by Heather Roan Robbins
Summer officially begins as the Sun enters Cancer on June 21, the shortest night of the year up here in the northern hemisphere. And as it does, it rings off major aspects though all the outer planets, striking a chord in the astro-sphere. We may get a change of scene, but not [...]

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,
My daughter Sherry, who is nine, has just broken down four years after her aunt’s death, who was only 40 when she [...]

By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
You would certainly recognize your signature on a piece of paper, but do you know your own emotional signature? We all have one. It’s our predictable way of reacting to situations. Your friends probably recognize your emotional signature better than you do. When you get into a fight with your partner, for [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
Re-Creating Your Self is a virtually self-contained method of personal development.  Beyond your Re-Creating Your Self notebook, nothing needs to be purchased in order to successfully use this process.  You don’t need a Re-Creating Your Self partner, nor do you need to attend group meetings, seminars and workshops.
You do need [...]

by Heather Roan Robbins
Prepare for an active and easily ticked-of week. The mood is loving, urgent, emotional but not necessarily introspective as summer laziness mixes with an urgent need to fix, change and clean up set off by the slurry along the Gulf coast and an activating trine between muscular Mars in filth-hating Virgo [...]

by Gary Zukav
The benefits of spiritual partnership are the highest goals that you can reach for, such as freedom from fear, and also the most grounded, pragmatic, and useful tools that you can develop, such as how to use power struggles to grow spiritually. All the benefits of spiritual partnership are interconnected, and each leads [...]

By Marlene Buffa
More and more my gardening skills lack enthusiasm.  The other day, with grass freshly long from a deep periodic irrigation, I decided to mow the back yard.  A few weeks ago, I brought the mower in to the repair shop for regular maintenance and the last time I used it, it started up [...]

by William Douglas Horden
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
-Antoine de Saint-Euxupery
“When people come to me because of a sudden illness,” the shaman was telling me as he painstakingly mended a crack in a highly-prized ceremonial gourd, “the [...]

by Heather Roan Robbins
“The Revolution Will Not be traumatized. The Revolution Will Be Emotionally Intelligent. We will not be driven by reflexive impulses from our lizard brains. The revolution will go beyond “attack and defend.” The revolution is creative. Now.” This quote from diversity coach Victor Lee Lewis as change-master Uranus entered instigating Aries last [...]

by Dr. Christina Grant
My friend John asked me to write about the universe. I mentioned this to another friend, a fellow writer, and she said, “Oh my God. That is such a huge topic.” She thought my friend asked me to talk about the whole universe. Actually, he meant for me to discuss what I [...]

by Michael Lewin
How often are we running way to undertake some ‘ important ‘ task that needs our attention? How often are we working to a busy schedule ( self imposed or otherwise ) that keeps us frantically occupied? How often do we become locked in a cycle of activity that takes us away from [...]

Re-Creating Your Self by Christopher Stone
In previous columns, we’ve explained, explored and evaluated powerful mental actions that can help you accept the new beliefs contained in your Blueprint for Personal Change. This column, as well as the next one, is about taking physical actions to help you become the person you want to be, living [...]