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COSMOS AND PSYCHE

JUNE/JULY 2007EARTH STAREARTH STAR

AYURVEDIC HEALTH AND BEAUTY TIPS

LIVINGLUMINARIES

YOUR NEW ENGLAND CONNECTION

THE SEVEN SPIRITUALLAWS OF SUCCESS

NATURAL METHOD TO SUPPRESS APPETITE

THE SEVEN SPIRITUALLAWS OF SUCCESS

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ON THE COVER12 Living Luminaries

Review by Stephen Simon

22 Calorie Restriction without Humgerby Steven V. Joyal, M.D. and Dale Kiefer

26 7 Spiritual Laws of Successby Deepak Chopra, M.D.

31 Ayurvedic Health & Beauty TipsA Cooler Summer, Inside and Outby The Maharishi Vedic Health Center

42 Cosmos and PsycheIntimations of A New World Viewby Richard Tarnas

FEATURES18 Down To Earth Astrology

by Tim Gunns

33 The Magic of Make Believeby Lee Pascoe

38 Accessing the Creative MatrixThe Secret to Healing the Planetby Christan Hummel

40 Vision Tipsby Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, D.B.O., M.A.

62 Creating Sacred Spaceby Christan Hummel

63 The Untapped Healing Potential of DMSOby Sue Kovach

66 Mystical StonesNatroliteby Robert Simmons & Naisha Ahsian

DEPARTMENTS

5 Up Front

36 Yoga Listings

41 Green Living

46 Calendar of Events

50 New England Notebook

51 Directory of Professional Services

68 Book Reviews

72 Classified Marketplace

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Earth Star Up Front

Time for an Oil Change

I f you’re like most Americans,you’re probably already watch-ing your fat intake. Good for

you. With nine calories per gram, fathas more than twice the calories thanthe same amount of protein or carbo-hydrate, making it the most concen-trated source of calories in our diet.Pure fats like oils, butter, and short-ening are especially troublesome,because they rack up more calories.But when it comes to fat, caloriesaren’t the only thing you should beconcerned about. They may not evenbe the most important thing. Thetype of fat you eat matters more.

A new studyshows that a tradi-tional Mediterraneandiet, rich in healthyfats (such as oliveoil), may be betterfor the heart thancutting back on allfat. The clinical trialfrom Spain, pub-lished last summerin the Annals of Internal Medicine,found that a Mediterranean-style diethelped people over sixty-five lowertheir cholesterol, blood pressure, andblood sugar levels, while a low-fatdiet did not. Unsaturated fats found

in olive oil and nuts helpreduce inflammation andare thought to protect theheart and blood vessels. —Food & Fitness Advisor

T he German solar indus-try is booming.Photovoltaic companies

from Germany achieved aturnover of almost three billioneuros in 2006. The key to their

success involves new technolo-gies like those being investigat-ed by Concentrix Solar in

Freiburg. Using an ingenioustechnical trick, the firm fromsouthern Germany was aimingto almost double the efficiencyof solar cells from fifteen totwenty-eight percent by the end

of last year. Three solar cellsmade of different semiconductormaterials are stacked on top ofone another and each of themtransforms a specific wavelengthof sunlight into energy. As aresult, it will be possible to sig-nificantly reduce the area ofsolar cells used in the future andsolar energy will become cheap-er due to the more economicaluse of materials. —Deutschland

SSTTAACCKKSS OOFF EENNEERRGGYY

E ven the smell of beef brisketsimmering in green chilisauce, pizza baking in a

brick oven or cheeseburgers fryingon an open grill could be shorteningyour life span.

A study in the journal ScienceExpress says when fruit flies are puton a restricted diet, they live twentydays longer. But that’s cut in halfwhen the hungry flies are exposed toappetizing aromas. —AP

A Whiff of Food ‘Doom’ for

Calorie Restriction


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P owerful chemicals that may help preventchronic diseases are not just in pharma-cies, but they’re also in your kitchen spice

rack. Recent studies show that curcumin, whichgives curry its yellow color, capsaicin in hot pep-pers, and chemicals in cinnamon, rosemary, gar-lic, pepper, and ginger may help the body wardoff cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

“Spices have been used for thousands ofyears not only to enhance food but also toimprove health. We are just now discovering thescientific proof of what our grandmothers knew:That spices and herbs can heal and help preventdisease,” remarks Meena Katdare, Ph.D., head ofthe Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Laboratory and assistant professor of cell and developmental biology atthe Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Katdare cites curcumin as a prime example: “Curcumin, the activechemical in the spice turmeric, has been shown to be a very strong immunomodulator, and has been used for the pre-vention of ailments for generations in Asian countries. It also acts as an antioxidant and as an antimicrobial.”

“Turmeric is a basic ingredient in everyday cooking in India and other countries. But people also know it cancontrol infection. If a child gets a cut or scrape, before we use an antibiotic we will go to the kitchen, pick up theturmeric and put some on the wound. It will immediately stop bleeding. Healing will be faster and it will reduce scarformation. When people have a sore throat, they take it in warm milk. We are now investigating its effects on cellsin the laboratory,” says Katdare, whose research was inspired by her maternal grandmother, who used medicinalspices and herbs in India. —Food & Fitness Advisor

THE SPICE OF LIFE

H ypnotherapists across thecountry are staking claimto the multibillion-dollar

weight-loss industry. Through web-sites, newspaper classifieds, radiospots and local TV ads, they pitchwaist-reducing therapy sessions andslimming CDs. Some evenoffer to hypnotize clientsover the phone.

The word “effortless”dominates advertisementsfor weight-loss hypnosis.Many practitioners claimthat hypnosis can help peo-ple embrace exercise andhealthy foods—little or no willpow-er required.

The reported results often bor-der on the miraculous. According tothe website of Steve G. Jones, ahypnotherapist in Savannah, Ga.,hypnosis can “increase metabolicrate by seventy-six-point-nine per-

cent without exercise” and “reduceforty-seventy percent overall fatunder skin.”

Dr. David Spiegel, medicaldirector of the Stanford Center forIntegrative Medicine in Stanford,CA., believes in the therapeutic

value of hypnosis. But even he saysthat the vast majority of weight-lossclaims made by hypnotherapists arebunk.

“It’s a caricature of real hypno-sis,” Spiegel says. “At best, hypno-sis might help someone shave off afew pounds by curbing stress-relat-

ed food binges or sharpening acommitment to a healthy lifestyle.”

The most recently publishedstudy—released nearly nine yearsago by British researchers—foundmodest benefits. Sixty obesepatients received either dietary

advice alone or advice com-bined with hypnotherapygeared toward reducingstress or curbing appetite.Three months later, all threegroups had lost two to threepercent of their body weight.After eighteen months, onlythe stress-reduction group

had maintained weight loss: abouteight pounds.

Spiegel believes that hypnosiscan play a small but helpful part ina larger plan to lose weight. He rec-ommends finding a psychiatrist orpsychologist—an MD or a Ph.D—with experience in the technique.”

SIT, LISTEN AND SHED POUNDS


Earth Star Up Front

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T he smell of true vegetable oil soap on woodenfloors is as wholesome as the smell of bread bak-ing in the oven. Rich and nutty Smelling because

they contain linseed oil, all-purpose vegetable oil soapsare ideal for cleaning wooden floors if you are luckyenough to have soft water in your tap. When sloshed in abucket with soft water, true vegetable soap makes a ter-rific wooden floor cleaner.

If you have hard water, however, you’ll have todepend on a commercial detergent soap to avoid the soapscum residue associated with hard water. Try Murphy’sOil Soap, Ecover’s All Purpose Soap. or Life Tree’sHome Soap for the all-purpose detergent in this home-made floor cleaning formula. You might also add somefragrant herbal antibacterial tea, such as peppermint or

lavender. This mixture can work wonders on woodenfloors:

• 1/8 cup all-purpose pure vegetable soap or commercial soap detergent (such as Murphy's Oil Soap,Ecovor’s All Purpose Soap, or Life Tree’s Home Soap)• 1/4 to 1/2 cup vinegar or lemon juice• 1/2 cup fragrant herbal tea• 2 gallons warm water

Combine ingredients in a pail or bucket. Swirl thewater around until it is sudsy, then apply to the floor witha mop, recycled cloth, or sponge. Rinse the floor withclean water. —Home Enlightenment

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C an you haveyour cakeand eat it? Is

there a free lunchafter all, red wineincluded?

Researchers at Harvard MedicalSchool and the National Institute onAging report that a natural substancefound in red wine, known as resveratrol,offsets the bad effects of a high-caloriediet in mice and significantly extendstheir lifespan.

Their report, published recently inNature, implies that very large dailydoses of resveratrol could offset theunhealthy, high-calorie diet thought tounderlie the rising toll of obesity in theUnited States and elsewhere, should peo-ple respond to the drug as mice do.

Resveratrol is found in the skin ofgrapes and in red wine and is conjecturedto be a partial explanation for the Frenchparadox, the puzzling fact that people inFrance tend to enjoy a high-fat diet yetsuffer less heart disease than Americans.

Resveratrol, which increases theactivity of enzymes known as sirtuins,prolonged the lifespan of every organismscientists have tested it on, includingyeast, worms, fish and fruit flies.

T hree minutes can save lives. Only one hundred andeighty seconds is all it takes the new Bio ParticleExplorer of the Berlin, Germany-based company rap.

ID Particle Systems to distinguish between dangerous anthraxbacteria and harmless microorganisms. That would take at leastfour to twelve hours with the conventional measuring technique.

In the past, this time would have been lost, time in which treat-ment or countermeasures could have been administered. Thenew measuring device examines the sample with a laser beamand determines the size, number, shape and chemical composi-tion of the particles fully automatically. This data is immediate-ly com-pared with the search profiles of known microorganismsstored in an electronic database. Its accuracy lies between nine-ty-five and ninety-nine percent. The system is not only appreci-ated by civil defence authorities—the Bio Particle Explorer isalso being deployed in the pharmaceutical and food industries. —Deutschland

SEARCH PROFILES FOR BACTERIA


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“It’s not so much a new therapy, it’smore like a new idea. In fact, the pro-fession is evolving into quite a uniquehelping system” - says NealSmookler. What Smookler is so pas-sionate about is a seemingly simplemethod that ‘reboots’ the brain muchlike you’d reboot your home comput-er. “Its eloquence lies in its simplicity,most importantly it’s safe,” theWellesley Alphabioticist replies.(Alpha, what? ... was my firstresponse, but we’ll get to that in amoment.)

This is the certainty with whichSmookler speaks. At 42, he has been‘rebooting’ brains for well over adecade. Smookler is serious about hiswork and others take him seriously,despite his smiling blue eyes andyouthful looks.

Growing up in Framingham,about 30 minutes west of Boston, heis one of two children of Edward andPhyllis Smookler. “It’s funny, a lot ofpeople recognize the last namebecause it’s so unique and manyremember seeing that family name onmy Dad’s dental office for forty plusyears”.

Upon receiving his bachelorsdegree in Biology from BC, he wenton to continue his professional studiesfor a number of years in Los Angeles,CA. After moving back home,Smookler set up shop in July 1990 inThe Back Bay neighborhood ofBoston, where until this winter’smove to Hopkinton, he still resides asan Alphabioticist (I promise you wewill get to that in a moment.)

Smookler grins half-nostalgicallyremembering a seminar he attended inOctober 1991. “Throughout the week-end the gentleman presenting theseminar kept mentioning this ‘brainreboot’. At weekends end, he invitedanyone who wanted a ‘reboot’ to liedown. My first thought was lie down

where? There’s nothing but seminartables with table cloths, hard candyand pitchers of ice water.”

“Oh well. I lay down whileapprehensively awaiting my turn, allthe while trying not to knock over thewater pitchers. Then, without so muchas an explanation, the gentleman pro-ceeded to perform the ‘reboot.’

“It was very brief, so brief in factthat I wasn’t sure what to make of it. Igot up and I was, uh ... humming. Iwas literally resonating in what I canonly describe as ‘an insulated cocoonof peace.’ It was as if the heaviness ofmy life somehow lifted. Do you knowwhat I mean? I seemed to shift out of‘brown out’, no longer waiting for theproverbial second shoe to drop. I feltlike my brain, my entire body hadbeen re-set, providing me with a cleanslate.”

Well, now Smookler really hadmy attention. What exactly was doneon that Autumn weekend back in1991? He explains to me that the‘reboot’ is a colloquial metaphor thatrefers to The Alphabiotic Method.

“It’s based upon the same funda-mental principle as rebooting a com-puter. It involves a manual, hands-onmethod that introduces a refreshingsensory pattern interrupt to the brain.It’s a very pleasant, very positivecommunication that instantly bal-ances both halves of the brain, clearsstress switches and resets the system.There are no machines or instrumentsused - it’s very low tech and organic.”

He continues, “It’s a catalyst forthe brain to do a complete systemscheck. Now, without a perceived clearand present danger, the brain finds noneed to remain locked in the daily’hypervigilant’ fight or flight stressresponse. As the brain shifts out ofthis defensive, fragmented, outer-reactive, ‘emergency stand-by’ modemisappropriated resources are freed

up to attend to priorities which hadbeen ‘swept-under-the-rug’.

It encourages the brain to‘refresh’ itself - much like hitting theREFRESH button to refresh a webpage on your home computer.”

“When the body perceives danger- resources for healing, thinking, joy,sleep, creativity and tapping theauthentic expression of you - getplaced on the ‘back burner’ wherethey will remain until you shift out ofthat survival pattern.

This method really is a provenway to stop today’s stress from need-lessly draining your system of its pre-cious energy and resources.”

Smookler’s work has been fea-tured locally on such media venues asWBZ, WZBC & WATD.

When asked what he enjoys mostabout his work - Smookler hesitates fora moment, then as if the answer wasthere all along he replies, “people oftencome with a sadness, an emptiness.Upon Integration - the light returns,you can see it in their eyes, that spark.”Today, Smookler lives in Hopkinton,spending his professional time inWellesley, Massachusetts - The Centerfor The New England AlphabioticAssociation. (781) 237 - [email protected].

Neal Robert Smookler: Passionate Advocate for His Profession

PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Neal Robert Smookler

Advertisement. Abridged from the April 2003 NEAA Newsletter / New England. Vol. 3, Issue 4. Reprinted with permission. The New England Alphabiotic Association 2007

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ALondon school willstart giving its pupilsmultivitamin pills and

omega 3 supplements as partof a trial examining theimpact of nutrition on educa-tional performance. The trialhighlights the interest in sup-plements such as omega 3,which have been claimed toenhance learning abilities andrelieve depression.

The Foods StandardsAgency said it was undertak-ing a separate review ofresearch on the effect ofnutrition and diet on the per-formance and behavior ofchildren in schools. Thereview will look at the use ofomega 3 and omega 6 supple-ments.

The latest trial to look atthe impact of omega 3 onlearning behavior is beingundertaken by Food for theBrain, a non-profit groupfounded by Patrick Holford, anutritionist.

The nine-month trial atCricket Green School, whichcaters to children with learn-ing difficulties, involves giv-ing children oily fish twice aweek, a daily multivitamintablet and an essential fatsupplement containing omega3 and omega 6.—Financial Times, London

Nutrition andEducationalPerformance

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Review byStephen Simon

LIVINGLUMINARIES


Happiness.Oh, THAT.

Yes, happiness.That state we all want but somany of us have such a toughtime defining.

Or, more challenging yet, thatstate of being we actually doattain yet fail to recognize aswe’re experiencing it so wekeep searching for it when ithas already found us.

Movies have certainly tried toexplore this territory before.

Those of us who are refugeesfrom the 1960s (if you remem-ber the 1960s, you didn’t livethem—remember that?) mayrecollect the immortal CanHieronymous Merkin Ever ForgetMercy Humppe and Find RealHappiness? Oh, yes, that reallywas the title, even though it proba-bly never appeared inits entirety on any onetheater marquee.Mercy was the productof Anthony Newley’swild imagination andthe basic answer to thequestion of finding realhappiness was…whoknows?

More recently, WillSmith sought theanswer in The Pursuitof Happiness where heasked a very pointedand poignant question.He noted that we havebeen given the right to“life, liberty, and thepursuit of happiness.”

Life and liberty are rights, but ishappiness something we can onlypursue? Is it so elusive that itbecomes something like the elec-tric rabbit that dogs chase in grey-hound races? Rigged so that it is

always tantalizing us, just out ofour reach?

Now comes Living Luminaries (On

The Serious Pursuit of Happiness),Gotham Metro Studios’ wonderful,fascinating, and illuminating newdocumentary that details a youngman’s journey as he seeks theanswers to finding true happiness

from extraordinary luminariesaround the world. Some of the peo-ple we meet are very well known.We are treated to Marianne

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Tal chi is already known asa good low-impact exer-cise for older people.

Now a study suggests that,beyond improving fitness andbalance, practicing the ancientChinese martial art may helpprevent shingles, a painful con-dition that afflicts about one mil-lion Americans a year.

Researchers found that sen-iors who regularly performed taichi’s slow, graceful moves hadbetter immune responses againstthe virus that causes shinglesthan those who only got healtheducation, according to the mostrigorous test to date.

Results of the UCLA studyappeared in the journal of theAmerican Geriatrics Society.—AP

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P eople with heart failuremay be able to improvetheir mental and physical

health with the help of transcen-dental meditation, preliminaryresearch suggests.

In a study of twenty-threeAfrican-Americans with mild tomoderate heart failure, re-searchers found that those wholearned the transcendental-med-itation technique made gains intheir ability to exercise, as wellas improvements in their qualityof life and depres-sion symp-toms.

The findings are publishedin the medical journal Ethnicity& Disease.

The technique is a form ofmeditation in which practition-ers sit comfortably, with theireyes closed, and silently repeat amantra—a sound, word orphrase—to calm the mind andbody.

