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EARTH STAR
APRIL/MAY 2007
YOUR NEW ENGLAND CONNECTION
ILLUSIONKIRK DOUGLAS
AN INTERVIEW WITH
AND MICHAEL GOORJIAN
CONVERGENCE OF
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CONVERGENCE
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CONTENTS
APRIL / MAY 2007
ON THE COVER
12 Kirk Douglas Stars in Illusion
An Interview with Kirk Douglas and Michael Goorjian
by Arielle Ford
30 Entering The Castle
Q & A with Caroline Myss
42 The Convergence of Science, Spirituality & Peace
by Joseph R. Giove
FEATURES
18 Down To Earth Astrology
by Tim Gunns
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22 How To Know God
by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
24 Heavy Metal Detoxification & Chelation Therapy
by Arthur Gertler, M.D.
26 Reiki Master John Harvey Gray Turns 90
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38 Getting Iron Naturally
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39 Past Fear To Freedom
by Gloria Banou Bates
40 Vision Tips
by Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, D.B.O., M.A.
66 Mystical Stones
Peridot
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by Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian
DEPARTMENTS
5
Up Front
36 Yoga Listings
41 Green Living
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46 Calendar of Events
50 New England Notebook
51 Directory of Professional Services
68 Book Reviews
72 Classified Marketplace
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Books by Jim Warren
Earth Star Up Front
VEGETARIANS ARE MORE
INTELLIGENT, SAYS STUDY
F
requently dismissed as
cranks, their fussy eating
habits tend to make them
unpopular with dinner party hosts
and guests alike.
But now it seems they may have
the last laugh, with research showing
vegetarians are more intelligent than
their meat-eating friends.
A study of thousands of men and
women revealed that those who stick
to a vegetarian diet have IQs that are
around five points higher than those
who regularly eat meat.
Writing in the British Medical
Journal, the researchers say it isn’t
clear why veggies are brainier—but
admit the fruit and veg-rich vegetarian diet could somehow boost brain
power.
The researchers, from the
University of Southampton, tracked
the fortunes of more than eight thousand volunteers for twenty years.
At the age of ten, the boys and
girls sat a series of tests designed to
determine their IQ.
When they reached the age of
thirty, they were asked whether they
were vegetarian and their answers
compared to their childhood IQ
score.
Around four and a half per cent
of the adults were vegetarian—a figure that is broadly in line with that
found in the general population.
However, further analysis of the
results showed those who were
brainiest as children were more likely to have become vegetarian as
adults, shunning both meat and fish.
The typical adult veggie had a
childhood IQ of around 105—
around five points higher than those
who continued to eat meat as they
grew up.
The vegetarians were also more
likely to have gained degrees and
hold down high-powered jobs.
There was no
difference in IQ
between strict vegetarians and those
who classed themselves as veggie but
still ate fish or chicken.
However, vega n s — veg e t a r i a n s
who also avoid dairy
products—scored
significantly lower,
averaging an IQ
score of 95 at the age
of ten.
Researcher Dr
Catharine Gale said
there could be several explanations for
the findings, including intelligent
people being more likely to consider
both animal welfare issues and the
possible health benefits of a vegetarian diet.
Previous work has shown that
vegetarians tend to have lower blood
pressure and lower cholesterol, cutting their risk of heart attacks. They
are also less likely to be obese.
Alternatively, a diet which is
rich in fruit, vegetables and wholegrains may somehow boost brain
power.
Dr Gale said: “Although our
results suggest that children who are
more intelligent may be more likely
to become vegetarian as adolescents
or young adults, it does not rule out
the possibility that such a diet might
have some beneficial effect on subsequent cognitive performance.
Might the nature of the vegetarians’ diet have enhanced their apparently superior brain power? Was this
the mechanism that helped them
achieve the disproportionate nature
of degrees?”
High-profile vegetarians include
singers Paul McCartney and
Morrissey and actress Jenny
Seagrove.
Past exponents of a meat-free
lifestyle include George Bernard
Shaw and Benjamin Franklin.
Promoting the cause, Shaw said,
‘A mind of the caliber of mine cannot drive its nutriment from cows’,
while Franklin stated that a vegetarian diet resulted in ‘greater clearness
of head and quicker comprehension’.
Liz O’Neill, of the Vegetarian
Society, said: “We’ve always known
that vegetarianism is an intelligent,
compassionate choice benefiting animals, people and the environment.
Now, we’ve got the scientific evidence to prove it.”
Maybe that explains why many
meat-reducers are keen to call themselves vegetarians when even they
must know that vegetarians don’t eat
chicken, turkey or fish!’
—Evening Standard, London
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Earth Star Up Front
Technology with Feeling
R
adio is “out”, skin is “in”—at least when it
comes to the Skinplex technology developed in
Germany by the Ident Technology company. It
uses the electrical field that surrounds human beings to
transmit data. This is how this magic trick works: a small
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MOBILITY AT THE BAT OF AN EYELID
Oceans Get Acid-Rocked
L
ifting your head means “go”. Turning your
head left or right steers in the appropriate
direction. Opening and closing your mouth
means “stop”. The system that Ulrich Canzier has
developed at his small Aachen, Germany-based company Cancontrols gives paralyzed people in wheelchairs an element of mobility: a wheelchair that can
be controlled by gestures. The heart of the system is
software that Canzier has programmed to translate
patterns of human movement into steering commands.
The data is supplied by a camera mounted on the
wheelchair’s special computer that records the user’s
face thirty times a second. The mobility system was
scheduled to begin series production by the end of
2 0 0 6 .
Wheelchair
users
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not be the
only ones to
benefit from
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ideas. A car
company, a
safe manufacturer and
computer
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a l r e a d y
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— Deutschland
T
he world’s oceans are becoming
more acidic, which poses a threat to
sea life and Earth’s fragile food
chain, a climate expert said yesterday.
Oceans have already absorbed one-third
of the world’s emissions of carbon dioxide,
one of the heat-trapping gases blamed for
global warming, leading to acidification that
prevents vital sea life from forming properly.
“The oceans are rapidly changing,” said
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf on the sidelines of a
U.N. conference that has drawn delegates
from more than one hundred countries to
Nairobi, Kenya. “Ocean acidification is a
major threat to marine organisms.” —AP
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Earth Star Up Front
FULL MOONS AND THE STOCK MARKET
I
f you’ve always suspected there’s a little lunacy in
the stock market, now there’s proof. It’s the full
moon, of course, which legend says brings on
depression and pessimism,
not to mention werewolves. If
that’s true, presumably it would also
trigger a gloomy outlook about future
cash flows, causing investors to take
fewer risks, and stock prices to fall.
“We find strong lunar cycle
effects in stock returns,” say
University of Michigan Business
School professors Ilia D. Dichev and
Troy D. Janes in a research report.
“Specifically, returns in the fifteen
days around new moon dates are about
double the returns in the fifteen days
around full moon dates. This pattern of
returns is pervasive,” they report.
The scholars set out to examine
the folk wisdom that moon cycles
affect human behavior, especially
abnormal behavior around full moons.
They turned to stock markets to get a
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big enough sample, as millions of people make billions of
trades on a regular basis.
They gathered data on major U.S. stock markets over the
past one hundred years, and on the markets of twenty-four other nations going
back thirty years.
“Taken as a whole, this evidence
is consistent with popular beliefs that
lunar cycles affect human behavior,”
the researchers concluded.
The Harvard Business Review,
reporting the research in a recent issue,
says that while these findings “are a bit
off the beaten path, they’re the product
of rigorous research.”
“So even though we might not be
ready just yet to consult lunar cycles for
guidance on all our stock trades and
other major decisions,” the Harvard
Business Review says, “we should keep
in mind that unexpected sources can
beget robust data and analysis, and that
correlation and causality must be carefully examined.”
APRIL / MAY 2007 EARTH STAR
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KIRK DOUGLAS Stars In
ILLUSION
A Powerful Performance, An Inspiring Film
By Arielle Ford
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AN INTERVIEW WITH KIRK DOUGLAS
AND MICHAEL GOORJIAN
elebrated actor Kirk Douglas never expected
to still be acting at the age of eighty-eight,
especially after suffering from a debilitating
stroke in 1996, until he found an irresistible
script called Illusion. Douglas, the star of
more than eighty films including Spartacus, gives the performance of a lifetime in Illusion, a feature film that will be
available during the month of May 2007 to members of The
Spiritual Cinema Circle DVD club.
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The award-winning Illusion tells the story of a once powerful but now lonely, aged and ailing film director, Donald Baines
(Kirk Douglas), who finds himself in deep remorse after rejecting his only child, an illegitimate
son named Christopher (Michael
Goorjian). Late one night the legendary director is “awakened” by
the ghost-like presence of his dear
friend and editor, Stan (Ron
Marasco) who has been dead for
more than thirty-five years. Stan
shows Baines three “minimovies” of his son’s life at times
when the son is at a pivotal point.
What the old man sees is the tragic life of the son he never claimed
and the impact that his absence
had in his life and on his ability to
love. On his deathbed, Baines is
given the gift of redemption and
the
opportunity
to
help
Christopher who discovers that
the only person who could change
the story of his life was the father
he never knew.
extraordinary lifetime of achievement, Mr. Douglas has
appeared in eighty-seven films, ten plays, written nine
books, and has been married to his wife Anne for more than
fifty years. In 1958, he broke the notorious Hollywood
blacklist when he gave screen credit to blacklisted writer
Dalton Trumbo for the Spartacus screenplay. He was widely condemned for his decision at the time. It was not until
thirty years later that the American Civil Liberties Union
and the Writers Guild of America recognized his act as
courageous.
I realized there was
a period in my life
where maybe I was
too wrapped up in
making movies and
that my son missed
something. Doing
Illusion reminded
me, “Oh my God,
before I die I want
to do something
for my kids.”
This powerful and uplifting film is the creation of Michael
Goorjian (Party of Five) who, as writer/director/co-star of
Illusion, literally bet the farm to make this film. After winning the First Place Feature and Audience Choice Awards at
the 2005 Spiritual Cinema Festival-At-Sea, he admitted, “I
was, as they say in Poker, all in. I spent all of my money,
that of my friends and family, and maxed our every credit
card I could get my hands on to make this film.”
Goorjianís compelling script combined with Douglas’ star
power and entrancing performance make Illusion a movie
that appeals to people from all walks of life. During his
I recently had the opportunity to
interview Kirk Douglas and
Michael Goorjian about Illusion:
Mr. Douglas, why did you say yes
to Michael Goorjian to star in
Illusion?
KD: Michael came to me at the
right time. Illusion appealed to me
because I found something spiritual in it. The man I played was not
a very good guy throughout his life
but he felt the need to do something good before he died. He
wanted to help the son that he had
ignored. Playing this role was a
great privilege.
Michael, some would say that this
film is about the Akashic records.
Was that your intent?
MG: The Akashic records became
a metaphor through which to tell
this story.
Mr. Douglas is there a relationship between the role you
played and your relationship with your father?
KD: Of course. My father never gave me a pat on the back.
He just couldn’t do it and that’s something that I missed all
of my life. He was a Russian immigrant and it was difficult
for him to express deep emotion. I always wanted to make
sure I gave my children a pat on the back. I once asked my
son Michael if I had been a good father. He took a long
pause and finally said, “Ultimately you were a great father”.
And I said, “Ultimately?” He said “yes.” I thought about
that a lot…I even wrote about that pause in my book
because it bothered me. I realized there was a period in my
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life where maybe I was too wrapped up in making movies
and that my son missed something. Doing Illusion reminded me, “Oh my God, before I die I want to do something for
my kids.”
Michael you maxed out all your credit cards to make
Illusion. Was it worth it?
MG: Yeah, absolutely. A definite theme of this film is to
follow your dreams and I figured that if I’m going to make
pictures like this—I’d better live this way.
KD: I think Michael should
be proud of Illusion. To me
it was a wonderful thing to
work with so many young,
talented people. It was rejuvenating to me.
MG: Kirk was very inspiring to me. During our first
month of rehearsals I realized that Kirk is just like me
or any other actor, he loves
acting. In Illusion we got a
chance to really explore the
deeper side of life.
Mr. Douglas, you were Bar
Mitzvahed a second time at
age seventy-three. What
drew you back to your religious and spiritual roots?
KD: I don’t know if there is
an “after life” but I thought
it would make my mother
happy. I’m not a very religious guy. I think there’s
too much religion in the
world. It doesn’t matter
what religion you follow, if
it makes you considerate of
other people and you do unto others as you would have
them do unto you, then that’s the right religion.
Michael, tell me about your first meeting with Mr.
Douglas.
MG: I remember the first time I went to his house. He came
up and looked at my chin and said, “It’ll do.” Everything
happened pretty quickly after that. He read the script and
agreed to star in it.
Mr. Douglas, do you believe that certain things in life are
pre-destined?
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KD: I think it’s true. I recently celebrated my 90th birthday.
When I was a kid I almost drown. I survived a helicopter
crash, I have had operations on both knees, I’ve got a pacemaker and had a stroke and I’m still around. Sometimes I
wonder why and I think it’s because I want to help younger
people because, lets face it; the world is in a mess. My generation has not done a very good job and we are leaving a
lot of problems for the younger generation to solve.
Michael, what are you working on now?
MG: I’m writing a new picture …it’s a love story that
has a lot of metaphysical
aspects to it.
Mr. Douglas, what are you
now working on?
KD: Well, I just finished my
ninth book. It’s called Let’s
Face It: 90 Years of Living,
Loving, and Learning. I
dedicated it to my grandchildren. In this book, I
share the mistakes that I
have made, the things that I
like and don’t like. Writing
this book has been a catharsis. The book came out in
March.
Members of The Spiritual
Cinema Circle will receive
Illusion as part of the May,
2007 DVD collection. For a
limited time, new subscribers to The Circle can
receive a free trial membership (for a nominal shipping
fee) by visiting: www.spiritualcinemacircle.com or by
calling: (800) 556-0129.
Illusion will be available in stores nationwide on May
29, 2007 or through GAIAM (www.gaiam.com) for $14.98.
Arielle Ford has spent the past twenty years living and promoting
consciousness through all forms of media. She is the author of six
books including the Hot Chocolate For The Mystical Soul series. She
lives in La Jolla, CA with her husband. Please visit her websites:
www.fordsisters.com,www.everythingyoushouldknow.com,and
www.soulmatekit.com.
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veritable plethora of potent planetary portents presently
prevail, perhaps presaging a polarization of people’s priorities towards a more positive application of their potential, and
precipitating, possibly, a palpable shift in their perception of man’s
purpose on planet Earth.
A
To begin with, cosmic trickster, Mercury, conjuncts eccentric Uranus
on the 1st, when sudden changes in plans could lead to a stimulating
encounter. Research innovative ideas now that may be of use in a
future venture. Review your natal horoscope, too, for timely insights.
As the full moon in 13°Libra culminates on April 2nd, the need for
self-expression, and “space” within relationships becomes paramount.
Watch out for emotional pyrotechnics for a few days either side of this
lunation. The solar-lunar axis links up with the ongoing SaturnNeptune opposition, forming a wonderfully symmetrical sky pattern
called a mystic rectangle in this lunation chart. While Saturn sits alone
in Leo, across the heavens, in zoadiacal Aquarius, Neptune is conjunct
Mars and the major asteroid, Chiron—associated with healing old
wounds, itself in trine to the full moon—which, in turn, is linked via
sextile to Saturn. The sun for its part is in trine to Saturn and sextile to
Chiron. These flowing connections, through this helpful aspect pattern, enable the release of the tremendous tensions brought about by
the opposition between Saturn and the Neptune-Chiron conjunction,
so that healing can begin within strained relationships and alliances.
When giant Jupiter stations retrograde on April 5th (till August
6th) in 20° of Sagittarius, its expansive energies are intensified for several days, thus, tensions may rise over a difference in philosophy or
values. Be prepared to exercise more patience in your dealings with
others now, and over the next four months. In order to make progress
during this time, be more tolerant of others’ beliefs and points of view.
Resist a “holier than thou” attitude.
Mars enters dreamy Pisces on Good Friday (April 6th) for a six-week
sojourn. The red planet's presence in the realm of the unconscious
can elicit strong emotional turbulence and sensitivity which could,
temporarily, undermine one’s self-confidence; just remember...it’s all
in the mind! It’s important not to repress feelings of anger or frustration that may well up now. Instead, channel them into creative activities. Express yourself musically, or through dance, painting, or photography. Above all, stay focused!
The sun trines Saturn on the 8th and Jupiter on the 9th, the planets
that rule big business and commerce. Constructive progress can be
made towards career and educational goals, and advice on such matters from an authority figure could prove helpful. A desire to expand
one’s horizons could manifest, perhaps as a longing for adventure.
Plan a trip now. Review outstanding legal affairs or pending lawsuits
under these favorable auspices.
After Mercury flashes into the fiery realm of Aries (10th), be sure to note
all the good, daring new ideas that come to mind. Communications are
direct and to the point, thus, feathers are easily ruffled.
Venus enters the intellectual realm of Gemini on April 11th, when for
the next four weeks, emotions are subject to being cold-processed
logically, via the mind, instead of percolating gently down to consciousness, filtered through one’s feelings. There’s often a greater
willingness to travel in pursuit of pleasure and social activities during
this transit, while wit, charm and the gentle art of conversation are
definitely hip.
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Down To Earth Astrology
April’s new moon arrives on the 17th in
28°Aries. Last month’s vernal equinox
theme of initiation and new beginnings continues. Consider launching new personal
projects, once Saturn stations direct.
Saturn, planet of discipline and karma, stations Direct on the 19th. What have you
learned about your ability to express your
creativity in the workplace during Saturn’s 41/2 months in review mode? How have you
responded to the professional opportunities
or challenges that have come your way? As
the ringed planet gradually gathers forward
momentum, tangible progress towards coveted career goals may become perceptible.
The sun enters earthy Taurus on April 20th,
placing personal values and material
resources in the spotlight for the next month.
Are the resources already at your disposal
being fully utilized, or appreciated?
Whenever possible, get out into nature and
reconnect with Mother Earth—ground yourself, it’ll make you feel good!
When Mercury joins the sun in sensible
Taurus on the 27th, practical, down-to-earth
thinking will prevail. Thoughts turn towards
ways and means of generating income, and
issues relating to one's personal values. Let
your instincts guide you in financial matters.
Mars is especially active at month’s end
when it conjuncts Uranus (28th) and the
moon's fateful north node, then square's
Jupiter (30th). Expect the unexpected, as
shocking revelations or events are possible
around this period. Seize the initiative in
business or career matters, though avoid acting rashly or rushing into new ventures without fully assessing all the ramifications.
Beware of biting off more than you can chew,
or taking too much for granted. Exercise both
caution and moderation in all activities now.
There are two full moons in May—The first
is in Scorpio, early on the 2nd. This lunation
forms a fixed sign grand cross/grand square
pattern with the Saturn-Neptune opposition
(Leo-Aquarius), energizing in people a
strong sense of purpose, which may best be
channeled into constructive outlets. It can
also produce an unrelenting drive to acquire
one's material desires. Although one’s intentions may be pure and honorable, the temptation to “sell out” for the sake of money or
physical comforts is very strong. The trick to
working with this combination of energies is
to make the best use of the assets one already
has, in an unselfish way, to not only further
one’s own aims, but to help others, too.
Passions and desires intensify now so don't
allow a minor personal sleight, rebuff, or a
challenge to your authority, to upset your
equilibrium...chill out! Meditate on love.
Mercury’s superior conjunction with the sun
occurs late on the 2nd in 13° Taurus. The cosmic message here is to get in touch with your
thoughts and feelings about things that are
most important to you, personally. Be alert to
fleeting opportunities to get your ideas noticed.
Reevaluate a current fiscal arrangement and if
necessary, renegotiate terms. Consider your
motivations and intentions.
The second in a series of three trines between
Jupiter and Saturn (that began on March 16th)
culminates early on the 6th. With Jupiter now
in retrograde, review long-range goals or
objectives, seek clarity of purpose or intent. If
necessary, restructure business affairs to optimize your assets. Schedule a job interview
now. The third and final trine in this sequence
culminates on January 21st, 2008.
Nurture key relationships during Venus’ transit of tropical Cancer from May 8th till June
5th, a period in which the mothering urge
abounds. Brighten up or beautify your
domestic environment, so that you feel nurtured within it.
An energy-sapping square between the sun
and Saturn becomes precise on the 9th. The
natural vitality conferred by the sun is
restricted by Saturn, and can create petty
frustrations or obstacles to progress.
Therefore a need may exist to exercise
greater self-discipline in order to accomplish
tasks. Indeed, responsibilities may seem particularly tiresome now, so meditate on something cheerful to lift your spirits.
