Amber Lotus 2015 Calendar Catalog

The Amber Lotus 2015 Calendar Catalog Q Illuminating Spirit in the World !

Welcome to Amber Lotus Peaceful greetings from your friends at Amber Lotus Publishing The poet William Blake said, “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” From atoms to the palm of your hand to the cosmos, we are all living in a miracle we are also participating in. Since 1988 it has been our great joy to illuminate spirit in the world one day at a time. We take our mission seriously, and we take our environmental responsibility seriously, but we try to take ourselves less so. We love what we do, and we hope it shows here in our new catalog.

New calendars New calendars this year include Earth Is My Witness from the incomparable Art Wolfe, featuring 40 years of his greatest images page 7 r, a d n le paired with thought-provoking quotes illustrating the spiritual ll ca agic wa y th & M M f o n dimensions of ecology. We’ve included quotes from respected activists Wome such as John Muir and Wendell Berry. Other new titles include Yoga Meditations, Bicycle Bliss (think Wanderlust for bike riders), Faerie Houses, and Women of Myth & Magic, featuring the art of one of our favorite artists, Kinuko Y. Craft.

Best-selling calendars We also have some great new editions of last year’s favorites: Sacred Celtic Sites, Day of the Dead, Lunaria, Farm to Table, and Hafiz, as well as our bestsellers: Celtic Mandala, The Power of Now, Zen Cat, and Thich Nhat Hanh. You’ll find engagement calendars on pages 61–63 and mini calendars on page 61. age 9 ndar, p all cale w s s li B Bicycle

Our commitment to the environment Amber Lotus is committed to the environment and to mindful and sustainable business practices. We have planted 330,000 trees since 2008, and we will plant a minimum of 120,000 trees in 2014. Trees for the Future estimates that the trees we have already planted will remove 8,250 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every year – more than 16 times the CO2 produced annually by our publishing operations.

Thank you again to our customers, artists, authors, representatives, and friends all over this endlessly illuminating world. Please stay in touch. Visit us on Facebook, send us an email, or drop a card in the mail. We love hearing from you.

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Faerie Houses wall calendar, page 6

Simply Raw wall calendar, page 21

Yoga Meditations wall calendar, page 8

Engagement C alendars

Farm to Table wall calendar, page 19

pages 61–63

Mini Calendars page 61

C O N T E N T S Wall calendars.................2–60 Mini calendars..................... 61 Engagement calendars.... 61–63 Product index......................64

Amber Lotus Publishing – Card & Gift Catalog Looking for our cards, journals, or books? We’ve got them!

Our 2014 card and gift lineup offers all the quality and inspiration you’ve come to expect from Amber Lotus.

Call us at 800.326.2375 and ask for your free Card and Gift catalog, or visit our website for an up-to-date listing of all Amber Lotus products.

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Bestseller!

Wanderlust

Trekking the Road Less Traveled Celebrate the call of the open road with the Wanderlust: Trekking the Road Less Traveled wall calendar. Wanderlust illuminates the spirit of walking and the lure of adventures that await those who veer off the beaten path. Spectacular photographs of lesstraveled paths are paired with quotes from great walking enthusiasts past and present, including John Muir, Gary Snyder, and Henry David Thoreau.

For all our technological advances, we have not lost the yearning for a deep connection with our natural world. One of the surest ways to rekindle that relationship is the simple act of walking – not with thoughts of arriving somewhere but for the sole purpose, and sheer enjoyment, of walking – to encounter nature with a genuine and wakeful curiosity. Enjoy a year of adventure and awakening with Wanderlust.

Arches National Park, Utah

Fall City, Washington

Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

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Sample text: It is solved by walking.

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Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand

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Earth Is My Witness

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Spiritual Ecology: Honoring

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Sacredness

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Nature

When asked who would testify that he was worthy of attaining enlightenment, the Buddha placed his hand upon the ground and declared, “The earth is my witness.” In this simple act, the Buddha accepted the earth as it is, not possessing it but understanding his connection to it.

Humans, nature, and the cosmos are all deeply interconnected. But we humans have lost sight of this, and in doing so have put our planetary health at risk. Spiritual Ecology is a heartfelt response to our shared environmental crisis. It is the understanding of our interdependency and an honoring of the divine in all things. It is the foundation for the healing of our planet.

The Earth Is My Witness wall calendar features the breathtaking photography of Art Wolfe paired with insightful quotes that illuminate the balance between humanity, the earth, and the universe.

Wolfe’s photographs, a retrospective collection from his 40-year career, shine a magisterial light on the earth and our relationship with it.

Women collecting water, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India

Crescent moon over Mount Lingtrin, Tibet

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If we are to restore the balance in our world, we need to go beneath the surface to heal the split between spirit and matter and help to bring the sacred back into life.

— Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Panamanian golden frog

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A New Earth

By Eckhart Tolle

A New Earth wall calendar features quotes from Eckhart Tolle’s #1 New York Times best-selling book paired with stunning nature photography carefully selected to support the text. These words and evocative images help the viewer stay connected to the essential wisdom of this transformative classic throughout the year.

A New Earth is a modern manifesto calling us to awaken from our ego-based consciousness to a state of being based on Presence, which is nothing other than the absolute source and ground of Being itself.

With more than 5 million copies in print, A New Earth is the fastest-selling Oprah Book Club selection ever, with 3.5 million copies shipped in the four weeks after Oprah announced her selection. The book expands the ideas in Tolle’s milestone book The Power of Now (more than 3 million copies in print).

Sedona, Arizona

Amazilia Hummingbird and bird-of-paradise flower

Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada

12" x 12" Wall Calendar $14.99 USD ISBN 978-1-60237-911-4 UPC 762109-09114-2

Sample text: To the ego, the present moment is, at best, only useful as a means to an end.

It gets you to some future moment that is considered more important, even though the future never comes except as the present moment and is therefore never more than a thought in your head.

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Misty Fjords National Monument, Alaska

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The Power

By Eckhart Tolle

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Now

In the best-selling book The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle explains in remarkably clear terms how living in the Now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. Tolle is a widely respected teacher whose views go beyond any particular religion, doctrine, or guru, showing us how we can access our deepest self by living fully, and intensely, in the Now. Amber Lotus Publishing is proud to partner with New World Library to produce The Power of Now wall calendar.

Each month pairs wisdom quotes by Tolle with spectacular nature photography. The twelve images have been carefully selected to support the teachings of The Power of Now, helping readers connect to this essential wisdom and stay focused in the present moment all year long.

Pouakai Range, Egmont National Park, New Zealand

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Goblin Valley State Park, Utah

Sample text: Love, joy, and peace are deep states of Being, or rather three aspects of the state of inner connectedness with Being.

As such, they have no opposite. This is because they arise from beyond the mind.

Yellow-Winged Darters

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Faerie Houses

By Sally J. Smith

A fanciful flower-roofed cottage in an enchanted spring­time wood. A summertime retreat set amid vivid green mosses beside a babbling brook. A delicate dwelling glowing with russet leaves in a mystical autumn twilight. A crystal ice villa rising like a jewel from a winter lake. Each month, the Faerie Houses wall calendar reveals a magical world where imagination can find a home.

Celebrated environmental artist Sally J. Smith builds her exquisite creations from materials found in the wild. Each house begins as a collection of bark, twigs, mosses, stones, and other treasures from nature that call out to be included. Fragile blossoms, ferns, and butterfly wings add to their ethereal beauty.

When complete, the houses are placed back in their natural setting so perfectly that they were surely made by faerie hands. At any moment, a tiny occupant may open the door and emerge to spread her shimmering wings in the sunshine.

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Women

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Myth

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From Cleopatra and Guinevere to Medusa and Cinderella, women have inspired great literature, poetry, and, above all, magnificent works of art.

Among contemporary artists depicting ladies of legends, none shines brighter than Kinuko Y. Craft.

In the Women of Myth & Magic wall calendar, Craft presents twelve opulent and richly detailed portraits of enchantresses, goddesses, elf queens, and fairytale princesses, each weaving a spell of breathtaking feminine beauty.

