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TURNING OF THE WHEEL
Learning Life Cycles Through Astrology
with CHRIS FLISHER


July 3: Kelly Lee Phipps 
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Topic: "Return Of The Magi"  

“Return Of The Magi” is the title to Kelly’s new film about astrology.
Kelly grew up in Boulder, Colorado where he encountered a series of teachers and friends who helped launch him on the path of self-discovery at age fourteen. He was immediately intrigued by astrology, philosophy, and metaphysics, which lead him to cultivate spiritual practices into his life during high school. He studied martial arts, played football, ran track (pole-vault & hurdles), learned Japanese, and contemplated the universe while expanding his knowledge of astrology. He studied astrophysics and Jungian psychology at the University of Colorado working on a synthesis between quantum physics and spirituality. 

After traveling the world he settled in Key West, Florida during the summer of 1994.

In 1995 he began pursuing his calling as an astrologer and spiritual teacher, dedicating himself to a life of simplicity, faith, and inspiration. He first book on astrology, Celestial Renaissance: A Revolution of Astrology was published in 1997, followed by a fantasy adventure novel, Brazenwood: Book One of the Star Elf Dodecagy in 1998. 

He also enjoys writing poetry, fantasy, and essays on the spiritual path of writing and cosmic philosophy. 
http://www.divineinspirationastrology.com/home.htm 

June 26: Annamaria Hemingway
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Topic: "Conscious Living and Dying"

Annamaria Hemingway is a Ph.D. candidate and currently writing her dissertation on The Near-Death Experience: A Mythic Model for Conscious Living and Dying. She also writes articles for various magazines and her work is primarily focused on all aspects of conscious living and dying. She is also a member of the International Association for Near-Death Studiesdeep desire for Deborah to unite humanity on this basic tenet of Oneness.

An uplifting collection of spiritually illuminating texts and powerfully
thought-provoking real life stories, showing death as an integral part of life. These touching observations of closeness to someone who is in the dying process, and personal accounts of near-death experiences and after-death communication, illustrate how coming to terms with the inevitability of death is actually a life-affirming experience. These emotionally evocative and inspirational experiences address timeless questions and help expand our limited awareness of the nature of consciousness. They show how each of the individuals concerned has come to understand that death teaches us that the preciousness of life must be lived with a sense of purpose and meaning, as a celebration of our existence.

www.practicingconsciouslivinganddying.com

June 19: Trish Casimira
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Topic: "Past Lives, Present Patterns"

Trish Casimira is a skilled, creative, gifted healer and counselor with extensive and diverse training. She holds degrees in psychology and religion from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. She is a certified hypnotherapist, a shamnic practitioner, and voyager Tarot intuition coach. Trish also trained with Michael Newton, PhD. author of "Journey of Souls" and “Destiny of Souls" to facilitate Life Between Lives Spiritual Regression. She is one of only a handful of people worldwide trained by Dr. Newton to offer this profound work. Past Life and Between Lives regression are her specilties.

Since the age of five Trish has been called to do Shamanic-healing work. Her in-depth knowledge provides guidance through other realms with extraordinary ease and groundedness. Her core spiritual beliefs and the source of her inspiration and healing work come from her Cherokee ancestry. Combining one or several of these integrated modalities, Trish offers spiritual guidance and counseling in her private sessions, all to serve the soul in the process of recovery, healing and balance.

www.SoulJourneying.com

June 12 : Sharon Mullen
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Topic: " Tong Ren and Astrology "
Tong Ren Therapy is an energy healing technique which has been used to treat many difficult conditions such as Cancer, MS and Parkinson's with great success. The technique comes from the larger Tam Healing System as developed by Master Tom Tam. Sharon Mullen is an experienced Tong Ren practitioner and she is the education Director of Boston Chapter of NCGR. She holds a B.A., Boston State College, major in German; minors in Spanish and history. Graduate credits in education from Boston State College and in astrology from Kepler College. Former high school teacher; current adult education teacher. Offering classes in all levels of NCGR education program. Also, readings in natal and horary astrology. “One of my major aims is to empower the client through an understanding of the patterns, transits, and cycles of astrology.” SharonMuln@aol.com

June 5: Madalyn Hillis-Dineen
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Topic: “Location, Location, Location”

Where you live and where you are born bears significant weight in your life’s journey. Listen, learn, evolve

Madalyn Hillis-Dineen, C.A. NCGR, is a nationally-known astrologer, with nearly 30 years of experience in astrology. She is certified as a Consulting Astrologer by the National Council for Geocosmic Research and is a certified astro*carto*graphy interpreter. Madalyn has lectured at major astrological conferences in the United States and Canada and has been featured on radio and cable TV. She is a contributing author to the Llewellyn anthology entitled " *Astrology for Women: Roles and Relationships *." Ken Irving, editor of American Astrology magazine gave the book rave reviews and especially noted that " ... Hillis-Dineen manages to single out some very important themes that signal a woman's basic attitude toward relationships, dependence and independence, and her chapter is probably the most instructive example of how a modern astrologer works." Her writing has also been published in various astrological magazines and journals and she wrote a monthly column in Horoscope Guide magazine from 1991-1993. She is a featured author for www.stariq.com where she has contributed articles on both celebrities and politicians.

http://www.experienceastrology.com/about_me.html

May 29: Dr. Betty Kovacs
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Topic: "The Miracle of Death"

Betty J. Kovács received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, in Comparative Literature and Theory of Symbolic Language. She has studied and taught in Europe and the United States. She is Professor Emerita, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California, where she taught literature, writing, mythology and symbolic language for over twenty-five years. She has studied the spiritual traditions of prehistory and indigenous cultures and has worked with shamans from the Amazon and the Andes in Peru. Dr. Kovács has also served many years on the Board of Directors of the Jung Society of Claremont in California. She has been interviewed on radio, local cable TV, in newspapers and magazines.

