Cygnus Community Review Spring 2015 by Cygnus Community Review

Spring 2015, Issue 1

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Editor’s Choice: Sacred Commerce Finding Soul Companions Maggy Whitehouse Cygnus Community Cafés EMR—A Beginners’ Guide Roger H. Moller

Geoff Napier

ear friends, welcome to the first issue of the Cygnus Community Review. So much has happened since our last issue. Many but not all of you know that Ann slipped away from her physical body in July last year. While Sam Napier prepared her tribute issue, we discovered Cygnus had exhausted all lines of credit. The financial facts were undeniable; sending out 40,000 magazines for free was unsustainable. We said goodbye to four of our staff and sent out an appeal to all our members for donations to help us get through the winter. I had no idea whether Cygnus could or should continue. I explored many possibilities. Eventually, after much consultation (thank you all who so kindly gave your time and advice) we fixed the new subscription for the emerging Cygnus Community at £2.50/month or £25 per year for individuals. It was so painful to break with the joy of giving the magazine out for free. But the new Cygnus Community Review will be a gift we, and the active subscribers, can pass on to those we know who feel isolated as they make their way through the crazy world the media presents us with. Last night I had a vivid dream and, thanks to Hermes who barked just as the

Meet the team: Editor: Geoff Napier Assistant Editor: Maggy Whitehouse Editorial Freelance: Louisa Mills (eNewsletters) Tania Cheslaw: (Social Media) Claire Nahmad: (Book Reviews) Advertising & Noticeboard: Jayne Henshaw Design & Creativity: Lion Purchasing: Jordan Mitchell Despatch: Maew Davies & Saijai Price Accounts: Claire Edwards Community Support: Susan Griffiths Active Volunteers: John Sleeman (Events) Sarah Portsmouth (Magazine Proofing) Cleaning: Pat & Glenville Morgan

Cygnus—Becoming A Community dream finished, I awoke with it fresh in my mind to write down and share with you. We (you and I) are all in a room with a kindly mentor who asks us to look at a screen. Before us, a beautiful pattern grows from a single seed. It’s a fractal, one of those patterns like the beautiful Mandelbrot Set. Our mentor speaks over the film music. ‘You see the pattern? It is yourselves, look— there are your bodies,’ and sure enough this pattern of scintillating lights takes up the form of humans, ‘And listen—now you sing. Do you feel the tune playing in your body as an instrument?’ We feel each cavity resonating in turn, our heads, our larynx, our hearts, our guts, our pelvis and our very bones. ‘Watch closely as you begin to dance together.’ We look again, as the view moves out from one form dancing and singing alone to becoming a whole chorus and orchestra all singing, moving, dancing together. From every detail, more creations spin off in perfect harmonies. ‘So my friends, do you wish to play the part of the score already written in your heart that only you can play or do you wish to continue following the will of your ego playing your own tunes, your own nightmares? ‘You can decide. ‘When you can say ‘Not my will be done but Thy will be done’, you are surrendering your will to the voice in your heart and you have taken up your part in the orchestra of creation. ‘Just like in any orchestra, we instruments continue perfecting our playing till it becomes second nature, till it becomes odd not to do so.’ Our mentor finishes by saying, ‘You are instruments in the divine dance of creation. When you play the part written in your hearts you are participating in a divine creation never before seen, only imagined by the composer, the creator before her orchestra was assembled.’ Well, dear friends, I invite you to find the divine will stored neatly in your own hearts. Let’s play—together! Let’s support each other, as we liberate our deepest secrets. The music won’t be complete without us. Several of the articles in this issue are written by Cygnus members from their own life experiences. As more of you choose to subscribe, we hope to bring you many others. In the meantime, why don’t you form or join a local group of Cygnus Community members? Read more about these Cygnus Community Cafés opposite and for an up to date list visit our website and click on Café. I extend my heartfelt thanks again to the generosity of all those members who donated and have enabled Cygnus to stand a chance of re emerging in this new way.

Your Local Cygnus Community Café Finder:

Lancashire, St Ann’s: The Angel Lounge, 6.30–8.30pm. Simone Cowgill, simone@ theangellounge.com, M:07928 637922. Carmarthen: Greenspace Gallery, 10.30am. Dorothy Morris, dorothy_morris@hotmail. com, T:01267 267652, M:07969 273577. Somerset, Taunton: Naturalife Health Food Shop, 28 Bridge Street, 3pm–5.30pm. Robin Littman, Robin@resource-me.com, T:01278 671679 M:07767 797858. Leamington Spa: The Octagon of St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Lillington, CV32 7SY, 7.30–9.30pm. Colleen Waters, theonlycolleen@yahoo.co.uk, M:07815 286497 Cumbria, Ulverston: Natterjacks, Queen St., Ulverston, 1st Monday every month, 7.30pm. Catherine Hunt, info@therelaxationroom. co.uk, M:07957 861408 Tyne & Wear, Sunderland: Roker Quaker Meeting House, 30 Roker Park Road, Sunderland SR6 9PG, 1.30pm–3.30pm. Angela Cousins, angelacousins7@gmail.com, T:0191 548 3722 M:07423 120760 Doncaster: Vintage Tearooms at Branton Garden Centre, Branton DN3 3NW, 1pm. Sandra Edwards, sandra579@btinternet.com, T:01302 770809 Birmingham, Tamworth B77: 10am– 12.30pm. Jo Greaves, jo.greaves@talktalk. net, M:07738 216429 South Glos, Thornbury: The Swan, Fridays 11am–noon. Maggie Jeffery, maggiejeffery2@ hotmail.co.uk, T:01454 413535 Stroud, Whiteway: Whiteway Colony Hall, Noon–5pm. Ann White, annarun.white@ gmail.com, T:01285 821511 Bath: New Oriel Hall, Larkhall, Bath, 11.00am–1.00pm. Jay Jacobs, jay_jacobs@ sky.com, T:01225 949883 Essex, Grays: George Lawson, george-lawsonmedium@hotmail.co.uk, T:01375 383648 East Sussex, East Grinstead: Paula Adams, info@paula-adams.co.uk, M:07505 062183 South Yorkshire, Doncaster DN9: Sandra Edwards, sandra579@btinternet.com, M:07773 173919 Wisbech and King’s Lynn: King of Hearts, School Road, West Walton, Wisbech, PE14 7ES, 22nd April, 1.30pm–3.30pm. Tony Richardson, ingleside@ingleside2.plus.com, T:01945 780761 Surrey, Caterham: 22nd April, 20th May. John Sleeman, jjsleeman@aol.com M:07970 007790 STOP PRESS: We now know of Cygnus Community Cafés in more than 15 other locations including Perthshire; Manchester; Hereford; Buckingham; Melton Mowbray; Harlston; Chesterfield; Swansea. Visit www.cygnusreview.com for details.

