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 A Christmas Story
There is a simple way to reconnect with the Christ within us, and to true Christmas Spirit. That is through connecting to the Divine Mother. We can connect with Mary through a contemplation of the spiritual powers inherent in nature, and through Mary we will connect with the Holy Spirit. more >>
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 A Day in the Life
Read about a real time day in the life of two farmers who bring food grown with love to 850 families in New York. more >>
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 America After the Elections
To say that I and most of my friends were displeased with the outcome would be slightly understating the fact. But, I feel it necessary to bring out a few things that people may not have considered around all this and—despite it all—I can see what is coming, and I have to say I still feel quite bright about the future. more >>
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 Amethyst Crystal
Amethyst is the gemstone variety of quartz -- popular with royalty, sages, mystics and magicians for centuries. more >>
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 Angels Over Babylon
Sennacherib has returned
To haunt the empty halls of Ninevah.
Archaeologists have peeled his face
From palace walls and sent
His lion victories to London. . . more >>
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 Apophyllite
Learn about the metaphysical and physical properties of this magical luminous crystal. more >>
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 Aquarius Foods in Mid Winter
Welcome to Aquarius, the middle sign of winter. In Aquarius our focus shifts from Capricorn effort and accomplishment to communicating with society, exchanging beneficial ideas and acquiring knowledge. By learning from others we adopt new ideas that change the very structures that we established in Capricorn. more >>
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 Aromatherapy and Emotions
Aromas effect mood and evoke memories. For example, Frankincense and Cypress have been said to aid in dispelling grief, while Ylang Ylang and Juniper are claimed to aid in coping with guilt.... more >>
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 Be Not Immune
James Bertolino shares his raw vulnerability to the impulses of his Muse with our readers in this new poem. more >>
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 Beet Soup Recipe
This delicious healthy spring, summer or autumn soup needs a minimum of ingredients and preparation. I recommend using heirloom beets. more >>
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 Big Melt Meets Big Empty
Since fuel depletion alone will not result in sufficient emission cuts, and since carbon capture and storage is problematic, if nations are serious about climate protection the discussion must center on leaving coal and other low-grade fossil fuels (such as tar sands) in the ground. more >>
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 Bioremediation In New Orleans
There are many bioremdiation techniques that are fairly simple, natural, and applicable on a small scale and Common Ground has been working on a proposal to fund and train a worker’s cooperative to put them into practice. more >>
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 Building a Container for Rachel
The first cycle of essences was chosen to soothe, anchor and protect Rachel. We wanted to enable her to experience being grounded in her body without sliding into depression or returning to a scattered, manic mode of behavior. more >>
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 Carrot
This poem offers reflections on the coming of a golden spring by a humble root vegetable. more >>
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 Celestite
Learn about the metaphysical properties of this celestial stone. more >>
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 Cook Without Recipes
Learn how to cook simple, delicious & nourishing food without much fuss from our favorite nutritionist, Rebecca Wood. more >>
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 Creative Relaxation
The teaching principles of Creative Relaxation are as follows: make a sacred space, engage the student, provide tools for success, and create opportunities for independence. more >>
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 Credo
Mystical poetry from James Bertolino's Greatest Hits celebrates the web of life. more >>
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 Crystal Spheres
The crystal ball is a microcosm, a doorway, a transmitter and receiver of energies and a very valuable ally for those involved in divination or meditation. more >>
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 Cutting Carbon Emissions
The energy transition is gaining momentum. When the Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in 1997, the proposed 5-percent reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels in industrial countries by 2012 seemed like an ambitious goal. Now it is widely seen as an outmoded, grossly inadequate goal. more >>
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 Daikon-Carrot Condiment
Have you ever wondered about the dab of juicy, grated white stuff that's served with tempura and sushi? It's grated daikon. Because this pearly white radish aids digestion it often appears with these dishes. Daikon also is a venerable weight loss remedy in Asia. more >>
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 Dandelion Greens
Ahh, spring aromas wafting up from the warming earth. How I love foraging. In addition to the anticipation of the upcoming feast, there’s the thrill of the find, the pleasure of piling a basket with freely given gifts and a feeling of inter-relatedness that being outdoors engenders. Indeed, foraging is humankind’s oldest profession. more >>
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 Dennis Bernstein Archive
Dennis Bernstein is a regular contributor to Pacifica's Democracy Now, and Associate Producer of Pacific News Service. He is currently cohost of KPFA's Flashpoints News Magazine, and is a frequent commentator on WBAI airwaves. more >>
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 Dream Journey to the Andes
Having witnessed the impossible, all else might only be improbable, and what was once unimaginable is in the realm of the knowable. It is another world that we have entered, this magical mystical place known as Peru. more >>
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 Ease Those Bug Bites with Easy Herbs
Take a leaf from Susun S. Weed's storehouse of natural remedies. Soothe, heal, & prevent bites with safe herbal remedies that grow right where you live:north or south, east or west, city or country. The best natural remedies for insect bites are right underfoot. more >>
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 Elestial Crystals
Elestial crystals function as "library crystals", providing access to information acquired during the long geologic ages of the crystal's formation. more >>
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 Farming in the Age of Expensive Oil
In this country farmers have to be over 80 years old to remember low-input, diversified farming systems. An organic farmer aks: who will have the knowledge to grow our food in the age of expensive oil, with no fertilizers and pesticides? more >>
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 Fearless Women
"You are the Energy of The Consciousness Which Pervades All, of infinite valor, the Seed of the Universe, that which is beyond limitation. By you, Oh Goddess, all is deluded by attachment, and if you are gracious, you are the cause of liberation in this world." more >>
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 Fertility After Forty
"More and more women are waiting until their late 30's, early 40's, even late 40's, to have children. Is this too late?" Read on for answers to this question and more. more >>
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 Flower Essence Society Archive
The Flower Essence Society (FES)is an international membership organization of health practitioners, researchers, students, and others interested in deepening knowledge of flower essence therapy. more >>
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 Good Health with the Sun: Capricorn Foods for Life
Capricorn is the sign of things that take time and old things in general. Braised dishes and slow cooked meals add warmth to our system. Old time foods include lentils, cultivated for thousands of years; olives and olive oil, also grown for many centuries; and my favorite, well aged red wine. more >>
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 Grape Compote
This sweet yet savory compote is high in invaluable antioxidants and therefore exceptionally healthful. But first things first, it tastes delicious and is quick and easy to make. Purple or red grapes will yield a stellar purple or red color. more >>
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 Haiti's Father Jean-Juste Imprisoned!!
Fr. Jean-Juste, the Coordinator of the Feed My Lambs food program was beaten and dragged from the rectory of St. Claire's Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Oct.13,2004. Article, plus updates. more >>
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 Halloween Autumn Festivals
This is the season of Scorpionic holidays, celebrating the time of yearly transformation when the veil between the worlds thins and all things normally repressed or hidden from sight erupt into the everyday world. Scorpio traditionally rules the process of transformation, and the evolutionary processes of death and rebirth. more >>
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 Happy Holy Days
With Gratitude to all of our Friends & Customers, our Family & Family of Contributors, to all of our Loved Ones, we offer our Gratitude for filling our year with Inspired Challenges, Light, Joy & Love. more >>
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 Healthy Bones The Wise Woman Way
In the Wise Woman Tradition, we focus on the patient, not the problem. The more we focus on disease, even disease prevention, the less likely we are to know how to nourish health-wholeness-holiness. more >>
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 Herbal Pharmacy
Here is everything you need to start making those herbal infusions, tinctures & medicines from your garden right now, with clear & simple instructions. more >>
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 Herbal Vinegars
A pantry full of herbal vinegars is a constant delight. Preserving fresh herbs and roots in vinegar is an easy way to capture their nourishing goodness. It's easy too.You don't even have to have an herb garden. more >>
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 Herbs that Ease Anxiety and Fear
Herbalist Susun Weed shares her favorite herbs and simple home remedies for dealing with fear, anxiety, nervousness, grief, depression, rage, fatigue, and sleeplessness. more >>
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 Himalayan Ice Quartz
Learn about the amazing properties of this newly discovered quartz from the Himalayas, found under retreating glaciers. more >>
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 Homeopaths Without Borders
Homeopaths Without Borders North America, based in Basalt Colorado needs your help, to help the Tsunami Survivors. They are setting up local clinics with doctors & professional homeopaths to send to Sri Lanka. more >>
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 How to be Fuel and Food Rich During Climate Change
Biofuels and incineration are bad ideas promoted by big governments. Solar power, anaerobic generation of energy from waste materials, and green algae for carbon capture and sustainable biofuels are good ideas that definitely will work. more >>
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 How I Beat Cancer
"Convinced that I could turn the cancer around, I found a doctor who said he'd give me three months time while I used only natural remedies. Six months later, I was cancer-free." more >>
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 If Not Us, Then Whom?
We face numerous challenges as a peace movement on this cold day in Albany. The US attack on Falluja is nearing an end, but there will be more Fallujas. more >>
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 Impediment
Read this little inspiring 'pocket' verse from James Bertolino's treasure of verses, "Pocket Animals". more >>
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 Indigo Quartz
Read about the awesome magical qualities of Actinolite & Indicalite Indigo Quartz. more >>
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 Infinite Light
Laurelle Shanti Gaia & Michael Arthur Baird run the Infinite Light Healing Center in Sedona, Arizona, and teach Reiki, Reiki Drumming and Crystal Healing in Arizona and in upstate New York. more >>
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 Iroquois White Corn
Irouois white corn is an heirloom variety grown on the reservation in upstate New York. Here's how to get some, plus a tasty recipe for white cornbread that really rocks your tastebuds. more >>
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 Jane's Homemade Anointing Oils
Jane's Homemade organic Reiki & crystal infused anointing oils have been lovingly crafted for sacred work, for entering into sacred time. Anoint yourself and unite your body with the Divine Source of all Creation. more >>
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 January 21, 2007 Newsletter
Many thanks to the Satya Center community for your support since our launch in November 2004. In 2007, astrologers predict that the seeds of future political, economic, religious and cultural transformations of epochal magnitude will be sown. more >>
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 Joie Power Ph.D. Wellness Therapies
Joie Power, Ph.D. is a neurobehavioral specialist trained in the neurological aspects of olfaction and emotional functioning, psycho-neuro-immunology, mind/body approaches to natural healing, dreamwork and aromatherapy. more >>
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 Lemon Chest Compress
Hot Lemon Chest Compress—to help overcome a lingering cough, a stubborn chest congestion and asthmatic wheezing. more >>
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 Lemurian Crystals
Learn about the various kinds of Lemurian Seed Crystals & their possible facet configurations. more >>
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 Let Love Lead
Wishing you, your families, your communities & the world community on the path to PEACE in the New Year! more >>
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 Let Thanks
An expression of Giving Thanks as an act of Loving Life, in all of its complexities from Seattle poet Jed Myers. more >>
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 Lilipoh Archive
Find articles from Lilipoh Magazine reprinted with their kind permission here at Satya Center. more >>
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 Living in Season: Learning the Names of Plants
The Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus, was the first person to develop a coherent system for naming plants. His surname means linden tree. I find it amusing to consider how being named for a tree might have influenced Linnaeus in his choice of occupation. His mother wanted him to be a priest but he loved plants and it was said that as a baby he could be calmed by handing him a flower. more >>
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 Louise Goldberg, M.A.