Jupiter is involved in yet another powerful
planetary alignment during May, when it
squares Uranus on the 10th, for the second of
three such alignments this year. Be on your
guard against impractical idealism, impulsiveness or a tendency to go overboard. The
urge to travel or to escape the routine may
strike without warning. Act with prudence
and avoid unwise speculation. Be sure you
can follow through on promises made now.
A Momentous square between Mars and
Pluto becomes precise on May 13th.
Dynamic tension in the ethers is greatly
heightened as these agents of change square
off. A “hair-trigger” or “short fuse” tendency
exists under this volatile aspect. Ambition is
aroused, and power struggles or intimidation
may prevail around this period. With positive
use, however, the intense energies of this
transit may, in some creative way, enable you
to completely transform your world.
Begin new projects when Mars enters Aries
on the 15th till June 24th. The red planet in its
fiery home sign engenders forceful selfexpression, heightened competitiveness, and
a driving urge to accomplish something—
anything! Be enterprising and keep physically active now.
The New moon in Taurus on May 16th asks
us to redefine our comfort zone, that is, how
much or how little money or “stuff” do we
actually need to feel comfortable? Consider
what you value most. What is the prime motivating factor in your life at present? Saturn’s
square to the lunation suggests that fear might
be one possibility, although the prospect of
financial gain and domestic security can help
to allay such insecurities. Be honest about
your needs now. Sometimes, what we think
we want isn’t necessarily what we need.
Remember, the truth can be liberating.
The sun enters dualistic Gemini on the 21st,
the realm of the mind, and mental activity
increases. The thirst for knowledge and
“fresh” input must somehow be assuaged.
Begin a study program now, or try becoming
more aware of your everyday environment,
and how you interact with it.
When mysterious Neptune, lord of the
oceans, stations retrograde on the 24th, at
22°2'Aquarius, unresolved issues, neglected
feelings, and emotional undercurrents—subconscious rumblings—from the past may
surface from time to time over the next five
months, to be reviewed and reevaluated for
greater self-understanding.
As if in tune with Neptune’s cycle, Mercury
enters watery Cancer on the 28th for a protracted stay, due to its upcoming second retrograde phase of the year next month.
Deeply embedded emotional patterns may
surface—the kind that can trigger those
“knee-jerk” reactions—so be ready to identify them if they occur. Thoughts now turn to
domestic issues or property matters, affecting
one's sense of security.
May’s second full moon—a blue moon—
culminates conjunct Jupiter in expansive
Sagittarius late on the 31st, when it would be
wise to make sure that your intentions are
fully understood, especially by you! Be sensitive to the needs of others now, but above
all, be sincere.
Following is a general overview of how the
planetary trends for April/May 2007 apply
to each sun sign. If you know your rising sign
(Ascendant), read that, too, for additional
insights.
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Aries
(March 20—April 19)
With the advent of spring and the sun’s recent arrival in
your solar first house, your energy level and spirits are
elevated, increasing your initiative and resolve to pursue
your ambitions. Some fancy financial footwork may be necessary to
balance income with outflow, but you’re equal to the task. After Mercury
joins the sun in your sign on April 10th, reach out and connect with
friends or creative collaborators who could be helpful to you in your
quest. April’s Aries new moon (17th) lends support to your efforts at selfimprovement, by connecting you with influential people in the weeks
ahead. Money matters are in focus again in early May, when your chief
challenge may consist of creating a stable financial base upon which to
build for the future. To this end, May’s Taurus new moon (16th) in your
solar second house offers potential for opening up new revenue streams,
so remain alert to opportunities to demonstrate your capabilities. It also
heralds the arrival of Mars, your sign’s ruler, in your solar first house for
the first time in two years, boosting your confidence and will to succeed
throughout the remainder of spring.
Taurus
(April 19—May 20)
You’re serious about taking care of business in early
April, when domestic responsibilities and professional
pursuits win out for your time and attention over having fun with
friends. Though you’ll likely find a way to accommodate everything
on your agenda, rather than miss out on any opportunities to socialize.
It will be important, therefore, to set aside some quiet time in which
to unwind, regroup, and to take stock of your recent efforts. April’s
Aries new moon (17th) is conjunct your solar ascendant, bringing
dreams and visions of new possibilities in the weeks ahead. The sun
enters Taurus early on April 20th, increasing your vitality and selfconfidence, along with a determination to acquire greater wealth, and
improve your social standing amongst your peers. With Mercury in
Taurus from the 27th, you’ll have little trouble asking for what you
want. Just be sure to exercise some tact and diplomacy, especially
around the Scorpio full moon on May 2nd. The Taurus new moon on
May 16th supports personal new beginnings, and efforts to advance
your professional aspirations. Formulate a sound financial plan now
to help get you where you need to go.
Gemini
(May 20—June 21)
You’re flying high and ready for some exciting new
developments in your chosen career field in early April,
as your ruling planet, Mercury, unites with radical Uranus in your
solar tenth house of worldly success and attainment. As Uranus is also
conjunct the lunar north node at this time, you may feel like destiny is
calling for you to move in a new direction. This inspiration may also
be a result of some recent new social connections you’ve made, or are
about to make. These early weeks of spring may find you networking
with groups or individuals that share your views or objectives, a trend
favored and supported by April’s dynamic Aries new moon (17th) in
your solar eleventh house of goals and future plans. Retreat into the
background for a while in early May, to contemplate your recent
efforts and experiences, and to visualize more clearly your hopes and
dreams for the months to come. When the sun crosses your solar
ascendant into Gemini early on May 21st, boosting your energy levels, drive and initiative, you’ll be fired up with enthusiasm to take the
next step on the path towards a new phase of personal growth and
development.
Cancer
(June 21—July22)
You feel inspired to break free of the confines of the past
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ing with what you feel to be your soul path. Your professional
prospects appear bright throughout this forecast period, while the sun,
followed by Mercury and Mars, transits your solar tenth house of
worldly success. With a fire sign grand trine—involving the sun,
Jupiter and Saturn—to support your creative efforts, there may be no
holding you back, now. Even April’s Aries new moon (17th) encourages you to seek out new employment possibilities, and vocational
activities more in keeping with your heart’s desires. There is much
healing occurring in the most intimate areas of your life, the results of
which could have a significant impact on your finances, while bringing a sense of liberation and personal renewal. Loving Venus crosses
your solar ascendant on May 8th, increasing your personal magnetism
and sense of self-worth. New friends and connections can be made
following May’s Taurus new moon (16th), while the true value of old
and trusted friends can be seen in a new light.
Leo
(July 22—August 22)
Your innate creative drive and industriousness is
powerfully fuelled in early April by a fire sign grand
trine—involving the sun, Jupiter and Saturn—inspiring you to
undertake bold new ventures that could have a significant impact
on your stock in trade in the months to come. April’s new moon
in Aries (17th) lends support to your initiatives, and you’re
prepared to go the extra mile to ensure your efforts succeed.
Financial backing for your ventures appears to be there for the
asking, while your sense of timing is right on the money!
However, engage your wisdom gene when dealing with friends
and partners, lest your enthusiasm and assertiveness be construed
as insensitivity, thereby alienating potential assets. During May
you’re flying high, as the sun transits your solar tenth house of
worldly accomplishments. Temper your enthusiasm with both
practicality and sagacity; Rome wasn’t built in a day. With steady,
measured progress you will eventually arrive at your
predetermined destination. Patience, as well as perseverance, are
what’s needed for now.
Virgo
(August 22—September 22)
Listen carefully to information that comes your way
in April, for the sound of opportunity knocking. The
timing appears right for a significant breakthrough where a
personal project close to your heart is concerned. A grand trine in
fire signs—involving the sun, Jupiter and Saturn—presages new
beginnings on the horizon in the weeks ahead, as the end of one
particular phase of your life brings the possibility of a timely
transition into another. April’s Aries new moon (17th) in your
solar eighth house indeed signals a period of transformation.
Profound changes may occur on the emotional level, internally,
while a concomitant metamorphosis of your professional
potential in the world at large may also be at hand. Friends can be
instrumental in this process of change, though the decisions you
make are yours alone. Be attentive to the needs of partners and
significant others and they’ll be there when you need them. Seek
clarity of purpose in all you undertake now.
Libra
(September 22—October 23)
Loving Venus, your sign’s ruling planet—and
currently the evening star—continues to light up your
solar eighth house of intimacy and joint funds, quite at home in the
earthy, sensual territory of Taurus till April 11th. Her shift into
Gemini that evening increases your charm and wit for the next
month, a time when you may be more inclined to venture further
afield in the pursuit of pleasure, but also perhaps to follow
intellectual interests. April’s Aries new moon (17th) in your solar
seventh house brings the possibility of a new relationship or
creative alliance in the weeks ahead, one in which you may play the
lead role. Consider revamping your health and fitness regimen in
innovative ways in early May, rounded off with some gentle yoga,
meditation or swimming. After macho Mars swaggers into its home
sign of Aries and your solar seventh house on May 15th, tip-toe
carefully through the minefield of interpersonal relations for the
next six weeks, when your innate sense of tact and diplomacy could
serve you well. May’s Taurus new moon (16th) in your solar eighth
house of mutual assets is complimented by the presence of Venus,
its ruler, now in your solar tenth sector of ambition and worldly
affairs. Don’t be afraid to blow your own trumpet if the right
audience is in front you.
Scorpio
(October 23—November 22)
Domestic activities take up much of your time in early
April, and yet you also strive to stay on top of your work
and professional responsibilities. Although this may be an especially busy period, you may at least feel as though you’re moving in the
right direction. April’s vibrant Aries new moon (17th) energizes
your solar sixth house, and you’re keen to implement a new health
and fitness regimen to nurture both body and soul. A flowing trine
from the lunation to Pluto, your sign’s ruling planet, now retrograde
in your solar second house of income, could inspire you to make
better use of resources already at your disposal, while a revamping
of work practices could make new sources of income possible.
During May, news from a partner, co-worker or significant other
could at first be unsettling but what eventuates may have a positive
impact on your finances. With giant Jupiter in your second house for
much of the year, currently in trine to business master, Saturn, in
your tenth, opportunities to expand or at least consolidate a current
enterprise may be forthcoming.
Sagittarius
(November 22—December 21)
With the recent advent of spring your creative juices
are beginning to flow more freely and a sense of
optimism is in the air. Efforts to expand your personal business
enterprises can meet with moderate success in the coming weeks,
while you also seek to incorporate more fun and pleasurable
pursuits into your life. April’s Aries new moon lends support to
such endeavors, increasing your energy, drive and joie de vivre.
Mars now occupies your solar fourth house, auguring an increase
in activities around the home over the next month or so. During
May, some unsettled Archer-clan members could consider the
possibility of relocating, after a change of heart about their current
surroundings. And yet this feeling may be fleeting, brought about
by emotional changes welling up from within. May’s Taurus new
moon (16th) in your solar sixth house of employment could bring
new work opportunities your way in the weeks ahead. Seek
creative ways to augment your personal income.
Capricorn
(December 21—January 19)
You’re in a positive, creative mood in early April and
keen to add to your income. Recent domestic
expenses may have made a dent in your resources and now you
seek to make up any shortfall. A fire sign grand trine—involving
the sun, Jupiter and Saturn, your sign’s ruling planet—emboldens
you to trust your instincts where business interests are concerned,
and could lead you to a substantial source of investment capital.
The winds of change blow through your domestic environment
following April’s dynamic Aries new moon (17th), when a
renovation project or perhaps thoughts of a relocation could find
you reassessing the value of your property. Activities in and
around your neighborhood could prove lucrative in the weeks
ahead. During May, you seek creative ways to consolidate your
financial position, spurred on by Saturn’s continued presence in
your solar eighth house, and thoughts of your future security. Pay
attention to your dreams and inner promptings for timely
guidance and insights.
Aquarius
(January 19—February 18)
Your financial instincts are keen in early April,
though patience may be required before tangible
rewards for your recent efforts begin to become perceptible. With
Uranus, your sign’s ruling planet, aligned with the lunar north
node in your solar second house of income, a significant
breakthrough may be just around the corner. You may feel you’ve
finally tapped the mother lode with a creative idea whose time has
come. Be sure to stay on top of important communications and
heed the information and input that comes your way now. April’s
dynamic Aries new moon (17th) is complimentary to your sign,
and augurs professional progress in the weeks ahead. Now’s the
time to make your pitch to sell a creative idea or project, while
those in a position of influence are more likely to be favorably
disposed toward your proposals. Spend wisely in early May and
be cautious with investments. The Taurus new moon on May 16th
brings a sense of emotional renewal, and the possibility of a new
work assignment if you’re prepared to put in the effort.
Pisces
(February 18—March 20)
Keep the faith and hold on to your dreams in early
April, when your sign’s ruling planets, Neptune and
Jupiter, are harmoniously aligned in the heavens.
Indeed, your dreams may have been especially colorful and vivid
of late, thanks in part to Mars’ presence in your solar twelfth house.
However, when the red planet crosses your solar ascendant into
Pisces on April 6th, you’ll be more inclined towards taking action
to make your visions of the future a reality. With a fire sign grand
trine—involving the sun, Jupiter and Saturn—supporting your
efforts, you could make significant progress in the direction of your
objectives. Opportunities to add to your income could follow
April’s vibrant Aries new moon (17th), if you’re prepared and
ready to expand your professional sphere of influence. Consolidate
recent gains during May, and share your creative new ideas with
those in a position to be of help to your endeavors, particularly
where wealth production is involved.
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coordinator and producer, new age market and speaker
consultant to the entertainment industry, and formerly
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HOW T O
KNOW
GOD
By Deepak Chopra, M.D.
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believe that the experience of
God is available to anyone
regardless of their religious
background or lack of it. The
human nervous system is
hardwired to experience God. God is
defined as infinite intelligence and
therefore infinite creativity. The universe is a manifestation of this infinite
creativity. Whenever we create something new in our lives, we tap into the
infinite mind. The miracles that are
described in every spiritual tradition
are manifestations of the creativity
that we have access to when we tap
into “the mind of God.” Einstein
once said “I want to know how God
thinks, everything else is a detail.”
How do we know god?
I
All creative impulses share certain
things in common. These include
intended outcome, information gathering, incubation (as happens in meditation and prayer), insight, inspiration,
implementation and integration.
Creativity is a quantum leap in our
consciousness. When we understand
how miraculous healing occurs and
why desires sometimes get fulfilled
without any conscious effort on our
part, then we have the ability to cocreate (with God) anything in our
lives.
Science has usually considered things
like the remembrance of former lifetimes, synchronicities, telepathy, extra
sensory perception, prophecy and
remote healing, as anomalies. I
believe if people understand the
mechanics of such events, they too can
consciously create them.
There are three levels of reality - physical, mental and spiritual (also called
material, quantum and virtual). Our
biological responses to reality and the
more sophisticated responses of the
human nervous system allow us to tap
into the infinite mind. These responses are as follows:
Restful Awareness, which is
being centered in the midst of chaos
and confusion.
THE INTUITIVE RESPONSE,
which is using a non-rational, contextual, relational,
holistic, nourishing intelligence that we all have, often
described as a feeling from
the heart or a gut feeling.
THE CREATIVE RESPONSE,
which is the ability to create
something that never existed
before but also the ability to
co-create the events of our life.
THE VISIONARY RESPONSE,
which is the ability to access
the mind of enlightened
beings and also our spiritual
inheritance.
THE SACRED RESPONSE,
which is to become one with
God or Infinite Mind.
As we become familiar
with these higher states of
consciousness our nervous
system
correspondingly
changes so that we perceive
things that we usually wouldn’t in our normal waking
state of consciousness. We
begin to understand what
Mohammed may have experienced when the angel
Gabriel visited him, what
Moses may have heard when
he confronted God, or how
Jesus may have performed
the thirty-five miracles
described in the New
Testament. To Know God is
to empower oneself and to
understand that a spark of the
divinity that great prophets
experienced inside themselves is also present in every
being. When we pay attention to this spark and nurture
it, it can become a brilliant
flame that can transform our
lives and all those who are
affected by them.
re we here by accident or is there a
Creator or Divine Force that is
behind our existence? Does God
exist? Does God care about us? Where do
we find God?
A
These questions and more are explored in
the ground-breaking new DVD How to
Know God, based on the inspirational, bestselling book by Deepak Chopra. Now spiritual seekers of all faiths can join Deepak as
he traverses the secular and the sacred on
the soul’s journey into the mystery of mysteries and the mind of God.
In How to Know God, Deepak Chopra takes
us on a breathtaking visual and philosophical journey where he investigates the meaning of creation, miracles, immortality and
of existence itself. Uniquely blending science and philosophy, Chopra offers such an
inspiring approach in spiritual thinking that
any viewer, regardless of faith, can undergo
a profound quest “to know God”.
How to Know God is now available on
DVD
at:
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and Frank Productions. ©2006 Twentieth
Century Fox Home Entertainment
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HEAVY METAL DETOXIFICATION
and CHELATION
THERAPY
By Arthur Gertler, M.D.
L
ife on planet earth continued to evolve naturally for three and one half
billion years until the
time of the industrial
revolution one hundred fifty years ago
when a new trend emerged. In that
time, a mere drop in the bucket of cosmic time, mankind managed to undo
the profound and complex arrangement of his biosphere by providing
abundant toxic waste to every corner
of the globe. As pesticides, herbicides,
fungicides, plastic residues, heavy
metals and organic solvents accumulate one wonders what their ultimate
health effect will be. There is now
mounting scientific evidence that
many of our chronic degenerative diseases such as arteriosclerosis,
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, multiple sclerosis,
fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune diseases and cancer have toxicity as an underlying
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mechanism. Alleviating this toxic burden has now become the new modus
operandi of the holistic community.
Unfortunately, of this toxic burden
heavy metals in particular are difficult
to remove effectively and require special attention.
Heavy metals are known to be
involved in many of the same chronic
degenerative diseases mentioned
above. Their presence in the environment is ubiquitous. Mercury, lead,
cadmium, arsenic, iron and aluminum
are those most commonly encountered
in toxic states. As a general rule,
symptoms of heavy metal toxicity are
nonspecific and are often mistaken for
other ailments, frequently including
fatigue, nauseau, dizziness, poor memory and headaches. In the setting of
unexplained neurologic symptoms, the
diagnosis of heavy metal toxicity
becomes more tenable.
Detoxifying heavy metals can be performed in several different ways. The
following is a list of some of the more
commonly used methods being used in
this country at this time:
Far Infrared Sauna - This method
removes a wide variety of toxins
incuding heavy metals by its ability to
stimulate profuse sweating at a relatively low temperature of 120 degrees.
It is well tolerated by the weak and
elderly but must be used for extended
periods at a frequency of 5x per week
for a course of 6-12 months involving
1 hour sessions.
Zeolite - This is a natural mineral
consisting of activated lava which is a
heavy metal binder or chelator. In liquid form it is safe enough to give to
newborns as well as adults and is
excreted via the urine. It has applications in many disease situations
including autism. A typical course of
treatment lasts 2-3 months. This product is a newcomer and enjoys limited
clinical experience. Supplementation
with heavy metals is unnecessary.
IonCleanse - This is an electronic
footbath system which removes heavy
metals from the body via the process
of reverse osmosis. Various colors and
particles appear in the bath water making it possible to identify toxicity in
specific organs. It is safe and gentle
and only rarely requires supplementation with minerals. A course of treatment involves ten-twenty-hour sessions. Patients report a sense of lightness and a greater sense of well being
afterwards. This treatment has found
usefulness in the setting of arthritis,
autism, gout, edema, chronic pain,
chemotherapy and radiation therapy
situations and cardiovascular disease.
DMPS and DMSA - These two
agents (dimercaptopropane sulfonic
acid and dimercapotsuccinic acid) are
powerful heavy metal chelators that
have been used for over fifty years. Of
the two, DMSA is felt to be somewhat
safer. DMPS is given by IV infusion
and DMSA by the oral route. They are
both used in provoked urine testing for
assessing total body burden of heavy
metals. DMSA is the safer of the two
and at present represents the gold standard of chelating agents. A course of
treatment lasts one-two months.
Rarely allergic problems, detoxification symptoms and augmentation of
neurologic problems in autistic children are seen.
Penicillamine - This is an old agent
with a new use as an effective heavy
metal chelator. Unlike the others it
crosses the blood brain barrier and
may be more effective for this reason.
It is quite safe. It is being used in the
same clinical situations as DMSA and
may replace it in the future as the
chelating agent of choice.
Modified Citrus Pectin - This also
represents an old agent with a new use
in the chelation of heavy metals. As a
natural product derived from orange
and grapefruit rind it is safer and does
not require the use of mineral supplements. Chelation is slower requiring a
course of three months of treatment.
