A child in a ancient castle is terrified by seeing blood on the floor from a long-ago murder. Next, she experiences a lifetime of psychic events. And then the shocking appearance of a sacred presence: The Lady–and she spends years with the Lady in her life.
In this unforgettable Dreamland episode, Whitley Strieber speaks with Amanda, whose experiences with a sacred feminine apparition span decades—from the terrifying psychic awakening at age five to a profound encounter at Montségur, in the Cathar country of Southern France.
What emerges is not just a story—but a call. A call to rediscover the sacred feminine, the deeper self, and the hidden dimensions of human experience.
Is The Lady a Marian presence? A manifestation of the divine feminine? Or something even more mysterious?
This is not an ordinary conversation. It is an initiation.
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Thank You both.
Transcendental Wisdom!
Love is the Answer, and we know that for sure!
What a powerful, profound and loving blessing your conversation has brought to us. Thank you both! And thank you to the Lady.
Really wonderful interview and definitely a change of tone for Whitley. He was so much softer in this interview, it was wonderful. I’ve always rejected organized religion since I was a child for all kinds of reasons. I guess I’m more of an agnostic. From being a really small child though I had always been fascinated by the apparitions of Mary that appeared like in Fatima, Lourdes, Etc. As a young adult I was convinced that what they saw at Fatima was not the Sun moving but some kind of a craft or disc. A while back I was just really really compelled to buy a statue of the Virgin Mary. Again I’m not Catholic, Etc. I had just always been interested in the mystical feminine figures through history through all traditions. I kept thinking I should buy the small statue for my house but I kept talking myself out of it. I finally went to a Catholic thrift store and there she was. Real pretty 14 inch statue, hand-painted. Ironically my husband had bought me a small statue of Saint Francis because I love his path and resonance with animals and the poor. I looked at her and said -no I can’t do this I’m not Catholic. I walked away did some shopping and came back looked at her again. I think I actually said out loud “you’re coming home with me”. Ironically she was marked $8 on the price and when it was rung up she was half price because she was considered seasonal art! I put her next to St. Francis and she seems quite at home. When my husband came home and I showed him the statue he said you’re not Catholic! I said I thought Saint Francis was lonely so I brought her home. He laughed. He’s an ex Catholic and I blasted the church for so many decades that he found it pretty funny . Ironically only recently had I found out that Mary Magdalene had actually been canonized as a saint. I knew that the church had reversed their long-standing myth about her being a prostitute, but did not know that she’d actually become a saint! Would love to see Amanda on the show again, I have a lot of questions. Whitley could you do a show on the Cathars sometime? When I looked them up they did have some pretty interesting views on things . Thanks for having her!
When I was a child a statue of Mary, a traditional one and pretty large, was prominent in our house. Since my mom died I’ve had custody of her, and I find her very comforting.
I haven’t believed in Catholicism since about age 12, but I do believe in The Lady, whoever and whatever she is.
Lovely interview. Ego keeps us stuck in this material world. Maya Angelou said courage is the most important value bc without it it, you cannot practice/achieve the others. To love unconditionally (agape) takes courage. UC/Whitley, Anne have been my coach —singulars—on this challenging yet eye-opening journey.
Yes Love is the answer. Thanks for a GREAT program.
BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU!!!
The gesture that Amanda experienced came to me immediately because I remembered it from DaVinci’s painting ‘Salvator Mundi’. How beautiful!
There are many of us who have connections, maybe even memories, as Cathars.
The Cathar View: The Mysterious Legacy of Montsegur: ‘ edited by Dave Patrick is a great resource for other people’s memories as Cathars. There was also a young woman that became a friend who had some profound experiences at Renne Le Chateau. Whitley, you might remember Angela Micol and an interview that you did with her many years ago…about Renne Le Chateau.
This was a lovely talk, the energies of The Lady manifesting through Whitley and Amanda.
I’ve mentioned this before…but the first time I consciously got out of my body, in my minds eye, I was floating in my bedroom. There was a loud hissing or rushing sound and I could see everywhere about me at once. As I directed my attention towards the door, I was confronted with a startling female presence, like an angel without wings. As I looked closer, she was wearing the most beautifully intricate dress I have ever seen, that was emanating, or even made of, pure white light. As I looked up, where her face should be, all I saw was a white swirling blank space…so I found it interesting when Amanda mentioned that the first time she encountered the Lady, her face was covered with a veil.
