the daughter,\nnot the mother.\u2019 So they show me a lot of different ways to get\nthat one message, but it\u2019s not necessarily through words. And so\nkeep your mind open as I\u2019m trying to connect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWith\nthat, she closed her eyes for a moment, one arm across her\nmidsection, the other touching her chin. Then approached one of the\nwomen and said, \u201cWho\u2019s the M initial? It\u2019s either Martha,\nMarie, Mary, Mark. Might be somebody down here, might be someone in\nheaven. I just feel there\u2019s an M who is really trying to step\nforward for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMichael\nwas this woman\u2019s grandfather. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHowe\nnoted he would be bringing in everyone else\u2019s energy, then asked,\n\u201cIs there a Robert, Randy, Rebecca who\u2019s connected to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nRobert\nwas her brother. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTalking\nquickly, sometimes using her hands, she described the images she was\nseeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\u201cWhat\u2019s\nthe connection to the number two for you? This could be the month of\nFebruary. This could be the second of the month. It could be two\nchildren. I\u2019m just seeing two all over you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nnumber was significant with her brother\u2019s birth and passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cHe\u2019s\nstepping forward. What\u2019s the connection to Florida for you? For\nhim? Who\u2019s down there right now? Who\u2019s going down there?,\u201d Howe\nfired off in rapid succession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cIt\u2019s\nwhere he just came back from,\u201d the woman acknowledged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHowe\nshared some information and then asked, \u201cDid he have a dog?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTears\nformed as she replied, \u201cI\u2019m going to get the dog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nexplaining the connection between her brother and the dog, Howe\nasked, \u201cWho\u2019s the teacher in the family who does something at the\nschool?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThere\nwas no such connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cAny\nconnection to California? To Morgan? No, that\u2019s all right. I\u2019m\nseeing the teacher symbol pop up. I\u2019m trying to figure out why so\nmany rulers are popping up.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWho\u2019s\nFrank? Francis? The number 6? The month of June?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cFrank\nwas his best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWhy\nis he showing me lots of mysteries around his passing? Why are there\nquestion marks?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cBecause\nthere are lots of questions,\u201d the woman replied. \u201cHe came back to\nus from Florida. He had been sick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nproviding some spiritual counseling, Howe asked, \u201cIs somebody named\nafter their dad? Named after their grandfather? This is a male. Does\nthis make sense for anyone? No? Why am I seeing that? Somebody play\nthe piano or do something with keys?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nGetting\nno response, she said, \u201cOK, I\u2019m going to let that go back up.\u201d\nAfter making more connections and dispensing more bits of\ninformation, Howe circled back, saying, \u201cSomeone is talking about\nyour son right now. I\u2019m really stuck on this namesake right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTurns\nout it was not the woman she was facing, but the woman in the corner\nwhose brother was named after his father and whose son was named\nafter her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAn\nobituary, a mother-in-law who just passed, cupcakes signaling a\ncelebration and being a control freak were among the subjects that\nsurfaced as Howe described the images she saw, often thanking those\nwho sent them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cDo\nyou have a dog that just crossed,\u201d she asked a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cMy\ngod,\u201d came the reply. It was a 13-year-old Great Dane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWho\u2019s\nG?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cGigi\nis what my boys used to call my grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWhat\u2019s\nthe Jeep connection to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\u2019ve\nalways wanted one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSome\nimages appear to connect with no one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\u2019m\njust seeing it. I was always told to say what I see,\u201d Howe said,\nmoving on with, \u201cWas someone blind at the end of their life and\ncould not see? Something with the eye not working?