Garlic, chlorella, kelp and cilantro can
be added to the regimen to increase its
effectiveness by binding heavy metals
in the gastrointestinal tract. Early clinical experience suggests that this agent
has great promise as a heavy metal
chelator.
Heavy metal testing is performed on
hair, blood and urine. Hair analysis is
the least accurate, the cheapest but easiest to perform and is most appropriate
in the pediatric population. It reflects
toxic exposure for the prior three
months and can be influenced by hair
treatments and hair products. Autistic
children are known to be unable to
excrete heavy metals into their hair
and will have spuriously low readings.
Chelation Therapy
Each year over 500,000 Americans die
of atherosclerosis our nationís number
one killer. Conventional medical
approaches to the problem often
involve the use of medications and
invasive procedures such as angioplasty and bypass surgery. Since the
1950’s EDTA chelation therapy has
offered patients a safe and painless
alternative. This procedure has been
shown to effectively reverse symptoms
of athersclerosis and correct the major
underlying cause of arterial blockage.
Chelation therapy is given as a series
of twenty-thirty weekly infusions each
lasting three hours. EDTA molecules
in the infusion ‘grab’ the built up molecules of calcium and lead and other
minerals from blood vessel walls and
transport them to be eliminated by the
kidneys. It is felt that the beneficial
effects of chelation therapy are form
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Blood analysis
is intermediate
in accuracy for
heavy
metal
toxins with red
blood
cell
analysis being
somewhat better. It has been
used for mass
screening.
Provoked urine
testing is the
most accurate
and measures
the total body
burden
of
heavy metals
which closely
reflects
the
impact on the
individualís
health. Often it
is the only test
which shows
the true level of
metal toxicity.
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Reiki Master Teacher
John Harvey Gray turns 90
And He’s Busy With A Full Teaching Schedule!
By Diane Stolar
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he longest-practicing
Reiki Master Teacher in
the US will celebrate his
ninetieth birthday on
April 10th, two days
after teaching another weekend
course. Born in the Orient in 1917,
John Harvey Gray is one of the original twenty-two instructors
trained in Reiki (“ray-kee”) by
Hawayo Takata, the woman
who brought the ancient
Japanese healing art to this
country. The method was
passed on to her by Chujiro
Hayashi, and Hayashi was
taught by Dr. Mikao Usui—the
man credited with re-formulating the traditional techniques
for contemporary application
early in the 20th century. Reiki,
which means Universal Life
Force, has been used for centuries to restore balance and deliver
healing in a non-invasive and relaxing
manner. Elegant in its simplicity, yet
profound in its impact, Gray explains,
“It is easy both to learn and to use.
Beginners with no background in the
healing arts can be effective immediately without the need for extensive
training, and can help anyone
(including him or herself), animals, and even plants. Reiki
also works at a distance.”
T
After spending his first ten
years in the Far East and then
moving to a town just south of
San Francisco, John Harvey
Gray attended Dartmouth
College and discovered that he
loved the winters. But many
life chapters would intervene
before he ultimately found his
way back to New England. As
an Army officer in World War II, Gray
experienced the horror of war firsthand in the Pacific theater. He recalls,
“I vowed to devote the rest of my life
to peaceful means. During a remarkable spiritual awakening when I narrowly missed death at the Battle of
Leyte, I became convinced that there
were energy forces and types of com-
munication that existed that had not
yet been explored by Western science.”
Following the war, Gray studied at the
Harvard Business School and then
returned to California, where he
worked as a systems analyst for Bank
of America, and later Stanford
Research Institute and Bechtel. It was
his abiding, private interest in how to
heal suffering, however, that brought
him together with his first wife, Beth.
In 1973, she had started Trinity
Metaphysical Center in Redwood, CA,
which provided a forum for those
involved in various alternative therapies and sacred traditions throughout
Australia. Like the spinning of a
prayer wheel sends blessings and
prayers out into the world, Takata’s
training propelled John on to the next
stage of his journey. In 1979, he
decided to devote himself entirely to
healing through the practice of Reiki.
He said goodbye to his career, kissed
Beth goodbye (they have
remained the closest of friends),
left California, made his way to
the East Coast, and has never
looked back.
John is credited with introducing Reiki to New England and
has taught in all but two of the
fifty states. In 1994 he was presented with the “Teacher of the
Year” award “for a lifetime of
spiritual guidance and exceptional teaching” by the Interface
Foundation, Boston’s former
premier training center of New Age
and Healing Arts. John has presented
over nine hundred Reiki workshops to
more than fifteen thousand students.
Among them are many doctors
(including Christiane Northrup,
M.D.), nurses, massage therapists,
nuns and ministers, as well as lay people with no previous healing or
spiritual training.
While teaching a Reiki workshop in 1994, John met the
woman who, two years later,
would become his wife, coteacher, and life partner.
Lourdes Gray quit her job in
mortgage banking, sold her
home in the DC suburbs, and
moved to New Hampshire.
the world. Healers from many cultures
would give presentations and teach
classes. It was during this period that
the Grays met and received the Master
Teacher training from Hawayo Takata.
A Reiki healing group was formed at
Trinity Center, the first of many to
come which John oversaw, and some
time later, Beth introduced Reiki to
Lourdes is also a Reiki Master
Teacher, certified by John, and
has conducted over five hundred workshops alone or with him since 1996.
She holds a doctorate in parapsychology and is a certified clinical hypnotherapist. She is also John’s successor in their Reiki lineage, the UsuiGray Integrated Reiki SystemTM.
“Because Reiki is generally adminis-
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tered by touch, people assume that it
works exclusively on the physical
body,” Lourdes says. “However, it also
works to balance the emotional, the
spiritual, and the mental dimensions of
the person because the harmonizing
energy of Reiki works with the entire
organism.”
“It stimulates the Relaxation Response
(a stress reducer),” she continues. “It
increases immunity, decreases pain
and discomfort, reduces swelling and
inflammation, as well as the formation
of scar tissue, and accelerates the healing process for such things as cuts,
bruises, and burns. As a Reiki practitioner, you have a first aid kit in your
hands.”
“I vowed to devote
the rest of my life
to peaceful means.
During a remarkable spiritual
awakening when I
narrowly missed
death at the Battle
of Leyte, I became
convinced that
there were energy
forces and types
of communication
that existed that
had not yet been
explored by
Western science.”
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A man of warmth,
wit, thoughtfulness,
and vitality, John is
excited about the
series of videos that
he and Lourdes are
putting
together.
There are instructional tapes demonstrating techniques that
will enable the practitioner to become a
more powerful channel, thus increasing
the depth and effectiveness of Reiki
treatments. There is a
series of interviews
with John. There are
also previously unreleased recordings of
Lourdes and John Harvey Gray
Hawayo Takata, in
which she answers many of the impor- With a full teaching schedule and all of
tant questions about Reiki. He and the other irons he has in the fire, you
Lourdes have also co-authored a book, wouldn’t think that John Harvey Gray
Hand to Hand, which is available at has much in the way of spare time. But
bookstores (or by order if not in when he does, you’re apt to find him
stock), through Amazon, XLibris, or snowshoeing, kayaking, or gardendirectly through the Grays via their ing—and he is particularly fond of his
Web site: www.reiki.mv.com. The site woodstove. The Grays have just puralso contains their teaching schedule chased an RV and plan to do some
(as does their ad and the calendar in long-awaited camping this summer,
this issue of Earth Star) and classes are exploring places throughout New
taught throughout the year. The next England. Other destinations will folReiki First Degree workshop will be low as time and their teaching comheld next month on May 5th and 6th at mitments allow.
Porter Square in Cambridge, MA. In
addition, the Wellness Center, which Visit the John Harvey Gray Center For
John started, provides treatments on a Reiki Healing via the Web site. Better
non-fee, donation basis on the 2nd and yet, avail yourself of the opportunity to
4th Wednesdays of each month from study with this remarkable, gentle man
who continues to devote himself to
June to December.
serving others and is a conduit for the
Does this sound like your average energies of life, healing and love.
ninety-year-old man? “It’s not how Happiest of birthdays, John Harvey!
long I live,” John says emphatically,
“but the quality of life I have and what Diane Stolar, a freelance writer, has spent the
I can do to help others. I want to share past thirty years in the Monadnock Region of
southwestern NH. She is a former massage
as much of my knowledge as I can. I
therapist, hospice volunteer, and has been a
attribute my own good health to the member of Robert Gass’s choral group, On
practice of Reiki, and give myself Wings of Song. Currently, she serves on the
treatments every day. My life span has advisory board of The Sustainability Project,
exceeded those of many other mem- based in Gilsum, NH.
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F
rom
internationally
renowned motivational
teacher, spiritual instructor, and popoular theologian Caroline Myss
comes a transcendent new work of
unique insight and revelation:
Entering The Castle: An Inner Path to
God and Your Soul, an in-depth guide
and commentary on the spiritual stages
of growth. Inspired by The Interior
Castle, the masterwork of beloved
16th century Carmelite nun, Teresa of
Ávila, Entering The Castle is a revolutionary text of spiritual direction on
going within and exploring your soul.
It is a clear and direct path to developing a contemporary spiritual practice.
Using the mystical practices of prayer,
contemplation, and self-inquiry,
Entering The Castle provides a highly
original path to self-knowledge.
Inspired by Teresa’s imagery of the
“interior castle,” Myss shows readers
how to find life’s answers deep within
their own souls by clearing away emotional debris to make way for God’s
light. In the warm, inviting language of
a trusted friend, Myss guides readers
into seven different “mansions”—or
levels of the soul—with individual
rooms in which they uncover the different qualities of soul power: humilty,
dignity, integrity, honor, wisdom, justice, harmony, and endurance.
In the lower three rooms, Myss guides
readers through the serious work of
clearing the soul. Here you discover
the “reptiles”—those interior sufferings of the mind, heart, and spirit that
need to be faced and expelled.
Through the door of humility, Myss
guides you into the First Mansion—
the mansion most connected to your
external world. Here, you focus on
how you create chaos and call it into
your life to distract yourself and others
from God’s guidance and true plan for
you. You will awaken your soul and
open yourself to uncovering and facing your struggles with power, control,
and humility.
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The Second Mansion illuminates the
conflicts, darkness, and fears within
your soul. Here readers face their
demons, trap the reptiles that haunt
them, and become free from the constraining pulls of their ego. In this
mansion, Myss encourages readers to
seek out new soul companions—people who share a belief in a higher purpose, and with whom they can share
their new experiences of God.
In the third and last of the lower level
of the Castle, readers learn the limits
of their intellectual conceptions of
God and get beyond them to an
expanded consciousness—embracing
a universal or Christ Consciousness,
an opening of the third eye—which
receives information from a source
that surpasses rational mind.
Once in the upper level of the Castle,
experiences of transcendence and
divine contact with God begin as readers create an intimate connection with
the universe. In the Fourth Mansion,
prayer becomes the means through
which love flows into your heart,
through your soul, and out into the
world to be of service to others. In the
Fifth Mansion you dissolve into holiness and join with the divine in a radically intimate way.
In the Sixth Mansion, Myss addresses
the challenges that arise in the pursuit
of God, including the criticism that
may come from outside, from others,
and for our need for praise along the
way. Here, you open yourself to mystical encounters or visitations but, cautions Myss, “you do not expect them.”
She encourages readers to stay mindful of their limitations and to stay
humble. “You are a vessel,” she writes,
“a conduit of grace, not a generator.”
And yet, it is in the Sixth Mansion
where readers may experience holy
rapture—the experience of spontaneously being lifted into an altered
state of consciousness, taken away
from your body and senses, and
becoming absorbed into the presence
of God. Finally, in the Seventh
Mansion, the soul ascends to a fearless
bliss in which it is consciously united
with the divine—a “mystical marriage” with God. It is here, writes
Myss, “that you can no longer deny
that you hear the voice of God.”
To go within, to enter the Castle, is to
uncover the different qualities of
power that yur individual soul contains, to discover the soul’s own divine
connection to God and to embody that
qualities of light essential to an experience of God. A portal into a deeper
experience of the divine, Entering The
Castle is a comprehensive guidebook
for your life’s journey—a journey into
the center of your soul. There, peace,
God, and a fearless bliss wait for you
to discover them...and claim them as
your own.
How did you discover Teresa of Ávila,
the extraordinary 16th century saint
and Spanish mystic who inspired
your new book?
I knew about the life and work of
Teresa of Ávila as the result of my
studies in mysticism in college, actually in high school. I did not study her
work as a high school student, of
course, but all of us were certainly
introduced to who she was because she
is a great saint.
So, the question is, more appropriately: How did St. Teresa and I rediscover each other recently? I have an
educational institute called CMED
(Caroline Myss Education) through
which I teach two extensive educational programs that are divided into three
seminars per year. During the second
seminar of the course that was originally listed as “Intuition and
Mysticism,” I had intended to teach a
full day on the Christian mystics and a
full day on the mystics from the
Eastern and other traditions. I was
going to begin with St. John of the
Cross and his classic work, The Dark
Night of the Soul, but I had grabbed—
Q & A with
Caroline Myss
Author of
ENTERING
THE
CASTLE:
An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
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by accident—St. Teresa’s great spiritual work, The Interior Castle. Since I
was already at the podium, I thought,
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll start with her.”
As I introduced St. Teresa’s life to the
audience, I felt myself surrounded in
silence. I couldn’t hear my audience. It
was as if I had entered a sound-proof
room. And then I heard the words,
“Follow me, daughter.” I knew
instantly that St. Teresa was speaking
to me.
That was the beginning of our work
together. We had an extremely subtle
relationship; I knew she was there
when I was in prayer, silence, and
isolation. Her communications were
also extremely subtle and rare. But
like the most refined perfume, a
small drop was sufficient to direct
the outline, structure, and content of
what I was writing. I then wove in
my own observations about the contemporary spiritual struggle. The
result is my new book, Entering The
Castle.
mary nurturing figure for the family.
Exploring your interior life, by the
way, does not in any way mean that
you have the desire to leave or abandon your family. Yet, that is so often
the fear about the deeper spiritual
experience: that an individual cannot
have both a rich interior life and a rich
exterior life. That is simply not true.
The ideal is to blend the two, and you
can do it. You have to do it consciously and deliberately, but you can do it.
But when you divide the two, when
you try keeping the soul separated
How do Teresa of Ávila’s Seven
Mansions of prayer relate to the
human energy system and the seven
chakras that you have described in
“Anatomy of the Spirit”?
The soul is build upon a template of
seven levels of power and that is what
St. Teresa’s vision of the soul also
embraced. Similar to the seven
chakras is her division of the lower
and upper mansions; the lower three
mansions are the worker-bee, more
earthbound mansions, and the upper
mansions are devoted to more mystical awakenings. Aside from that, there
are no other direct comparisons.
Why are this medieval nun’s life,
thoughts, and practices relevant to
our lives and spiritual practices
today?
What makes a great spiritual teacher
great? Why does a great spiritual
teacher’s work last, and speak to us
over the centuries? In Teresa’s case,
it’s because she transcends the boundaries and limits of her own tradition
and reaches the level of cosmic truth—
truth that applies to the universal
human experience. That is the nature
of St. Teresa’s work.
For example, she addresses the
human struggle with power, our need
for recognition, the delicate struggle
with the control one’s family has over
us and the need we have to break free
in order to discover ourselves, our
individuality and our own relationship
with God. I don’t know any other spiritual teacher who articulates that need
but I have met hundreds of people who
struggle with this crisis—of feeling
divided between their desire to explore
their interior life and still remain a pri-
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tive to our imagination. It works and
that’s all that counts. The idea of crossing a drawbridge and closing that
drawbridge to your outside world and
finally being in an interior place where
no one can find you and you are
safe….finally…..trust me, that is a
very useful, effective image. Using the
metaphor of a journey into your interior Castle is very helpful in allowing
you to get deeper into yourself, your
spirit. It helps you set up a sacred place
in which to meet God. The Castle represents your inner soul, your deeper
soul, the part of you that requires
prayer, reflection, and the pursuit of
self-knowledge. It’s divinely seductive inner work.
from your physical life, you are hurting yourself. A soul divided against
itself creates endless suffering because
you are always searching for where
you belong in this world.
In Entering The Castle, you use the
same symbolic image of the castle
that Teresa used to represent the soul.
How can St. Teresa’s image of a
medieval Castle with many mansions
be effective today?
The Castle was St. Teresa’s metaphor
for the soul. She was from the Spanish
town of Avila, which is a castle town.
It is still today surrounded by medieval
walls in the design of a castle. The
image of a castle is positively seduc-
You suggest that people are craving a
breakthrough – a means to connect to
a grounded, contemporary theology
that they can practice every day. What
are the means that we should use to
do this?
Prayer is the best way. You want to
develop a devotion to contemplation
and personal reflection. The Western
person is fond of the God-in-her-mind,
a rational concept of God that is accessible through books and seminars and
discussion and perhaps group worship,
such as church. But the type of breakthrough that I am referring to is a mystical breakthrough; that is, to move
past a mental and behavioral relation-
ship to God and into an experiential
relationship with the Divine. That
actually defines the mystic and the
nature of a mystical experience – to
experience the power and authority of
the Divine with complete abandon as
opposed to defining the nature of God
through intellectual definition. It is
ultimately bringing your interior life
into everything you do, so that your
interior life, spiritual life, and your
external life in the world become congruent.
What does it mean to be a “mystic
without a monastery?”
Mystics are people who are called to
experience life at the visionary level,
to experience the power of God as
opposed to thinking about God or not
thinking about God or keeping God
and the spirit at arm’s length, which
many people do because they fear it.
Traditionally, mystics were found in
monasteries or ashrams or, in even
earlier centuries, living as recluses in
the desert, like the Desert Fathers.
Like all archetypes—or ways of
being—those mystics served the world
effectively at that time for their time.
But times change and demand that all
models and forms of human expression change their garb. For instance,
years ago many Western women were
repressed and had to “wait to be asked
to dance,” so to speak, but that model
no longer holds. And not so long ago,
soldiers could not refuse to kill in a
war, but now they can. Times change
and ways of being in the world change
to accommodate the changing times
and changing patterns of thought, both
outside and inside of ourselves.
We are living at a time of great
transformation. The spiritual awakening that began in the 1960’s needs now
to mature to its next level, which is
one of a deepening into a devotion to a
mystical practice while remaining an
effective force in the world. And by
that I mean remaining in your skin, in
your role as you are, who you are.
Mystics knew how to channel grace
through prayer and they knew the
power of that. They knew how
to receive guidance through
reflection and contemplation;
they knew how to share the
gift of illumination with each
other. These are great, great
gifts of life and profound grace
that we are capable of providing for each other and the
world. And this is what it
means to be a mystic without a
monastery. You make a commitment to your own interior
illumination, you connect with
your soul and God, and
through that discover the
“sacred” part of your “contract” with this life—the true
meaning of your highest
potential.
If we are craving spiritual experiences and encounters with God, why
is it that we have such deep fears
about the Divine and the ways that
encountering God and our own Soul
will change our life?
You can thank the Catholic Church for
the groundwork on that one, because it
has done such an effective job of separating the authority of heaven and
earth, body and soul, church and state.
As a result, people are convinced that
if they get too close to God – past the
behavioral level of God, which is to
say, “If I am good, I will be protected
by God and that’s all I really want. I
want my things to be safe, I want a
good job, I want my family safe, I
want my health, and I want to be able
to call on a few miracles in an emergency. In exchange, I will, on occasion, go to public worship and behave
myself (as best as I can), within reason, of course.”
People are afraid – indeed, terrified
– at some primal level that getting
close to God will result in the loss of
their earthly goods, their money, their
sex life, and that it will end up causing
them untold physical suffering.
Certain saints and monastics did live
lives of poverty and celibacy and, of
course, had physical suffering. But as
I point out in my book, sophisticated
medicine, hospitals, and emergency
rooms did not exist years ago.
Everyone suffered from disease during
the medieval days, not just those
devoted to God. But those in the
monasteries chose to respond to their
illnesses as spiritual devotions and
thus the association was born that God
makes people suffer who enter into a
deeper spiritual path. The fact is
everyone suffered back then and people still suffer with illness and disease.
Disease is a part of life as is all suffering. One need not be on a spiritual
path to know what it is to experience
depression, the loss of a partner,
betrayal in life, or a devastating wipeout of one’s finances. Look at Enron.
You think all those people who got
betrayed by that company suffered
because God wanted that to happen?
That’s ridiculous. Actually, that’s just
life.
How do we avoid being spiritually
isolated after experiencing an
encounter with the Divine?
