Burning Ones Session 3

The following is the transcript of a session of communication between six human beings and a non-human intelligence who has identified themselves as angelic beings, known to us as "seraphim" however they prefer the name "Burning Ones". This communication was achieved via a process known as "channeling" i.e. telepathic communication with one member of the group acting as a channel or "instrument" while the others took turns questioning the entity.

Because of the conversational type of dialogue of this particular channeling, the questioners are identified by letters "A"through "D".

The below transcript begins after the channel makes contact with the entity. She challenges them three times to ensure the validity of the contact and to strengthen it. Once the entity meets her challenges, she then lies down and enters a deep state of channeling. Once an adequately deep state of channeling has been reached, the entity initiates communication.

Editor's note: After this session was completed and the recording was reviewed the next day, we were shocked to discover severe deterioration, distortion and electronic interference had rendered the recording completely unintelligible. After several rounds of software clean-up programs, we were able to, with great difficulty and massive group effort, produce a manual transcription. However, significant portions remain completely lost due to static distortion. These portions are noted throughout the transcript as well as some supplemental context from the group to assist the reader.

April 28th, 2025

Total Time: 95 minutes 58 seconds

Type of Channeling: Deep Conscious

Burning Ones Yes, we are here. We are the ones who are known to you as the "Burning Ones". We have made a very good connection with this instrument at this time. She is becoming more attuned to our particular vibrational pattern that no longer causes her to hesitate with our connection, for we are an intense vibration. We are most pleased to be with you yet again. We have no desire to produce a long-winded introduction, for we now feel that we are quite familiar with the each of you and it has been some time since our last session. We see there has been much food for thought. 

We are most pleased that the concepts which were introduced with the prior session have been chewed upon and chewed upon, contemplated in its fullest, both by your conscious and subconscious minds. How we would like to begin; we would like for each to share, in a sequential fashion, their particular thoughts, and contemplative conclusions, journeys, and questions which may have arisen. At this time, we would wish to begin, in a sequential fashion, with the sharing of the conclusions and contemplations. Once each has shared, we will respond. At this time, and during the share, for this particular roundabout, we would advise that each hold on to the questions which they may or may not have brought to this session. We seek at this time to hear your thoughts, to engage the point at which you have reached on this present journey. We may now begin. 

Questioner A Greetings, Burning Ones. I have been thinking a lot about shadow, my shadow, and I have no clear idea what it is. I have many names, many parts of names, such as an angry part, judgmental, helpless parts, a desire for power, a desire to be not noticed.  In other words, many emotions that represent parts of me. I can’t always show certain ones. But it’s hard to know based on such an inquiry what is really the true shadow, if there is one. That’s where I am at, at the moment.  

Burning Ones We thank you for your share, your vulnerability, and your inner exploration, for it takes a great deal of courage to seek the shadow within. We thank you. We may move on now to the next reflection. 

Questioner B So I have sat with looking at the light and the dark, knowing that I need both, I have both, and then knowing that the shadow side of me is one I try to I believe keep down because I fear that if I go too far into that I will actually do myself more harm than I will good. So, I fear that going into the anger, going into the vulnerability, going into the fear, and spending too much time will cause more harm to my body while I am trying to heal it. Also though, knowing that is likely where I need to go. I am just trying to figure out how to do that without causing my body distress, and particularly with things that are in the past and I cannot change. 

Burning Ones We thank you for this reflection. We thank you for the contemplation, and as we said prior, the courage which one must have to begin to look at all portions of the self, and your concerns we will speak to at a later time in this particular session, for we believe them to be most pertinent. Indeed, there are spaces to be concerned in going into the darkest corners. One does not realize how bright the light they bring with them is in the darkness. We appreciate your contemplation. We may move to the next. 

