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In this collection of bohemian prayers and poetic invocations, God is both terrorist and tech support, head master and masseuse--a "delightfully deranged lover" who brings redemption to even the darkest corners of the psyche. In a world that looks more and more like a psychotropic house party, where "even the spiritual rock stars are slouching in their sofas," Reynolds calls on a God whose compassion doesn't stay in the churches and monasteries, orphanages and soup kitchens, but permeates the whole of creation, inviting an acceptance that extends into dungeons and disasters, private shames and public failings. Nothing is off limits in this little hymnal of the nondual. Corporate greed, sex, terrorists, pollution, death - they're all seen as wily invitations to stop letting thought and emotion tell us who we are and to sense what lies behind all the darkness and drama: a storyless presence in the throes of waking up to itself.

This little jewel of a book presents a simple yet profound and effective way of using the twelve astrological archetypes as tools to release yourself from suffering and naturally open your heart to others. Whether you're new to astrology and meditation or a long-time practitioner, the cutting-edge astro-dharma meditations and self-inquiry exercises in this book will help you: - Establish a grounded daily practice in alignment with your archetypally unique style of awakening that helps you to integrate spiritual insight with daily life. - Identify your spinning wheels of suffering and learn ways of returning to their compassionate, witnessing center. - Increase your capacity to understand, forgive and support the full spectrum of personality types that you encounter in daily life. Clear illustrations of the twelve wheels that correspond to the archetypes lucidly describe the "spin" we get into around key issues in our lives such as nurture, embodiment, self-worth, authority, service and community. These wheels reveal how all of the astrological archetypes live in each of us, whatever sign we identify with as "ours." The wheels also illuminate what the author refers to as "the windows of sanity" - the point in each cycle where we begin to lose our clarity and enter into a downward spin. By learning to recognize this point in ourselves and others, we can abort the spin and return home to the awakened expression of each archetype that is our birthright.

NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD WINNER. The last time Lata saw her Aunt Charlotte, she was standing in the attic window waving at her, a solid wall of fire behind her. Was it a suicide? An act of cruelty and madness? Or a form of fierce love? The story takes us back to find clues in Charlotte's childhood, and in the events leading up to the fire. We learn of her deep connection to her Aunt Marie, who introduced her to the power of plants and trees to heal. We learn of her relationship to Jesse, who she meets in the small stretch of city forest that has been protected by the Sisters of St. Francis. We learn of her fierce desire to protect the trees and the spirits who live among them - and the lineage of those who are called to open themselves fully to love, whatever the cost.

A very small girl suddenly finds herself feeling far too big for her life to hold, yet her body is still far too small and vulnerable to live in the big world. It seems that she will live forever in exile until in a moment of desperation, she cries out for help and a mysterious pair of eyes appear in the darkness. This story is for anyone who has ever outgrown their way of life and found themselves in the hallway between worlds. It highlights our ultimate need to unite the vulnerability of being human with the vastness at our core.

"Every poem in this collection is a humble artifact birthed from heartbreak over the suffering of the world. This is is what inspires me to dig underneath these symptoms in search of a fundamental cause or cure. I've become convinced that the 'cure' has something to do with listening deeply, and this is only possible when we commit to looking inside for our own bias and blindness before pointing the finger outside. I am not always so good at this, and so it seems to me that unplugging from the collective churning long enough to question my conditioning and deeply reflect on love and fear, the darkness hidden in my unconscious, the nature of self and of reality, is the most vital political action I can take at this time of heightened collective fear and insecurity. Such contemplation is not a replacement for engagement, but a cleansing of it. I don't want to add to that cauldron by speaking and acting from my own unexamined ignorance, blindness and survival instinct."-from the introduction by the author

A book of grief and hope celebrating the life of Chris Fessenden, an Isadora Duncan dancer.