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIt\nwas a father who had side effects from medications following a kidney\ntransplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nQuestions,\nresponses and information flowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWhy\nis someone showing me frogs all over the place? Is there any\nconnection to either New York or Broadway?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cJesus!\nMy youngest son is convinced he\u2019s going to be on Broadway and he\u2019s\ngoing to be a big star. He\u2019s 13 right now,\u201d one woman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cSo,\njust know that the other side might be laughing with you \u2026 but\nanything can happen. It\u2019s just important to know that the other\nside sees little things that are happening in our life, big things\nthat are happening in our life,\u201d Howe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nCautioning\nattendees that when someone who\u2019s crossed weighs in on a subject,\nit\u2019s important to know it\u2019s merely their opinion, she continued\nwith, \u201cI\u2019m still on the teacher thing. I feel like someone is\ninside the school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFrom\nthe other side of the room a woman spoke up, \u201cI\u2019m a teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTurning\naround, Howe asked her, \u201cWho passed very young? A young soul is\nstanding very near you. Is there a T name?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nthe answer was no, she said, \u201cThat\u2019s all right. I\u2019m just seeing\nthis little person here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nA\nwoman to the left said, \u201cTeresa is my twin and she lost a child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\u2019m\njust in the wrong area,\u201d Howe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWas\nthis baby a boy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nanswer was affirmative, leading Howe to share a piece of her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\nlost a child at six months pregnant, and I know for a fact there\u2019s\na reason that she showed up. I know it. I don\u2019t try to find the\nanswers. Some days it feels like it might be coming a little closer,\nbut I find the beauty around the situation and around the experience.\nOne thing I learned is it brought my husband and I closer in a way\nthat never would have bonded us had this not happened. \u2026 There\u2019s\nalways a silver lining. I feel like she may need to hear that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\n“scheduler” turned out to be a nurse. A grandmother who\nindicated she died of a stroke wanted her granddaughter to know she\nsends a red cardinal every day as a sign. The session continues. Howe\nis compassionate and kind. For the most part, everyone remains silent\nbut keenly attuned. Someone understood the bubble wrap reference, but\nno one claimed the \u201cPrice is Right\u201d connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cDoes\nyour grandmother have a child up there with her now? [\u2018Yes.\u2019]\nThey’re both coming in together. Do you go to a cemetery often? I\nfeel like I\u2019m seeing cemeteries,\u201d Howe asked a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\njust stopped by my grandmother\u2019s cemetery. I was just driving by\nand realized \u2018this is her cemetery,\u2019” said the woman, adding\nthat she stopped to pay her respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cShe\nsees that you went. Is there any connection to St. Patrick\u2019s Day?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cSt.\nPatrick\u2019s is her cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nHearing\nthat, I felt prickles of energy touching my skin\u2013 something that\nhappened several times that night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThen\nHowe turned to me. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cIs\nyour mom in spirit?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nShe\nis. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cDid\nyou take care of her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI\ndidn\u2019t think I did much at all, and I certainly wasn\u2019t there as\noften as I wish I had been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cDo\nyou have a sister who\u2019s here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nYes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWho\u2019s\nN?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMy\ndaughter, Natasha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWho\u2019s\nlike the Irish twins? Whose birthdays fall right on top of each\nother?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMy\nsister and I were born on the same day two years apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nShe\ntold me twos and hawks that sometimes swoop very close to my car are\nboth symbols from my mother. I see both often. Howe correctly noted I\nwas channeling fear when it came to my freedom \u2013 it\u2019s a long\nstory \u2013 and that the umbrella was a significant symbol for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\nfeel like it\u2019s important for you to know that mom is acknowledging\nthat this is the right time,\u201d Howe said, adding my mother is glad I\nstopped saying, \u201cone more year\u201d before retiring. