Gaia S Quantum Leap

Like the bestselling Waldorf Kindergarten Snack Book and the Waldorf School Book of Soups, this cookbook in the series provides yet another a rich resource for spending time in the kitchen with young children--this time baking bread. What child doesn't like to feel and knead bread dough, watch it rise, and then taste it fresh from the oven? Not only is such hands-on sensory experience fun for everyone, it is also invaluable to young children as they continue to incarnate into our world. These recipes have been handed down by grandmothers, mothers, aunts, and friends. They are easy to follow and encourage the baker, young and older alike, to use the best possible ingredients, making bread once again the healthy "staff of life" it once was. The Waldorf Book of Breads includes tasty breads for the daily table and specialty breads for the seasons and special occasions. And, like the Waldorf snack book and the book of soups, The Waldorf Book of Breads is spiral-bound, so it lies flat to make life in the kitchen a little easier. Artist Jo Valens provides delightful illustrations to accompany the many recipes for delicious breads.

"In the language of modern physics, one could speak of a quantum leap by earth and its life forms--our human civilization included.... "I sense dreams to be messages from a parallel world dimension where the causes of events are rooted, which later emerge on the level of everyday life." --Marko Pogacnik Our Earth, Gaia, is changing. As individuals and as a civilization, we are being drawn into a cosmic event whose breadth and depth we can hardly imagine. Gaia is entering a multidimensional form, and we must change, too, if we wish to survive this imminent transformation. We are not facing the "end of the world," but rather a fundamental change in the environment that allows the further evolution of nature and humankind on the Earth's surface. Earth's intelligence has already set in motion certain energy-related measures to avert the destruction that threatens Earth and its life forms owing to the irresponsible conduct of our modern civilization. These measures are a unique self-healing process that will enable "earthspace" to receive a completely new quality. One thing is certain, however; the inner development of each individual is decisive in building the coming multidimensional consciousness. This hope for a healing process must become part of our everyday reality. With more than thirty years of geomantic and Earth-healing work behind him, Marko Pogacnik uses his deep psychic sensitivity and extensive experience to help us understand and attune to the self-healing process of Earth change. In Gaia's Quantum Leap, Marko recalls his recent dramatic dreams with drawings and accompanying commentary to craft a way for us through these deep changes. He brings remedies, insights, and exercises that will help us adapt and survive, and that will help Gaia herself bring forth her true self. Practice the exercises and listen to the truth in your heart. Marko Pogacnik is not a guru laying down the law from on high, he encourages us to open our hearts and let the love within flow out. He warns against intellectual manipulations that appear sound but lack emotional balance. Gaia's Quantum Leap represents the completion of a cycle in Marko Pogacnik's works of admonition to recognize this immense issue and to cooperate in the Earth's and humanity's changes now.

What can one say about Jesus that would add new insight to a Christian’s understanding of the man from Galilee? Consider this. The one we call upon to be a harbinger of peace and an example of justice and mercy is often the reason why people today continue to divide and exclude. Instead of seeing Jesus as a unifying force for all Christians everywhere, bigotry and bias expressed in multi-faceted ways in the name of Jesus stifle the transformative power inherent within our faith traditions. We have rejected, condemned, killed one another based on our interpretations of the one we call Prince of Peace. We need a new narrative, one that acknowledges there is more to the story of Jesus of Nazareth, his life and his mission, than what we profess and proclaim. Without a more inclusive and compassionate understanding of the one we know as Jesus, not only churches, but our beloved planet, with all of its inhabitants and nature’s graced diversity, cannot – will not – survive. Jesus is an example of how we humans can continue to be a beneficial link in the evolutionary chain. His living spirit – a holy Spirit – is calling to us all.

Gaia Connections addresses several arenas of concern as humankind faces an escalating ecological and moral crisis in this new millennium. Beginning with an overview of the history of philosophy and the importance of traditional thinking on modern-day ethical reflection, the book then looks at the development of theories of justice, the problems of equity in global human relations, the inability of existing economic systems to resolve our human and environmental dilemmas, the unnatural connections now obtaining between genuine human need and the technological drift of science, the new genetics and reproductive technologies, and the nature of modern war. The study concludes with some historical perspectives on American environmental history and the urgent need for change in our ecoethical, social, and value systems. The principal focal areas of the original edition are continued: the actual state of the global environment today, the imperative for the development of sustainable economic and resource systems, the movement within much of science toward an almost universal biological determinism, and the need for a reaffirmation of an ethical value system which places the needs of people before the needs of property and profits. The revised edition not only updates these data and the concerns of the original book but also visits a number of new issues: the movement for environmental justice, the connections between global poverty and the now almost universal allegiance to a new world market and free trade system, the progress and the dilemmas of molecular biology and genetic engineering, and the growing disarray within the global systems of political economy.

Rachel Rosenthal is an internationally recognised pioneer in the field of feminist and ecological performance art. Her revolutionary performance technique integrates text, movement, voice, choreography, improvisation, inventive costuming, dramatic lighting and wildly imaginative sets into an unforgettable theatre experience. In the last twenty years she has presented over thirty-five pieces nationally and internationally. She has been called 'a monument and a marvel' and critically ranked with Robert Wilson, Richard Foreman, Ping Chong, Meredith Monk and Laurie Anderson. Her work is passionately dedicated to interrogating, illuminating and improving the relationship between human beings and the planet we share with so many other species. Her performances explore and embody the long history and urgent future of this deeply troubled relationship, and use viscerally compelling performance to draw us into a direct experience of the beauty and power of our lives in nature.

Unifying work by a broad range of experts in the field, this is the most complete textbook on observational astrometry.