Written January 2002
by Philip Burley

Founder of
Awaken Sleeping Giant
National Prayer

Born with second sight, I have experienced the manifestation of the other world all of my life. I have also been a successful talk show host and spiritual intuitive heard on the air around the world.

Because of the nature of what I do and the number of people my work touches, I often have visitations from the world of spirit that specifically guide me in my work. I want to share some of my own experiences surrounding the reality that has come upon the world, beginning with September 11, 2001:

Though I cannot give an exact date without consulting a diary that is currently packed away in a storage vault, I had a dream and visitation from an angel several years prior to the September 11, 2001 event, warning me of some danger to America. Even before that dream, I woke one morning from another dream about a bomb going off either near or in the World Trade Center. I told my wife Vivien about it but did not know if it was symbolic or literal. We all know the rest of the story.

In the dream I want to share, an angel appeared and told me that he had been sent by Heavenly Father to show me America. The angel and I stood as two giants on the Eastern shore of the U.S., and we could see all the way across the country to the West Coast.

At first, the angel drew my attention to Boston, and said, "Boston is the intellectual center of your country and you pride yourselves in it." There was no judgment in the angel’s voice but a cautionary tone and words that said it was okay to be proud, but not inordinately so.

The angel then pointed to Washington, D.C. and said, "Washington is your country's political center, and your country takes great pride in its government and world power." Again, he gave no condemnation, only a caution to be careful of this pride.

Finally, the angel caused me to look down on New York City and said, "New York City is your country's financial center in which your country takes pride." Again, he implied: "Watch out that you don't pride yourselves too much in your financial power."

At that point, I had the feeling that all the things in which we may have false pride, including these great cities and what they represent practically and spiritually, was temporal and could come tumbling down anytime.

The angel continued and caused me to look again at New York City, saying, "America is a sleeping giant." He then gestured towards the rest of America. Spread out before us was the body of a giant whose head rested in New York City (the giant was sleeping on his left side and NYC was his pillow) and whose feet rested in Los Angeles.

I was made very aware of the hair of the giant. It was a thick, gaudy, bright red mass of fibers. The angel indicated that this color of red symbolized lust—for power, for money, for sex, and more. At this time, I became aware of some of the undermining and spiritually debilitating conditions of our country and the possible reasons for its decline. Again, the angel did not judge, only cautioned and warned.

After sufficient time to survey the sleeping giant, the angel told me to follow him, as "the Father in Heaven" wanted me to see more. We walked in gigantic strides down the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, stepped over Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and with a few strides, crossed the nation of Mexico. As we walked, the whole nation of America lay out before us, to our right. Covering the sleeping giant of America was a quilt whose pieces were all the states sewn together.

Finally, we arrived on the West Coast and California. The angel stepped up onto the shore and motioned for me to follow him. We were at the city of Los Angeles. The angel, motioning for me to follow him, said, "Come. I want to show you something." He then reached down and pulled the quilt up and off of the feet of the sleeping giant. I looked down, horrified, at what I saw. There were two giant rats gnawing away at the feet of the sleeping giant.

I woke up deeply disturbed and wanting to pray and tell others. I knew that the rats symbolized many things eating away at the foundation of our nation. Parts of our body may be damaged and not inflict nearly as much immobilization as the damaging of our feet. How can we stand if our feet are "gnawed away"?