Dr. Kovács is author of The Miracle of Death and "Journey of the Mothers" in Earthwalking Sky Dancers. She has presented two seminar series: Deeper Orders of Reality: Creating Our Future; and The Feminine Dimension of the Divine.

www.kamlak.com/kamlak_home.html

May 22: Deborah Baccarro
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Topic: "Intuitive Medicine"

Deborah has always been interested in religion, physics and the natural order of the Universe. She studied numerous World Religions throughout her life and had a 2nd minor in Religion in college. After studying so many facets of the same mystery = The Mystery of all Existence, Deborah came to the conclusion that she was right since the age of 12. All religions are trying to explain the same phenomena. They are all right. Religious differences are not about God, but about cultural divide. When you get down to the feelings and reverence for the sacred and unknown, all religions are the same. How we go about practicing our reverence for all things is different. But the feeling of AWE is the same. It is a deep desire for Deborah to unite humanity on this basic tenet of Oneness.

Albert Einstein has been a major role model for Deborah since she was a very young girl. His intelligence and ability to think outside the box to create a yet unknown world view astonished Deborah at a very early age. She has read almost every book about him that is available and continues to learn about her "hero" every day. Deborah explains that she feels a very strong connection to the soul of the century's most influential mind. While a seemingly strange role model for a psychic, Einstein talked about the "proof" part of the unknown. He wanted to Unite all aspects of the Universe into one simple explanation. His Theory of Relativity was but one small part of the greater picture. Deborah also wants the proof. She wants to elaborate on much of Einstein's thoughts- 'the rest are details.'

www.beingknowingdoing.com/index.html

May 15: Scott Olsen
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Topic: "The Golden Section"

What was the great and golden secret known to Leonardo Da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Why were they forbidden to reveal it? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself?

All the great mathematicians knew about the Golden Section, whether they called it the Golden mean, the Divine Section, PHI or whatever they labeled it. Every architect is taught it and tries to duplicate it and incorporate it in their structures just like the ancients did. But nothing man has built has come close to the perfection and beauty of our own bodies. We are the ultimate creation of God, created in his likeness. That's why we are mesmerized by ourselves, for 'no man as yet has hated his own body.' We are beautifully created. We are NOT some by-product of damnable evolution or mere chance of chaotic and random coincid4ence. There is absolutely no evidence to support such anarchy of thinking. Consistent design is absolute proof of God's creative ability and therefore control. For everything in science and nature works together harmonically (music , vibration, electromagnetism etc. etc.)

Dr Olsen unravels perhaps the greatest mystery of all time, a code that seems to underlie life, the universe and everything, a pattern we instinctively recognize as beautiful, and which nature herself uses at every scale. How do the motions of the planets and our place in the universe support this geometric rule?

www.woodenbooks.com/index.htm

May 8 : Nancy Risley
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Topic: "Realize Your Sublime Energy "

RYSE® (Realizing Your Sublime Energies) is state of the art energy system clearing developed by Nancy Risley, RPP, as shown in her new book, RYSE, Tools for Life. It is a revolutionary new paradigm of holistic healing. RYSE is offered to educate you on understanding your energetic systems and more importantly how to use them to quickly effect your emotional state, find your personal power and understand relationship through energetic system reality.

Nancy developed RYSE in 1989 as a result of her work with numerous clients. As she worked with her clients, Nancy became aware of how, as her clients became more empowered and began living a life in harmony with who they were, their Sublime Energetic Systems changed. She saw that her clients’ energetic systems changed to reflect the open, clear, creative and healed state that they began living in. She also saw how trauma and difficulties could distort, damage and cloud these systems.

It was simple. When clients were in a clear state, their systems were clear and repaired; when clients were in a blocked state, their energetic systems were blocked. Her clients were always growing and moving forward, and she saw how their Sublime Energetic Systems reflected their personal growth.

Through her work, it was clear that the sublime energetic systems have optimal placements that lead to the most positive results. She also realized that if she could clear and repair the sublime energetic systems to effect these results, with a little education, clients could do the same on themselves. Therefore, Nancy developed RYSE to allow people to take conscious control of their own energy systems to lead more aligned, fulfilled and productive lives.

www.ryse.com

May 1:
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Richard Tarnas
Topic: "Cosmos and Psyche”
The adage of “history repeats itself,” is no small observation from a wise sage. Discover the connection between historical events and the alignments of the planets. There is no coincidence. What does history reveal and how will we face what is to come?