Sherbet…The Lady takes on many guises. For me, she appeared about 20 years ago. She appeared over and over again in my meditations, and it took a little while to figure out who she was—White Buffalo Calf Woman. I finally saw her walking down the street one morning when I ran out early to pick up the newspaper in my jammies and slippers. I scoped things out, saw no one on the street, then as I retrieved the paper I heard a very gentle, quiet “Good morning.” I swear it sounded like she was standing very close, but when I looked up, she was across the street and down about quarter a block away. She had long black hair down to her waist, dressed all in tan to her ankles and, high moccasins and appeared in her 40’s, smiling at me. I said a quick “hello”, then made a hasty retreat back inside my house. I pulled back the drapes, peered out of the corner of my window and saw her continuing up the street VERY slowly. I lived in that neighborhood for almost 30 years, never had seen her before, or after, the event. I described her to my family and they had never encountered her or recognized my description of her. It just felt weird, but was validating to me too.
For some people, she may appear as Kwan Yin, Sophia, or others.
Wow, that was a manifestation and a half!
That was “Amazing”!
About Chris Bledsoe: I heard that he changed his prediction for the date of the big event that is supposed to occur soon. But I don’t remember if Easter 2026 is the old or the new date for the event. Anybody knows?
As far as I remember, Easter 2026 was the date…today, but supposedly he pushed the date to the Fall of this year? It seems that the astronomical alignments he talks of don’t jive with the dates.
Exactly, what I remember is that he postponed because the first date (probably Easter) did not fit with the actual astronomical alignment.
His quote from the Lady is apparently… “When the red star of Regulus aligns just before dawn in the gaze of the Sphinx, a new knowledge shall come into the world.”
But depending on how you intepret it, dates that have not already been and gone are August 27–29th, or September 23rd.
He is now saying October 7 is more likely. He talked about it in an extensive interview he did recently with The Why Files. Hecklefish was not invited.
Yeah, I’ve just gone through it.
They mentioned the October date at 2:05:30
…but then again at 2:06:45 he also said, regarding a shift of consciousness, that “I think it’s going to be something that comes and goes but we’ll all realise in the next five years.”
So who knows.
Frankly, I take predictions with a grain of salt. I’m not saying Bledsoe is not telling the truth, just that many things can affect predictions. Not to get too ‘woo’, but certain changes in a timeline can affect the outcome (Just putting a prediction out there can change things.) I get ‘knowings’ too, which I keep to myself, except for family and friends in my inner circle, especially if major things are seen. I saw some things in 2015 that even those close to me did not believe…but it has all come to pass and is not over.
They always remind me of that scene from the Matrix, where Neo visits the Oracle for the first time…
> The Oracle: “I’d ask you to sit down but you’re not going to…and don’t worry about the vase.”
> Neo: “What vase?”
Neo knocks over and breaks the vase whilst looking for it.
> The Oracle: “That vase.”
> Neo: “I’m sorry!”
> The Oracle: “I said don’t worry about it. I’ll get one of my kids to fix it.”
> Neo: “How did you know?”
> The Oracle: “Oooohhhh…what’s really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it, if I hadn’t said anything?”
This is AI generated, NOT from the A.R.E. WEBSITE. I do remember though that Edgar Cayce had much to say in regards to the month of OCTOBER.
Edgar Cayce and the Month of October.
October holds special significance in Edgar Cayce’s teachings, both as a month of spiritual insight and as a time linked to prophetic and symbolic events.
October as a Month of Soul and Reincarnation Insights.
In one of his readings, Cayce was asked to speak on reincarnation. He taught that each soul’s existence is motivated by a “first cause” — companionship with the Creator and all beings of creation. This aligns with the two greatest commandments: love God and love one another. Cayce described three levels of awareness: the self-conscious mind in physical reality, the inner conscious mind with intuitions and dreams, and a higher mental level that can merge with God’s mind, achieving universal awareness. He emphasized that this life is shaped by past and future lives, and that love is the key to spiritual perfection content.