Louise teaches yoga to children with autism and varying exceptionalities and provides training to their teachers and coaches in the public schools and has worked extensively with students and faculty at centers for severely emotionally disturbed children. more >>
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 Love-Lies-Bleeding and Francis of Assisi
Love-lies-bleeding flower essence helps lift the consciousness beyond individual suffering to identify with world suffering. In offering one’s suffering to a higher purpose, while cultivating compassion for the suffering of others, one’s own pain no longer weighs so heavily on the soul. more >>
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 Main Course Salad Formula
Here's a grain salad formula that invites improvisation to create an endless variety of satisfying one-dish meals that also pack well for lunch. more >>
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 Meditation: The Divine Ego
When we think of ego, we think of brash selfishness, we don’t think of a spirit entity that is us and is intimately concerned with protecting us. We are guilty of quite the most terrible propaganda against the ego. more >>
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 Menopausal Years, the Wise Woman Way
Menopause is a period of transition and metamorphosis, like puberty. It consists of three stages: isolation, melt down, and emergence. Each stage calls forth new energies and new perceptions of ourselves. more >>
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 Menopause is Enlightenment
Kundalini is usually represented as a serpent coiled at the base of the spine, but women's mystery stories locate it in the uterus - or the area where the uterus was, if a hysterectomy has occurred. During both puberty and menopause, a woman's kundalini is difficult to control and may cause a great number of symptoms. more >>
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 Michael Quartz
Learn about the qualities iron oxide imparts in clear quartz & its connection to the Angelic Divine. more >>
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 Mind Memory & Archetype, Part III
Is the mind located in the brain or is consciousness a field phenomenon? Is consciousness a byproduct of brain chemistry or does mind - and soul --exist both within and outside our bodies? Here are some experiments you can do at home to explore the nature of consciousness. more >>
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 Mind, Memory & Archetype, Part II
Rupert Sheldrake explores the role of morphogenic fields in manifestations of collective consciousness -- animal behavior,social networks, human religious rituals, and the conventional wisdom of crowds. more >>
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 Mind, Memory and Archetype, Part I
The universe is more like an organism than a machine. The Big Bang recalls the mythic stories of the hatching of the cosmic egg: it grows, and as it grows it is more like a gigantic cosmic embryo than the huge eternal machine of mechanistic theory. more >>
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 Miriam Aguirre Spiritual Communicator and Healer
Miriam is an Angel & Spiritual Communicator and Healer, and offers professional Intuitive Readings to anyone who would like to develop a closer connection to their angels, or simply understand what the angels can teach us about our lives. more >>
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 Moldavite
Moldavite is a rare bottle-green translucent stone of unearthly origins. Scientists postulate that a meteor shower in Germany some 15-20 million years ago liquified the landscape where the meteors landed, forming fused glass at very high heat, which was then ejected from the meteor craters in Germany and propelled hundreds of miles away, landing in the Moldau Valley of Czechoslovakia -- site of the only moldavite known to exist. more >>
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 Nature’s Poem
An offering of another visionary wandering through Nature brought to us by James as we dream through winter of summer days. more >>
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 Not Into the Mirror
Read Jed Myer's latest poem which reflects upon the spirit of greed, and the introspection required of each of us in all of our relations. more >>
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 On Gaza
Golda Meir said, “The Palestinians, who are they? They don’t exist.” Today Israel says, “There is no partner for peace,” and “There is no one to talk to.” The oppressed have become the oppressors and done a great hurt to another people. Israel must make amends.
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 On the Nature of Capricorn
A sign is both a representation and an emanation of a living Being, a Being of immense size, composed of innumerable Lives, of very ancient origin, of infinite wisdom and compassion and composed of Lives who were all once human far back in the mists of cosmic history. more >>
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 One Pot—Two Meals
Here's how to enjoy food that's freshly prepared—and therefore more healthful and satisfying—every day. more >>
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 Organic Production Works
A new study shows organic production outperforms conventional in crop yield, soil fertility, pest reduction and economic return. more >>
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 Out of Step
James Bertolino's new poem is a meditation upon the synchronous and asynchronous dream-time of love. more >>
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 Paper Window
Jed Myer's powerful new poem is a true comment about how the dead from war are all our own children, our own families. more >>
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 Peace Enters the World Screaming Hot
Seattle poet and musician Jed Myers helps us hear searing sonic feedback from the core of the soul of the Peace Goddess and introduces us to the immortal, piercing poignancy of the global geophysical Peace Song. more >>
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 Pine Needle Tea
The foragers among you will love this delicious and healthful drink. A wonderful way to commune with Winter. more >>
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 Pisces Foods
As the Sun moves through Pisces and approaches the spring equinox, we'll naturally know it is time to clean up. Don't wait for spring to spring clean; the best time is now. This applies to our homes and our bodies. more >>
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 Planet
James Bertolino's poetry helps us to remember our connection with planet Earth. more >>
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 Plant Medicine
Flowers and seeds, stems and leaves, roots and fruits feed us and clothe us, house and protect us, soothe our fevers and our fears and form the basis of our rituals and celebrations. Plant medicine has helped women and men to conceive life, to nurture life, and to die with grace and dignity. more >>
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 Planting Daffodils
The poet sees a mirror of the immortal Divine Juliet in the dying light of late August flowers, the promise of the eternal recurrence of new life arising from the ashes of our manifest density, a promise of rescue in some future configuration of life force energy, from our obtuse allegiance to destruction. more >>
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 Prayer: A Challenge for Science
As soon as we have the idea that the mind can be extended through mental fields, and over large distances, we have a medium of connection through which the power of prayer could work. more >>
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 Psychic Self Defense
Empathy is the forerunner of compassion, and therefore a potentially very positive experience. However there is a danger involved in the empathic experience we should all understand. more >>
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 Psycho-neuro-immunology
Explore the relationships between the nervous system, emotions, and the immune system; elucidating the links between our states of mind and our states of health. more >>
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 Reiki and the Zero-Point Field
The Source of Reiki energy originates in what some modern scientists describe as The Zero Point Field – a field of low-level energy that fills the seeming empty vastness of deep space. more >>
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 Reiki Parenting
To be a Reiki parent means you can start caring for your baby long before the little one is born. Here�s what Bronwen and Frans Stiene will tell their daughter about life as a Reiki parent ... and a Reiki child. more >>
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 Released From Prison!
Today, 11-29-04, Fr.Jean-Juste,of St Claire Church in Delmas, Haiti, was released after almost 7 weeks of illegal detention. The release follows a sustained campaign of int'l support for Fr. Jean-Juste by prominent religious figures, lawyers, grassroots groups & human rights advocates in Haiti & throughout the world. The release shows that collective action for justice can succeed,& offers hope for Haiti's other 700 political prisoners.