Questioner C Thank you, Burning Ones. I have been doing much observation of myself since we last met and thanks to your guidance, I am much more acquainted with what I believe to be the authority shadow self—that part of me that is scornful, that is outraged, cold, that walks away from others when I feel that I am hurt. And as I look at that more, it is gradually losing some power over me. So, making that conscious to me has been quite useful. But still, I am having trouble identifying the true shadow self. I have a couple of candidates. But it’s like hunting for treasure, you know.  You just go through one layer after another, trying to find the true shadow self is difficult. It makes me wonder what is the purpose of making the true shadow self so well hidden. But as the great psychologist Carl Jung once said, “Ninety-nine percent of the shadow is pure gold.” I will keep hunting for that gold, and I thank you in advance for any guidance you can give. 

Burning Ones We appreciate your sharing and reflection, and your humor and your personality, which you have sought to seek in its fold. It is folded upon itself again and again and stretched out like an accordion. We appreciate your share, and we will speak to that which you have made a point – the elusiveness of the true shadow self in its full form. We may now move on to the next. 

Questioner D Thank you, Burning Ones. I tried to deal with the authoritative shadow self in an allegory that I could more easily digest, and what I came up with, it’s kind of as if the self notices someone has been burying pieces of it, and then it hires protection to stop this and find the culprit. The hired protection keeps showing it a list of ever-changing suspects, which are the undesired shadow selves. And all along, the hired protection is the one burying the pieces of the self and continues to do so while constantly displaying its list of suspects to the self, to distract it. And I guess rather than trying to dig up a particular quality that is my shadow self, I tried to imagine a character. And as goofy as this might sound, the character I could come with which was farthest away from me would be a wealthy, shadowy person who is like a Satanic human trafficker, as strange as that may sound. And I have been trying to see myself as capable of living that kind of life, and yeah, apart from doing shadow work, that is where I landed. 

Burning Ones Yes, this is a most interesting allegory which you have constructed. We appreciate this very much. In this, we would point out that you have made note of, made conscious of, the self and the many roles which it may play. You have been speaking to the portions of your other selves which may take on roles of significance. Speaking to the authority shadow self as a protector, not being specific upon what exactly it is protecting. 

[Abrupt pause. Anika announces that she lost the connection due to a sharp pain in her head. The pillow is switched for a different pillow. She reenters the channeling state]

Burning Ones Yes, we are here. We did temporarily lose our connection. As we were stating, we have touched upon the strategies of the self to deceive the self utilizing different characters. The concepts of the true nature of the different qualities, is one which in the true purpose is often obscured. The role of protector is one of great interest. We find that your creation of a character, which we find to be most positive, is a method by which a being seeking to elucidate the further portions of the self may find bringing forth to be very beneficial in the sense of the elucidation of the deeper portions of the shadow self.

We may now begin with queries, for we understand that there has been much to contemplate in the reflections which have arisen. We would ask that these questions be relayed sequentially, with each having the opportunity to posit a query. We may answer individually, or if we feel that it is an answer which would be best met in follow-up, we may delay the answer and move on to the next question. Please understand that we are not… If we can answer, we will do so at a later time to answer. Please trust our evaluation. Please do not take offense. Please trust us. We may now begin. 

Questioner A Is the shadow like every other part of us? In the sense that it is just another part of us but chooses, or shall we say, we do choose to hide it. 

Burning Ones A most interesting query. It is difficult to imagine that there are separate yet completely as one portions of the self which would be unknown to you.  We would invite that your conscious mind is like a spot- headlight which none would see, but it at once exists. All of that which is to the peripheral, the posterior, the above and below remains in the shadow. Thus, it is shadowed. It is dark. As a matter of fact, it is not necessarily negative. It is not necessarily seeking to hide, for by its own position it is not within the light of consciousness. 

There is one method to see that which is not within that light of consciousness. As we move through this metaphor, one may shift their position of the headlamp to look upon another view. However, in this method you may see that with this movement, what was once in the light naturally becomes shadowed. One could continue in this manner and simply begin to, upon repetition, memorize the landscape. Because the spotlight does not necessarily need to be shone on that which is before it to be seen. This is the method. It is a good method, though strenuous and tedious and it requires a great dedication. It is fruitful. Another method would be to remove the headlamp and all is in darkness. All falls within shadow. One might see in the darkness with night vision.  One becomes used to the darkness. One begins to become very sensitive to the light, and it [the light} hurts and it burns. It causes pain. We ask if there is a light bulb to turn on, to illuminate. Where is this light bulb, in the shadow? In the room? Are you the looker? Are you the one who sees? Or are you the room? That is what we would leave you with at this time. We may move on. 

