You may know him from the movie ‘The Secret.’ James Arthur Ray, listed as Philosopher, was one of the cast members.
Now he’s much more widely known for an incident that happened earlier this month.
On October 8 near Sedona, Arizona James Arthur Ray was leading a weeklong workshop.
As the leader of his ‘Spiritual Warrior’ event, Ray had pushed participants to go with no sleep and enter into altered states of mind through breathing exercises.
They also competed in a game in which he played God.
The sweat lodge ceremony happened soon after a …

The other day I was discussing the role of the planet Mars in a particular individual’s chart.
 Mars is often defined as the planet of war and aggression.
But that way of looking at it is more a by-product of the past couple of decades of violent films than it is an accurate assessment of this far more complex planet – and the energy it signifies in each of our lives.
At its most fundamental, it is the ruler of the sign Aries – the sign which commences as the vernal equinox takes …

In , “Colette’s Halloween Happenings: Art So Amazing…It’s Scary! (Part One)“, I discussed The Quantum Theory as it relates to art and artist. I cited deviantART as the largest “laboratory” in existence for testing of this subject matter.
As stated in “Colette’s Halloween Happenings: Art So Amazing…It’s Scary! (Part One) “, deviantART did not start out as a mega-funded commercial site but, rather, as a passion project which grew organically. That fact seems to consternate some and deviantART has been dealt out some criticism by those who feel deviantART should be …

Last week a homemade UFO-looking balloon soared 7,000 feet over Colorado after a boy, thought to be inside, set it loose from his parents’ home.
One of his older brothers said he saw the boy get into the craft, raising concerns that the boy may have fallen out of it.
Thankfully he was found later hiding in a box in the attic.
Meanwhile, I wanted to know more, so I checked the little boy’s current name.
Turns out ‘Falcon Heene’ adds up to 16/7 in the ancient Chaldean system I use to calculate your …

When I meet somebody new or encounter a stranger and it’s discovered that I am an astrologer, the question I’m asked most frequently is, bizarrely, “What sign am I?”
 My response depends on my mood.
If I’m feeling patient, I’ll jokingly ask if they don’t know.
Ha ha ha.
But if I’m feeling a little more short-tempered, I’ll respond that, as I’m not a clairvoyant, I don’t know.
However, that question is really what might be termed a nuisance query; something that is designed to be irritating.
 But next question isn’t provocative.
And it is usually asked …

Have you ever been taken up with the feeling of electric excitement, but you don’t know why?  Ever been consumed by prickles of exuberant anticipation – but not sure about what?  You just know something incredible is right around the corner.
For me, the meaning of Halloween embodies these sensations.  This time of year, there is magic crouched behind every frosty pumpkin, delicious anticipation waiting in every bite of fresh baked apple pie, and crazy delight dancing in the heart of every costumed child.
The whole month of October lends itself to …

 
 
“As a human being the artist may have many moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is ‘man’ in a higher sense – he is ‘collective man’ – one who carries and shapes the unconscious, psychic life of mankind”.
-Carl Jung
 
I remember learning that the brain stores, as a memory, every single thing it sees, hears…perceives.
Every single thing.
All those threads of perception are what we use to weave the tapestry of our actions, reactions, thoughts and emotions.
And, because it’s in the wee quiet hours of a …

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.”
—Confucius, 551-479 BC
A good deal of my time is spent examining the most current and cutting edge material pertaining to the correlation between science and spirituality.
There is only one reason for my constant research.
I’m committed to facilitating the merging …

All of the planets’ names are derived from myths.
And while few of the Greek and Roman gods are meant to have lived exemplary lives, Saturn’s was particularly unappealing.
Having been told one of his offspring would kill him and usurp his power, he devoured each at birth. Eventually his long suffering wife Rhea, caught on and handed Saturn a stone instead of little Uranus who did, indeed, grow up to end his father’s life and take over power.
At the moment, Sun sign columns – including mine – are all brimming with …

In “2012; The Five W’s and One H” (Part One), I addressed 2012 from the perspective of a, furiously growing, negative energy “snowball” surrounding the subject and what we all can do….what we must do…to combat it.
And, I pointed out good journalism is predicated on The Five W’s and One H principle; who, what, why, where, when and how.
However, the principle is pointless unless the answers come from credible, knowledgeable sources;  though, the two do not always go hand in hand.
What most people know about 2012 is that the Mayan …