Richard Tarnas was born in 1950 in Geneva, Switzerland, of American parents. He grew up in Michigan, where he studied Greek, Latin, and the classics under the Jesuits. In 1968 he entered Harvard, where he studied Western intellectual and cultural history and depth psychology, graduating with an A.B. cum laude in 1972. For ten years he lived and worked at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, studying with Joseph Campbell, Gregory Bateson, Huston Smith, and Stanislav Grof, and later served as director of programs and education. He received his Ph.D. from Saybrook Institute in 1976. From 1980 to 1990, he wrote The Passion of the Western Mind, a narrative history of Western thought which became a best seller and continues to be a widely used text in universities throughout the world. He is the founding director of the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he currently teaches. He also teaches on the faculty of the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, and gives many public lectures and workshops in the U.S. and abroad.

xxxx 4/24/08
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John Brill
Topic: "Mystical Vision"

John Brill has been making photographic records of his everyday existence since 1959. Self-taught in art, Brill’s shift to photography followed initial studies within the field of physiological psychology. In the early seventies, the artist drove a beer truck in the northeast corner of New Jersey absorbing the raw visual beauty of a vast industrial wasteland. Working with an extensive pool of unpaid assistants and models, Brill organized shoots like performances – traffic jams, crowds, things set on fire, various states of undress, beer in unlimited supply, and the attention of the local police.

Brill’s intimate handcrafting involves techniques of image creation and production which today have been supplanted by digital processes. Though many of the materials that John works with are becoming obsolete and no longer being manufactured, he continues to create his prints by hand in a darkroom.

www.kentgallery.com/artibio.htm

xxxx 4/17/08
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John Martineau
Topic: "Coincidences"
John Martineau is the author of a remarkable little book. A most unusual guide to the solar system, A Little Book of Coincidence suggests that there may be fundamental relationships between space, time, and life that have not yet been fully understood. From the observations of Ptolemy and Kepler to the Harmony of the Spheres and the hidden structure of the solar system, John Martineau reveals the exquisite orbital patterns of the planets and the mathematical relationships that govern them. A table shows the relative measurements of each planet in eighteen categories, and three pages show the beautiful dance patterns of thirty six pairs of planets and moons.

xxxx 4/10/08
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Sharita
Topic: "Stars and Numbers – Astro-numerology"

Since the age of 7, Sharita remembers being attracted to reading the horoscope section of the newspaper. Raised in the beauty of upstate NY, the first period of her life was spent in solitude as a nature lover and a horse enthusiast. She went on to be an honors graduate of SUNY Oneonta with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre. Her studies include acting, singing, drawing, writing and a formal and extensive education in astrology, numerology and metaphysics.

Called to be of service to others, she credits much of this inspiration and knowledge to the teachings of Astrologer and Poet Linda Goodman. Goodman's teachings introduced the insight of how deeply astrology, numerology and lexigrams are connected. Sharita discovered that Goodman’s revelations were accurate when applied to any person or entity. She has concluded that in order to gain complete insight, these three intertwining subjects must be interpreted together.

http://sharitastar.com/about.html

xxxx 4/3/08
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Bruce Scofield
Topic: "12/21/2012 – The End?”
Bruce Scofield began studying astrology in 1967 and has earned a living as an astrological consultant since 1980. He has passed astrological certification tests from both the American Federation of Astrologers (AFA) and the National Council for Geocosmic Research (CA-NCGR) and was the national education director for the latter organization for five years. He is on the faculty of Kepler College (www.kepler.edu) and maintains a private practice based in Amherst, Massachusetts, working with clients by telephone and mail. Bruce speaks on astrology at astrology conferences and meetings and is the author of numerous articles and fifteen books. He has written for the Mountain Astrologer magazine, American Astrology, Dell Horoscope, the Llewellyn Moon and Sun Sign books, and many others. Bruce holds an MA in history and has several other interests including hiking, photography, music, and archaeology. He is presently in a PhD program at the University of Massachusetts where he is studying and teaching paleoclimatology, chronobiology and Gaia Theory. His thesis concerns solar system influences on climate and life.

xxxx 3/27/08
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Natalia Kaylin
Topic: "Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui"

Natalia employs many years of study, research and experience with eastern philosophies and Feng Shui. In her practice, she uses her knowledge of Feng Shui, geomancy, environmental psychology, space clearing and interior design.

In the United States, Natalia has studied with Roger Green, Professor Lin Yun, Helen and James Jay, Denise Linn, David Kennedy, and Eric Dowsett. She has also deepened her understanding and experience with Feng Shui with masters in China. Among other certifications, Natalia holds the "Certificate of Advanced Feng Shui Studies in China". She is also a member of the International Feng Shui Guild and a founding member of the Feng Shui Guild of Massachusetts.

Natalia has an MS in Physics and has worked for many years as an electro-optical engineer. This background helps her understand the depth of Feng Shui as a science and distinguish its real nature from superstitions. This ability is invaluable when applying Feng Shui to our modern western culture and her clients' needs.
www.easternsciences.com/

xxxx 3/20/08
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Judith Cornell
Topic: "Mandalas – Reflections of the Soul"

Judith Cornell Ph.D. is the award-winning author of MANDALA: Luminous Symbols for Healing. She is the founder and director of Mandala Training for facilitators. Since a radical awakening in 1979, Dr. Cornell began pioneering a method to help others to awaken and heal at the deepest levels. Her method blends the sacred art and the spiritual science of the mandala with theories in quantum physics, raja and kundalini yoga, and transpersonal psychology. Judith is an internationally acclaimed speaker, seminar and retreat leader, and researcher.