Studies have found that TMmay improve high blood pres-sure and certain other risk fac-tors for heart disease. The newstudy, the authors said, appearsto be the first to look at TM andheart failure among African-Americans, a group at particularrisk of heart disease. —Reuters

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Williamson’s brilliant and compassionate insights,don Miguel Ruiz’s mystical vision, and EckhartTolle’s wisdom of the power of now. Others in the filmare less known to us but leave an indelible impressionon our psyche and in our hearts.

One of the most charismatic of the lumi-naries that we meet is the extraordinary Dr.Michael Beckwith, who is the forcebehind the Agape Spiritual Center in LosAngeles. Dr. Beckwith leapt out of TheSecret into the national consciousness andmany of us remember his extraordinaryrecent appearances with Oprah. In LivingLuminaries, Dr Beckwith shares hisunique blend of insights, humanity, humor,and vision.

According to the film, the commondenominator of the serious pursuit of hap-piness is the need for all of us to look deepwithin ourselves for what truly makes ushappy. All spirituality is as individual as isall happiness and therein lies its truepower. Liberated from the need or desire to conform toany particular rules or edicts, we are then free toexplore and consciously address the relationships andactivities that truly bring happiness to our uniqueselves.

One of the greatest gifts of Living Luminaries is thatwe feel so empowered at the end of the film that eachone of us can truly find, embrace, and retain whateverdefinition we have for happiness. The film actuallyilluminates a pathway down which we can travel todiscover the essence of our own personal joy. When afilm accomplishes that, it transcends the art formitself.

If you enjoyed The Secret, I think that you will findthat Living Luminaries is the next step in the discov-ery of who we can be when we open to the magic ofthe beauty of our humanity.

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Illusion...Continued from page 13

Stephen Simon produced such films as Somewhere in Time andWhat Dreams May Come. He also produced and directedConversations with God and Indigo and is the author of The Forceis with You: Mystical Movie Messages that Inspire our Lives.Simon is also the co-founder of The Spiritual Cinema Circle,www.spiritualcinemacircle.com

Stephen Simon

Photos: Pg12, top: Eckhart Tolle; bottom: The SurfingRabbi, Dr. Michael Beckwith. Pg 13, top: LamaGyatso; bottom: Dr. Michael Beckwith at Agape.



Venus, currently a bright evening star in the westernskies, enters Leo on June 5th for a six-week sojourn,when affairs of the heart and creative activities are

powerfully highlighted, while dramatic self-expressionincreases…a boon for actors!

A dynamic and particularly communicative new moon occurslate on June 14th in 24°Gemini, strongly aspected by no lessthan five planets. Expect your mind to be especially activenow, and throughout this four-week cycle. Initiate talks ornegotiations, and be alert for educational opportunities.However, you may not want to forge ahead too far with newprojects as Mercury, Gemini’s ruling planet, begins the secondof three annual retrograde phases tomorrow. Over these next

four weeks, take a look to see if there’s any mental program-ming that's holding you back in any way or keeping you in astate of fear. The lunation’s connection to the Saturn-Plutotrine can help you quickly get to the bottom of an issue, ifyou've a mind to.

After celestial messenger, Mercury, stations retrograde on June15 in 12°Cancer, take a trip or two down memory lane toreconnect with emotional memories from the distant past youmay have all but forgotten about. Visit friends and familymembers who may be connected to these happy emotionalremembrances, perhaps they can help elaborate on some of thefiner details. On a more practical level, finalize pending agree-ments where possible before this date, otherwise it would beprudent to postpone important decisions or signings untilafter July 9th; when the cosmic messenger once againresumes forward motion. Catch up on your reading, emails,and correspondence; pay special attention to communicationswith family members. There’s much that can be learned andunderstood during this twenty-four day cycle. Mercuryremains in Cancer till August 4th.

The summer solstice occurs on June 21st, at 2:07pm, EDT,when the sun enters Cancer. As spring transitions into sum-mer in the northern hemisphere, the emphasis of the solarenergies shifts from the logic-oriented mental realm ofGemini, into the more feeling, nurturing, growth-sustainingenvironment of Cancer. Be more supportive of family, friendsand colleagues...let them know you care! Home, family, androots assume greater importance. Security of home, andhomeland, becomes more of a concern.

Uranus stations retrograde of the 23rd, in 19°Pisces, precipi-tating instability and surprises, both in your personal worldand planet wide, for a week or so either side of its station, yetstriking potential also exists for remarkable creative insights,even genius to manifest as our intuition is opened wide by thecelestial Awakener. Tone down the worry and anxiety.Liberation can occur from within, now and until Uranus’direct station on Nov 24th.

When Mars enters the earthy realm of Taurus on June 24th fora six-week sojourn, expect to encounter bullish behavior from

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time to time trough August 7th. Wealthproduction, money-making ventures orfund-raising activities have appeal andcould succeed during this period,though because of deal-makerMercury’s retrograde status till July 9th,extra patience may be called for in con-cluding the details of such ventures.With perseverance; a satisfying, morepractical application of one’s energiesmight include the arts and crafts, or gar-dening.

The ringed planet, Saturn forms a pre-cise opposition with distant Neptune onthe 25th, the last in a series of threepotent alignments going back to August,2006. As with all opposition aspects, weare challenged to pay attention to keyrelationships. Make sure you’re on thesame page with associates and signifi-cant others and above all, be honest, sin-cere, and respectful; strive to do theright thing…karma is at work here.Clarity of intent is important now.

When the sun conjuncts Mercury on the28th in 7°Cancer you'll be more inclinedto communicate your thoughts and emo-tions. Begin a personal journal.

June’s Capricorn full moon occurs onthe 30th, in 9°Capricorn, providingopportunities for putting elements of thepast into coherent perspective. It mayalso become necessary to set realisticboundaries regarding where work andcareer ends, and personal “down” timebegins. Create space for reflection,assimilation, and future planning.

When Venus conjuncts Saturn on July1st a sense of duty and loyalty canenhance business and working relation-ships. Artistic creations made now areimbued with a lasting beauty. Financialprudence prevails.

Mercury stations direct on July 9th, in3° of tropical Cancer, a celestial cue thatmental processes are beginning to accel-erate, and that logic and reason maynow appear to be somewhat more reli-able than of late. Sudden bursts ofinspired though should be recordedpromptly for later reference. Moveahead with plans or domestic projectsnow but refrain from making snap deci-

sions until the wing heeled messenger ofthe gods gathers forward momentum, asthere’ll be a tendency towards impa-tience. Communications may still beemotionally laden but at least it willseem like you're on the same page.

July’s new moon arrives early on the14th, in 22°Cancer, ushering in a fourweek cycle in which we may benefit,particularly emotionally, from reachingout to others who share our objectivesand vision for the future. Cancer is afterall the sign of family, so it may be thatwe need to feel more connected to andnurtured by our family at large, our soulfamily. Emotional sensitivity to one’ssurroundings increases; with Mercury’scontinued presence in this nurturingsign. Go with your instincts now regard-ing proposed new ventures or alliances.Resolve to jettison any detrimental emo-tional attachments during this cycle.Also, with distant Pluto conjunct theGalactic Center at 27° of philosophicalSagittarius for much of this year, youmay want to take a long, hard look tosee if there are any out dated belief sys-tems from which you still operate thatcould also be released.

Venus enters Virgo on the 14th, shortlyafter the new moon, when we’re encour-aged to seek alliances with those withwhom we can share work or intellectualinterests. Consider beautifying yourwork place, add a few plants or somenew pictures to brighten it up. Get out-doors more often, it’ll make you feelgood, and more grounded, to communewith nature now.

Action planet, Mars aligns with highenergy Uranus on the 20th, via a harmo-nious sextile (60° aspect). Innovativeactivities or ventures are supported,while progressive career opportunitiesmay present themselves. A good physi-cal workout will help to reduce elevatedstress levels.

On July 23rd (22nd PDT) the sun entersfiery Leo, boosting self-confidence,enhancing one's creative prowess, andencouraging one and all to reconnectwith their inner child over the next thir-ty days. Yippee!

Remain alert on and around the 24th,when Mars squares off with Neptune.Self-destructive impulses could emergefrom left field, giving vent to suppressedanger or escapist tendencies that couldquickly lead the unwary astray. To besafe, avoid excessive drinking or stimu-lants now, and know where you’regoing, what you’re doing, and why.Visualization techniques can help youto focus more clearly.

Venus begins a rare retrograde stationon July 27th, in 3°Virgo, and willremain in ‘review’ mode till September8th. If possible, delay new partnershipor business ventures, or making majorpurchases, until the planet of love andmoney resumes direct motion. Instead,evaluate existing relationships andfinancial priorities. Re-establish yourconnection to Mother Nature. Considerenvironmental issues. Sometimes, afriend, lover or partner from the pastmay reappear...perhaps for you to assessthe “status” of that relationship.

July’s full moon culminates in7°Aquarius on the 29th. As full moonsgo, this one appears to be fairly opti-mistic and upbeat in tone, with anemphasis on taking your creativity tonew levels in the future, perhaps inalignment with other like minded souls.Issues around personal freedom andrelationship expectations are possibletopics for discussion now. Indeed, withVenus now retrograde, one’s values interms of relationships could be subjectto redefinition.

July draws to a close with a shuddering,bone-shaking square between the tradi-tional malefics, Mars and Saturn on the31st. Be sure to get plenty of rest, as thedays around this transit portend a poten-tial whirl of activities or obligations, orboth. However, the vitality associatedwith Mars is temporarily inhibited bythe constraints imposed by Saturn, sodon't push too hard now.

Following is a general overview of how theplanetary trends for June/July 2007 applyto each sun sign. If you know your risingsign (Ascendant), read that, too, for addi-tional insights.

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DDoowwnn TToo EEaarrtthh AAssttrroollooggyyAries (March 20—April 19)

There is so much creative energy available to Ram-clanmembers during June that the inspiration just keeps oncoming. With five planets in fire signs, including Mars,

your sign's ruling planet, in your solar first house of personal initiativethrough the 24th, there appears to be no limit to what you canaccomplish. After Mercury makes its retrograde station on the 15th, takesome time to retrace your recent steps to see if there are any importantdetails you may have overlooked amid the bustle of activity. The Gemininew moon strongly suggests reaching out to friends, peers, and groupswith whom you resonate with the objective of working together for acommon cause. Mars remains in Taurus, your solar second house ofincome, throughout July, placing a greater emphasis on wealthproduction, in order to ensure cover for all your open bases. As moneycomes in, use it wisely, as Mars here is famous for extravagance. TheCancer new moon on July 14th could bring some necessary changesaround the home that in some way may help create more space.

Taurus (April 19—May 20)

If you laid the groundwork for new financial growthduring the latter part of May, you can build on thosefoundations during June. The sun's annual transit

through your solar second house of income can bring support yourway from a variety of sources, you may simply have to ask for whatyou want when help arrives. Tactfully, of course. June’s Gemini newmoon (14th) in your solar second sector could be the catalyst that real-ly gets the ball rolling. Let friends and colleagues know what yourplans are as they may have some helpful ideas or insights to offer.Action planet, Mars, crosses your solar ascendant into you first houseof initiative on the 24th, which will be accompanied by a substantialincrease in your energy levels, drive, and enthusiasm to make progresswith your various ventures. This trend continues for much of July, sobe sure to make good use of the momentum you've already created.The Cancer new moon on July 14th favors formulating plans for thenext level of an enterprise dear to your heart. It may be that you needto include others from your extended circle, once Venus goes retro-grade on July 27th, to bring a broader perspective on board.

Gemini (May 20—June 21)

Now is the time to link up with those moving in a sim-ilar direction. Some amongst your sign may considerformally aligning yourself with professional groups or

individuals that can provide the resources and support you need totake your plans to the highest levels. June’s Gemini new moon (14th)in your solar first house of personal initiative could bring agroundswell of support your way in the weeks that follow. Let friendsand colleagues in on your plans, as some might be able to lend theirpractical help and experience to further your cause. Your ruling plan-et, Mercury, makes the second of three retrograde stations on June15th in 12° Cancer, and your solar second sector of income. If seek-ing funding for a project, you might want to look towards former con-tacts, associates, and people from your extended family until Mercuryresumes forward motion on July 9th. Potential financial help maycome from individuals who emotionally resonate with your goals.July’s Cancer new moon (14th) in your solar second house reinforcesthis supportive trend. Just be clear about your primary objective andcreative vision when consulting financial backers.

Cancer (June 21—July22)

Throughout this forecast period you are able to speakpowerfully with great emotional intensity in order tomake the impressions that need to be made. Crab-clan

members are innately capable of expressing themselves from the deeprecesses of their soul, but here is a period when you can reach thehearts of many. You may surprise yourself with some of the innova-tive concepts you are keen to share with others now. This is informa-tion that you feel somehow destined to relay, and you could reach asurprisingly wide and largely partisan audience. You could even starta trend involving a new paradigm of thought. Mercury’s prolongedpresence in your sign, due to a retrograde phase form June 15 - July9th, is a boon to your self confidence. June’s Gemini new moon (14th)in your solar twelfth house heightens your intuition and your ability toshare a vision with great acuity, and could well prove to be the catalystto a veritable tidal wave of information. That follows. July’s Cancernew moon (14th) in your solar first house reinforces the trend, thoughmore time will need to be spent of organizing your financial affairs.

Leo (July 22—August 22)

Most Lion-clan members will likely be feeling strongand authoritative for much of this forecast period, yet

your innate enthusiasm is tempered now by wisdom andexperience. Many of your sign may have cleaned up their act insome way in the past couple of years, courtesy of Saturn’sprotracted presence in your solar first house. As with recentmonths, your creative abilities have likely ascended to levels thatamaze even you, as you prepare to bring technologies and perhapsoriginal and inspired artistic creations to market. June’s Gemininew moon (14th) in your solar eleventh house adds revolutionary,Aquarian overtones to new plans you may already be busily atwork on. During Mercury's second retrograde phase of the year,in your solar twelfth house, take time to reflect on steps you’vealready taken, to see if there are any important details you'veoverlooked, or perhaps friends, whose involvement could behelpful to you. July’s Cancer new moon (14th) has joined thecosmic messenger of the gods in your solar twelfth sector,deepening your intuition while empowering your vision.

Virgo (August 22—September 22)

Much of the creative work you've been involvedwith for a while may have taken place either behind

the scenes, or in a form that has not been truly satisfying for you.There’s a strong indication that progressive changes lay aheadthat will likely involve a dramatic improvement in your domesticsituation, courtesy of magnanimous Jupiter in your solar fourthhouse of home till mid December, accompanied there by Pluto thetransformer till January 2008, bringing more sweeping, thoughprofoundly positive changes to what and where you call home,improvements within family relationships, and an emotionalmetamorphosis. And you're ready for it. June’s potent Gemininew moon (14th) in your solar tenth house of professionaladvancement sows seeds for new opportunities. Elements fromyour past could have a positive bearing on your future. July’sCancer new moon (14th) in your solar eleventh house of friendsand freedom of expression, favors making innovative plans toaugment your business income.

Libra (September 22—October 23)

Many Scales-clan members will be riding highthrough much of June, as planetary trends favor

networking with peers, and efforts to advance your professionalstanding. Friends, both old and new, have roles to play in providinginspiration for whatever creative projects may be occupying your


DDoowwnn TToo EEaarrtthh AAssttrroollooggyymind and time. You certainly appear to have some big ideas,derived from the inspiring, expansive presence of magnanimousJupiter in your solar third house of mental pursuits through the endof the year. June’s intellectual Gemini new moon (14th) occurs inyour ninth house of further education, which may encourage someamongst your imaginative sign to enroll in some classes, or perhapsto share some of your wisdom with others. Mercury’s retrograde inyour solar tenth house (June 15-July 9) might incline you toreconnect with former colleagues or professional associates,perhaps to seek stimulating new career inroads, or simply toreminisce. July’s Cancer new moon (14th) joins Mercury at the top ofyour chart, an augury that new doors could open for you soon. A rareretrograde by Venus, your sign’s ruling planet (July 27-Sept 8) urgescaution in the promises you make..

Scorpio (October 23—November 22)

Powerful energies for change are abroad during Juneand in order to harness them to your advantage, seek

new professional inroads where your innovative creative style canflourish, and reach a wider audience. With Venus and Saturn at thetop of your solar chart, your stock in trade may be more valuablethan you realize. Your challenge is to portray what you have to offerin the best possible light to enthusiastic, potential buyers, with orig-inality of concept emphasized. June’s potent Gemini new moon(14th) in your solar eighth house could bring a welcome turnaboutin your fortunes. You may hear of interest from a potential investoror backer in the weeks ahead, or receive news that gives you causefor hope. During Mercury’s retrograde period (June 15-July 9) youcould benefit from input you receive from a distant contact, perhapssomeone with whom you’d lost contact with for a while. Pay attentionto messages and information you receive from unexpected sources.July’s Cancer new moon (14th) in your solar ninth house of expansionencourages you to continue to reach out in new and innovative ways.

Sagittarius (November 22—December 21)

Creative enterprise is a strong suit for many forwardlooking Archer-clan members in June, when yourknowledge and experience could open new doors for

you. Your enthusiasm for new experiences is fueled by Jupiter,yoursign's ruling planet, in your solar first house of drive andinitiative. June’s Gemini new moon (14th) in your solar seventhhouse of significant others suggests that a key relationship couldprogress to a new level of experience, or a stimulating new creativealliance may be entered into because a shared interest gives youchance to express yourself in new ways. Use Mercury’s retrogradephase (June 14-July 9) to comb through details of mutual assetsthat you hadn't paid much attention to for some time. You may besurprised by what you come across. July’s Cancer new moon(14th) in your solar eighth house offers the prospect of emotionalrenewal as a result of some deep soul searching.

Capricorn (December 21—January 19)

Your instincts for a deal could be second to nonein June. With a combination of due diligence,

good timing, confidence, and the right amount of persuasion,you could land a pretty big fish with modest effort. Therecould be more resources placed at your disposal, as assetsalready under your management continue to bear fruit.During Mercury’s retrograde phase, ensure that you and apartner are on the same page, to avoid misunderstandings.