Isolation is not necessarily a consequence of a mystical experience.
Mystical isolation does not result in an
individual feeling alone. That is the
outsider looking in through a terrified
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imagination. A mystical experience is
a profound awakening to a cosmic
truth in which that truth goes from
being a mental idea to an animated
force within your soul. Such an experience does not isolate you. It
empowers you. A person can talk
about healing in theory, for example,
and he or she can even believe that
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you with a depth of compassion that
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Many times during human history
people could have said that they were
living at a time of unparalleled
change and it would have been true;
for example, during the Great Plagues
of the medieval days or the beginning
of the Nazi era. But the ingredients of
today make our challenges unrivaled;
and thus we are in a Mystical
Renaissance.
Three factors come to mind. First,
time has become the servant to timelessness; that is, we have entered into
the era of timelessness. We are now
linked to the internet, to systems of
communication that are essentially
instantaneous – timeless. And people
are addicted to this timelessness
medium. Timelessness is a characteristic of their interior self.
Secondly, the speed of change has
increased. All change is now universal. A change in Iraq affects the whole
as does a change in California or
Washington or North Korea.
Instantly, the whole of the earth is
affected. All news on the internet
affects the whole. We have never
been affected by the whole of the
world instantaneously before.
And third, we have evolved into
the body/mind/spirit template,
although most people only pull out
that template at the doctor’s office
and remain unaware the rest of the
time that they are, indeed, a walkingtalking-functioning multi-dimensional creature of consciousness. Yet, you
are exactly that, a multi-sensory
human being who is now fully connected to a global system of information and energetic data who, for the
most part, lives unaware of the
impact all of that information has
upon you.
The practices so necessary for
inner balance are completing missing, amid all of this energetic chaos –
practices such as reflection and contemplation. Instead, we turn to therapy and tranquilizers. Reflection is
the practice of taking time to reflect
upon the information that has come
into your body, your mind, your soul
that day and how it has merged with
your mind and your soul. How are
you being affected by the new
thoughts that have come to you that
day? And how are your choices
affecting you and the people around
you? Are you able to live with your
choices? Do they have integrity? Are
they honorable? Did you take the
time to pray before you made your
significant decisions?
And if you say that you didn’t have
time to pray before significant decisions, what does that tell you about
your inner life and how you maintain
your spiritual devotion and your priorities with God? It says that you
don’t take your interior life seriously
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GETTING
IRON
NATURALLY
Yuanling Liu, RD., Lic Ac., Herbalist
T
ired of feeling fatigued
all the time and you
don’t have enough
energy? Do you have
dry hair or skin? You
might have blood deficiency in
Chinese medicine terms; it’s similar to
the Western term of anemia.
Based on the statistics of 2004 from
the US Census Bureau and
International Data Base,
3.5million Americans have
been diagnosed with anemia, while many others
have normal laboratory
testing they may still have
blood deficient signs.
Anemia is a condition in
which there is reduced
delivery of oxygen to the
tissue of the body leading to
fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, palpitations,
dizziness, pale skin (lips,
lining of the eyelids, nail
beds and palms), insomnia,
scanty or no period, or
decreased appetite.
Iron deficiency is the most
common nutritional deficiency which leads to anemia worldwide, even in the
United States. Iron deficiency can be caused by
lack of iron in the daily meal, an
inability to absorb iron, pregnancy, or
blood loss, i.e.: heavy period, or
Gastrointestinal bleeding.
How do you treat iron deficiency anemia? First, understand the cause of
your iron deficiency by visiting your
health care provider to see if it is a
bleeding disorder, or lack of food
source or mal-absorption, which can
be managed through careful meal
selections or using herbs.
Iron is more easily absorbed if it
comes from animal source, and the
iron availability is less if its source is
plant or fortification.
It is far better to consume iron rich
foods and Chinese medicinal herbs
than to take iron supplements. Food is
more enjoyable and easier for the
body to assimilate, rather than taking
concentrated iron pills, which can lead
to stomach upset, nausea, vomiting,
GENERAL GUIDELINES
• Avoid processed foods, which are
harder to digest and the good nutrients
are harder to be absorbed.
• Take food containing Vitamin C
along with the meal to help with iron
absorption, for example: citrus fruits,
or tomato.
• Avoid drinking caffeinecontaining beverages with
the meal, such as coffee, tea,
or dark colored soft drinks.
Caffeine can inhibit the
absorption of iron.
• Soups and stews are easy
for the stomach to digest,
and iron pots can add iron to
foods.
• Avoid eating large amounts
of dairy with a meal, because
calcium can inhibit iron
absorption. Don’t take your
iron supplement and calcium
supplement at the same
time!
constipation, or diarrhea in some people. Others could be allergic to the
iron binder from the supplement, i.e.:
the sulfate group, and overdosing iron
supplements can be fatal.
Foods that are high in iron: meat,
poultry, fish, egg, whole grains, and
iron-fortified foods such as cereals.
NON-VEGETARIANS
• Select good quality tender
meat, poultry or fish.
• Avoid deep fry cooking
method and overcooking.
• Avoid eating more than 5oz at one
sitting.
VEGETARIANS
• Utilize the legumes family regularly
i.e.: black beans, chickpeas, kidney
beans, lima beans, or lentils. Don’t
forget to add tomato or tomato sauce
to help you absorb the iron.
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APRIL / MAY 2007
By Gloria Banou Bates
PAST
FEAR
TO FREEDOM
ow often we have
heard the statement
“The only thing we
have to fear is fear
itself.”
President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke
these words in his first inaugural
address, and they have become a
rallying cry for many people who
face challenge and difficulty.
President Roosevelt’s description of fear as “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which
paralyzes efforts to convert retreat
into advance” is less well known,
but it describes what most of us
experience when we feel threatened, overwhelmed, or outdone by
circumstances in our lives.
This is the way some problems
hit us. Like deer in the headlights,
we become blinded by an event or
condition, unable to think or to
respond clearly. The situation
appears so overwhelming we don’t
know what to do. We can’t look
beyond the problem or the challenge because it shuts out everything else in our vision. In these
situations, fear can take hold of us,
even though we may follow a regular spiritual practice.
What can we do when we lose
sight for that blinding moment?
Emmet Fox, the influential and
respected New Thought writer and
teacher, said “Let us not be paralyzed with fear. Let us be transformed with the free-flowing energy of Spirit.”
H
Unity teachings remind us that
we are one with Divine Spirit, and
because of that oneness we have
unlimited access to God. Charles
Fillmore, the co-founder of Unity,
wrote “When we can blend and
merge our mind with God Mind,
the way is open for the Lord to glorify us and to lift us into a higher,
purer, more spiritual state.” In
times of challenge, we regain clear
vision by remembering who we
are, and focusing on our identity
as children of God.
The loving, creative energy of
God is always present to support
the highest good for every single
one of us. Sometimes situations
and circumstances may not
appear to be what we think is best,
but when we let go, believe, and
trust in the presence and power of
Divine Spirit in our lives, we
become aware of divine order at
work for the best for us and for our
loved ones.
We see and understand the
presence and power of God at
work in our lives through meditation and prayer, letting go and letting God work around, through,
and with us in divine partnership.
How much more powerful that
energy becomes when we are in a
community of spirit with others!
We receive the gift of connection
with those who have walked a similar path, experienced similar challenges, and felt a similar divine
connection with God. This gift is
available to you each Sunday at
Christ Church Unity in Brookline,
MA. Where two or more are gathered in the presence and power of
Divine Spirit, the steps we take are
made side by side with others on
the path to spiritual fulfillment.
We constantly walk through a
world that at any moment can
bring challenges. It is up to us to
overcome the paralyzing sensation of fear and of separation from
God. We can choose to believe in
our oneness with God, and in
God’s presence in any and all circumstances. We can reach out to
others in a community of spirit,
knowing that we are all one in
God, never apart or alone.
Whether the challenges you
face are large or small, we invite
you to step past fear into freedom
and join us each Sunday for the
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Brookline.
Share in spiritual
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with the inspirational lessons of
Daily Word each Sunday morning
at 10:00 AM. Share in the experience of music, meditation, and
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Christ Church Unity in Brookline. She is a
graduate of Andover-Newton Theological
School.
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VI S I O N
By Rosemary Gaddum Gordon
D.B.O., M.A.
TIPS
VISUAL ILLUSIONS
How They Help Us To See
ave you ever noticed how large the
moon looks when it rises and how it
seems to shrink as it climbs higher into
the sky? As the moon passes through
the heavens, it seems to start off close to
us, go further away and then come back to being close to
us again. In fact, the moon’s distance away from the
earth during one diurnal cycle is almost constant. It is
the eye-brain connection that
causes us to think that it
changes size, which in turn
leads us to think it moves further away from us when it is
at it’s zenith.
Our understanding of
what we see is learned. As
we begin to crawl around, we
learn how far away things are
and how they appear to get
larger as we approach. We
use this knowledge all the
time. It helps us know the
distance and speed of an
approaching vehicle, so we
know when it’s safe to cross
the road. When we see the
moon, which is actually too
far away and too large for our
experience to fathom, our
eyes are deceived and we are
confused.
If you did the exercise I
suggested last month and held your finger up in front of
something in the distance, you may have been confused
to notice some doubling of objects. When our eyes are
working well together and we look at an object, we see
two of any object that is in front of or behind the one
we’re looking at. Surprisingly, seeing double sometimes
shows us we have normal vision. It shows that both the
eyes are switched on at the same time and that we have
some awareness of the peripheral field. (We’ll explore
the peripheral field in the next issue.)
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If you hold your finger up in front of a distant object,
look at the finger and move it towards you, you will
notice that the two objects in the distance will appear to
move. The same is true if you look at the distant object
and move your finger back and forth. This is another
clue that helps the brain know how fast something is
moving.
A good use of the doubling illusion is if you practice
archery. Instead of closing one
eye to aim, look at the target
and move the arrow so you see
the bull’s eye centered between
the two illusory arrowheads.
You’ll be right on target.
If you have trouble seeing double in this way, it usually means that one of your eyes
is switched off. You can
explore which eye it is by covering and uncovering each one
and noticing what happens. To
help switch that eye back on,
rest your eyes first with palming. (Cover your closed eyes
with your hands, without
touching them, and relax your
mind.) Next cover the stronger
eye for thirty seconds while
you look at your finger and see
the background, then, when
you remove the cover see if
you can see the doubling.
Because seeing these illusions can be confusing, we
usually ignore them. If, however, you practice them consciously they can help strengthen the way your eyes
work together and how your brain calculates speed, size,
distance and location of things in the world.
Rosemary Gaddum-Gordon, D.B.O., M.A., Holistic Vision
Improvement, Cambridge, MA: (617) 354-8360, and Eliot,
ME: (207) 439-9821, www.visioneducators.com.
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ajor technological
and
humanistic
developments are
converging as a
result of globalization. This holistic blending of the East
and the West is making the scientific
exploration of certain spiritual practices, which are aimed at creating
peace, a viable pursuit. With a rigorous
Western approach to practical application of Eastern wisdom, world peace
may well be within our reach.
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functional cognitive and decisionmaking processes.”
This article first discusses the current
state of societal disharmony from an
unusual perspective, one that considers the underlying subjective issues of
conflict. Next it addresses how the science of consciousness is transforming
our worldview. Then it presents how
an East-West convergence of science,
technology and spiritually gives
humanity an unprecedented opportunity to bring sustainable peace to our
communities and to the world.
If a sustainable approach to peace is
possible, it must alleviate this tension
in a way that feels personal to each
individual, yet is not externally
imposed. When this is accomplished,
cognitive
and
decision-making
processes naturally tend toward more
harmonious outcomes.
A Different Model of
Societal Disharmony
The peace-through-strength approach,
both in our communities and on the
world scene, continually demonstrates
its limitations. Every “victory” contains the seeds of fear, mistrust and
hostility. Societal tension underlies
attempts at reconciliation, rendering
them temporary at best. A more fundamental and sustainable approach to
societal harmony is apparently needed.
One approach is to examine the underlying subjective issues of conflict, a
common one being tension or stress.
As R.K White argues in Fearful
Warriors:
“Traditional
approaches
to
peace…cannot be effective in the
absence of concurrent measures to
drastically reduce tension. High levels
of tension or stress directly motivate
violence aimed at removing perceived
injustices, threats or blocks to
progress….they may also indirectly
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Consider this on a personal level.
Recall a circumstance between you
and a spouse, coworker or business
partner. Your stress may have distorted
your perception of the situation and
ability to make thoughtful, creative,
harmonious decisions. Now multiply
this stressful influence times a hundred or thousands, as is the case in
many communities around the world.
Examining human consciousness as it
relates to peaceful relations seems as
relevant as any externally motivated
means of resolving conflicts. In fact,
as consciousness researcher, David
Orme-Johnson points out, “The scientific exploration of consciousness is
critical to our understanding of the natural world and for solving the recalcitrant problems of humankind, which
are all ultimately problems of mind.”
Once we give consciousness and its
practical application equal footing
with machines, progress and commerce, we have a chance at uniting
three major developments that have
resulted from advancing technology
and globalization. They are: 1) collective mind over matter, 2) a humanbased peace technology, and 3) massive global collaboration.
As Mass Mind Moves,
So Does Matter
Imagine going to Las Vegas and playing craps. Instead of everyone at the
table hoping for a different roll of the
dice, you all agree what number you
want to see. Believe it or not, this
might have a subtle influence on the
probability of those intended numbers
occurring. This ability to influence
random events has been studied for
over seventy-five years, according to
Dean Radin, PhD, author of Entangled
Minds and The Conscious Universe.
Now imagine having dozens of computers spread around the world whose
job it is to roll electronic dice continuously, creating a steady stream of random events. Do you think that a group
of people around the world could meditate on becoming more coherent as a
group, calming themselves very
deeply without falling asleep, and that
human coherence could make those
random dice-rolls not so random?
What would you say if it doesn’t even
require that much intention; that all it
takes is an event that captures the collective attention, like the death of
Princess Diana, a tsunami disaster
broadcast on every TV station, or the
tragedy of September 11, 2001?
Dr. Roger Nelson, retired
Princeton University professor, heads
the Global Consciousness Project.
[noosphere.princeton.edu]. Since 1998
this project has been running a network of random event generators distributed around the world. When actual events of world interest happen, a
change of the random numbers to nonrandom occurs, which cannot be
explained through traditional physics.
Over two hundred events have been
evaluated, from natural disasters to the
death of celebrities to global meditations, and have shown that as humans
become more coherent, it appears that
matter does too, with odds against this
phenomenon occurring by chance at
over 1,000,000 to 1.
As extraordinary as these consciousness field effects are, something even
more interesting happens when we
study what occurs to other humans
under special cases of intentional
group coherence.
A Human-Based
Peace Technology
One of the most remarkable imports
The Convergence of
Science, Spirituality
and Peace
By Joseph R. Giove
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CALENDAR
events workshops
festivals classes
Top Photo
4/14: Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau in
Concert, Saturday, April 14 at the Boston
Opera House. For Tickets and more information, call: (617) 880-2442.
APRIL
4/7-4/8: Reiki I Certification with John
Harvey Gray and Lourdes Gray, Ph.D.,
Rindge,NH. Awaken your healing skills
studying with the longest-practicing Reiki
Master in the West. Two days of learning,
hands-on practice and no cut corners certifies you immediately to work on yourself,
others and pets. 16.0 CEUs Visa/MC. (603)
899-3288 www.reiki.mv.com.
4/14: Ayurveda Health Day: Shrewsbury,
MA. with Steele Belok, M.D., Harvard Med.
School and Vaidya Ramakrishna from India.
Learn practical tips for Spring Season.
Includes luncheon. 10:30am-12:30pm. $40.
Call (508) 635-1316. Consultations available
(fee applies).
4/14-4/15: EOL Emotional Release
Acupressure System Level I, Module 2.
Laypersons and experienced practitioners
will learn highly-effective point sequences to
Increase Cellular Resonance, Release
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Guilt/Shame/Regrets, Release General
Emotional patterns. Discover and practice
head, neck, arm and shoulder releases,
explore dialoguing with the body to achieve
deeper Emotional Release, and more!
9:00am-6:00pm both days; 36 contact hours
$350; EarlyPay discount available. Details at
www.TheWayToBalance.com; (978) 834-0341.
4/20-4/22: Recharge and Renew! Join Us –
Residential Sufi Meditation Creative Arts
Retreat in Jamaica Plain, MA (617) 5228300, www.omegatheater.org. We will create
together within a meditation retreat. Call
about future workshops! Our next one will
be held June 7-17th.
4/21: Healing at the Speed of Light.
Presented by Sue and Aaron Singleton;
Location: The Way To Balance, LLC.
Discover cutting-edge techniques to enhance
the effectiveness of color and light therapies
to heal illness, emotional issues, encourage
light-body transition, rejuvenate the body.
Amplify the resonance of photon energy and
frequencies using net-neutral ions tools, and
more! Open to laypersons and practitioners.
9:00am to 5:00pm; $100. Details at
4/25: 3-Weeks, Wednesdays 6:00pm9:00pm, Essene Therapy Healing Training
with Richard Lanza at Open Doors,
Braintree,
MA.,
(781)
843-8224.
www.OpenDoors7.com,
$80.
PreRegistration and $50 non-refundable deposit
required by April 22nd. Essene Healing
Therapy is a form of healing done on the
mental plane which harmonizes body, mind
and spirit. Recipients of Essene Healing
often report a relief of physical symptoms as
well as a feeling of well-being. No physical
touch is required.
4/27: 7:00pm-9:30pm, Go Beyond Limits
and Beyond Fear. Presentation, Meditation,
Ceremony, and Drumming. Followed by a 10foot Firewalk, thirty Minutes South of Boston.
$50. To Register call Richard Lanza, Open
Doors, (781) 843-8224, www.OpenDoors7.com.
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4/28: Diet and Detox, How to lose weight
and cleanse with natural foods. How to repattern bad eating habits with good ones,
How to Alkalize with foods. Po & Geoff
D’Arcy. Saturday April 28th, 1:00pm.
D’Arcy Wellness Clinic, 63 South Main St.,
Natick, MA. 01760. (508) 652-1975.
4/28: Chelation & Detox Testing. Tests can
tell us how much toxins and heavy metals
our bodies are holding and how these toxins
lead to disease. Chlelation helps to clear
heavy toxins. Arthur Gertler, M.D.
Saturday April 28th, 1:30pm. D’Arcy
Wellness Clinic, 63 South Main St., Natick,
MA. 01760. (508) 652-1975.
5/3-5/6: The Boston Ballet
presents Classic Balanchine:
Three Ballanchine ballets, Ballo
della Regina, La Valse, and The
Four Temperaments. Four performances from May 3rd to May 6th.
Tickets: www.telecharge.com, 1(800)-447-7400 or go to The Wang
Theatre Box Office at 270 Tremont
Street, Boston Mon-Sat 10am-6pm.
For
more
information
visit,
www.bostonballet.com.
4/28: Herbs and Food for Health, Why do
the Okinawan’s have the best health in the
world. What do they eat, what herbs do they
use daily? Yuanling Liu Lic.Ac, R.D.
Yuanling is a Dietitian and Herbalist.
MA. 01760. (508) 652-1975.
4/28: How Does Acupuncture Work? A
fun & easy to understand modern explanation of how acupuncture works, What it can
treats best. by Geoff D’Arcy Lic. Ac., Geoff
will share his 25 years of practice experience. Saturday April 28th, 12:30pm. D’Arcy
MA. 01760. (508) 652-1975.
4/28: Ayurveda Health Day: Brattleboro,
VT. with Steele Belok, M.D., Harvard Med.
Learn practical techniques tips for Spring
Season. Includes luncheon. 10:30am12:30pm.
$40.
(802)
246-1020.
Consultations available (fee applies).
4/28: Reiki Certification, Concord, MA.
Libby Barnett, MSW. 26 years experience.
Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook,
pin, certificate awarded. Visa/MC accepted.
CEU's. Call 1-888-REIKI-4-U or
(603) 654-2787. Reiki II: 4/29.
4/28: Stress Illness & Disease. Medicine is
starting to take stress-relief seriously. Dr.
Eva Selhub, M.D. will explain the compelling research of the links of stress to illness and what we can do to avoid disease.
MA. 01760. (508) 652-1975.
MAY
guidance and limited source guidance. We
will also learn and dispel any myth’s you
may have concerning channeling. Bring an
open mind and a sense of adventure!