Craft is one of the world’s most well known and widely respected fantasy artists. She is a storyteller, and her paintings reveal new layers of wonder with each viewing. The exquisite portraits in this elegant calendar are complemented by delicate borders and bejeweled frames to create a work of art that will be treasured long after the year is over.

Isis

Sleeping Beauty

Medusa

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The Bards of Bone Plain

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Yoga Meditations Artwork

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Elena R ay

Yoga harmonizes all aspects of the human experi­ ence. Yoga means union – of the secular with the sacred and the physical with the spiritual. In a yogic practice, the body, mind, and spirit compose a holistic system connected through the breath.

These principles are beautifully illustrated in the Yoga Meditations wall calendar, featuring mixed-media art by Elena Ray. The visual themes explore yoga postures as well as symbolic subjects – the expansive transformation of butterfly wings, the inward journey through the spiral of a nautilus shell, and the quiet receptivity of an empty bowl. The accompanying quotes from ancient and contemporary yoga masters open the heart to universal wisdom and enhance the practitioner’s potential of meeting yoga’s greatest goal: the realization of one’s deepest nature. In the words of the great yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, “You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.”

Quote by Seane Corn

Quote by Judith Hanson Lasater

Quote by Jill Miller

12" x 12" Wall Calendar $14.99 USD ISBN 978-1-60237-930-5 UPC 762109-09305-4

Sample text: Before embarking on important undertakings, sit quietly, calm your senses and thoughts, and meditate deeply.

You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.

—Paramahansa Yogananda

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Bicycle Bliss

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When traveling by car, one observes nature; when traveling by bike, one is part of nature. More than mere transportation, cycling is recreation, exercise, adventure, exploration, meditation, and a means of connecting with the physical world. Senses become heightened while muscles push and pull. Colors somehow seem brighter and smells more intense.

Whether for an afternoon, weekend, cross-country, or around-the-world trip, bicycling provides the traveler a unique perspective on the landscape.

Bliss is found pedaling down that perfect road, the one with the consummate balance of curves, hills, and scenery. Celebrate the joy of biking with these images from the open road and quotes from cyclists seeking their bliss, for the journey matters more than the destination.

Lehi, Utah

Portland, Oregon

Cyclist feeding geese

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Sample text: A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke.

— Scott Stoll

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Canterbury, New Zealand

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The Present Moment

Embracing the Fullness of Life • Sounds True Amber Lotus is proud to partner with Sounds True to publish The Present Moment wall calendar. For more than 25 years, Sounds True has been a leader in transmitting the life-changing insights of the world’s wisdom traditions. This calendar brings together the teachings of twelve of Sounds True’s most popular authors – including Adyashanti, Coleman Barks, Pema Chödrön, Jack Kornfield, Caroline Myss, Eckhart Tolle, and Jon Kabat-Zinn – with beautiful images meant to draw us into the power and the depths of this very moment, now and throughout the year.

The insights and inspiration of these wise teachers encourage us to see through the illusion of past and future and enter into the only moment there is: the present.

also available:

The Present Moment 7" x 7" mini calendar (page 61)

12" x 12" Wall Calendar $14.99 USD ISBN 978-1-60237-917-6 UPC 762109-09176-0

Sample text: If you can be mindful in this moment, it is possible for the next moment to be hugely and creatively different.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Bestseller!

Thich Nhat Hanh Paintings

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Nicholas K irsten-Honshin

Taoist symbols, ancient imagery, and the gentle reflection of nature meet and merge in Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin’s artwork. The Thich Nhat Hanh wall calendar combines Honshin’s graceful paintings with the words of Thich Nhat Hanh, renowned Zen master, peace activist, and author of more than 60 books.

Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin is influenced by the sacred meditational space of the transcendental archetypal symbols of Christianity and Zen and Tibetan Buddhism as well as the shamanistic prac­ tices of the world’s perennial philosophies. Over the years, Thich Nhat Hanh’s words have inspired many to embark on a more peaceful and mindful path.

Other products featuring the art of Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin include a new travel-size journal and greeting cards. Visit www.amberlotus.com for more information.

also available:

7" x 7" mini calendar (page 61) 6.5" x 8.5" engagement calendar (page 62)

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Sample text: Learning how to live deeply in each moment of our daily life is our true practice.

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Steampunk The Art

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Sam Van Olffen From its early beginnings in the 1980s, Steampunk has evolved from a little-known subgenre of science fiction into a cultural phenomenon. As a literary tradition, it pays homage to the worlds envisioned by writers like H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, where anachronistic machines shape human destiny in steam-powered visions of alternate realities. As a design aesthetic, it is heavily influenced by surrealism and cyberpunk. Steampunk combines the historical with the futuristic, mingling straitlaced Victorian-era sensibilities with space-age technology. Think red velvet curtains and mahogany paneling, and then add a heavy sprinkling of spy gadgets and time travel.

From books and movies to fashion and art, the Steampunk movement has made an indelible mark on contemporary popular culture. The Steampunk wall calendar features the dramatic retro-futuristic creations of French artist Sam Van Olffen, whose timebending imagery illustrates the jarring juxtapositions at the heart of the Steampunk aesthetic.

Napoleon III

Prague

Abbey Road

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Postman of Post-Ages

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Day

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Sugar Skulls

Dead

The Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead has entered mainstream popular culture with a colorful splash, with images of sugar skulls appearing on everything from apparel to jewelry and tattoos. The art of handcrafting sugar skulls and decorating them with colorful paint and sparkling embellishments has been passed down through generations of folk artists. In Day of the Dead celebrations, these small sculptures serve as gifts to the living and adorn the altars of the deceased.

Art inspired by sugar skulls is abundant and diverse. Contemporary artists draw on this rich tradition while demonstrating a remarkable variety of artistic styles. With their toothy grins and bold hues, the sugar skulls featured in the Day of the Dead wall calendar pay homage to the ancestors and are a vibrant tribute to life and this living folk tradition.

Memento Mori by Q. Cassetti

Nature’s Skull by Rachel Caldwell

Peccavi by Daniel Martin Diaz

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Sugarspoke by Brian Turner

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Sacred Celtic Sites Celtic Sites

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O ther Places

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Text by Mara Freeman

Power

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Whether naturally occurring or built by human hands, the sacred sites of the ancient Celts are stunning in their beauty and diversity. From geographic features like waterfalls and basalt caves to giant chalk hill carvings and famous megaliths such as the Callanish Stones, these “thin places” – doorways to another realm, divine places of spiritual awakening – are steeped in myth and legend.

The Sacred Celtic Sites wall calendar will take you on a magical journey to the most hallowed places in Britain and Ireland. Mara Freeman, an expert on Celtic spiritual and sacred traditions, guides you through timeless monuments that are as aweinspiring today as they must have been millennia ago. Each month offers a luminous photograph accompanied by an informative history of the site and its significance to the ancient Celts, who left their enduring signature on these incredible wonders.

Callanish Stones, Scotland

The Fairy Glen, Wales

Poulnabrone Dolmen, Ireland

Sample text: Rising up from the ridge of hills on Trotternish, the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Hebrides, is a place where the rocks of the earth have been chiseled and carved into astonishing peaks and crags. Tallest of them all is the strange pillar of rock called the Old Man of Storr, an unmistakable and startling landmark, visible for miles around.

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The Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye

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On Sacred Ground Places

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Prayer

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Meditation

Since the dawn of civilization, human beings have recognized and responded to the pull of sacred ground. It is an intrigue that transcends all boundaries of religion, ethnicity, and geography. All cultures of the world have sacred places as diverse as the societies that sanctify them, where people encounter and commune with the divine. It may be a house of worship or a place in nature. It may be sacred by virtue of its natural properties or made so through ritual and tradition.