Questioner A Thank you. 

Questioner B So, I wondered if the true shadow, the authority shadow, does it somehow act as protection for us? I think I’m going to leave that question right there. 

Burning Ones To bring, to contemplate, or to bring to your mind’s eye the idea that it believes that it does. Believes it protects. This is only the beginning. The next question is, what—what does it believe it protects? We will leave you with this. We will move on. 

Questioner C I was listening to a podcast today with three psychologists who are followers of Carl Jung. And they said, “The shadow self must be integrated into the self.” In other words, when you uncover your shadow self you have to acknowledge it and make it part of yourself. I don’t think I agreed with it. And keep in mind that they weren’t talking about the authority shadow self or the true shadow self, they …these terms do not exist in conventional psychology. You have introduced these very interesting concepts for the first time, I believe. Anyway, could you comment on whether the shadow self should really be integrated into the self?

Burning Ones Yes. We appreciate your bringing up these concepts. The integration of the shadow self into the forefront of this conversation. We see that, in this particular conversation, there is a notion that it is separate. There is a notion that, there is a choice—there is a notion that, that it could not be integrated. We would see that as a confusion.  

[Long pause due to cat jumping on Anika]

Burning Ones Yes, we are here again. We will pick up where we left off. We were speaking to you about the concept of the integration of the shadow. We, in our vision, in our view, view this as a confusion. We find that, if we use as a metaphor, the body, we say that the shadow self is a hand, and we are asking if one can integrate the hand to find the hand. This is a lunacy, for it is always there. It is already a part of you, as one.

In fact, one is not looking at the hand, one is looking at the darkness. In this sense, there is much which is left to behold. [Inaudible]. We find integration to be a superficial concept. You will find it is more fruitful to view that you are already whole, and it is already a part of you. We find that the concept of integration is one which is confused. We have sensed an inner resistance in yourself to this concept. We may move on to the next question. 

[We believe they were trying to relay that the analysts were not seeing the shadow as something that is always a part of us. Of one being, of the whole. We recall that the Burning Ones were attempting to expound on seeing that to which one has been blind versus the process of integration, which is seeing yourself as a separate from the shadow and attempting to integrate that within or bring it forth in some way. In the view of the Burning Ones- to open one’s eyes and to see the full self is enough]

Questioner D I had mentioned creating a sort of character from my authoritative shadow self. I wanted to know how one may use this sort of character-creation to figure out and see the authoritative shadow self or at least move towards doing that?

Burning Ones Yes, we would advise that you may use this character which you have made as a mirror of oneself. You may seek to understand this character, their motivation, their desires. You may seek to find that in the abstract derivatives, portions of the self which reflect your own inner qualities to each [Inaudible]. You may see how this character [Inaudible] your own actions, motivations, desires. By creating a character, you have brought your conscious mind [Inaudible]. This may not work for all beings. It is merely one way, each path [Inaudible]. You will have found, in essence, [Inaudible]. The benefit of creation, for such an image or character, is that of [Inaudible] portion of [Inaudible]. We may now move on to the next query. 

[We believe the Burning Ones were attempting to demonstrate a strategy the questioner has employed. By creating a character out of one's shadow or portion of shadow, one can have such face-to-face interactions and explore the complexity and depth to the full picture of the shadow. It is a method by which the shadow of the shadow can be discovered]

Questioner D This question is on behalf of Anika, the instrument. She says “After the last session, I have felt very drawn to the work of Carl Jung and have felt compelled to dive headfirst into his work. After learning about the concepts of the individual unconscious and the collective unconscious, I am wondering if the undesired shadow self is congruent with the individual unconscious, and the authority shadow self is congruent with the collective unconscious? Or could it be viewed as the undesired shadow self having its place in the individual unconscious, and the authority shadow self having its origins in the collective unconscious?"