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cAre\nyou and your sister going on a big trip? \u2026 I feel like you need to\nget up and out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMy\nsister is packing to move to a new home 125 miles away at the same\ntime I\u2019m packing to move 175 miles before becoming a wandering\nwitch on wheels in an old bus converted to an RV. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cThere\u2019s\na male standing next to her. Does she have a brother who\u2019s with\nher? I feel like there\u2019s a very, very strong male energy standing\nnext to her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nNot\nuntil I transcribed my recording of the session did I remember my\nmother had a much older half brother who died when I was very young. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cDo\nyou connect with Archangel Michael? Do you talk with him often?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nYes\nand not lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\nfeel like he might be sending you a lot of symbols about your next\nsteps, about what to do next. \u2026 Any connection to Vermont or New\nHampshire?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI\u2019m\nmoving to New Hampshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAssuring\nme I\u2019ll find the higher altitude to be energetically quieter, Howe\nwent on to tell me the lion and the cheetah are both going to be my\npower animals to help me be fierce and learn to rule in my world. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cIs\nthere a brook or a little creek or something that\u2019s very close to\nthis house or somewhere you go often?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThere\u2019s\na brook in front of my parking space at the condo, and another on the\nfarm where I will soon be living. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAfter\nsome advice to rekindle a practice I had let fall along the wayside\nsome years ago, she asked me who I knew who was obsessed with some\nold cars \u2013 my ex \u2013 and that something was leaking in my house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\u2019m\nseeing drop \u2026 drop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIt\u2019s\nmy bathtub. It\u2019s been dripping for more than a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nevening continued with Howe giving each woman validation through\nnames, events and meaningful messages channeled from loved ones on\nthe other side \u2013 confirming their presence in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nsomeone was moved to tears, she handed over a box of tissues saying,\n\u201cIt\u2019s part of my job description. I make people cry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAmong\nthe advice she offered was, \u201cCall in your angels. We forget that we\nhave these beautiful beings that aren\u2019t our grandmothers, or our\nmoms or dads, but these angels who\u2019ve known us our entire soul\nlife, so for thousands of lifetimes that they\u2019ve known us. They\u2019re\nso underused.\u201d\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHowe\nis passionate about using her abilities to help others. She offers a\nvariety of classes, various types of readings and spiritual life\ncoaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\u2019m\njust helping to bridge a connection we all have, helping to put\nlanguage to it. I like people to leave knowing they don\u2019t have to\ncome to someone like me all the time to get validation that their\nloved ones are a part of their daily lives because we all have this\nbeautiful connection innately within our souls,\u201d said Howe, a\nresident of Salem, Connecticut who opened her office in Canton,\nConnecticut about two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nShe\nurges those who may be experiencing an inner knowingness, mediumship,\nhealing or other form of psychic awareness to acknowledge their gift.\n \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cWhat\u2019s\nhard about being an empath,\u201d Howe said, \u201cis sometimes you know\nthings you don\u2019t want to know. So, learning how to deal with those\nkinds of intuitive hits can be very tricky. The best thing is to just\nhonor that it\u2019s happening and you can ask the other side for a\nboundary. I do that very often. I walk into crowds at a store or if\nI\u2019m going out to a movie theater or a concert, before I leave my\nhouse I make it very clear to them that I am there for pleasure and\nthat they need to be quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cYour\nwall isn\u2019t going to stop you from being psychic, it\u2019s just for\nthat moment. \u2026 It\u2019s about putting up that boundary and being\ncomfortable enough with your guides and being trusting enough with\nyour guides, that barrier will come back down when you need it to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nShe\nalso suggested calling on Archangel Michael for protection in that\nkind of situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\nfeel like a lot of empaths are just aren\u2019t confident in what they\nget. They might be getting lots of hits and they don\u2019t even know\nthat they\u2019re getting them, or they\u2019re getting them and they\u2019re\nvery confused about what they\u2019re getting,\u201d Howe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cSymbolism\nis so huge in spirit, but it\u2019s different for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIt\nrequires putting a language to the images, words and feelings you\u2019re\ngetting. To work with your guides to come to build an inventory of\nsymbols. