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Or the rocks of Brittany. The menhirs and standing stones of this beautiful, ancient land. There is even a book describing most of these stones, called “Au Pays des Megaliths.”

Let us start with one of my favorites. It’s called ‘La Roche aux Fées. The largest dolmen in France, so they say. Huge, magnificent, impressive. Surrounded by chestnut trees. Maybe it was in the past covered with land and grass like Newgrainge in Ireland. We don’t know. Then we drove to our B & B located in the magic forest of Broceliande.

Every year, every time, I discover something new. Like this time. The wonderful, magical caves called ‘Les Grandes Canalettes,’ just outside the walled city of Villefrance de Conflent, on the road to Vernet-les-Bains.

What a beauty. So well indicated, so joyful lighted, so accessible for the public. It was a fantastic experience. I need not say much any more. The pictures will speak for themselves.

And Jan Cercone made it even more special, even more beautiful, by singing ‘Ave Maria’ on the music that was played in the cave.

Enjoy, dear friends, enjoy.

The festival of Sarah. The festival of the gypsies. I went there with my American friends. The friends of the ‘sacred femininity.’ I dropped them in the middle of the village and then drove about 4 kilometers to the east, to park the car. It was full that day, mud full. It took me almost an hour to walk back to the center of the village.

I am happy that my book "De Orbs Evolutie" (only in Dutch edition) is now available on Amazon as Kindle e-book. It will be ready for purchase soon. Enjoy~

Incredible, so much has happened in the last two months. I hardly know where to begin.

I will make this a relatively short newsletter, but I will, later on,  surprise you with some extra blogs!

We have been guiding many, many groups and lots of individuals. It was wonderful, but it was at times a little exhausting. Driving, talking, smiling, coaching, days on end.

I have decided to share with you some of my second edition of Mary Magdalene in France. The sample contains a few pages of all chapters. Do realize that the book is 195 pages, in order to see the complete book, order it in my shop or on Amazon. you can view the sampler in full screen mode and you can also enlarge sections.  With love and enjoy! ~ Jaap

Mary Magdalene in France, SECOND EDITION is available as Ebook (pdf) and Paperback on Amazon. I am happy with the new edition and with all my gratitude to Tina Witte Harzell, who so helped me in editing the book. Enjoy!

Time for another newsletter. For much has happened these last few weeks. Just like all the other weeks. There were many high high’s and many low low’s. There always, are but this time things were really hectic. The computer went down, we got serious problems with part of our old central heating system, our accountant discovered that he had made a mistake in our tax return documents, costing us another, extra 2.000, - euro’s and I got almost killed when a crazy Frenchman overtook a truck between Limoux and Couiza, just when I came from round the bend (in the road). Tired, a lot of stress, some rather turbulent personal experiences and all that in an uneasy world.

Happy Birthday Dear Jaap!

It's a shame that everyone and everything that's 70 years old is nowhere near as loving, kind, wise, gentle and inspirational as you.

But at least we have you. 

Dit is een boek voor mannen. Mannen die niet zo nodig elk weekend het huis uit moeten. Mannen die gezond willen eten en die liever niet te vaak uit de muur, uit blik of uit plastic willen eten.

Mannen die met eigen handen iets willen scheppen, iets moois, iets tastbaars. Mannen die weer contact met de natuur willen. Maar ook een boek voor mannen die nooit hebben leren koken en die er nu alleen voor staan. Of mannen die een leuke hobby zoeken en nieuwe contacten willen opdoen.

Spring is coming. And it is about time. For it has been a harsh, cold and stormy winter. With difficult times for all of us. Uneasy lives, turbulent relationships. We have been suffering setbacks, disappointments, problems with the government and officials. We have been confronted with old stuff from the past, with fears and anxieties buried deep in our bodies. There have been crises, accidents and disasters all over the world and at home. It is as if the fight between good and bad, between the forces of Light and Dark is intensifying. So stand firm dear friends. The harder fights are a clear sign that the Dark forces are losing. That more and more of their evil deeds are exposed. Exposed by the Internet and by brave whistle blowers. And things are changing, changing for better, slowly, but they are changing!

You may think that this is a quiet time, not really a time for a newsletter, but then, it was not quiet at all. Much has happened. And much is still happening.

It is a challenging time, a time of transformation, of suffering, a time of testing, a time of completing things, a time of letting go, a time of saying goodbye to old habits.

Happy, happy days and love to all of you from Jaap Rameijer!

