by Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman
The summer cross-quarter day was celebrated
by the Saxons as Hlaf Mass, *Feast of Bread,*
and by the Celts as Lughnasadh, *Commemoration
of Lugh.* Lugh was the grain god, son of Mother
Earth. Every August he was sacrificed with the
reaping of the corn only to be born again in the new
shoots of spring exactly […]

by Leah J. Utas, C. Ht.
Are you using the relaxed state to make changes in your life?
Would you like to give them a bump while you’re doing even the most mundane of tasks?
Do you want to enjoy the fullness of each moment?
Home in on the mundane and find the richness in everyday tasks, and then […]

The Living Gaia Prayer Wheel Activation!
Equinox ~ September 22nd, 2008 ~ 1 to 3 PM your local time all across the Earth.
This is a Joyful Invitation to the Awakening Masses of Gaia to come together in ONE UNIFIED HEART to Activate our Planet as a LIVING GAIA PRAYER WHEEL!
We Invite all to join together with […]

Thursday, July 24, 2008 UPAYA’S SUMMER PRACTICE PERIOD: ESSENCE OF ENGAGED BUDDHISM Santa Fe, New Mexico
Upaya Zen Center’s Summer Practice Period “Essence of Engaged Buddhism,” which runs August 6 through September 7, 2008, presents all aspects of Buddhist study and life, dharma talks, sesshins, the arts, and seminars. This rare and powerful program’s faculty […]

by Heather Roan Robbins
Leo season ripens as Mercury joins the Sun and Venus in Leo. Fixed fire-sign Leo asks us to shine our light on the crops of life and ripen its fruit, the peaches of creative expression, the plums of romance, the wheat of familial warmth. Bask in the sun, […]

Are you cyclically confused? In a ceremonial quandary? Completely clueless? Wonder no more.
Ask Your Mama: The What, When, Where, Why, How, and Who of Ceremony & Spirituality
by Mama Donna Henes, Urban Shaman
Dear Mama Donna,
I want to be able to walk my own path, but I don’t know where I am going. I am wandering […]

By Sharon Marcus
From the Book The Sufi Experience
We are only permitted to remain in a state of higher consciousness as long as our words, thoughts, qualities and actions are God’s. The moment we fall away from that exalted condition, even for a shadow, a hint, a particle, we descend automatically to a lower level. This […]

by Heather Roan Robbins
This week it feels good to do something with and for our community. People need to connect, but not in a way that leaves us too vulnerable or raw, as for many there’s been too much going on below the surface lately. Tending to the home (however we define it) can be […]

By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
This discussion is about using the mind in a different way to overcome a tiresome activity. It is about using spiritual capacity to transcend the ordinary.
One day I found myself using a meditative technique to free my mind from the drudgery of commuting to work. It just sort of happened and came […]

Re-Creating Your Self
By Christopher Stone

Previously, I asked you to write a description of Your Now Self – the person you are right now. That’s because it’s essential to know your self more fully before re-creating any aspect of your life.

This column reveals How Your Now Self Was Created. We’re exploring how the person […]

by Heather Roan Robbins
The aspects this week are great to refine a skill or put passion into a disciple, discipline into a passion as Mars conjuncts Saturn in ever-improving Virgo.
Because each of us is listening to this inner whisper to improve some aspect of ourselves or lives (though some get worse just to deny the […]

by Kathleen O’Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear
Our search for the historical Jesus began thirty-two years ago when we were in college and both (unbeknownst to each other, since we had yet to meet) studying the New Testament in its original Greek language. In the process of our studies, we would read many gospels, and […]