She is presently an assistant professor in the department of Transpersonal Psychology at Holos University Graduate Seminary (HUGS ) founded by Dr. Norm Shealy MD.
www.mandala-universe.com

xxxx 3/13/08
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Freddy Silva
Topic: "Divine Design"
Freddy Silva first began researching crop circles in 1990 and as his fascination with the subject has grown, therefore his career in modern commerce has plummeted. However, Freddy is today one of the world's foremost experts on crop circles, sacred space, and consciousness. He is the best-selling author of Secrets in the Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles, hailed by many as the most comprehensive and multi-disciplinary study ever undertaken into this fascinating phenomenon. He has also just released the DVD documentary Stairways to Heaven: The Practical Magic of Sacred Space, written and directed by himself.

Freddy is a life-long student of Earth Mysteries, Sacred Space and ancient systems of knowledge. He is an international lecturer, and has appeared on The History Channel and Discovery Channel, as well as numerous video documentaries. In addition, he has been a guest on radio shows throughout the US.
www.invisibletemple.com

xxxx 3/6/08
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Jeffrey Armstrong
Topic: "Vedic Astrology"

Jeffrey’s first degree was in Psychology followed by one in Literature. He studied the occult and Metaphysical philosophers of all world cultures until the age of 23 when he met his first Guru from India, His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Phabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Under his supervision, Jeffrey lived in ashrams as a celibate brahmacharya for 5 years serving a wide variety of ashram services including feeding the poor, teaching at universities, cooking, and leading kirtans.

In 1973, Jeffrey left the ashram and met his teacher of Vedic Astrology, Jytirvid M.K. Ghandi; from whom he learned the traditional northern style of Vedanga Jyotisha. With his near photographic memory and speaking eloquence on these topics, he is a treasure house of great spiritual knowledge.

For the last ten years Jeffrey has been teaching the Vedic knowledge full time. He has developed a full curriculum of seminars available in CD format on the Vedic knowledge including: the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad-gita, the Puranas, the Yoga Sutras, Vedanta, and the Upanishads. He has thousands of students in the West who are learning the Vedic/Hindu Sanatan Dharma.

In addition, Jeffrey travels internationally to major universities, ashrams and corporations as well as to yoga and health spa conferences, teaching about the Vedic culture. He is also an award winning author and mystical poet.

xxxx 2/28/08
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Ray Grasse
Topic: "Symbolism and Astrology"
Ray Grasse is a writer, editor, and teacher. He worked for ten years on the editorial staffs of Quest Books and The Quest magazine, and has been associate editor for The Mountain Astrologer magazine since 1998. His book The Waking Dream was published by Quest Publications in 1996, and was called by Patricia Barlow "the best book on the esoteric issues underlying Carl Jung’s concept of synchronicity. " His book Signs of the Time, published by Hampton Roads in 2002, featured an in-depth look at the emerging trends of the Aquarian Age.

He has contributed to many anthologies, including Karma: Rhythmic Return To Equilibrium (Quest Books, 1990), Eastern Systems For Western Astrologers (Weiser, 1997), The Astrology of Film (iUniverse, 2005), and Issues and Ethics (The Academy of Astro-Psychology, 2005). His articles have been published in numerous magazines and journals, including Magical Blend, NCGR Journal, The Mountain Astrologer, Welcome to Planet Earth, and The Quest.

Grasse received a degree in filmmaking from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1974 under experimental film pioneers Stan Brakhage and John Luther-Scofill. He has studied with various teachers in both the Kriya Yoga and Zen traditions, and in 1988 taught yoga at Canyon Ranch Resort in Tucson, Arizona, where his students included well-known figures in the business and entertainment fields. He has lectured internationally on the topics of astrology, synchronicity, meditation, and hypnosis, and maintains an active astrological practice with clients around the United States and abroad.
www.raygrasse.com

xxxx 2/21/08
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Carolyn North
Topic: "Synchronicity"

xxxx 2/14/08
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Nancy Wallace
Topic: "Soul Tarot"
Nancy is the owner and founder of Psychic Resources Unlimited and The Inner Awareness Center. She has been reading tarot cards for 26 years (if you get a chance to see Nancy's cards you will wonder how she read them, most of the pictures are missing and they have grooves in the sides from the way she shuffles). The cards displayed on this web site are a few cards from Nancy's deck she has used for 26 years. They show the wear from all of the love that has been demonstrated to her clients. Nancy has established a clientele of hundreds of clients, and probably into the thousands of clients across the United States.
www.achieveradio.com/nancy_wallace/

xxxx 2/7/08
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Paul Laffoley
Topic: "Mystical Dimensions"
Paul Laffoley is otherworldly. That is no overstatement. His talent and experience are huge. This will be a remarkable interview. He attended Brown University, graduating in 1962 with honors in Classics, Philosophy, and Art History.

In 1963, he attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and apprenticed with the sculptor Mirko Basaldella before being dismissed from the institution. He was dismissed for "conceptual deviance", after the majority of his designs were given a grade that designates the project not as good or bad, but as 'currently technologically or physically impossible'.