June’s Gemini new moon (14th) brings opportunities to growyour interests, with the possibility of new vocationalassignments. Begin a new health or dietary regimen that willhelp you build your strength and stamina. July’s Cancer newmoon (14th) in your opposite sign and solar seventh housesows seeds for new growth in a key partnership in the weeksto come. You may be seeking greater control over certainfinancial arrangements. It’s hard for people to refuse such afaçade of confidence that you exude.

Aquarius (January 19—February 18)

Life appears to be anything but dull these days.Indeed, many Water-bearer clan members may

have more work than they can handle. This has been andcontinues to be an extremely active period but also a highlyproductive one. During Mercury’s retrograde phase (June 15-July 9) your eye for details could detect inaccuracies inrecent paperwork, while you may be inspired to reconnectwith former colleagues for a trip down memory lane. June’sGemini new moon (14th) in your solar fifth house bringsanother round of creative enterprise that allows you to reallyget your teeth into a collaborative project. Be sure to getplenty of exercise to burn off excess energy. New doors canopen at work following July’s Cancer new moon (14th) inyour solar sixth house, bringing the possibility of suddenfinancial gains. This is also an excellent juncture at which tobegin a dietary regimen to enhance your health and fitness.

Pisces (February 18—March 20)

You have the power in June to effect greatchange in your professional life by a shift incareer focus if you choose. Nonetheless, work

activities are well starred now, and it appears you have all thehelp you need to grow your business or take it to a new level.Some of your creative ideas can be a lightning rod for others.During Mercury’s retrograde phase (June 15-July 9) considerrevisiting some of your old creative ideas or publicationsfrom way back, as there may be elements that could haveeven greater relevance today. June’s Gemini new moon(14th) occurs in your solar fourth house of home, and youmay find yourself coordinating more professional activitiesfrom within your domestic environment. It also signifies anew cycle of emotional growth, which may directly followfrom the progress you’ve made in your career recently. July’sCancer new moon (14th) in your solar fifth house fans theflames of creativity that continues to well up from within.

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CalorieRestriction

WithoutHunger!

By Steven V. Joyal, MD, and Dale Kiefer

NATURALAPPETITESUPPRESOR


People today are missingout on a tremendousopportunity to achievea radically extendedhealthy life span, along

with significant reductions in bodyfat.

In a study just published in theJournal of the American MedicalAssociation, the effects of caloricrestriction were measured in a groupof overweight adults over a six-month period. The findings werenothing short of astounding!

In response to reduced foodintake, fasting insulin levels plum-meted. Excess insulin functions as adeath hormone that devastates virtu-ally every cell and organ system inthe body.

Insulin overload increases therisk of heart disease, cancer, blind-ness, stroke, Alzheinier’s, and other

age-related diseases.

The most exciting finding of thisstudy was the amount of weight lostin the groups that restricted theircalorie intake. The moderate caloric-restriction group experienced atwenty-four percent reduction inbody fat mass, while the very, low-calorie group achieved a thirty-twopercent reduction in fat mass.

You may be wondering howthese findings pertain to you, sincehunger is the factor that precludesmost people from even considering alow-calorie diet.

The remarkable news is thatpinolenic acid-—a natural plantextract discovered in Europe—hasbeen shown to suppress appetite dra-matically without causing any stimu-latory effect. This plant extractattacks the underlying mechanismsinvolved in hunger so effectively thatstudy participants reduced their foodintake by thirty-six percent.

Aging adults too often sufferfrom the pathological effects ofinsulin overload and excess fat mass.This natural appetite-suppressing

nutrient could help great numbers ofpeople enjoy the multiple health ben-efits documented in the recentJournal of the American MedicalAssociation study. These benefitsinclude reduced DNA damage, alongwith significant reductions in fastinginsulin, total body weight, and fatmass.

An increasing body of scientificfindings reveals that excess seruminsulin, also known as hyperinsuline-mia, is a major health problem. Highserum insulin promotes high bloodpressure by impairing sodium bal-ance. Prolonged exposure to excessinsulin can severely compromise thevascular system.

By acting as a catalyst in pro-moting cell growth, excess insulinalso increases the risk for andprogression of certain cancers. Highinsulin promotes the formation ofbeta-amyloid in brain cells and maycontribute to the development ofAlzheimer’s disease. Overproduc-tion of insulin even contributes toprostate enlargement by helping topromote the overgrowth of prostatecells. Insulin resistance is associatedwith the development of abdominalobesity and health problems such asatherosclerosis and impotence.Furthermore, insulin resistance andobesity are risk factors for type IIdiabetes. Excess insulin (hyper-insulinemia) is predictive for type IIdiabetes mellitus.

Perhaps the simplest way toevaluate the toxic effects of excessinsulin is to look at its effects onhuman mortality. One study showedthat over a ten-year period, the riskof dying was almost twice as greatfor those with the highest insulin lev-els than for those with the lowest lev-els. The study authors stated thathyperinstilinemia is associated withincreased all-cause and cardiovascu-lar mortality independent of otherrisk factors.

Decreasing excess insulin byenhancing insulin sensitivity and

improving the function of pancreaticbeta cells (the cells that produceinsulin in the body) is a crucial com-ponent in the quest for longevity.The best way to lower excess insulinlevels is to eat less and lose weight.

MULTIPLE HEALTHDANGERS OF EXCESS FAT

As fat accumulates, it releases freefatty acids into the bloodstream, aprocess that promotes insulin resis-tance. As cells lose their ability torespond to insulin efficiently, insulinlevels rise. Insulin serves to shepherdglucose molecules from the blood-stream across cell membranes andinto cells, where the sugar moleculesare metabolized for energy. Asinsulin resistance mounts, the bodyattempts to compensate by pumpingout ever higher amounts of insulin.Meanwhile, excess glucose in thebloodstream—a condition known ashyperglycemia—damages blood ves-sels and nerves, and may eventuallycause problems throughout the body.

In the past, fat cells were consid-ered metabolic “dead weight,” so tospeak—inactive and unimportant tometabolism. Nothing could be fur-ther from the truth.

Fat cells (adipose tissue) releasefatty acids and generate proteins andhormones that are associated withpotentially deadly inflammation. Atthe current time, scientists have iden-tified more than one hundred pro-teins, fatty acids, hormones, andinflamatory agents that are secretedby fat cells.

As fat accumulates, especially inthe abdominal area, insulin sensitivi-ty and glucose tolerance worsen.Left unchecked, this can lead to typeII diabetes and a host of other dis-eases, including high blood pressure,elevated blood lipids such as triglyc-erides and low-density Iipoprotein(LDL), and sky-high insulin levels.

The combination of insulinresistance leading to high blood


pressure, abnormal cholesterol lev-els, abdominal obesity, and highblood sugar (glucose) is known asmetabolic syndrome. EIevated cho-lesterol and high blood pressure alsocontribute to the development ofendothelial dysfunction, a criticalstep in the development of at athero-sclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

One of the most effective waysto fight the scourge of deadly insulinresistance and obesity is caloricrestriction, the practice of voluntari-ly decreasing calorie intake whilemaintaining good nutritional status.This is the same strategy shown toradically extend life span in loweranimals and primates. A number ofhuman studies are ongoing to vali-date the effects of caloric restrictionin human longevity.

The greatest obstacle faced byanyone undertaking caloric restric-tion and trying to achieve sustainedweight reduction is the nagging sen-sation of feeling hungry. Most peo-ple give in to this craving and thusforgo the opportunity to reduce theirrisks for life-threatening diseases.Fortunately, pinolenic acid, a newlydiscovered phytonutrient from theKorean pine nut, increases food sat-isfaction and food fullness byencouraging the secretion of hor-mones in the gut that are intimatelyinvolved in appetite control.

HOW SATIETY HORMONES AFFECT APPETITE

Satiety is the sense of food satis-faction and fullness experiencedafter eating. Hunger and satiety bothdepend on a complex feedback loopinvolving many hormones and othersubstances secreted by the gut thatinteract with control centers in thebrain. The gut participates in thehunger-satiety circuit by secretingtwo important hormones, cholecys-tokinin (CCK) and glucagon-likepeptide-I (GLP-1), among others.

Cholecystokinin is recognized to

suppress appetite in humans. When apartially digested meal rich in fats orproteins leaves the stomach to enterthe duodenum (the first portion ofthe small intestine), the duodenalmucosa cells secrete CCK. In turn,CCK stimulates the pancreas tosecrete numerous enzymes to helpdigest food. CCK also acts on thegallbladder to stimulate the releaseof bile into the small intestine, whichhelps to emulsify and break downfats. Most important to appetite con-trol, CCK acts to slow gastric empty-ing and to promote a feeling of full-ness, thus suppressing further foodintake.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 isanother hormone that is intimatelyconnected with fullness and satiety.Produced in the small intestine inresponse to fat and carbohydrates,GLP-1 works in part by activatingthe “ileal brake” mechanism. Thisslows down the absorption of food inthe gut, promoting feelings of full-ness and satiety, and therefore limitsthe desire for further food intake.

GLP-1 also helps to control thehealth of pancreatic beta cells, whichserve the crucial function of manu-facturing insulin in the body.Abnormal beta-cell function plays akey role in the development ofinsulin resistance, and scientistsbelieve that therapies that boostGLP-1 levels could help to favorablyalter the course of diabetes.

CCK and GLP-1 are key hor-mones for appetite control and sati-ety, and scientific studies show thatthese two hormones exert effects incombination that are more powerfulthan either alone (synergisticeffects). Studies of normal-weightand obese subjects have shown thatGLP-1 and CCK reduce feelings ofhunger and decrease voluntary foodintake at meals.

Recent findings demonstrate thatpinolenic acid, a polyunsaturatedfatty acid derived from pine nuts,stimulates the secretion of the

hunger-suppressing hormones CCK

and GLP-1. This exciting findingsuggests that pinolenic acid mayhave powerful effects in reducingappetite and increasing food satisfac-tion and fullness.

PINOLENIC ACID:EFFECTIVE APPETITE

SUPPRESSANT

In early 2006, scientists reported onthe health benefits of Korean pinenut extract at a meeting of theAmerican Chemical Society. Theydescribed the results of a random-ized, double-blind, placebo-con-trolled trial to determine how supple-menting with pine nut-derivedpinolenic acid affected feelings ofsatiety and hunger.The researchersdiscovered that the pine-nut extractstimulates production of the twoimportant hunger suppressing hor-mones CCK and GLP-1.

In this study, overweight womenwere given either 3 grams ofpinolenic acid or inactive placebo(olive oil) immediately before eatinga modest breakfast consisting of car-bohydrates. Scientists drew bloodand measured for hormones associ-ated with hunger, satiety, and eatingbehavior, at baseline and thereafter atregular intervals for four hours fol-lowing the initial dose. The womenalso provided assessments of theirperceived hunger at each interval.

The women were asked to ratetheir “desire to eat” and “prospectivefood intake.” Those who receivedpinolenic acid reported significantlydecreased hunger compared to sub-jects who had taken placebo.Subjects who received pinolenic acidrated their “desire to eat” an impres-sive twenty-nine percent lower thanplacebo subjects, while they ratedtheir “prospective food intake” thir-ty-six percent lower than those whoreceived placebo.

Furthermore, the lab tests in this


study showed that pinolenic acidincreased satiety hormones likeCCK in the participants’ blood-streams. Specifically, four hoursafter taking pinolenic acid, test sub-jects had sixty percent more CCKcirculating in their blood-streamsthan did placebo subjects.

Among the pinolenic acid sub-jects, levels of GLP-1 initiallyclimbed in both the placebo andpinolenic acid subjects. In the place-bo group, however, GLP-1 valuesbegan to drop after thirty minutesand continued to decline steadily forthe remainder of the four-hour testperiod. In the women supplementedwith pinolenic acid, GLP-1 levelscontinued to rise, peaking at onehour and reaching a level well abovethat achieved by placebo subjects.GLP-1 levels remained comfortablyabove those of placebo subjectsthroughout the trial, peaking again atthree hours post-dose, and this timeachieving an even greater increase inlevels of this satiety-enhancing hor-mone over placebo subjects. In total,over four hours, GLP-1 increasedtwenty-five more in subjects whotook pinolenic acid than in thosewho took the placebo.

The benefit of appetite control atmealtime is critical to anyone inter-ested in cutting calories and losingweight, especially those who havestruggled to overcome feelings ofhunger and deprivation while diet-ing. Pinolenic acid, a natural fattyacid derived from the Korean pinenut, offers an effective tool to helpenhance satiety and appetite control.Promoting satiety and thus curbingthe impulse to over-indulge at meal-time is just one of the beneficialeffects of pinolenic acid. Recentresearch has demonstrated that whensubjects are given GLP-1 before ameal, their blood sugar remainslower and their blood cholesterollevels are reduced compared to sub-jects given placebo. Since elevatedblood sugar and high cholesterol

after meals are associatedwith diabetes and cardio-vascular disease,researchers speculatethat therapies that boostGLP-1 levels (such aspinolenic acid) may behelpful in preventing car-diovascular disease.

Scientists have inves-tigated the mechanism bywhich pinolenic acidlowers cholesterol. Theyfound that after addingconcentrated pinolenicacid extracted from pinenuts, enhanced uptake ofdetrimental LDL by livercells was observed. Thescientists suggest that thepinolenic acid concen-trate may have LDL-lowering properties by enhancingliver LDL uptake.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF CALORIC RESTRICTION

By suppressing appetite, pinolenicacid may contribute to a successfulcaloric-restriction regimen.Scientificstudies continue to confirm the lifespan-enhancing, disease-preventivebenefits of caloric restriction. If youare not overweight but are interestedin limiting your calorie intake to pro-mote longevity and reduce diseaserisk, pinolenic acid can help enhancesatiety and control appetite, criticalfactors involved in decreasing calo-rie intake.

In a recent study reported in theJournal of the American MedicalAssociation (JAMA), subjects wereput on calorie-restricted diets for sixmonths, after which they wereassessed for known markers ofaging, such as core body temperatureand levels of glucose, fasting insulin,and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate(DHEA-S). Fasting insulin levelswere significantly reduced in all the

treatment groups, while DHEA-Sand glucose (blood sugar) levelsremained steady. On average, bodyweight decreased by ten percent inthe calorie-restriction and calorie-restriction-with-exercise groups,while body fat decreased by twenty-four to twenty-five percent. The sub-jects on a very low-calorie diet lostthirteen-point-nine percent of theirinitial body weight and thirty-twopercent of their body fat. By con-trast, body weight remained virtuallyunchanged in the control subjects.

Core body temperature also fellin the calorie-restriction and calorie-restriction-with-exercise groups.Absolute twenty-four-hour energyexpenditure and sleeping energyexpenditure decreased in all treat-ment groups, and the effect wasmore than could be explained bychanges in body composition (fatloss). The researchers concluded thatcaloric restriction induced a “meta-bolic adaptation”—that is, a reduc-tion in the baseline rate at which thebody burns fuel. This adaptation isdesirable for the purpose of slowingaging. People seeking to improve fit-



The SevenSpiritual Laws

of Success

By Deepak Chopra

OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN


When ancient peoples considered thevastness of the universe, they feltsomething very surprising, they feltconnected, a spiritual connectioncannot be seen or touched, yet wehave a way to verify invisible thingsby using a faculty more powerful andreliable than the five senses—con-sciousness.

Only if you are aware thatsomething is real can it become real.Awareness tells you that you arealive, that you think and breathe. Ittells you if you are happy or sad, andalso if you are succeeding in fulfill-ing your life. Everything that is aliveis an example of the elegant expres-sion of nature’s intelligence and thisintelligence operates through what Icall the Seven Spiritual Laws ofSuccess. How they operate is a mys-tery as deep as spirit itself.Achieving success in nature is gov-erned by the same laws that governall of nature. When we put ourselvesin harmony with nature we create abond between our own desires andthe power to make those desiresmaterialize. Anything we want canbe created. True success is measuredby how efficiently, how effortlessly,you have learned to co-create withthe universe. Here is how the Sevenlaws operate...

The Law of Pure Potential

The law of pure potentiality says thatyour essential state, your groundstate is one of infinite possibilities.The first spiritual law is the source ofall creation, a place where thedreamer manifests the dream. Tohave anything you want, anytimeyou want, and with least effort, youmust be grounded in the wisdom ofuncertainty. Uncertainty is the fertileground of pure creativity, and alsoimagination. It means stepping intothe unknown in every moment of ourexistence. Uncertainty is the fertileground of pure creativity, freedom

and evolution. Within uncertaintyyou will find the freedom to createanything you want.

And when you experience uncer-tainty you are open to a whole rangeof possibilities, you are on the rightpath. The law of pure potential tellsyou that you are consciousness itself,both as it manifests in the materialworld and as it lies un manifest inyour being. Therefore, spirit lies atthe source of all achievement in life.

The Law of Giving and Receiving

Everything is constantly on the movein the universe. It’s the flow of ener-gy and information. It’s the effortlessmovement of consciousness ulti-mately that results in the diversity ofexpression in the universe “curren-cy,” our word for money, derivesfrom the Latin word meaning to runor flow. Money is a symbol of con-stant, flowing exchange. If yourintention is to hoard your money,you will stop its circulation back intoyour life instead, you have to keepenergy and the free flow of ideas—circulating in the world.

Every relationship is one of giveand take this requires sincerity andopenness. You have to be able toappreciate and to see that whatcomes to you isn’t something youearned but a gift that was freelygiven by the universe, which meansby a deep awareness of what youneed. In your willingness to give andreceive, you keep the abundance ofeverything the universe has to offer,circulating in your life. Abundancehas material expression, but theancient sages understood that what’sreally circulating is consciousness.

