Vision Magazine - July 2007
Astrology
Cancer (June 22-July 22): Your stint at the beginning of the month as the celestial angel of healing through tough love may wing you forward in the partnership stakes. Hard work has paid off in tangible abundance. Now, the key is to kick off a new project mid-month that lets your dreams take the helm. You've played the proverbial bad cop, now take some time to play the good cop. An unexpected subtle boost comes from your spacey-but-feisty friend who has some words about work and health you've heard before but need to hear again.Reviews
Chakra Dhyana
Kosmic Music | $16.98
So for all of us gods and goddesses that are too busy to go to a yoga class, light the incense, clear a space and put on Chakra Dhyana a new release from Kosmic Music. This melodic CD can take you easily into a deep meditative state where you are transported to the mysticism of India.
The chanting and voiceovers are by Sri Krishnaraj Bhagavaddasa, one of the male guides (dasas) at the Oneness University in Southern India and with music scored and programmed by G Sathyaprasad. This album has traditional mantras for activating the seven chakras in our body. And the voice over guides you on the specific postures, breathing patterns and how to concentrate on various chakras. And ultimately helps the listener in the awakening one's Kundalini. Chakras are energy centers in the body that can respond to Mantras (chanting), Gandha (fragrance), Asana (posture) and Yantra (visualization). The practice of Chakra Dhyana is entirely based on the ancient wisdom of the Kundalini and the Chakras.
Vision Cafe
Caravan and Lavender Dreams
Goddesses Shop Here
Downtown Fallbrook is an artist's paradise these days. Stroll the streets and you will be greeted with art galleries, home décor stores and unique clothing boutiques. And for those us who like to dress up our wardrobe as well as our homes Goddess-style, then Caravan Fun and Exotic Clothing and Accessories and Lavender Dreams Garden Gift Boutique are the places to go.
Culture
The Fierce Gods
by Laura Plumb
Have you ever looked at an image of Shiva in his destructive aspect, or Kali with blood dripping from her mouth or Durga astride a fierce tiger with a weapon in each of her eight hands and wonderedhow can this be a "god?" Click here for more...
Feature
The Modern Day Gods and Goddesses
by Fiona Gale and Nicole Pugh
"to dance within / the rhythm of the universe / one finds liberation"
~Nicholas Kirsten
Human beings in every culture throughout history have created gods and goddess to guide and rule us, to give us life, luck, crops and beautiful children. We have honored them, sacrificed for them, worshiped them, adored them, and feared them. Gods and goddesses in their varying forms have been responsible for the largest festivals and the grandest parties. They have also been the inspiration for works of art in every field including dance, theatre, music painting, sculpture and more.
Feature
An Interview with Vodou Priestess Sallie Ann Glassman
by Michael Love
Wherever you go there is truth, as long as you find the endurance to withstand, you will find it and it will protect you, and with the love of the universe your light will never go out.-Aysha Love
Greek to Me
The Celebs Must Be Crazy (or not)
©2007 by Michael Raysses
It's been observed that man created the gods to better understand his own life. By learning about them, he would learn about himself. And so, cultures created very elaborate deities who exemplified what it meant to be alive, warts and all. However, because these divine beings were not of this world they were exempt from the rules and conventions to which mere mortals were subjected. The difference between then and now is that our gods and goddesses live within our midst and their every move is documented with unprecedented volume and precision. Today they aren't referred to as gods and goddessesthey are called celebrities.Click here for more.....
Holistic Products
Home Grown LOVE
What is a Goddess? She is love and compassion. She is nurturing and intuition. She is the Mother of all creation. She dances to her own ancient rhythms. And if we could ask her what her favorite food would be, it would have to be chocolate.
Inner Art
Norse Mythology: Valkyrian Inspiration for Living
by Bente Mirow
"You are a little Valkyrie, my father said to me often while I was growing up. This comment always left me mildly confused as a child. I associated the word with criticism, yet he always said it with a kind smile. Given my healthy imagination, and had I known about the Valkyries then, I would have probably embraced my Valkyrie-ness and enjoyed a life of glorious, yet schizophrenic, imaginary shape-shifting.
Inner Art
Journey to the Heart of the Goddess:
Reclaiming the power of the Feminine
by Christan Hummel
Over 2,000 years ago, our planet experienced a ³shifting of the poles.² It wasn't a magnetic shift, but one that had just as much of an influence on all life on the planet. It was a shift in polarity from the Yin based Goddess traditions which had ruled for almost 35,000 years, to the new Yang-oriented, patriarchal religions. Long before our current forms of Judeo-Christian, and Islamic religions prevailed, the Goddess tradition was the prevailing form of thought and worship across the globe.
LifeQuake™
Ask the LifeQuake Doctor The Paradox of Chaos: Are You in a Lifequake?
Dr. Toni Galardi
"The times they are a-changin'." Looking back now, Bob Dylan's lyric is remarkable for its sense of understatement. Not only are the times a-changin,' but they are doing so with increased speed, greater force, and deeper magnitude. Look at the world we live inor most of us, there is a constant demand to learn new technology just to live and work at the most basic level.
Living Arts
Gaia: The Earth As Us
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
"We must not expect that we can simply use the...image of Gaia to meet emotional, religious (or) political needs without allowing it to transform us in unexpected and radical ways." David Spangler
Los Angeles
And The Healer Is...You
by Nicole Pugh
Healers in their various forms have been around as long as humanity itself. Curanderas in Latin traditions, witch doctors in vodou, faith healers in the Christian religions, shamans, brujas, modern alternative health practitioners in different forms‹through a mysterious connection to the divine or through years of study and practice, these select individuals are given the "gift" of healing. They go out into the world to help others and many of them do in miraculous, albeit mysterious, ways. As for the recipient of the healing, he or she may decide (or it may be recommended to them) that they need more healings.
Mind States
Soulistic Living: Unleash the God Within
by Christian Martinen
An Early Morning Revelation
I woke up one morning at 4 a.m. feeling like I had been touched by a magic wand. Instantly, I understood that what we refer to as "the pain of the human condition" hinges on the perception that our world is based in duality. Duality creates separation and division. This ultimately leads to physical pain. These early morning revelations would form the basis of what I would later call Soulistic Living. Click here for more....
Natural Healing
A Modern Day Alchemist
by Sydney L. Murray
Alchemy is the art of manipulating life, and consciousness in matter, to help it evolve, or to solve problems of inner disharmonies. Jean Dubuis
Viewpoint
Calling All Gods and Goddesses!
by Aricia Zazo
Throughout history and within every culture, humankind has honored divine, mystical forces. These "forces" have been known by a multitude of names and by both genders many times over. Wanting to know more about this ineffable presence often called "God," I began my own personal journey of research and discovery. Click here for more....