New Worlds of Body, Mind & Spirit Since 1901
I have been privileged to have Llewellyn publications put to press my own research concerning the esoteric symbolism of all the world's religions in The Eastern Mysteries and The Western Mysteries. Since the millennium change of 2000 I have entered a spiritual retreat to receive deeper knowledge and teachings to incorporate into my next series of books. This retreat has been very beneficial in that it has exposed me to a variety of new teachings and teachers. Among these new teachers, the writings of Dr. Michael Newton and Imre Vallyon have made the deepest of impressions, for both writers have contributed greatly to my understanding of our own soul's evolution. I will dedicate a separate ...
People will never stop trying to find ways to heal themselves. In the past few decades, the Western world has grown increasingly intrigued by Eastern forms of alternative healing, including those from Japan. The island nation is rich in history and philosophy, and its people, like people the world over, have long looked for ways to heal. Unlike traditional "Western" (or allopathic) medicine, many Japanese forms of alternative healing center around the concept of Chi. Reiki is one Japanese healing form that has become a buzzword lately. Depending on how the word is translated, it can mean such things as "God's energy," "divine air," or "mysterious atmosphere," to name only a few. While ...
We're all on a journey. A journey to heal ourselves, to figure out what life is all about, to discover the mysteries. It's a challenging journey with fits and starts, dead-ends, even getting totally lost at times, forgetting where we are and picking ourselves up, asking, "Now where was I before that happened?" Wouldn't it be nice if someone gave you a guidebook? Or at least a map? The chakra system is a map for the journey through life. It describes the sacred architecture of the soul, modeled upon the energetic processes in the subtle body, those whirling wheels of life that move your vehicle along its path and make the journey possible. Originating in the Tantric period of yoga ...
Back in the "dark ages" (say, circa 1990), everything was just a little bit different. Calling a friend if you weren't home meant digging for a quarter and locating a phone booth. If you got lost while driving, first, you had to admit it, then, you had to stop to check the gritty map on the gas station wall or hope for a kind attendant to help you find your way again. God forbid you had a curious mind, because if you wanted to recall any of life's facts (say, when the Magna Carta was signed or how many James Bond movies there are), you had to—well, how did we do this? Go to the library, or call our dad? To get the weather forecast, you had to wait for the weatherperson's regular ...