5/11: 5-Weeks, Fridays, 7:00pm-900pm,
Journey Into Shamanism - Beginning &
Intermediate Shamanism with Amy Leigh
at Open Doors, Braintree, MA, (781) 843-8224,
www.OpenDoors7.com, $200. Some topics
you will journey on include: Power Animals,
Finding Your Dreamtools, The Void, Journey
To The Moon, Star Energy, Animal
Guardians for the Chakras, Dharmic Guides,
Shamanic Extraction. Amy is a Reiki Master
Teacher, channel, author, shamanic healer,
sound healer, medical intuitive and psychic.
She has over six years of experience facilitating positive change and healing for people
internationally.
5/12: The Joy of Resonance Group
Healing With the Energy of Life.
Presented by Aaron Singleton. What is the
cause of your back, neck, leg, or abdominal
pain? Are you dealing with chronic fatigue,
Fibromyalgia, headaches, anxiety, phobias,
depression, sadness, frustration, or guilt
5/5: Reiki Certification, Wilton, NH.
CEU's. Call 1-888-REIKI-4-U or (603) 6542787. Reiki II: 5/6.
5/5: Ayurveda Health Day: Lancaster, MA.
with Steele Belok, M.D., Harvard Med.
Learn practical tips for Spring Season.
Includes luncheon. 10:30am-12:30pm. $40.
Call (877) 890-8600. Consultations available
(fee applies).
Cambridge, MA. Awaken your healing
skills studying with the longest-practicing
Reiki Master in the West. Two days of learning, hands-on practice and no cut corners
certifies you immediately to work on yourself, others and pets. 16.0 CEUs Visa/MC.
(603) 899-3288 www.reiki.mv.com.
5/9: 5-Weeks, Wednesdays, 7:00pm-930pm,
Opening To Channel, with Dee-Jay
Condon at Open Doors, Braintree, MA,
(781) 843-8224, www.OpenDoors7.com,
$145. Channeling is a skill which can be
learned. This 5-week course is designed to
utilize safe, simple and effective techniques
to assist with this process. We will learn
who your guides are, how to connect with
them, and how to distinguish higher source
4/21: Bassist Ed Spargo headlines at the Newort Colony House
Concert, in conjunction with the
release of his new CD entitled
Playroom, Saturday, April 21st, at
7:00pm, located in Washington
Square. Tickets (which include
complimentary champagne, hors
d’oevres, desert, and valet parking)
are $75 from the Newport Historical
Society at (401) 846-0813.
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issues? This isn’t just a talk – it’s a healing.
Learn to activate The EOL Integrative
Healing Process and awaken your body’s
cellular memory to allow physical, emotional traumas and toxins to leave more easily.
Let go of what’s holding you back!
9:00am–12noon;
$50.
Details
at
5/16: 6-Weeks, Wednesdays, 6:00pm9:00pm, Intuitive Mastery with Richard
Lanza at Open Doors, Braintree, MA. This
program is geared for the individual who has
a strong desire to awaken and further develop their intuitive and psychic abilities. Each
participant will have the opportunity to discover their own unique style for receiving
information through the "intuitive senses."
$250 Pre-registration and $50 non-refundable deposit required by May 1st. For more
information, call Richard Lanza at
(781) 843-8224. www.OpenDoors7.com.
5/18-5/20: Join us for a very special
Women’s Spiritual Retreat, May 18-20 on
Cape Cod, at the Craigviele Conference
Center. The retreat will include yoga and
meditation. Call (508) 477-2967 or
(941) 729-2594 for info.
5/19: Reiki Certification, Boston area.
CEU's. Call 1-888-REIKI-4-U or
(603) 654-2787. Reiki II: 5/20.
5/19: Medical Intuition: Specialty Model
Within Complementary Medicine. Presented
by Sue Singleton. 9:00am–6:00pm; $175.
Details at www.TheWayToBalance.com;
(978) 834-0341.
5/25-5/28: Evolutionary Enlightenment
Intensive with Andrew Cohen. Develop
your own understanding of evolutionary
consciousness through the teachings of
Andrew Cohen, pioneering spiritual teacher
and founder of What Is Enlightenment? magazine. EnlightenNext International Center,
Lenox, MA. Cost: $575. (800) 376-3210,
www.andrewcohen.org/intensives.
5/26: Kirtan with Shubalananda at Yoga
East Saturday, May 26, at 7:00pm. A free
event. Donations are welcomed. Children
are invited. Bring your drums, shakers, rattles, bells and let’s chant together! Shiva
Nataraj, The Lord of the Dance, Chola, 11 C
India. The singing of Kirtan goes back thousands of years in India. Created by ancient
Rishis (sages) from the seed mantras of the
Vedas, the sounds are designed to resonate
with your chakras to help move the energy
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up your spine. Then these sounds, like Om
Namah Shivaya or Sita Ram, are put to a
simple melody. Kirtan is a simple practice.
We sing the kirtan, call and response style,
over and over, with more and more Bhava
(spiritual emotion) until the singers enter
higher planes of consciousness. The wonderful thing about Kirtan is that it is fun. It just
flows from everyone’s connection to music.
Even those who feel they do not have a good
voice discover themselves singing on pitch,
in time. It is an excellent way to discover
your true voice, singing these Sanskrit seed
mantras. Shubalananda (Larry Kopp) has
been leading Kirtan for many years, having
studied with Neem Karoli Baba, Sathya Sai
Baba, Karunamayi, and currently, with
Shree Maa. His guitar and harmonium playing and his voice of experience gives his
Kirtan a power that is shared with all who
join him. Come and experience this easy,
happy and deep form of Sadhana (spiritual
discipline). For directions to Yoga East,
please
go
to
our
website
at:
www.yogaeast.net. (781) 224-0722.
UPCOMING
6/2-6/3: EOL Emotional Release
Acupressure System Level I, Module 1.
Developed by EOL Founders Sue and
Aaron Singleton, the EOL Acupressure
System transcends the parameters of current
systems, ensuring participants a positive,
life-changing experience. This cutting-edge
system targets specific frequencies of physical and psycho-physical tension patterns,
applying 360° energy techniques to disperse
blockages and facilitate rapid and deeper
release. Learn techniques that immediately
apply in your life or practice! 8:00am6:00pm both days; 36 contact hours $400;
EarlyPay discount available. Details at
Rindge,NH. Awaken your healing skills
studying with the longest-practicing Reiki
Master in the West. Two days of learning,
hands-on practice and no cut corners certifies you immediately to work on yourself,
others and pets. 13.5 CEUs Visa/MC.
(603) 899-3288 www.reiki.mv.com.
6/10: 2-Weeks, 1:00pm-4:00pm, Advanced
Shamanic Soul Retrieval & Karmic
Journeying Intensive (Prerequisite: Journey
Into Shamanism Class - May 11) with Amy
Leigh at Open Doors, Braintree, MA.,
(781) 843-8224, www.OpenDoors7.com,
$120. Learn the advanced art of Soul
5/10-5/20: The Boston Ballet
presents, Giselle. When Boston
Ballet danced Maina Gielgud's production of Giselle in 2002, the critics responded with rapturous
reviews that have rarely been
equaled in the history of the
Company. For advance Tickets go
to: www.telecharge.com, or call
1-(800)-447-7400 or go to The
Wang Theatre Box Office at 270
Tremont Street, Boston Mon-Sat
10am-6pm. For more information
visit, www.bostonballet.com.
Retrieval, explore your past lives and heal
karmic imbalance. Learn how to facilitate
this profound multidimensional healing for
yourself and others.
6/15-6/16-6/17: Reiki I Certification with
John Harvey Gray and Lourdes Gray,
Ph.D., Rowe Conference Center, Rowe,
MA. Awaken your healing skills studying
with the longest-practicing Reiki Master in
the West. Two days of learning, hands-on
practice and no cut corners certifies you
immediately to work on yourself, others and
pets. 13.5 CEUs Visa/MC. (603) 899-3288
www.reiki.mv.com.
6/24: Psychic Development, Past Lives, &
Angel Workshop with Ross Miller, psychic
medium, regression therapist, healer. In this
unique, experiential workshop you’ll learn
how to identify your guardian angels and
spirit guides by name and receive their guidance and healing; discover your soul’s life
purpose; experience two of your past lives;
give psychic readings to others in class and
more. Sunday, 10:00am-5:00pm, Newton,
MA. To register for the workshop or to
schedule a psychic or past-life reading or
healing in person or over the phone with
Ross Miller. (617) 527-3583 or visit
www.TheMysticWay.com.
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ONGOING
Shamanic Drumming Circle, founded
1993. Usually Second and Fourth Fridays of
every month, 7:00pm. Quaker meetinghouse, Cambridge. Open to all, but please call
first for full details and directions. Terrence
(978)-952-2704 or Emily (781)-641-3980.
Buddhist Meditation Group with Peg
Travers, Ordained Priest, Buddha Heart USA,
Sunday evenings, Haverhill, MA, 5:00pm6:00pm. Learn and practice the ancient arts of
meditation, chanting, QiGong, Buddhist Yoga
& Reiki. Call the Center for Spiritual
Development, Haverhill MA, (978)-372-5173
or online @www.uuhaverhill.org/happenings.
Workshops for Pain Management and
Improved Wellness. Offerings for
Bodyworkers, athletes, Personal Trainers,
Coaches and general pain-sufferers. Check
website: web.maynard.ma.us/biz/bmassage,
or call Barry Bailey at (978)-897-0110 for
information and brochure of current offerings.
The
Labyrinth
Ladies
Spiritual
Empowerment Workshops, go to www.thelabyrinthladies.com for our latest programs
and walks or call (401)-847-6551 for more
information. Facilitator Trainings, site consultations, workshops for schools, hospitals
and businesses.
Christine McCullough, MA, offers
Essential Healing; integrative, holistic counseling, BodyTalk, Energy Medicine, shamanism. (401)-847-6551. New location: 435 East
Main Rd Middletown, RI. Grand Opening
Special, receive 30% your first session.
FibroMyalgia support group and Women's Spirit
group forming now! Call (401)-847-6551, or
visit our website: www.essentialhealing.org
Ongoing
Classes
in
Shamballa
Multidimensional Healing and Healing Art
offered at the Natick Community Organic
Farm, by Joyce Cerutti. SMH may be
thought of as an expansion of the energies we
know as Reiki. No prior attunements necessary. Healing Art classes offered for both
individuals and families, combining energy
healing and art healing for greater benefit.
Call for dates, times, and further information.
Intuitive healing paintings also available.
(508)-380-8273.
Drumming Circle with Kristine Malpica
(of Imagine Studios) on third Friday of each
month. 7:00pm-8:30pm. Center for Spiritual
Development, 15 Kenoza Ave, Haverhill, MA.
(978)-372-5173.
Christ Church Unity - Experience the healing power of music, prayer and meditation,
every Wednesday at 7:00pm. Daily Word
Discusion Sundays at 10:00am. Sunday
Service, 11:00am. Corner of Colchester &
Chapel Streets, Brookline, MA 02466. Call
(617) 232-4548 for more information or
visit: www.unityboston.org.
Free Energy Healing In Arlington. Johrei
healing is available each Wednesday evening
from 7:00pm-9:00pm at 81 Cleveland St. in
Arlington, MA. Johrei purifies the spirit
through the channeling of divine light,
restores inner spiritual balance and eases
physical, mental, & emotional distress.
There is no charge for Johrei. Please call
(781) 646-0614 for directions or information
on other area locations.
Stress Management, Imagery, and a range
of Reiki programs, with CEUs for nurses, led
by holistic nurse educators. Centered in
Amesbury, MA with other locations in
Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
Visit www.LymanCenter.com or call
(888) TLC-8485.
The Hellinger Approach to Family
Constellations - Monthly Saturday seminars
(10:00am-5:30pm) facilitated by Jamy and
Peter Faust. Held at Healing Arts of
Belmont, Belmont, MA. Cost: $100/day.
CEUs available. Call (617) 484-HEAL
(4325). Visit www.HellingerBoston.com for
this month's seminar date and to register.
This spring, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) celebrates
Art in Bloom
the acclaimed annual festival of flowers that transforms the MFA’s galleries into a floral oasis of extraordinary arrangements inspired by magnificent works of art. A spectacular springtime tradition, Art in Bloom
brings nearly seventy New England garden clubs together to create vibrant floral interpretations of works
from the Museum’s collection, from Asian sculptures to world-renowned European paintings. Art in Bloom
also offers lively programs including demonstrations, illustrated lectures, guided tours, and master classes,
from April 22 to April 24, 2007. Tickets for Art in Bloom can be purchased at www.mfa.org/tickets or by calling (617) 369-3395. Pricing for lectures, demonstrations, and workshops vary.
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T HEATER W ORKSHOP B O S T O N, IN C.
O M E G A T HEATER
Celebrating 40 Years
of ARTISTIC HEALING Work in
the Greater Boston Community
I
ncorporated in 1967, initially in residence at the
Arlington Street Church and then the first theater in
residence at the Boston Center for the Arts, Omega
Theater spawned multiple acting companies including
Om Theater, The Tribal Players, Reality Theater, Omega
Arts Center and Omega Theater. Numerous grants were
received from The Massachusetts Council on the Arts
and Humanity, The National Endowment for the Arts as
well as several corporate, foundation and other government grants. Omega Theater is currently located in
Boston in Jamaica Plain. It began as a pioneer experimental theater company directed by Co-Founders and
Artistic Directors, Julie Portman and Saphira Barbara
Linden, with a creative vision and energy that has contributed to its evolution and endurance for forty years.
Numerous theater artists have contributed to the diverse
dramatic forms brought to many multi-cultural audiences
including artists, students, teachers, clergy, families and
corporations who have benefited from not only the creative potential but the educational and therapeutic potential of theater as well. The theater’s commitment has
broadened to training professionals in the art of theater
and drama for personal, professional and global transformation.
Today, Omega Theater continues to not only produce
healing and educational plays, but also runs the Omega
Transpersonal Drama Therapy Certificate Program under
the direction of Saphira Linden. Transpersonal Drama
Therapy utilizes the embodied arts in the recovery from
all forms of abuse, dysfunctional relationships, and associated limitations acquired from personal history toward
an experience of being fully present and whole. From
this consciousness, transpersonal drama therapy offers
creative experiences through which individuals develop
an awareness of their soul’s journey and potential service
to expanding human consciousness. The importance of
an embodied creative arts therapy approach is based
upon the premise that transformation toward wholeness
can more easily occur through the experience of working
with different artistic forms in the service of healing.
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The next drama therapy training is June 7-17 2007,
held at their studio in Jamaica Plain.
In the past, Omega Theater has produced original
plays such as Riot, Tribe, Creation, Sunsong, Awakening,
The Finding Place, Eartheart and the Cosmic
Celebration.
The theater’s most recent play,
Motherblood, created by Saphira Linden and Susan
Nisenbaum portrays a powerful encounter between an
Israeli and a Palestinian mother, both of whom lost a
child in the tragedy of war. Motherblood evolves with the
complex issues and feelings that are challenging Israelis
and Palestinians today.
Motherblood was created to be a powerful educational vehicle for learning about the major issues in the
Middle East conflict from both the Israeli and Palestinian
perspectives. The production staff has been working
with communities engaging synagogues, churches,
mosques, high schools, colleges and community groups
to work together to co-sponsor and host together the performance.
The two playwright-actresses were motivated to
write Motherblood by the urgency of the Middle East crisis. They wanted to use their gifts as theater artists, therapists and educators to offer a meaningful creative and
educational experience that would catalyze the audiences’ motivation to become involved in envisioning
possibilities for peace.
Contact Omega Theater at: (617) 522-8300 or visit
their website, www.OmegaTheater.org.
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ASTROLOGICAL CONSULTING
Astrology and Esoteric Psychology — Monique Pommier
Twelvefold science of the twelvefold soul,
Astrology illuminates the unique landscape of a psyche – inner characters and
dynamics, gifts and directions – and charts
the course of a life, timing new developments
and uncovering their purposes.
As an esoteric astrologer and counselor, I
focus on the evolutionary meaning of per-
sonal, relational and spiritual challenges, and
offer insights and methods that elicit transformative perspectives and facilitate self-actualisation.
By accessing the deeper order of your
life you gain the freedom to appreciate its
complexities and the power to participate in
your evolution.
My background includes an MS and
PhD in Esoteric Psychology and Philosophy.
Jungian psychology, Eastern and Western traditions have been key foundations in my
eighteen years of consulting and teaching.
To inquire about services, classes, or
publications, please call:
(617) 524-7072
Astrologer and Clairvoyant – Serena Wright-Taylor
Serena gives readings that touch your soul.
She blends the ancient wisdom of Vedic astrology with her remarkable intuition to help you
use perfect timing to bring joy and fruition to all
areas of your life.
She is highly sought after by celebrities, business executives, speakers, and authors. She
has made numerous appearances on TV and
“Serena’s work is extraordinary—a
stunning blend of mind, heart, and soul,”
says Judith Orloff, M.D., author and
clairvoyant psychiatrist.
Serena gives readings by telephone
all over the country.
radio and you may have recently heard her
name on Coast to Coast AM.
Serena has been gifted since childhood
with the ability to see many dimensions of
life. She has spent many years in spiritual
practice and enjoys working on her own
healing and evolvement so that her service
to others is of the highest quality.
Serena Wright-Taylor
310.335.5617
Website: www.vimana.org
BOOKSTORES & AWARENESS CENTERS
Enchantments
10 Boothbay House Hill
Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
207-633-4992
Largest New Age Store in New England!
We’ve knocked through a wall and doubled our space! New coffee, tea and
dessert bar with eye-of-newt scones.
enlarged clothing section featuring
Geetah & Sacred Threads; Celtic &
Renaissance-style clothing, including
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reversible floor-length capes in velvet
and satin; Dirks, knives & swords; Crystal
balls and bowls; Scrying mirrors & wiccan supplies; Magic wands; Magic spells;
Harry Potter; Candles, candles & more
candles. Eastern incense & Native
American sage, cedar & juniper; Drums
& rainsticks; Large variety of pipes &
Grateful Dead memorabilia; Extensive
New Age/metaphysical book section;
300+ tarot decks; runes; Egyptian
canopic jars & statuary; Eastern religious
items & statuary–Buddha, Ganesh, Quan
Yin; Fabulous fountains & fantasy statuary of all kinds; angels & fairies, puppets
& dolls, dragons, frogs, & gargoyles;
Meyda Tiffany lamps; Hundreds of
chimes; Cards & calendars; Crystals, jewelry, gems & minerals; Massage & essential oils; Henna; Body jewelry; Tapes &
CDs; Psychic readings. Don’t miss our
second store “Enchantment Too” right
across the street!!!
Open daily . . . call for hours!
Visit our website:
www.enchantments.bz
CENTERS
Kriya Yoga is a complete holistic health management system
Institute For Personal Development, Inc.
A Kriya Yoga Ashram
Classes, Courses, and Personal Training
652 Lafayette Rd. - Hampton, NH 03842-3348
1-603-929-0303
[email protected]
IPD Web Site - http://www.ipdtransform.com
Private Residential Retreat & Personalized Programs
Weekends and longer plans available as low as $44 a night
Call toll free 1-888-545-8597 ask for:
Kenneth Toy (Swami Jayananda)
Call for Prices on your personal program
Uniting Science with Religion
CLASSES
“Reiki speaks to our heart and deepens our connection to self and others.”
Libby is a gifted, knowledgeable Reiki
Master with 26 years experience. She is
coauthor of Reiki Energy Medicine,
Bringing Healing Touch into Home,
Hospital, and Hospice - over 55,000 copies
sold in seven languages.
©
Use Reiki to create more joy and ease in
your life. Let Libby’s warm, heart-centered approach help you to take your next
step toward self-love and inner peace.
Reiki brings balance and harmony, supporting you doing the work you were
born to do. Reiki facilitates transitions,
promotes creativity and wisdom, and
accelerates spiritual growth, helping you
manifest your magnificance.
Libby Barnett, MSW
Libby has taught medical and nursing
students at Harvard, Brown, Tufts, and
Yale as well as staff at Massachusetts
General, Beth Israel, Mt Auburn,
Emerson,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock,
Reiki Master
“Love is the healer and
Reiki is love.”
Southern New Hampshire, New York
Foundling, and New York Columbia
Presbyterian. Libby was featured in a Reiki
segment for the PBS nationally televised
series, Body and Soul. For the past seven
years, Libby has conducted Reiki classes at
the University of Maryland School of
Social Work and at Kripalu Center for
Yoga and Health. One of Libby’s current
passions is teaching hospice staff and volunteers. Fueled by Reiki energy, their healing touch is enhanced, affording greater
effectiveness in calming agitation, soothing
pain and providing comfort.
In class, a powerful slide presentation captures the essence of Reiki. You hear the
Reiki story, receive attunements and practice giving and receiving Reiki. You leave
class with an illustrated notebook, certificate, and pin, fully trained and certified to
do Reiki on yourself, family, friends, and
pets.
