FALL 2009 Volume 16 Issue 3 www.aquarianonline.com

INSIDE FEATURES Shamanic Adventure...... 1 Carol Radway ...... 1

COMMUNITY Kirtian Music...... 6 H.O.P.E. Retreat...... 6 Taiji...... 6

PLANT-BASED Nutrispeak: Eating on the Go...4 View from the Veg: Flu-fighting Garlic...... 5

COLUMNS Opinion: Respect Fever...... 2 Voluntary Simplicity: Mindfulness...... 3 Perspectives on Healthy Living: Natural Flu Aids...... 7 Kristi’s Kaleidoscope: Fly Fishing...... 12 Starry Skies: Mercury Communication...... 13 Pet Family: Severe Illness.....15 Book Reviews Vanishing Face of Gaia...... 16 Earth Magic...... 16

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The Second Life of My Shamanic Adventure By CHRISTINA RAI WHEELWRIGHT Carol Radway, or most of my life, I have looked adventure it has been! natural place inhabited by spirit guides Ffor meaning in the world around On my way in animal form. The animal guide that Energy Practitioner me, searching for that place of faith. My first encounter with shamanism was you find also serves as a protector on By WENDY PETERS This lifelong search ultimately led me to at a weekend workshop in Winnipeg these journeys. Each different animal “ hen I turned 60, it just the ancient tradition of shamanism, sponsored by the Foundation for holds a specific attribute like wisdom, Wstopped.” which is, essentially, based on natural Shamanic Studies, a group founded strength, love, community awareness, In 2007, Carol Radway’s practice of 20 law and includes an acceptance of and by Michael Harner in Mill Valley, magic, etc. years as an energy practitioner came to honour for the unseen spirits of nature. California. Bill Brunton, faculty member A great reference with detailed infor- an unexpected halt when all of her clients I am not a shaman. I do not retrieve of the Foundation and former professor mation on power animals is Medicine stopped calling pretty much all at once. souls or “power-broke” with the unseen of anthropology, introduced our group Cards by Jamie Sams and David Carson, What Carol had on her hands was on behalf of my human compatriots, of about 40 to basic shamanic principles: which can be used for study. Before I the sort of happy “problem” that every which activities are facets of shamanism. the construct of non- went on that jour- practitioner dreams of – she had put That is someone else’s responsibility. ordinary reality, the ney, Bill indicated herself out of business by facilitating However, my exploration of shamanism lower, middle and that I would know a healing experience for her clients so has led me to a richer, peaceful personal upper worlds, and that I had encoun- transformative that they felt her help was life. I feel a sense of renewal in my work the mechanics of tered my power no longer needed. as an astrologer and in my relationships. journeying and animal if I met it I have become more mindful of the drumming. three distinct times Becoming Carol natural cycles and ceremonially mark As I lay on during the course Carol is a sensitive, someone who is, by the shift of the seasons, the solstices and my blanket, sur- of the journey. her definition “aware of vibration to a equinoxes that fall in December, March, rounded by the soft I did find my degree that is unusual.” As a sensitive, June and September, and the cross quarter darkness filled with power animal and the whole of her life has been a study of days that fall in February, May, August the scent of sweet grass it led me through the the world from an energetic perspective. and November. I walk through my days and sage, while Bill and a few convoluted terrain of the Hers was a childhood coloured in shades with my spirit guides whom I found in others drummed rhythmically, I experi- lower world where I encountered other of wonder by visions provided by spirit the upper world and my power animals enced my first journey into non-ordinary entities and spoke with beings who were guides. As an adolescent, she thought of who came to me in the lower world. reality where I was able to move swiftly both mysterious and enlightening. It her private reality as relatively normal When choices are unclear, I attune through an ever-changing landscape. eventually led me back to the place where until overhearing her peers lament about myself to the wisdom of my guides to Down tunnels, through dense foliage, I had first entered the lower world so the frustrating one-way nature of prayer. help me on my way. And when I get the alongside rivers I went. that I could come back to this reality of The realization struck her that she might opportunity, I drum. The scene was something like that physical laws and linear time. be the only one having long conversations Let me take you on my personal experienced in a dream and yet, sharper, Did I really go to some other place? I with Jesus on the way to and from school. journey into the magical world of clearer and more in focus. At least that can’t answer that with a definite aye or As an adult, Carol struggled to find her shamanism – from Winnipeg and my was my experience. nay but Bill told us that journeyers to this place in the world and was eventually first journeys into non-ordinary reality, On that first journey to the lower world, realm have described similar landscapes, drawn to explore Sufism, which led to Sedona, Arizona, where I crafted I was looking for my power animal. This entities and even events. The Foundation ultimately to the full blossoming of my own rawhide drum. What an part of non-ordinary reality is a magical, See SHAMANIsm on page 10 See radway on page 8 2 FALL 2009 www.aquarianonline.com people say to dissuade us from using during minor illness with fever: “First, do opinion drugs to control fever. nothing.” This allows for a short period 16 Victoria Row, Winnipeg, MB R2M 1Y2 The late Robert Mendelsohn MD of observation to precede any action Editorial & Advertising: encouraged people to respect a fever in against the illness. Keeping a child with ph: (204) 255-4884 fax: (204) 255-5057 “New” Treatment his book, How to Raise a Healthy Child a fever home is definitely a good idea, [email protected] in Spite of Your Doctor. “If your child [email protected] for the Flu – Respect they say, and recommend liquids as the www.aquarianonline.com contracts an infection, the fever that main treatment. accompanies it is a blessing, not a curse. Publisher – Janet Whitley Your Fever