Burning Ones An interesting concept. The authority shadow self which is representative of the collective unconscious [Inaudible] in congruency [Inaudible] which describes the inner aspect. Amalgam. The individual unconscious hosts the undesired false shadow self. As we had previously stated, the individual shadow work and the collective shadow work and the individual shadow and the collective shadow are one and the same. To do the individual shadow work would be the collective shadow work. That is the only method. We can see that this is similar to a tree. You can feel the branch of the individual unconscious and as it merges follow it into the trunk which is the collective unconscious [Inaudible] It is only by following that pathway that it may be reached. 

[We believe the Burning Ones were attempting to relay the concept of the unconscious collective. To show how the unconscious collective mind harbors darker portions of the individual and the collective. In this way, one can pull back through like following a rope through the darkness. The rope being the individual shadow self. The following of the rope or thread leading to the root - the collective shadow self]

It is often that, when one is contemplating the collective unconscious, one is seeing a palette colored by consciousness of others and not seeing how one contributes to it. There are many concepts. Concepts and ideas which affect you [Inaudible] We counsel now, your conscious mind. It is not for us to catch the fish and place them in your palm as they swim down the stream. 

We wish to speak to the fear which arises with the exploration of that which is unknown to you. You feel it when you enter the darkness, when you travel to the darkest corners of the self. Different degrees of the shadow, within each portion [Inaudible] false shadow self, or the authoritative true shadow self—both may cause fear and trepidation. [Sounded like: One of the fears asks…which asks] [Inaudible] to the bottom of the cave. It fears very much—why?

[We believe the Burning Ones were seeking to speak to the darker unknown portions of the self which cause a great deal of fear. They are feared because they are unknown. It is this unknowing that causes the fear. It is this which prevents people from exploring their darker selves, their shadow parts. It acts as a barrier to this work. It is not that these portions are actually so terrifying, it is that we are so blind to them. Our eyes are closed so tightly shut that we truly do not know what we will find]

[Inaudible] You find yourself coming to the darkest cavern. You feel something telling you this is potentially dangerous. You fear [Sounded like: The glimpse within]. It is the core of your shadow self which invokes the fear. [Sounded like: But it is the Authority Shadow Self which envisions you walking]. It is the Authority Shadow Self which presents the deceptions of [Inaudible] that which before you [Inaudible].

[We believe the Burning Ones were attempting to relay that it is the Authority Shadow Self which hides in the very deepest darkest portion of the self and creates illusions of terror to protect itself from our exploring deeper and coming upon it]

These are falsehoods. These are mirages of the mind. For you do not walk alone. You walk with a bright light. You are bigger. You are the one that causes the fear. The authority shadow self fears you. [Inaudible] discovered in darkness but that which lightens the darkness which we are [Inaudible].

In doing this, in bringing the undesired shadow self into the light, that your light is brought to a fuller flame. [Inaudible] and when this flame is bright, you walk [Sounded like: into the dark of night]. Into the darkness. [Inaudible].

[We believe the Burning Ones wished to advise that no being walks alone into the darkness. Not only is there a massive burning light within oneself, but that light burns brighter when one seeks to go into the darkness, and that upon taking up this path, many beings of light join. Instead of seeing oneself as alone walking into the darkness, they wish for us to see ourselves bringing a bright light into the darkness so that it is illuminated. We do not go into the darkness. We illuminate the darkness, and thus it is no longer dark] 

We ask you now a question which may be most difficult. We would ask that you would allow that to rise to your mind—that which comes as quickly as your flicking on the light. Without judgement, without analyzation, without your thinking of the laws of logic. Allow that which is deep in the depths to arise.  We ask you now to see yourself at the mouth of the cave, which is dark, which is cold [Inaudible]. What is it that you fear? In a sequential fashion, please respond. 

Questioner A I was struck really dumb with your comment about, “Am I the spotlight or am I the room?” That was really powerful. It will take a while to contemplate this. Regarding the cave, brought me back to a similar exercise. Where the facilitator walked us through this path to see what we would find. And I found a child in a cage. There’s a part of me that resisted seeing that again, because I thought I am beyond that. But the image says I’m not beyond that. That’s the image I had. That’s what came up for me. 

