King Henry VIII: Some Of His Ideas Are Still In Our Energy
King Henry VIII was not an easy man to deal with and took his revenge on his courtiers and two of his wives. More from the Akashic Records perspective about him, here.
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I’ve been watching The Tudors recently—a series I somehow missed both when it first aired and during my school years. Back then, I wasn’t especially interested in historical facts; I even skipped History at O-Level in favor of all three sciences.
Watching a dramatised portrayal of Henry VIII’s life has been unexpectedly eye-opening.
As a British child, I sang the old music-hall song, “I’m ‘Enery the Eighth I am, I am…” in a mock Cockney accent.
As an adult, I even visited Hever Castle—Anne Boleyn’s childhood home—admiring the Italian statues but never truly absorbing that the Tudors and the Boleyns were real people, and that Henry VIII was an actual English monarch whose choices still echo today.
Akashic Energy and the Nature of Ideas
Now, as an Akashic Records Reader, I view history differently.
The past isn’t just a collection of external facts—it’s something that lives in our collective field. Patterns remain active until they are witnessed, integrated, and consciously released.
If we’re not aware of our history, we don’t just repeat it—we may relive it energetically. The past is woven into the ground we walk on, the culture we inhabit, and the choices we continue to make.
And honestly, Henry VIII is not an energy I’m keen to regenerate.
Henry VIII: “Off With Your Head!”
Imagine looking into Henry VIII’s cold, heavy-lidded blue eyes today. Here was a man corrupted by absolute power—a ruler who could end lives with a gesture, through the swing of an axe or sword.
He embodied traits we still recognise:
- authoritarian control
- impulsive violence
- entitlement
- the misuse of sexual and political power
For the women around him, “no” was rarely an option when refusal could lead to imprisonment in the Tower of London—or worse.
Many of the families who accumulated wealth during his reign did so by aligning with his brutality. They became his enforcers, benefiting from a system built on fear. It’s a sobering reminder of how oppression creates its own hierarchy.
Henry VIII’s “Good Ideas at the Time”
One of my Akashic teachers often spoke of “good ideas at the time”—concepts that made sense within a particular worldview but caused enormous harm in practice.
In Henry VIII’s world, it was considered a good idea—almost a necessity—to have a male heir. Women were viewed as less capable of ruling, less authoritative, and legally dependent on men for property and status.
Henry’s obsession with this idea drove him to discard two queens:
- Catherine of Aragon, who left her home country and later died a pauper
- Anne Boleyn, executed along with her brother and close friends so Henry could marry again
These stories may feel distant, yet versions of them still play out today in subtler forms—women punished socially or economically for failing to meet someone else’s expectations.
The final irony, of course, is that his so-called “illegitimate” daughter Elizabeth became one of England’s most effective and beloved monarchs—surpassing Henry VIII in leadership and legacy, even while navigating her own brutal political realities.
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Do You Know a Henry VIII?
The energy Henry VIII embodied hasn’t vanished. Many people still encounter versions of it in their lives:
- overbearing or controlling behaviour
- inappropriate sexual conduct
- emotional neglect
- explosive anger when challenged
- an inflated, fragile ego
These themes did not end in the Tudor era. They live on wherever power is used to dominate rather than to uplift.
And in many cultures today, women still:
- measure their worth by appearance
- surrender financial autonomy
- allow partners to make decisions out of fear
- subtly internalise the idea that sons are more valued than daughters
History isn’t as far away as it looks.
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