Maggy Whitehouse

Maggy Whitehouse is an independent Minister, stand-up comedian and author on Bible mysteries and Kabbalah.

hen I first started training as a healer, back in 1990, the (then) National Federation of Spiritual Healers sent me a list of potential mentors who might be able to help me during my probation period. I was very new indeed to the holistic world and knew absolutely no one even remotely interested in spiritual work so I felt very much out on my own. I chose Elizabeth from the list that the NFSH sent for two reasons: firstly she was the only one given the title ‘Mrs’ and in my youthful arrogance I didn’t want my teacher to be what I termed ‘a mad, cat-ridden spinster with hairy legs.’ The second reason was because Elizabeth facilitated regular groups with meditation and discussion and I knew, even then, that spiritual work would need courage, commitment—and community. I got my just deserts for my presumption about the kind of spiritual teacher I wanted: the ‘Mrs’ on the list I received was a misprint and, although Elizabeth didn’t have any cats, she was definitely single, had the hairiest legs I’d ever seen and was what most people would definitely regard as utterly bonkers. She truly believed that she was the reincarnation of both Eve and the Virgin Mary and that those she was gathering around her were the disciples reincarnated. At the first meeting, I sat there quivering with apprehension. But as the morning went on, it was apparent that the work that this slightly less than apostolic group were doing together—whatever their actual beliefs might be—was supportive and helpful. Elizabeth might have some ideas that were way beyond my radar but she was also a loving and strong facilitator of a group where people had the opportunity to communicate and grow. Even more, as I continued going, I made friends with some of the other regulars and started attending workshops that they ran or went to. Within six months I was a part of a wider spiritual community in which I could find companions, mentors, wisdom, laughter— and discernment. From there I was able

Finding Soul Companions

to find my ‘soul companion group’ in the to adopt our version of the World Café tradition which was perfect for me and my system (http://www.theworldcafe.com/ spiritual development. method.html) where participants form However, that group was in London, groups of four or five after an initial talk. held once a week on a Thursday, and In Tyne and Wear, Angela Cousins I lived in Birmingham. It was quite a and Sue Lancaster were thrilled to be challenge to commit to driving down and facilitators. ‘We used to have a similar back for the evening once a week, but I group called ‘Quest’ in the area but since have never regretted it for a moment. that closed there has been nothing like From both those groups came the it and this seems to be fulfilling a real roots that were to underpin my work as need,’ said Angela. ‘The format went an author, a workshop leader and as an down really well; we had 20 people and independent Catholic priest working loads of apologies from others who want with the all-inclusive mystical traditions to come another time and people were that underpin Christianity and all other already discussing starting a book group in faiths. Without them and the people in addition to a monthly meeting.’ them who supported, challenged and even Ann White in Stroud asked participants angered or upset me, I am sure I would to bring a lunch to share and was delighted have faltered, doubted (even more!) and when several people told her afterwards maybe even fallen by the wayside. that that had really helped them to mingle However, it might all have been far and feel at home. ‘I had put out posters less of a baptism of fire had there been all over Stroud and booked a venue but something like a Community Café group I had no idea who might be coming or back in the days when I was starting out: who was interested. I was delighted when a regular meeting of like-minded people 15 people turned up,’ she said. ‘It’s lovely where I could have learnt the spiritual that subscribers can actually meet at last. ropes and got to know people on a similar For the moment we’re going to continue path to mine. meeting in the same place and we’ll Such groups are a wonderful place definitely have a speaker but I’m entirely for both new and experienced people open to others organising the meetings, in the holistic field to connect, share not just me, and finding other suitable experiences and learn—and they also venues too.’ give a space where we can be held accountable for our commitment to spiritual work and development. This is not in a nasty way as in ‘you should be doing this or that’ but in a loving environment where others notice our dreams and goals and can hold the energy for us to recognise and work with our own resistance. Communities are vital, too, for helping us take care of ourselves instead Participants at the first Cygnus Café in Tyne and Wear. of burning out in taking care of others. In Taunton, Robin Littman focused on It seems that you think the same. asking attendees what kind of direction they Since Geoff mooted the idea of Cygnus would like for future meetings. ‘It was a Community Cafés across the UK last real eye-opener for me,’ he said. ‘The group November, we’ve been thrilled by your were certainly seeking spiritual growth but response. Readers have been coordinating they also wanted to make a difference in the gatherings in homes, community centres, world—addressing both inner and outer pubs and cafés and already there are 49 work. It’s possible that groups like these groups (16 listed to the left with dates). could address social change as well as guide Each meeting varies: some invite you to and support each other.’ bring food to share, some offer tea, coffee We’d love to hear from you if you’d and cake. Most start out as simple circles consider facilitating or setting up a Cygnus where everyone is given the opportunity to Community Café. If so, please contact introduce themselves. Once a group grows Geoff Napier at beyond ten or twelve the gathering is likely geoff@cygnus-books.co.uk.