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cThat\nmakes you feel less crazy,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s going to\nbe your language to heaven. That\u2019s going to be how you\u2019re going\nto talk to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nUnderstanding\nyour gift requires having an ongoing conversation with yourself and\nyour guides. Despite what you are seeing or feeling, you need\nconfidence that you\u2019re not making it up, and that you\u2019ll know\nwhen to share the information and when to remain silent. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nFor\nexample, if you get a vision of someone getting into a car accident,\nit may not mean it happens in the physical world \u2013 it may mean the\nperson is headed in the wrong direction and is in for a rude\nawakening. It may mean the person is crashing energetically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cThere\u2019s\na whole lot to just one symbol. That\u2019s why defining your symbols is\nimportant, and not being afraid to see them is important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nUsing\na skeleton as an example, she said that when she sees one, it means\nsomeone has a secret. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nOnly\nif she feels guided to will she share information that was not\nrequested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTo\ndevelop a relationship with the information you\u2019re being given, to\nbetter understand your gift, Howe said, \u201cIt\u2019s just a lot of\nconversations with your guides and your intuition and your symbols.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CT Medium is located in Unionville, CT. Heavenly Connections Gallery Events are held the first Friday of the month from 7-9 p.m. For more information visit <\/em> thectmedium.com<\/a> or call 860-924-4639.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

** A large portion of this story was written for Valley LIFE and is reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About\nthe Author:<\/strong>\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lynn\nWoike<\/strong> was\n50 \u2013 divorced and living on her own for the first time \u2013 before\nshe consciously began practicing as a self taught solitary witch. She\ndraws on an eclectic mix of old ways she has studied \u2013 from her\nSicilian and Germanic heritage to Zen and astrology, the fae,\nBuddhism, Celtic, the Kabbalah, Norse and Native American \u2013 pulling\nfrom each as she is guided. She practices yoga, reads Tarot and uses\nReiki. From the time she was little, she has loved stories, making\nher job as the editor of two monthly newspapers seem less than the\nwork it is because of the stories she gets to tell. She lives with\nher large white cat, Pyewacket, in central Connecticut. You can\nfollow her boards on Pinterest<\/a>,\nand write to her at woikelynn at gmail dot com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s nothing spooky or eerie about the group reading, but then, I\u2019ve gone to these before, and, full disclosure, I\u2019m a witch \u2013 I scare people, I don\u2019t scare easily. The room has a sense of softness to it, with cotton-ball clouds hanging from the ceiling, tulle covering overhead fluorescent fixtures, fairy lights and sheer curtains hanging in the windows, and angels \u2013 sometimes just their wings \u2013 everywhere. A cross hangs on one wall, a colorful picture titled \u201cChakra\u201d on another. In one corner is an ancestor altar. Although Kate Howe had arranged two rows of chairs at the far end of the room for a two-hour Heavenly Connections Gallery Event, we seven women who showed up settled into the cozy fabric furniture nearer the door, supplemented with relocated folding chairs. Howe smudged the space, swirling a smoldering bundle of sage around the room and followed that by striking a chime several times, allowing its vibrations to further cleanse the room. \u201cI do energy work as I talk to you, FYI, so you might leave here with a headache, you might leave here feeling really tired. It\u2019s because I\u2019m moving some energy around as I connect with you,\u201d Howe said. \u201cI am a medium \u2013 from the day I was born. My mother would always pull out the medium in me as a child. Everybody else thought I was weird. I would talk to trees; I would talk to imaginary friends; I would speak in different dialects and my mother always nurtured that in me. My mother always said, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s just Kate talking to her angels.\u2019 And my dad, who was very much on the other side of his brain, is, \u2018You can\u2019t tell her that.