Archives: 2009

By Heather Roan Robbins
So what are we thankful for? We may not be so sure as the weekend begins; we can see the cracks and flaws in our life all too clearly and probably have strong opinions about who should do what to fix the situation. But the mood changes this weekend, the far horizons [...]

Although Thanksgiving in Canada was about a month ago, our friends in the USA are just gearing up for the holiday, so we thought this information about applying Feng Shui principles to your get-together would be appropriate. Actually, these tips could be helpful just about any time of the year.
The following are simple tips sent [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
Throughout my career, I’ve been blessed with fulfilling and rewarding work.  Among the most fulfilling and rewarding has been The Meditation Journal Trilogy of hard-cover books that I co-authored with my dear friend Mary Sheldon.  This trilogy made basic meditation highly accessible and personally creative to its many readers.  As [...]

by Heather Roan Robbins
Luck is hidden in the mirrors of our soul; got anything scary that needs to be stared down? Friday the 13th, followed by the New Moon in Scorpio, is a good time to do it. Friday is Venus’s day, 13 are the number of Moon cycles [...]

Dear Mama Donna,
Why is Friday the 13th supposed to be so unlucky? Is this just a superstition or is there some ancient history attached to it? Should I be worried? It seems weird to celebrate bad luck! Thanks in advance for your answer.
Don’t Need More Bad Luck in Utah
Dear Lucky,
When the 13th day on the [...]

Rise by Jim Chappell
Unspeakable Freedom Music (2009) 57:50 minutes
www.jimchappell.com
Review by Kate Russell
This album is from a relative veteran of the New Age Music Scene. Now some twenty years since his first album was released, and with many more of them under his belt, Jim Chappell’s new release, ‘Rise’ describes itself as a “soothing, inspiring, solo [...]

by Heather Roan Robbins
Listen for the haunted tones of a landscape preparing for winter as Mercury and the Sun in broody Scorpio are joined by Venus. This weekend the mood is testy and self-protective, stay out of the minefields and make people as cozy as possible under a Cancer Moon. If people seem like they just don’t want [...]

What on Earth? Inside the Crop Circle Mystery
Suzanne Taylor
Mighty Companions Production
DVD, 81 minutes, $24.95
Review by Christine Gertz
Winner of an EBE award from the International UFO Congress Film Festival, What on Earth? Inside the Crop Circle Mystery documents the appearance of crop circles, focusing on the highly active area for these phenomena in southern England. The [...]

Cosmic Conversations: Dialogues on the Nature of the Universe and the Search for Reality
Stephan Martin
New Page Books
287 pp, $16.99
Review by Christine Gertz
An astronomer and educator, Stephan Martin, the author of Cosmic Conversations, sought out scientific, spiritual and cultural leaders to interview to discuss their perceptions of the universe, and to articulate how they feel the [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
Re-Creating Your Self can be as easy as relaxing. That’s because deep relaxation is the key for effectively using two important tools for personal change: meditation and self-hypnosis. Both of these simple techniques are highly effective ways to acquire new, positive beliefs and discard old, negative ideas. Let me explain [...]

by Heather Roan Robbins
While the Sun and Mercury burrow into Scorpio we burrow into our roots like animals preparing for winter’s hibernation. Scorpio season asks us to get serious in our burrow; winter is coming and it’s time to do our real work and make it through the long nights ahead. And if we can [...]

The New Seed by Zera Vaughan
Media in Sync / Orson / Sledge (2009) 55:00 minutes
www.zeravaughan.com
Review by Kate Russell
Created alongside French producer/composer Cyril Morin, Zera Vaughan’s new album “The New Seed” is a time warp back to the early ’90s when moody, after-dark, trip-hop such as that played by predecessors such as Portishead, Massive Attack and [...]