The On Sacred Ground wall calendar pays homage to the holy ground of the world’s great religions. From a snow-covered Taoist monastery high in the mountains of China to a colorful church on the Greek island of Santorini, each month you will be transported to a mystical site where spirit dwells. However divergent, all religions have a common ground in sacred ground, in the practice of consecrating places for spiritual awakening and building monuments in praise of the divine.

Tian Tan Buddha, Hong Kong, China

Greek Church, Santorini Island, Greece

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The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Sample text: Those who stop dreaming are lost.

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Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia

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Meditation Meditation has been practiced in all corners of the earth for thousands of years. It is a response to our deep-seated need to understand ourselves, our true nature, and our place in the universe. There are as many approaches to meditation as there are practitioners, and each one offers a doorway to the peace, insight, and wisdom that lies within each of us.

This beautifully designed calendar features a collection of meditative images paired with thoughtful quotes from a variety of spiritual traditions, inspiring both clarity and serenity. A gentle tool to support and encourage your practice, the Meditation wall calendar will help cleanse your mind and body of stress and will guide you on a path toward reflection, health, and spiritual awakening. Contemplative quotes from Rumi, Dogen Zenji, Basho, and more will deepen your understanding of the art of meditation.

12" x 12" Wall Calendar $14.99 USD ISBN 978-1-60237-909-1 UPC 762109-09091-6

Sample text: If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

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Bestseller!

Pema Chödrön Awakening

the

Heart

Best-selling author Pema Chödrön is a leading exponent of teachings on meditation and how they apply to everyday life. She is widely known for her charming and down-to-earth interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism for Western audiences. Chödron studied under the meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is the resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery for Westerners.

The Pema Chödrön: Awakening the Heart wall calendar features quotes from Chödrön’s book Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change, and is designed to help cultivate compassion, courage, and awareness within the challenges of daily life. These insightful quotes are paired with beautifully evocative and meditative nature photography. Chödrön has authored several best-selling books, including When Things Fall Apart, Comfortable with Uncertainty, and Start Where You Are.

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Sample text: Our wish for all beings, including ourselves, is to live fearlessly with uncertainty and change. The compassion and kindness required for this are limitless, but we start with whatever we have right now and build on that.

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City Chickens Photography

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& Their

Susan Seubert

Coops The joy of chicken keeping is sweeping through cities across the nation. Why let the country folk have all the fun? These days all sorts of city dwellers are raising chickens: animal lovers prize them as pets, locavores and Slow Food enthusiasts dig the fresh eggs, and environmentalists see chickens as part of a sustainable lifestyle. Even kids are getting in on the fun! The benefits of this trend are egg-straordinary, and having garden-fresh eggs – blue- or buff-shelled with deep-yellow yolks, tender whites, and rich flavor – is just one of them.

With colorful photography by Susan Seubert, the whimsical City Chickens & Their Coops wall calendar features twelve months of feathered friends and their distinctive digs. From contemporary to classical, these mini manors feature recycled and reclaimed building materials and sustainable innovations such as green roofs. These beaked buddies and their clever, quirky coops will keep your feathers fluffed all year long.

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The Mississippi Avenue Coop Inspired by surplus building materials and salvaged windows, this coop came to life as the best birthday present ever. It is now home to three Polish ladies – Diablo de Huevos, Chilaquiles, and Huevos Rancheros – and three Silkies – Scrambles, Breakfast Burrito, and Clarice.

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Farm

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Ann Lovejoy

Anyone who has ever plucked a tomato straight off the vine or cracked open a farm-fresh egg knows there is a world of difference between locally grown produce and food from the supermarket shelves. The farm-to-table movement, embraced by the burgeoning ranks of locavore and Slow Food enthusiasts, is flourishing for many reasons. With every delicious bite, you are supporting your local economy, reducing your environmental footprint, providing your body with wholesome nutrients, and forging a deeper connection with the rhythms of the seasons.

You don’t have to be a farmer to enjoy the many benefits of local and seasonal foods. Home gardens, farmers markets, CSAs, and foraging all offer opportunities to enjoy the bounty. From local orchards and Concord grapes to artisan breads and goat’s milk products, the Farm to Table wall calendar is packed with luscious photographs and valuable tips on selecting, preserving, and preparing fresh local foods. With beloved garden writer Ann Lovejoy as your guide, it will help you savor the best of every season.

Goat’s Milk Products

Artisan Bread

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Sample text: Today’s Farm Stands All across America, farm stands once lined every byway and country lane. Threatened for decades by fast-food restaurants and superhighways, farm stands are proliferating once again, offering people direct access to locally grown food.

Today’s Farm Stands

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Bee Happy The Buzz

on the

Busy Life

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Bees Beekeeping is all the buzz! This ancient practice has surged in popularity in recent years as urbanites and rural residents alike rediscover the many benefits of keeping bees. Bees are a symbol of nature and of industry and productivity. Humans have been keeping bees for millennia, recognizing the insects’ value in agriculture and seeing something like ourselves in their orderly society and the geometric beauty of the homes they build. Bees are an essential part of the earth’s ecosystem, with their services as pollinators directly linked to the world’s food supplies.

Known as peaceful and industrious creatures, bees reward their keepers with everything from increased garden bounty to jars of golden honey.

Packed full of fun facts and gorgeous photo­ graphs, the Bee Happy wall calendar is a celebration of bees and everything about them – the flowers that feed them, the hives that house them, and the universal benefits they bestow on humankind.

12" x 12" Wall Calendar $14.99 USD ISBN 978-1-60237-877-3 UPC 762109-08773-2

Sample text: Honeybees pollinate between 50 and 100 flowers on each journey from the hive.

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Simply R aw With R aw Recipes

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Vegetable Portraits by Lynn Karlin

Matthew K enney

Raw food cuisine is an exciting and healthy culinary trend. Based on the theory that consuming uncooked and unprocessed food is inherently better for us, the Raw Food movement has captured food lovers’ imagination and sparked their creativity in the kitchen.

This fetching calendar features stylish portraits of vegetables – fresh from the farmers market – by Lynn Karlin, whose work venerates the beauty of the harvest. Karlin honors farm-fresh vegetables and fruits by literally placing them on a pedestal.

These gorgeous veggies are paired with delicious, accessible recipes by master chef and best-selling author Matthew Kenney. Enjoy these stunning photos and innovative recipes all year long with the Simply Raw wall calendar.

Artichoke, Tomatillos, Pattypan Squash, and Green Beans

Kohlrabi

Asparagus and Turnips

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Sample text: Trumpet Mushroom “Scallops” with Barbeque Miso Glaze To make the “scallops,” slice off both ends of the mushrooms, leaving a fairly even white stalk to work with. Then slice mushrooms crosswise into medallions that are approximately ½-inch thick.

Trumpet Mushrooms

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Herb Gardens

By Maggie Oster

Recipes & Herbal Folklore Cooks, gardeners, and anyone who cherishes the magic of herbs will enjoy entering this world of flavor, fragrance, and color. Herbs have been used for centuries on every continent in cooking, medicine, perfumes, and crafts. Herbs can be used in foods from appetizers to desserts, as shown in the easy recipes for sumptuous dishes in the Herb Gardens wall calendar. With its wealth of herbal folklore, remedies, and growing tips offered every other day, this is more than just a calendar – it is a resource to be kept.

Maggie Oster has written and taken pictures for numerous books on gardening and cooking. She has also served as regional editor for the National Gardening Association’s website.

Sample text: When preparing meals, herbs give you the advantage of changing flavors in basic recipes, depending on your mood or what’s available. For instance, in this recipe, you could substitute rosemary, sage, or savory for the thyme. Or try lemon verbena or lemon thyme to intensify the lemon effect.

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The Organic K itchen Garden

By Ann Lovejoy

The Organic Kitchen Garden wall calendar is a perfect companion to every cook’s kitchen. Featuring beautiful photographs of kitchen gardens and the lush produce they offer, this calendar pairs images with twelve months of recipes and tips inspired by the bounty of kitchen gardens and local farmers markets.