October 29 as a “Soul Separation” Date.
In modern spiritual interpretations, October 29 is often linked to Cayce’s prophetic vision of a “great dividing of waters” — a vibrational shift where souls separate into different vibrational dimensions based on their consciousness. This is not a physical catastrophe but an internal illumination process, sometimes called the “3I Atlas event,” where dormant spiritual DNA and energy fields awaken. Those aligned with higher frequencies of love, truth, and service would “ascend” to a new octave of existence, while others would remain in a different vibrational reality. Cayce’s description was never meant as doom, but as a natural culmination of consciousness evolution.
October Readings and Health Guidance.
Cayce also gave specific readings in October, such as one on October 14, 1939, where he addressed physical health, focusing on circulation, liver function, and nervous system balance. These readings combined medical insight with spiritual understanding, reflecting his holistic approach archive.
Why October Matters.
For Cayce’s followers, October is a month that blends:
Spiritual teaching on love, reincarnation, and soul evolution.
Prophetic symbolism tied to vibrational shifts and soul separation.
Practical health guidance from his trance readings.
In short, October in Cayce’s work is both a time of deep inner work and a symbolic threshold for spiritual transformation, echoing his belief that love and alignment with the Creator are the foundation of all existence.
Love the topic. Thank you! The AI generated ad for it? not so much. The consequences are not worth the trivial and unnecessary.
“The AI generated ad for it? not so much”
…I know right. If they’re going to have depictions of Whitley and Amanda on there, at least have it look like them! The result instead was something straight out of Uncanny Valley. The overall definition of the image looks fine but nonetheless, I would have scraped it into the ‘AI slop’ bucket.
Whitley could you also talk sometime about your experiences in France a while back? You had mentioned it during another interview on YouTube but then never came back to it that I saw? Thanks
Extraordinary.
This morning I woke to a friend speaking about her dream of Panchamama, a female deity who came to her in a dream last night.
I fell asleep again and had a dream which involved me controlling a golden, glowing ball using the power of intense emotion that had come from struggles in my life, almost a spiritual power of emotion, as if alchemizing those difficult experiences into power.
A man that I have had a conflict with was also using his own golden ball.
Both of us used our balls to skim through a large enemy territory, a sort of enemy of all earth.
I was able to skim through the prisons where they kept dissidents. Came upon a Lady (that is how I thought of her in the dream) who was, while imprisoned, summoning her own spiritual powers to begin to control her own ball.
And then I happen to listen to this podcast today!
And I’m not one who has many strange experiences.
But I’d say three instances of a divine “Lady” in a day is quite something and maybe I had better think about that.
As always, thank you for bringing these fascinating stories to us.
Yes, Deborah, the sacred marriage is part of an initiation within the shamanic tradition… never forget the part of you that is female… and balance it with grace, compassion and dignity with that part of you that is male…
I don’t understand much about who She is but I know I love Her. Thank you so much for this program.
I second those who would like to know more about Whitley’s connections to the Cathars and experiences in France. At one time a copy of “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” practically jumped off a shelf into my hands and “told” me I needed to read it. I don’t know if its thesis is true but it seemed to be something I was supposed to learn about.
Meanwhile, here are some connections:
The most profound Marian experiences to hit me as a nonreligious person have come through performing Dufay’s “Vergine Bella,” a setting of a poem by Petrarch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uSyOeLx2z0
“Beautiful virgin, who clothed with sun and crowned with stars…..”
Clark Strand had a lot to say about encounters with Her in “Waking Up to the Dark.”
“My body is the body of the world,” She said to him. “Your body is one with that body. What could there be to fear?”
https://elenedom.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/review-waking-up-to-the-dark/
(The rose photo at the top of the post was taken behind Notre Dame de Paris– Our Lady.)
https://elenedom.wordpress.com/2019/03/13/the-blue-lady-and-marian-apparitions/
There was just so much in this interview.
What an incredible experience and journey in meeting the Lady.
Such potent wisdom well needed in times like this.
Thank you Amanda and Whitley.