This is reflected in personal rela-tionships. You can give someonemoney, but that’s not the same asrelating. To relate, you give of your-self and you appreciate and valueand understand someone else. Everyspiritual law is about invisible bonds,

but this one especially so. The dutyof hospitality, which runs very deepin every traditional culture, is con-nected to the law of giving. Themutual exchange of appreciation andgratitude forms a bond we must pre-serve. If you want to be blessed withall the good things in life, learn tosilently bless everyone with all thegood things in life.

The Law of KarmaThe word karma simply meansaction. Actions have meaningbeyond what we can see on the sur-face. Every action generates a forceof energy that returns to us in likekind. What we sow is what we reapand when we choose actions thatbring happiness and success to oth-ers, that action becomes part of us.On the material plane, we often seehow one action leads to a reaction,one move to a countermove. Butkarma is more elusive on the invisi-ble plane. Every day we performsubtle actions that hugely influencewhat life brings to us. Everythingthat is happening at this moment is aresult of the choices you’ve madementally in the past. The choices thatwe make have consequences that areeither evolutionary or destructive.By consciously paying a karmicdebt, you can convert adversity into apositive experience.

Many times karma works uncon-sciously. How are we to act when theconsequences are uncertain andunforeseeable? We trust in the evolu-tionary impulse that the law ofkarma describes. Step back for amoment and witness the choices youare making. You may not think theyare choices at all but they are.Witness the choices you make ineach moment in practical terms, askyourself what are the consequencesof my choice? Out of an infinity ofchoices there is always one, the rightchoice, that creates maximum happi-ness for you as well as for thosearound you.

How do you make the right choice?Pay attention to how you feel.. if youfeel uneasiness or discomfort in yourbody even as you ask the question,then it’s probably not karmicallyappropriate. If you get a message ora sensation of comfort, then thechoice you’re making is karmicallyappropriate. The future is generatedby the choices we are making inevery moment of our lives.

The Law of Least Effort

This law is based on the fact thatnature takes the course of leastaction and no resistance; observenature at work, at every turn. Grassdoesn’t try to grow, it just grows.Birds don’t try to fly, they fly. Thisisn’t an abstract principle of efficien-cy. It is something quite sponta-neous. Think of the words we applyto this aspect of nature: elegant,graceful, unforced, and above all,natural.

We could find ways to satisfylife’s demands with less stress andstrain. Whatever increases chaos and

disorder is operating against the lawof least effort and therefore leads tofrustration and futility. Instead ofassuming that chaos is natural, lookclosely and you will see how unnat-ural it really is. The destructiveeffects of chaotic thinking and actioncannot be missed, the first step is toback out of the chaos and disorder. Issomething simpler at work? If so,then consider if you can changethings on a simpler basis.

Once you aren’t part of thechaos, the second step is to ask forthe simplest outcome that will bringorder and comfort. The law of leasteffort assures us that there is alwaysa simplest and best path to fulfill-ment. Once you adopt this attitude,upsetting situations will become anopportunity for the creation of some-thing simple, natural, and satisfying.There’s an art to accepting things asthey are, not as you wish they were.As you master this law, you will beable simply to have a faint thought,and the manifestation of that thoughtcomes true. Steadily you do less andaccomplish more. Ultimately youarrive at the state where you do noth-

ing and accomplish everything.

The Law of Intention and Desire

There’s a secret in the Vedic wisdomtradition that may be the most valu-able of all; inherent in every desire isthe mechanics for its fulfillment.Pure consciousness is silent and stilluntil it’s sparked into action by ourdesires. When you introduce anyintention in the fertile ground of purepotentiality, you put this infiniteorganizing power to work for you.When you focus thought, you havethe power to transform.

With the power inherent in yourconsciousness you can change theenergy and information of yourworld, and cause things to manifestin the most efficient way possible.this infinite organizing power isfound in a snowflake, a flower, or acell. This isn’t a mystical notion,because every time you want run orlift your arms, your intention incitesmillions of chemical reactions andelectrical impulses that obey fixedlaws of nature.




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The fifth law applies the samemechanics to desires reaching farbeyond the physical body. When youhave an intention from the level ofyour soul or your spirit, then thatintention has all the power of theuniverse. What blocks the universefrom assisting us to get what wewant? The ancient indian seersanswered this mystery through thesixth spiritual law of success, the lawof detachment.

The Law of DetachmentThe universe responds best whenyou are detached from your desire.That is, you are not desperate orobsessed. When you think “I musthave this” or “if I don’t get this I willbe a failure,” you are locking yourawareness into a fixed, rigid mode.When you master the sixth law, youare able to maintain an unshakableserenity while being committed toyour goal with intense passion.Detachment is a quality of attention.Your intention is for the future, butyour attention is in the present. Aslong as your attention is focused inthe present, then your intent for thefuture will manifest; our intentionscreate reflections in the outsideworld.

Whenever things don’t seem to

go our way, there is a negative reflec-tion and you can see this directly.When the sixth law is fully mastered,individual attention expands its fieldto take in cosmic attention. You seethe physical world through the eyesof the soul. The wisdom of uncer-tainty means that you don’t seekfixed moments when everything isgoing to work out perfectly. Instead,every moment in life is allowed to befilled with excitement, adventure,mystery. Allow yourself to embrace,this moment and if you do thatthere’ll suddenly be an insight. It’s aquantum leap. In detachment fromthe outcome lies the wisdom ofuncertainty there are opportunitieswhen grounded in the wisdom ofuncertainty.

Every situation you have in lifeis the seed of an opportunity.

The Law of DharmaWe have arrived at the biggest mys-tery of all. What is the cosmic plan?What does our life mean in thescheme of the universe? The seventhspiritual law of success is the law ofdharma or purpose in life

Everyone has a purpose in life, aunique gift or special talent to give toothers. When we blend this uniquetalent with service to others, we

experience the ecstasy and exultationof our own spirit, which is the ulti-mate goal of all goals. Your uniquedestiny, your place in the cosmicplan, is known as dharma. Dharmaimplies more than seeking work thatyou love. Dharma is a shift in con-sciousness that begins by aligningyourself with your highest vision andthen becoming the manifestation ofthat vision.

The force that bridges you tosuch a transformation is also knownas dharma, but it’s cosmic dharmarather than individual. First comesthe moment when you realize thatlife cannot succeed without a vision.The root of the word dharma inSanskrit is a verb that means ‘touphold.’ This is a valuable clue. Youknow you’ve become part of the cos-mic design when the universeupholds and supports you. The sev-enth law brings the preceding sixlaws to fruition for when you masterthe dharma, the whole universe is onyour side. Every law of nature comesto your aid, every power supportsyou spontaneously. Self-explorationisn’t a task you accomplish and thenabandon. Every person is a never-ending project of the universe. Weare ships in the night, and the currentthat holds us up and carries ustoward the dawn is dharma.

We began by speaking of invisi-ble connections; there is one connec-tion that upholds all. The universalmind choreographs everything that ishappening in billions of galaxieswith elegant precision and unfalter-ing intelligence. Its intelligence isultimate and supreme, permeatingevery fiber of existence from thesmallest to the largest, from the atomto the cosmos. I am an impulse of theuniverse, at this particular moment intime, part of a collective wave ofconsciousness. After I’m gone, I’llhave done what I came to do.

And that’s enough.


7 Spiritual Laws, Continued from page 28


Ayurvedic Health & Beauty Tips

According to Ayurveda—the world’s oldestsystem of holistic health care—each sea-son has a distinct influence on our mind-body balance. This is especially truewhen we are exposed to extremely hot or

cold weather, or other climatic challenges such as exces-sive dryness, humidity or wind. As we are approachingthe summer season, here are some Ayurvedic recommen-dations to help you stay balanced and comfortable:

Cooling Drinks:

These traditional Ayurvedic drinks should be served atroom temperature or slightly cooler, never ice cold.Favor organic ingredients whenever possible. Ingredientsmarked with an * are available at Indian grocery storesor online. You can try different recipes on different daysor use the one(s) you enjoy the most.

1. Summer Lassi: Blend 1 cup of plain freshyogurt (homemade is best), 1 tsp of salt, and 1tsp of sugar (or powdered rock sugar*) for fif-teen seconds. Add 2 cups of water and blend forabout one minute. Take one cup at 11am andanother one at 4pm.

2. Summer Lassi II: Blend 1 cup of plain yogurt,1 tsp of honey, and 10 drops of lemon juice in ablender for fifteen seconds. Add 1 cup of waterand blend for about one minute. Take in theafternoon, between 3:30 and 5pm. (If you takeLassi I in the morning, this recipe can replacethe afternoon serving of Lassi I. )

3. Coconut water: Take one cup of water from afresh green coconut* and add one tsp of sugar.This drink can be taken several times per day toprotect the body from excess heat.

4. Kanjee water: Cook 1 cup of white Basmatirice in 4 cups of water for about thirty minutes,until the rice is very soft. Strain the water andplace it in a pitcher. You can take 1 cup of thiswater 2-3 times per day. Add 3 pinches of rocksalt and 1 tsp of Amalaki* powder to each serv-ing and mix well.

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Traditionally, this creamy mask isprepared with fresh yogurt madefrom raw, non-homogenized cow’smilk. Such yogurt has a layer ofcream on the top, which is the keyingredient in this recipe. If you don’thave access to non-homogenizedmilk, make or buy regular plainyogurt.

Ingredients: 4 tsp of “yogurt cream”or plain yogurt, 1 tsp of sandalwoodpowder*, and 1 tsp of neem pow-der*.

Mix all ingredients together andapply to clean face with your fingers(instead of using a spatula) in the fol-lowing sequence: under eyes, uppereyelids, tip of the nose, upper lip,lower lip, then the rest of the face.Next, gently massage the entirefacial skin with your fingertips(omitting the thumbs and using onlythe fingertips, not flat parts) for up toten minutes. Leave the mask on fortwenty more minutes. Lie down andrelax if possible. Wash the face withlukewarm water and pat dry with aclean towel.

This mask can be done daily. It nour-ishes and protects the delicate facialskin from the summer heat and dry-ness. On the more relaxed days,when you are not wearing make up,you can also use this mixture insteadof your regular facial cream—justuse a very small amount.

Full Body Massage and Herbal Wash

To counteract the drying effects ofthe hot sun rays on our skin (espe-cially on delicate female skin) youcan do the following skin treatmentevery evening before going to bed.This treatment also helps to unclogthe sweat ducts (shrotas).

1. Oil Massage (Abhyanga):Apply lukewarm coconut orsesame oil all over the body andmassage it into your skin: uselong sweeping movements overthe long bones and circularmovements over the joints. Startfrom the neck and proceedtowards the feet. Coconut oil ismore cooling and is best forPitta constitutions. Sesame oil isbetter for Vata constitutions.Use the oil that feels good onyour skin.

2. Herbal Wash (Udvartana):Mix 2 tsp of besan (chickpea orgarbanzo bean) flour, 1 tsp ofsandalwood powder, and 1 tspof turmeric powder (use lessturmeric if you have light col-ored skin, more if you havedarker skin). Add enough waterto make a smooth paste. Standin your bathtub or shower anduse this paste, as you wouldsoap, over your entire body. Thepaste will absorb excess oil andfurther nourish the skin.Massage the skin for about threeminutes with this paste. Afterthe massage, the paste will turndark, indicating removal of tox-ins from the skin. Scrub the

dried up paste off with yourhands or by using a dry wash-cloth. Before you take a shower,remove the powder from thebottom of your tub or showerand place in the trash (so it doesnot clog your drain). Showerwith warm (not hot) water.

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This is all very well, but how do you believethe unbelievable? Belief cannot be forced,especially when it is supposed to be “true”belief.

In the New Testament, Mark recounts how a manbrings his son to Jesus, who tells him all things are pos-

sible if he can only believe. The father cries out in des-peration, “Lord, I believe! Help thou mine unbelief!”(Mark 9:24)

This cry has echoed down the centuries, ringing outfrom every one of us who recognizes the importance ofbelief, and our weak capacity to do so:“I want to believe, but I can’t! How can I? Help me!”

The MMaaggiicc ofMake Believe

“Only believe … and all things are possible”How many times have we wanted to believe, but couldn’t?

Doubtless you have already come across umpteen different books, articles and courses which teach the same basic tenet: “You must believe!”

“Anything the mind can believe, the mind can achieve.”“Only believe, and you will be healed.”“With faith you can move mountains.”

“If you believe positive things will happen, you will attract them into your life.”

By Lee Pascoe


Allow me to offer you a solution:Don’t even try! Just pretend—make believe it’s so!

If this seems bizarre, or artificial,or even immoral, please just keep anopen mind.

It’s true, the very word “make-believe” implies that you are not seri-ous or genuine. At best, it’s just fool-ing around. At worst, it’s false—fake!

On the other hand, to “believe,” isconsidered ultimately important andserious, a very solemn undertaking.Apart from the importance accorded tobelief in religious writings, throughoutthe centuries, tomes of modern self-help books have been written on thesubject. Saints and sinners have strug-gled to have faith—to be true believ-ers.

And yet, what is to “MAKEbelieve?” It is, literally, “to CREATEyour own belief.”Believing is supposed to be seriousstuff, so if you can’t do it right, betternot do it at all.But “make believe” is just playing, sowe are permitted to indulge in a littlefun, a little fantasy. When you “makebelieve” you allow yourself, just tem-porarily, to believe the unbelievable.

And therein you have a stunninglypowerful tool. This is the secret ofovercoming all your mental barriers.

Every time that you start to enter-tain the idea that you can be better thanyou are, and then say, “But I can’tbelieve it! It’s not real!” you are block-ing yourself. Your rational mind is pre-venting you from making a mistake,and you stay exactly where you are,within the barriers of your disbelief.But when you make-believe, you dis-solve the barriers. You know it’s not“real,” but you do it anyway. After all,it’s only make-believe, you’re just pre-tending. Even your logical, rationalmind can accept that, and go alongtemporarily for the ride.

We know that “Wishing is notBelieving”. But this is not wishfulthinking. When you wish, you sit backand do nothing, retreating into yourfantasy world. When you makebelieve, you plunge into action. You

allow yourself to do, say and feel newexperiences, by playing a role.

And what are the results? The pre-tense becomes reality. You see measur-able, regular effects in your daily life.What was accepted, although not realat the time, eventually becomes real,through the amazing magic of make-believe.

This is beyond positive thinking.Make-believe picks up where positivethinking leaves off.

Positive thinking usually failswhen we try to convince ourselves weactually believe something we know isnot true. Instead of creating belief wecreate conflict. We try to blast throughconcrete barriers instead of opening adoor and walking through.

If you charge headlong againstreality, you will get a nasty shock. Ifyou play with the idea of WHAT ITWOULD BE LIKE IF..., the apparentbarriers just dissolve away.

When we TRY TO BELIEVE, weare brought up short by external reali-ty, which dissipates the desired belief.

When we MAKE BELIEVE, itdoesn’t matter what happens, because,after all, we’re “only pretending.”

Don’t be misled by thinking, “It’sno good trying to act cheerful, if it’snot real.” Once you start playing a rolewith emotion and enthusiasm, yourbody acts AS IF it belongs to anotherpersonality for the period of the role-play. It produces immediate physio-logical changes, even at very deep lev-els. Nicholas Hall, Ph.D., showed thatactors can dramatically change theirimmune systems after 30 minutesaccording to the type of role they play.

Through role-playing, you canexplore all the different “people” youare already, though you may think youare just one “you”, enlarging your per-sonal repertoire, to include wonderfulnew possibilities you may never havedared consider.

Remember, you are already mak-ing believe anyway. But not con-sciously. You are already playing therole of who you think you should be,or worse still, you are pretending to bewho others think you are. Who told

you, anyway, who is the REAL you?

Child’s Play“Let’s pretend.”

How do these words make you feel?For most of us, they immediately con-jure up our childhood, and with it awonderful sense of freedom and fun.“Let’s pretend” were the magic wordswhich transported us to other dimen-sions, beyond reality, where we couldbe anyone and anything we wanted tobe.

Make-believe gave us the freedomto test qualities in ourselves we wouldnever have permitted if we had alreadya frozen notion of “This is me—that’snot me.” We could try out amazingcourage, confidence, intelligence, joy,ferocity, terror, triumph, as easily asslipping on another change of clothes.

An infinite variety of possibilitieswas available. It never occurred to usto be distracted from the experience bythinking, “But it’s not REAL.” Sure,we knew that. But because we werejust imagining, we could give theexperience our total concentration andinvolvement.

What a terrible loss if now, as anadult, you were to deny yourself thisfreedom, because you are now toomature for such childish nonsense!

Most important to remember is thatyou don’t have to believe something istrue for it to come true. So many thou-sands have denied themselves a happi-er, more fulfilled existence becausethey have been hung up on the ideathat to be a genuine person they mustcultivate a genuine belief. But affirma-tions repeated dozens of times a daywill not necessarily create a genuinebelief. They may even compound theproblem!

Telling yourself, “I AM sick, BUTI believe I will get well,” may actuallyexacerbate the conflict between cur-rent reality and the desired belief, andcreate even bigger barriers. On thecontrary, acting AS IF you are alreadycured makes barriers vanish away.

So, next time you find yourself


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reiterating a positive statement thatyou don’t quite believe, can you justpretend it’s true? That way, you canbe your best potential every day, andnot just when you feel equal to it.

At first, it may seem like you’renot being “authentic”. It’s justbecause it’s new and different. All ofus prefer something that is routineand comfortable, even if it is damag-ing us in the long run. You can helpthe unknown become more familiar,and thus more accessible, through themagic of make-believe.

And finally, to quote Robert Dilts,“what’s the difference between pre-tending and really changing? If youpretend long enough, it will seem asreal as anything else.”

Making Believe is far from dishonest.It becomes a conscious choice, madewith your own free will, to play therole of the person you could be. Youare not who you think you are. Freeyourself from your past conditioningand become who you choose to be,with Make-Believe!

Coleridge once wrote, “Poetry is thewilling suspension of disbelief.”

I invite you to unfetter your creativeimagination and to make poetry ofyour life, by willingly suspendingyour disbelief. Give yourself permis-sion to Make Believe.