Each month offers a simple, seasonal, and healthful recipe along with tips on growing, harvesting, canning, and cooking – all with an emphasis on the importance of an organic approach.

Ann Lovejoy is the author of more than twenty gardening books and two cookbooks, and is a regular cooking and gardening columnist for numerous national and regional publications. She is also the author of the Farm to Table (page 19) and A Year of Healthy Living (page 49) wall calendars.

Winter Gardening

The Importance of Watering

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Crisp, crunchy, and flavorful, cool-season greens have been winter staples for centuries.

With the protection of cold frames or plastic tunnels, kale, chard, and cabbage can be harvested all winter, even in the snow. For variety and good looks, plant rainbow chard or Bright Lights Swiss chard, both of which produce vividly colorful stems in shades of raspberry, coral, peach, and salmon.

Fifty Shades of Kale

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Bestseller!

Doreen Virtue

Messages

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Your Angels Doreen Virtue’s Messages from Your Angels wall calendar, with its meditations and communications from the angelic realm, is a beautiful way to enjoy the year. Each month pairs heavenly imagery with uplifting words to help set a positive and healing tone that will keep us centered in peacefulness while reminding us that our angels are always beside us, ready to assist us in every area of our lives. Virtue has devoted her lifework to teaching us how to hear the messages from our angels: “You can lean upon their light to help you heal at miraculous rates and in amazing ways.”

Doreen Virtue, a spiritual doctor of psychology, works with the angelic, elemental, and ascendedmaster realms in her writings and workshops. She is the author of more than twenty books about mind-body-spirit issues, including the best-selling Healing with the Angels and Messages from Your Angels. Virtue is a frequent talk-show guest with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and other national programs.

Artist: Fra Angelico

Artist: Ruth Sanderson

Artist: TC Chiu

Sample text: Love is omnipresent, meaning that it’s everywhere around and within you. It’s who you are – your Divine heritage and makeup. … It’s impossible to completely block out love. Your soul’s very life force is one of tender awareness. The more you’re conscious of this emotion, the more you feel alive!

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Hafiz Versions

by

Divine Offerings

Daniel Ladinsky • Artwork

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Silas Toball

The poems of Hafiz, the esteemed fourteenthcentury Sufi poet, are among the timeless treasures of world literature. In his native Persia (modern Iran) Hafiz is as alive and accessible today as he was to his contemporaries. Rather than being seen as stuffy classical literature from the remote past, his work is cherished as wisdom from a dear and intimate friend.

His ecstatic love songs celebrate the beauty of the Beloved and playfully illuminate the sacredness of the world.

These modern versions, from A Year With Hafiz: Daily Contemplations by Daniel Ladinsky, bring to life all the tenderness, wit, and lyrical beauty of the original verses. The poetry is paired with stunning collage artwork by Silas Toball of Duirwaigh Studios, whose lush imagery and rich color palette are inspired by the venerable tradition of Persian miniatures with a decidedly contemporary touch.

The Hafiz wall calendar is a jewel box of beauty and inspiration, honoring the relevance and reach of this ageless poet.

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Sample text: Upon waking each day My first words to my heart always are “Tell me all your news of Love.”

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Angi Sullins Crossing into the land of remembering your magical self requires only one thing: when inspiration knocks, open the door.

In 2004 Duirwaigh president Angi Sullins sat down to write a poem for the artists who inspire her. Setting the poem to music and paintings, the short film A Knock at the Door was born. Posted on the Internet in December of that year, it caused an international sensation and has since been seen by more than one million viewers. Between these pages lies an invitation to follow your dreams through the door of possibility to an enchanted land half dreamed, half remembered, and wholly adored.

Angi Sullins is the founder of Duirwaigh, Inc., a multimedia entertainment group in Atlanta, Georgia.

A Knock at the Door was her first film and is a book published by Amber Lotus. Angi creates inspirational cards, books, and films with her partner, Silas Toball.

Other products by Duirwaigh Studios include two travel-size journals, greeting cards, and the book A Knock at the Door. For more information, visit www.amberlotus.com.

Artist: Aimee Stewart

Artist: Jena Dellagrottaglia

Artist: Jena Dellagrottaglia

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When was the last time you reveled without a cause?

You ARE the cause, and your life is reason enough to celebrate, frolic, and accept the moon’s invitation to dance. Even the stars sing your name as they gaze down on the grand ballroom of your life.

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The Illuminated Rumi

By Michael Green

Based on One Song: A New Illuminated Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi wall calendar is an interweaving of poetry and art, a magnificent meeting of ancient tradition and modern interpretation that uniquely captures the spiritual wealth of Rumi’s teachings.

Michael Green’s magical art, along with his sensitive renderings of Rumi’s poetry, makes this work a classic guide to the life of the soul for a whole new generation of seekers.

Rumi is still one of this country’s most-read poets and is a major spokesman for open, boundarycrossing spirituality. The Illuminated Rumi, first published in 1997, is still a phenomenon, with more than 100,000 copies in print.

Michael Green has written and illustrated many books, including The Illuminated Rumi, The I Ching Journals, The Illuminated Prayer, and The Unicornis Manuscripts.

Illuminated Rumi greeting cards by Michael Green are also available. For more information, visit www.amberlotus.com.

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Sample text: All this singing.

All these religions.

ONE SONG

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Hebrew Illuminations A 16-Month Calendar

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Adam Rhine

L’Chaim – To Life!

The ancient and enduring spirit of Jewish tradition comes alive in the Hebrew Illuminations 2014 – 2015 wall calendar. Jewish artist Adam Rhine has created ornate, highly detailed Judaic paintings in watercolor, colored pencil, and acrylic. His intricate work combines modern palettes and aesthetics with the influence of medieval illuminated manuscripts. Each work is crafted to glorify the infinite nobility of the Lord and to visually bring forth His energy within different combinations and complex patterns. The sheer elegance of their construction conveys wisdom and ideas.

This unique calendar celebrates life, as declared in the Hebrew expression of joy, “L’Chaim!” (To life!)

Over the past decade, Rhine has illuminated the word “Chai” in several unique paintings, collected here for the first time.

This brand-new interconnected series illustrates the five levels of the Divine Soul. Renowned author and teacher Louise Temple describes each piece in depth. Referencing both the Torah and ancient Kabbalist texts, she brings enlightenment and meaning to Rhine’s spiritual works.

Menorah Chai

Yechidah

Gavishi Chai I

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Sample text: Had I not trusted that I would see the goodness of The Lord in the land of life! Hope to G-d, strengthen yourself and He will give you courage and hope to G-d.

— Tehillim / Psalm 27:13–14

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Celtic Blessings Illuminations

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Michael Green

It is often overlooked that Celtic art is iconic for two very different worldviews: primeval Christianity and Paganism / New Age. Celtic art and spirituality bridge an overlap between these two cultures. Both cultures can learn from their differences, ultimately supporting and nourishing the spiritual aspirations of each. Michael Green’s Celtic Blessings wall calendar is a masterful marriage of these two worlds.

Based on Celtic themes and early Irish Christian illuminated manuscripts, Green’s art reenvisions these genres into a stunning modern look that is firmly rooted in the past.

At various times in his life, Green has been a wandering monk, artist and craftsman, television art director, architect, illustrator, and author. His books include The I Ching Journals, The Illuminated Rumi, The Illuminated Prayer, and The Unicornis Manuscripts.

Celtic Blessings greeting cards and a travel-size journal are also available. For more information visit www.amberlotus.com.

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Sample text: HOLY EARTH Earth, teach us the stillness of your meadows at dawn.

Teach us the humility of your flower buds in spring.

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Zen Cat Paintings

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Nicholas K irsten-Honshin The Zen Cat wall calendar is a meditation in art and words on the sacredness and interconnectedness of all life. Artist and author Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin uses painting and poetry to communicate a message from the pure heart of the universe.