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 Richard Katz & Patricia Kaminski Bios
Richard and Patricia are authors of numerous articles and books about flower essences, including the best-selling Flower Essence Repertory, now in its fifth edition and translated into sixdifferent languages around the world. more >>
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 Roasted Beet & Pecan Salad
This roasted beet and pecan salad can be served for lunch, or as a side dish or dinner salad.Bringing nourishment that is colorful and refreshing, it is easy to prepare. more >>
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 Rosalie’s Healing Story
Sitting there with our feverish and congested child in the middle of the night, it was all we could do not to panic and rush her straight to the hospital for antibiotics. But because of our commitment to avoid them, we called our anthroposophical doctor, who told us to do three lemon wraps a day. more >>
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 Roxbury Farm New Land Purchase
Roxbury Farm purchases 100 acres of new land, in cooperation with Open Space Conservancy and the National Park Service, keeping the land in agriculture. more >>
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 Rutilated Quartz Crystals
The most common and familiar inclusion in quartz is needled rutile. Specimens range from brilliant silver to pale gold to rich orangey brown. more >>
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 Saffron Brown Rice with Carrots
Serve this dish as a main course or side dish. According to Ayurveda, saffron has wonderful healing qualities for all body types especially as a “blood revitalizer”. more >>
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 Salad Vinaigrette
Learn to dress a salad, make a marinade with oil and vinegar or lemon. An easy way to make vegetables & salads come alive with health and flavor. more >>
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 Selenite
Learn about the metaphysical healing qualities of Selenite & Winnipeg Selenite. more >>
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 Sequoia
James Bertolino's new poem records a wordless conversation converying the fiery spirit of the poet's heart's desires. more >>
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 Smoky Quartz
Smoky quartz works slowly and thoroughly to relieve imbalances in the physical and etheric bodies, with special emphasis on the solar plexus and its associated chakra, the third or Manipura chakra. more >>
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 Solar Power Comes of Age
Solar power is poised to enter the mainstream energy market with novel materials that boost energy conversion efficiency and bring down manufacturing costs. more >>
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 Spirit or Empire? The 21st Century Revolution
I am introducing the discourse of “spirit” back into social activism because the problems we face, dear friends, cannot be solved by the same kind of mind and heart that created these problems in the first place. more >>
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 Spirit's Desire and the Nature of Soul
Every person has their own Spirit's path. The choices we make, as well as the circumstances that befall us in life, and how we handle them, determine our alignment with that path. more >>
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 Spiritual Parasites
A person who has suffered abuse tends to either become a perpetrator of further abuse or become self-destructive. Why? Shamanism provides clear answers and effective treatment. more >>
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 Steamed Quinoa
All you need to know about cooking quinoa, a most nutritious whole grain with ease. more >>
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 Stress
Counter stress in your lives simply by following this wonderful nutrition advice from Rebecca Wood. more >>
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 Stuffed Cabbage
Learn how to make this delicious and nourishing dish from leftovers or anytime you need extra vitamins and fiber. Easy and fun for vegans, vegetarians and fish and meat eaters alike. more >>
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 Sunflower & Love-Lies-Bleeding: A Study in Spiritual Surrender
The Sunflower essence is a catalyst for developing one's personal identity in relation to a larger spiritual Self. Love-Lies-Bleeding essence has proven to be a powerful balm for those undergoing great physical and psychic pain. When the soul has been stretched to the breaking point, it can enter another dimension of spiritual awareness. more >>
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 Super 7
Learn about the properties of this amazing super 7 gemstone. more >>
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 Susun Weed, Herbal Health
Susun Weed is a green witch and wise woman, an extraordinary teacher with a joyous spirit, a powerful presence, and an encyclopedic knowledge of herbs and health. more >>
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 Tarot: Yoga of the West
The Tarot is the Yoga of the West, a system for obtaining personal enlightenment, visualizing future probabilities, and changing our inner reality to create more positive outcomes in life. more >>
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 Ten Tips For Women With PMS
Water retention, mood swings, sore breasts, and indigestion are problems experienced by many women in the week preceding menstruation. Here are a few tips from Susun Weed's best-selling book, "NEW Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way (Alternatives for Women 30-90)" to help ease these discomforts. more >>
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 The 22 Sacred Dancers Inhabiting the Soul
Shamanic ceremony can restore psychic balance to an individual who suffers an imbalance affecting one of the 22 sacred dancers -- mythic archetypes found in Tarot Trumps -- resulting in obsessive, neurotic, addictive, and self-defeating behavior patterns. more >>
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 The Case for Building International Community
We're all God's little children. We have a job to do, building a new culture and civilisation, a new humanity occupying one wee planet on the edge of a provincial galaxy. If we don't, all of human history could come to little or nothing. This is the importance of the international community, and the clock is ticking. more >>
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 The Concept of Evil
The concept of evil is intellectually valid and spiritually important, and crucial to understanding the current state of political affairs in America and around the world. more >>
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 The Five Reiki Principles
The secret of inviting happiness through many blessings and
the spiritual medicine for all illness -- five simple principles to accelerate spiritual advancement, open the heart and strengthen your Reiki practice. more >>
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 The History of Reiki
The Reiki tradition began over 100 years ago as an exclusively oral set of secret teachings, handed down from teacher to student, similar to the methods of many other spiritual traditions in the East, such as yoga. more >>
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 The Ladder
James Bertolino's new poem explores the metaphysical epistemology of every day life. more >>
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 The Long View: Uranus Uprisings in America
It seems quite likely that the end of the transit of Uranus square to US Mars in February 2009 will signal the end of the hyper-militarism that has colored the tenure of the self-styled War President George W. Bush. more >>
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 The Sumatra Earthquake
My purpose in this writing is to look at some of the deeper factors at work with this tragedy and to give a bit of perspective on things. Human memory and perception has a tendency to be notoriously short and we, as a species, are more prone to look at events rather than the meaning behind them. more >>
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 The Universal Organism
Sheldrake's theory that the Universe is a living, evolving, intelligent organism synthesizes the warring views of creationists and evolutionary theorists while avoiding Biblical fundmentalism and secular materialism in favor of post-Newtonian scientific spirituality. more >>
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 The Warrior God Changes Direction
A more circumspect foreign policy waits until Bush is out of office, although the mood of the country is clearly already shifting. Unfortunately, planetary indications for 2007 and 2008 suggest a strong potential for Bush to unleash the aggressive Martial impulses writ large in the stars. more >>
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 The Wedding
This epiphanic love poem by James Bertolino startles the mind and opens the heart. more >>
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 The Winter Solstice Gabriel Meditation
We are pleased to offer you these instructions for obtaining “The Gabriel Initiation", a simplified version of an Ancient technique that was originally offered only to advanced students of the Western Mystery School traditions. more >>
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 To Be a True Friend of the Jewish People
I can think of nothing more unfaithful to the strong Jewish traditions of social justice than the current climate of vicious denunciation towards anyone who raises criticisms of Israel’s policies. more >>
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 To Be Loved By Nature
James Bertolino's poem guides the heart along the path to unity with nature, and through that unity, reaches the ultimate goal -- self-realization. more >>
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 Tomato Raisin Chutney
Try this East-West flavor fusion that combines fruity, sour, sweet and hot and goes well with rice dishes or fish. more >>
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 Toward an Activist Sprituality
The integration of magic and activism sometimes means bringing magic into an action -- doing a spiral dance in the midst of the tear gas of Quebec City, or in Grand Central station surrounded by riot cops. It might mean starting our strategic planning with a trance or a Tarot reading, or invoking Water as we work against the privatization of water resources. more >>
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 Traveling with the Big Dipper
Since the North Star is the star most in line with the Earth’s axis, it becomes the “pivot of the sky”, with other stars and constellations – most directly the Big Dipper - appearing to revolve around it. The Handle of the Big Dipper points to the four directions as we go through the seasons of the year. more >>
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 Using Herbs Simply and Safely
A simple is one herb. For optimum safety, I prepare, buy, sell, teach about and use herbal simples, that is: preparations containing only one herb. more >>
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 Vernal Equinox 2006
This day of the Vernal Equinox is a good time to reconnect to Mother Earth with gratitude for her many gifts. It is a good time to reconnect with the sacred during the simple act of eating a meal. more >>
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 Vogel Crystals
Learn about the Vogel Master Cut Crystal Properties & their inventor, Marcel Vogel. more >>
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 Weather Report Summer 2004
This garden is our cathedral, where we pause to reflect upon the inter-relations between earthly life and spiritual realms, and to continuously express our gratitude for the abundance of beauty in our lives. more >>
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 Weeds in Your Garden? - Bite Back!
I always say the gardener's best revenge is to eat the weeds. I've been doing it for thirty years and can testify that my health and the health of my garden has never been better. Here are a few hints for gardeners who'd rather eat their weeds than hate them (and for non-gardeners who are adventurous enough to try out nature's bounty) more >>
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 What if Foundation Update 2007
Margaret writes in her latest letter: "The Education Coordinators at St. Clare’s who work closely with Fr. Jean-Juste, have done an outstanding job identifying and working with the students. In June, 90% passed the state exam so were able to advance into the next grade." more >>
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 What is Reiki?
Reiki is a Japanese word, often translated as Universal Life Force Energy, electrical excitation or aura. Reiki is also a Twentieth Century Japanese system of natural healing introduced to the world by Dr. Mikao Usui. more >>
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 What Water Says
James Bertolino's poem guides the heart along the path to unity with nature, and through that unity, reaches the ultimate goal -- self-realization. more >>
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 Wheat Berry Veggie Burgers
Veggie Burgers are a satisfying way to have your whole grains satisfy both your appetite and a desire to seek real nourishing vitamin and mineral rich whole foods. more >>
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 Why Do I Farm Organically?
I like to take walks on the farm and during each walk I find something I had not noticed before. In the winter, I spend time visualizing what the fields of the farm will look like in the next season, and I know that this practice contributes greatly to the success of a particular season. more >>
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 Winter Solstice Greetings
This mystery, the eternal return of the light, implicit in the moment of greatest darkness, is what we celebrate at the Winter Solstice. more >>
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 The Year of the Iron Tiger: “The Tiger Leaves the Mountain”
February 21, 2010
2010 is the year to bring forth your inner tiger! If you have plans for your life, see where the opposition to those plans arises and face opponents squarely and honestly. There are always those who disagree, but if the design is sound it is time to act decisively -- especially if you know the design has come from within. more >>
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 Haitians Helping One Another to Survive
February 9, 2010
Johanna Berrigan, a friend of the foundation and Physician Assistant, spent a week in Haiti & says,"When I drove through the streets of Port-au-Prince, I couldn't speak. The devastation is beyond anything you could imagine. But I gained strength by watching how gracefully and with such dignity the Haitians are coping. They are taking care of each other, praying, singing, doing what they can to help one another survive..." more >>
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 Candlemas and Valentine's Day
February 2, 2010
Within frozen depths does warmth stir, and mud rises. Seeds of air & fire, water & starlight move into the cold and wet places that awaken from slumber. more >>
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 UPDATE: Haiti Earthquake Relief-HELP DONATE HERE
January 24, 2010
I spoke with Lavarice this afternoon and he told me that over 10,000 people came to the St. Clare's rectory in search of food and water yesterday. The crowd was so large they were not able to make a dent in providing the aid needed. Lavarice continues to put out calls to the UN and other nonprofits asking them to come to the area with tents, water, and food. Some additional aid has trickled in, but not at the pace that's needed. Thankfully, two more trucks full of food and water, paid for with your donations, arrived late last night from the Dominican Republic. Today, the distribution of aid was a little easier. more >>
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 Happy Holy Days & Nights 2009!
December 21, 2009
Wishing You and Yours a Shining Holiday Season! Merry Christmas, Sunny Solstice, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwaanza, Happy Saturnalia & A Healthy, Happy New Year! With Love & Light from Curtis & Jane! more >>
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 PEACE & LOVE in 2010!!
December 21, 2009
May we all seek a greater peace through love, within ourselves, our families & our communities and inspire our leaders to seek peace in all relations. May We Work & Pray Together For Peace & Love in 2010!