Lee Pascoe is an Australian living inEurope where she is a lecturer andtherapist, in French and English.(www.leepascoe.com). Her book,The Magic of Make Believe, is pub-lished in English by Findhorn Press,as well as in French and Hungarian.She is presenting an evening work-shop in the Boston area on Tuesday,14th August. For details, go towww.mindbridgetrainings.com orcall (800) 307-9026.

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Many of us have had an opportunity inour own lives to experience what wewould call a miracle. However, whileappearing miraculous, from anotherpoint of view, it is a result of nothing

more than jumping to another grid, or accessing a cre-ative matrix. We live in a world that can be programmed.Right now it is being programmed through our thoughtsand feelings. The movies What the Bleep and The Secrethave beautifully illustrated that we live in a world ofvibrations. All thoughts and feelings can be translatedinto vibrations. If those thoughts and feelings are of fearand survival, anger and hate, then this is the vibrationwe are emitting and consequently the reality we arecreating for ourselves. However, we can reprogramthose vibrations anytime we choose. Thoughts of love,peace, charity, hope, faith, trust, prayer––they areequally accessible to each and every one of us. Thesethoughts, feelings and prayers invoke another vibratoryenergy, one that accesses another vibratory state. Thevibrations we hold in our hearts and minds are the keyto what manifests in our lives. It is not dependent uponsomething out there somewhere. The world originateswithin us despite the outer appearance. The outer issimply the reflection of our inner state.

What is exciting about the times we are living in rightnow, is that while these principles have been espousedfor ages from Vedic texts to Native American philoso-phies, we are at the place of a meeting ground betweenscience and spirituality where these principles arebeing tested and proven to be true.

And while this concept is easy to see in our personal

lives, what is truly exciting is that it holds true for theenvironment around us as well!

Many of you have heard of the research in Japan byMasaru Emoto that revealed water changes its physicaland molecular structure when exposed to differentsounds, words, thoughts, pictures and prayer. Before andafter photographs of the water crystal of a polluted damrevealed that the structure went from a chaotic structurewhen first sampled, then transformed into a beautifulsymmetrical snowflake-like crystal when a group ofpeople sent their prayers to the dam.

Accessing theCreative

by Christan Hummel

Water Crystal Before Prayer

The Secret to Healing the Planet

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I have personally witnessed similar events throughoutthe world with the earth healing ceremonies we havebeen doing bringing about a clearing of pollution in thewater and atmosphere, with little more than groupprayer. It doesn’t even matter what the prayer, it is aVIBRATION offered consciously to the Earth, and shereceives it. The effect has been lower crime rates, reducedrug use in cities, reduce earthquake activity, and bal-ance severe weather patterns, return of marine and birdlive, and all with the power of their focused intent.

One group in Auckland, New Zealand reported a reduc-tion in the crime rate of fifty percent in two months afterthe group there began to work with the power of prayerand directing it to the realms of Nature to release Earthstresses in the area. They also reported seeing anincrease of dolphins and whales––inside the harbor noless! Another group in Frankfurt, Germany saw a twen-ty-five percent decrease in drug use in their area usingthe same techniques, while in all the surrounding areas ithad increased. In two different cities in Spain, bothgroups there saw a dramatic break in a long-standingdraught once the groups starting a ceremonial prayergroup and worked with the intelligence of Nature torestore balance in their areas.

They also reported seeing dolphins along the coast ofboth cities for the first time in fifty years! In San Diego,California a group of fifteen people began praying forthe health of the Salton Sea, one of the most pollutedbodies of water in North America, and to the amazementof scientists, the Salton Sea began to improve. Newsheadlines reported that scientists were stunned to find alack of pesticides in the Salton Sea, because they werepreviously known to have existed there!

Recent “natural” disasters of Florida’s hurricanes, andthe tsunami of Indonesia, remind us that we are in a veryintimate, and dependent relationship with Nature. TheNative cultures throughout the world believed that suchcatastrophic events are Nature’s response to our collec-tive thoughts and feelings. As such, there can be no bet-ter time to access our power of prayer to shift this “cre-ative matrix” of which we are an intimate part.

Evidence of groups around the world working withfocused intent and the research of Emoto are confirmingwhat the ancients have been teaching for centuries.Energy follows thought; our physical world is merely thereflection of our energy world. And while it may appearthat we have little measurable effects over the outerevents that seem to direct our outer world, we DO havethe power to effect our inner energy worlds, in fact wedo it with each and every thought. So what do we wantto dream? What kind of a world do we want to create?The choice is still ours.

Christan Hummel is the author of the “Do-It-Yourself Space ClearingKit.” She travels internationally lecturing and teaching people how toaccess nature in a co-creative spirit. For more information about herupcoming workshops in Australia see: www.earthtransitons.com

© Christan Hummel, 2007. All rights reserved.

Water Crystal After Prayerauthorization #: ihm0612080640

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For optimal sight, central and peripheralvision must be functioning simultaneously.We often strain our central vision andignore the periphery when we over-focusand concentrate intensely. When we cannot

see the forest for the trees, we’ve lost the big picture;we’ve shut out our peripheral vision. As you can tellfrom the language, this can be as much a mental restric-tion as a visual one. It islargely a question of aware-ness.

I suggest you do a few exper-iments to find out what youare doing. You can start rightnow as you read these words.Notice if you are aware ofseeing whatever is around thepage—the room, the trolley,people in the café. If you arenot, then you are over-focus-ing and have lost the big pic-ture. You can also explore thiswhen working at the comput-er, reading a book or driving acar. How large a visual fielddo you have when you arebusy living your life? Whathappens when you are drivingor walking? Can you turn tospeak with a friend while stillseeing the road ahead?

As you attend to what you see peripherally you willnotice that you don’t see the objects off to the side aswell as you see what you are focusing on. Due to theanatomy of the eye, our peripheral vision is not as sharpas our central vision, and the more peripheral the objectis, the less clearly we see it. This is normal.

Our central vision specializes in seeing color and detail,while our peripheral vision is sensitive to movement andsmall variations in light. It is responsible for our night

vision. You can explore your visual field by extendingyour arms straight out from your shoulders while look-ing at something directly ahead of you and noticing ifyou can see your fingers. Now wiggle your fingers. Canyou see them now? If you can’t, then bring your armsforwards a little, until you can see them. You will noticethat it is easier to see them when they are moving. As wespend more time indoors, on computers or watching TV

our potential visual field is fre-quently under used. As thisunder-use accumulates, thepartnership between centraland peripheral vision becomesunbalanced and both becomediminished.

In order to rebalance this rela-tionship we need to switch onthe periphery again. As muchas possible, we want to beaware of what we see off to thesides, above and below. Placeinteresting moving things inyour peripheral field, such as alight-catching mobile in yourcube, a birdfeeder near the win-dow and a mirror where it willallow you to see people mov-ing around.

At first it will seem very dis-tracting, because you will wantto look at those things central-

ly, the way you are used to. After a while you will findthat you can still concentrate on your work and seewhat’s going on around you at the same time. You willno longer be lost in the details. You will be keepingeverything in perspective, and seeing more comfortablyand clearly.

Rosemary Gaddum-Gordon, D.B.O., M.A., Holistic VisionImprovement, Cambridge, MA: (617) 354-8360, and Eliot,ME: (207) 439-9821, www.visioneducators.com.

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CCOOSSMMOOSS AND

PSYCHE

Intimations of A New World View


In his bestsel1ing book The Passionof the Western Mind, Richard Tarnasgave the world what many scholars,from Joseph Campbell to HustonSmith, regarded as one of the finest

histories of the Western mind and spirit everwritten. Now, Tarnas’ Cosmos And Psychechallenges the basic assumptions of themodern world view with an extraordinarybody of evidence that points towards a pro-found new understanding of the human rolein the cosmos.

Based on thirty years of research by Tarnasand his colleagues, Cosmos And Psyche isthe first book by a widely respected culturalhistorian to demonstrate the existence of aconsistent correspondence between plane-tary movements and the archetypal patternsof human experience. The book examinessuch famous epochs of cultural rebellion as

the 1960s and the French Revolution, as wellas periods of historical crisis such as theworld wars and September 11 and its after-math. This volume also explores comparablepatterns and planetary correlations in thelives of many individuals, From Darwin,Nietzsche, and Freud to Martin Luther King,Betty Friedan, and John Lennon.

Cosmos And Psyche shines new light on the

unfolding drama of human history and our

own critical age. It provides a powerful new

method for understanding and responding to

the shifting dynamics of each period of time

we live in. It also suggests a new possibility

for reuniting religion and science, soul and

intellect, ancient wisdom and modern reason

in the quest to understand the past and create

the future. It is very much a work of the new

millennium.

Richard Tarnas


Skepticism is thechastity of the intel-lect, Santayanadeclared, and themetaphor is apt. The

mind that seeks the deepestintellectual fulfillment does notgive itself up to every passingidea. Yet what is sometimes for-gotten is the larger purpose ofsuch a virtue. For in the end,chastity is something one pre-serves not for its own sake, whichwould be barren, but rather sothat one may be fully ready forthe moment of surrender to thebeloved, the suitor whose aim istrue. Whether in knowledge or inlove, the capacity to recognizeand embrace that moment whenit finally arrives, perhaps in quite

unexpected circumstances, isessential to the virtue. Only withthat discernment and inwardopening can the full participatoryengagement unfold that bringsforth new realities and newknowledge. Without this capacity,at once active and receptive, thelong discipline would be fruitless.The carefully cultivated skepticalposture would become finally anempty prison, an armored stateof unfulfillment, a permanentlyconfining end in itself rather thanthe rigorous means to a sublimeresult.

It is just this tension and inter-play—between critical rigor andthe potential discovery of largertruths—that has always informedand advanced the drama of our

intellectual history. Yet in our owntime, at the start of a new millen-nium, that drama seems to havereached a moment of climacticurgency. We find ourselves at anextraordinary threshold. Oneneed not be graced with prophet-ic insight to recognize that we areliving in one of those rare ages,like the end of classical antiquityor the beginning of the modernera, that bring forth, throughgreat stress and struggle, a gen-uinely fundamental transforma-tion in the underlying assump-tions x and principles of the cul-tural world view. Amidst the multi-tude of debates and controver-sies that fill the intellectual arena,our basic understanding of realityis in contention: the role of the

preface to Cosmos and Psyche


human being in nature and thecosmos, the status of humanknowledge, the basis of moralvalues, the dilemmas of plural-ism, relativism, objectivity, thespiritual dimension of life, thedirection and meaning—if any—of history and evolution. The out-come of this tremendous momentin our civilization’s history isdeeply uncertain. Something isdying, and something is beingborn. The stakes are high, for thefuture of humanity and the futureof the Earth.

No recital is necessary hereof the many formidable andpressing problems—global andlocal, social, political, economic,ecological—facing the worldtoday. They are visible in everyheadline in our daily news,monthly journals, and annualstate of the world reports. Thegreat enigma of our situation isthat we have unprecedentedresources for dealing with thoseproblems, yet it is as if some larg-er or deeper context, some invis-ible constraint, were negating ourcapacity and resolve. What isthat larger context? Somethingessential seems to be missing inour understanding, some potentbut intangible factor or set of fac-tors. Can we discern the morefundamental conditions in whichour many concrete problemsmight ultimately be rooted? Whatare the most important underly-ing issues that confront thehuman mind and spirit in our era?Focusing particularly on the“Western” situation, centered inEurope and North Americathough now variously and acute-ly affecting the entire humancommunity, we can observethree especially fundamental fac-tors:

First, the profound metaphys-ical disorientation and ground-lessness that pervades contem-

porary human experience: thewidely felt absence of an ade-quate, publicly accessible largerorder of purpose and signifi-cance, a guiding metanarrativethat transcends separate culturesand subcultures, an encompass-ing pattern of meaning that couldgive to collective human exis-tence a nourishing coherenceand intelligibility.

Second, the deep sense ofalienation that affects the modernself: here I refer to not only thepersonal isolation of the individ-ual in modern mass society butalso the spiritual estrangement ofthe modern psyche in a disen-chanted universe, as well as, atthe species level, the subjectiveschism separating the modernhuman being from the rest ofnature and the cosmos.

And third, the critical need, onthe part of both individuals andsocieties, for a deeper insight intothose unconscious forces andtendencies, creative and destruc-tive, that play such a powerfulrole in shaping human lives, his-tory, and the life of the planet.

These conditions, all intri-cately interconnected and inter-penetrating, surround and per-meate our contemporary con-sciousness like the atmospherein which we live and breathe.From a longer historical perspec-tive, they represent the distillateof many centuries of extraordi-nary intellectual and psychologi-cal development. The compellingparadox of this long developmentis that these problematic condi-tions seem to have emergedfrom, and be subtly interwovenwith, the very qualities andachievements of our civilizationthat have been most progressive,liberating, and admired.

It was this complex historicaldrama that I explored in my firstbook, The Passion of the

Western Mind, a narrative historyof Western thought that followedthe major shifts of our civiliza-tion’s world view from the time ofthe ancient Greeks and Hebrewsto the postmodern era. In thatbook, published in 1991, I exam-ined and attempted to under-stand the great philosophical,religious, and scientific ideas andmovements that, over the cen-turies, gradually brought forth theworld and world view we inhabitand strive within today. As withmany such works that seem totake hold of their authors untilthey are completed, I was movedto write that book for more rea-sons than I fully grasped when Ibegan the ten-year task. But myprincipal motive from the startwas to provide, for both my read-ers and myself, a preparatoryfoundation for the present work.For while The Passion of theWestern Mind examined the his-tory that led to our current situa-tion, Cosmos and Psycheaddresses more precisely the cri-sis of the modern self and mod-ern world view, and then intro-duces a body of evidence, amethod of inquiry, and an emerg-ing cosmological perspective thatI believe could help us creativelyengage that crisis, and our histo-ry itself, within a new horizon ofpossibility. I hope this book willpoint towards an enlarged under-standing of our evolving uni-verse, and of our own still-unfold-ing role within it.Richard Tarnas

About The AuthorRichard Tarrias is a professor of philosophyand cultural history at the California Instituteof Integral Studies in San Francisco where hefounded the graduate program in Philosophy,Cosmology, and Consciousness. He alsoteaches psychology and cultural history atPacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara,and is graduate of Harvard University andSaybrook Institute.


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tifies you immediately to work on your-self, others and pets. 13.5 CEUs Visa/MC.(603) 899-3288, www.reiki.mv.com.

9/22: EOL Intuitive Enhancement (1) -Awaken Full Cellular Memory and AttainEOL Attunement. Learn practical techniquesto awaken unique your EOL (Energy of Life)Flow, enhance Divine Connection whilephysically grounded, correlate Endocrine &Chakra Systems, Detoxify food, OptimizeChakra and Aura Systems. 9.6 ContactHours; $175; Early-Pay discount avail.Prerequisite EOL Intuitive Series. Details atwww.TheWayToBalance.com; (978) 834-0341.

9/23: EOL Intuitive Enhancement (2) -Intuitive Self-Diagnosis and Introduction toEOL Root Cause Model. Learn the EOLProcess framework for Illness/Dis-ease;Exclusive EOL Root Cause Model; Whereemotions get stored; Proven techniques torelease harmful effects of E-stim, MRI,Chemo, X-Ray, viral/bacterial residues,physical traumas & toxins! 9.6 ContactHours. $175; Early-Pay discount avail.Prerequisite EOL Intuitive Series.www.TheWayToBalance.com; (978) 834-0341.

10/20: Reiki Certification. Boston area.Libby Barnett, MSW. 26 years experience..Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook,pin, certificate awarded. Visa/MC accept-ed. CEU's. Call 1-888-REIKI-4-U or(603) 654-2787. Reiki II: 10/21.

10/27: Reiki Certification. Wilton, NH.Libby Barnett, MSW. 26 years experience.Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook,pin, certificate awarded. Visa/MC accept-ed. CEU's. Call 1-888-REIKI-4-U or603-654-2787, Reiki II: 10/28.

ONGOINGExquisite Energysm for Women. Center,ground, and open to the flow. A nourishing,feel-good event. Cerridwen guides easymovements from qigong and hands-on heal-ing. Second Thursdays 7:30pm-9:30pm,Aquarius Sanctuary, Littleton, MA(978) 486-0248. $20. Call ahead.

Shamanic Drumming Circle, founded1993. Usually Second and Fourth Fridays ofevery month, 7:00pm. Quaker meeting-house, Cambridge. Open to all, but please callfirst for full details and directions. Terrence(978)-952-2704 or Emily (781)-641-3980.

Exquisite Energysm for Healers. Relax andget a dose of the good stuff for yourself. Easymovements from qigong and hands-on heal-ing with Cerridwen. Third Saturdays 7:00pm-10:00pm. Aquarius Sanctuary, Littleton, MA.(978) 486-0248. $20. Call ahead.

Buddhist Meditation Group with PegTravers, Ordained Priest, Buddha Heart USA,Sunday evenings, Haverhill, MA, 5:00pm-6:00pm. Learn and practice the ancient arts ofmeditation, chanting, QiGong, Buddhist Yoga& Reiki. Call the Center for SpiritualDevelopment, Haverhill MA, (978)-372-5173or online @www.uuhaverhill.org/happenings.

Ongoing Classes in ShamballaMultidimensional Healing and Healing Artoffered at the Natick Community OrganicFarm, by Joyce Cerutti. SMH may be thoughtof as an expansion of the energies we know asReiki. No prior attunements necessary. HealingArt classes offered for both individuals andfamilies, combining energy healing and arthealing for greater benefit. Call for dates,times, and further information. Intuitive heal-ing paintings also available. (508)-380-8273.


Earth Star Calendar

8/4: The Allman Brothers Band headline on Saturday, August 4th at TheDunkin’ Donuts Newport Folk Festival, at Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I.For tickets call: 1-(866)-468-7619.