In Honshin’s own words, here is the story as it happened: “While I was quietly reading the Lotus Sutra, the Original Zen Cat, Miss Kitty, climbed onto my lap. As I continued to read, I became aware that her mind and mine were becoming one. She wanted me to read aloud to her. So I did. There she sat in meditation focused on the teachings as I read. Her appreciation and obvious understanding opened my own mind and heart to the oneness that exists, connecting all living beings in the gentle love and compassion that is in every precious moment.”

Honshin’s art is featured in the Thich Nhat Hanh wall calendar (page 11), engagement calendar (page 62), and mini calendar (page 61). The Meditational Art of Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin greeting cards are also available. Visit www.amberlotus.com for more information.

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Sample text: Zen cat meditates and observes that the moon and the stone

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Bestseller!

Gardens Photography

of the

by John

Spirit

Lander • Text

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Maggie Oster

Strongly influenced by Shinto and Buddhism, the Japanese style of landscaping is particularly conducive to restoring an inner calm. Requiring an artful blend of imagination, skill, and patience, the Japanese garden is an extension of the self. By adapting the harmonies of natural design to our own landscape, we heighten our understanding of the world around us and within us.

The Gardens of the Spirit wall calendar features twelve exquisite images from garden photographer John Lander. Paired with contemplative text by Maggie Oster, this collection of images brings the experience of Japanese gardening to all who long to create a peaceful oasis in the midst of a challenging world.

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Sample text: Change is inevitable and intrinsic to our world and our existence. Yet changing ourselves, our habits, our attitudes, our perceptions can seem nearly impossible at times. But failing once or even many times does not mean we won’t succeed the next time.

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Lunaria

By Vicki Leppek

The Lunar Calendar The Lunaria is the perfect instrument to help us realize the powerful effects that the moon, planets, and seasons have on us. With this awareness, we can increase our ability to consider our actions, understand our emotions, and plan for the future.

Make use of the Lunaria to help predict the best times for particular endeavors.

In the Lunaria wall calendar you will find that • the waning moon multiplies efforts to detoxify and diet; • the moon in Taurus enhances creative pursuits, while the moon in Virgo makes chores easier; • the new moon is a good time to begin new projects or quit unwanted activities; and • the moon in Libra is optimal for planting flowers and hosting social gatherings.

The Lunaria utilizes thirteen lunar months, each beginning with the new moon. Classical paintings are paired with an eclectic mix of romantic-era literature, mythology, esoteric texts, and folklore treasures.

Daily visual moon phases and moon signs, void-ofcourse times, eclipses, and holidays are included. The Lunaria also contains gardening and fishing guides and an informative users’ guide.

Artist: Evelyn De Morgan

Artist: Apollinari Mikhailovich Vasnetsov

Artist: Edward Robert Hughes

Sample text: Persephone in winter-time lay still, nor gave a thought

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To the fierce surging tides of flowers her restless youth had brought.

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Bestseller!

Celtic Mandala

By Jen Delyth

Earth Mysteries & Mythology

The Celts perceived the presence of divine forces in all aspects of nature. Patterns of harmony and balance, dark and light, winter and summer, female and male are woven throughout Celtic tradition.

Celtic knots and patterning reflect their belief in the continuity of life and the interconnection of all things, plants, animals, and otherworldly divinities.

The Celtic Mandala wall calendar presents the magical weavings of Welsh artist Jen Delyth in calendar form. Jen’s work is founded in her deep connection to her Celtic heritage. She creates intricate paintings and illustrations, using traditional egg tempera and contemporary digital techniques. Her original iconographic style is inspired by the Spirit in Nature, which expresses our mythic connection to the natural world.

A new travel-size journal, greeting cards, and a full-color illustrated book, Celtic Folk Soul, are available at www.amberlotus.com.

Pentacle Knot

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Lovers

Sample text: Often associated with the Tree of Life, the ancient Celtic Wheel Cross is a megalithic symbol, first seen around 10,000 BC. The hub of the cosmic wheel represents the turning of the seasons.

Cross of Life

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Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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Tao More than two millennia ago, the great Chinese sage Lao-tzu dictated the Tao Te Ching, or the Great Way, now regarded by many to be the ultimate commentary on the nature of our existence. This profound spiritual text offers practical guidance for living in a new world aligned with nature.

The Living the Wisdom of the Tao wall calendar, based on Dr. Wayne Dyer’s best-selling book Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life, pairs ethereal Taoist photography with quotes from the Tao Te Ching and Dyer’s commentary on how to apply this ancient wisdom in our modern world.

Wayne W. Dyer, PhD, is an internationally renowned author and speaker in the field of selfdevelopment. Many of his books, including the bestsellers 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, The Power of Intention, Inspiration, and Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life, have been featured as public television specials.

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Returning is the motion of the Tao. Yielding is the way of the Tao. The 10,000 things are born of being.

Being is born of nonbeing.

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Zen Mind Zenga Paintings

Quotes on Zen Practice by Shunryu Suzuki

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Gitter-Yelen Collection

The mind of Zen Buddhism is revealed through authentic sacred art and profoundly simple wisdom.

Zenga art – Zen-inspired brushstroke paintings – surprises and confounds our expectations. Although created by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century monks who were amateur painters, they have a startlingly modern appeal. The Gitter-Yelen Collection of Zenga paintings is widely regarded as one of the preeminent collections in the West.

Each month, the Zen Mind wall calendar features a Zenga masterwork paired with a quote from Not Always So or Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

by Shunryu Suzuki (1905–1971). Suzuki-roshi was considered one of the most influential Zen teachers of his time and was a direct spiritual descendant of thirteenth-century Zen Master Dogen.

Artist: Ito JAKUCHU

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Artist: KOKAN Myoyo

Sample text: When you see plum blossoms, or hear the sound of a small stone hitting bamboo, that is a letter from the world of emptiness.

Artist: HAKUIN Ekaku

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Art Wolfe

Travels to the Edge Once again, acclaimed nature photographer Art Wolfe takes us on a fantastic journey to the ends of the earth, where he reveals strange and alien landscapes infused with nature’s phenomenal beauty and otherworldly energies. The Art Wolfe: Travels to the Edge wall calendar illuminates the spectacular and remote natural places of this world with penetrating photographic artistry.

Art Wolfe is one of the most celebrated and widely published nature photographers of our time.

His honors include a 2000 Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography and the 1998 Nature Photographer of the Year Award from his peers. His books include Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky and One World, One Vision: The Photography of Art Wolfe.

Wolfe is also featured in the public television series Travels to the Edge, in which he reveals stunning scenery and teaches photographic techniques.

The new Earth Is My Witness wall calendar (page 3) by Art Wolfe is also available.

Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Sahara Desert, Morocco

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Humpback whale, Point Adolphus, Alaska One of my most exhilarating photographic experiences occurred off Point Adolphus in Southeast Alaska. An adolescent humpback whale breached nine times in a row directly in front of my small fishing boat.

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Environmental Art Contemporary Art

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As one of the most exciting art movements of our time, environmental art celebrates our connection to the natural world through beauty, science, metaphor, and ecological restoration. It encompasses a surpris­ ing landscape of approaches, from ephemeral “art in nature” sculptures designed to last only a few hours before returning to the earth to communitybased “eco-art” installations that clean up polluted watersheds and promote public understanding of local and global environmental issues.

The projects featured in the Environmental Art wall calendar provide a sampling of some of the latest developments in this field to stimulate the imagination and promote the role of art in the creation of a more sustainable world culture.

Menhirs for Peace by Manolo Paz

Sapins by Sylvain Meyer

Octopus Haus by Kathy Bruce

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Sample text: Moment of Decision In “Moment of Decision,” the viewer enters a world frozen in time, a magical world where even gravity doesn’t obey the rules. The silence of the snowy landscape and the low slanting light of a Swedish winter add to the sense of mystery.

Moment of Decision by Cornelia Konrads

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Bestseller!

Alex Grey Every once in a great while an artist emerges who does more than simply reflect the social trends of the time. These artists are able to transcend established thinking and help us redefine ourselves and our world. Today a growing number of art critics, philosophers, and spiritual seekers believe they have found that vision in the art of Alex Grey.

