“You’ll never walk again.” This was the news Omer Rains heard from doctors when we awoke from a prolonged coma and found the right side of his body completely paralyzed, the result of a stroke and brain aneurysm that nearly killed him at age 61. But the former California State Senator – a politician on [...]

Review by Diane Saarinen I was intrigued from the start when I heard about Joanna Powell Colbert’s new venture: The Gaian Soul Grove, a place for online learning and connection with like-minded others with a decidedly nature-centered focus. I had recently reviewed Powell Colbert’s Gaian Tarot (review in New Age Journal here:  http://newagejournal.com/2007/gaian-tarot) and found [...]

by Shakti Gawain An Excerpt from the 25th Anniversary Edition of Living in the Light Most of us have been taught from childhood not to trust our feelings, not to express ourselves truthfully and honestly, not to recognize that at the core of our being lies a loving, powerful, and creative nature. We learn easily [...]

by Heather Roan Robbins Returning to regular- post-holiday schedule may have been difficult if productive this week, but we need this weekend to hit the reset button. A Full Moon in Cancer calls our attention to any tension we feel between home and private life, and our work out there in the world. Every January [...]

by Joyce and Barry Vissell Do you ever wonder why challenges come into your life? Do you ever wish that your life could be smooth and simple? Do you ever want your relationship to just be easy? These are things that probably every person has thought. And yet challenges are part of our human condition [...]

Starcodes horoscopes for Dec 30 2011 – January 5, 2012 plus a look at the year ahead by  Heather Roan Robbins This week Venus shines in the early night sky, and behind it, though we cannot see it, hovers idealistic Neptune, together they add magic warmth to an otherwise interesting time. Winter holidays ran deep [...]

Looking for something with more impact (and sticking power) than the usual doomed-to-fail resolutions? Vickie Milazzo wants you to make 2012 the year you finally buck up and start living the life YOU want to live—recession be damned! 2011 is drawing to a close and, for many recession-wracked American women, it feels like just another [...]

Review by Jeff Day Meteo Xavier, known as well under the unique alias of 12 Followers, has delivered what could be considered a significant contribution to the oft-stagnating electronic music universe with his latest album, “Espers”. Though the album doesn’t directly reference the famed Espers of legendary Final Fantasy VI fame, it very well could [...]

by Heather Roan Robbins Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The Sun appears to hold still for three days around the Solstice, on the fourth day we see [...]

By Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman A common theme of Winter Solstice ceremonies everywhere is the burning of fires to symbolically re-kindle the dwindling sun. People gather together to cheer on the ascendancy of the light, the victory of the very forces of life. The Hindu Festival of Lights, Divali, The Festival of Light, comes [...]

by Joyce and Barry Vissell Ever since seeing the Franco Zeffirelli movie, “Brother Sun, Sister Moon,” when first released in 1973, Joyce and I have been fascinated by Saint Francis of Assisi. Never before or since have I been so affected by a movie. When I left the movie theater, I felt ready to give [...]

by Heather Roan Robbins It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them. – Alfred Adler 1870-1937 We need to stay on target even as we waltz amongst the mistletoe. Even though this is a sociable time, we get one highly efficient week to accomplish, repair and tie up loose [...]