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 Dying for Rain
December 20, 2009
This hymn is dedicated to the poet's heart entangled in a World Wide Web of human desires, full of courage and strength. more >>
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 Mayan Prophecies Interpreted: The Return of The Ancestors Gathering
December 20, 2009
Until relatively recently, the Mayan Elders have been silent about December 21, 2012 and the meaning of their prophecies, but that has been changing. Read Mike's account of the Elders' predictions for 2010 -- and beyond! You'll be surprised and energized when you hear what they have to say! more >>
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 Winter Solstice 2009 Cosmic Weather Forecast
December 20, 2009
After a month or so of very ragged energy, sharp Saturn-Pluto aspects and an active Uranus cycle that seems to affect computers, computer networks, deliveries dependent upon such networks, all technology, tools and houses, and trigger unexpected health crises, we could all use a day or two of sweet Cosmic Weather. Good news! This Winter Solstice is extremely well-aspected. more >>
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 November 2009 Thanksgiving Meditation Moment
November 25, 2009
In spite of the ongoing Saturn-Pluto dramas, the wars, the weird weather, the economic gloom and an underlying vibration of deep-rooted fear gripping the world for much of this year, now epitomized by the apocalyptic sensationalism of the 2012 global disaster horror films, there is a brilliant Light arising within humanity, and that Light is being met by a tsunami of Shakti from the Source of Spirit, under the guidance of the Ascended Master Hierarchy and the Guides and Teachers incarnate on this planet who bear the standards of the Mystery School traditions of the East and the West. more >>
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 Autumn Relish
November 9, 2009
A yummy compote to brighten any autumnal meal, made quick from leftovers & fall seasonal treats. more >>
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 Happy Halloween, Samhain and Diwali
October 12, 2009
Pagan, earth-centered religions see the Divine manifest in Nature and all of Creation, believe in the concept of immanence (the Goddess/God within), believe in the spirit which resides in all things seen and unseen and in unending cycles of birth, growth, death and renewal. more >>
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 The Mystical Journey: Chambers of the Heart
September 5, 2009
The journey home begins with the awakening of longing within the heart, with the soul’s primal cry of separation as the secret passion for union with God is ignited. Only then does the real transformation begin. more >>
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 Towards a Biospheric Ethic
September 5, 2009
There can be no more truly immoral enterprise than that to which our modern society is so totally committed: namely, economic development or ‘progress’, which involves the systematic substitution of the technosphere for the biosphere. more >>
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 September 2009 Cosmic Weather Forecast
September 4, 2009
We as a culture have consigned the ancient wisdom teachings to a museum of the mind as if they were an ancient sword, an obsolete weapon. Now is the time to seize the ancient sword in our own hands, using it to disperse the demons of fear, anger, doubt and uncertainty that beset us. more >>
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 Virgo Solar Festival & Pisces Full Moon 2009
September 4, 2009
The full moon axis forms a Hard Rectangle with the nodal axis indicating struggles between instinctive and spiritual impulses, difficulties with people in one’s life and a general malaise about the direction things are taking until one sorts out what is actually going on. more >>
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 The Real Grand Chessboard & War Profiteers
August 29, 2009
The concept of global war as the response to violent Islamic radicalism is flawed. We ought not be in the business of invading and occupying other countries. That’s not going to address the threat. It is, on the other hand, going to bankrupt the country and break the military. more >>
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 Cancer/Leo Solar Festival Eclipses 2009: July & August 2009
August 6, 2009
Get ready for a global reboot!! This Aquarius Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, occurring Wednesday August 5 at 8:55 pm, EST, is the third in a series of such eclipses this summer. This series of eclipses began in 1360 and has foretold many wars and disasters, but there have also been reforms and new social orders instituted. more >>
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 Leo Solar Festival and the Aquarius Full Moon Eclipse 2009 Satya Center Newsletter
August 4, 2009
Our Celestial Weather Report for August includes an amazing array of astrological interactions among the large, outer planets, signifying changes taking place at the most profound levels of the collective consciousness, with major shifts in social relations sure to follow in many areas of life. Political and economic fault-lines are being triggered and major upheavals are likely during the next year. more >>
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 The Spring Festival of Goodwill -- Full Moon in Sagittarius
June 9, 2009
During Sunday’s Festival of Humanity, the love of Christ and the wisdom of the Buddha are showered down upon the Earth. Spiritual disciples of all paths and lineages and religions around the world receive inspiration and instructions concerning their roles and duties for the upcoming year. more >>
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 The Lazy Gardener's Spring Cilantro Pumpkin Seed Pesto
May 29, 2009
I am such a lazy gardener that I had the good fortune this spring to discover a veritable emerald forest of 'volunteer' young cilantro seedlings in the vegetable bed! Upon this serendipitous discovery I created a delicious way to make use of this delicious, nutritious & fragrant herb. more >>
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 Read Your Lips
May 20, 2009
Our face is like a canvas. On it, all the complex systems of the body make their mark. The area below the eyes relates to our kidneys and adrenals, our lips tell us things about our digestion. The ancient Chinese art of Face Reading, or Facial Diagnosis as it’s also known, is a method of analyzing the appearance of the face to determine the condition of our organs. more >>
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 Wesak Full Moon in Scorpio Festival Newsletter
May 8, 2009
At Wesak, the Enlightened Ones gather in Shambhala and send humanity a continuous energetic stream of intellectual inspiration, loving wisdom, compassion and will forces, along with immensely detailed spiritual guidance concerning each individual's spiritual path in the upcoming year. Let's meditate on that Friday night! more >>
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 Geo-engineering: A Measure of Desperation
May 6, 2009
There isn’t an urgent need to develop heroic climate engineering projects. We know how to solve the problem: reduce the amount of energy we use, replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, switch to organic, localised food systems, stop the destruction of forests and replace some of those we have lost. So why take the risk? more >>
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 Wesak & Taurus Solar Festival 2009
May 6, 2009
There is hope for us yet. The next 18 months will be the make-or-break times. I have been sent a lot of emails about the end of the year 2012. That is not the time about which to be concerned. I have always maintained that. The time, if we are to be concerned, is now. The primary thing all of us need right now is a peaceful state of mind. more >>
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 Witches Abhor Torture
May 6, 2009
Witches abhor torture. We still remember the Burning Times, the campaign of torture and persecution carried out throughout Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries against anyone accused of Witchcraft or heresy. more >>
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 Herbs for Hags
April 24, 2009
"I'm so glad I'm finally old. Sadly, many of my friends don't like me to use that word. They say they don't want to be 'old'. I think what they really mean is they don't want to be the kind of old that's infirm and dependent. I agree." Read Susun's take on being a Crone Elder. more >>
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 Why Bank Rage Is Not Populism
March 26, 2009
What’s going on today bears little resemblance to the great surge of political organizing that began in and spread through the South and West in the 1890s. To begin with, it isn’t now, nor is it likely to become, part of any larger mass movement. It’s directed at the worst excesses of the system, not at the system itself. And it doesn’t offer an alternative vision, beyond a few more progressive “reforms.” more >>
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 The Decade of Global Transformation and the New American Evolution
March 13, 2009
In this newsletter, using research compiled over the last two years from honest and reliable financial experts, environmentalists, independent journalists and famous astrologers, I will give you a bird’s eye view of the current global financial crisis, provide you with a clear outline of its scope, depth and probable duration, and together we will take a look at the BIG picture – the cultural, political, economic, social and environmental changes set to totally transform human civilization during the next decade. more >>
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 The Quickening of the Year
February 3, 2009
Candlemas is one of my favorite times of year, the time when in the depths of winter, I can dream of spring again, when the days wax in light & the birds return to our yard looking for food. Candlemas is the promise of the quickening not only of the seasonal year, but also the promise of desires' fulfillment. more >>
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 The Chinese New Year of the Ox
January 20, 2009
Welcome to the Chinese New Year of the Ox, beginning January 26, 2009. The entire world is in for stormy weather. May this forecast be helpful to you and your family as you weather the storm. The key is to cultivate your strong roots to withstand the tempest. more >>
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 Too Big To Fail? Bailing out Banks, Automakers and More!
November 26, 2008
Bail out GM? For years, the Big 3 automakers used their power to dismantle public transit, scuttle clean fuel initiatives and enslave Americans to expensive cars, cheap gas obtained through force of arms, and suburban sprawl. Now the bill comes due! more >>
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 Tsunami of Hope: November 2008 Full Moon in Taurus Newsletter
November 12, 2008
If we are to rise up and fulfill our full potential, if we are to achieve our Higher Purpose, we must be willing to stretch ourselves to new heights, to leave our comfort zone and enter a new land with no map or compass. We must find ways to get our leaders to listen, and to make the changes that most Americans know are essential to our future and the future of our children. more >>
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 Obama's Magic Moment -- A View from India
November 7, 2008
A nation has gone against its historical record. Risen above its worst prejudices in one, emotional, incandescent moment. A small step for world peace and social justice, a giant leap for America.
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 Indexing Humanity, Indian Style
November 5, 2008
117,000 women dead From childbirth, but, take cheer, the market is soaring!