“My commitment to teach the Usui System
of Reiki Healing in the authentic, traditional manner inspired me to visit Japan
to retrace the roots of Reiki. I am dedicated to teaching this sacred healing art to
promote health and conscious living on the
planet. I invite you to give yourself the gift
of Reiki. It is an easy, effective way to love,
heal, and empower yourself. I look forward
to meeting you and sharing Reiki.”
Boston Area Classes
April 28 or May 19
Wilton, NH Classes
March 17 or May 5
To register, call the Reiki Healing
Connection: 1-888-REIKI-4-U
(1-888-734-5448) or (603) 654-2787.
Visa/MC accepted. Social Work and
Nursing CEU’s available. Reiki Master
Training information avaliable on request.
Reiki Healing Connection • phone (603) 654-2787 • fax (603) 654-2771 • email [email protected] • www.reikienergy.com
HEALING & BODYWORK
Rolfing
Rolfing© is a deep bodywork method
developed by Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D., in the
1940's, which frees, releases and
reshapes the body to bring it towards
greater balance and verticality.
Through Rolfing©, body structure is
restored and improved, stress is
reduced, and movement becomes more
fluid, efficient, and graceful. Freedom
and range of movement are enhanced,
and breathing becomes fuller and easier.
As out of balance parts of the body
are brought into alignment, chronic
aches and pains often disappear. Gravity
becomes an ally, rather than an enemy; it
is no longer an effort to hold oneself up.
In addition to the physical results, Dennis Bailey, Marshfield (South Shore):
(617) 472-2699
clients often experience the release of old
emotional traumas, an enhanced self Garret Whitney, Brighton, Concord,
image, increased spontaneity of expres(978) 371-2188
sion and increased agility to be assertive Eric Jacobson, Arlington:
and nurturing in relationships.
(781) 643-6874
For information about Rolfing contact Beate Gottschlich, Cambridge:
these certified practitioners:
(617) 661-9291
Boston Area Rolfer Group:
Out of State:
Aline Newton, Cambridge:
Kevin Frank, Holderness, Concord, NH;
(617) 661-6409
Norwich, VT: (603) 968-9585
William Redpath, Bedford, Cambridge: Bruce Dow, Concord, NH: (603) 225-3595
(781) 861-0184
Holistic Vision Improvement
Rosemary Gaddum Gordon,
DBO, MA
How we see can be affected by
our frame of mind, state of
health, and environment. In
response to Life we may begin to overfocus at one distance and lose clarity at
another, or exhaust our eyes so they can't
focus comfortably anywhere, or even let
one eye drift in and out. These adaptations
may become chronic. We use muscles to
focus our eyes. You can learn techniques
to relax and coordinate them so that you
can see comfortably and clearly again.
Your dependence on glasses or contacts can be prevented, eliminated, or
reduced. Rosemary draws on her twenty years experience and training in
orthoptics, the Bates' Method, Gestalt
Psychotherapy, and EducationalKinesthetics to form a comprehensive
approach to vision improvement. She
offers individual and group sessions for
adults and children.
ROSEMARY GADDUM GORDON,
D.B.O., M.A.
CAMBRIDGE, MA
(617) 354-8360
and
ELIOT, ME
NEAR PORTSMOUTH, NH
(207) 439-9821
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Betty Solbjor has been practicing and
teaching Reiki since 1996, and in 2002
became a Karuna Reiki® Master, a Bach
Foundation Registered Practitioner, and was
ordained as an interfaith minister. She has
extensive experience using Reiki on both
people and animals to gently treat many
Betty L. Solbjor, BFRP illnesses and emotional problems. Reiki
brings about a deep sense of relaxation and
Usui Reiki Master
inner peace. Combined with Magnified
Karuna Reiki® Master
Healing, crystal singing bowls, and guided
Interfaith Minister
meditation, a session can help to restore
balance and harmony to body, mind and soul.
Services offered:
•
Reiki treatment sessions and training
for all levels of Reiki and Karuna Reiki
•
Bach Flower Essence® consultations
and creation of custom formulas
•
Weddings and other ceremonies
(781) 258-7712 Waltham, MA
web: www.reikiflowers.com
Member, International Association of Reiki
Professionals and Better Business Bureau®,
Serving Eastern Masschusetts
Call or e-mail to schedule an appointment
or inquire about classes.
Change your life in ways you have always dreamed!
Give yourself the gift of full empowerment and improved health
22 STRAND DNA
ACTIVATION
Your DNA holds the master plan for
your life purpose and divine potential.
Through this sacred process your 22
strands of DNA are activated and
strengthened, while unwanted debris
from the DNA structure is cleared.
YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL
BECOMES YOUR REALITY!
Further benefits include: gained energy,
clarity and focus, a stronger immune
system, the use of more of your brain.
Benefits your nerves, blood, skin, muscles and respiratory system. This activation helps you to discover new talents
and abilities, releases unconscious patterns, facilitates clearing of genetic and
family karmic patterns and enables you
to bring in and hold more LIGHT in your
physical body. This activation is a huge
acceleration step on your personal
path. Also available: Energy Clearing,
karmic Matrix, Life coaching and More.
CLAIRE LUFT - HEART'S SINGING
HEALING CENTER
Woburn, MA 781-281-2888
www.heartssinging.com
Healing with Sound and Sacred Geometry: The Cymatron Sound Table
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
Cymatron sessions are highly
effective for shifting and healing the
• Profound relief from stress
subtle frequencies causing deep• Decreased physical and emotional pain seated diseases.
• Heightened sense of empowerment
• Increased creativity, clarity and focus
• Stronger connection to Self and Source
• More lucid dreaming and higher sense
perceptions
ISIS Holistic Clinic
introduces
The Waters of ISIS
Body Purification Spa
We have moved into our new
expanded facility at
One Harvard Street
in Brookline Village
617-734-4708
www.isisboston.com
Seven Days a Week.
The Natural Path
Alternative, Inc.
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Services Offered:
• Colon Hydrotherapy
• I-ACT Certified Practitioners
• FDA Registered Instruments
• Slow and Continuous Fill (simulates
gravity flow) systems available
• Over 20 years of colon hydrotherapy
experience
• Iridology is the science and practice of
analyzing the Iris, pupil and sclera of the eye
to determine inherited and accumulated
health patterns.
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The session includes use of a color
test and set of questions to assist in
developing a stated intent for healing.
Music is selected by applied kinesiology.
• Japanese Ofuro Soak Tub
• Ozone Jacuzzi
• Mud & Clay Bath Treatments
• Swiss Lymphatic Drainage
• Organic & Natural Skin Care
• Ayurvedic Therapy & Treatment
• Infrared Sauna
• Comprehensive Treatment Plans &
Detoxification Packages
• Deep Tissue Massage Therapy
• Acupuncture & Oriental Healing
• On-Site Naturopathic Advice
• European Spa Foot Reflexology
• In-House Clinical Herbal Lab
• Food-Based Treatment Options
• Herbal/Nutritional Consultation in
which an herbalist/pharmacist with over 10
years of experience creates individualized
cleansing, fasting, and wellness programs
using herbs specified for the client.
• 3 and 7 day cleanses
• Kidney cleanses
• Liver & Gall Bladder cleanses
• Weight Loss cleanses
• Lymphatic Therapy is a therapy used to
help move the lymphatic system, an integral
part of our immune system. High-Frequency
Cymatron Sound Course
February 17 & 18, 2007
Faculty: Maureen Spencer, RN, M.Ed.
10:00am-5:00pm Fee: $275.00
Location: Healing Tree Yoga,
N.Quincy, MA.
15 contact hours awarded to nurses
For more information go to
www.cymatronsoundhealing.com
We believe that nature is the very
essence of life on this planet. We
have created programs of detoxification and healing that use the
resources of nature for our clients,
families and friends. Based on the
European model, we not only offer
complete healing packages, but also
private ritual bathing, cancer support
and natural fertility options. We
encourage you to change your life
and your body… today.
Please call us....
and Manual Therapy available.
• 10-Day Cleanse Program
• 30-Day Detox/Rejuvenation Program
The Natural Path Alternative, Inc.
214 Market Street
Brighton, MA 02135
617-787-5040
[email protected]
www.healthycleansing.com
America’s Most Experienced Reiki Teachers
John Harvey Gray has been a Reiki
Master instructor since 1976, actively
teaching and practicing Reiki longer
than any other living teacher in the
West.
He took his entire Reiki training with
Hawayo Takata, who brought Reiki to
the West from Japan. John has conducted over 850 Reiki workshops, teaching
more than 15,000 students, and was
named the 1994 Interface Presenter of
the Year.
Lourdes Gray, Ph.D., his wife, is a
Reiki Master instructor certified by John.
brings years of extensive experience
John Harvey Gray She
using Reiki to treat degenerative diseases
& Lourdes Gray, Ph.D. such as arthritis, cancer, HIV/AIDS, as
well as emotional problems.
Basic Classes (1st Degree) (16.0 CEU credits available.) Questions? Call or write for information
about workshops or private Reiki ses• Apr 7-8
Rindge, NH
sions. Third Degree/Master Instructor
• May 5-6
Cambridge, MA
training available.
• June 2-3
Barnstead, NH
• June 9-10
Rindge, NH
Read our new book!
• June 15-16-17
Rowe, MA
• July 21-22
Rindge, NH
Hand To Hand
Available now at reiki.mv.com, local bookstores
Advanced Classes (2nd Degree)
•
•
•
•
Apr 21-22
May 19-20
June 23-24
July 28-29
and Amazon.com
Rindge, NH
Cambridge, MA
Rindge, NH
Rindge, NH
Reiki 2nd Degree Advance Workshops
• Apr 28-29
Rindge, NH
• July 7-8
Rindge, NH
THE JOHN HARVEY GRAY
CENTER FOR REIKI HEALING
15 Dolly Lane, Rindge, NH 03461
603/899-3288
Register online! www.reiki.mv.com
Regressions into Past Lives
• July 14
Rindge, NH
Visa/MC accepted for all courses.
Learn To See Auras
• July 15
Rindge, NH
Contact Hours available
TIBETAN SCIENCE OF HEALING
Keyzom Bhutti, Doctor of Tibetan
Medicine, corrects any imbalances of the
body and mind using finest quality
Medicinal Herbs—Mineral Supplements
and Moxabustion in some cases.
For information or an
appointment call
(617) 666-8635
Cleansing for the body, the mind, the spirit
Experience colon hydrotherapy
in a safe, relaxed environment
using state-of-the-art
FDA registered equipment.
“Energy
flows where
attention
goes”
Nancy Ames, a graduate of the Bancroft
School of Massage Therapy, has been a
massage therapist for over 16 years. She is
also a member of the American Massage
Therapy Association.
Nancy offers many different styles of
massage modalities including: relaxing Swedish
massage, therapeutic deep tissue, trigger
point therapy, myofascial release and Reiki.
Stephanie Dumas,
I-ACT certified
Colon Hydrotherapist, Owner
Lexington Medical Building
16 Clarke Street
Lexington, MA
[email protected]
(781) 860-5116
Her treatments include luxurious hot
towels placed on tight and sore muscles
that help to relieve tension and stress.
Nancy tailors her massage sessions
to meet her clients’ needs.
Visit her on the web at:
www.nancyamesmt.com
Or you can email her at
Nancy Ames
Massage Therapy
481 Great Rd. Suite 9
Acton Ma.
(978) 263-6886
[email protected]
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This is an ancient & sacred modality
recently reintroduced to humanity by
Spiritual Master & World Teacher Derek
O'Neill. As amazing as it sounds the
Masters tell us the Rising Star actually
encompasses all healing modalities that
are present on the planet at this time,
plus a lot more...
The Rising Star
Healing System
Through this healing system you will:
• Remove misqualified or negative ener
gies from the chakras and the 7 body
systems, allowing your being to clear
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Rolfing® produces lasting improvements in
posture, breathing, movement, and overall
relaxation. The Rolfer uses manual pressure
to help you feel into and let go of rigidities in
the connective tissue that wraps every muscle and bone. As you let go the tissue
changes state, becoming more elastic and
conductive of energy. This enhances freedom of movement, sensation, and circulation. Rolfing is done in specific patterns
throughout the body to allow a more erect
posture, easier breathing, improved balance, and more graceful movement. These
changes lead to a more positive self-image
and increased confidence. Once elasticity
has been restored it will remain unless the
Eric Jacobson, Ph.D.
is re-injured subjected to emotional
Rolfing® * Craniosacral Therapy area
trauma or very long-term tension, so the
Psychotherapy
benefits are relatively permanent.
Mark Levin
Energy Healer
Certified Hypnotherapist
Reiki Master
Devoted to Helping You Feel Better
and heal on all levels and open to
your true self
Gain access to yor 5th dimensional
lightbody
Activates as many strands of DNA
that you are ready for
Connect with yor highest consciousness
Begin to open your 4th eye — the
Masters Eye
Rejuvinate your body on all levels
Rejuvinate all cells of your body within
one week
Begin and expand the ascension
process on all levels: soul, spirit
and physical
• Helps to create Unity Consciousness
This healing system has enormous
significence to the planet, with the
potential to bring about Unity and
profound planetary shifts.
Other Benefits:
Increases ability to sense emotions and
other energetic states.
Releases negative emotional memories.
Accelerates progress in psychotherapy
or spiritual practice.
Restores flexibility and circulation to
scar tissue and joints, both post-injury
and post-surgical.
Craniosacral Therapy gently increases
the mobility of the bones in the head, spine
and pelvis. This is especially effective in
relieving cranial compression from head
injuries. Patterns of distress and dysfunction going back as far as birth and childhood can be treayed. Benefits include relief
from chronic pain and tension in then head,
neck, or lower back, and the release of
negative emotional memories.
CLAIRE LUFT - HEART'S
SINGING HEALING CENTER
Rev.
Woburn, MA 781-281-2888
www.heartssinging.com
My Background includes training in
Rolfing with Ida Rolf, and in
Craniosacral Therapy with John
Upledger. I am a graduate of the
Gestalt Training Center of San Diego
and the Cambridge Family Institute
and have a private practice in psychotherapy. I have worked in these
modalities in the Boston area for the
past thirty years.
For free literature or an appointment:
781-643-6874
10 Ramsdell Court,
Arlington, MA 02476
www.eric-jacobson.com
Mark Levin was able to create very powerful For an office appointment or to place
healing processes for hundreds of satisfied a remote healing request please call
clients both within physical realm of his office
and remotely throughout entire world.
617-779-8765
Specializes in: Hypnotherapy, Reiki, Polarity
There are many clinically documented cases of
Therapy, white light healing, remote healing.
spontaneous healing performed by him.
By combining traditional healing methods
121 B. Tremont Street, Suite #19
such as Reiki, hypnosis, polarity therapy with
Brighton, MA
his original white light healing therapy,
In urgent cases, please call
617-233-3986
Major credit cards accepted.
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Hsing M. Wu, M.D.
Internal Medicine
Hsing M. Wu, M.D. is a visiting
professor of medicine from the
Chinese Academy of Medical
Science, Beijing, China. He is a
Research Fellow in pulmonary
medicine at the V.A. Medical
Center in Boston.
We integrate the Western and
the Oriental Medicine with
their cultures to help people to
get better health rewards and a
happy, long life.
At M.A.S.H. we feel that complementary
Main St. Animal Services of Hopkinton medicine is state of the art health care for
your pet. We offer homeopathy, acupuncture, nutrition, chiropractic care, body
work, physical therapy, and Reiki as part
of your pet’s whole health program. Our
caring staff is dedicated to guiding you
toward total health for your pet.
Now offerinig ozone therapy.
Est. 1983
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Tel: (617)
731-9130
Margo Roman D.V.M. is a 1978 graduate of
Tuskegee Veterinary School. She interned at
Angell Memorial and was on the teaching staff
Main Street Animal
at Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine. She
Services of Hopkinton
studied homeopathy with Luc DeShepper of
the Renaissance Institute of Classical
www.mashvet.com
Homeopathy. Dr. Roman is a member of the
Homeopathic, Holistic &
American Veterinary Medical Association and
the American Holistic Veterinary Medical
Traditional Veterinary Medicine
Association as well as International Veterinary
Acupuncture Society and Massachusetts
Margo Roman, D.V.M.
We are truly a whole health center, Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. Roman has
also offering surgery, diagnostics, completed Tufts Veterinary advanced Herbal (508) 435-4077 or (508) 435-MASH
and Chiropractic courses.
vaccination/titering, and x-Rays.
72W. Main St. - Hopkinton, MA
Please call for a holistic consultation today!
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Beacon Medical Center
1842 Beacon Street, #207
Brookline, MA 02445
APRIL / MAY 2007
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
continued
Holistic Dental Practice grows to Biologic and Physiologic Dentistry
Herbert S. Yolin, D.D.S.
“I am committed to helping people
keep all their teeth all their lives.”
Dentistry for the 21st Century — Today!
Gum surgery is history, say goodbye to
the drill, the pain, the noise and the needle.
Miracle Bite Tabs™ (MBT) &
Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT),
are used to treat Dental Distress Syndrome
(DDS) as written about by Dr. Hans Selye
MD, Dr. Fonder, a dentist, & others.
Your teeth and jaws are an extension
of your brain and spinal cord. Any imbalances caused by improper alignment of
the jaw (commonly referred to as dental
proprioception) can play a major role in
all disease and pain. Faulty dental proprioception can cause improper neurological feedback to the brain affecting
most, if not all body functions. Temporary
relief is easy and inexpensive, and can
enhance your present treatment whether
it is Chiropractic, Acupuncture,
Massage, Physical or Neural Therapy,
Pain Management, and TMD/TMJ.
There are over 230 positive studies from
81 universities in 37 countries involving
24 different dental procedures with an
astounding 94% success rate. This
included procedures as sensitive teeth,
pain control, speed of healing, periodontal disease, and others.
Carisolv™ a 5 yr. old gel from Sweden,
approved by the FDA(2001) that softens
decay so it can be scraped out without
drilling, causing less pain and discomfort.
Add this to Micro-dentistry and Air
Abrasion and it becomes true needle
free, mercury free filling procedure.
Dr. Yolin has offered an alternative to
traditional periodontal surgery for more
then 15 years and now adds a Soft
Tissue Laser for enhancing the sterilizing of the diseased gum pockets. He
is a certified member of the Academy of
Laser Dentistry (exam based). Phase
contrast microscopy, bacterial cultures
and anti-microbial natural oils are used
in the never ending commitment to
avoiding unnecessary gum surgery.
Mercury (Hg) in your saliva from
chewing? Take the chewing test and
have your saliva analyzed for Hg at a
very reasonable cost. You may not need
them removed. Defective amalgams are
removed following IAOMT protocol.
Dr. Yolin has been trained in the
specialty of Prosthetic Dentistry but does
not limit his practice. He utilizes hypnotherapy for dental phobic, cosmetic
dentistry, oral devices for snoring and
sleep apnea, 28 years experience in
treating head/neck facial pain syndrome,
metal free crowns wherever possible,
and extensive training in dental implantology.
His treatment philosophy is
based on the fact that at the end of every
tooth is a human being and although he
fixes teeth, he treats human beings. And
that will never change.
Call now for a consultation
and share the excitement at:
Northeast Dental Associates
Herbert S. Yolin, D.D.S.
1842 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02146
(617) 730-8989
DrYolin.com
a mercury free office
METAPHYSICS
Experience The Healing Power of
Christ Church Unity
is affiliated with Unity
School of Christianity ,
publisher of the Daily
Word and Silent Unity
Music, Prayer & Meditation
Wednesdays 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Service
Daily Word Discussion Sundays
11:00 AM
10:00 AM
Listen to Our Radio Program “Peace Be Still”
Sundays 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m
WBIX 1060 AM
Christ Church Unity
Cnr. Colchester & Chapel Sts.
Brookline, MA 02446
(at the Longwood T on the Green Line
D Train)
617-232-4548
www.unityboston.org
PSYCHICS
Ross Miller
Psychic Counselor
ROSS M ILLER has been giving psychic
and past-life readings for over 23 years
both in New England and the West
Coast. During a reading, he communicates telepathically with his numerous
angels and spirit guides who read and
interpret the client’s aura (the spiritual
light surrounding one’s physical body).
Ross also communicates with the
client’s own angels and spirit guides
(most people have several of each).
These angels and spirit guides then
convey the information that is most
needed or desired by the client.
All of Ross’s readings are positive and constructive in nature. In addition to answering all of your personal questions pertaining to love, health, relationships, soul
mates, business, career, relocation, dream
interpretation, parents, children, and pets,
he covers topics as diverse as: your life’s
purpose, your undiscovered talents, as
well as your past incarnations and how
they relate to this life. Ross can also help
you to identify and communicate with your
own guardian angels and spirit guides.