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Award-winning vegetarian cook Rose Elliot was raised in the spiritual community of White Eagle Lodge but is now a practising Buddhist. She tells of the importance of breaking away from the tradition that no longer serves you and trusting the heart to know what is right and true for the next stage.

reaking up is hard to do’, goes the song and it is; we all know that. Perhaps less well known, though, is the pain of parting from a group or organisation that has been deeply meaningful to us, particularly if it is of a religious or spiritual nature. Moving away can affect us profoundly and shake us to the core, as I know from personal experience. In my case the situation was complicated by the fact that the organisation was run by my family and that I had grown up in it and worked there for many years. The basic teaching was sound but there were some aspects of the organisation that I was not happy with. I began to feel increasingly out of kilter with the people, the aims and some of the things that were going on. What started as

I MET A MONK Rose Elliot

HEADINGRose Elliot a vague feeling of uneasiness or irritation progressed to anger and frustration with myself and the people involved. There were very few people I could talk to. I was afraid that if I expressed my doubts, it could destroy the faith of other people or damage the organisation. Also, I found it difficult to know whether to trust what I was feeling inside or to listen to the organisation’s leaders when they told me it was just my ego that was giving me the doubts and that I needed to do what I was told and be more humble and trusting. At that time I did not know how to tell the difference between the inner voice of true guidance and the voice of the ego. I now know that you can recognise the voice of the spirit by its characteristics. It is kind, honest, open-minded, calm, quiet and gentle; tolerant, accepting; nonjudgmental and patient; loving, generous and forgiving. When you listen to it, you feel a sense of peace and strength; when you close yourself off from it, you feel unhappy, discordant, confused and full of fear, as I did. In the end I felt such a lack of congruity that I simply could not go on. I moved away which was hard and painful but worth it for the freedom of being able to be true to myself and for the strength and wisdom that I gained. In my book I Met A Monk, in which I have reflected on many aspects of my spiritual journey, I have described in more detail what happened. The monk, incidentally, only came into my life recently; had I met him before, and known

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what I know now, I would have had greater understanding of the situation and maybe more wisdom. For instance, I did not know it at the time but practising the simple system of mindfulness meditation that the monk taught would have helped me greatly in finding peace and trusting my own inner guidance. I am sometimes asked what I would advise anyone else to do in similar circumstances. I would say be open to change; give yourself time to listen to and process your feelings. Meditate. Help the process of letting go and moving on by practising forgiveness daily; forgive yourself, the organisation, the teaching, the people… Keep on until you feel clear, clean and free inside. If you find forgiveness difficult you might like to use the Buddha’s simple practice of metta, or loving kindness, that I have described in the book; you have to persist or, as the Buddha said, ‘just do it’, but it does work, freeing you, freeing others and helping you to move on. Pray for clarity, that you will be shown what to do. Then surrender the whole situation to the universe, to spirit, to the angels—whatever source resonates for you, trusting that you will receive the help you need and you will; in the words of Dorothea Brande, ‘unseen forces will come to your aid’. Surprising things will happen, people will come into your life, doors will open; as you let go of the past, the future will start to form in front of you, like green shoots coming up on parched ground; all will be well.

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Help us expand and develop this marvellous magazine. A year’s subscription to the Cygnus Community for UK supporters is £25 (International supporters subscription £35). This will continue to support the burgeoning Cygnus Community and give more people the opportunity to find soul companions. We plan to produce quarterly issues of the Cygnus Community Review. You will also receive three ‘10% off’ vouchers to use throughout the year. We will continue to share the best books and holistic products to heal your body, feed your soul, free your mind. Join or begin a local Cygnus Community Café for heart to heart conversations. (See Page 2 for a current list of local groups). If you wish to give more you are very welcome to make a donation. Thank you!

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THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING... PROOF OF HEAVEN Dr. Eben Alexander

MAP OF HEAVEN Dr. Eben Alexander

Eminent neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander always considered himself a man of science. But one morning in 2008 he fell into a coma after suffering a rare form of bacterial meningitis. Scans of his brain revealed massive damage. He was not expected to survive. As his family prepared themselves for the worst, something miraculous happened. Dr. Alexander’s brain went from near total Buy inactivity to awakening. He woke a changed man, certain of the infinite reach of the soul, certain of life beyond death. In Proof of Heaven Dr. Alexander shares his experience, pieced together from notes he made as soon as he was able to write again. Unlike many other accounts of near-death experiences, he is able to explain why his brain was incapable of fabricating his journey into the afterlife. And that is what makes this book an absolute must-read!

When Harvard-educated neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander wrote about his own startling near-death experience in his bestselling Proof of Heaven, he was contacted by vast numbers of people from all walks of life. His story had touched them personally and they, in turn, had their own miraculous experiences of the afterlife to share with him. This book recounts some of these astonishing stories, each offering new illumination via their many-faceted near-death encounters and messages from departed loved ones. Drawing on these accounts and on insights from religious leaders, visionaries and philosophers as well as scientific investigations into human consciousness, Dr. Alexander has produced another gripping, page-turning book offering proof that heaven really does exist.