The Alex Grey wall calendar takes the viewer on a graphic, visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self.

Grey’s portrayals of human beings blend scientific exactitude with depictions of universal life energy, leading us on the soul’s journey from materialworld encasement to the recovery of our divinely illuminated core.

Alex Grey is the author of Transfigurations, Sacred Mirrors, The Mission of Art, and Net of Being. His work has graced the album covers of TOOL, Nirvana, and the Beastie Boys, and has been exhibited around the world.

Godself

Ocean of Love Bliss

Headache

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Posters A History

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Modern Political Action Posters

Amber Lotus is proud to present the Posters for Peace & Justice wall calendar, a survey of political protest poster art. Among the many types of activist art and the plethora of perspectives they voice, posters for peace and justice stand out. Combining strong graphics and succinct messages that educate, these images are plastered on brick walls, stapled to power poles, and silk-screened onto T-shirts, and have gone viral on the Internet.

This inspiring calendar showcases reprints of some poignant examples of call-to-action posters, complemented by the artists’ mission statements and comments on the cause.

Design: Joe Simboli

Design: Favianna Rodriguez

Design: Jude Landry

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Sample text: The War Over Water If the supply of clean water cannot meet global demand, it will become a cause for war between nations. The world must respond now to the growing threat of water shortages before the problem becomes out of control.

Design: Joe Scorsone and Alice Drueding

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Green Patriot Posters

for

Environmental Activism The Green Patriot wall calendar is a collection of outstanding contemporary posters promoting sustainability and the fight against climate change.

These dynamic posters, which never rest on the tired slogans of the past (such as “Save the Earth”), show that graphic design does not passively respond to the zeitgeist – it helps shape it.

This calendar is based on Green Patriot Posters, published by Metropolis Books in association with The Canary Project and the Environmental Defense Fund. The inspiration for the project first came from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and posters from the World War II era, when transforming consumption habits and conserving resources became patriotic. The work here is a rallying cry and a potent tool for communication and social transformation.

Design: Will Etling

Design: Kelly Holohan

Design: Shepard Fairey

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Leave Only Footprints “The impact we have on the earth and our universe is astounding. We need to take responsibility for where we have been and where we are going. The image of Sasquatch provides an ironic twist on this well-known quote.”

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Gig Posters Rock Art

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21st Century

The Gig Posters wall calendar showcases the vibrant and unique world of contemporary music and art.

The posters featured were created solely to promote live musical performances by a myriad of musicians, including Dinosaur Jr., The Wailers, and Cake, to name just a few. The designers featured encompass a wide range of talent. Month to month, you’ll be blown away with artwork by Johnny Sampson, DKNG Studios, Daniel Martin Diaz, Nate Duval, and more. Gig Posters has its finger on the pulse of contemporary art and music culture with this distinctive genre of artwork.

The images in Gig Posters are sourced from GigPosters.com, the world’s quintessential online art gallery of concert posters, flyers, and handbills from around the globe. Showcasing more than 120,000 posters from almost 10,000 designers, this historical archive brings together a massive community of designers, collectors, and fans, fusing these two creative worlds to create a one-of-a-kind artistic anthology.

Design: Jason Cooper

Design: Johnny Sampson

Design: Burlesque of North America

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Design: Chicken Billy

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Tree Huggers The term “Tree Hugger” has been wholeheartedly embraced by eco-conscious citizens, environmen­ talists and other arboreal admirers. Proud of their inclinations to embrace these awe-inspiring giants, some tree huggers have even allowed themselves to be photographed in the act.

With global deforestation continuing at breakneck speed, there has never been a better time to grab a tree and hold on tight. The forests of the world provide essential habitat for countless species, including human beings. They supply the very air we breathe.

There are a lot of good reasons to love trees, whether for their majesty and diversity as living creatures or because of their crucial role in the global ecosystem. Whatever your reason, the Tree Huggers wall calendar will affirm your tree-hugger status and remind us all of our admiration for these stately neighbors while taking a whimsical look at our ongoing love affair with them.

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Land Art

The Environmental Art

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Since the late 1960s, artists in the land art movement have been creating art in nature, composed primarily of the natural elements available at hand. Materials such as rocks, leaves, and water are the medium, and the terrain is the canvas. Intentionally impermanent, these works are created and then left to change, erode, and eventually be reclaimed by the elements.

The 2015 edition of the Land Art wall calendar presents the “Eartherial” sculptures of environmental artist Sally J. Smith, whose work focuses on the simple beauty of the natural world. Created entirely of found materials and built on-site, these sculptures have a subtle rhythm and are in complete harmony with their surrounding landscapes.

Smith is also the creator of the Faerie Houses wall calendar (page 6).

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Dandinet with New Moon This impossibly delicate structure that quivered in the slightest breeze began with a net of reeds pinned together using hawthorn thorns.

Dandelion seed heads were carefully picked from the surrounding meadow and breathlessly mounted on the ring of inward-pointing thorns, forming a lacy wreath to encircle the faintest sliver of the brand-new moon.

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Spirit Horses Photographs

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Tony Stromberg Through his luminous photography of horses, Tony Stromberg works to bridge what he calls “modern life’s disturbing separation between people and nature.” The gorgeous Spirit Horses wall calendar is filled with extraordinary portraits of horses, both wild and domestic, paired with quotations from teachers and writers exploring equine wisdom and its intersection with spirituality.

Creator of the books Spirit Horses (2005) and The Forgotten Horses (2008), both published by New World Library, Stromberg believes that horses can be profound teachers, bringing deep awareness to a world dangerously out of balance. Amber Lotus is proud to partner with New World Library to produce this intimate look at humankind’s most enduring companion.

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The Haunted Realm

By Sir Simon Marsden

From the very beginning of recorded time, all great civilizations have believed in the supernatural in some form or another. Sir Simon Marsden’s startlingly atmospheric black-and-white infrared photographs reveal this hidden world, and his ghostly and beguiling images transport the reader to a different realm – a haunted realm. In The Haunted Realm wall calendar, Marsden’s photographs are accompanied by literary excerpts and historical accounts as well as tales of apparitions that have been reported at the sites and the strange events said to lie behind them.

Marsden, an internationally acclaimed photo­ grapher and writer, passed away in 2012. His work can be found in the J. Paul Getty Museum in California and in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. His books include This Spectred Isle, The Haunted Realm, and The Journal of a Ghosthunter.

His final book, Russia: A World Apart, was published posthumously in 2013.

Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland, England

Allerton Park, Yorkshire, England

Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France

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Manisternagalliaghduff, County Limerick, Ireland The once extensive grounds of Saint Katherine’s Nunnery are now enveloped by dense undergrowth and ancient twisted trees, and an uneasy silence has descended on the ruins. Little is known of this medieval Augustinian nunnery, despite its considerable size and importance.

Old Abbey, County Limerick, Ireland

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A Course

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Miracles “The journey to God is merely the reawakening of the knowledge of where you are always and what you are forever. It is a journey without distance.”

A Course in Miracles is a self-study program for spiritual transformation. Using Christian terminology and ecumenical in approach, it focuses on universal spiritual themes. Since the publication of A Course in Miracles in 1972, best-selling authors such as Eckhart Tolle and Marianne Williamson have cited the Course as a source of inspiration, and millions of students worldwide have found guidance in its translations.

A Course in Miracles wall calendar pairs quotes from this life-changing book with serene and awe-inspiring nature imagery, providing you with a useful tool to support the teachings of the Course throughout the year.

Amber Lotus Publishing is proud to partner with the Course in Miracles Society (CIMS), a nonprofit organization and publisher of A Course in Miracles.

Formed by an international group of students and teachers of the Course, CIMS was organized to discover, authenticate, and propagate this philosophy’s divine teachings.

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Louise L. Hay

You Can Heal Your Life “If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.”

The inspirational You Can Heal Your Life wall calendar features text from the New York Times bestselling book of the same title. In this powerful and pioneering work, Louise L. Hay explains how our beliefs and ideas can be the cause of illness, and how we can change our thinking to improve the quality of our lives.