It is cold outside. But inside it is warm. The fire is burning and my heart is burning as well, with love. Winter is coming. Time for reflection. Time for all the many things that have to be done. Maintenance, repair, administration, writing, you name it.

I wasn’t going to write another newsletter this year, but you know me. So much has happened in the last few weeks, so many beautiful pictures, so much to share with you.

And the world, what is happening to the world? It is quiet now but I feel that a lot is still happening. Below deck, or behind the screens. And I feel that people are getting stronger, and are getting to know themselves better.  And are slowly changing their attitude, their focus. Things are happening at last. And we are part of it. Isn’t that wonderful?

Dear friends,

As you may have noticed I had some problems with my mail.

My mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.has been hacked twice. I could not send pictures by this e-mail, but worst of all was the fact that I did not recieve any return mails on the mails I sent to you. They all went to a different provider, I don’t know why this happened, I have no account there, and I have no password.

So it is quite possible that I have not recieved your answers on the mails I sent to you. I apologize for that. I only found out recently. If you wonder why I did not respond to your answers on my e-mail, you now know why.

I have changed my e-mail. Now it is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Beauty and Message of Orbs SECOND EDITION is available as Ebook (pdf) and Paperback on Amazon. I am happy with the new edition with help from Tina Witte Harzell as editor. You may buy on Amazon and on Black Friday (TODAY) in the USA,  they may even give a 30% discount. Enjoy!

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We are visited recently by simply amazing clouds. Just to share with you, have a wonderful day!

As you can see I am back home again. Having some time to write. This will probably be the last newsletter of 2014. But then you just had four of them in a row.

This is about our trip to Bretagne. Where Franklin had to attend a seminar by Annie Sloan. The woman who is selling that wonderful, biological, magical paint all over the world, including in Joke’s and Franklin’s shop ‘Renaissance’ in Quillan.

It was good to travel together. For it was over 900 kilometers. And during the time that Franklin was studying paint, I was studying churches, cathedrals, Black Madonna’s, Notre Dame’s, magic places, menhirs and dolmens. You could say it was a MM & MM trip, a Mary Magdalene and Megalith Menhirs trip. So dear friends, please enjoy!

The main reason for going to the Netherlands during this time was of course to attend the installation of the new naval cadets in Den Helder. 50 years after my own installation. But there was more. Of course there was. I went to see my two sons, Gjalt and Ewout, in Utrecht and I was, of course, present at the house warming party of my daughter in Egmond aan Zee.

I also went to my publisher Uitgeverij Aspekt in Soesterberg, where I discussed the editing of my two new books, ‘Uit in eigen huis’, meaning ‘Going out in your own house,’ and having fun. A cook book especially for men. And my e-book ‘De Orbs evolutie.’ No need to translate that.

Did a lot of shopping, some CD’s and DVD’s, some peanut butter and other Dutch delicacies and a lot of stuff from the toko. Hot stuff, spicy stuff. Things that are not available in France. And a new wide-angle camera. I also visited some old friends 

Whenever I am going to the Netherlands, by car, full of Blanquette, homemade sambal and home made confiture, I try to visit some special places. And participate in some special ceremonies. This time it was Chartres, Gisors and Amiens.

On the way north I met my friend Door who had come south to Chartres and would drive with me to Holland.

50 years ago I finished my gymnasium in Utrecht and went to the Navy. In September 1964 I was installed at the Royal Navy Academy (KIM) in Den Helder as a naval cadet (Adelborst).

In 1967 I was sworn in as a weapons engineering officer. I served as an officer for 15 years. It was a wonderful time. I went to many places all over the world, including Odessa in then the Soviet Union, Constanta in Romania and the Caribbean. I had many interesting jobs. My last job was staff officer at the Naval Command Centre in Den Helder. I left the navy as lieutenant commander

Now, 50 years later a new group of young people were installed as naval cadet, both men and women. Yes times have changed. But traditions do not change. Every year the people who were installed 50 years ago, are invited to attend the installation of a new generation of naval cadets.

It has been a busy time, a hectic time. Full of changes, full of extremes, full of up’s and down’s. In our mind, in our attitude, in the energy around us, even in the weather. We all know that things are changing and changing fast. But we don’t know yet where we are going. And where we will end up. What our destination will be.

So we wait and wonder. We hope and trust. And we do what we have to do.

For me it was mostly guiding. Guiding many people in the area. A big party of Stavoor. But mostly small parties. One person, two persons, three persons, no more. And attending some music festivals, several vide greniers and visiting the market in Esperaza. And of course finishing my last two books.