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Surprisingly this book does not begin with historical and mythological accounts of the afterlife but with stories of personal perception and the search for evidence. Within 50 pages it is comfortably exploring past lives and from then on the sky’s the limit. Sarah does examine Greek, Egyptian and other beliefs in the afterlife but takes a much wider brief from listing those beings which tradition and legend say may be experienced there as well as discussing the nature of the soul and the purpose of suffering. She ends the book with a wide-ranging series of guides as to how to experience past-life regression, encounters with angels, channelling and mediumship as well as other spirituallyrelated topics. An excellent and fascinating reference book although anyone interested in investigating any of the subject matter in depth would want to follow up with other titles.

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n 1986 Shann Nix Jones was an ambitious journalist in San Francisco who went undercover in the high schools to do a story about the budget cuts in education—a story that Drew Barrymore later turned into the movie, Never Been Kissed. Shann was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and should have had everything— but she was deeply unhappy and decided on a radical change of life. She takes up the story: ‘I sold my home and came to the UK where I met Rich, a Welsh farmer. He was a gentle giant, a talented wood worker and harp maker who lived on a beautiful self-sustaining farm overlooking the Irish Sea. We fell in love and Rich brought me and my two children to live with him and his two children on the farm. ‘I was plunged into an alien world of feeding animals, lifting hay bales, fighting through knee-deep mud, carrying heavy buckets of water. It was a steep learning curve for a city girl! I learned to make jam, beer, bread, cheese and sausages—and cook dinner for eight hungry family members. I was exhausted and often at a loss. ‘Even so, living in harmony with nature, watching the seasons turn, picking blackberries from the hedgerows and making my own jam gave me something that the city had never given me. I was happy at last. ‘Then my little boy Benji started having terrible bronchial infections and we had

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In honour of the life of Ann Napier, we have updated her 2012 calendar with new pictures from Janet Baxter. The Song of Life has been created to give you a daily reminder of Nature’s healing messages, so that you can feel more deeply connected with Life, your higher self and the divine throughout 2015 and know that—whatever happens—you are safe and in exactly the place where you are meant to be. Daily reflection on these texts will—we hope—help your soul to flower and to turn ‘her’ face towards the sun of your divine Spirit. In this way, we can become fully human on this Earth, as Nature has always intended for us.

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The latest in Natasha Corrett’s Honestly Healthy series consists of four attractively illustrated and delicious vegetarian, alkaline body-cleansing plans—feel good, slim down, high energy and life-changing. The book contains more than a hundred recipes including delicious smoothies and yummy Buy treats but the even better news is that if you don’t want to follow the plans, you don’t have to. Every recipe will contribute to your body’s wellbeing. Natasha’s passion for food is evident with every page as she mixes and matches conventional ingredients with ultra-healthy ingredients from your local health food store. You can choose from raw and cooked meals, snacks and treats or commit to a nurturing weekend of juices, smoothies and soups, a six-day slimdown, a six-day booster for plenty of energy for high impact workouts or a 28-day plan to change the way you eat. Permanently.

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Ayman and Rowan are dedicated to the ancient teaching that sacred commerce can and will prevent warfare and bring peace to the world. Here they describe the roots of their teaching about the principles of using trade for the greater good with details of the sacred ‘Merchant Priests’ of ancient Egypt.

he priests of Egypt had vocations and roles above and beyond what we are accustomed to in our time. Back then, the temples were the centres of learning and the priests were the teachers, specialising in different disciplines. Some Egyptian priests never left the temple; they served by staying in perpetual dialogue with the universal current of life. Other priests were scribes, healers, mediators and celebrants. Still others were known as the Merchant Priests who worked with the Gift of Commerce as a mission to serve humanity. Merchant Priests focused on society as a whole, working to balance the collective psychic state. They traveled specific energy pathways that were known to them because of their high vibration. These ley lines became the trade routes that led from one temple to the next, allowing precious goods to be exchanged between regions. The Merchant Priesthood shepherded the ebb and flow of exchange between different levels of society, thereby ensuring that wealth did not get bottlenecked. No one place or social class could pool resources at the expense of another. Goods were seen as vessels of energy and also a means to engage and connect on a personal level. Trade, in many ways, functioned as social intercourse. The Merchant Priests placed great value on cultivating empathy and friendly relationships, in order to form a basis for commercial dealings. Relationships were understood to be the means by which this harmonious state was established throughout a culture. In summary, the Merchant Priests knew that Emotional Intelligence was a prerequisite for Prosperity. After all, it was Prosperity rather than profit that was most important to them. Abundance is having access to resources needed at the time they are

needed; Prosperity is the enjoyment and the sharing of this Abundance. From physical manifestations such as muscle tension, skin tone, vocal quality, facial expression and even heart rate and blood pressure, the Merchant Priest learnt to sense the texture and temperature of the emotional side of trade. In time they developed the ability to equalise and balance the energy of emotions that swirled around the marketplace. They worked to raise the frequency/ vibration of an emotion, whereby the emotion is lifted or raised from a lower octave to a higher one such as, for example, lifting the root emotion of fear to a level where it could be felt as concern. Likewise, a Merchant Priest could also transform the root emotion of anger into courage, courage into passion and so on. They were taught, too, how to recognise and contain the emotion of jealousy—so prevalent in prosperity issues—learning EDITOR’S CHOICE

SACRED COMMERCE: A BLUEPRINT FOR A NEW HUMANITY Ayman Sawaf & Rowan Gabrielle This sequel to the best selling Executive EQ tells the stories of the merchant priests of old Egypt who practiced Sacred Commerce, their knowledge of Emotional Alchemy and their dream of a time when Global Citizens the world over would come together to co-create a new world and a new humanity. Buy 129x198mm: 224pp: Softback: 2015: RRP £12.95: CODE 250103: Your Price £8.99 EDITOR’S CHOICE—Buy two+ for £8.49 each.