Ross also offers workshops in psychic
development and angel communication.
Ross is available for individual readings
in person or over the phone.
For more information
or to schedule an appointment,
please call:
Ross Miller
1075 Washington St.
Newton, MA 02465
(617) 527-3583
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.TheMysticWay.com
Astrologer and Clairvoyant – Serena Wright-Taylor
Serena gives readings that touch your
soul. She blends the ancient wisdom of
Vedic astrology with her remarkable intuition to help you use perfect timing to bring
joy and fruition to all areas of your life.
She is highly sought after by celebrities,
business executives, speakers, and authors.
She has made numerous appearances on
TV and radio and you may have recently
heard her name on Coast to Coast AM.
Serena has been gifted since childhood
with the ability to see many dimensions of
life. She has spent many years in spiritual
practice and enjoys working on her own
healing and evolvement so that her service
to others is of the highest quality.
“Serena’s work is extraordinary—a stunning
blend of mind, heart, and soul.” Says Judith
Orloff, M.D., author and clairvoyant psychiatrist
Serena gives readings by
telephone all over the country.
Serena Wright-Taylor
310-335-5617
Website: www.vimana.org
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PSYCHICS continued
PSYCHIC READINGS AND INTUITIVE LIFE COACHING
New Zealand Native, Shannar, has traveled
extensively throughout the world sharing her gifts
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WHAT THE SOUL WOULD SAY IF THE SOUL COULD SPEAK
Become the change
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DEEPEN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychology of the mind can help you in
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Sonny Rose, M.A.
Counseling & Psychotherapy
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Sonny is available for ongoing client-centered therapy in a compassionate environment where you can feel safe to open your
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As you experience your authentic self,
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Being asked the right questions in a safe
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Barbara is a licensed mental health
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Barbara Gangemi
EMDR is a body focused therapy that
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Barbara has been practicing psychotherapy
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to healing with the knowledge that we can
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CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR MASSAGE THERAPY
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Massage Institute of New England
The Massage Institute of New
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FINDING INNER PEACE YOGA SCHOOL
Basic Level Yoga Teacher
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October, 2006 - April, 2007
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DoveStar Institute
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Personally designed
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Because Dovestar believes integration to be
an efficient way to facilitate growth, we offer
the Holistic Practitioner title. This allows a
personally designed study of many chosen
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a viable profession. Certification requires
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that regulate our life at the cellular level.
Alchemia Inner Cleanse (Centripetal)
This program consists of many options to
regain access to your personal power
through the release of toxic beliefs stored in
the energetic systems and affecting our
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Alchemia Teacher (Centrifugal) To be
able to share who we are comes from our
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Spring semester begins May, 2007
Weekend dates, 2007:
Enrollments accepted through the end of June
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interactions with others. This program offers
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Iron..., Continued from page 38
• Go nuts with snacks, i.e.: cashew,
pistachio nuts or sunflower seeds.
• Choose whole grains, or wheat
bread, they are not only healthier, they
contain more natural iron, too.
• Add some dried fruits to your cereals,
salads, or snack mix.
Iron deficiency takes up to three to six
months to improve depending on its
severity and cause(s). If the iron deficiency symptoms does not improve
after following the above rules, the
next step would be adding Chinese
medicinal herbs into your daily meals,
and make sure you consult with an
herbalist; not all blood deficiencies are
the same. Chinese herbal medicine
has over five thousand years of history
and is derived from natural sources.
Natural sources are easier for the body
to assimilate.
Four-Substance Decoction (Si Wu
Tang) is the most basic and the sim-
plest Chinese classic herbal formula
for blood deficiency. This formula has
only four ingredients: Rehmanniae
Glutinosae Conquitae, Paeoniae
Lactiflorae, Angelicae Sinensis, and
Ligustici Chuanxiong, and has nearly
one thousand years of clinical application. In addition, Rehmanniae and
Angelicae Sinensis are rich in iron.
This formula helps to nourish the
blood, promotes better blood circulation, and enables the body to function
more efficiently. Many iron deficient
people have a sluggish digestive system. Some herbs, such as Fructus
Amomi,
Rhizoma
Atractylodis
Macrocephalae, good old ginger, or
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, which
have been proven to promote better
flow of digestive functions, can be
used to correct this condition. Others
can have weak digestive systems and
will require energy boosting herbs like
Astragalus Membranacei, Ginseng,
Jujubae, or Liqorice. There are also
many other classic formulae for
improving digestion, boosting energy,
and nourishing blood.
In addition to iron rich foods and
herbs, regular daily exercises or activities are also very important.
Activities like walking, swimming,
yoga, or Tai ji/Qigong help better circulation of energy and blood, which in
turn can improve metabolism,
strengthen the gastrointestinal system
and lead to a better digestion and
absorption of iron.
Yuanling Liu is a Registered Dietitian,
Licensed Acupuncturist, and Herbalist.
Special Interests: weight management, gastrointestinal and cardiac conditions, diabetes,
women’s health, and muscular skeletal pain
issues. Contact her at D’Arcy Wellness Clinic,
63 South Main St., Natick, MA 01760.
(508) 650-1921. [email protected].
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Convergence, Continued from page 42
from the East isn’t curry spice; it’s a
phenomenon referred to as “a fourth
state of consciousness.”
The first three you are familiar with: 1)
wakefulness, 2) dreaming while you
sleep; and 3) deep sleep.
The fourth state, according to Robert
M. Oates in Permanent Peace, seems
to be a combination of two seemingly
opposed human states: minimum
physical-mental arousal and maximum
awareness. The former is akin to deep
sleep, where the body and nervous
system are minimally aroused, with no
sensory or mental activity. The latter is
a rarified, gentle type of awareness
that transcends normal wakefulness–a
pure, self-referral type of awareness–
awareness circling back to become
aware of itself…awareness of awareness, so to speak.
While this fourth state of consciousness is uncommon, it is a natural
human state. It has been studied extensively for its remarkably positive
effects on human health and wellbeing. In this state, breath slows down,
heart rate decelerates, skin conductance increases (the opposite of the
Fight or Flight response), brain functioning become more coherent from
left to right and front to back, as indicated by the EEG).
The method used to experience this
fourth state of consciousness is an
inner practice called transcendental
meditation (TM). The full complex of
effects as described above does not
seem to be achieved with most other
forms of skilled relaxation or meditation. TM comes from the eastern Vedic
tradition. It is the oldest continuous
system of human knowledge, called
the Perennial Philosophy. TM is not a
religion, does not involve contemplation about religious or secular ideas,
nor does it involve concentration,
which is characteristic of some meditation and religious practices. It is a
simple, inner practice that allows the
active mind to settle to its silent selfreferral state.
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The reason TM is being highlighted
here is because it is has been the subject of most social studies, and has a
well developed theory of consciousness and its individual and collective
effects. These studies tested the
hypothesis that societal stress underlies violence, aggression and conflict,
which can be reduced by inducing into
the community a fundamental calming
and harmonizing influence.
Remember the Global Consciousness
Project where groups of people appear
to influence a change of random numbers to non-random? Considering this,
it’s not too far fetched that humans can
affect other humans to behave in a
more coherent, harmonious way as
well…by becoming more coherent
and harmonious within themselves.
and wives, teachers, children, virtually
every segment of a society, all seems
to be influenced in a way to be more
harmonious
within
themselves
between each other and their environment. Think of what could be accomplished if citizens in these communities would form similar peace-creating
groups and thus provide this effect on
a continuous basis. The future of
neighborhood crime prevention programs should include similar peacecreating group activities. These activities may include TM but studies currently underway may show other types
of activities can be effective.
The table below summarizes three
studies that demonstrated significantly
reduced crime in the capital regions of
the Philippines, the United States and
India. A time series analysis showed
that this drop was not expected based
on prior causative factors, and could
not be accounted for by weather, seasonal cycles or change in police coverage. Because two of the three groups
were composed of Westerners visiting
Asian cities, these studies also demonstrated that peace-creating groups
apparently operate on a fundamental
level that transcends political, cultural
or ethnic differences.
Since the late 1970s, studies of large
peace-creating groups of TM practitioners have consistently shown a
reduction of violent crime and terrorism. They come to a city, gather in
large groups for a period of weeks or
months, and a significant drop in
crime is subsequently observed below
pre-existing levels. These groups,
numbering in the hundreds to thousands, seem to create a calming and
harmonizing effect in the surrounding
communities. What is
Decreased Crime in the Capital Regions of the
particularly
Philippines, the United States, and India
encouraging
in
these
studies
is
that violent
crime isn’t
the
only
aspect positively influenced;
it
appears that
all members
of a community, including policy
makers,
social architects, police
officers,
Source: www.permanentpeace.org with permission.
husbands
The remarkable effects demonstrated
by the fifty-plus well-controlled TM
social studies is not outside the realm
of your own personal experience, you
may have just never considered it this
way. Imagine going to a gathering of
friends who respect you, desire your
company, and are calm and enjoying
themselves. This gathering would feel
welcoming and you’d be more likely
to have a relaxed, enjoyable time.
You’d feel confident, creative and
resourceful. You’d feel a harmony
with your friends that would transcend
inevitable
differences.
Contrast this with attending a
court hearing with obvious
interpersonal
polarities,
skilled adversaries and ill
intentions. In the presence of
this field of tension and conflict, you may feel uneasy,
strained, mentally agitated,
uncreative, perhaps even
cognitively impaired, and not
in the best decision-making
mode.
Both
scenarios
involve a localized consciousnesses field that you
influence and that influences
you…a very common human
experience.
today’s highly connected world is
something dramatically different than
we’re used to. It is about deep changes
in the structure of our society and
economy that are touching virtually
every aspect of human affairs.
As Dan Tapscott says in Wikinomics,
How Mass Collaboration Changes
Everything, “Billions of connected
people can now actively participate in
innovation, wealth creation and social
development in ways we once only
dreamed of. And when these masses of
people collaborate they collectively
advance the arts, culture, science education, government and the economy
in surprising ways…discovering the
true dividends of collective capability
and genius. These changes are ushering us toward a world where knowledge, power and productive capability
will be more dispersed than at any
time in our history—a world where
value creation will be fast, fluid and
persistently disruptive.”
The power to add immense value to
Mainstream science is just
now recognizing this consciousness field. It’s been
there all along, though, harboring our hopes, frustrations, fears, joys, sorrows…and intentions. While
a handful of very powerful
people may be able to influence a nation for its betterment or detriment through
political, economic or violent
means, the mass of people
connected through technology can now bring something
much more rewarding to life.
This brings up the final
development.
Massive Global
Collaboration
Massive collaboration in
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humanity and disrupt the cycle of conflict, violence and societal disharmony
has been demonstrated repeatedly by
the two previously mentioned developments. Now, combined with the proliferation of massive collaboration
technologies – made evident by the
large scale successes of MySpace,
YouTube, Second Life and Wikipedia
– these two social endeavors can be
scientifically explored to discover
their ability to impact social harmony.
Imagine a massive global collaborative of peace-creating groups whose
purpose is social harmony, comprised
of members from every religion, meditation practice and indigenous group.
They would come together locally and
globally, learn how to apply the findings of prior social studies, and develop an open-source technology that val-
idated the social harmonizing effects
of their combined efforts.
One of the products of their collaboration would be a “social harmony
index” reflective of the value in social
capital gained by their efforts. They
would regularly monitor indicators of
social harmony and coherence, like the
level and severity of emergency calls,
crime statistics, socially responsible
investing, and other real-time data
sources. They would then feed that
composite index back to participating
groups over mobile phones, podcasts,
television, radio and the Internet.
This index would serve as a social
coherence feedback signal that would
help integrate all the diverse tendencies in society for a mutually enhancing common good. This will educate
and empower ever-larger numbers of
people to participate in the most effective peace-making program ever
developed. One that puts the power of
peace in the hands of those who benefit most: the individual. This would be
ideal for the Millennium Project of the
United Nations University and incorporated in their annual State of the
Future publication.
When this is done, peace may well be
within our reach, and science can help
us get there.
Joseph R. Giove is founder and Executive
Director of CommonPassion.org, a nonprofit, nonsectarian, educational and scientific
consortium committed to uniting collective
human intention and technology to promote
social harmony: www.CommonPassion.org.
POINTS FOR THE CLASSROOM
(send comments to [email protected])
n 2015, will win-win approaches to conflict
resolution – between nations, political factions, socioeconomic groups, ethnic groups,
etc. – be more prevalent than the “zero-sum”
approach that is so pervasive today?
I
There are several sources of dissatisfaction in the
world, and various forecasts indicate that some
will get worse. Some discontents result in interest-based conflict – for example, competition for
resources (food, water, energy, etc.) and living
space. Other stressors, especially in this era of
rapid change, include deculturation, loss of one’s
way of life, and loss of one’s sense of stability and
identity. This, in turn, typically leads to overidentification with one’s “tribe” or ethnic group in
a binary “us-them” sense that sows the seeds of
value-based conflict – sometimes reinforced by a
sense of past injustices and a perceived need for
redress. Superimposed on this backdrop is the
tendency of those who feel marginalized to find a
sense of identity in street gangs, terrorist groups,
etc. What promise does the human-based peace
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technology presented in this article hold for mitigating both interest-based and identity-based conflict?
Does peace need to begin at the individual level?
Why or why not?
Some present-day societies and cultures value
constant stimulation, diversion, and a fast pace of
life – all now facilitated by IT as the world
becomes more wired and people feel increasing
pressures to stay “plugged in.” Taken to excess,
this lifestyle is the very antithesis of “down time”
and the regular practice of meditation and contemplation. At the same time, there is increasing
dissatisfaction with the fast pace of life or socalled “rat race.” Considering all of these factors,
will the human-based peace technology discussed
in this article (or something similar) become more
commonplace in Western cultures in 2015 – or
will the fast pace of life prevail?
Chelation, Continued from page 25
disease and lupus and scleroderma.
At the D’Arcy Wellness Center chelation therapy is always monitored by a
licensed physician and is administered
according to protocols established by
the American College for the
Advancement of Medicine. Full benefits are usually seen within a few
months of treatment. This therapy,
which is FDA approved for the
removal of lead, is used in a program
that includes a comprehensive examination, lab tests, the use of vitamins,
stress reduction and lifestyle changes.
In conclusion, we are all affected by
toxins in our environment. Many of us
seek to lower our exposure by adopting sensible dietary habits and
lifestyle. Avoiding mercury amalgams
and demanding preservative free vaccines for our children plays a part, but
if every taxpayer in America donated
fifty dollars of their federal tax dollars
to defray the cost to farmers of converting to organic farming, within one
generation most chronic degenerative
diseases could be eliminated.
the removal of toxic metallic catalysts
that cause free radical proliferation
and much of the damage in atherosclerosis and other chronic degenerative
diseases. By reversing plaque build up
in arteries chelation therapy is able to
restore circulation to all tissues of the
body.
Since its inception over one million
treatments administered in the U.S.
since the 1950’s have documented the
safety and effectiveness of this procedure and a wealth of research and clinical experience have shown it to be
successful in eighty-five percent of
patients for cardiovascular disease.
Many believe it is far better than drugs
and substantially safer than bypass
surgery or angioplasty. Chelation ther-
apy is one of the safest medical procedures and often safer than many other
prescription medications. The risk of
significant side effects is extremely
low. Chelation therapy has been shown
to help:
• heart attack
• angina
• stroke
• poor circulation to the
extremeties
• exercise intolerance
• cardiac arrhythmias
In addition it may also benefit hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol levels, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s
disease, kidney disease, chronic
fatigue, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia,
peripheral neuropathy, venous stasis
Doctor Gertler is a board certified gastroenterologist and internist with thirty years of
practice experience and now practices holistic medicine at the D’Arcy Wellness Clinic
offering chelation therapy, IV therapies,
holistic pain management, detoxification and
hands on healing techniques.
Arthur Gertler, M.D.
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Mystical Stones
Excerpted from The Book of Stones,
by Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian
PERIDOT
Keyword: Increase, prosperity,
warmth, well-being
Element: Earth
Chakras: Solar Plexus (3rd),
Heart (4th)
P
eridot is a magnesium
iron silicate mineral with
a hardness of 7. Its crystal
system is orthorhombic
and it generally forms in
short compact prisms which are vertically striated Its olive to lime green
color is caused by iron.
The name Peridot is of
Greek origin, but the original
meaning is not known.
Chrysolite is a name sometimes used to describe yellowgreen Peridot, and this name
is derived from the Greek
words meaning ‘gold’ and
‘stone.’
For three thousand years,
Peridot has been gathered and
mined on the inhospitable
Egyptian Island of Zaghargad.
The name Zagbargad is
Arabic for Olivine, or Peridot.
The Egyptians made Peridot
beads some 2,500 years ago.
It was also used for rings and
other jewelry in Greece and
Rome in the third and fourth centuries.
In the i8oos, Peridot was a popular
gemstone in the United States and
Europe. Important sources of Peridot
are in Pakistan, Burma, Australia,
Brazil, South Africa and the United
States.
Since ancient times, Peridot was
viewed as a symbol of the sun, and in
Greece it was believed to confer the
energy of royalty to the wearer. It was
sometimes worn as a protection against
evil spirits, and in thirteenth century
England wearing a Peridot engraved
with the symbol of a torchbearer was
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believed to bring wealth. Interestingly,
the idea of Peridot as a stone of prosperity has resurfaced in present-day
intuitive information.
These stones are little green nuggets of
positive power. Their vibration brings
an inner sense of warmth and wellbeing, like sunshine on a spring day.
Peridots help one activate and harmonize the third and fourth chakras, creating an integration of Love and Will.
They can assist us in having the
courage to act out our heart’s desires,
and to be generous to others, even as
we pursue our individual destinies.
Peridot is a stone of financial and spiritual abundance, and it can aid in
attracting and creating our most important inner visions here on Earth.
Peridot can be used to bless and
energize one’s work, whether it he
tending one’s garden, raising children,
working as a healer, building a business, or assisting others in such activities. It is not a stone to take one ‘out of
this world.’ Rather, it is a tool for helping to bring the physical dimension of
reality into alignment with one’s inner
truth. This most definitely includes suc-
cess and abundance in one’s career
endeavors, if one is doing one’s right
work, and if one believes oneself to he
deserving of success.
Peridot can assist one in reestablishing a sense of self-worth if one is
plagued by guilt or regret for past
deeds. It quiets spiritual fears—for
example, those related to a feeling of
karmic debt—and allows one to move
forward on one’s evolutionary path. It
supports one in taking responsibility
and making amends for any suffering
one may have caused others.
Peridot is a powerful generator
of the frequency of Increase. It
can be used to manifest the
increase of wealth, increase of
health, and increase ofjoy and
emotional well-being. This
stone allows you to gently
expand your ability to receive
from the Universe, accepting
your birthright of complete
abundance on all levels of life.
More than a financial prosperity
stone, this ally aids in increasing
dne’s ability to receive on all
levels. In the process, it may
reveal the areas where selfworth issues have not allowed
one to receive in the past.
Peridot is an Elven stone, carrying the frequency of interdimensional Earth beings who share this
planet with the human race. It can be
used for contact with the fairy and
devic realms and to communicate with
Nature spirits of all types. Peridot is an
excellent stone for Earth healers, as its
energy attunes one to the subtle realms
of Nature.
Additional information on stones and their
metaphysical properties can also be found
at
www.heavenandearthjewelry.com,
www.thebookofstones.com, or by calling
1-800-942-9423.
Castle Continued from page 35
meet your soul?
I wrote Entering The
Castle for precisely this
reason, as a guide to meet
your soul. The soul is a
force that is difficult to
describe in concrete
terms; it must be experienced. If a newly married
woman asked a mother,
“But describe what childbirth is like and then tell
me what it’s like to love
your children, because I
have to know exactly what that’s like
before I have a child so I know for
sure if I really want to have a child,”
could a mother really find the right
words? When I ask that question in a
lecture, mothers laugh out loud
because they know that until a
woman experiences being a mother,
she can never know what it is like to
love a child. She has to meet that
child directly. The same is true for the
soul. You have to enter your Castle,
beginning with crossing your drawbridge and taking up the exploration
of each of the seven mansions. The
journey, I will admit, is not easy. Each
mansion has many rooms, as I
describe in my book, and it’s important that you go into each one. And
that’s where you begin.
As we enter our personal Castles,
what will some of our most profound
challenges be? And what will be
some of our greatest rewards?
