Astra is an author, Spiritual counsellor and teacher who offers Spiritual Counselling to help people understand their issues or problems at a deeper Soul level. She also runs a Spiritual course on a one-to-one basis. This is called Stepping Stones on the Spiritual Path. (For more information see her website www.astrajuliaferro.com.) Astra's specific vocation is working with the Ancestral Group Soul to bring knowledge of past lives to help individual Souls gain insight into current challenges and life directions. For over forty years, Astra has been receiving guidance and inspiration from her Spiritual teacher and has been working with the Ancestral Group Soul (see Glossary) to bring insight and clarity to current problems, even though their origins may lie in past lives. Her insight and knowledge of the esoteric teachings have been invaluable, especially when counselling and facilitating workshops and seminars for over thirty-five years both in the UK and internationally. In my previous books I have touched on the subject matter at the level of understanding at the time. Since then my understanding and knowledge have evolved and I now offer this in this book, Stepping Stones to Initiation. Astra's published titles to date are: Stepping Stones on the Spiritual Path This book offers a basic knowledge of Spirituality. It provides answers to questions that have been put to the author over many years facilitating workshops, talks and seminars. The book also gives guidance as to how to find the inner Self. A quotation from this book: 'There will come a time, a moment, whether in this lifetime or another, when the Soul will reach a stage when it needs to know more. It will no longer be satisfied with ambling along. It wants to get hold of its destiny, face it, and see where it is going, what it has achieved, and what other lessons are needed. Then the Soul, of its own volition, will become the captain of its ship. It will guide its own destiny; it will face the turbulent seas and storms and steer it through to calmer waters.' The Journey of the Soul through the Seven Major Chakras This book includes information about the connections to the Seven Major Rays, the great Initiations, Karma, and healing with the ancestors. Discover links to the Personality, the Soul, and the Spirit and understand the different levels of each Chakra, relating it to the Ray, Initiation, and colour appertaining to that Chakra level. A quotation from this book: 'The journey of the Path of the Soul is the greatest journey, the greatest adventure, we could ever take. It may be full of pitfalls and challenges, but it also shows us what courage and strength and perseverance there is inside each one of us. Throughout my own experiences in life, as well as counselling and teaching on Soul understanding and Soul healing, this journey through the Chakras has been the most deeply significant.' Understanding the Soul's Journey through the Labours of Hercules This book considers the astrological journey of the Soul, learning Soul lessons, as symbolized by the story of the Labours of Hercules. Both mythological and symbolical in nature, this story reveals the path of the Soul. It is the story of Humanity. This is our story, our path, our experiences, our lessons, our challenges and trials, and of course our victories. A quote from the book: 'The journey of the Soul through the path of the Zodiac enables us to learn who we are and what we are made of. It gives us the opportunity to unfold and develop Spiritual qualities that have been inherent in us from the moment of creation. It is worth remembering that the Path of the Soul leads us to the recognition of our Beingness revealing our true divine heritage.'