This calendar features monthly wisdom quotes, teaching text, and helpful affirmations, all illustrated with the charming artwork of Joan Perrin-Falquet.

Hay is a metaphysical lecturer and teacher with more than 40 million books sold worldwide, and is widely regarded as one of the founders of the selfhelp movement. For more than 25 years, Hay has helped millions of people discover and implement the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing.

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Sample text: Relationships are wonderful, and marriages can be wonderful, but they are all temporary because there comes a time when they end.

The one person I am with forever is me.

My relationship with myself is eternal, so I choose to be my own best friend.

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The Garden Sanctuary Swing open the gate and walk down the path to a place of tranquility and beauty. More than just an outdoor living space, a garden sanctuary provides respite from the stresses of modern life, an opportunity to awaken your senses and reconnect with the rhythms of the natural world. Gardens are a place for celebration, healing, and personal transformation. As we cultivate our gardens through the seasons, they offer us a living example of regeneration, teaching us patience while rewarding our thoughtful nurturance.

The Garden Sanctuary wall calendar offers a glimpse of garden sanctuaries of all shapes and sizes, from elegant gazebos to creative tree lofts, from shady arbors to perches in trees. Each is a unique reflection of the human spirit and our sacred connection to the world outdoors. With each month opening a window onto a serene garden vista, this calendar will inspire your imagination and rejuvenate your spirit.

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A Year Recipes

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Ann Lovejoy

A Year of Healthy Living wall calendar by Ann Lovejoy is a warm, heartfelt invitation to expand your awareness of health and well-being, improve your meal choices, and enjoy life more fully every day.

Each month features topics that approach food as a nurturing component of the life that supports and sustains you. Artful fruit and vegetable photographs are paired with nutritious recipes and helpful tips, while weekly affirmations encourage steady progress at your own pace and invite you to rejoice in the simple joys that surround us all. A Year of Healthy Living is about wanting the very best for ourselves.

Lovejoy is the author of more than twenty gar­ dening books and two cookbooks, and is a regular cooking and gardening columnist for numerous national and regional publications. She is also the author of The Organic Kitchen Garden (page 23) and Farm to Table (page 19) wall calendars.

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Sample text: Apples have tempted humans since time began, and rightfully so. Unlike many sugary treats, apples balance their crunchy, juicy sweetness with an outstanding array of health benefits. Apples, blueberries, and grapes rank among the most beneficial of all fresh fruit, and eating just five servings a week offers significant health protection.

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Flowers

A Universe Revealed

By Christopher Gruver

Christopher Gruver’s photography presents a wildly beautiful and vivid experience in the Flowers: A Universe Revealed wall calendar. An avid lover of nature and the outdoors, Gruver blends skill with instinct. Drawing on his intuitive link to aesthetic and essence, Gruver creates striking compositions that reveal the delicacy and vibrancy of nature. Each stunning photograph is accompanied by a poetic interlude connecting our human voyage with the living intimacy of a flower.

Flowers: A Universe Revealed greeting cards are also available. For more information, please visit www.amberlotus.com.

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Little Critters

By Kate Endle

With her unique application of colors, textures, and shapes, Kate Endle creates a delightful menagerie in the Little Critters wall calendar. Whimsical and quaint, Endle’s artwork is a happy marriage of charming illustrations and textured paper and fabric collage on stretched canvas, featuring endearing animal friends and snippets of garden life. This adorable calendar would be perfect in a nursery, in a kitchen full of children, or for someone who feels like a kid. Month after month, Endle’s artwork is sure to warm the heart.

Endle’s collage work can be found in galleries, boutiques, cafés, and restaurants in and around the Pacific Northwest. Her delightful illustrations have also found their way to greeting cards, stickers, murals, and educational materials, and she has authored three board books for young readers. Endle and her musician husband, Chris Ballew, have formed Cute Smart Music and Art to create books and music for children.

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Healing Mandalas

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Blessings for Deep Serenity

David Sun Todd

For the 2015 Healing Mandalas wall calendar, artists Bonnie Gold Bell and David Sun Todd have created mandalas to embody Blessings for Deep Serenity.

These images are created from photographs of natural elements like flowers, feathers, and seashells. Each mandala is accompanied by a blessing that evokes inner peace. The inspirational words and images provide a graceful means for releasing the stresses of life and resting in deep serenity.

Bell and Todd’s purpose in creating art is to help people envision and co-create a bright future. Each of their images opens a visual portal into an uplifted world. Their work appears in books, notecards, and an oracle deck as well as in e-books and meditation videos. They teach people how to work with their images for personal and global healing.

Artist Laurel Burch said of the duo, “They capture things far beyond the physical world and make them accessible to so many, in such a beautiful form.”

Medal of Self-Worth

Aura of Joy

Sign of Confidence

Sample text: Award of Success

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Mixed Feathers and Gardenia Flower Brilliant blue-green crescents from a peacock’s tail remind you to respect your own bright gifts.…

With self-respect and peace in your heart, you face life’s challenges and emerge triumphant.

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The Lakota Way Native American Wisdom on Ethics and Character Text

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M. Marshall III • Art

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The Lakota Way wall calendar features original art from Lakota and Iroquois artist Jim Yellowhawk and text by author Joseph M. Marshall III. Each spread includes the Lakota names for the months, such as “When Leaves Fall” and “Winter Moon.” Marshall’s text presents a traditional Lakota virtue for each month, guiding the reader along the Lakota path of wisdom.

Marshall is a writer, teacher, historian, and Lakota craftsman. He has authored several screenplays and fifteen books, including the highly acclaimed Walking with Grandfather, The Lakota Way, and The Journey of Crazy Horse. Marshall is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and was involved with the television miniseries Into the West as narrator, actor, and consultant.

Artist Jim Yellowhawk, who views everything as a possible canvas, uses diverse media to create authentic and striking images that evoke Lakota star knowledge and the unique Lakota way of life.

Veteran Traditional Dancer

Ce Tan Zi Chief Yellowhawk

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Lakota hunters rode horses specially trained to pursue the powerful bison. These hunters carried sinew-backed ash wood bows with arrows made from chokecherry stalks or long lances made of young pine. But to feed and provide for their families, their greatest weapon could not be seen, one that gave them the will to never turn aside from the hunt: perseverance.

“He Sapa” Black Hills

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Fractal Cosmos The Art

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Fractals are the visual depictions of mathematical equations – the same equations, in fact, that describe natural phenomena such as coastlines, plant shapes, and weather patterns. A computer program assigns a color to each point in the image based on the answers to a chosen equation, which then results in abstract fractal shapes. Dozens of variables are manipulated to create these fascinating images.

The Fractal Cosmos wall calendar features the organic designs of Alice Kelley, who says, “Fractals are an intuitive glimpse into the infinite order that composes the natural world, as well as proof that math is beautiful.”

The Source

The Concept of Creation

Ghost Ribbons

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Tao

Photography by Jane English

Calligraphy

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This marks the 25th year of the Tao wall calendar, which features contemplative nature photographs, Chinese calligraphy and text from Gia-fu Feng, and Jane English’s translations of the Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tsu’s Inner Chapters.

The Tao Te Ching, the esoteric but infinitely practical book written in the sixth century BC by Lao Tsu, has been translated more than any work except the Bible. Written in the fourth century BC, Chuang Tsu’s Inner Chapters is a companion volume to the Tao Te Ching. Chuang Tsu was to Lao Tsu as Saint Paul was to Jesus and Plato to Socrates.

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The Healthy Dog A Year

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Dogs are loyal, lovable, and masters of living in the moment. With our help, they can be even stronger, smarter, and more earth friendly – not to mention healthier, happier, and better canine citizens.

The Healthy Dog wall calendar teaches us what our dogs should really be eating, learning, and doing. Full of adorable laugh-out-loud photos, it has everything to guide us on the path to being a better companion to our dogs. Each month features tips, techniques, and guidance for dog parents, from ecofriendly DIY projects to plenty of natural homemade remedies – and a dash of dog psychology, too.

