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Sex as a Divine Experience:
Margot Anand Explores Tantra

by Virginia Lee

A native of France who was born into an aristocratic family, Margot Anand first experienced tantra at the age of 18 while a student at the Sorbonne in Paris. After graduating with a degree in psychology, philosophy and art history, Margot spent the next seven years traveling the world in search of understanding the deeper meaning of her life. Finally on a meditation retreat in England, she had an experience of her own true nature that left her forever changed.

Her new path took her to the ashram of Osho, known the world over as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. At his invitation, she began to teach tantra workshops and share her gift of knowledge with more than 20,000 students all over the world. Many books followed, including The Art of Sexual Magic; then her bestseller, The Art of Sexual Ecstasy; followed by her most recent book The Art of Everyday Ecstasy, many of which have been translated into foreign languages in 20 different countries.

Dreaming with the Departed

by Robert Moss

Many of us yearn for contact with departed loved ones. We miss them; we ache for forgiveness or closure; we yearn for confirmation that there is life beyond physical death. This is one of the main reasons people go to psychic readers.

Here’s an open secret: we don’t need a go-between to talk to the departed. We can have direct communication with our departed, in timely and helpful ways, if we are willing to pay attention to our dreams.

We meet our departed loved ones in our dreams. Sometimes they come to offer us guidance or assurance of life beyond death; sometimes they need help from us because they are lost or confused, or need forgiveness and closure. Dreams of the departed help us gain first-hand knowledge of what happens after physical death.

 

Elements of Change:
An Interview with Heather Ash

by Tasha Taylor

Change… the final frontier! How many times have you attended a human potential workshop and walked away saying to yourself, "This is it! I have finally got the tools to make my life better and to heal myself. And then after a few days or months back in the "real world" you find yourself drifting back to the old habits and ways. Heather Ash has the answers to stop that pattern. Heather’s new book, The Four Elements of Change, will give you valuable tools to make lasting changes in your life.

Heather, an apprentice of don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements, has been coming to the northwest for the last few years sharing her dynamic philosophies born of a broad spiritual base.

Back Pain? Neck Pain? Be Sure Your
Head’s on Straight:Dr. Johanna Hoeller and the Story of NUCCA

by Cat Saunders

I’m in love with changing people’s perspective of what is possible for them.

— Johanna Hoeller, D.C.

Have you heard that joke about the master mechanic who succeeded where all others had failed? There was this couple who owned a much-loved car that had chronic engine problems. They took it to mechanic after mechanic, but no one could offer more than a temporary fix.

Then they heard about a master mechanic who could work miracles with cars. They took their car to him and stuck around to watch. The master mechanic opened the hood and peered inside.

 

StarWatch

by James Jarvis

By adding the universal year 2003, (2+0+0+3) = 5, to the 7th month of July we come up with the vibration of 4. The 4 month is a time for grounding and manifesting on the physical plane. The number 4 is all about producing tangible results in material form. With a solid plan of action, you can make great strides toward manifesting your goals this month. Look at your goals for the year and brainstorm activities that will get you closer to them. Then prioritize those activities and schedule them into your daily life. By breaking your goals into monthly, weekly and daily activities, you will find that even the largest goals become do-able.

August 6-8: Compassion in Action. Venus in Leo is in a challenging relationship with Neptune in Aquarius from August 6-8. Venus/Neptune asks us to balance our personal desires with our impulse to serve the collective. Use this transit to open your heart and to discover how you can put your compassion and unconditional love for others into action.