Sacred Commerce first to experience it fully in themselves. Tending to emotion in a literate and intelligent way, individuals learned to listen to what ‘the green-eyed monster’ Rowan Gabrielle was saying, seeing it as an ally. By respecting the emotion as a communication containing vital information, they would listen to its signal and learn about what they truly wanted, lifting it to a state of grace—the ability to receive what is truly theirs. This is the foundation of Emotional Literacy—to pause, for example, when we are afraid and to notice: my body is sending me a signal of fear. Making the emotion of anger or fear conscious in this way may sound simple—and in a way it is—however, it requires an intentional moment of selfreflection which can easily be drowned out by the power of the emotion’s habitual tendency to trigger an unconscious, kneejerk response of fight, flight or freeze. The good news is that, more recently in our evolution, we have developed a neocortex that enables us to bypass the automatic reaction with a conscious response, one that is more appropriate to the reality of the situation in which we have found ourselves. The treatment for anger, fear or jealousy, for example, is so simple and elegant that you can test it out and put it to good use immediately. The Merchant Priests called this ‘adding a drop of joy.’ When you feel angry or fearful, bring the emotion to consciousness and call up a moment of joy that you can remember and focus on the feeling of it. By adding a drop of joy to the negative emotion, an alchemical reaction occurs, transforming the negative into positive. We can learn to conjure joy at will by calling on memories or fantasy. Your brain does not know the difference between an event that is actually occurring in the moment and an event that is occurring in your imagination. When you remember and relive a joyful moment, your body will automatically recreate the chemistry of the experience. Then, like the Merchant Priests, you can receive what is truly yours and experience grace. Try it yourself. Next time you are upset, angry or jealous, acknowledge the fact, become conscious about it and add a drop of joy. You will be amazed. www.sacredcommerce.com

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Sound AND VISIONS Page Title SACRED ALLIANCE Anima

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Another album from this inspired trio who produce music sensitively attuned to the wonder and mystery of the Great Mother. There are nine tracks, each designed to transport you to the deep indwelling realms of the spirit and explore your own ‘sacred alliance’—the aspirations and promises of your soul as you incarnated ready to take on your lifetime’s mission. The blessing and grace of the all-pervading essence of the Divine Feminine permeates this music and swells through each piece, designated with such evocative titles as Great Mother’s Dominion and Ancestral Fathers of the Stars. CD, running time 72min: 2014: RRP £13.95: CODE D241125: Your Price £9.99. Buy with Sound Medicine Solfeggio Meditation (Code: D220714, £9.99) for just £18.98.

TIMELESS SIMPLICITY John Lane This book is about simplicity—not destitution, not parsimony, not self-denial— but the restoration of real wealth in the Buy midst of an affluence in which we are starving the spirit. It’s not about withdrawing to some remote smallholding but about the advantages of living a less cluttered, less stressful life in which we have less but enjoy more, enjoying time to do the work we love, to spend with our families, to pursue creative projects, to eat well or, simply, just to be. And why should we embrace such a life? Because, as Lane shows, the environmental results of our present runaway consumerism will, sooner or later, make a more frugal lifestyle not only desirable but imperative. 156mm x 235mm: 108pp: Softback: 2001: RRP £8.95: CODE 120234: Your Price £8.45

COLOUR YOURSELF CALM Paul Heussenstamm

THE VERY BEST OF CHINESE MUSIC Various Artists Buy This CD includes twelve beautiful pieces of traditional Chinese music played on a variety of Chinese instruments such as the erhu, pipa and ruann. All the pieces on this CD are excellent, wonderfully relaxing and great to listen to after a stressful day. Included with the CD is information about each piece and the artists that perform them. A brilliant CD suitable for anyone interested in oriental music. It’s been very popular in the office here in Llandeilo. CD, running time 55 min: 2001: CODE D250101: Your Price £7.50

DEEP MAGIC, DRAGONS & TALKING MICE Alister McGrath Buy Alister McGrath, Professor of science and religion at the University of Oxford, dives deep into the heart of the Christian mystic C.S. Lewis. In eight imaginary conversations with Lewis, McGrath presents us with a compelling account of the complexity and breadth of his ideas together with an attractive image of the man himself. It’s well-known that the Narnia stories are Lewis’s imaginative retelling of the Biblical story of creation, rebellion, redemption, a new heaven and earth and this book shows how Lewis believed that storytelling was the way to present a perennial worldview to all people. McGrath also opens up the characters and roles within The Inklings—Lewis’s inner circle of critical friends—and the way they worked together to refine their writing (including J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings). Reading this book will re-kindle your love of the Chronicles of Narnia and Lewis’s other works. 129mm x 198mm: 225pp: 2014: Softback: RRP £9.99: CODE 250122: Your Price £7.50

POWERS OF TWO Joshua Wolf Shenk

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Finding time for uninterrupted thought and contemplation in today’s world might seem like a challenge, but Colour Yourself Calm offers a simple solution. The book contains 30 beautiful mandalas with Buy black and white drawings for colouring. Colouring the mandalas provides the perfect opportunity to relax the mind, body and spirit whilst also allowing you to express your creative side. Become absorbed in colouring in these sacred objects of beauty and find your heart and mind fall into coherence after even the most stressful or restful day. Each mandala is accompanied by an inspirational quote to complement the experience.

