Archive for January, 2007
Brilliant Pranks
Posted in Web Sites, tagged hoaxes, pranks on January 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Music: Qareeb by Najma
Posted in Music, tagged Music, najma, qareeb on January 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Qareeb by Najma
Her soaring, melodious voice expresses the sublime ache to become lost in union with the Beloved.
Mutant News Blog
Posted in Web Sites, tagged blog, mutant, news on January 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
eBlips: “Emergent Culture MetaFilter”
Some recent headlines
- Dancing in the Streets, Barbara Ehrenreich‘s history of sacred fun
- Robert Anton Wilson Death Blog?
- Secret Drugs of Buddhism
- The Next Revolution in Biology?
- “Solar Rain” – Global Warming NOT Due to Carbon?
- Don’t Call Me Gaia
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
Posted in Books, tagged begley, mind, training on January 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley
For decades, the conventional wisdom of neuroscience held that the hardware of the brain is fixed and immutable — that we are stuck with what we were born with. As Begley shows, however, recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity, a new science that investigates whether and how the brain can undergo wholesale change, reveal that the brain is capable not only of altering its structure but also of generating new neurons, even into old age. The brain can reset our happiness meter, allow us to break cycles of depression and OCD, learn compassion, and heal us after trauma.
Book: Dancing In The Streets
Posted in Books, tagged dancing, ehrenreich, street on January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy by Barbara Ehrenreich
“Rituals of joy are nearly as innate as the quest for food and shelter.”
World Question Center
Posted in Articles & Essays, Web Sites, tagged optimism, questions on January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“What are you optimistic about?” — asked of 160 leading thinkers
Art: Street Installations
Posted in Art, tagged art installations, jenkins, street art on January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Class: “Star Innovations: The Internal Alchemy of the Soul”
Posted in Courses & Workshops, tagged astrology, lonsdale on January 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A WORKSHOP with MASTER ASTROLOGER ELIAS LONSDALE
Sunday January 14th, 2007
10:00 – 5:30
Marin County, California
Elias Lonsdale is the author of three potent books that have brought major innovations to the ancient art. In over 35 years of research, he has articulated a vision of astrology as a spiritual path to freedom.
This Sunday, he’s teaching his first class in many years. Among the topics to be discussed are the 12 astrological houses, degree symbolism, the constellations, and the fixed stars. Beginners are welcome.
Cost: $125 – 200 sliding scale
The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark
Posted in Books, tagged beak, divine, spark on January 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark by Sara Beak.
Sera Beak will appear at Book Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, CA on Sunday, January 7 2007 at 1 pm. http://www.bookpassage.com
The Red Book is one of my favorite books of 2006, and I wrote a glowing blurb of it, which appears on the back of the book: “If you’re hungry for real magic but allergic to self-righteous jive, sit yourself down at this feast.”
Images: Hubble Telescope Image Gallery
Posted in Images, Web Sites, tagged hubble, Images, space on January 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