How typical to ask for the rewards
before you even begin the journey. As
for the challenges, the greatest challenge will be to defeat your need to
have God be a force of logic and reason in your life. The greatest challenge you will ever face will be to
confront your fear of being humiliated and come to understand the power
of being humble. When you do, you
allow that power of humility to lead
you to finally surrender your life to
God’s direction for you.
It’s so ironic to me that many peo-
ple assume that, in surrendering to
God, their lives will become miserable and not wonderful. They have no
idea that their lives will, in fact,
become extraordinary. They cannot
see that they have been living in a
prison, held captive by a fear of being
humiliated and the need for other’s
approval most of the days of their
lives. The most profound challenge
will be to get over the grip the Earth
has on you. In the language of
Buddha, free yourself from these endless illusions. St. Teresa calls them
your reptiles. That freedom is your
reward.
St. Teresa’s instructions in the
Seventh Mansion are to serve the
divine through serving others. How
can we use prayer and channeling
grace to be of service in the world?
People have no idea how powerful
prayer really is. I listen to people say,
“Well, all we can do now is pray,”
after they have tried everything else,
for example, in medical interventions. If they really understood
prayer, they would begin medical
procedures with a prayer and then do
whatever they can medically. St.
Teresa wrote The Interior Castle as a
guide to God through prayer, through
learning how to rely upon the everincreasing depth of inner dialogue
with your soul and God. Through
prayer and this spiritual dialog, you
discover your profound capacity to
become a channel for grace in this
world.
Grace comes in many
forms:
illuminated
thought, a moment of
authority, abundant compassion and courage, the
capacity to heal and comfort another, visionary creativity. Grace has many,
many forms and grace is
meant to be shared, to be
distributed to others constantly and under the
radar, in silence, invisibly.
That’s the role of a mystic
out of a monastery – to become an
invisible channel for grace in this
world, to form circles of grace, to
share the capacity to nurture each
other, to channel grace at a distance in
order to heal others and this Earth,
and to bring forth new creative
thought.
This is a great calling and I know
many, many people are emerging as
mystics out of monasteries. Many are
coming to study with me at CMED
because people need support as they
venture into their souls’ Castles. Even
St. Teresa said that one should not go
into the soul alone. You need soul
companions. And the groups that
form through working in the Castle
are profoundly bonded to each other
because they come to know each
other through prayer and a devotion
to bring the best of themselves to
each other and to the world. I feel
very blessed to be doing this work
and I am so grateful to all of these
students, so very grateful. And most
of all, I am grateful to St. Teresa.
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Spring Reading
Health Is Your Birthright
How to Create the Health You Deserve
By Ellen Tart-Jensen
After suffering from a variety of illnesses her
whole life—scoliosis, chronic pain, fatigue, and
depression—Ellen
Tart-Jensen
began
researching natural health care with her fatherin-law, alternative health pioneer Dr. Bernard
Jensen. She discovered that by simply listening
to one’s body and following nature’s laws,
good health is attainable for everyone. In this
comprehensive resource of simple, healthimproving tips, natural healing expert Ellen
Tart-Jensen carries on the legacy of Dr. Jensen. A hefty tome filled with
seventy-five recipes and cleanses, plus tips on therapeutic teas and
exercise, Health Is Your Birthright also features fifteen case studies to
help readers with ailments such as allergies, depression, ear infections,
chronic fatigue, high choles-terol, and more. Both healing and informative, Health Is Your Birthright is a road map for those looking to take
charge of their ailments for a more balanced, vibrant lifestyle.
Celestial Arts. Paper, $18.95.
Pain Relief Without Drugs
A Self-Help Guide for Chronic Pain and Trauma
By Jan Sadler
Pain Relief without Drugs is a practical, effective,
and inspiring guidebook for dealing with chronic
pain, explaining how to reduce pain’s grip on the
body and mind by changing one’s personal reaction to pain. Chronic pain keeps our attention fixed
firmly on our anguish, which then feeds the painful
reaction back into our perception of being in pain,
creating a vicious cycle. By allowing our reaction to
become one of relaxation and acceptance, the pain is dramatically lessened, both by the absence of a negative perception and by the infusion
of relaxation into the point of pain. Author Jan Sadler provides easy-touse self-help techniques that offer support and understanding in breaking pain’s cycle—from relaxation, visualization, and breathing techniques
to setting goals, building self-esteem, and coping with pain flare-ups.
The book is accompanied by a 55-minute CD narrated by the author of
key techniques for controlling pain.
Healing Arts Press. Paperback, $19.95.
The Templar Pirates
The Secret Alliance to Build the New Jerusalem
By Ernesto Frers
The Templar Pirates chronicles the maritime history of the
Knights Templar following the Church’s attempt to
expunge them in southern France. The Templar Pirates is
the story of the birth and conduct of piracy on the seas
of the New World and of the influence the Templars had
on their constituents, and, by their wealth, on the governments of nations
old and new. Frers shows that the pirates of legend actually originated
with the Knights Templar’s secret navy. He also reveals the Templars’
secret objective to establish a new universal order based on spirituality,
wisdom, and individualism—the New Jerusalem.
Destiny Books. Paper, $14.95.
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Emotional Wellness
Transforming Fear, Anger, and Jealousy
into Creative Energy
By Osho
The second of three new major hardcover works
by Osho, Emotional Wellness is a unique and
exciting guide to living a richer and fuller life by
effectively dealing with our emotions. This new,
essential volume covers topics such as:
Understanding the impact of fear, anger, and jealousy on our Lives;
How guilt, insecurity, and fear can manipulate us; How to break out
of unhealthy responses to strong emotions; and How to transform
destructive emotions into creative energy. Osho’s unique insight into
the workings of the human mind and heart goes far beyond conventional psychology. In this new book he teaches us to fully experience
our feelings and to deal with them creatively.
Harmony Books. Hardcover, $22.00.
Invoking Angels
By Rabbi David A. Cooper
Have you ever experienced something so
extraordinary as to leave you wondering whether
some higher power or force were responsible?
We do not need to sit and wait for the finger of
Grace to tap us on the shoulder, explains Rabbi
David A. Cooper. “Rather, we can practice the
invocation of angels—cultivating profound experiences that immediately open us to guidance and blessings from the
Divine.” Invoking Angels presents a book with a CD to help practitioners of any faith find self-empowerment through an active relationship
with angels, which Cooper views as energetics that serve as mediums
through which God, humankind, and all of creation are interconnected.
Readers are guided by this master kabbalist and storyteller in a complete program of daily meditations on CD. Intended to complement an
existing spiritual practice, comfort the sick, invite wisdom, and more,
Invoking Angels will help anyone interested in a deeper relationship
with these divine forces at work around us.
Sounds True. Hardcover, $19.95.
Close Encounters on Capitol Hill
By Robert M. Stanley
Although Washington D.C. is surrounded by
restricted and prohibited airspace, it is statistically
the UFO sightings capitol of the world, reports
author and investigative journalist Robert M. Stanley
in this groundbreaking book. During research for
Close Encounters on Capitol Hill, Stanley was able to
locate 224 UFO events that have reportedly
occurred in the D.C. area from 1850 to 2006. The
hundreds of UFO events that have transpired in
D.C. include many credible as well as incredible eye-witness accounts,
radar returns, physical effects and photographs, attempted military intercepts, abductions and other close encounters with alien beings. In
chapter one we learn about the former ABC News photographer that
accidentally captured UFOs landing on Capitol Hill on film. These negatives have been authenticated by a commercial film lab, Stanley notes. A
compelling and well-researched book, that also includes a CD containing many photographs.
Unicus Press. Paper, $27.00.
Spring Reading
Flying Between Heaven and Earth
By Gina E. Jones
The Mayan Calendar forecasts the completion of a divine
cosmic plan for Earth in the year 20l2. As time flies faster,
amid the global chaos and increasing catastrophic disasters the prophecy is nearing completion. Flying Between
Heaven and Earth, a metaphysical novel, tells of Archangel
Michael’s last effort to help humanity through their remaining turbulent days on Earth as they shift into a higher
dimension. An angel named Nicole, whose innocence and beauty reflects the
divinity in all of us, volunteers to help in his campaign to save the future of
humankind. However; she unintentionally falls from grace when she becomes
fully human, trapped in the maelstrom she came to avert. Caught in the epic battle of the Dark against the Light, can this fallen angel rise above her human weaknesses to save humanity? Can Archangel Michael and Infinity Airways, an airline
run exclusively by angels, succeed in their efforts against the Lord of Darkness to
help save Humanity in the harrowing rare against time and the impending dimensional shift? A compelling and fascinating story.
Xlibris. Hardcover, $26.69.
Entering The Castle
An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
By Caroline Myss
Entering The Castle by bestselling author Caroline
Myss, is a guide to finding your soul’s calling so that
you can lead a fulfilling life exactly where you are,
without changing who you are. Entering The Castle
is a down-to-earth, no-nonsense guide to finding
life’s answers deep within your soul, without feeling
you must “work” on yourself first. A breakthrough
book of spiritual practice and direction, Entering The Castle draws upon
the work of Teresa of Avila, a beloved l6th century mystic and author of
the revered spiritual text, The Interior Castle. In this practice, you envision the layers of your soul as the interior floors—or mansions—of a castle. Each mansion represents a place in the soul for self-examination
and encounters with God. To enter the castle is to find the power of
your soul. With this profound new road map to quiet our minds, know
our souls, and discover God’s intentions for our lives, Myss invites
readers on a powerful journey of prayer.
Free Press. Hardcover, $26.00.
Essential Reiki
A Complete Guide to an
Ancient Healing Art
By Diane Stein
Reiki is an ancient and profoundly simple
system of “laying on of hands” healing
derived from Tibetan Buddhism. In the
West, Reiki has been kept highly secret for
many years. Essential Reiki presents full
information on all three degrees of this
healing system, most of it in print for the
first time. By demystifying this ancient healing system, Essential Reiki is certain to be a controversial book, and an
essential addition to any healer’s library.
Crossing Press. Paper, $18.95.
Conscious Business
Wise Secrets of Aloha
Learn and Live the Sacred Art of Lomilomi
By Kahuna Harry Uhane Jim and Garnette Arledge
Harry Uhane Jim is the last Kahuna of Lomilomi,
Keeper of the Deep Mysteries of authentic Hawaiian
esoterica. He shares the secrets of this ancient oral
tradition with readers for the first time in Wise Secrets
of Aloha, techniques of Lomilomi that can open us up
to healing in both body and spirit. Lomilomi is an esoteric healing tradition with four basic techniques.
Kahuna Harry teaches that physical healing is but a small bit, that
Lomilomi is emotional evolution, a gift from spirit to humanity, and is available to all of us. “There will be no tests,” Harry writes. “Nobody fails.
Therein is your growth.” Wise Secrets of Aloha is as simple as it is profound, as contemporary as it is ancient, true to Hawaiian esoteric teachings, and available to all who bring the right attitude.
Weiser Books. Paper, $12.95.
By Fred Kofman, Ph.D.
More and more business leaders are catching on
to an often overlooked fact: consciousness is our
basic faculty for survival and success. Without it,
we forget what’s im-portant to us, and lose sight of
the steps we might take to reach those goals.
“Conscious business,” explains leadership development trainer Fred Kofman, means applying this
awareness in every area of your work: in recognizing the needs of others and expressing your own—
in seeing the hidden emotional obstacles that may be holding your
team back—in making good decisions under pressure—and even in
delving into such “spiritual” questions as “Who am I?” and “What is
my real purpose here?” In Conscious Business, this visionary teacher
and consultant to Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and other leading companies presents the complete training manual in the breakthrough
techniques he has shared with over twenty thousand executives on
four continents. Conscious Business is the definitive resource for maximizing profit and potential in the workplace and beyond.
Making a Change for Good
A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline
By Cheri Huber
The new book by popular Zen teacher and
author Cheri Huber, Making a Change for Good
is a break from the usual self-help book. This
quirky, handspun guidebook for ending our bad
habits is written in a refreshing handwritten text
(a Huber trademark) and enhanced throughout
with light-hearted illustrations. Self-awareness is
the key to the author’s approach—whether it be
over-eating, a lack of motivation to exercise, or
poor time-management skills, Huber encourages the reader to seek out
the authentic in everything we do to counter the negatives that lead to
addictive behaviors. Empowering and encouraging, the Making a
Change for Good also provides a thirty-day program replete with helpful
mediations, exercises, and assignments.
Shambhala Publications. Paperback, $12.95.
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The Male Herbal
The Definitive Health Care Book for
Men & Boys
By James Green
In this long-awaited second edition of The
Male Herbal, herbalist James Green gives
men and boys the tools they need to create
or maintain physical and emotional health
through a customized herbal program. By following Green’s newly developed constitutional model and referencing the comprehensive alphabetical herbal listings, men can create an herbal program attuned to their unique
body type, lifestyle, and health needs. Featuring life changing information about common plants, herbal alternatives to Viagra, medical
uses of herbs for male-specific issues, and nearly thirty recipes for
teas, tinctures, salves, and tonics, this updated guide emphasizes prevention and health with sensitivity and wisdom.
Christianity
An Ancient Egyptian Religion
By Ahmed Osman
Author Ahmed Osman contends that the roots of
Christian belief spring not from Judaea but from
Egypt. He compares the chronology of the Old
Testament and its factual content with ancient
Egyptian records to show that the major characters of the Hebrew scriptures—including Solomon,
David, Moses, and Joshua—are based on Egyptian
historical figures. He further suggests that not only
were these personalities and the stories associated with them cultivated
on the banks of the Nile, but the major tenets of Christian belief—the One
God, the Trinity, the hierarchy of heaven, life after death, and the virgin
birth—are all Egyptian in origin. He likewise provides a convincing argument that Jesus himself came out of Egypt. With the help of modern
archaeological findings, Osman shows that Christianity survived as an
Egyptian mystery cult until the fourth century A.D., when the Romans
embarked on a mission of suppression and persecution.
Bear & Company. Paper, $18.00.
Half Full
Meditations on Hope, Optimism,
and the Things That Matter
By Mina Parker
Photographs by Daniel Talbott
Half Full is an invitation to take a pause. To sit
still for a minute, put your feet up, and drink in
the words and pictures that can replenish your
soul and help you to recognize your many
blessings. With forty-two photographs of everyday objects looked at
from different angles, plus quirky, original meditations about looking on
the lighter side. These mini essays are based on quotations from wise
teachers throughout history such as Helen Keller, Dolly Parton, Mark
Twain, Winston Churchill, Emily Dickinson, Katharine Hepburn, and the
author’s great-grandmother. And each one includes a tidbit of food for
thought, a piece of advice, or something to do, such as “Look for an
opportunity in a difficulty that’s been dogging you.”
Red Wheel. Hardcover, $16.95.
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Menopause with Science
and Soul
By Judith Boice
In Menopause with Science and Soul, Judith
Boice examines the latest findings on biocompatible hormone replacement therapy, phytoestrogens, herbal remedies, bone health, and
the effects of aging, nutrition, and exercise.
Thorough and extremely user friendly,
Menopause with Science and Soull explains all
the basics, providing simple definitions, clear
explanations, and helpful charts and lists in ata-glance boxes. Another distinctive component of the book is the spiritual
support offered to the reader in the form of first-hand narratives from
women all over the world. Menopause With Science and Soul looks at
every issue, choice, and condition a woman faces during this life passage
while granting nurturance and spiritual support. Science-backed and soulcentered, this friendly, informative, and accessible guide is a significant and
overdue contribution to the literature of menopause.
The Origins of Psychic Phenomena
Poltergeists, Incubi, Succubi,
and the Unconscious Mind
By Stan Gooch
The Origins of Psychic Phenomena shows how the
unconscious mind manifests paranormal phenomena,
revealing that the cerebellum—the seat of the unconscious—is the source of these energies, subpersonalities, and manifestations. Author Stan Gooch examines these unexplained phenomena in psychiatric and psychological terms rather than
occult terms. Alien abduction, poltergeist attacks, incubi, succubi, split
and multiple personalities, possessions, precognition, spontaneous
combustion—the list of phenomena not just unexplained but ignored
by mainstream science seems endless. Yet the key to the origin of all
these manifestations, says Gooch, lies deep within our own brains.
Inner Traditions. Paperback, $16.95.
Tibetan Sound Healing
By Tenzin Wangyal Kinpoche
One of the world’s oldest unbroken spiritual traditions is that of the Bön people—
the indigenous people of Tibet, whose
teachings predate the arrival of Buddhism.
These traditions have survived political
persecution and upheaval, thanks to the
efforts of a handful of dedicated lamas
such as Bön lineage holder Tenzin
Wangyal Rinpoche. Now, with Tibetan
Sound Healing practitioners can connect to the ancient sacred
sounds of the Bön practice—and through them, activate the healing
potential of the natural mind. The Bön healing tradition invokes the
Five Warrior Syllables, “seed” sounds that bring us to the essential
nature of mind and release the boundless creativity and positive
qualities that are fundamental to our natural consciousness. Through
the medicine of sound, practitioners learn to clear obstacles on the
level of the body, the energetic and emotional dimensions of being,
and the spiritual consciousness. The book is accompanied by a CD
learning program.
Biogenealogy
Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness
By Patrick Obissier
In Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of
Illness, therapist Patrick Obissier explores the
radical but ultimately logical idea that illness is a
physical response to a past emotional trauma.
Further, that the illness can be either a result of
a person’s own trauma, or, of a trauma experienced by an ancestor and passed down in that
family’s genetic code. This unresolved psychic
distress, says Obissier, can become part of the cellular memory inherited by their descendants. Until the issue has been settled successfully, it will continue to trigger illnesses in the generations that follow. His
investigations show that—far from the adversary conventional medicine
purports it to be—illness is an ally, the body’s protective response to
severe emotional shock or excessive amounts of stress. Understanding
illness in this way, the author says, directs us to look for the psychic
conflict which underlies it in order to eliminate the disease, rather than
merely treating its symptoms.
Healing Arts Press. Paper, $14.95.
Advanced Chakra Healing:
Heart Disease
The Four Pathways Approach
By Cyndi Dale
Advanced Chakra Healing: Heart Disease presents
an entirely new approach to healing heart disease,
treating it as an opportunity to love the ailing heart
and allow the heart to love. Using her revolutionary
Four Pathways energy mapping method, which was
first presented in Adeanced Chakra Healing, bestselling author Cyndi Dale integrates practical wisdom, cutting-edge
science, and metaphysical concepts. She explains how to determine
the underlying cause of your cardiac illness and guides you through
tech-niques for intuitively activating the chakras to restore your health.
Fulcanelli and the
Alchemical Revival
The Man Behind the Mystery
of the Cathedrals
By Genevieve Dubois
Fulcanelli, operative alchemist and author of The
Mystery of the Cathedrals and The Dwellings of
the Philosophers—two of the most important
esoteric works of the twentieth century—
remains himself a mystery. The true identity of
the man who allegedly succeeded in creating
the philosopher’s stone has never been discovered, despite ardent searches by many. Working from rare documents, letters, and archival photos, Genevieve Dubois suggests that
Fulcanelli may have been a composite fabricated by several individuals working together. Beyond its attempt to reveal the actual identity
of Fulcanelli, this book also presents an explanation of the alchemical
doctrine and reveals the unsuspected relationships among the
important twentieth-century truth seekers it highlights.
Destiny Books. Paper, $14.95.
A Psychonaut's Guide to
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The Topography of the
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By Dan Carpenter
Journeying into the invisible world revealed by
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what he experienced was not simply subjective
sensations and psychological states but an
objective world of familiar if inordinately odd
landmarks and characters. The running diary he
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landscape charted by other travelers into this inner space and includes
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travelers as Terence and Dennis Mckenna, Alexander and Ann Shulgin,
and others who have experienced the Hive Mind—the pool of all consciousness. Into this territory where expression is like chaos theory, where
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images and events, the author ventures with the mind-set of a naturalist,
accepting whatever might be rather than what he hopes he might find.
What emerges is not a location crafted by subjective experience, but a
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Magickal Connections
Creating a Lasting and Healthy Spiritual Group
By Lisa McSherry
Through Magickal Connections, author and practicing
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seeking to maintain healthy relationships as members of
one. Within each chapter McSherry discusses different
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with exercises pertaining to each. Some of the areas
McSherry delves into are: Making contact with a magickal group; The
structure and roles within; How to recognize and resolve various forms of
conflict; and What it means to be an effective leader for your group. Within
Magickal Connections Lisa McSherry gives insight, and possibly a different
perspective, into the everyday emotions of human beings, and how to recognize and cope with those emotions in a positive manner.
New Page Books. Paper, $14.99.
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basic acupressure techniques for self-clearing, and includes a resource
section cataloging enzymes to reduce inflammation in the lungs and support the immune system against allergens.
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