Thereafter, he moved to New York to apprentice with the visionary architect Friedrich Kiesler. He was also hired for the design team of the World Trade Center, but was soon after fired by the chief architect, Minoru Yamasaki, for his unconventional ideas. He had apparently always been quite an 'unconventional' person. By Laffoley's account, he spoke his first word ("Constantinople") at the age of six months, and then lapsed into 4 years of silence, having been diagnosed with slight Autism. Laffoley has written that, in his senior year at Brown, he was given eight electric-shock treatments. As a child he attended the progressive Mary Lee Burbank School in Belmont, Massachusetts, where his draftsman's talent was ridiculed by his Abstract Expressionist teachers.

In 1998 Laffoley was featured in "The Mystery of Genius" (two part series). It aired on the Arts & Entertainment Channel. He has produced an estimated 600(?) of his immensely detailed canvases. Paul has been quoted as saying that at any given time there are dozens of these works already fully-articulated in his mind, waiting to be painted and circling like airplanes in a holding pattern waiting to land.

After the destruction of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Laffoley was one of a number of architects who submitted designs accepted for the competition to plan the Freedom Tower. Laffoley took his inspiration from the work of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. His conception was to plan a gigantic hotel in the style of Gaudí's Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona. You can see Paul's submission in the archives of the Official WTC memorial website.
www.laffoleyarchive.com/index.html

xxxx 1/31/08
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Laurence Hillman 
Topic: "Planets In Play- How to Reimagine Your Life Through the Language of Astrology "  
Born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland, Laurence Hillman began to study astrology at the age of sixteen and this has remained his passion for thirty years. He is a full-time professional astrologer, specializing in helping his clients understand their deeper purpose and their life's calling. A force in the ongoing movement to merge astrology with depth psychology, his approach is practical and full of metaphor and Jungian insight. He has lectured internationally and conducted workshops including "Star Cross’d Lovers" and "Mercury at Shakespeare’s Globe," and at London's Globe Theatre presented on Shakespeare and Astrology. At the Cycles and Symbols Conference in California, he lectured on "Venus in America" (co-presented with his father James Hillman). He has also taught at Jean Houston's Mystery School. He is the author of numerous articles, Planets in Play - How to Reimagine Your Life Through the Language of Astrology (Tarcher/Penguin 2007) and he is the co-author of Alignments - How to Live in Harmony with the Universe (Lantern Books, 2002). 

Laurence holds a B.A. in Architecture and masters degrees in both Engineering Management and Business Administration. He has traveled extensively in more than forty countries, and is fluent in five languages. He now lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and two daughters.
www.lhillman.com

xxxx 1/24/08
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Jan Spiller 
Topic: "Cosmic Love"  
Jan Spiller is one of the world’s most popular astrologers.  She is the author of, “ASTROLOGY FOR THE SOUL,” “NEW MOON ASTROLOGY,” and “SPIRITUAL ASTROLOGY.”  

Jan has been a guest on both national and local programs, including The Roseanne Barr show; CBS Women 2 Women; Fox News; and many other local television venues.  She has hosted her own local television and radio shows: Ecliptic; The Good Life; and the nationally syndicated, daily radio show: Astrology Education Now.

Her latest book, “COSMIC LOVE” has just been published.  COSMIC LOVE focuses in on your relationships, major areas of growth that you and your partner are working on in order to experience more love, the gifts you are meant to exchange, and specific past life contracts you are working out with this Soul.
COSMIC LOVE is the second book of a trilogy starting with Astrology For The Soul. A third book that Jan is currently writing will complete the series of this fascinating journey into using astrology to bring empowerment into your life by discovering your individual life purpose.
www.janspiller.com

xxxx 1/17/08
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Sylvia Jean Smith  
Topic: "Eclipses"  
Sylvia Smith's main passion has been research of the Eclipses and their Saros cycles, which she has been avidly involved in since 1992, and yes, there is a book begging to be completed. Out of her in-depth study of the Saros cycles led to a separate study, and testing of a hypothesis (theory?) about the eclipse that occurs before the birth of an individual. Testing of this developed into a two-year distraction that was more astrological than the technical astronomy of eclipse patterns. Results were most encouraging. The dilemma is whether to include this study in the book, or whether to proceed with a reference text/manual about eclipses and their Saros, and do a separate book on the theory about the pre-birth eclipse.  

Sylvia has lectured in Canada and the USA, and has been published in The Mountain Astrologer along with various other American and British publications. She single-handedly edited and published a Canadian copyrighted astrological newsletter (S.H.A.P.E.) from 1995 to 2003, and carried her own by-line in this periodical. She also organized speaking engagements for outside speakers in her community... again single-handedly. 

She is a card-carrying associate member of the Canadian Astronomical Society, and holds membership with NCGR, ISAR, and AFAN. 

xxxx 1/10/08
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Suzanne Keating 
Topic: "Sacred Geometry"  
  Suzanne Keating is a professional astrologer who moved in 2003 from her birthplace on Nantucket Island to Woodstock, VT., where she maintains her 18-year private practice with clients from around the world. For 5 years, she wrote a weekly Astrologic Forecast column in the Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror and a quarterly column for Waves of Insight, a holistic newsletter. Suzanne had a TV spot on local cable television one season, and taught at the Nantucket Community School for 8 years. She was a frequent guest lecturer at the Albert G. Brock Noonday Lecture Series, presenting astrological topics free to the public for six years. She is  an active member of the Boston Chapter of NCGR, National Council for Geocosmic Research and AFAN, American Federation for Astrologic Networking.  
 