Earth Star CalendarChristine McCullough, MA, offersEssential Healing; integrative, holistic coun-seling, BodyTalk, Energy Medicine, shaman-ism. (401)-847-6551. New location: 435 EastMain Rd Middletown, RI. Grand OpeningSpecial, receive 30% your first session.FibroMyalgia support group and Women's Spiritgroup forming now! Call (401)-847-6551, orvisit our website: www.essentialhealing.org.

Workshops for Pain Management andImproved Wellness. Offerings forBodyworkers, athletes, Personal Trainers,Coaches and general pain-sufferers. Checkwebsite: web.maynard.ma.us/biz/bmassage,or call Barry Bailey at (978)-897-0110 forinformation and brochure of current offerings.

The Labyrinth Ladies SpiritualEmpowerment Workshops, go to www.the-labyrinthladies.com for our latest programsand walks or call (401)-847-6551 for moreinformation. Facilitator Trainings, site con-sultations, workshops for schools, hospitalsand businesses.

Drumming Circle with Kristine Malpica(of Imagine Studios) on third Friday of eachmonth. 7:00pm-8:30pm. Center for SpiritualDevelopment, 15 Kenoza Ave, Haverhill, MA.(978)-372-5173.

Christ Church Unity - Experience the heal-ing power of music, prayer and meditation,every Wednesday at 7:00pm. Daily WordDiscusion Sundays at 10:00am. Sunday

Service, 11:00am. Corner of Colchester &Chapel Streets, Brookline, MA 02466. Call(617) 232-4548 for more information orvisit: www.unityboston.org.

Free Energy Healing In Arlington. Johreihealing is available each Wednesday eveningfrom 7:00pm-9:00pm at 81 Cleveland St. inArlington, MA. Johrei purifies the spiritthrough the channeling of divine light,restores inner spiritual balance and easesphysical, mental, & emotional distress.There is no charge for Johrei. Please call(781) 646-0614 for directions or informationon other area locations.

Stress Management, Imagery, and a rangeof Reiki programs, with CEUs for nurses, ledby holistic nurse educators. Centered inAmesbury, MA with other locations inMaine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.Visit www.LymanCenter.com or call:1-(888)-TLC-8485.

The Hellinger Approach to FamilyConstellations - Monthly Saturday seminars(10:00am-5:30pm) facilitated by Jamy andPeter Faust. Held at Healing Arts ofBelmont, Belmont, MA. Cost: $100/day.CEUs available. Call (617)-484-HEAL(4325). Visit www.HellingerBoston.com forthis month's seminar date and to register.

On view May 24 - September 16, Summer 2007 revisits the unprecedented explosion of contemporary artand popular culture brought about by the civil unrest and pervasive social change of the 1960s and early '70s,when a new psychedelic aesthetic emerged in art, music, film, architecture, graphic design, and fashion. The exhi-bition includes paintings, photographs and sculptures, as well as a rich selection of important posters, album cov-ers and underground magazines. For info: 1-800-WHITNEY. Admission, $15.

Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic EraAt the Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10021

The Deadline for listings in theAugust /September issue

is July 20th

9/13-9/16: Richie Havensfeatures at the Strawberry Park FolkMusic Festival, Sept 13-16, atStrawberry Park, 42 Pierce Road,Preston, CT. For tickets and info call:1-(888) 794-7944.


A ncient Wisdom Spiritual Resource Center hasrelocated to its new headquarters at theWadsworth Village in Danvers Massachusetts.

In partnership with Radiance Massage and HolisticHealth, they offer new and expanded services.

Alan Powell “The Everyday Mystic” created the AncientWisdom Spiritual Resource Center as an energetic spacefor those who are ready to experience new awareness intheir lives. Using simple tools of Ancient Wisdom com-bined with the newest research, enables individuals toexperience transformation immediately. The new realityis a conscious awareness giving clarity and freedom toeasily release old limiting beliefs.

Since 1985 Alan has helped individuals to have a greaterexpression of their authentic self, using simple easy toolsthat allow anyone to move past their old limiting beliefsand patterns. Once the old baggage is released, fears, selfsabotage, lack consciousness are replaced with a newawareness of empowerment and prosperity conscious-ness. Relationships change, finances improve dramati-cally, employment becomes simple and easy and oldhealth concerns dissolve. Once the layers of limitationare removed life becomes the pleasure it should havealways been.

Their clients are of all ages and come from every walk oflife. It does not matter what you have done in the past.Every old pattern and limiting belief is easily released.No matter what methods you have tried in the past, thissimple and easy process will give you the freedom thatyou have always been looking for.

Their menu of services includes:

Accelerated Awareness Training sessions—anattunement for the energetic and mental bodies, allow-ing individuals to have the greatest experience of theirown divinity while in the physical body.

Massage and High Frequency Attunement ses-sions with Olivia George of Radiance Massage andHolistic Health. This allows the physical body tobecome in total alignment with the energetic and men-tal bodies offering the greatest clarity of conscious-ness in the physical body.

On-going workshops around the country. (seetheir website for listings.

“What the Bleep” discussion group every 2nd and4th Sunday evening for those interested in taking con-scious control of creating their own reality.

All inclusive Retreats and Spiritual Pilgrimagesaround the globe. Upcoming trips include Crestone,Colorado in September; Bali, Indonesia in October;and Thailand in December.

Telephone sessions are also available for individu-als and groups.

Please see their website: www.AncientWisdomSRC.comfor further information and to sign up for their freemonthly e-mail newsletter.

Call Ancient Wisdom at (978) 777-0677 or e-mail [email protected] with any questions youmay have.

Ancient Wisdom Spiritual Resource Center

Moves to Danvers

T he 8th International HerbSymposium on Modern andTraditional Uses of Herbal

Medicine is being held June 22-24at Wheaton College. TheSymposium is one of the largest andmost comprehenaive events of itskind and features an extraordinaryselection of over forty of theworld’s most highly respectedherballists, representing twelve

countries from around the world.Over ninety different workshops areoffered on topics ranging from thetraditional and folkloric to the clin-ical and scientific uses of medicinalplants. This is an incredible oppor-tunity for both beginning andadvanced students to further theirknowledge medicine through lec-tures, demonstrations, and wildplant identification walks. Twelve

continuing education credits areavailable for nurses. Also includedin the weekend’s activities are:Earth-based ceremonies, eveningentertainment including the“Herbalist’s Ball,” and the herbalmarketplace containing a widerange of herbal products and books.

The cost of the Symposium is$275. For more information call(802) 479-9825.

8th International Herb SymposiumCelebrating the Healing Power of Plants


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Profiles of businesses,centers and individualsthat offer holistic servicesthat nurture and supportthe body, mind and soul.


Enchantments10 Boothbay House HillBoothbay Harbor, ME 04538

207-633-4992Largest New Age Store in New England!We’ve knocked through a wall and dou-bled our space! New coffee, tea anddessert bar with eye-of-newt scones.enlarged clothing section featuringGeetah & Sacred Threads; Celtic &Renaissance-style clothing, including

reversible floor-length capes in velvetand satin; Dirks, knives & swords; Crystalballs and bowls; Scrying mirrors & wic-can supplies; Magic wands; Magic spells;Harry Potter; Candles, candles & morecandles. Eastern incense & NativeAmerican sage, cedar & juniper; Drums& rainsticks; Large variety of pipes &Grateful Dead memorabilia; ExtensiveNew Age/metaphysical book section;300+ tarot decks; runes; Egyptiancanopic jars & statuary; Eastern religiousitems & statuary–Buddha, Ganesh, Quan

Yin; Fabulous fountains & fantasy statu-ary of all kinds; angels & fairies, puppets& dolls, dragons, frogs, & gargoyles;Meyda Tiffany lamps; Hundreds ofchimes; Cards & calendars; Crystals, jew-elry, gems & minerals; Massage & essen-tial oils; Henna; Body jewelry; Tapes &CDs; Psychic readings. Don’t miss oursecond store “Enchantment Too” rightacross the street!!!

Open daily . . . call for hours!Visit our website:

www.enchantments.bz

Serena gives readings that touch your soul.She blends the ancient wisdom of Vedic astrol-ogy with her remarkable intuition to help youuse perfect timing to bring joy and fruition to allareas of your life.

She is highly sought after by celebrities, busi-ness executives, speakers, and authors. Shehas made numerous appearances on TV and

radio and you may have recently heard hername on Coast to Coast AM.

Serena has been gifted since childhoodwith the ability to see many dimensions oflife. She has spent many years in spiritualpractice and enjoys working on her ownhealing and evolvement so that her serviceto others is of the highest quality.

“Serena’s work is extraordinary—astunning blend of mind, heart, and soul,”says Judith Orloff, M.D., author andclairvoyant psychiatrist.

Serena gives readings by telephoneall over the country.

Serena Wright-Taylor310.335.5617

Website: www.vimana.org

Astrologer and Clairvoyant – Serena Wright-Taylor

Astrology and Esoteric Psychology — Monique PommierTwelvefold science of the twelvefold soul,

Astrology illuminates the unique land-scape of a psyche – inner characters anddynamics, gifts and directions – and chartsthe course of a life, timing new developmentsand uncovering their purposes.

As an esoteric astrologer and counselor, Ifocus on the evolutionary meaning of per-

sonal, relational and spiritual challenges, andoffer insights and methods that elicit transfor-mative perspectives and facilitate self-actuali-sation.

By accessing the deeper order of yourlife you gain the freedom to appreciate itscomplexities and the power to participate inyour evolution.

My background includes an MS andPhD in Esoteric Psychology and Philosophy.Jungian psychology, Eastern and Western tra-ditions have been key foundations in myeighteen years of consulting and teaching.

To inquire about services, classes, orpublications, please call:

(617) 524-7072

ASTROLOGICAL CONSULTING

BOOKSTORES & AWARENESS CENTERS


CENTERS

Institute For Personal Development, Inc.A Kriya Yoga Ashram

652 Lafayette Rd. - Hampton, NH 03842-33481-603-929-0303 [email protected] Web Site - http://www.ipdtransform.com

Call toll free 1-888-545-8597 ask for:Kenneth Toy (Swami Jayananda)

Classes, Courses, and Personal Training

Private Residential Retreat & Personalized Programs

Weekends and longer plans available as low as $44 a night

Call for Prices on your personal program

Kriya Yoga is a complete holistic health management system

Uniting Science with Religion

CLASSES

Reiki Healing Connection • phone (603) 654-2787 • fax (603) 654-2771 • email [email protected] • www.reikienergy.com

“My commitment to teach the Usui Systemof Reiki Healing in the authentic, tradi-tional manner inspired me to visit Japanto retrace the roots of Reiki. I am dedicat-ed to teaching this sacred healing art topromote health and conscious living on theplanet. I invite you to give yourself the giftof Reiki. It is an easy, effective way to love,heal, and empower yourself. I look forwardto meeting you and sharing Reiki.”

Boston Area ClassesSeptember 15 or October 20

Wilton, NH ClassesSeptember 8 or October 27

To register, call the Reiki HealingConnection: 1-888-REIKI-4-U(1-888-734-5448) or (603) 654-2787.Visa/MC accepted. Social Work andNursing CEU’s available. Reiki MasterTraining information avaliable on request.

Southern New Hampshire, New YorkFoundling, and New York ColumbiaPresbyterian. Libby was featured in a Reikisegment for the PBS nationally televisedseries, Body and Soul. For the past sevenyears, Libby has conducted Reiki classes atthe University of Maryland School ofSocial Work and at Kripalu Center forYoga and Health. One of Libby’s currentpassions is teaching hospice staff and vol-unteers. Fueled by Reiki energy, their heal-ing touch is enhanced, affording greatereffectiveness in calming agitation, soothingpain and providing comfort.

In class, a powerful slide presentation cap-tures the essence of Reiki. You hear theReiki story, receive attunements and prac-tice giving and receiving Reiki. You leaveclass with an illustrated notebook, certifi-cate, and pin, fully trained and certified todo Reiki on yourself, family, friends, andpets.

Libby is a gifted, knowledgeable ReikiMaster with 26 years experience. She iscoauthor of Reiki Energy Medicine,Bringing Healing Touch into Home,Hospital, and Hospice - over 55,000 copiessold in seven languages.

Use Reiki to create more joy and ease inyour life. Let Libby’s warm, heart-cen-tered approach help you to take your nextstep toward self-love and inner peace.Reiki brings balance and harmony, sup-porting you doing the work you wereborn to do. Reiki facilitates transitions,promotes creativity and wisdom, andaccelerates spiritual growth, helping youmanifest your magnificance.

Libby has taught medical and nursingstudents at Harvard, Brown, Tufts, andYale as well as staff at MassachusettsGeneral, Beth Israel, Mt Auburn,Emerson, Dartmouth-Hitchcock,

Libby Barnett, MSWReiki Master

“Reiki speaks to our heart and deepens our connection to self and others.”

“Love is the healer and Reiki is love.”

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HEALING & BODYWORK

Rolfing© is a deep bodywork methoddeveloped by Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D., in the1940's, which frees, releases andreshapes the body to bring it towardsgreater balance and verticality.

Through Rolfing©, body structure isrestored and improved, stress isreduced, and movement becomes morefluid, efficient, and graceful. Freedomand range of movement are enhanced,and breathing becomes fuller and easier.

As out of balance parts of the bodyare brought into alignment, chronicaches and pains often disappear. Gravitybecomes an ally, rather than an enemy; itis no longer an effort to hold oneself up.

In addition to the physical results,clients often experience the release of oldemotional traumas, an enhanced selfimage, increased spontaneity of expres-sion and increased agility to be assertiveand nurturing in relationships.

For information about Rolfing contactthese certified practitioners:

Boston Area Rolfer Group:

Aline Newton, Cambridge: (617) 661-6409

William Redpath, Bedford, Cambridge:(781) 861-0184

Dennis Bailey, Marshfield (South Shore):(617) 472-2699

Garret Whitney, Brighton, Concord, (978) 371-2188

Eric Jacobson, Arlington:(781) 643-6874

Beate Gottschlich, Cambridge:(617) 661-9291

Out of State:Kevin Frank, Holderness, Concord, NH;

Norwich, VT: (603) 968-9585

Rolfing

How we see can be affected byour frame of mind, state ofhealth, and environment . Inresponse to Life we may begin to overfo-cus at one distance and lose clarity atanother, or exhaust our eyes so they can'tfocus comfortably anywhere, or even letone eye drift in and out. These adaptationsmay become chronic. We use muscles tofocus our eyes. You can learn techniquesto relax and coordinate them so that you

can see comfortably and clearly again.Your dependence on glasses or con-tacts can be prevented, eliminated, orreduced. Rosemary draws on her twen-ty years experience and training inorthoptics, the Bates' Method, GestaltPsychotherapy, and Educational-Kinesthetics to form a comprehensiveapproach to vision improvement. Sheoffers individual and group sessions foradults and children.

ROSEMARY GADDUM GORDON,D.B.O., M.A.

CAMBRIDGE, MA(617) 354-8360

and

ELIOT, MENEAR PORTSMOUTH, NH

(207) 439-9821

Holistic Vision Improvement

Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, DBO, MA


HEALING & BODYWORK continued

22 STRAND DNAACTIVATION

Your DNA holds the master plan foryour life purpose and divine potential.Through this sacred process your 22strands of DNA are activated andstrengthened, while unwanted debrisfrom the DNA structure is cleared.YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIALBECOMES YOUR REALITY!

Further benefits include: gained energy,clarity and focus, a stronger immunesystem, the use of more of your brain.Benefits your nerves, blood, skin, mus-cles and respiratory system. This activa-tion helps you to discover new talentsand abilities, releases unconscious pat-terns, facilitates clearing of genetic and

family karmic patterns and enables youto bring in and hold more LIGHT in yourphysical body. This activation is a hugeacceleration step on your personalpath. Also available: Energy Clearing,karmic Matrix, Life coaching and More.

Change your life in ways you have always dreamed! Give yourself the gift of full empowerment and improved health

CLAIRE LUFT - HEART'S SINGINGHEALING CENTER

Woburn, MA 781-281-2888www.heartssinging.com

Services Offered:• Colon Hydrotherapy• I-ACT Certified Practitioners• FDA Registered Instruments• Slow and Continuous Fill (simulatesgravity flow) systems available• Over 20 years of colon hydrotherapy experience• Iridology is the science and practice ofanalyzing the Iris, pupil and sclera of the eyeto determine inherited and accumulatedhealth patterns.

• Herbal/Nutritional Consultation inwhich an herbalist/pharmacist with over 10years of experience creates individualizedcleansing, fasting, and wellness programsusing herbs specified for the client.• 3 and 7 day cleanses• Kidney cleanses• Liver & Gall Bladder cleanses• Weight Loss cleanses• Lymphatic Therapy is a therapy used tohelp move the lymphatic system, an integralpart of our immune system. High-Frequency

and Manual Therapy available.• 10-Day Cleanse Program• 30-Day Detox/Rejuvenation Program

The Natural Path Alternative, Inc.214 Market Street

Brighton, MA 02135617-787-5040

[email protected] Natural Path

Alternative, Inc.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

• Profound relief from stress

• Decreased physical and emotional pain

• Heightened sense of empowerment

• Increased creativity, clarity and focus

• Stronger connection to Self and Source

• More lucid dreaming and higher senseperceptions

Cymatron sessions are highlyeffective for shifting and healing thesubtle frequencies causing deep-seated diseases.

The session includes use of a colortest and set of questions to assist indeveloping a stated intent for healing.

Music is selected by applied kinesiology.

Cymatron Sound CourseJune 16 & 17, 2007

Faculty: Maureen Spencer, RN, M.Ed.10:00am-5:00pm Fee: $275.00

Location: Maureen Spencer’s home,430 Walnut St., Abington MA 02351

15 contact hours awarded to nurses

For more information go towww.cymatronsoundhealing.com

Healing with Sound and Sacred Geometry: The CymatrCymatronon Sound Table

Betty Solbjor has been practicing andteaching Reiki since 1996, and in 2002became a Karuna Reiki® Master, a BachFoundation Registered Practitioner, and wasordained as an interfaith minister. She hasextensive experience using Reiki on bothpeople and animals to gently treat manyillnesses and emotional problems. Reikibrings about a deep sense of relaxation andinner peace. Combined with MagnifiedHealing, crystal singing bowls, and guidedmeditation, a session can help to restorebalance and harmony to body, mind and soul.