It all happened around the same time. The day the Sensex crossed 19,000, India clocked in 94th in the Global Hunger Index--behind Ethiopia. more >>
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 Meltdown Strategies: Financial Disaster and Climate Change
October 14, 2008
The environment is not an afterthought: it’s the ground of economy, security and survival. Environmental protection, environmental justice and regeneration must be our top priorities, because they are the only sound foundation for every other endeavor. more >>
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 October 2008 Financial Meltdown Newsletter
October 13, 2008
While the middle class has declined under President Bush's reckless economic policies, the people on top have never had it so good. For the first seven years of Bush's tenure, the wealthiest 400 individuals in our country saw a $670 billion increase in their wealth, and at the end of 2007 owned over $1.5 trillion in wealth. That is just 400 families, a $670 billion increase in wealth since Bush has been in office. more >>
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 Autumn Equinox 2008: The Sword and the Balance
September 18, 2008
The Autumn Equinox is a Festival of the Divine Lovers, celebrating their sacred marriage and the establishment of a New Age civilization based upon the balance of male and female principles in a Union designed to serve the needs of the family, the greater community, and Mother Earth herself. more >>
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 Haiti Hurricane Relief Appeal
September 11, 2008
"At another food program some 8 miles south of our food program, a security guard shot at the crowd who were desperate for a meal. An unconfirmed report said three hungry people died, 12 were wounded. Some small children were crushed within a crowd of starving young men, women and elderly people. The luckiest and very little babies hold onto their mothers or big sisters in the hope of some food." more >>
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 New Moon Ritual-Republican Convention 2008
September 2, 2008
"We are gathered on sacred ground overlooking the Mississippi to celebrate the new moon and to begin this week of demonstrations and actions outside the Republican National Convention. We have an intention for the ritual, an intention the planners have been working with here in the Twin Cities for months: to court an upwelling of earth wisdom." more >>
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 Solar Power for the Masses
August 20, 2008
Solar cells are getting better and cheaper fast as oil prices soar. Investors are flocking to solar start-ups. Soon it will cost as little to get electricity from the sun as from the grid. Highly distributed small scale generation linked to an upgraded electric grid is the way ahead. more >>
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 The New Age of Water: Creating a Water Battery
August 20, 2008
The most significant scientific discovery of this century could be about highly structured water -- liquid crystalline water, which could be used as a virtually unlimited energy source. Scientists are now working to create a solar-charged water battery that could usher in a new age of hydro-power. more >>
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 July 2008 Full Moon
July 18, 2008
This newsletter is devoted to news of recent world developments that are of great concern to us all. Be sure to read through the entire article if you can, because there is a message of hope at the end! more >>
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 The Magician
July 18, 2008
In this poem, memory uncovers a child's perspective and restores the magic of everyday life. more >>
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 The Corporate Grip on Food Tightens
July 4, 2008
We have dismantled vital parts of our agriculture and with it, the livelihoods of millions. At a time when debates in India highlight the un-viability of corporate agriculture, giant corporations are betting the opposite. For them, at least, the current food crisis holds the promise of an undying source of super profit. more >>
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 9/11, Deep State Violence and the Hope of Internet Politics
June 17, 2008
The unthinkable — that elements inside the state would conspire with criminals to kill innocent civilians — has become not only thinkable but commonplace in the last century. Is the American "deep state" somehow implicated with al-Qaeda in the atrocity of 9/11? more >>
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 Summer Solstice 2008
June 17, 2008
We’ve been deluged by reports of people who are stressed out, overworked, worried about money, hit with health challenges, being plunged into a transformational cauldron, and feeling overheated by it all! So it’s up to each one of us to set aside anger, fear and worry and to join together in a festival of community and community healing.
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 Spring Equinox 2008
March 19, 2008
By consistent practice and the Grace of the Divine, we can transform our hearts and our energy signatures. We can alchemically transmute the lead of egotistical rationality into the gold of Unity consciousness. We can eventually transform our hearts from leaden mirrors that can at best occasionally be cleaned sufficiently to reflect the Holy Spirit in some small way into luminous light-giving Sources of energy, true inner tabernacles lit by undimmable lamps of radiance serving as the suitably purified homes of Spirit. more >>
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 Chinese New Year Predictions for 2008 Part 1
February 8, 2008
2008 is the Year of the Rat! Expect an important year full of change, reversals, power plays, learning to save for a rainy day, and learning about who our true friends really are. It's a long story, so this is a two-part letter! more >>
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 Chinese New Year Predictions for 2008 Part 2
February 8, 2008
In this year, especially, take the time to sit by the path you have chosen, wait and watch. The truth you are after will appear. The trick is not to blink, be distracted or fall asleep when it appears. I hope you find it. more >>
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 Peering Into the Future: An Agenda for the 21st Century
February 8, 2008
It's 2008, but we are at the first dawning of the 21st century, and much of the world seems to be focused firmly on what can be seen in their rear view mirror. Our problems are global problems, and so are the solutions for a better world. more >>
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 The Retriever
December 14, 2007
I am born of the Dream and dream the World. To dream the World awake, no less, is my passion and vision. Of all the skills of being Shaman none are possible but for the ability to re-dream the 'World-as-it-is' into the 'World-as-it-can-be'. more >>
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 What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out?
December 14, 2007
Our global food system faces a crisis of unprecedented scope. This crisis, which threatens to imperil the lives of hundreds of millions, consists of four simultaneously colliding dilemmas, all arising from our dependence on depleting fossil fuels. more >>
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 Gratitude on Thanksgiving 2007
November 22, 2007
We turn our thoughts to the Creator, or Great Spirit, and send greetings and thanks for all the gifts of Creation. Everything we need to live a good life is here on this Mother Earth. For all the love that is still around us, we gather our minds together as one and send our choicest words of greetings and thanks to the Creator. more >>
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 Deer Doctoring
November 20, 2007
Shamanic Healer Jade Wah'oo Grigori Explains the Ancient Ways of Using Deer and Eagle Medicine to Heal the Celestial Soul in Cases of Critical Illness more >>
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 Jane's Garden Report-Autumn 2007 & October Full Moon Newsletter
October 23, 2007
This Taurus Full Moon, occurring during the time of Sun in Scorpio, is governed by the planet Pluto, the Lord of the Underworld. Pluto is in some ways like the River of the Underworld, the River Styx, which is the crossroads between life and death, the path of initiation into the world of Spirits, and also the symbol of the collective unconscious, the great underground river of universal archetypes, myth, symbol, wisdom and power that flows through each and every one of us. more >>
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 Cold Fusion: Back on the Menu
October 21, 2007
The implications of cold fusion are enormous. It means that a cheap, much safer and controllable source of nuclear energy is on the horizon. It may be possible to use the same kinds of low energy nuclear reactions to transform existing hazardous radioactive nuclear wastes into more stable, non-radioactive elements. more >>
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 Nine Decades of Non-Violence: The Story of Satyagraha
October 21, 2007
Satyagraha was Gandhi's peaceful protest movement in India that triggered the drive for independence in that country. Here's the story of an old Muslim gentleman who followed Gandhi and has practiced Gandhian precepts for fifty years. more >>
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 Pipeline Through Paradise: Big Oil's Plan to Tap the Arctic
October 20, 2007
One quarter of the world's untapped oil and gas reserves lie in the Arctic. Politicians, oil execs, and the media focus on the Middle East and West Africa but most know that the Arctic is the real prize in the ongoing international struggle to control dwindling energy resources. more >>
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 Mountain Lullaby
October 18, 2007
Another Love & Nature meditation from Jim Bertolino reprinted from his book, Snail River. more >>
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 The Importance of Plumbing
September 5, 2007
The decade of the 2010s will unfold as another lightning-bolt chapter in the recently accelerated evolution of humanity toward substantive change in how we live, work, and play on this garden planet. more >>
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 Lammas 2007 Newsletter: Honoring Our Mother and Her Harvest
August 2, 2007
Mother, today we celebrate the unity of the human family. Mother, we ask your forgiveness, for our destructive ways. Mother,we seek today to learn to forgive one another. Help us, Mother, to learn to love you as the old ones loved you, so that we may heal ourselves and our environment. more >>
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 Climate Change: Opening the Window of Opportunity
August 1, 2007
If moving closer to the heart of things - moving from the symptom of rising temperature to its cause, CO2 pollution - produces the ability to solve multiple problems with a single solution, then what might be the power of reaching even deeper - into consumerism, into our sense that the Earth is ours to dominate, into the assumptions of the industrial age? more >>
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 Impeach Bush Now! Bypass the Corporate Media!
August 1, 2007
About half the American people favor the impeachment of Bush and of Cheney. Such public sentiment is unprecedented in American history, and such numbers demonstrate the potential for an unprecedentedly massive social movement. more >>
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 Like The Water
July 28, 2007
New poetry from Jed Myers explores the mysterious intersection between the egoistic self and spirit realms which is the evanescent dwelling place of the human soul. more >>
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 Mike Gravel: Still Principled After All These Years
July 28, 2007
Commenting that his fellow candidates “frightened” him because they refused to take the nuclear option off the table with regard to Iran, he confronted Obama with the question, “Tell me, Barack, who do you want to nuke?” more >>
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 July 2007 Newsletter: On The Cusp of Global Transformation
July 10, 2007
Feeling down, helpless, and overwhelmed? The stars say that's about to end. Read all about it. This week’s newsletter also includes stories from around the web featuring the first hints of the positive, revolutionary changes coming in the next decades. more >>
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 Any Kind of Sovereign
July 3, 2007
Jed Myers explores the illusion of the separate self as mental illness in this humorous new metaphysical poem. more >>
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 The Fight Over The BP-Berkeley Energy BioScience Institute
July 3, 2007
The biofuels boom is already having devastating effects on the world's poorest countries and on planet as a whole by accelerating deforestation and climate change. The $500 million takeover of Berkeley by BP threatens to bring the world's end that much closer. more >>
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 The Right of Return
July 3, 2007
The question of the Palestinian Right of Return is big and crucial. But the discussion is predicated on factors and notions which do not really help the debate or a solution. This issue needs to be looked at, to some extent separately, in two different ways: the first concerns deep emotional-historical issues and principles, which are being discussed, and the second concerns planning, sustainability and real-life viability issues, which largely are obscured. more >>
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 The Unbearable Brightness of Being Right
July 3, 2007
Visionary scientist Rupert Sheldrake reviews a new book by Daniel Dennett that equates mysticism with fundamentalist religious fanaticism and makes a case for rational atheism. more >>
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 Where We Are; Where We're Headed -- The Road to 2012
June 30, 2007
On June 25th, Saturn made its final pass opposite Neptune, and that is very meaningful. Our collective disillusionment, social malaise, and the longstanding sense of being lost in confusion while sinking in quicksand are peaking right now after almost four years of Saturn-Neptune's scandalous revelations, endless deception, and fantasies polarized to realities. more >>
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 Summer Solstice
June 21, 2007
It is a time traditionally for bonfires, for lovers trysts, for making wishes to fulfill love. When the Sun is in Cancer, the traditional time for weddings, betrothals & new expressions of love, the full moon is called the 'Mead Moon', (or honeymoon). more >>
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 The Bipartisan SynFuel Con Job
June 1, 2007
Global warming is well on its way to being a godsend for the coal industry.