We’ve all heard of ‘the power behind the throne’ and also of the genius loner but this book reveals a deeper secret: two is the magic number of creative work. Shenk is a born storyteller who weaves the lives of famous duos as diverse as Lennon and McCartney to the Curies. We not only seek a soul mate for love but for thinking, imagining and creating. In a beautifully-paced book he reveals how pairs begin to talk, think and even look alike; how the most successful ones thrive on conflict; and why some pairs flame out while others endure. And there is hope, too, for those who don’t have a creative partner: spirit will take the other’s place. A book that is both entertaining and highly original with deep insights on releasing our own creativity.

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Roger H. Moller

Roger H Moller was the manager of a telecoms development laboratory full of computers when his body began to break down—affected directly by the radiation from his mobile phone. Within a few weeks he was unable to tolerate being near virtually all electrical devices. He has re-learnt how to live safely with electromagnetic radiation and is now Principal Investigator at Electric Forester Investigations which offers independent EMR home surveys.

atural EMR—electromagnetic radiation—sunlight is something that people’s bodies have evolved to deal with, is not the same as the always-on man-made electromagnetic radiation— EMR—we now have in the digital age. At least the sun still sets behind the earth once a day, unlike always-on devices. Combined with artificial light, our ‘wirelessly illuminated’ world tricks the body’s normal day-night cycles and our cells struggle. Put simply, our bodies can lose track of whether to be in active ‘daymode’ or repair ‘night-time/sleep-mode’

EMR—A Beginner’s Guide leading to any number of problems. Electricity and its associated capabilities are everywhere and add immeasurably to the quality of virtually everyone’s life. Amazingly rapid developments in the use of wireless mean everyone has to learn new ways of interacting safely with these wonderful technologies. However, there was no consumer safety testing of mobile and wireless devices before the genie was let out of the bottle so we have all irrevocably become the unwitting participants in the biggest non-elective uncontrolled experiment ever conducted on the human race. The majority of most people’s EMR exposure comes from items within their homes and from the portable devices they habitually carry with them. Symptoms of Electrical Hypersensitivity may include skin rash, sleep disorders, muscle and joint pain (fibromyalgia), depression, headaches, dizziness, nausea, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, irritability, anxiety, weakness, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, leg and foot pain, ‘flu-like’ symptoms and fever. EMR has also been linked to diseases such as diabetes, cancer and childhood leukaemia, miscarriages, MS, depression and chronic fatigue syndrome as well as to many of the sleep disorders plaguing our modern society. The good news is that cleaning up your family’s electro-smog contaminated environment can often be easy, cost-free and within your power, provided you

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know what you are up against. For that, you typically need an EMR survey or some sort of device to reveal what is around you. Electro-smog comes in three basic radiation varieties: Electric, Magnetic and Electromagnetic or RF (Radio Frequency/ microwave radiation). However, you can also help by taking simple precautions and by ensuring that you and your family keep safe distances from equipment which may be causing you harm. It’s a good idea to notice how you feel when you are using your mobile or cordless phone or spending a long time at a computer. Compare how you feel outside in the countryside as opposed to in your office or at home. Many people have heard of ‘sick building syndrome’ and EMFs will be a big part of that. House wiring typically gives out electric fields. Cookers, washing machines, immersion heaters and other high-powered mains devices give out mostly magnetic fields and cordless phones, mobiles and wireless devices rely on pulsed microwaves (RF) for their operation. The table below suggests the distances we should keep from these sources based on measurements of similar devices. Simple tips for reducing EMFs ★★ Hold your mobile phone away from your ear when using it and don’t keep it in your pocket. ★★ When cell reception is low, turn off your mobile phone service because cell phones reportedly increase output when reception is low. This may explain the paradox of brain tumors for rural cell phone users. ★★ Keep a distance from Wi-Fi routers and access points which have significant radiation at one metre of distance and transmit nonstop, even when you are not on a computer. ★★ Use corded phones instead of wireless ones. ★★ Remove dimmer switches and fluorescent lights. ★★ Turn off all electricity at the plug in your bedroom at night. ★★ Switch off the Wi-Fi on your computer when you’re not using it. ★★ Choose LCD over Plasma TVs. © Roger H. Moller www.electricforester.co.uk http://electricforester.blogspot.co.uk

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REVEALING THE VIBRATIONS AROUND US The best book about EMFs— Roger Moller

AN ELECTRONIC SILENT SPRING Katie Singer

Over countless years, living creatures have evolved in relation to the Earth’s electromagnetic energy which emerges from our planet’s heart. Now, we’re utterly bombarded 24/7 by human-made frequencies that challenge our health Buy and survival. Pioneer Katie Singer’s book reports the drastic effects of electrification and wireless devices on people, plants, bee colonies and frogs around the globe. It presents solutions for people who want to reduce their exposure to electromagnetic radiation and is for anyone concerned about the health of the environment and all who inhabit it. Katie Singer describes the dangers of EMFs in a way that goes beyond the science with moving personal stories that hit home. Because these issues matter to every parent, teacher and technology user, everyone needs to read this book. 150mm x 229mm: 310pp: Softback: 2014: RRP £12.99 CODE 2501: Your Price £11.45