Burning Ones This is a profound image you have brought to your conscious mind. We would ask with this image, what is your greatest fear? Is it the fear that you were the child in the cage, or that you put the child in the cage?

Questioner A The former. That I am that child. But…they are the same. 

Burning Ones Yes. Who put the child in the cage?

Questioner A Me. 

Burning Ones Yes. 

Questioner A And I’m still doing that. I thought I had cleared that. 

Burning Ones Naturally. But the further question comes, why? A cage can be a container. A cage can be protection. We would ask that you contemplate what comes… what is the desired experience? We thank you. Your answer is very notable for your openness, for your vulnerability. [Inaudible]. We may now move on to the next. 

Questioner B What came up for me, and it brings tears to my eyes to say it, when I look, I think, I’m not sure I really want to be here anymore. Not on this planet particularly, in this body. It’s hard struggling with this…I think, I have those who love me. I am surrounded by love. These are my thoughts

Burning Ones There are many who are in your situation, desiring to leave this incarnation. We would ask then, does the cave of darkness represent an exit? Or the continuation of the present pain? 

Questioner B This is —-continuation for the present [inaudible] pain. Stress [inaudible]. ..best to go now. 

Questioner B's response is in the context of having an advanced cancer, undergoing infusions and the fears this adds to an already difficult world and of the unknown. The stress it adds to themselves and their spouse. Questioner clarifies, "Right now my life is good, and my illness (pain) is manageable and so the cave is a continuation of my present path, not an exit."

Burning Ones We appreciate your honesty and your vulnerability in your response. As we previously stated, there is a great deal of love here. In contemplation [Inaudible] there are many times when the journey was not desired to be continued. You may experience [Inaudible] such as a dream. But further experience is lost. Holding this desire in front, in your absolvement. In your cave, there is much left to see. There is much left to know. In your shadow work, you have begun your journey, which will bring to light… [Inaudible] ... true shapes, true emotions. For now, the dark cast by shadows are large [Inaudible]. [Inaudible] ...  you will find what you seek, and you will find your greatest gift on your journey forward. We may now move on to the next. 

[We believe the Burning Ones were attempting to relay to the questioner that this experience is illusory - like a dream. They were saying that although this is so, to take on the experience. To take on the dream and to explore it to its fullest would be massively rewarding to their eternal spirit. Also, that the desire to end the incarnation is not uncommon amongst the peoples of Earth]

Questioner C Well, I have always been afraid of caves and the dark enclosed spaces. I dread going out of the light and feeling surrounded, the feeling of being buried alive. So, this was difficult, but when I go down into this cave, I see a little boy. A little boy, very pale, who hasn’t seen the light of day for a long time. A little boy who just wanted to show his gifts to the world, a boy who wanted to show what he could do. A little boy who wanted to be happy, who provided the answers in the class. Who loved being the best, loved being the first, the smartest. A little boy who was an altar boy in the church, involved in his mind games, who decided not to share his thoughts with the world. A little boy who was ignored. He sits there in a corner of the cave, pale, involved in his mind games, in his mind, who will not share with the world. I see this boy is sad. I feel sad that this kid who was so hopeful and didn’t want to hurt anybody was called names and pushed aside, who felt like he was being pushed aside, and felt like people didn’t understand him. I love that little boy. But he is pretty far down in the cave, and I don’t like to go down there. It’s pretty scary. 

Burning Ones We thank you for this share. We thank you for traversing this difficult journey, for your compassion and your love. For your cultivation of this character [Inaudible]. We ask you to look upon this as already a great step. We would ask you to contemplate in your mind, does that little boy not belong in the shadow realm, where he is far from the light? Do you find that as you fear the darkness of the cave, is there fear in the boy of the light?

Questioner C Yes, there is fear, there is a chance of being hurt again, a chance of failing. All of that. 

Burning Ones Is the cave a protection?

Questioner C Sure, I used to love making forts. I used to love hiding in a place where I thought no one could get at me. So yes. 