\u2019 As a businessman, he says, \u2018You can\u2019t tell her that\u2019s OK. People are going to think she\u2019s crazy,\u2019” she said as she seemed to tower above us seated in something of a circle with a wide opening for her to move about, in and out as she pleased. \u201cWhen I was 21, my mother passed away from lymphoma, and I was in a very difficult place, spiritually. I didn\u2019t know what it meant to lose a parent. I didn\u2019t know what it meant to lose anybody \u2026 and it being my mom really tripped up my emotions, my mind, my anger, my sadness. \u201cShe came clearly to me one day in her garden. I was \u2026 so upset she was gone, I got down on my knees and I screamed at the top of my lungs, \u2018Why did you go?\u2019 And I clearly felt her stand right in front of me and she said, \u2018You may never know the answer to that question, but please know your pain can be channeled in a different way than falling to your knees and screaming.\u2019 \u201cAnd I said, \u2018Well that\u2019s what I want to do.\u2019 She said, \u2018You absolutely have the right to do that, but I also know your pain can be channeled into something beautiful, too.\u2019 I said, \u2018I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about.\u2019 She said, \u2018Give me time.\u2019 “So I ended up going to a medium named Patti Sinclair. She\u2019s out of Norfolk, Connecticut. I was supposed to see a shaman that day, because before my mother died, my mother set my dad up with a spiritual adviser to help him get through her passing. So he went to this person a few times and he\u2019s like, \u2018Kate, I really think you could use some of this guy\u2019s healing. He really seems to help.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018OK, whatever.\u2019” Instead of the shaman, Sinclair was there. Howe and her father came without knowing there was a change, and decided to meet with her instead. \u201cShe looked right at me as we walked in and said, \u2018Your mother has sent me here to be your spiritual mother here on earth,\u2019\u201d Howe said, adding that Sinclair became her mentor \u201cand helped me understand what I\u2019d been getting my whole life.\u201d Explaining how she works, Howe said, \u201cEvery healer brings their messages a little bit differently. I am a little disorganized in the way I go, so just bear with me. There are times where I\u2019m halfway through something and I\u2019m on to something else. They tend to talk to me through a lot of numbers, through a lot of symbols. Symbolism is huge as a medium because that\u2019s how you talk. A lot of people think you just have a conversation. \u2026 It\u2019s not like that. It\u2019s like, \u2018You need to tell my daughter that I\u2019m going to be with her in that courtroom.\u2019 Except it isn\u2019t words. It\u2019s a vibration, a symbol. They might show me the courthouse. They show me my female symbol in that courthouse. And then they\u2019ll go, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s the daughter, not the mother.\u2019 So they show me a lot of different ways to get that one message, but it\u2019s not necessarily through words. And so keep your mind open as I\u2019m trying to connect.\u201d With that, she closed her eyes for a moment, one arm across her midsection, the other touching her chin. Then approached one of the women and said, \u201cWho\u2019s the M initial? It\u2019s either Martha, Marie, Mary, Mark. Might be somebody down here, might be someone in heaven. I just feel there\u2019s an M who is really trying to step forward for you.\u201d Michael was this woman\u2019s grandfather. Howe noted he would be bringing in everyone else\u2019s energy, then asked, \u201cIs there a Robert, Randy, Rebecca who\u2019s connected to you?\u201d Robert was her brother. Talking quickly, sometimes using her hands, she described the images she was seeing. \u201cWhat\u2019s the connection to the number two for you? This could be the month of February. This could be the second of the month. It could be two children. I\u2019m just seeing two all over you.\u201d The number was significant with her brother\u2019s birth and passing. \u201cHe\u2019s stepping forward. What\u2019s the connection to Florida for you? For him? Who\u2019s down there right now? Who\u2019s going down there?,\u201d Howe fired off in rapid succession. \u201cIt\u2019s where he just came back from,\u201d the woman acknowledged. Howe shared some information and then asked, \u201cDid he have a dog?\u201d Tears formed as she replied, \u201cI\u2019m going to get the dog.\u201d After explaining the connection between her brother and the dog, Howe asked, \u201cWho\u2019s the teacher in the family who does something at the school?\u201d There was no such connection. \u201cAny connection to California? To Morgan? No, that\u2019s all right. I\u2019m seeing the teacher symbol pop up. I\u2019m trying to figure out why so many rulers are popping up.” \u201cWho\u2019s Frank? Francis? The number 6? The month of June?\u201d \u201cFrank was his best friend.\u201d \u201cWhy is he showing me lots of mysteries around his passing? Why are there question marks?\u201d \u201cBecause there are lots of questions,\u201d the woman replied. \u201cHe came back to us from Florida. He had been sick.