D. Caroline Coile, PhD, is an award-winning writer of hundreds of articles and 34 books, including Barron’s Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds. Her research interests include canine behavior and physiology, and she has been interviewed on NPR’s Talk of the Nation and quoted in Newsweek and USA Today.

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Sample text: Having a bad hair day? Your dog’s had worse. Fortunately, you can fix most of his hair issues naturally.

He rolled in what? Wash with shampoo.

(Wear gloves if you must!) Rinse with a 50/50 solution of vinegar and water.

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The Healthy Cat A Year

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Your Furry Friends

What’s that luxurious, rumbling purr? It’s the sound of a contented cat – one living a well-balanced, engaged, clean, and green lifestyle.

Filled with charming photos of funny felines and awww-inducing kittens, The Healthy Cat wall calendar features tips, tricks, and techniques on how to be a better cat companion. Cats of every breed will purr in support of eco-friendly and chemicalfree cat care – including feline exercise plans!

Author D. Caroline Coile, PhD, teaches us about kitten socialization, natural remedies for common cat troubles, and easy solutions for detoxing your cat’s life. It’s enough to keep our cats purring from January to December.

Coile is an award-winning writer of hundreds of articles and 34 books, including Why Do Cats Bury Their Poop? Her research interests include domestic animal behavior and physiology, and she has been interviewed on NPR’s Talk of the Nation and quoted in Newsweek and USA Today.

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What herb comes in baggies, can be homegrown, and alters the state of mind?

Catnip, of course!

Drooling, rolling around, cheek rubbing, meowing incessantly, or just feeling frisky are a few side effects your cat may experience when indulging in this feline treat.

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The Dalai Lama

Heart of Wisdom His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is one of the most respected spiritual leaders and teachers living in the world today. He is revered by Buddhists as the living god of love and compassion, and yet he refers to himself as a simple monk. His gentle, humorous expression of wisdom and compassion serves as an inspiration to millions.

The Dalai Lama, Heart of Wisdom wall calendar features twelve inspiring photographs courtesy of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. These images capture the universal human spirit and will guide us through the year with a sense of hope and compassion.

Sample text: Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries.‌ It lies with each of us individually.

Peace starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.

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Each thangka is paired with informative text explaining the meaning and symbolism of the image shown. The paintings are all by master thangka artists living in Kathmandu, Nepal. These images have been used for centuries to awaken and expand consciousness.

Your purchase of this calendar helps support the Tibetan Lama Fund, which is building housing for refugee monks in India, and the Development of Children and Women Center in Kathmandu.

Sacred Images of Tibet greeting cards are also available. Visit www.amberlotus.com for more information.

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Tai Chi Spirit

YMAA Publication Center

Tai chi symbolizes balance, harmony, and intent – just a few of the treasures the art offers its practitioners.

World-renowned tai chi teachers come together in this dynamic Tai Chi Spirit wall calendar. Striking photographs capture tai chi postures in beautiful settings around the world, from the Spanish Banks of Vancouver, British Columbia, to metropolitan Boston, to the Wudang Temple in China.

Whether you practice tai chi or simply love the natural grace of the movements, this calendar is sure to strengthen your chi all year long.

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Sacred Lakes and Mountains • International Campaign for Tibet

For centuries Tibetans have looked upon their homeland as sacred, eliciting a special connection that is deep and strong. The breathtakingly beautiful landscape of crystal-blue lakes, high peaks, and pure earth has profoundly helped cultivate the spiritual lives of the Tibetan people for generations. Pilgrimages to sacred places in Tibet are a cultural phenomenon with religious, social, political, and even ecological significance. Every Tibetan goes on a pilgrimage at some point in life, and in doing so will become a Nekorwa (“one who goes around a sacred place”).

The International Campaign for Tibet’s (ICT) 2015 calendar aims to provide a glimpse of some of the myriad sacred and special sites for Tibetans.

Your purchase of this calendar provides funds for ICT to further its work to promote the human rights and democratic freedoms for the people of Tibet. Please visit www.savetibet.org for more information.

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Angel Spirits

The Art of Sulamith Wülfing No other artist has captured the wonders of angels and otherworldly spirits as delightfully as Sulamith Wülfing (1901–1989). The Angel Spirits wall calendar makes this hidden world apparent to the naked eye by capturing its beauty and spirituality. The childlike innocence and hope portrayed in each painting act as a balm to the spirit, which is more needed than ever in this modern world.

A Sulamith Wülfing journal and two wisdom decks are also available. For more information, visit www.amberlotus.com.

Sample text: I bless the world with my simple purity, always trusting in the essential goodness of the human spirit.

Wars may rage and empires come and go, but eternal innocence and hope will always prevail.

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Heart of the Beloved • Translations by Coleman Barks Jelaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) was a master of ecstatic poetry. His illuminating words have inspired countless people throughout history, and today, thanks to the magical translations of Coleman Barks, Rumi’s poetry is more popular than ever.

In the Rumi: Heart of the Beloved wall calendar, Barks’s translations are paired with exquisite Persian miniatures. The rich intricacy of the artwork complements Rumi’s mystical metaphors, in which the yearning for the divine beloved represents the soul’s quest for wholeness.

Sample text: No better love than love with no object, no more satisfying work than work with no purpose.

If you could give up tricks and cleverness, that would be the cleverest trick!

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Zen Cat

The Present Moment

By Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin

By Sounds True

See wall calendar, p. 30.

See wall calendar, p. 10.

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By Michael Green

Paintings by Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin

See wall calendar, p. 29.

See wall and engagement calendars, p. 11 and p. 62.

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The mind of Zen Buddhism is revealed through authentic sacred art and profoundly simple wisdom. The Zen Mind engagement calendar features Zenga masterworks paired with quotes by Shunryu Suzuki (1905–1971), one of the most influential Zen teachers of his time.

A Zen Mind wall calendar (page 35) is also available.

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Thich Nhat Hanh Paintings

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Nicholas K irsten-Honshin

Taoist symbols, ancient imagery, and the gentle reflection of nature meet and merge in Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin’s artwork. The Thich Nhat Hanh engagement calendar combines Honshin’s graceful paintings with the words of Thich Nhat Hanh, renowned Zen master, peace activist, and author of more than 60 books.

Thich Nhat Hanh wall and mini calendars (pages 11 and 61) are also available.

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Celtic Mandala

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Delyth

The Celtic Mandala engagement calendar presents the magical weavings of Welsh artist Jen Delyth. Founded in her deep connection to her Celtic heritage, Jen’s work features Celtic knots and patternings that reflect a belief in the continuity of life and the interconnection of all things.

A Celtic Mandala wall calendar (page 33) is also available.

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The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

In the best-selling book The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle explains in remarkably clear terms how living in the Now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. The Power of Now engagement calendar pairs wisdom quotes

by Tolle with spectacular nature photography, helping readers connect to this essential wisdom and stay focused in the present moment all year long.

The Power of Now wall calendar (page 5) is also available.

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Pema Chödrön

Awakening the Heart

Best-selling author Pema Chödrön is a leading exponent of teachings on meditation and how they apply to everyday life. The Pema Chödrön: Awakening the Heart engagement calendar features selections from her book Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change, aimed at helping us cultivate compassion, courage, and awareness within the challenges of daily life.

A Pema Chödrön wall calendar (page 17) is also available.

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Messages from Your Angels, Doreen Virtue.....24 New Earth, A, Eckhart Tolle.............................. 4

engagement calendars

On Sacred Ground........................................15

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Tree Huggers................................................ 42

Bee Happy................................................... 20

Wanderlust..................................................... 2

Bicycle Bliss................................................... 9

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Yoga Meditations, Elena Ray............................ 8

City Chickens & Their Coops.........................18

You Can Heal Your Life, Louise L. Hay............47

Course in Miracles, A................................... 46

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Day of the Dead............................................13

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