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THE MUSIC OF THE PLANTS Plants perceive sound and, given the opportunity, love to play music. I kid you not! A couple of weeks ago I watched in disbelief as a plant played along with a wind instrumentalist. Two electrodes, one on a leaf and one into the roots, measure the changing Buy impedance of the plant which is amplified though a synthesiser.This little book is an open doorway to a new worldview, where the silent majority (plant life) are given a voice. Scientists and gardeners, midwives and musicians, are all joining in this captivating field of exploration. Cygnus is the sole supplier of both this and the Music Of The Plants UI Device (below) in the UK. Cygnus is sole UK importer

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EMFIELDS MAGNEMETER Strong electric motors create magnetic fields that drop off in power relatively quickly. Moving a chair or bed away from a wall may put you out of harm’s way. The Buy MagneMeter will show you what is a safe distance from washing machines, hair dryers and all sorts of everyday household gadgets. It is an easy to use, pocket sized and accurately measures ELF EMF magnetic fields. It measures in microtesla (µT) units and comes with a handy palm-sized zipup case. The colour coded LEDs show how strong a field is. Hand held device: RRP £95: CODE P250108 Buy both Accousticom2 and Magnemeter for £225 and save £20

THE HERB BIBLE Stefan Buczacki

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A beautifully-illustrated pocket guide book for the gardener who wants to grow culinary and other herbs which may have medicinal uses rather than a directory of medical herbalism. Stephan is a horticulturist who clearly describes more than 130 different plants, most of which can either enhance a dish or add healing elements to our lives. Not all are suitable for eating but may instead be used as poultices, fragrances or even dyes. As well as the old favourites, he features such lesser-known herbs as elecampane, which has been used for throat problems since Biblical times, and lupin which makes a soothing skin preparation. A perfect guide for creating a fragrant, beautiful and unusual herb garden. 145mm x 165mm: 320pp: 2015: Softback: RRP £12.99 CODE 250114: Your Price £8.99

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his old Chinese story was chosen as one of his favourites by the great Argentinian writer, Borges. It has a mystic power: It was the Hour of the Rat and the Emperor was dreaming. He dreamt that it was a beautiful night—as indeed it was—and that he had decided to go for a walk. He had slipped out of the palace and was walking in the gardens beneath pleasantly scented trees. All of a sudden he felt a weight on his feet. He looked down—and was not as alarmed as he would have been if he had been awake— to see a great green dragon prostrating itself at his feet, its head resting on his slippers. Was that tears on his slippers? he thought. Or was the dragon slavering all over them? ‘Please help me, your Highness,’ said the dragon. ‘I have come to ask a boon. The stars have told me that your Prime Minister will behead me before midnight tomorrow.’ The Emperor was flattered that this great dragon should ask for his help and he promised to give all the help he could. He awoke at dawn and summoned the Prime Minister. He did not want to command the Prime Minister not to behead a dragon— by any standards that would be an odd request and awkward to explain. Besides, the Emperor had come to depend on his Prime Minister and was perhaps a little afraid of him. So, instead he gave the Prime Minister a long list of administrative tasks, including some very tedious stocktaking that he knew would keep him busy indoors and take up the whole day, and he also invited the Prime Minister to join him for a game of chess in the evening.

Playing chess with the Emperor

The Prime Minister was already very tired out by his busy and very boring day when he arrived to play chess and the Emperor played an unusually cautious game to spin it out. He smiled to himself when, at about eleven o’clock, the Prime Minister nodded off. The minutes ticked away and midnight approached. Nearly there. What could possibly go wrong now? Moments before midnight two soldiers burst into the Emperor’s room. They were carrying the bloodied head of a giant green dragon which they said had just fallen out of the sky and landed in the palace gardens.

The Supernatural Power of Dreams The commotion awoke the Prime Minister. ‘That’s funny,’ he said. ‘I’ve just been dreaming that I was beheading a dragon like that.’ This story pleases us because of ‘the shock of recognition’. We know of no good reason to believe that it describes a real historical event—in fact that seems on the face of it fairly unlikely—but this story reminds us that we, too, have experienced dreams that seem to give us access to a higher reality, a reality that perhaps even influences the material reality we experience when awake.

the Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, founder of Europe, received instructions for his world-changing deeds in dreams, too, in his case from an Archangel. Genevieve would become the patron saint of Paris after a dream showed her that Attila the Hun would not press home his advantage and take the city by force. It was because she was able to convince the people of Paris of her dream’s reality that the city was saved. In the esoteric and mystical view of the cosmos human spirits have been dipped into matter and enclosed in material bodies that cut them off from other spirits. But while we are asleep our spirit may emerge temporarily and partially from our body and it is then that we dream. In dreams we may, to some extent, communicate with other spiritual beings, be they angels, the spirits of the dead or the spirits of living humans, as happened in the cases of Nicodemus or Genevieve. From The Sacred History © 2014 by Jonathan Black published by Quercus (This article is continued on source.cygnusreview.com). BOOK FOR GIVING

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As I show in The Sacred History, people have always recorded dreams like these. And what we sometimes call ‘veridical dreams’ have sometimes changed the course of history in dramatic and surprising ways… In the Old Testament Joseph was both a dreamer and an interpreter of dreams and the fortunes of his people depended on this. Healing dreams were often recorded at the shrine of the Greek god of healing, Asclepius, sited at Epidaurus, where the sick would go and stay overnight for the ‘healing sleep’. In one case onlookers saw a snake lick the toe of a sleeping man. In the morning when he awoke he found he was cured and it also turned out that he had had a dream of his toe being dressed in bandages by a god-like young man. In esoteric circles the passage in Chapter Three of the Gospel of John, relating that Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, is said to mean that they were both initiates who met when asleep and out of their fleshly bodies. Then, following a dream in which Jesus Christ appeared to him, the Emperor Constantine famously decided to lead his army into a decisive battle that would unite