Guiding is wonderful work. You can tell quite a lot of stories, people can visit many places, we talk a lot and we have fun.

Terrible things are happening in the world. Terrible, terrible things. I know that things like that have happened before. In Cambodia and in Africa with the Huti’s and the Tutsi’s and in many other places. But now we have the Internet and now we have the wartime reporters and now we have satellites and unmanned vehicles. And we see it all happening, right before our eyes. It is horrible. As if the worst fears come true. And we are not only watching it, as we did before, we also feel it. In our bones, in our blood, in out heart.

It is as if things have to get worse before getting better. For they have to get better. They must. The Earth is cleaning itself. People are changing. But the resistance to all these changes is fierce. However let’s try to be positive. Let’s try and see the changes as necessary. As changes that the Earth and we too have to undergo before things get better.

Please be advised that I understand my email account has been hacked and spammers are sending emails on my behalf. Please do not open and if you do pay no attention to this ridicilous request. I did respond to a request that threatened to de-activate my account, despite warnings I did any how, so people make sure you always check the links associated with such communications, never open attachments from parties you do not know and lots of other things we need to do in this day and age. The spam email says:

  " I really hope you get this fast. I could not inform anyone about our trip, because it was impromptu. we  had to be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a program. The program was successful, but our journey has turned sour. we  misplaced our wallet and cell phone on our way back to the hotel we lodge in after we went for sight  seeing. The wallet contained all the valuables we had.

I am sorry if i am inconveniencing you, but i have only very few people to run to now. i will be indeed  very grateful if i can get a loan of €2,250 EUR. or whatever you can afford to spare me from you. this  will enable me sort our hotel bills and get my sorry self back home. I will really appreciate whatever  you can afford in assisting me with. I promise to refund it in full as soon as I return. let me know if  you can be of any assistance. Please, let me know soonest.

Thanks so much

Jaap"

So sorry for the inconvenience.

With love

Jaap Rameijer.

It is incredible. The things that have happened in the past two months. Looking back at all the pictures I took, I now realise how many people we have met and how many places we have visited. And I am amazed and tired as well.

These are curious times. I feel that we just had to meet many of the people that came to our place. And that we had to guide them to these special places. And to talk to them. I also feel that things are changing now. I know this is what I say every time, but it is true. The tides are turning.

So much is happening. The world is in turmoil. It is terrible what is happening. Things are so bad that they hardly can get worse. Or are we finally plunging in a world-wide crisis? Something good must come off it, it must, that’s what I feel, it must, eventually. That’s what I feel and that’s what I hope.

Finally some rest. So much has happened the past several weeks. But now it is quiet, there are only a few guests and the weather is beautiful. Just as it should be. The only excitement now is the world championship soccer in Brazil.

We had three large groups, one of Stavoor, the ‘pre-pensionados,’ one of Leonie Linssen, with some beautiful girls and one of Thomas Young, a spiritual leader from Germany and Hawai, who came here with a group of 22 wonderful people. There will be a special newsletter for the tours made with this last group. And there were several smaller groups or single persons. Among them my lovely daughter Femke, with her daughter Simone and her friend Roelof. And our friend Hanneke Hoppenbrouwer with her partner Eric.

Here an example of the programs we offer, especially to groups, like the group of Thomas Young. This group consisted of 22 persons, mostly from Germany and a few from Switzerland. A ten-day program. Including picking up people at various places, like airports, railway stations or hotels. Taking them, and their luggage to Les Labadous. Providing accommodation: all rooms have their own shower and toilet facilities (restroom) and the apartments and gites have cooking facilities as well. Serving an excellent breakfast, serving lunch or if required packed lunches and serving dinners.

Also providing guiding facilities (my person), and providing, if necessary, drivers and cars (Franklin and I myself) in our own cars or in rented vans, seating 8 people.

Scotland, a sacred land. With Rosslyn Chapel, with beautiful Edinburgh and its St Giles cathedral. A wonderful country full of flowers, rivers, mountains, snow, lakes, sheep and standing stones. With the sacred valley of Glen Lyon and the magic ‘Praying Hands’, the oldest Yew tree in the world and the impressive mount Schiehallion, the Elf Mountain. The land of Christ, if you read the book “Vision of Albion, The Key to the Holy Grail” by Barry Dunford. The land of B & B’s with incredible Scottish breakfasts, with rivers full of salmon, with all kinds of ales and whiskey’s. The land with the beautiful Isle of Mull with its mountains, its lakes and the sacred church in Dervaig where Jesus and Mary Magdalene are holding hands. And the mysterious Isle of Iona, where Columba is said to have brought Christianity to Scotland. The isle with its magic abbey and its fallen Christ. The place where it is said that Jesus and Mary Magdalene went and where their child, John Martinus was born. And finally that incredible isle of Staffa, with its wondrous rock formations and curious caves. You will be seeing it all, dear friends.

