December 2006 Merlian Newsletter
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
Dear Readers,
December’s flower is the narcissus or holly.
Yule is the winter solstice celebration of the Germanic pagans. Yule is celebrated on the winter solstice, December 21st.
Merlian News has launched many more Podcasts ! Please listen to the broadcasts ! Also be sure to tune into our affiliate site’s podcasts across the Atlantic at podcasts4life.com.
Remember to keep checking Holistic USA and Holistic New York for updated information on holistic, spiritual, & metaphysical news and events throughout the country as well as the New York area.
We are grateful to everyone who has contributed to the magazine and for your feedback. We look forward to receiving more articles in the future.
New Items Posted in Merlian News
Podcasts Merlian News Podcast Interview with Dr. Dean Radin: Parts 1 & 2 Dr. Radin is Laboratory Director at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in California. He worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories and GTE Laboratories on advanced telecommunications systems, and for nearly two decades he has conducted research on psychic phenomena in academia and in three Silicon Valley think tanks. At Stanford Research Institute he served as a scientist on a highly classified program investigating psi phenomena for the U.S. government. He is the author of The Conscious Universe and Entangled Minds and has appeared in the movie What The Bleep Do We Know?!- Down The Rabbit Hole Extended Director’s Cut.
Merlian News Podcast Interview with Nancy Rosanoff, PhD.
Dr. Rosanoff’s enduring interest in life is living the principles of Intuitive Intelligence. She is the author of 3 books on intuition, works as an intuition coach and consultant, and is host and producer of the television show: “The Listening Place.” Read this article for the Podcast.
Merlian News Podcast Interviews Robert Moss On His Most Recent Book Robert Moss, a lifelong dream explorer who survived three near-death experiences in childhood. He is the creator of Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of dreamwork and shamanic techniques for empowerment and healing. A former university professor of ancient history at the Australian National University, he is also a bestselling novelist, shamanic counselor, and the author of five books on dreaming. In this interview, Merlian News discusses with Robert Moss his most recent book entitled The Dreamers Book of the Dead.
“Always interested in preventative medicine for myself and others, I decided to pay a visit to a Holistic Health Exhibition held in London. I spent some time talking with a very enthusiastic sales person about the use of Polarity Screens which is a device that she claims has vastly improved her overall health by using them just fifteen minutes twice a day…The differences are endless and I have bought them as presents for several of my friends. I highly recommend them for any of these reasons but the effect is accumulative and I feel stronger energetic wise.”
Wellbeing & Healing 10 Ways To Beat The Holiday Blues
Not everyone can be a ray of sunshine all the time. As hard as we try to keep our heads up, life always finds a way to throw us a curve ball. The holidays can be really rough for some of us who have lost loved ones or struggle with finances. I should know, because it will be my first holiday season without one of my best friends. So I’ve made a list that I found helped me, and I hope it helps you! Have a very merry winter and a beautiful holiday season!
Sahar’s Column Fear Factor, by Sahar Huneidi
How to love the Earth. Does our behaviour have severe repercussions for our environment? Violence and negative thinking are degrees of the human emotional spectrum that stem out of fear; at the very least, fear of the unknown or the unexpected. Sahar looks into how our actions affect the Earth.
Books Grandmothers Council the World, by Carol Schaefer As the wise women, curanderas, shamans, and healers of their tribes, each Grandmother brought to the council new visions and prophecies for humanity, their tribes’ rich and varied sources of wisdom, and each tribe’s unique and secret teachings for living within the Divine Order of all things. Their International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers met with other wise women elders – Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem, Carol Mosely Braun, Wilma Mankiller, Tenzin Palmo and H.H. Sai Ma, among others – whose insightful contributions are also included in this book.
Other US States Shamanism and Sacred Sexuality: Two Conferences in One Many of the foremost presenters in the world for Shamanism and Sacred Sexuality will gather for The International Consciousness Conferences to be held January 19-23, 2007 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. These Conferences brings together leading-edge researchers, practitioners, authors, master teachers and facilitators. Brought to you by The Message Company.
Thank you once more, for your positive feed back and support!
Merryn & Team
Merryn Jose – Editor & Publisher
Dena Ventrudo – Assistant Editor
Cheryl Shainmark- Book Reviewer
Donna Baker Church- Book Reviewer
Eugene Kelly- Book Reviewer