Lobbyists are busily trying to turn dirty coal into a pleasing green alternative -- walking in the footsteps of Esso and IG Farben. more >>
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 Three 9/11s and the Power of Satyagraha
June 1, 2007
There were three 9/11s in history. New York 2001. The bloody Chilean coup of 1973, and the non-violent one of 1906 —Gandhiji's satyagraha in South Africa. Two brought bloodshed, destruction, misery, and chaos. But the Mahatma's WMD — Weapon of Mass Disobedience — helped change the world for the better. more >>
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 Festival of Goodwill: Sagittarius Full Moon 2007
May 31, 2007
During this Full Moon Festival, the love of Christ and the wisdom of the Buddha are showered down upon the Earth. Spiritual disciples of all paths and lineages and religions receive inspiration and instructions concerning their roles and duties for the upcoming year. more >>
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 Snatched from the Jaws of Victory
May 9, 2007
The Women's Liberation Movement I remember argued for the need for a radical transformation of all our institutions. It urged women to rethink every aspect of our lives, always asking us to reflect on whose interests were served by the ways in which society was organized and by the values we had been taught to embrace. more >>
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 Wesak Full Moon Festival 2007 Newsletter
May 1, 2007
“The Wesak Festival takes place whilst some great and heavenly event is going on, and it is in the nature of a participating ceremony,” says Alice Bailey. "There is release upon Earth (according to the measure of man's demand) of the blessing of God Himself, transmitted through the Buddha and His Brother, the Christ.” more >>
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 Green Tea, The Elixir of Life?
April 8, 2007
Green tea, the everyday beverage for hundreds of millions in Japan and China has emerged as the latest ‘miracle drug' for preventing just about any ailment humans can suffer from. Here's the science behind the news sensation. more >>
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 Honoring the Divine Mother: Satya Center Easter Newsletter
April 8, 2007
Something Divine seeks to restore equilibrium between humanity and the natural environment. Something Divine seeks to bring peace to the warring classes of humanity. Something so sacred, so subtle, yet so powerful that in its global balancing act it is both disruptive & healing at the same time. This subtle energy is the energy of rebirth, the prelude to the restoration of the Dominion of the Divine Lovers -- it is the Sacred Emergence of the Divine Feminine. more >>
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 Perestroika in the West
April 8, 2007
Western civilization, now arguably the most conservative and ossified force for the status quo on planet Earth, is impeding absolutely essential changes necessary to save the environment and promote social justice, and must be restructured root and branch. There is no alternative. more >>
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 Aries Foods
April 4, 2007
If you shop in farmers markets, you know it is spring. Baby carrots, fresh onions, new leeks, green garlic, the first fava beans and asparagus all remind us that new life is bursting out of the ground. more >>
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 Four Years Ago Today
March 16, 2007
Time to let the rest of the world know that dissent is alive and well here in the U.S.A. Time to regenerate a movement as nature regenerates life in the spring, with the rising energy that alone can turn our interminable trudging into a dance of defiance. more >>
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 The Challenge of Affluence: A Root of America's Moral Crisis
March 7, 2007
The American ethic of self-indulgence born of our affluence enables people to saddle their descendants with their own debt, running up huge deficits in the national accounts. The habit of yielding to baser impulses makes it easier to support baser policies in the collective realm -- like wars of imperial aggression around the world. more >>
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 Go with the Flow
February 13, 2007
Bush's surge strategy is like trying to force a river to flow backwards by putting a firehose into the onrushing waters and turning on the tap. Failure is assured, and the result could be to flood the Middle East with blood and fire. more >>
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 Satya Center Valentine's Day Newsletter 2007
February 13, 2007
"Each one of us has only one person to change and that person is at hand twenty-four hours a day, at our command. What beauty in God's mathematics! It comes to billions. If everyone evolves to a higher consciousness- or even most of us- the world will change." more >>
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 Damazhon Mojo
February 7, 2007
Damazhon are Spirits that typically flit about around those places we recognize as being sacred: springs, caves, vortices and the like. A Shaman creates a Damazhon Mojo to help recipients find their path in life, for vitality, clarity, health, or spiritual protection. more >>
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 Candlemas 2007 Newsletter
February 2, 2007
Today is Candlemas, the Feast of Imbolc, the Celebration of the Solar Festival of Aquarius and the Full Moon is in Leo. With Saturn retrograde and opposing Neptune, we need extra patience, strength and tranquility. more >>
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 2007: Alchemical Portal
January 20, 2007
It's a year of potential major conflicts around the world. Yet we are entering a window of opportunity for developing sublime aspirations, as we simultaneously charge our personal auras and that of the planet with a flood of light. more >>
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 A Regional MidEast War? Catastrophe Awaits America!
January 20, 2007
American politicians and elite opinion-makers are hypnotized by their own arrogance into believing they can win a wider war in the MidEast. It may seen counter-intuitive but peace in the region depends upon political change -- in Israel. more >>
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 Save our Seas Part 1: Oceans and Global Warming
January 20, 2007
Global warming disrupts the oceanic web of life, and could result in die-off of the phytoplankton that sustain all oceanic life, releasing huge amounts of carbon and accelerating global warming even more. more >>
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 Save Our Seas Part 3: Acid Oceans
January 20, 2007
Global warming and acidification are damaging the phytoplankton at the basis of the oceans’ enormous food web, putting the entire biosphere in jeopardy. more >>
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 Understanding the Iran Crisis
January 20, 2007
George Bush's plan to "surge" more troops into Iraq could be the perfect way to preposition troops along the Iranian border in preparation for an Israeli air assault on targets in Iran.
Palden dissects this complex chessgame for us. more >>
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 December 1, 2006 Advent Newsletter
December 1, 2006
There is a tremendously powerful acquisitive and materialistic collective thought-form hovering in the ethers around us, and part of our joy and inner work as bringers of Light into this world is to counter that thought-form with compassion, opening our hearts and giving freely to those around us in need of uplifting. more >>
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 Letter from Paris: Yves Klein at the Pompidou
November 1, 2006
In an ephemeral seven year career, French artist Yves Klein dissolved the formal art object, explored pure virtual space and created a public persona that anticipated the strategy of Andy Warhol. more >>
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 Oceans in Distress
November 1, 2006
Save our oceans, save our planet. Pollution, destructive overfishing and increasing commercial exploitation are threatening the planet’s cradle of life. Learn how you can become an Ocean Defender. Take action now! more >>
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 Wanted: Fifty Million Farmers
November 1, 2006
The de-industrialization of agriculture in an era of expensive oil could be managed without catastrophes and could substantially benefit society and the environment in the long run. Here's how. more >>
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 Bush Has Achieved America's Demise
October 13, 2006
When does "collateral damage" so dwarf combatant deaths that war becomes genocide? Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq has cost 655,000 Iraqis their lives -- and arguably ended America's 200 year experiment with Constitutional law.
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 Me and My Shadow: The Aftermath of the Lebanon War
October 11, 2006
There are so many global questions to sort out that the international community doesn't know where to start. So it holds necessary changes to a manageable, damage-limiting trickle, applying band-aids where possible. more >>
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 Day of Atonement
October 2, 2006
Jed Myers' new Yom Kippur poem explores the wonder, guilt, and pity of the human condition in the 21st century, as the temperature rises, and nations fight war after war -- over oil, water, religion, economic philosophies, race, and always, money. more >>
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 Satya Center September Full Moon Eclipse Newsletter
August 31, 2006
This Full Moon Eclipse emphasizes the need for each of us to turn within, to subordinate our egoistic will to the Higher Purpose we each have incarnated to fulfill, and to listen carefully to the Divine Guidance available to us through our connection to Higher Mind. more >>
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 A New Middle East
August 30, 2006
The talk is of a new Middle East. But what new Middle East? A Middle East designed in Washington DC or Teheran, built to suit the needs of foreigners? Or a Middle East evolved by the locals, built to suit their needs? more >>
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 Words for Children
August 30, 2006
Poet Jed Myers shares a heartbreaking new poem that surfaces the pain of righteous rhetoric transformed into bullets, bombs and polarization in the Middle East. more >>
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 Lammas 2006: Harvest of Peace and War
July 28, 2006
Let us plant seeds of peace in a world at war. Let us light a flame of brotherhood and sisterhood in a world where religion is at war with religion and nation with nation. Let us celebrate our common link to the Great Mother and to the bounty of her first harvest this high summer season. more >>
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 America's Moral Crisis
July 26, 2006
This presidency should be seen as a manifestation of the success of a set of amoral forces that have worked for a generation to take over the county. The success of these unscrupulous forces –arising from the political right– is due in part to a more general unraveling of the moral fabric of America. more >>
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 Give Peace a Chance: Noone Can Win the Arab-Israeli Wars
July 26, 2006
Only one kind of disarmament is possible: complete, comprehensive, global disarmament. Owing to the dominance of the strongest and the vulnerability of the weakest, the strongest countries need to take the initiative - ratchet down first, to convince the small guys that they can be trusted not to take advantage. more >>
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 The Shame of Being American
July 26, 2006
One-third of the Lebanese civilians murdered by Israel’s attacks on civilian residential districts are children. It is impossible for help to reach the wounded and those buried in rubble, because Israeli air strikes have blown up all the bridges and roads. more >>
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 My Journey with Southernwood
July 16, 2006
When I embarked on a course of oil dispersion bath therapy for my severe fibromyalgia, I found myself unexpectedly walking a path of inner growth and healing that has brought physical, emotional and spiritual benefits. more >>
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 The Festival of Goodwill -- Full Moon in Sagittarius
June 7, 2006
This Full Moon is conjunct dark Pluto and the Galactic Center. Pluto in Sagittarius supports the transformation of our culture’s most basic belief structures. When Pluto is conjunct the moon, which is the seat of our personal subconscious beliefs, and also the Galactic Center, the time is ripe for a total shift in consciousness, a transformation of personal and cultural values on the broadest possible scale. more >>
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 Gemini Foods
June 6, 2006
Gemini is an air sign. This is the month for brain food, scintillating conversation and grazing on spring farm produce and fresh, airy breads right out of the oven. more >>
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 Bush & Brezhnev: Separated at Birth?