Suzanne is available for private consultation, in person or by phone.  If you’d like to arrange a private consultation email her at: skyoverack@yahoo.com.  
xxxx 1/3/08
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Henry Seltzer 
Topic: "Time Passages"
Henry began to work within this remarkable field of study, and to share his insights with other people, and in 1985 created the computer program that eventually became TimePassages. His goal was to make generally available the information that Astrology can provide. By making it easier for people to explore their own and other people's charts, or "horoscopes", Henry hoped that anyone could gain greater self-knowledge and also that the world-shaking information that Astrology really does work would spread. 

Henry Seltzer has a graduate degree in Linguistics and has studied Computer Science, and attended MIT as an undergraduate, but his real study is Astrology and Tarot. Henry's study of Astrology began with an interest in Jungian psychological symbolism in 1975. He was immediately fascinated by how accurately the planetary patterns reflect individual psychological reality. He believes Astrology is a window from the material world into the spiritual. Because Astrology is based on concrete observable phenomena, and yet makes use of this data in an entirely different way, it forms a bridge between the scientific materialistic world view and that of the Artistic, the Esoteric, and the Spiritual. 
Henry Seltzer developed Time Passages software. 
www.astrograph.com

xxxx 12/20/07
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Esperite Ananas
Topic: "The Federation of Damanhur "
Esperite Ananas is the writer and Damanhur’s Communications director. She has been the International Ambassador for the Federation

Founded in the early 1970's, the UN award winning Federation of Damanhur is an internationally renowned center for spiritual, artistic and social research. Damanhur is an eco-society, a federation of communities and an active member of GEN. Damanhur has established itself in Valchiusella, in the alpine foothills of Piedmont, Italy. Damanhur comprises 20 small communities, each one built around approximately twenty people. Damanhur is based on diversity and change. Constant and harmonious transformation is applied to all aspects of community life.

The Philosophy of Damanhur is based upon optimism. Every human being contains a divine principle and is part of an active spiritual eco-system that includes higher and higher forces. The physical form that we inhabit and the dimension of time and space in which we exist are transitory. The principle goal of the human being is to become conscious of his inner divinity and render matter sacred, in order that the universe can become a conscious part of God.

Damanhur represents a life choice based upon experimentation, a game of transformation to go beyond the limits of habit and reach a wider vision of reality. Research is important in all fields, from social structure to alternative energy, from the Arts to Physics. Citizens of the Federation constantly study, explore and experiment to reach a deeper understanding of the universe and the role of human beings in the divine plan. Humility, constance, the ability to be amazed and a constant desire to play the game are indispensable in the realization of all Damanhurian research projects.
www.damanhur.info/en/html/home.asp

xxxx 12/13/07
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Donna Cunningham
Topic: "Pluto In Capricorn"
There is no planet so powerful in the zodiac as Pluto. Despite what astronomers may dictate, trust in this; Pluto is alive and very relevant especially in huge life changes. Donna Cunningham has written extensively about Pluto and the power this tiny planet possesses. Learn how Pluto affects your life.

Donna Cunningham, an internationally respected astrologer with over 35 year's experience, is the author of 18 books on metaphysical topics. Listed in several Who's Who volumes, she has given seminars on astrology around the world and won the prestigious Regulus Award at the 1998 UAC. She also has a Master's Degree in Social Work from Columbia University. She uses this combined approach in her "Dear Abby" type column in Dell Horoscope and her ongoing series of articles in The Mountain Astrologer.

For environmental reasons, her newest works are in ebook format, published by Moon Maven Publications, at www.moonmavenpublications.com. She's also co-editor of Vibration Magazine, a free online educational quarterly about flower essences, which can be seen at 5the following URL:
www.floweressencemagazine.com

xxxx 12/6/07
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Erin Sullivan
Topic: "Mid-Life Musings"
Erin Sullivan has been a consultant astrologer, author and teacher since the late 1960’s. She has lectured worldwide and led workshops and symposia on many aspects of human development using mythology, psychology and the rich language of astrology. She has been called “the astrologer's astrologer” and is one of the world's most eminent consulting, writing and lecturing astrologers.

Erin’s thirty-something years of astrology practice, her Classical Studies background and training in archetypal analytic psychology, add a unique depth and breadth to her work. Her approach brings the profession of psychological and practical astrology into contemporary times, and to its rightful position in today’s and tomorrow’s global society.

Her astrological history is broad and varied. Just to mention a few distinctions, she received three awards from the Fraternity for Canadian Astrologers -- The Sun Award (1982) for her inspiring work in co-founding the BC Astrological Society in 1972 and creating The Ecliptic Journal; then, the Venus International Award (1984) for international networking; and the Mars Award (1986) for achievement.

xxxx 11/29/07
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Jerry Wennstrom
Topic: "The Inspired Heart"
Artist, author Jerry Wennstrom was born in New York on January 13, 1950. He attended Rockland Community College and the State University of New Paltz. After producing a large body of work, at age 29 he set out to discover the rock-bottom truth of his life. For years he questioned the limits of his creative life as a studio painter. After destroying all of his art and giving away everything he owned, Jerry began a life of unconditional trust, allowing life to provide all that was needed. He lived this way for 15 years. In 1998 he moved to Washington State, where he eventually married Marilyn Strong and produced a large new body of art. Marilyn and Jerry’s charming Whidbey Island home is now filled with his unique interactive sculptures and paintings. Jerry also built a 40-foot meditation tower on his property, which is featured along with his story in a book by Laura Chester called Holy Personal.