Services offered:• Reiki treatment sessions and training

for all levels of Reiki and Karuna Reiki

• Bach Flower Essence® consultationsand creation of custom formulas

• Weddings and other ceremonies

Call or e-mail to schedule an appointmentor inquire about classes.

(781) 258-7712 Waltham, MAemail: [email protected]: www.reikiflowers.comMember, International Association of Reiki

Professionals and Better Business Bureau®,Serving Eastern Masschusetts

Betty L. Solbjor, BFRPUsui Reiki Master

Karuna Reiki® MasterInterfaith Minister

ISIS Holistic Clinicintroduces

The Waters of ISISBody Purification Spa

We have moved into our newexpanded facility at

One Harvard Streetin Brookline Village617-734-4708

www.isisboston.comSeven Days a Week.

• Japanese Ofuro Soak Tub• Ozone Jacuzzi• Mud & Clay Bath Treatments• Swiss Lymphatic Drainage• Organic & Natural Skin Care• Ayurvedic Therapy & Treatment• Infrared Sauna• Comprehensive Treatment Plans &

Detoxification Packages• Deep Tissue Massage Therapy• Acupuncture & Oriental Healing• On-Site Naturopathic Advice• European Spa Foot Reflexology• In-House Clinical Herbal Lab• Food-Based Treatment Options

We believe that nature is the veryessence of life on this planet. Wehave created programs of detoxifica-tion and healing that use theresources of nature for our clients,families and friends. Based on theEuropean model, we not only offercomplete healing packages, but alsoprivate ritual bathing, cancer supportand natural fertility options. Weencourage you to change your lifeand your body… today.

Please call us....



John Harvey Gray& Lourdes Gray, Ph.D.

John Harvey Gray has been a ReikiMaster instructor since 1976, activelyteaching and practicing Reiki longerthan any other living teacher in theWest.

He took his entire Reiki training withHawayo Takata, who brought Reiki tothe West from Japan. John has conduct-ed over 850 Reiki workshops, teachingmore than 15,000 students, and wasnamed the 1994 Interface Presenter ofthe Year.

Lourdes Gray, Ph.D., his wife, is aReiki Master instructor certified by John.She brings years of extensive experienceusing Reiki to treat degenerative diseasessuch as arthritis, cancer, HIV/AIDS, aswell as emotional problems.

Questions? Call or write for informationabout workshops or private Reiki ses-sions. Third Degree/Master Instructortraining available.

THE JOHN HARVEY GRAYCENTER FOR REIKI HEALING15 Dolly Lane, Rindge, NH 03461

603/899-3288Register online! www.reiki.mv.com

America’s Most Experienced Reiki Teachers

Read our new book!Hand To Hand

Available now at reiki.mv.com, local bookstoresand Amazon.com

Visa/MC accepted for all courses.

Contact Hours available

Experience colon hydrotherapyin a safe, relaxed environment

using state-of-the-art FDA registered equipment.

Stephanie Dumas,I-ACT certified

Colon Hydrotherapist, Owner

[email protected]

Lexington Medical Building16 Clarke StreetLexington, MA

(781) 860-5116

Cleansing for the body, the mind, the spirit

Keyzom Bhutti, Doctor of TibetanMedicine, corrects any imbalances of thebody and mind using finest qualityMedicinal Herbs—Mineral Supplementsand Moxabustion in some cases.

For information or an appointment call

(617) 666-8635

TIBETAN SCIENCE OF HEALING

Basic Classes (1st Degree) (16.0 CEU credits available.)

• June 9-10 Rindge, NH• June 15-16-17 Rowe, MA• July 21-22 Rindge, NH• Sept 9-10 Boston Area, MA• Sept 15-16 Rindge, NH

Advanced Classes (2nd Degree) • June 23-24 Rindge, NH• July 28-29 Rindge, NH• Aug 18-19 Rindge, NH

Reiki 2nd Degree Advance Workshops• July 7-8 Rindge, NH

Regressions into Past Lives• July 14 Rindge, NH

Learn To See Auras• July 15 Rindge, NH

Nancy Ames, a graduate of the BancroftSchool of Massage Therapy, has been amassage therapist for over 16 years. She isalso a member of the American MassageTherapy Association.

Nancy offers many different styles ofmassage modalities including: relaxing Swedishmassage, therapeutic deep tissue, triggerpoint therapy, myofascial release and Reiki.

Her treatments include luxurious hottowels placed on tight and sore musclesthat help to relieve tension and stress.

Nancy tailors her massage sessionsto meet her clients’ needs.

Visit her on the web at: www.nancyamesmt.com

Or you can email her at [email protected]

Nancy AmesMassage Therapy

481 Great Rd. Suite 9Acton Ma.

(978) 263-6886

“Energyflows where

attentiongoes”



Eric Jacobson, Ph.D.Rolfing® * Craniosacral Therapy

Psychotherapy

Rolfing® produces lasting improvements inposture, breathing, movement, and overallrelaxation. The Rolfer uses manual pressureto help you feel into and let go of rigidities inthe connective tissue that wraps every mus-cle and bone. As you let go the tissuechanges state, becoming more elastic andconductive of energy. This enhances free-dom of movement, sensation, and circula-tion. Rolfing is done in specific patternsthroughout the body to allow a more erectposture, easier breathing, improved bal-ance, and more graceful movement. Thesechanges lead to a more positive self-imageand increased confidence. Once elasticityhas been restored it will remain unless thearea is re-injured subjected to emotionaltrauma or very long-term tension, so thebenefits are relatively permanent.

Other Benefits:Increases ability to sense emotions and other energetic states. Releases negative emotional memories.Accelerates progress in psychotherapy or spiritual practice.Restores flexibility and circulation to scar tissue and joints, both post-injury and post-surgical.

Craniosacral Therapy gently increasesthe mobility of the bones in the head, spineand pelvis. This is especially effective inrelieving cranial compression from headinjuries. Patterns of distress and dysfunc-tion going back as far as birth and child-hood can be treayed. Benefits include relieffrom chronic pain and tension in then head,neck, or lower back, and the release ofnegative emotional memories.

My Background includes training inRolfing with Ida Rolf, and inCraniosacral Therapy with JohnUpledger. I am a graduate of theGestalt Training Center of San Diegoand the Cambridge Family Instituteand have a private practice in psy-chotherapy. I am certified as anAdvanced Rolfer by the Rolf Institute,and have practiced in the Boston areafor the past 35 years.

For free literature or an appointment:

781-643-687410 Ramsdell Court,Arlington, MA 02476

www.eric-jacobson.com

The Rising Star Healing System

This is an ancient & sacred modalityrecently reintroduced to humanity bySpiritual Master & World Teacher DerekO'Neill. As amazing as it sounds theMasters tell us the Rising Star actuallyencompasses all healing modalities thatare present on the planet at this time,plus a lot more...

Through this healing system you will:• Remove misqualified or negative ener

gies from the chakras and the 7 bodysystems, allowing your being to clear

and heal on all levels and open to your true self

• Gain access to yor 5th dimensional lightbody

• Activates as many strands of DNA that you are ready for

• Connect with yor highest consciousness• Begin to open your 4th eye — the

Masters Eye• Rejuvinate your body on all levels• Rejuvinate all cells of your body within

one week• Begin and expand the ascension

process on all levels: soul, spirit and physical

• Helps to create Unity ConsciousnessThis healing system has enormous significence to the planet, with the potential to bring about Unity and profound planetary shifts.

Rev. CLAIRE LUFT - HEART'SSINGING HEALING CENTER

Woburn, MA 781-281-2888www.heartssinging.com

At M.A.S.H. we feel that complementarymedicine is state of the art health care foryour pet. We offer homeopathy, acupunc-ture, nutrition, chiropractic care, bodywork, physical therapy, and Reiki as partof your pet’s whole health program. Ourcaring staff is dedicated to guiding youtoward total health for your pet.

Now offerinig ozone therapy.

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MEDICAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES


MEDICAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES continued

Your teeth and jaws are an extensionof your brain and spinal cord. Any imbal-ances caused by improper alignment ofthe jaw (commonly referred to as dentalproprioception) can play a major role inall disease and pain. Faulty dental pro-prioception can cause improper neuro-logical feedback to the brain affectingmost, if not all body functions. Temporaryrelief is easy and inexpensive, and canenhance your present treatment whetherit is Chiropractic, Acupuncture,Massage, Physical or Neural Therapy,Pain Management, and TMD/TMJ.There are over 230 positive studies from81 universities in 37 countries involving24 different dental procedures with anastounding 94% success rate. Thisincluded procedures as sensitive teeth,pain control, speed of healing, periodon-tal disease, and others.

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PSYCHICS

ROSS MILLER has been giving psychicand past-life readings for over 23 yearsboth in New England and the WestCoast. During a reading, he communi-cates telepathically with his numerousangels and spirit guides who read andinterpret the client’s aura (the spirituallight surrounding one’s physical body).Ross also communicates with theclient’s own angels and spirit guides(most people have several of each).These angels and spirit guides thenconvey the information that is mostneeded or desired by the client.

Ross MillerPsychic Counselor

All of Ross’s readings are positive and con-structive in nature. In addition to answer-ing all of your personal questions pertain-ing to love, health, relationships, soulmates, business, career, relocation, dreaminterpretation, parents, children, and pets,he covers topics as diverse as: your life’spurpose, your undiscovered talents, aswell as your past incarnations and howthey relate to this life. Ross can also helpyou to identify and communicate with yourown guardian angels and spirit guides.Ross also offers workshops in psychicdevelopment and angel communication.

Ross is available for individual readingsin person or over the phone.

For more informationor to schedule an appointment,

please call:

Ross Miller1075 Washington St.Newton, MA 02465

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Website: www.TheMysticWay.com

Serena gives readings that touch yoursoul. She blends the ancient wisdom ofVedic astrology with her remarkable intu-ition to help you use perfect timing to bringjoy and fruition to all areas of your life.

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PSYCHIC READINGS AND INTUITIVE LIFE COACHINGNew Zealand Native, Shannar, has traveled

extensively throughout the world sharing her giftsof the Sacred Language of Light. From a veryearly age Shannar was aware that the otherrealms were contacting and working with her,this began her own spiritual journey into the otherworlds through Clairvoyance/Clairaudience andMediumship for Grief Therapy. Her psychic abil-ity has touched the hearts of all her clients both inthe USA and Overseas and her varied live expe-riences have greatly assisted those that havesought her Life Coaching methods.

The Sacred Language of Light is a very specialtool for resolving our patterns by connecting with thecellular memory and healing the agreements that wemade in this and past lives. The Sacred Language ofLight comes through in the special pieces of sym-bolic art form known as the pictographs. Each pic-tograph is a Star Gate Map into our cellular encod-ings and contains Sacred Geometry, Symbols,Musical Harmonics, Ancient and Star Languages.Shannar is able to speak the Sacred Language,hears the stories in poetry form and performs thepictograph symbols with her hands.

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PSYCHOLOGY & TRANSFORMATION

Read What Former Clients Say About Ross MillerMigraines, a Thing of the Past...“I can’t believe you got rid of my migraines. Atfirst I didn’t believe you when you said it wasdue to a past life when I was a soldier and gotshot in the head. No wonder the doctors could-n’t help me.” —Donna M., Hartford, CT

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What is Regression Therapy? To go backin time (without the use of hypnosis) to theorigin or root cause of a problem and releaseor heal it. This might entail going back topast lives or earlier parts of your current life.

For the past 25 years Ross Miller has beenoffering the benefits of regression therapy world-wide, helping his clients quickly and easily releasetheir fears, anxiety attacks, depression, anger,physical pain, grief, abuse trauma, addictions,blocked potential, fibromyalgia, stress, chronicfatigue, eating disorders, health problems andphobias. Ross is available for individual or cou-ples regression therapy sessions, psychic and pastlife readings and/or healing by telephone or inperson. (See Directory ad under "Psychics".)

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call:

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Therapy Should Take Hours Not Years

Ross MillerRegression Therapist

Let me guide you in life-changingLacanian analytic sessions. Learnmore how to hear your soul speakrather than your ego so that youcan place this deepest knowingat the center of your life.

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WHAT THE SOUL WOULD SAY IF THE SOUL COULD SPEAKBecome the change

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Become who you are—Nietzsche

PSYCHICS continued

Sonny Rose, M.A.Counseling & Psychotherapy

DEEPEN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPYPsychology of the mind can help you inthe analysis, but true knowing of beinghappens in silence. Once you have foundyour soul, you have found your home.

Sonny is available for ongoing client-cen-tered therapy in a compassionate environ-ment where you can feel safe to open yourrepressed, unconscious imaginations,repressions, hallucinations, and desires,without fear that you will be judged. You willExperience compassion which will lead youto develop a loving conscious relationshipwith yourself and ultimately with others.

As you experience your authentic self,you are reaching the depths of your soul. Itis in these moments of clarity that great andprofound transformative healing occurs.

Being asked the right questions in a safeand confidential environment can furtherenhance your self-knowing and assist youin moving into a state of joy. The sessionsare available to help you process and inte-grate the beauty of your wholeness withrespect and honor.

If you are not living the life you preferbecause you feel blocked, are in a transi-tional time, experiencing on-going stressor sadness, emotional numbness, or areaware of self-defeating patterns, then yourawareness can greatly motivate you tobegin or continue the process of self-dis-covery. Working in collaboration withSonny will deepen your experience andevolvement of your authentic being.

Sonny Rose holds a Master of Arts inCounseling Psychology and hasworked with many diverse groupsaround the world. She has worked asan adjunct faculty member at LesleyUniversity and has worked inRehabilitative Medicine at BostonUniversity Medical School. Sonny’swork incorporates many innovativemind/body/spiritual techniqueswhich have profound effects in theprocess of transformation.

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Angelica offers a wide variety of bothMetaphysical and New Age gifts. Browse around,enjoy the softness of the Angelic energy. Feel themagic that Angelica of the Angels brings toyou. We have a knowledgable staff to answer anyand all questions and direct you in anyway theycan to help guide you in life.

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Life’s challenges are a natural part of thehuman experience. A loving approach buildsself-esteem and removes shame and stigmas,helping you heal and find effective solutions.

Glenn offers great knowledge and compassion to hisclients who deal with life transitions, relationships,addictions, anger, self-esteem, trauma/abuse, self-harmful behavior, divorce, and mental health issues.

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As above... GURDJIEFFSYSTEM OF HARMONIC DEVELOPMENT

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PHYSICAL VIBRATIONALINTELLECTUAL EMOTIONAL

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Compassionate Psychotherapy and EMDRWe are each endowed with an enormouscapacity for self-healing and often simplyneed a guide to show us the way. Barbara’sstyle of compassionate psychotherapycombined with the rapid and profoundhealing effects of Eye MovementDesensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)can lead to new levels of emotional andphysical health and well being.

EMDR is a body focused therapy thatallows a person to reprocess disturbingmemories that have become “stuck” in the

brain through a disruption in normalinformation processing. Past events seem“frozen in time” and talking about themdoes not relieve the distress they contain.

Barbara has been practicing psychotherapyfor fifteen years and EMDR for ten. Sheconsiders the opportunity to help clientsas a sacred trust, embarking on the pathto healing with the knowledge that we canface together what may be too frighteningto face alone.

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Basic Level Yoga TeacherCertification – 200 hrs

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In our modern age, we havemore reason than ever before tofind the sacred amid the mun-dane. Can ancient ceremonieshelp us to restore harmony

between man and the environment?The beating of a shaman’s drum, the

labyrinth at Chartres, stone monumentsin Ireland, Feng Shui, what do they allhave in common? All are attempts bydifferent cultures to harmonize theirspace with their environment. Templesthroughout time from Stonehenge to theGreat Pyramid attest humanity’s desireto create sacred space, a doorway bring-ing Heaven here on Earth. A kind ofYoga of the Land integrating mind-bodyand spirit.

In ancient times this knowledge ofhow to harmonize our living space withnature and the cosmos was passed downfrom the ancient Celts, Chinese,Egyptians, later the Pythagorean schoolsin Greece, and into West throughEurope. However where can these tradi-tions be found alive today in our modernculture? Feng Shui, the ancient Chineseart of harmonizing our homes with oursurroundings, is inaccessible to mostpeople and has become increasingly leftin the hands of experts.

The earth is viewed by many indige-nous cultures as a holographic reflectionthe human body. Ancient Chinese andVedic medicine believed that humanshave a meridian system that carries thecurrents of life energy throughout ourbodies, when they are open, flowing andhealthy, so are our body’s systems.Similarly, the earth also has these merid-ians as well. They have been known bycultures all over the world for thousandsof year. More recently coined “ley lines”by Alfred Watkins in 1921 in England,this concept has now found its way intothe common vernacular of our society.

By attending to these sacred lines ofenergy within the body of the earth,through prayer and ceremony we help torestore a lost and ancient relationship ofhumanity with the Earth by creating aliving bridge between Heaven and Earth.

And while this may sound too sim-ple for most to believe, case historiessurprise even those who have witnessedthe results, attesting to the timelesspower of such practices and intentions.Cities throughout the world, Frankfurt,Bilbao, Auckland, Los Angeles, just toname a few, have experienced suchresults as lower crime rate, reduced druguse, lower pollution levels and revival ofnatural resources—all with such simpletechniques that our ancestors practicedin times past.

Can the same be done for one’shome? In short, yes. A few of the mostcommon changes which people haveexperienced when harmonizing theirspace with their environment: moreenergy, better sleep, enhanced learningamong students, improved relationships,increased financial flow, increased plantgrowth, better health among animals inthe area, and more.

