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Jun 17 2011

Healing Relationships by Persephone

Tag: Articles,Human Condition,Persephone's UpdatesPersephone Arbour @ 5:51 pm

David Spangler’s lovely article on healing in our April issue brought a couple of interesting comments. Both writers asked if I had any suggestions about healing relationships, which was the main thrust of David’s article. To be honest, I had not thought about the subject very much – although absolutely aware of its importance. I [...]

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Jun 17 2011

Guest post: Apocalypse Porn by David Spangler

I loved this article. It is rather long, but keep at it – happily some sacred cows get the chop! A friend of mine who is a high school counselor told me recently that some of the children she worked with were worried about or even terrified by the prophecies surrounding December 21, 2012; the [...]

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Jun 11 2011

Poem: For a New Beginning by John O’Donohue

Tag: Human Condition,Persephone's Updates,PoemsPersephone Arbour @ 1:22 pm

When this poem appeared in my ‘in’ box, I laughed out loud and said ‘Yes’! As most of you already know, at the age of 78, I have taken a huge leap into a new, and deepening, love affair. When I read John O’ Donohue’s words – they explained exactly what both Jack and I [...]

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May 25 2011

Poem: The Silence of the Stars by David Wagoner

Tag: Persephone's Updates,PoemsPersephone Arbour @ 11:59 am

When Laurens van der Post one night In the Kalihari Desert told the Bushmen He couldn’t hear the stars Singing, they didn’t believe him. They looked at him, Half-smiling. They examined his face To see whether he was joking Or deceiving them. Then two of those small men Who plant nothing, who have almost Nothing [...]

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May 23 2011

Extending into the World by Persephone

Tag: Articles,Human Condition,Persephone's Updates,SpiritualityPersephone Arbour @ 12:53 pm

This month’s article by David Spangler has the phrase: “One has to ‘walk’ on the earth, extending one’s self into the life of this world.” I published his article because of that sentence. On re-reading it today, I wondered why those words struck such a deep chord within me. So I will try to explain. [...]

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Apr 01 2011

Guest post: Healing, by David Spangler

Tag: Human Condition,Persephone's Updates,SpiritualityPersephone Arbour @ 6:12 pm

Another heart-felt piece from David. As always, he manages to bring another, more subtle angle to many things we think we already know. Here are some excerpts from a recent article that arose from his own experience of being in hospital, where he has been ‘through the mill’ and still retains his ability to stand [...]

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Mar 30 2011

Photos: Shanxi/China

Tag: Global Condition,Persephone's UpdatesPersephone Arbour @ 5:26 pm

This magical place brings up the questions: why, when, what and how? I wonder what your answers might be? It may take a while to load – please be patient – it’s worth it! [portfolio_slideshow]

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Mar 30 2011

Guest post: Surviving a Catastrophe! By Anita Pratap

This is a beautifully written piece concerning the Japanese earthquake, from the Norwegian ambassador’s wife . . . . . It is not only a story of disaster, it is also a heart-warming, compassionate view of the Japanese people. http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/article4064236.ece People haven’t fully grasped how terrifyingly powerful Friday’s earthquake was. Imagine a force that is [...]

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Mar 29 2011

Dearest creature in creation

Tag: Human Condition,Persephone's Updates,PoemsPersephone Arbour @ 6:04 pm

My partner Jack found this and I just loved it. He thinks it was circulated in Mensa in the late ’60′s Don’t skim it, read it carefully – otherwise you might miss some real gems. Enjoy! Dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, [...]

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Mar 29 2011

Believing what you want to believe, by Persephone

Tag: Articles,Human Condition,Persephone's Updates,SpiritualityPersephone Arbour @ 5:50 pm

“Science is our best defence against what we want to believe” . . . . . . Ian Stewart I totally appreciate that quote, and on many levels it is true, unarguably so. However, as someone who has drifted through a long life, weaving my way through differing spiritual belief systems – I want to [...]

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