June 1, 2006
America is Losing The Great Game of Imperial Conquest. The Reign of Bush the Younger Resembles the Last Days of the Soviet Empire. Seemingly Impregnable and Destined to Rule Forever, Despots Always Fall. more >>
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 What Can You Believe About Bird Flu?
May 31, 2006
Is a bird flue pandemic imminent? Evidence points to intensive poultry farming as the incubator for deadly bird flu viruses -- globalised trade in live birds and poultry products are the main routes of disease transmission. more >>
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 Energy Politics & The Decline of the American Empire
May 26, 2006
With the decline of Washington’s “full-spectrum dominance,” and control of global energy resources, we are seeing the emergence of countervailing power blocs, primarily in Asia but also in South America. This is the end of an era. more >>
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 Immigrants' Rights: The New Revolution
May 26, 2006
The birth of a national immigrants' rights movement was triggered by the first of a two-year series of eclipses in Virgo and Pisces. Recent mass demonstrations are just the beginning of a long political process. more >>
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 Wesak 2006: Taurus Solar Festival with Full Moon in Taurus
May 11, 2006
High in the Himalayas there lies a remote valley, circumscribed by lofty mountain ranges. On the third day prior to the May Full Moon, a slow but steady stream of adepts, high lamas, magi, monks, and seekers travel through a small funnel shaped opening in the mountains. more >>
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 Wesak Festival 2006
May 11, 2006
The Taurus Solar Festival at Full Moon in Scorpio celebrates Buddha's Birthday. This year's stars tell us the time has come for many of us to step up to the spiritual mark and present the highest gifts of our natures to the world at large. more >>
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 The Road to 2012
April 15, 2006
NOW is the time for us to prepare to participate positively in the dynamic process of evolution -- spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. There truly is very little time. more >>
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 The Human Energy Field: A Tutorial
April 6, 2006
Our physical body is cocooned in many layers of light known as auric bodies. The aura houses our chakras, which work somewhat like valves, circulating life force energy through our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. more >>
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 Breaking the Reiki Code
April 5, 2006
The system of Reiki is multi-layered. As you progress through each layer new truths come to meet you, joining you on your journey. Know that the profundity of these arcane teachings is here to be discovered! more >>
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 Reiki: A Path to Wholeness
April 5, 2006
The system of Reiki aims to help you find that inner heart and learn from it. Everyone can find what the Japanese call “honu no reikô,” the spiritual light that exists within.
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 Easter Festival 2006
April 4, 2006
The Easter story, as well as the life of Jesus, is a reminder and an allegory of the long evolution of the Soul of every person and of the sure and certain knowledge that we will all eventually attain the same status of the Christ. more >>
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 Pisces Festival of Salvation 2006
March 14, 2006
The basic quality here is one of purification. All issues that have lurked beneath the surface will come up for reckoning. For most people this will mean that relationship crises will manifest. more >>
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 Global Food Trade & The New Slave Labour
February 24, 2006
South African farmers pay labourers in part or in full with alcohol. A steady stream of alcohol is given to the workers throughout the day. Not too much to make them drunk, but enough to make them dependent. more >>
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 Our Collapsing Food System -- And How to Fix It
February 24, 2006
The global agricultural-industrial complex is destroying the environment, exploiting farmers around the world, and delivering low-quality, high-cost food to unwary consumers. But a host of alternatives are springing up to provide nutritious food from sustainable farm communities. more >>
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 Aquarius Solar Festival 2006
February 13, 2006
This year will be a period marked by heightened tensions in the world, but also by the capacity for great insights to come out of that tension. Special effort should be made to spend quiet time reflecting on chosen paths and upon bringing people together.
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 Shivratri, Valentine's Day Newsletter
February 13, 2006
Shiva and Shakti are the First Soulmates, and their Eternal Dance of Joy is the ecstatic playfulness that continuously propels creative evolution in all its manifestations in all the worlds. more >>
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 Alternative Resources Wish List
February 2, 2006
Today I’d like to bring to your attention a most worthy project that brings clean water, medical care, agricultural assistance and other necessities to the many thousands of Tibetan refugees living in India. more >>
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 Candlemas 2006
February 2, 2006
Within frozen depths does warmth stir, and mud rises. Seeds of air & fire, water & starlight move into the cold and wet places that awaken from slumber.
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 The State of America's DisUnion
February 1, 2006
America is in a state of advanced political paralysis resembling national schizophrenia. Americans now reject the Iraq war for oil, and Bush's poll numbers have sunk to Nixonian levels but Americans seem willing to support a new oil war in Iran. more >>
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 Fr. Gerry Released!!/Urgent Health Alert for Fr. Jean-Juste
January 29, 2006
We have great news: Political prisoner Fr. Gerard-Jean-Juste, “Fr. Gerry” is right now on a plane in the air from Port-au-Prince to Miami. A cancer center in Florida has agreed to treat his leukemia, so he will get immediate attention for the cancer, as well as for the pneumonia he contracted this week. more >>
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 Four Ceremonies
January 23, 2006
During the healing process, there is a time and place to rely on practitioners and a time and place to rely on ourselves. Both are part of the sacred hoop. more >>
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 Capricorn Solar Festival 2006
January 14, 2006
The only thing we have to do in preparation for the re-emergence of the Kingdom of Souls on Earth is to perform to our personal, spiritual best. That may sound simple enough, but rest assured—if you seek to do that, even in half-measures, then the entire weight of your own negativity will stand in the way of your doing so, as well as a portion of your family’s, community’s and national negative imprinting and conditioning. more >>
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 Drug Cartels, Managed Violence and the Russian 9/11, Part 1
January 11, 2006
Drug trafficking from Afghanistan is the main source of support for international terrorism today. Did an international drug cartel affiliated with a Saudi billionaire, Russian banks, and US and Russian intelligence services conspire in the Moscow bombings of 1999? more >>
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 The Weather is Out of Balance
January 10, 2006
Meditation in Appreciation of Precipitation. Wherever you are, take time this Friday, January 13th, at 9 AM Arizona time (11 AM Eastern, 10 AM Central, 9 AM Mountain, 8 AM Pacific. International, please adjust to your time zone). more >>
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 Fr. Jean-Juste Diagnosed with Leukemia: His Message From Prison
January 2, 2006
I visited Father Gerry just before Christmas because I had heard reports that his health was deteriorating. He told me first to think of fellow prisoners who may be in worse shape. He also insisted on praying, then singing, then introducing me to some of his jailers. more >>
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 What To Say
December 14, 2005
New poetry from Jed Myers explores the ghostly fog of parental cartography, visits blackbirds patrolling the perimeter of dreams, and celebrates the wisdom of child's play. more >>
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 2006: A Challenging Year
December 13, 2005
We are all in the same boat, and we are all challenged to navigate choppy waters during 2006. Past unresolved situations will now hit us in the face. The chickens are coming home to roost. more >>
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 Rescuing a Planet Under Stress
December 13, 2005
Environmental Guru Lester Brown offers a comprehensive vision for a new, sustainable global society -- but we must transform our throwaway economy of overconsumption before we are overtaken by war, economic collapse and environmental catastrophe. more >>
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 The Nature of Scorpio: Scorpio Full Moon 2005
November 15, 2005
This Full Moon holds a great deal of frustrated energy within it. The release points are fiery and explosive. The gains to be had in terms of understanding and revelation are formidable, though. Still the mind! more >>
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 Bug Power
November 13, 2005
Waste-gobbling bacteria may be our dream ticket to clean renewable energy. Will the elusive hydrogen economy run on potato waste? more >>
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 The Road to 9/11
November 13, 2005
How covert US Asian operations financed by heroin trafficking empowered radical Islam. How big oil entangled America in unsavory alliances to control Asian pipelines. How it all led to 9/11. Discover the role of the CIA, Big Oil and the Shadow Government. more >>
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 The Spiritual Nature of Libra: Libra Full Moon 2005
October 13, 2005
Choice must be made. If there was ever a theme for Libra, that is it. There are two basic ways in which we choose—with desire/mind or with inner knowing. The latter involves faith when we cannot see or directly sense what is on our path. more >>
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 Health, Human Rights, and GM crops
October 3, 2005
Adopting GM crops when oil and water are both rapidly depleting under global warming, and when industrial monoculture is showing all the signs of collapse is a crime against humanity and our planet. more >>
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 Owned by Illness: An Anthroposophical Approach to Wellness
October 3, 2005
Anthroposophical medicine sees the spirit as the conductor of our life's symphony and the instruments as our physical attributes. When we experience illness, we need to adjust our life rhythms with herbs, dance, massage, painting and oil baths. more >>
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 The Global Organic Foods Boom
October 3, 2005
Organic certification standards were initially developed by farmers and farmer organizations but new, third-party, market-driven and government mandated standards threaten to turn the organic food market over to corporate agribusiness. more >>
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 Threats of Peak Oil to the Global Food Supply
October 3, 2005
Farmers on the island of Bali in Indonesia once planted 200 varieties of rice, each adapted to a different microclimate; now only four varieties are grown. Ongoing, massive genetic consolidation is being driven by the centralization of the seed industry which is in turn consequent upon fuel-fed globalization. more >>
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 Lopez Obrador: Will He Transform Mexico?