While anecdotal stories abound, sci-entific research has been conducted inEurope studying the connectionsbetween environmental stresses, earthenergies not in a state of harmony, andA.D.D. (attention deficit disorder), can-cer, and numerous other diseases. Onesuch study was conducted in Germany. Itshowed out of 5,000 cancer patients, acorrelation between exposure to negativeelectromagnetic energy lines and theirpatient’s cancer in 93% of the casesstudied studied.. In Austria, KathieBachler studied 3,000 students withA.D.D. who had negative earth energiesrunning through their homes. Whennegated, the ADD behavior was reduced

in over 90% of the cases. These studies and many more are

just some of the examples of the effectsof imbalance in our Earth’s energy sys-tems today. If we accept the belief ofindigenous cultures, we could add to thelist of the effect of these imbalances dis-tortions of weather patterns globally,increased volcanic and earthquake activ-ity, and other “natural” disasters as well.Our ancient ancestors knew that prayer,ritual and ceremony were an essentialpart of keeping in balance the harmonyof humanity and Nature. This is a tradi-tion lost to most of us in our modern cul-ture.

Today, our modern cities are testa-ments to a world addicted to unbridledgrowth at any cost. Electromagneticstresses, pollution, and negative telluricenergies plague us in a manner unprece-dented in human history. In such condi-tions, is it possible to create sacred spacein our living environments today?

While times have changed, basicprinciples have not. Sacred sound,sacred geometry, prayer, ceremony—allare still effective methods of raising thevibrations of the space where we live,and for our planet as well. Our moderntimes have created greater problems, buthave also created different solutions tothe same age-old quest: how to createsacred space on earth. Now is a crucialtime to make our homes our temples—places where the sacred vibrations willradiate out to heal our families and com-munities.

Christan Hummel is the author of the “Do ItYourself Space Clearing Kit” and an interna-tional lecturer, and workshop leader. She hastaught thousands around the world how tocreate sacred space in their homes and cities.For information about upcoming workshopssee: www.earthtransitions.com

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Despite decades ofresearch and thousandsof studies attesting toits health-promotingproperties, dimethyl

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For more than forty years, Dr.Stanley Jacob has been battling theestablishment over DMSO. In this arti-cle, Dr. Jacob reveals new data show-ing the potential of DMSO in treatingbrain trauma injuries that afflict morethan fifty thousand Americans eachyear.

DMS0: ExtensivelyResearched,

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Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMS0) is an anti-inflammatory and analgesic com-pound that holds promise in managinga wide range of debilitating healthconditions. DMSO is an approvedpharmacological agent in more than

one hundred and twenty-five coun-tries, and its safety and therapeuticeffects are backed by nearly fifty yearsof research and more than ten thou-sand scientific articles on its biologicalimplications.

Unfortunately, the vast health-pro-moting potential of DMSO has goneunfulfilled in America, suppressed bya combination of bureaucratic inept-itude and pharmaceutical industry lob-bying. In the United States today,DMSO is approved to treat only onemedical condition: interstitial cystitis,or chronic inflammation of the bladderwall. Recent findings on DMSO’sability to help manage the effects ofhead injury have renewed interest inthe many potential therapeutic appli-cations of this versatile compound.

Treating Head Trauma

Traumatic brain injury is the mostcommon injury of soldiers returningfrom the war in Iraq. In light of this,new clinical trials using DMSO tomanage the elevated intracranial pres-sure common to such injuries are nowbeing approved.

At the forefront of this work isStanley Jacob, MD, a pioneeringDMSO researcher. Having conductedresearch on DMSO and its many med-ical uses since the early 1960s, Dr.Jacob is often called “the father ofDMSO” in honor of his life’s work in

trying to bring this unique compoundto the forefront of contemporary med-icine. His resolve in the face of gov-ernment and drug industry obstacles islegendary. A faculty member at theOregon Health and Science Universityin Portland, Dr. Jacob maintains thatDMSO can be an effective treatmentfor closed head trauma and holdspromise for other conditions such asspinal cord injuries and embolicstroke.

“Closed head trauma is severetrauma from a blunt injury, where thehead hasn’t been opened,” he explains.“It’s the type of injury that could occurin a car accident, such as a severe con-cussion causing unconsciousness.With this type of injury. the brainswells against the hard bone of theskull, causing brain cells to die. It alsodiminishes blood supply and oxygena-tion, and causes a major shift in elec-trolytes within the brain. To treat theseconditions, DMSO is administeredintravenously as soon as possible afterthe injury occurs.”

According to Dr. Jacob, “DMSOis a potent free-radical scavenger anddiuretic that reduces swelling andimproves blood supply to the brain.This improves blood oxygenation tobrain tissue. Injured brain cells oftenaren’t dead. When these cells getincreased blood supply and more oxy-gen, and when the free radicals arescavenged, dying cells can recover,

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and brain swelling is reduced very rap-idly.”

Dr. Jacob notes that in studiesconducted from 1978 to 1982, “weobserved that when the human brainwas treated with intravenously admin-istered DMSO after a head injury, theswelling could be reduced within fiveminutes. No other treatment comesclose to acting that quickly. In patientsgiven other commonly used therapeu-tic agents such as intravenous barbitu-rates, the brain continued to swell.We’ve known about DMSO’s efficacyfor this type of injury for a long time.”

Astonishingly, however, the Foodand Drug Administration (FDA) hasnot approved any new pharmaco-logical agent of significance for thetreatment of traumatic brain injury inmore than three decades. With somuch attention focused on the plightof severely injured soldiers returninghome from war, Dr. Jacob is leadingthe charge to gain FDA approval ofDMSO to treat this type of injury. Hebelieves that DMSO would be moreeffective than some current therapiessuch as removing parts of the brain toreduce swelling.

“In my opinion, DMSO has thepotential to be the pharmacologictreatment of choice for traumatic braininjuries from combat,” says Dr. Jacob.“There’s nothing that comes close to itin efficacy”

Dr. Stanley Jacob currently servesas the Chairman of AbelaPharmaceuticals, Inc. Based in OrangeCounty, California, Abela

Pharmaceuticals was formed in 2005for the purpose of developing and clin-ically testing DMSO and DMSO-relat-ed products. The company’s mission isto bring DMSO to market for the treat-ment of injuries and conditions affect-ing the central nervous system, includ-ing traumatic brain injury, stroke, andAlzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Jacob and his colleagues pre-viously sponsored preliminary clinicaltrials of DMSO on traumatic braininjury patients in Europe. The resultsof the trial were remarkable, with aneighty percent survival rate (abouttwice the historical rate of thirty-fortypercent) and seventy percent of thepatients experiencing a favorable out-come (far higher than the historicalrate of less than ten percent).

Based primarily on these results,the FDA has given Abela’sInvestigational New Drug application“fast track” designation and will allowthe company to clinically test DMSOon traumatic brain injury patients. Thecontrolled, multicenter study is equiv-alent to a Phase 2b trial, and is expect-ed to begin later this year.

Accidental Discovery of DMSO

DMSO has a long list of primary phar-macological actions, including fight-ing inflammation, relieving pain,improving blood supply, scavengingfree radicals, softening scar tissue, andeffects that may benefit autoimmuneconditions. So why is a treatment

shown in decadesof studies to besafe and effectivefor so many con-ditions notapproved formore than onemedical use? Theanswer may lie inDMSO’s long,controversial his-tory, whichincludes themany years Dr.Jacob has spent

researching and fighting for itsapproval.

A simple compound oncedescribed as a cheap industrial solvent,DMSO is in fact a byproduct of thepaper manufacturing process, and wasfirst isolated in the mid-1800s by aRussian chemist. In the early 1960s,when one paper manufacturing com-pany in the Pacific Northwest decidedto explore DMSO’s possible commer-cial uses, its fascinating medicalpotential began to emerge.

Washington state-based CrownZellerbach Corporation asked one ofits staff chemists, Dr. RobertHerschler, PhD, to investigate otherpotential uses for DMSO. Dr.Herschler observed that DMSO couldpenetrate the leaves of plants, andbelieved it might be useful in carryingnutrients and fungicides into diseasedtrees.

Dr. Jacob, then assistant professorof surgery at the University of OregonMedical School (later renamed theOregon Health and ScienceUniversity), learned of Britishresearch showing that DMSO actedlike a medical “antifreeze” to protectblood cells frozen for storage. He wasintrigued, as his major research inter-est was the preservation of organs fortransplantation. Before coming toOregon, Dr. Jacob was on the facultyof Harvard Medical School and hadworked with Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT) researchers todevelop an apparatus for freezing akidney from the inside out by way ofthe kidney’s vasculature, thus avoidinga shell of ice encircling the kidney. InOregon, Dr. Jacob saw DMSO as apotential chemical means of protectingorgans from freezing. He contactedCrown Zellerbach and was introducedto Dr. Herschler, and the two teamedup to investigate DMSO’s medicalpotential.

Early DMSO ResearchShows Promise

Early studies showed that DMSO rap-idly penetrates the skin and quickly

relieves the pain andinflammation associat-ed with injuries such asankle sprains. Drs.Jacob and Herschlerthought DMSO couldeffectively treat arthri-tis and possibly act as adrug-delivery system.Their first paper onDMSO’s pharmacolo-gy, published in thejournal CurrentTherapeutic Researchin 1964, drew the atten-tion of a number ofpharmaceutical inter-ests and made head-lines in Oregon news-papers. It was quicklypicked up by the NewYork Times.

“A front-pageTimes article that calledDMSO the most exciting thing in med-icine created a great deal of interest,”Dr. Jacob recalls. “Six pharmaceuticalfirms were licensed by CrownZellerbach to begin wide and well-funded evaluations of DMSO’s safetyand effectiveness. The studies primari-ly used DMSO applied topically to theskln.”

According to Dr. Jacob, threecompanies—Merck, Centex, andSquibb—found DM50 to be safe andeffective for a wide array of muscu-loskeletal problems like tendonitis andosteoarthritis. Minor side effectsincluded a garlicky breath odor, tem-porary itching, flaking, and burning atthe application site, and occasionalnausea or drowsiness. While the com-panies submitted New DrugApplications to the FDA in 1965 stat-ing that DMSO was safe and effectiveand ready to be a prescriptive agent,ongoing animal toxicity researchrevealed that DMSO caused changesin laboratory animals’ eyes (myopia,or nearsightedness). Although no suchproblems were seen in humans, theFDA grew concerned. Then, onSeptember 9, 1965, the Wall StreetJournal reported the death of an Irish

woman after undergoing DMSO treat-ment for a sprained wrist. Although noautopsy was conducted, drug companyofficials speculated the death was theresult of an allergic reaction to DMSO.

FDA Overreacts, HaltsDMSO Research

Dr. Jacob recalls that the FDA “haltedall studies of DMSO on November 10,1965, even though they had data intheir files on more than seventy thou-sand patients submitted by approx-imately one thousand five hundredphysicians in the US showing its safe-ty and effectiveness.”

FDA critics contend that theagency overreacted in halting the stud-ies, considering how unconcerned theagency appears today with the numberof deaths that occur from both trial andapproved pharmaceuticals.

According to Jack de la Torre,MD, PhD, who has researchedDMSO’s role in treating central nerv-ous system injuries, “Years ago theFDA had a sort of chip on its shoulderbecause it thought DMSO was somekind of snake-oil medicine. Therewere people there who were openly

biased against the compound, eventhough they knew very little about it.”

Adding to the FDA’s skepticismwas that, in many ways, DMSO sim-ply sounded too good to be true. SaysDr. Jacob, “In the 1890s, if someonehad said, ‘I have this little white pilland if you take it, it will relieve pain,reduce inflammation, protect you ifyou have a heart attack, and so on,’you’d say, ‘Well, I don’t believe it.’Yetaspirin does all those things. DMSO issimilar in that it doesn’t fit the ‘one-pharmacologicagent-for-one-indica-tion’ philosophy of the FDA’.

Since DMSO was knocked offtrack, it has been a grueling uphill bat-tle for Dr. Jacob and other researcherstrying to get FDA approval of DMSOfor any use.

FDA Later Reconsiders DMSO

Dr. Jacob resolutely continued hiswork on DMSO. In 1971, he and hiscolleagues brought so much pressureon the FDA that it commissioned theNational Academy of Sciences (NAS)to evaluate the DMSO controversy.The NAS published its findings in



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1972, concluding that DMSO was apromising and probably safe andeffective agent. The FDA wasunmoved. Dr. Jacob, however, finallyachieved success and some vindica-tion when the agency approvedDMSO for treating interstitial cystitisin 1978.

In 1980, DMSO re-emerged inthe media, causing the public andeven Congress to take note.Continued pressure from Dr. Jacoband other researchers led to congres-sional hearings, and demands for fed-eral studies of DMSO were intro-duced in several bills. Unfortunately,none of these bills ever left commit-tee, and a provision in another billwas deleted just before passage.

As the leading expert on DMSO,Dr. Jacob was called to testify at ahearing before the US SenateSubcommittee on Health. “DMSO isone of the few agents in which effec-tiveness can be demonstrated beforethe eyes of the observers,” he told thecommittee. “If we have patientsappear before the committee with . . .sprained ankles, the application ofDMSO would be followed by objec-tive diminution of swelling within an

hour. No other therapeuticmodality will do this.” Atthe time, ongoing studies ofDMSO’s treatment poten-tial covered a range of con-ditions, including stroke,breast and prostate cancer,head injuries, bursitis, her-pes, retinitis pigmentosa,spinal cord injury, andarthritis. The resultsshowed much promise.

Public demand forDMSO grew strong and theFDA went on the defensiveafter millions watched Dr.Jacob appear on the CBSinvestigative series 60Minutes. An “underground”market in DMSO sprungup, with sales rumored tobe over a billion dollars ayear. This, Dr. Jacob notes,was from selling notpharmaceutical-quali ty

DMSO, but rather so-called “under-ground” DMSO. It was not illegal tosell DMSO, and the public could pur-chase the industrial product virtuallyanywhere, from the local health foodstore to the dry cleaners, ice creamshops, hobby stores, and from thetrunks of cars. It was also inexpen-sive: distributors paid about one dol-lar a pint in bulk, and consumers werehappy to pay about twenty dollars apint for a product that brought relieffor conditions such as arthritis and

sports injuries. The FDA, however,began seizing DMSO from distribu-tors and retailers. It became harder toobtain, and eventually the furor dieddown. For Dr. Jacob and other DMSOresearchers, however, the battle withthe FDA continues to this day.

Focus on ProfitsPrevents DMSO

Research

An additional (though related) obsta-cle to DMSO’s widespread use is itslack of potential profitability for drugcompanies. The few early patentsgranted on DMSO expired in 1987,

and without patent protection for theDMSO molecule itself, drug compa-nies cannot make money on it. Salesof so-called underground DMSOhave moved to the Internet, wherebuyers usually cannot be certain ofthe strength or purity of the chemical-grade and industrial-quality productoffered.

A search of the medical literatureturns up more scientific articles aboutor referring to DMSO than for peni-cillin, cortisone, or aspirin. The futureof DMSO, according to Dr. Jacob,lies not so much in its use alone intopical administration, but more like-ly mixed with other substances andgiven by injection or intravenously—an area lie would like to explore.

“We’re not dealing with justanother chemical, we’re dealing withwhat I always call a therapeutic prin-ciple,” Dr. Jacob explains. “A givendrug or medicine will treat a givendisease or more, but a therapeuticprinciple is an entirely new concept intherapy.” Dr. Jacob believes thatDMSO, like aspirin, will have a pro-found effect on many areas of medi-cine.

Conclusion

Despite DMSO’s long and frustratinghistory, its true value as a medicinalagent may still be undiscovered. Dr.Jacob and other researchers believeDMSO will be looked on quite favor-ably in the years to come, as moreevidence of its safety and efficacyaccumulates—and particularly asnew investigations explore its use intreating closed head trauma.

“It’s fallacious when people talkabout DMSO in the same breath asother substances that don’t have agood scientific basis,” says Dr. Jacob.“While they might say that the storyof some other agent is like the storyof DMSO, there’s really nothing quitelike DMSO in its history and poten-tial usefulness.”

Reprinted with permission from LifeExtension magazine, www.lef.org.

DMSO. Continued from page 65

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ness and lose weight often exercisevigorously in the hope that exercisewill boost their metabolic rate. Whilethis may burn calories slightly morerapidly, it also accelerates the pro-duction of dangerous free radicals.According to a prevailing theory ofaging, oxidative damage at the levelof the mitochondria is responsiblefor much of the inflammation anddegeneration associated with aging.

In the JAMA study, DNA dam-age decreased from baseline levelsin all the calorie-restricted groups.Accumulating DNA damage isthought to contribute to aging anddisease processes such as cancer.This provides further evidence of thepotentially life-extending effects ofcaloric restriction. In just six months,caloric restriction favorably alteredfasting insulin levels and reducedcore body temperatures in all treat-ment groups. Fasting insulin leveland body core temperature are con-sidered biomarkers for longevity.Taken together, the changes inlongevity parameters among all calo-rie-restriction groups suggest thatlong-term caloric restriction mayextend life span. Conversely, mount-ing evidence suggests that excess fat(what scientists call “adiposity”) isassociated with accelerated aging.

CONCLUSION

Although a reliable method ofincreasing longevity in countless sci-entific studies, caloric restriction isvery difficult on a practical levelover the long term, due in large partto sensations of hunger and fooddeprivation. Furthermore, given thewell-known health dangers associat-ed with excess body weight and fat,successful weight loss may literallybe a matter of life and death formany overweight people.

Pinolenic acid from the Koreanpine nut is a safe, effective nutri-tional supplement that can help over-weight, aging adults by increasing

feelings of food satisfaction and full-ness. By stimulating the release ofsatiety and appetite-control hor-mones like CCK and GLP-1,pinolenic acid supplementation cansuppress the feelings of gnawing

hunger and deprivation that may sab-otage weight-loss efforts.

Reprinted with permission from LifeExtension magazine, www.lef.org.

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