Burning Ones As you are the Creator, the cave is of your creation. The cave may be deconstructed and reconstructed into a place of protection and unification. Where neither may fear the meeting of the other. We may move on to the next. 

Questioner D I think at the bottom of my cave, what I may fear most is ego death, which is something I think I’ve experienced before during the use of psychedelic drugs. And although it was sort of a beautiful experience, it was also sort of horrifying. I have seen others experience this in a bad way. If I were to go through some further kind of ego death, I fear that the person that I found myself being today, someone who has been through a lot, someone who is tough and seeks to help others, is maybe… it is a totally false sense of self. Maybe if I went all the way to the bottom, I would experience ego death. Maybe I would find a guy who hasn’t been through particularly much, who isn’t very tough, maybe he is more effeminate, maybe he is in need of help. Or even worse: maybe none of this is me. Maybe it’s just things I’ve held on to for stability. That’s what I see at the bottom of my cave. 

Burning Ones We thank you for this share. We thank you for your genuine openness and honesty [Inaudible]. We find great interest in that which is referred to as “ego death” [Inaudible] and there is fear which is here [Inaudible] the perception of the self. We see this as a sense of all or nothing. With this there is a sense of loss [Inaudible]. It is this which intrigues us greatly. For it is not uncommon that there is, looking within, the discovery of the true self. [Inaudible] Your experience of creation and the [Inaudible] death. In our view, we see that which you describe as ego as [Inaudible].

There is fear of loss. We would ask [Sounded like: Are the two events by which it has informed the present system], that which has been your chosen experience [Inaudible] we would ask why— Why, why, why do you feel this fear at the present time? 

Questioner D I’m not sure. Maybe it is the undesired shadow self, that is, the fake ego. I’m not sure in fact. 

Burning Ones Is there a sense of worthiness, of the ego not feeling safe [Inaudible]?

Questioner D I guess not.

[We believe the Burning Ones were attempting to relay their confusion or amusement over the ego fearing its own death when exploring the shadow self. They were attempting to dialogue on why the ego would fear or believe that in the self becoming whole - in the true self emerging from the darkness - Why would the ego be sacrificed, when all other portions would be brought to the light and be embraced as the true self? They questioned why does the ego not feel worthy of this reunion?] 

Burning Ones We detect a vibration of [Inaudible]. It does not get lost. [Sounded like: It is light sensitive.] [Inaudible]. We have explored much with you today. We have understood much from this day. It has informed our experience, our own experience, most fully. We feel at this time; we feel your love. We feel your darkest desires. We feel your fear. We are symbiotic in this creation with you. We are at convergence. We have found that a great obstacle is the fear of the unknown. It is an obstacle of our own creation. In identifying and knowing this obstacle, and naming it, you can deconstruct and reconstruct. 

Your powerlessness which you felt which is a trick, a trick of the authority shadow self, as you are the Creator. You, too, have the capability for transformation of all that which is within you, that which is before you. Once the obstacle has been identified, the focus of the contemplative purpose is “Why”. From the “What” to the “Why”. In this way, through the contemplation from the “What” to the “Why”, comes the deconstruction and the reconstruction of all things.

We have exhausted the energy of this instrument. We find is a natural point of stoppage of this particular dialogue which we have most enjoyed. We are with you as you go forward. You may request us to be with you; we are with you at your request. Bringing light, going into the darkness --

[Communication abruptly ends, and Anika is not able to reconnect. We believe they cut the contact due to the rapidly decreasing energy of the instrument]

Post Session Notes

We realize there is quite a bit of content missing from this transcript, and we plan to, in our next session with the Burning Ones, revisit those portions where a great deal was lost. We are unsure what caused the electronic distortions and equipment malfunctions as we have not experienced this prior or since with the same set up and equipment. For future sessions we plan to include at least one if not more additional recording devices as backups should this happen again. We are also reviewing our protection rituals to evaluate if any unintended openings for psychic offering (attack) may have occurred. We have also considered that the intense energy or frequency of the Burning Ones themselves, may have caused this interference.