THE SACRED HISTORY Jonathan Black

The Sacred History is an account of save the workings of 30% the supernatural in history. It tells the epic story of angels, from Creation to Evolution through to Buy the operations of the supernatural in the modern world. This tale of how angels and other angelic beings have helped people and peoples is woven into a spellbinding narrative that brings together Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Elijah, Mary and Jesus, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, the angels who helped Hungarian Jews persecuted by the Nazis and stories from African, Native American and Celtic traditions. Told from the spiritual point of view, The Sacred History relates every betrayal, every change of heart, every twist and turn, everything that looks like a coincidence, every portent, every clue, every defeat, every rescue moments before the prison door clangs shut. This is the angelic version of events.

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Known for her warm human touch in working with dementia sufferers and their families, Megan offers wise and highly experienced insights and advice in this essential guide for caregivers and relatives. She shows how a quality of life can be maintained and tailored to the individual needs and personalities of patients as they move through the different stages of dementia and addresses the spiritual aspects of the illness with great compassion and insight. Offering creative, outside-thebox yet practical ideas for dementia care, Megan highlights accessible tools for family and professionals alike, bringing the inspiration of her professionalism, humanity and love to bear on aspects of dementia and patient care hitherto unexplored.

Overwhelmed by the fast-paced and technologically demanding world in which Buy we live, it’s all too easy to find ourselves running on reserve and forcing ourselves to accept that constantly feeling tired is all part and parcel of living a busy and connected life. But if we ignore the warning signs of an impending burnout, the eventual outcome can be devastating. In this high-octane guide to transforming your life into a delight rather than a struggle, Morris outlines how she, herself, moved from exhaustion to success and takes you on a journey of self-discovery to awaken you to a brilliantly renewed life. You will learn how to identify the signs and symptoms of burnout and transform them in order to recover your energy and enthusiasm. Regain your power, passion and purpose!

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This could best be described as a lab manual with simple experiments to prove once and for all that reality is malleable, that consciousness trumps matter and that you shape your life with your mind! Rather than take it on faith, you are invited to conduct nine 48-hour experiments to prove there really is a positive, loving, totally hip force in the universe. This invisible energy force, or Field of Infinite Possibilities (FIP) can be relied on to work on our behalf in a huge variety of ways and we can learn to tap into this power consciously. Writing with wit, warmth and an absolute determination to help us alter our limited ways of thinking, Pam Grout invites us to prove to ourselves that the universe is limitless, abundant, and strangely accommodating! 136mm x 215mm: 192pp: Softback: 2013: RRP £10.99 CODE 231009: Your Price: £7.49

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Pam Grout again undertakes to guide you through nine energy experiments designed to prove that you are your own powerhouse and that awareness of spiritual laws can enable you to consistently manifest miracles and magic. Just a few of the beacons she lights in our minds include how to greet all experiences with joy; testing out the power of words for dramatic shifts in consciousness that lead to positive manifestations; reconnecting with nature to link with life’s natural abundance and giving up all attachment to money to eliminate any petty grasping and meanness that clouds our horizons. Written with zest and a sense of fun and adventure, this is just the book to blow the cobwebs away and start you on a brand new path. 133 mm x 215 mm: 240pp: Softback: 2014: RRP £10.99 CODE 241118: Your Price: £7.49

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Maria Reece

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Maria trained as a psychotherapist 20 years ago, as much to help deal with her own pain and unhappiness as to help others. Psychotherapy did help her and her clients to understand their behaviours but it did not fully heal the deep pain and unhappiness within. She describes the deeper healing that changed her life.

y search to find effective ways to heal led me to explore many of the avenues that you, too, may well have taken on your own path. These included spiritual practices, such as working with A Course in Miracles. I learnt to contact my higher self and started the process of shifting at a deeper level and I was able to blend what I had learnt into my therapy practice. Even so, I knew intuitively that there was more to address. As we unravel one layer of the onion, another will be found underneath. Spiritual work is a life’s journey and even when you have found the happiness you seek, there may still be more challenges ahead to expand your soul’s capacity for service and love. I found the pivotal next stage of my journey at the Cotswold Healing Retreat run by Louisa Crisp, some of whose

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hypnotherapy work but by simply asking clients when they felt a particular issue had started or if they had any images come to mind that reflected it. In recent years I have done this uniquely effective work with many clients. I have never advertised it; I simply attract clients who are ready to work in this way. With the knowledge and experience I have developed over the last few years, I can take people swiftly and effectively from the very beginning of their journey, maybe dealing with stress and depression in this life, right the way through to the process of releasing the negative beliefs and emotions from their core past lives. Many of us have unconsciously carried into this life the belief that we will suffer. We can—and will—create that suffering for ourselves, just by holding on to those beliefs. By helping the person connect to the first time the problem occurred, they can release the thoughts and emotions connected to it and therefore stop recreating the suffering. With others, as with me, this release can often change both the internal world and external reality. In the past if a client came with a problem, such as an ex-partner who refused to stop making trouble, I could only have helped them manage it. When we change, the people around us must either also change or move away. With the release of the root cause of an issue, the ex-partner’s compulsion may also drop away. I wonder how many other practitioners have developed similar techniques? ©Maria Rees www.mariareece.co.uk.

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