My good friend and colleague, writer Val Wineyard, recently asked me if I would guide two friends of hers who were interested in following in the tracks of France’s famous Beast of the Gévaudan for a manuscript to be published early next year. I am sure it will be a big success.

The story in this blog post comes from what I heard from my new friends, what I saw for myself, and what I found on the Internet. It is a true story. It happened in the period of 1764 to 1767, when a creature called “La Bête du Gévaudan” killed dozens of people, mostly women and children.

Hectic times. We all thought that things would be better now. That things would finally go our way. After so many struggles and so much pain. Well it is, but slowly. Now we are in a time of confusion. A time where things are finally becoming clear. Things that had to be said or done. It is not always appreciated. But it is necessary. There are arguments, severe rows, and harsh words. And people are reproaching each other. It is not always nice to hear what must be heard. And it is not always possible, or even good, to say it in a gentle way. For then the message may not be understood.

Times are strange. For January was the month before things were really going to happen. At least that is what my spiritual friends told me.

But lots of things did happen in January. Many people were ill of suffered from pain somewhere in their body. Others were restless, waiting for something to happen. Maybe they were being prepared for the new world. Maybe they were being transformed. And very strange: lot of small disasters struck us and many of our friends. As if to say: “these things should be cleared first, before you cango on!” There isn’t much else to say. Just a few things. But I got some awesome pictures. So enjoy.

AND dear friends. If you fancy spending some time at our domaine La Source in March or at the beginning of April and if you think you can help us with various jobs around the house, you are most welcome. Free lodging and good food in exchange for a couple of hours of your work. Let me know if you are interested.

Een stukje uit mijn boek. Hopelijk geniet u ervan en bestelt u mijn boek voor meer vermaak en inzichten!

Wij mannen, althans de meeste mannen, zijn gefascineerd door vrouwen. Dat is niets nieuws. Het zijn zulke bijzondere, zulke magische wezens. Zo mysterieus. En ze kunnen iets wat wij niet kunnen, namelijk kinderen baren. Ze zijn een en al liefde, ze kunnen ons ongelooflijk inspireren en ze kunnen ons maken en breken. We hunkeren naar de liefde van een vrouw. We hunkeren naar hun lach. 

Dit is geen gewoon kookboek. Althans geen kookboek in de traditionele zin. Geschreven door een bekende kok of ervaren restaurateur, vol met prachtige recepten en gewaagde, nieuwe combinaties. Het is zelfs geen kookboek speciaal voor mannen, want die zijn er ook. Maar die hebben vaak iets belerends. Zo van laten we deze achtergebleven bevolkingsgroep nu ook maar eens de meest elementaire principes van het koken bijbrengen. Dan kunnen ze tenminste nog iets. Dan kunnen ze nog een beetje voor zichzelf zorgen. En, wie weet, kunnen ze dan ook voor hun medemensen nog wat eetbaars op tafel zetten. 

Happy, happy New Year. And lots of love and kisses for you. For this will be a special year. A very special year. A year where things will become clear. Where things will finally settle down. Where things will fall into places. Where we will feel free of the burdens of the past. Where all our efforts and all our suffering will be finally bare fruit. And where we will be honoured for what we did. Where we will see the path we still have to go.

Great news, my friends, great news. My dear friend Abraham Tol has done it again. This master of the Internet has created another masterpiece. My new website. Or rather my renewed website.

Have a look. have a look and browse my site: www.jaap-adventures.com. And most of all enjoy!

Enjoy the pictures, enjoy the newsletters, enjoy the books and articles. You know, just looking at my website makes me happy. It is so beautiful.

Twice a year I go to Holland, driving my own car. To visit my children and grandchildren, to see the publisher, to give my car a good overhaul, to see my friends and to do some shopping. And often to give a presentation, this time on Orbs at Op Hodenpijl in Schipluiden.

And also to act as deliveryman, bringing wines and Blanquette de Limoux, home made sambal and goods from Joke’s shop Renaissance to Holland. And taking back all those special things from Holland, like my new books, DVD’s, peanut butter, lots of stuff from the Toko and more, much more.

