Hi, I am writing you to share one of the many spiritual experiences I have had in the last 2 years. It all began in Jan. of 2007 after I had an Angel reading done from you. Everything in your reading was right on and was very surreal, it was almost scary. One of the things you wrote in the email was that Arcangel Michael was protecting me and you had given me some advice to call on him in times when I needed to get through a difficult time.

I indeed was going through a very difficult time and prayed to Michael during times when I was in deep despair. At the very moment that I prayed to him, I received a warm and glowing sensation in my heart that gave me instant relief. This has happened a few times since then.

Also during this time I believe I was being given signs (also mentioned in your email) to direct me in the upcoming decisions I had to make. There was a period of time where every time I got in my car to drive from my lake home to town, I would notice hawks flying above. I was always drawn to them and really didn't know why. It was also mentioned in the email from you that you felt that a bird was somehow symbolic to me and I believe that was part of it. Once I had made some major decisions in my life the hawks disappeared. I had radically changed my life and was on a spiritual path...I even had a near death experience (or a glimpse of heaven) but that is another story.

On my spiritual journey I realized that I needed healing but was not sure what I needed to work on to be completely healed. I prayed for guidance and a few days later I was given the answer in the most unexpected way.(again another story) I had found out that something terrible had happened in my childhood that I had no recollection about. I started hypnosis sessions and after the 5th session it was revealed what had happened.

The most amazing thing about revealing my past, was that Archangel Michael had been protecting me since I was 2 years old. Under hypnosis I was brought back to age 2 and saw him hovering above me with his wings full spread and the most beautiful white glow I had ever seen. I will never forget the feeling and vision of him protecting me. After this experience, I realized that the hawks symbolize Arcangel Michael's protection for me. Since then, during hard times, the hawk(s) appear, I feel to remind me I am protected. Thank you for the Angel reading you did for me....I think it opened my eyes....Lisa

I had an experience that changed my entire outlook on life five years ago.

I was leaving my home to go on a sales call one evening just before dusk. As I drove in front of the security mail boxes I heard a voice loudly and clearly in my right ear say "You do not want Mark and Donna to have to come back because you hit a kid".

I was perplexed by the strange comment, My husband and our friend had just left the neighborhood minutes before me in two separate cars. I slowed down to five mph and I turned the corner onto the main street into the subdivision.

There were often kids playing on this street and as I turned the corner I saw a large group seated at the bottom of the driveway to my left. I was relieved to see the street empty but continued to go 5 mph wondering about the strange message.

I am the parent of a child that was hit by a car and nearly killed fourteen years ago. I just kept thinking that inconveniencing others would be the least of my troubles if I weere to have hit a child.

As I passed the kids playing on the left, a ball came rolling from behind a parked truck into the street in front of me. Immediately followed by a child about five years old. I slammed the brakes and stopped my truck not more than a foot in front of this child. I can recall his big brown eyes and the look on his face to this day.

I immediately looked up and said thank you please feel free to deliver any strange message you would like in the future.

Once the boy moved I drove onto my appointment. The next week I saw his father outside and stopped to tell him about the incident. I am not sure if he thought that I was crazy, I really did not care what anyone thought, I was so grateful to have been spared this horrible fate.

I had a bad yestersday, a doc appointment and errands to run. I was feeling sorry for myself regarding the way my life has turned out. While I was in the car I was thinking about my life. I had every emotion in the books inside of me and I started to cry. I raised my head slightly upward (since I was driving I had to be careful) and said "Would someone up there please tell me what the heck (I didn't say "heck" but a word that is is close to it) am I doing here on earth? I don't smile anymore or have fun. I seem to have forgotten how to do this. I also want to be successful and while working on my "success" I'd like to love what I am doing. That was the end of that and my talk to myself.

I got this morning and sat down at the computer to call my husband. However, before I did I logged in and decided to get another Angel of the Day reading. I ran my cursor along the cards and you'll never guess what angel came up! The Angel of Success. Talk about scary.

To end, The Angel of Success, God, someone in heaven that loves me guided me. I'll be doing a lot of thinking over the few days to come up with an idea. Thank you for creating this website.

P.S. Also to let you know two days in a row I drew the Archangel Gabriel! Go figure.

Leo F. Buscaglia wrote: “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

It is my favourite quote. I did not realise how much this resonated with me until just now.

NewAgeStore is my baby. I am married and live in Australia. My hubby does all the code on the site (after hours) and I do, well everything else. For those who have been visiting for a few years (and yes I know that some have been here since we started in 1999) I'm sure you've noticed the major changes on the site.

Well over the past few weeks I had been answering emails, until last Thursday when I had to stop. I have poured so much of myself into this site that again - I did not realise just how much. I seemed to be getting email upon email of people writing in letting me know what was not working - which I greatly appreciated - then every 10 emails or so i'd get a not so nice one telling me how much the new site sucked! - The first one is easy to push aside, the 2nd, 3rd and even the 10th were easy to dismiss. But by email 30 telling me that they didn't like anything about the new site - I realised just how much of myself I had poured into the site - I was then reading the emails as a personal attachment to myself - and my poor little ego just was not able to process any more of these.

Which led me to having to distance myself and grab some perspective.

This is what i have come to realise

a) the visitors who come to newagestore are extremely passionate and proud of their site and the diving tools

b) i am no less a part of this than them

c) i can always improve

d) i am doing the very best right now, that i am capable of - my life experiences are a direct reflection of who i am right now

e) i love my site - i love my tools - i love my visitors, i love them all for their passion, their commitment and their tenacity

I will continue enhance and work on this our site - to make it the best spiritual hub on the net.

I thank you all for writing in and ask that you continue to do so :)

and remember:   “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

To all those people who wrote in with the seemingly harsh words, thank you - for this site would not be who it is without you.

To all those people who wrote in with the lovely kind beautiful words of inspiration, thank you - for this site would not be who it is without you.

What's still on our "to-do" list. Completed tasks will be removed! 

• a slight change of colour - I love the rainbow but it's a little dark - so see that vanish this week.
• the return of the shuffle button
• a brand new answers section - that will blow away anything we've had before (estimated release on this is mid September)
• slightly more defined cards to make it easier to choose a card when doing a reading
• saved readings across the board
• bringing back the "who are you" extra astrological information
• finding a new ouija board replacement (the old one is just, well, too old to work on the new site)
• biorythms (this is very cool cannot wait for these to be finished)
• re-establishing the igoogle page
• colourscope - monthly colour guide
• a view to facebook integration and enhanced community style features - like content ratings