Dear Friend and Reader: In the late 1980s I was studying A Course in Miracles as a student at a community in New Jersey called Miracle Manor. This was my first immersion in New Age thinking, in a time when the New Age was all the rage. Up until then, my inner pursuits had been directed not … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Remember that in the background of everything else I’m saying in this letter is the last of seven Uranus-Pluto squares. After next week, the aspect of our era goes into separating phase, where a whole new set of effects will begin to emerge. If you missed last week’s edition about this … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: When I was in marine biology class at John Dewey High School, we did an experiment using a technique called chromatography. The simple experiment involved mashing up some seaweed with a mortar and pestle, mixing the pulp with alcohol in a small bowl, and putting in a little sheet of filter … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Our Pisces Sun is slipping from a conjunction to Neptune (which was exact Wednesday, Feb. 25) into a conjunction with Chiron (exact Saturday, March 7). These slow-moving bodies are forming the backdrop of consciousness right now. Though it’s often difficult to see while we’re in the midst of it, slow-moving planets … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Mercury stationed direct in Aquarius Wednesday, amidst much fanfare, turmoil and loss in the television profession. At the same time, this was an unusually challenging retrograde for we humans and our technology. The whole retrograde process happened in Aquarius, which seems to have emerged in the modern era as the sign … Read more