Jerry's story is told in his book, “The Inspired Heart: An Artist’s Journey of Transformation” (foreword by Thomas Moore) published by Sentient Publications and in the Parabola Magazine documentary film called In the Hands of Alchemy: The Art and Life of Jerry Wennstrom. There is also a Sentient Publications DVD with the same name ,which includes a short new film called Studio Dialogue. Studio Dialogue is a presentation Jerry did before a live audience with music by Susan McKeown, sung by Marilyn Strong. Jerry travels internationally lecturing, teaching and presenting his film and work and he writes a monthly piece on the spirit of the times for a New York City consulting firm.

Jerry Wennstrom has presented at the Birmingham Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the EMP (Experience Music Project), Glen Arbor Art Association, the Old Firehouse Art Center, Other Side Arts, Pacifica Graduate Institute, UCS-NAROPA (Wisdom University), the Vancouver Public Library, Western New Mexico University, California Institute of the Arts and NYU. He has also done over 50 radio, TV and magazine interviews and art features.
www.handsofalchemy.com/default.htm

xxxx 11/15/07
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EXTRA, EXTRA- Alex and Allyson Grey
Topic: "Spirit Art"
Alex Grey is a world-renown painter who delves deeply into anatomy, spirit and the connection between the two. Together with his wife, Allyson, also an accomplished artist, the Greys have established a remarkable gallery in New York City. CoSM Gallery is magical hall of mystical creativity that is breathtaking on every level.

The Greys met each other in college. Alex had a series of entheogenically induced mystical experiences that transformed his agnostic existentialism to a radical transcendentalism. The Grey couple would trip together on LSD. Alex then spent five years at Harvard Medical School working in the Anatomy department studying the body and preparing cadavers for dissection. He also worked at Harvard's department of Mind/Body Medicine with Dr. Herbert Benson and Dr. Joan Borysenko conducting scientific experiments to investigate subtle healing energies. Alex's anatomical training prepared him for painting the Sacred Mirrors (explained below) and for doing medical illustration. When doctors saw his Sacred Mirrors, they asked him to do illustration work.

Grey's unique series of 21 life-sized paintings, the Sacred Mirrors, take the viewer on a journey toward their own divine nature by examining, in detail, the body, mind, and spirit. The Sacred Mirrors, present the physical and subtle anatomy of an individual in the context of cosmic, biological and technological evolution. Begun in 1979, the series took a period of ten years to complete. It was during this period that he developed his depictions of the human body that "x-ray" the multiple layers of reality, and reveal the interplay of anatomical and spiritual forces. After painting the Sacred Mirrors, he applied this multidimensional perspective to such archetypal human experiences as praying, meditation, kissing, copulating, pregnancy, birth, nursing and dying. Grey’s recent work has explored the subject of consciousness from the perspective of “universal beings” whose bodies are grids of fire, eyes and infinite galactic swirls.

Transfigurations is Alex's second large format monograph containing over 300 color and black & white images of Grey's work. Sounds True has released The Visionary Artist, a CD of Grey's reflections on art as a spiritual practice. ARTmind is the artist's recent video exploring the healing potential of Sacred Art. Grey co-edited the book, Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (Chronicle Books, 2002). In 2004 Grey’s VISIONS boxed set containing a portfolio of new works and a Sacred Mirrors and Transfigurations, his collected works. The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM, a long-term exhibition of fifty works of transformative art by Grey has opened (Fall 2004) in New York City. He lives in New York City with his wife, the painter, Allyson Grey and their daughter, the actress, Zena Grey.
www.alexgrey.com

xxxx 11/8/07
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Michele Avanti
Topic: "Astrocartography"
Michele Avanti is a published certified planetary systems analyst, consulting metaphysician and ordained minister. Since 1972, she has taught and consulted in many areas of metaphysics. Her new book, "GreeHee The Journey of Five" is now available.

Michele has lectured and given more than 15,000 live consultations on radio, television, and at seminars and workshops across America. Her columns have appeared in newspapers and magazines since 1985. Michele is past president of the Las Vegas Chapter of NCGR, an International Society of Geocosmic Researchers. She is currently Vice-President and co-founder of The Astrology Club of Reno. Presently, her articles and monthly astrology column can be read in In Light Times, Vegas Community Online, and in numerous places on the web.

Michele received accreditation in the summer of 2003 in Fixed Stars from Bernadette Brady in England. She is now one of a handful of fixed star analysts internationally. She is available by phone (541-863-6631) or in person for personal consultations, ceremonies, marriages, lectures and special group functions.