\u201d After providing some spiritual counseling, Howe asked, \u201cIs somebody named after their dad? Named after their grandfather? This is a male. Does this make sense for anyone? No? Why am I seeing that? Somebody play the piano or do something with keys?\u201d Getting no response, she said, \u201cOK, I\u2019m going to let that go back up.\u201d After making more connections and dispensing more bits of information, Howe circled back, saying, \u201cSomeone is talking about your son right now. I\u2019m really stuck on this namesake right now.\u201d Turns out it was not the woman she was facing, but the woman in the corner whose brother was named after his father and whose son was named after her husband. An obituary, a mother-in-law who just passed, cupcakes signaling a celebration and being a control freak were among the subjects that surfaced as Howe described the images she saw, often thanking those who sent them. \u201cDo you have a dog that just crossed,\u201d she asked a woman. \u201cMy god,\u201d came the reply. It was a 13-year-old Great Dane. \u201cWho\u2019s G?\u201d \u201cGigi is what my boys used to call my grandmother.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s the Jeep connection to you?\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted one.\u201d Some images appear to connect with no one. \u201cI\u2019m just seeing it. I was always told to say what I see,\u201d Howe said, moving on with, \u201cWas someone blind at the end of their life and could not see? Something with the eye not working?\u201d It was a father who had side effects from medications following a kidney transplant. Questions, responses and information flowed. \u201cWhy is someone showing me frogs all over the place? Is there any connection to either New York or Broadway?\u201d \u201cJesus! My youngest son is convinced he\u2019s going to be on Broadway and he\u2019s going to be a big star. He\u2019s 13 right now,\u201d one woman said. \u201cSo, just know that the other side might be laughing with you \u2026 but anything can happen. It\u2019s just important to know that the other side sees little things that are happening in our life, big things that are happening in our life,\u201d Howe said. Cautioning attendees that when someone who\u2019s crossed weighs in on a subject, it\u2019s important to know it\u2019s merely their opinion, she continued with, \u201cI\u2019m still on the teacher thing. I feel like someone is inside the school.\u201d From the other side of the room a woman spoke up, \u201cI\u2019m a teacher.\u201d Turning around, Howe asked her, \u201cWho passed very young? A young soul is standing very near you. Is there a T name?\u201d When the answer was no, she said, \u201cThat\u2019s all right. I\u2019m just seeing this little person here.\u201d A woman to the left said, \u201cTeresa is my twin and she lost a child.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m just in the wrong area,\u201d Howe said. \u201cWas this baby a boy?\u201d The answer was affirmative, leading Howe to share a piece of her life. \u201cI lost a child at six months pregnant, and I know for a fact there\u2019s a reason that she showed up. I know it. I don\u2019t try to find the answers. Some days it feels like it might be coming a little closer, but I find the beauty around the situation and around the experience. One thing I learned is it brought my husband and I closer in a way that never would have bonded us had this not happened. \u2026 There\u2019s always a silver lining. I feel like she may need to hear that.\u201d The “scheduler” turned out to be a nurse. A grandmother who indicated she died of a stroke wanted her granddaughter to know she sends a red cardinal every day as a sign. The session continues. Howe is compassionate and kind. For the most part, everyone remains silent but keenly attuned. Someone understood the bubble wrap reference, but no one claimed the \u201cPrice is Right\u201d connection. \u201cDoes your grandmother have a child up there with her now? [\u2018Yes.\u2019] They’re both coming in together. Do you go to a cemetery often? I feel like I\u2019m seeing cemeteries,\u201d Howe asked a woman. \u201cI just stopped by my grandmother\u2019s cemetery. I was just driving by and realized \u2018this is her cemetery,\u2019” said the woman, adding that she stopped to pay her respects. \u201cShe sees that you went. Is there any connection to St. Patrick\u2019s Day?\u201d \u201cSt. Patrick\u2019s is her cemetery.\u201d Hearing that, I felt prickles of energy touching my skin\u2013 something that happened several times that night. Then Howe turned to me. \u201cIs your mom in spirit?\u201d She is. \u201cDid you take care of her?\u201d I didn\u2019t think I did much at all, and I certainly wasn\u2019t there as often as I wish I had been. \u201cDo you have a sister who\u2019s here?\u201d Yes. \u201cWho\u2019s N?\u201d My daughter, Natasha. \u201cWho\u2019s like the Irish twins? Whose birthdays fall right on top of each other?\u201d My sister and I were born on the same day two years apart. She told me twos and hawks that sometimes swoop very close to my car are both symbols from my mother. 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