2015 November/December
Elizabeth Gilbert Catching Magic!
Columns
Close to the Ground: The Secret of Abiding Joy
I’m sitting, watching Parker perform her first dance masterpiece. Its baseline is a collection of moves from her gymnastics class. She has layered on top of these most of the compo…
Care of the Soul: The Path to Utopia
If anyone thinks that the parables of Jesus are meant to be helpful moral tales, they should ponder the one about the workers in the vineyard. A landowner hires people to work for …
Inner + Outer Worlds
The Commons: A Miracle That Should Unite Us All
Here we are, profoundly amazed to find ourselves on a planet speeding 67 thousand miles per hour through vast regions of cold space, impossibly removed from any other known place o…
What Would You Do for Your Bored Rhinoceros?
Because no species is prepared to deal with an absence of environmental unpredictability
The Two Ingredients of a Real Love Potion
If your mind cringes or your belly flip-flops while you read this, you’re not alone.
Why Kale and Carrots Should Be Properly Dressed
The right fats increase your carotenoid absorption by 800 percent
The Goddess Temple Gives Birth To a Man Cave
On the spring equinox five years ago, with the full moon in Virgo, about a hundred people gathered at the Jackson Wellsprings in Ashland, Oregon, to dance, to pray, and to perform …
5 Questions for Mark Nepo
Diagnosed with cancer almost 30 years ago, author Mark Nepo shares his transformative healing experience in his new book Inside the Miracle: Enduring Suffering, Approaching Wholene…Features
The Art of Thinking with People Who Think Differently
Co-create your big dreams with a shift from a Marketshare to a Mindshare mindset
How to Find Your Own Personal Miracle Cure
Modern medicine is driven by huge, randomized double-blind trials that may not apply to your own particular genes or lifestyle. Here’s how to join the truly personal medical revolution.
Saved by the Dark
My miracle cure was found in a moment of Grace more than 20 years ago. It involves no ingested substances or any special equipment, just a bit of time every evening.When I was an e…
The Process of a Miracle Cure
Until my cancer diagnosis, I’d never been ill. I was terrified and nothing was helping me conquer the fear. Initially, I felt a traumatic paralysis, the fast-breathing, huddled fea…Toolbox
Reviews
Film Review: The Man Who Saved the World
The Man Who Saved the WorldPeter AnthonyStatement FilmIt might be hard to believe, but Stanislav Petrov lives up to the hyperbolic title of the documentary about him. Petrov was a …
Film Review: The Armor of Light
The Armor of LightAbigail DisneyFork FilmsAbigail Disney’s emotionally overwhelming documentary portrays one of the more surprising political and religious alliances of recent year…
Music Review: The Spirit of Healing
The Spirit of HealingShamanic Journey Musicby Sandra Ingerman & Byron MetcalfSounds TrueThere’s a lot to be said for music that’s grounded in rhythmic repetition and smooth, or…
Music Review: Hommage à Eberhard Weber
Hommage à Eberhard Weberwith Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek, Gary Burton, and the SWR Big BandECMAlthough Jazz musician Eberhard Weber had a stroke in 2007 that’s made it impossible for…
Music Review: Aeons
AeonsCharanpalSpirit Voyage RecordsLike her Spirit Voyage labelmate Snatam Kaur, American singer/guitarist/harmonium player Charanpal brings a silken voice and a fine sense of melo…
Book Review: The Toltec Art of Life and Death
The Toltec Art of Life and Deathby Don Miguel Ruiz with Barbara EmrysHarperElixirIf you believe no nonfiction book should include a “cast of characters” page, because authors shoul…
Book Review: Persephone Rising
Persephone RisingAwakening the Heroine WithinBy Carol S. Pearson, PhDHarperElixirI took Latin in high school, and while it’s proven fairly useless (why, O why, did I not learn to s…
Book Review: Love Everyone
Love Everyoneby Parvati MarkusHarper OneMillions of readers around the world got their first glimpse of Eastern knowledge in Be Here Now. First published in 1971, the book chronicl…