September 22, 2005
The popular left-wing Mayor of Mexico City is running for President on a platform of people power. Will Mexico join the South American revolt against globalization? The stars favor change --and they favor Obrador. more >>
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 Toxic Gumbo: Hurricane Katrina and Environmental Justice
September 21, 2005
The Coast Guard estimates seven million gallons of oil got free from at least forty-four factories, tank farms, and other facilities to join the floodwaters of southeastern Louisiana. This is nearly two-thirds the amount of oil left in Alaskan waters by the Exxon Valdez. more >>
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 The Harvest Moon and The Autumnal Equinox
September 17, 2005
In the northern hemisphere, the Moon will rise around sunset tonight--and not long after sunset for the next few evenings. Northern farmers who are working long days to harvest their crops before autumn take advantage of this phenomenon, which is what gives the Harvest Moon its name. more >>
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 Katrina: The Spiritual Significance
September 14, 2005
What will happen if we have another disaster of this nature—like an earthquake or the like—and it takes place near or in one of the major coastal cities elsewhere in the US? The Universe is giving us warning signs and it's up to us to act! more >>
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 The New New Deal: Learning the Lessons of Katrina
September 8, 2005
It is time for a New New Deal. The disaster in New Orleans is so immense that only a co-ordinated, co-operative national response is adequate to the occasion. Nothing less than a total re-orientation of our society and our way of life will do. more >>
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 Listen to the Animals
August 31, 2005
Why did so many animals escape the December 2004 tsunami? What is the nature of their "sixth sense" that warns them of impending natural disasters? Do humans share that ability? Scientists have an obligation to find out more! more >>
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 The London Bombings
August 31, 2005
The British people will not be terrorized. We do not seek war. There is a public recognition of the multicultural nature of our country, and we accept and include Muslims and all others as part of our society. more >>
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 The Universal Mantra: Ba’ba Na’m Keva’lam
August 31, 2005
Chanting this spiritually charged mantra, infused with the vibrations of countless spiritual teachers over many lifetimes, charges one's aura with the energy of Unity Consciousness. more >>
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 How to Avoid Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse
August 30, 2005
In the near future insufficient oil supplies will lead to extreme price shocks, price volatility, acute shortages, geo-strategic conflicts and dislocations in the global economy. The Oil Depletion Protocol provides a global management tool to help the world community cope with earth-shaking changes. more >>
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 Understanding Leos: Leo Full Moon 2005
August 19, 2005
Leo carries the torch of illumination, be it through science or through self-discovery. Dawn always represents the start of a new cycle, and that sort of energy is strongly with us at this time. People feel ready for something new. Folks are also growing increasingly dissatisfied with things as they are. more >>
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 Festival of Goodwill: Gemini Full Moon 2005
May 19, 2005
The call has gone out—“Unite! Cast your Light outward into the world and know that your voice will be heard. The ones who wait will hear your voice and see your flame. Lay aside that which keeps you separated from your fellow travelers and walk in concert with them." more >>
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 Is Social Security Broke?
May 9, 2005
The answer is a resounding NO, contrary to what the right-wing spin doctors say. Look at the system's birthchart. Social Security is more stable than the NY Stock Exchange. more >>
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 The Eagle of the North and the Condor of the South
May 9, 2005
"We Inkan people have a prophecy that when the Eagle of the North joins with the Condor of the South when the Inti Stone casts no shadow, then is the time to reveal the Teachings held secret by the Inkas for the last 500 years. The prophecy is now fulfilled!" more >>
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 Yoga Is More Than Physical Fitness
May 9, 2005
Establishing a daily practice of 15 - 30 minutes of yoga asanas & breath control followed by an equal period of meditative sitting will begin the journey without words to reuniting with our One Self, or True Nature. more >>
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 All Fool's Day: Love and Cosmic Unity
April 1, 2005
In Rome, April 1 was the date of the Festival of Veneralia, dedicated to Venus, goddess of love, death, orchards, waters and sexuality. Women washed a statue or image of Venus in rivers and lakes, adorned her with precious jewels and long robes, then burned incense in honor of the Goddess. more >>
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 Global Warming: The Boiling Point
April 1, 2005
I believe that if the U.S. people knew the imminent danger, they would insist on change. This is exactly what the oil and coal industries fear, and so with their powerful crony, GW Bush, they are keeping this crucial information from the American public. more >>
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 Easter: Uniting with the Cosmic Christ
March 24, 2005
Ask and it shall be made known to you, make a request and it shall be granted to you, open your heart and the chains of ego will fall away. Ask for your freedom and you shall be freed. This is Christ’s Easter promise. more >>
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 Deconstructing the Spiritual Nature of Pisces
March 10, 2005
Pisces is the sign that most embodies the “World Savior”. Pisces Full Moon marks a finishing up of the year’s preparatory business prior to the inauguration of the high spiritual festivals of the spring and summer. more >>
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 The Twilight of The Era of Cheap Oil
March 10, 2005
We are in the twilight of the age of mass industrialization and consumption, of a long spiritual cycle focused on the development of the individual sense of self. The Aquarian age of community is coming soon. more >>
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 Haiti After Aristide: A Failed Occupation
March 1, 2005
UN forces are allowing political assassination attempts on former Aristide officials and police massacres in Port au Prince's poorest neighborhoods. The poor eat mud cakes while rape and pillage proliferate. more >>
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 Can Breast Cancer Be Prevented?
February 15, 2005
We can help prevent breast cancer as individuals by listening to our bodies, paying attention to the Wise Healer Within, and taking control of our diets and lifestyles. more >>
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 The Rooster Crows at Noon
February 15, 2005
Chinese astrology tells us about global and personal conditions and tendencies due to manifest in 2005 -- the year of the Green Rooster. more >>
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 Against Selfishness
February 10, 2005
Bush's ownership society melds a me-first 80s ethos with the crude Darwinism of Reality TV, celebrating the creation of a two-class society founded on power and privilege for the few. more >>
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 Follow the Money
February 10, 2005
Eliot Spitzer’s insurance probe promises to shake up business as usual in the $1 trillion industry -- and in Albany, where campaign finance reform may be the only solution to the problem. more >>
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 Valentine's Day Newsletter
February 10, 2005
In 12th century southern France, “Valentine Clubs” appeared, which constituted a more playful, chivalric, and Christianized version of the ancient Roman fertility festivals. more >>
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 Candlemas and Chinese New Year 2005
February 3, 2005
Festivals occurring at the mid-point of a fixed sign, like Aquarius, are traditionally feasts of prognostication. The month of Aquarius is the month of the Rowan, tree of the quickening, and of prophetic visions. more >>
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 The US in 2005 -- Predictions for the Year Ahead
January 6, 2005
The U.S. is being called on to let go of many of its ego props and to open to a higher level of spirit. This will be particularly difficult for a nation showing the arrogance that the U.S. is presenting to the world.
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 Whither Next, America?
February 12, 2004
The American Dream seems to have become a nightmare, and no US president or alliance of billionaire magnates can change that. more >>
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 Weather Report from Jane's Garden
January 19, 2004
2003 was a very stormy year. Steady snowstorms all winter & a rainy spring. Twice I watched the little spring by the neighbor's house creep perilously close to spilling over its banks. more >>
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 The Mythos of Consciousness
September 22, 2002
Myth is the reality of the Soul, just as History is the reality of the day-to-day linear world. Mythos is the topography, or cosmology, of the Soul. more >>
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 Microsoft.Net: Is it time yet?
July 11, 2001
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Oracle chieftain Larry Ellison should be delighted with Microsoft’s new .NET initiative, unveiled last month. more >>
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 The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001
March 1, 2001
The coalition of unions, consumer and women's groups who have been fighting the bankruptcy law are just about out of ammo. Both houses of Congress are expected to pass the measure this week, and President Bush has said he's ready to sign it into law. more >>
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Irrational Exuberance: Deja-vu All Over Again?
February 21, 2001
"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hittin," explained famous philosopher, Hall of Fame ballplayer, and pennant-winning Manager (for the both the Yankees and Mets), Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, when asked about a long dry spell at the plate.
He could have been speaking for the equity markets' hivemind this week. The Nasdaq composite is off more than 53% from its high reached less than one year ago. After a big January pop, the COMP ended the month 46% off its March 2000 peak, and then proceeded to lose another 16% from its January 31 level.
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 California's Energy Crisis – Who's to Blame?
January 31, 2001
California's new $10 billion energy bailout plan is being greeted with skepticism by both industry experts and consumer groups. That’s not surprising because the state of California, which has already proven itself to be “the gang that couldn’t deregulate”, has rushed to implement an emergency plan that looks increasingly like a band-aid on a severe gut-shot wound.
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 Bush Policy Wonks Will Move Markets – and the Economy
January 15, 2001
No one expects Dubya to put on his thinking cap, network with policy wonks and forge a set of priorities for his new administration that will rock our collective world. That was Bill Clinton's modus operandi.
Ideas for Bush policies will be coming from a handful of big think tanks in Washington. As in the Reagan era, the most important is the Heritage Foundation.
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The New Year's Market Outlook
January 8, 2001
Those of us over 30 can only watch in horror and recall the spirit of the 1920s when Broadway musicals were high art, illegal booze was the King-Hell High, jazz was searing and markets were soaring until…well, you know, man, the correction happened -- and happened and happened.
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 Dance of Oil
December 7, 2000
It looks as if oil politics could be the vehicle for George W. Bush to define his administration's geo-strategic principles, solidify support in Congress, reward his supporters in the energy "bidness" and unify the country behind his foreign policy, just as it was for his father. That does not necessarily mean a repeat of the Persian Gulf War, but oil provides an ideal vehicle for restating the imperial American policy abroad. more >>
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Is Bad News Good for the Net?
November 12, 2000
The dot-com bubble has burst. The Nasdaq bear refuses to go into hibernation for the winter. “Geek chic” suddenly looks as tired and dated as those Priceline PCLN ads with William Shatner that looked so cool only a few months ago, when Priceline’s stock was soaring.
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 A Depleted Legacy
November 19, 1995
The story of the long twilight struggle that ended government subsidized housing in Houston. more >>
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 Who's Spying Now?
July 2, 1995
Writer Dashiell Hammett could never have dreamed up private investigator Joseph Seanor. Unlike a fast-talking, streetwise gumshoe who spends his nights pounding the pavement, Seanor does his research pounding on a keyboard. Each week he dons a virtual reality headset and spends 100 hours online. . . more >>
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The Clipper Threat
June 3, 1994
Bill Clinton promised voters in 1992 that he would shrink the defense budget, reorder Cold War priorities and rein in America's undercover warriors who had sold guns to the Ayatollah, supported an illegal Nicaraguan war, bankrolled Manuel Noriega and secretly armed Saddam Hussein. more >>
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 Privacy in the Digital Age
March 31, 1994
Welcome to the digital frontier, where network by network, metaphor by metaphor, a splendid, global, multimedia palace is being built through trial and error. more >>
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 A New Meaning for Car Wash
June 1, 1993
Forget "Miami Vice" and high-speed chases on cigar boats and shootouts with South American thugs armed with semiautomatic weapons.The really heavy federal drug enforcement artillery is now being trained on suburban car salesmen." more >>
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