On the way up and on the way down, I always try to visit new places, interesting places. Or places I want to see again.

This trip was special. In many ways. I took my time, three days, going up and three days going down. And saw how beautiful France is. And I stayed a bit longer in Holland and saw how beautiful Holland is. And I met some wonderful old and some wonderful new girlfriends. All very, very special. Join me on this trip and I will tell you, and show you, day by day, what happened. Enjoy dear friends, enjoy!

The images that I refer to are included in each section. You can step through them via the thumbnails and clicking on an image enables you to enlarge them. Enjoy!

My dear friend Abraham has advised me to change the technology behind my website for more security and also to be able to communicate in a friendlier manner on mobile devices, it is call responsive I believe. It means that my site will be rendered on mobile devices, wide screens, laptops and desktops in a manner of the sizing of the screen of my friends and visitors. Also we have decided on a new bloggin engine to which on can subscribe for all my entries or a specific category, if you do so you will receive an email from me in case there is a new publication on my site. 

At last I am going to venture into the Audio world. It is my believe that lots of people have more time to listen than read while driving or otherwise. So on my return to France, after my Dutch presentation on Hodenpijl, Jamie on his Cloud will be my first trial. Shall keep you posted of course.

Another newsletter for October! How wonderful, I hope. But I had to. For after my newsletter on Power Places Tours, some things happened that had to be told and that had to be seen. Besides I am going to Holland the first weeks of November, so you can also see this as an advanced newsletter. Enjoy!

A special newsletter. Describing the wonderful adventures of an American group, visiting the South of France. Six people, two men and four women, staying in France for eleven days. With me as the driver, the driver of a minibus seating eight passengers, as the tour guide and the lovely Lillis as the tour leader. It is basically a funny story, but also a story with some interesting aspects. The places we visited were really impressive. Power places, special places, lovely places. So people were very enthusiastic. And showed it, and said so. So much so that I once called this tour should be called “The Wow and Gosh Tour”. A great title for a new book. So enjoy my friends!

What a month, what a month. So much is happening and it still feels as if time is holding its breath. Or her breath? Waiting for a signal from the Universe to get going. Many of us have been going through difficult times. Hard times. Transforming ourselves. Moving to higher energy and frequency levels. Solving ancient karma. Many of us are very tired, but we are holding on. Waiting. Waiting and knowing that things will change. Will change soon, and for the better. That things will finally become clear. And that we will see our destiny. That the time is near that our energy will flow again. Well, dear Spirit World, show us. Let it go and let it flow!

A bit late, but then, much has happened during this month. The busiest month of the year. With music festivals, folk dancing, Vide Greniers, the Bio Market in Couiza, the Book Market in Rennes-le-Chateau, the people staying at la Source, the crystal skull seminars, the visitors to the Cave of Mary Magdalene, the beautiful skies, the incredible Orbs, and more, much more. But most of all things seemed to be happening to the people. Loosing old friends, finding new friends, transformations, pain,  frustrations, uncertainty, hard physical work, dark energies,  powerful experiences, altogether it was a very demanding and turbulent period. Let’s hope September will bring rest, peace, spiritual insights and love.

My book "Verschil moet er zijn" (Man and Woman sharing differences) is accepted by my publisher Aspekt for release  in the Fall of 2013. And is available as you read this.

So much has happened and so much is happening that I just could not write the June newsletter in June. Even now, in July, I am hard pressed for time. So this will be a combined June/July newsletter.

What has happened?

Good news, wonderful news. A Welcome change! My latest book “Jamie on his cloud” has been nominated in England for “The People’s Book Prize, 2013 – 2014 Summer Collection, category “Children.”

The book is published by Local legend with publisher Nigel Peace. See cover and backside.

The book has also been published in Holland and will be published in France. I am open for publishers in the German, Spanish, Portugese and Russian languages! And others. Also available as ebook in French on my site and soon at Amazon.

A bit late, but better late than never. And these are strange times. Sometimes a day lasts much longer than a day. And at other times the days just seem to fly by. It often feels as if we are living in two separate worlds, parallel worlds. Well maybe I have been too busy with Orbs.

A lot has happened this last month. I made several trips, going east, going west, exploring this area in depth. Discovering new things. We did a lot of work getting Les Labadous ship shape. In perfect condition for the first groups. Tom Kenyon and Femke stayed with us. The weather has been very unpredictable. And I have been working on my books. Well enjoy!

My pictures for September 2012.

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To see all pictures in a slide show just click on the image below.