Astrocartography is the study of location and astrology. Finding the right place for your unique astrological make-up is critical to your happiness. Learn where you should live in order to thrive!
www.astrologyandmore.com/

xxxxx 11/1/07
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Susan Sarkes
Topic: "The Wheel Of The Year"
Susan Sarkes is an astrologer based in Watertown, MA. In her 17 years of astrological study, she's concentrated on natal chart interpretation; with emphasis on the effects of yearly eclipse patterns. In the past 5 years, she's also studied and lectured on the astrological charts of the transgendered, transsexual, and intersexed community. She's lectured to the New York City branch of the NCGR three times on this topic during its annual education conference. Her findings and protocols for counseling the transgendered, transsexual, and intersexed client were published in the NYC NCGR newsletter, “The Aspect”. She has been a practicing pagan since 1990 and will speak about the Wheel of the Year with astrological explanations of the ancient Wiccan rituals that marked the passing of the seasons and honoring of the Goddess Gaia, Mother Earth.

xxxxx 10/25/07
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Lynda Hill
Topic: "The Sabian Symbols"
Lynda Hill, FAA Pract. Cert. has been a professional astrologer for more than 18 years. 2006 marked her 22nd lecture tour of the States, in addition to the many lectures she has conducted for astrologers and the public throughout Australia, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Russia, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada. Lynda is the astrologer for Good Taste and Take Five, and writes astrological commentary for publications all over the world. She divides her time between Sydney's beautiful Northern Beaches and the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains (when she's not traveling the world delivering lectures!).

Lynda has been a tireless researcher on the Sabian Symbols. Listen to the amazing story of this remarkable divination oracle. Her book, “360 Degrees of Wisdom: Charting Your Destiny With the Sabian Oracle” is published by Penguin USA (Plume imprint) and was released in February 2006 by Sony Japan in Japanese. This is a revised edition of her self-published book The Sabian Symbols as an Oracle, which comes with a special set of divination cards and can still be purchased through Lynda by emailing her at lyndah@bigpond.com
www.sabiansymbols.com

xxxxx 10/18/07
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Sharon Mullen
Topic: “The Coming Storm - 2008 Transits”
Sharon Mullen is the education Director of Boston Chapter of NCGR. She holds a B.A., Boston State College, major in German; minors in Spanish and history. Graduate credits in education from Boston State College and in astrology from Kepler College. Former high school teacher; current adult education teacher. Offering classes in all levels of NCGR education program. Also, readings in natal and horary astrology. “One of my major aims is to empower the client through an understanding of the patterns, transits, and cycles of astrology.” SharonMuln@aol.com

xxxxx 10/11/07
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Paula Gassmann
Topic: “Saturn and Venus-Together Again”
Paula R. Gassmann, MA, is an astrologer with a practice in the Boston area. Publications Director for NCGR, she is the author of many articles and book reviews on metaphysical topics, as well as a number of books of poetry.  She served as moderator for the newsmaker discussion forum at Astrodatabank, as a contributing writer for The Astrologers’ Memorial website, and as co-editor for the Boston Chapter newsletter. She can be reached at Natural Rhythms Consulting, 781-862-5104, at prgassmann@comcast.net, or through her website at www.invisibledynamics.com.

xxxxx 10/4/07
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Marguerite Manning
Topic: "Karmic Astrology"
Marguerite Manning is a professional karmic astrologer and freelance author. She conducts "Therapy for the Soul" group seminars on karmic astrology and her article on this topic, entitled "The 12th House-Your Karmic Closet," appeared in Mountain Astrologer. While working with her clients, Marguerite discovered that, by studying their birth charts from the perspective of their soul, the same conflicts and inadequacies that appeared to have plagued the soul in another life were quite similar to the challenging issues the individual was facing in their current life. She applied this discovery to her therapy sessions and found that validating these old wounds and past failures while gently pointing out that they were a part of the soul's past and were interfering with the present made for amazing results in her client's progress.

xxxxx 9/27/07
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Joyce Levine
Topic: “Saturn In Virgo”
Joyce Levine, nationally acclaimed Astrological Consultant, astrology lecturer, and astrological author, provides individuals with information to help them make informed life decisions. Clients receive valuable insight and advice into their personal and professional lives.

Joyce’s career as an Astrological Consultant spans more than 25 years. She is the Clerk of the NCGR National Council for Geocosmic Research and is on the Advisory Board of its Boston Chapter. She has been a professional member of the American Federation of Astrologers since 1979 and is the former President of the New England Astrological Association.

An accomplished media personality, Joyce has more than 12 years as a former astrology talk show host and guest speaker. Joyce is active on the astrology speaker’s circuit and addresses professional associations, civic and college groups and other business organizations. She also facilitates Workshops for Creative Living, which focuses on balancing goals and achievements with spiritual development, and teaches astrology privately and in group astrology settings.

xxxxx 9/20/07
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Joseph Crane
Topic: “George Bush’s Really Bad Year”
Joseph Crane is an astrologer, psychotherapist and lecturer in Waltham,  Massachusetts near Boston.  Joseph's current focus is on reformulating modern psychological astrology by using methods from astrology's traditions.  In A Practical Guide to Traditional Astrology, Crane writes to modern astrologers about ideas and techniques from the past and now his new book is entitled Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Tradition. “I practice astrology because astrology gets most quickly and profoundly to the heart of someone’s conditions of life and present concerns.” www.astrologyinstitute.com

xxxxx 9/13/07
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Tad Mann
Topic: “Alternatives in Chart Interpretation”
A T Mann is an architect, astrologer, artist, teacher, designer and author. His twenty books explore time, astrology, calendar systems, symbolism, tarot, dowsing, healing, reincarnation, sacred architecture and sacred sexuality. Tad practices many arts — astrology and tarot; Feng Shui and sacred architecture; the sacred arts and design education. He is currently working on the DVD of the Dalai Lama's Kalachakra Tantra Teachings and is a co-founder of UniversalQuest.com and is writing interpretation programs for tarot.com. www.atmann.net


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