Alternative health guru and osteopathic Editors – Anna Olson & Syd Baumel It occurs because of the spontaneous doctor, Joseph Mercola (www.mercola. By ANNA OLSON release of pyrogens that cause the body com), strongly urges his readers to The Aquarian is a forum for shedding light on the path to personal fulfillment and the y mantra, “Don’t mess with temperature to rise. This is a natural consider the benefits of fevers: that they common good. It is published quarterly Ma fever,” ruled the roost when I defense mechanism that our bodies stimulate the immune system and create the first week of March, June, September, was a mother with young children many employ to fight disease. The presence of an inhospitable environment for germs. and December. Annual subscriptions to years ago. fever tells you that the repair mechanisms He rails against acetaminophen (the anywhere in Canada or the U.S. can be had I insisted on my children staying in- of the body have gone into high gear.” main ingredient of Tylenol®), which he by sending a cheque or money order for $12 to our office. Outside North America please doors, resting as much as they needed In the 15-page chapter, “Fever, Your calls a “liver toxin,” and also against contact us for prices. and drinking lots of water. My rule Body’s Defense Against Disease,” Dr. “gut-scraping ibuprofen.” He also We welcome your suggestions, letters to of thumb was “Stay home for the length Mendelsohn goes into detail about cautions against giving children aspirin the editor, article queries, press releases, of the fever plus one day.” The extra the benefits of fever and assuages (acetylsalicylic acid), which “poses an announcements, and other input. Please day was a safeguard to be sure the fever parents’ anxiety about high fevers and extremely dangerous risk for the life- include a phone number or email address was really over. My children and I convulsions. He suggests that most threatening Reye’s syndrome,” he says. with your letters to the editor. (and my husband when he listened to doctors overreact to fevers and create The problem with adults We reserve the right to edit letters for length me) survived all fever-related illnesses worried parents. “Most of the fevers that or readability. The above recommendations apply to quite nicely. spell serious trouble,” he writes, “are the Advertisers and contributors assume adults as well, but the problem with accuracy of their claims and statements. Today, a lot of people believe that it’s result of poisoning or exposure to toxic most people is that they want to keep The opinions and views expressed in articles okay to bring down a fever with over-the- substances in the environment, and to going: they’ve got work to do, people ® do not necessarily reflect those of The counter drugs like Tylenol and ibuprofen causes that lead to ‘heat-stroke.’” to see, places to go. They’re too busy Aquarian or its advertisers. or a medical prescription. Aspirin is not Mendelsohn claims that “most fevers to be sick so they want to take a magic All contents are copyright. We welcome used as much now that we’ve learned that are caused by viral and bacterial pill so they won’t have to slow down. reprint requests. it can react with a virus to produce Reye’s infections that the body’s own defense However, that magic pill may do more syndrome, which can include vomiting, mechanisms will overcome without harm in the long run and they will end confusion and lethargy, sometimes medical help.” He says that medications up spending more time in bed than if leading to coma and even death. given to relieve discomfort may interfere they had respected their bodies’ signals The drugs bring the fever down and with the body’s efforts to cure itself. in the first place. the patient feels more comfortable but In the book, Kids, Herbs, and Health: Please note: The provincial govern- the problem is this: the virus keeps A Parents’ Guide to Natural Remedies, ment’s website has a page devoted to Cover: Photo by Donovan Govan (GNU replicating, unhindered by the defeat- Linda B. White, MD, and Sunny Mavor swine flu (www.gov.mb.ca/flu/index. Free Documentation License) ed fever. A fever is part of the immune offer this advice: “It makes sense to us html). It advocates common sense system’s effort to kill the germs. When that if fever helps defend against infection, self-care but adds: “Contact your the fever is artificially reduced, a re- giving fever-reducing medications may health-care provider if you are concerned lapse can occur and the person takes make things worse.” Fever, the authors that you may need care – especially if Distribution List: Please Page 19 longer to get over the illness or succumbs claim, is not a disease, but a symptom your symptoms are severe or worsening to complications. of an illness. White and Mavor suggest (e.g. shortness of breath, dehydration, or Let’s take a look at what some medical a rule of thumb that herbalists like to use worsening fever, cough or weakness).” u community QIGONG FOR Saskatoon, October 22-25. For more internal organs H.O.P.E. for more information visit www.ArioleAlei.com and improve HEALTH & WELLNESS Hope. What does it mean to you? their function. with Take a moment to slow down, take a deep Taiji is for breath and reflect. Words like peace and Stay Young with everyone, says Master J.C. Shen happiness, success and love Nash. Very are markers, pointing Taiji (a.k.a.Tai Chi) little space Level One Workshop to a vast territory of Taiji is one of the best ways to improve is required for practice and no special potential experience. memory, flexibility, concentration, clothing or equipment is needed. It is Sunday, September 20, 2009 In June of 2008 coordination, balance, muscle strength the perfect health routine to take with 9 am to 4 pm the H.O.P.E. re- and endurance, according to Susan Nash, you wherever you may be, as it only re- treats were initiated a Winnipeg taiji instructor with 20 years quires you. Phone 415-4292 by Ariole K. Alei, author experience. (Yes, taiji is another way of Susan Nash has spent 20 years learning of seven books including H.O.P.E: saying tai chi or t’ai chi.) and practicing taiji. To find out more Healing Ourselves and Planet Earth – Nash says positive results from the about Nash’s taiji classes to be held at A Blueprint for Personal and Collective traditional Chinese system of slow, R.A. Steen CC, email her at greyowl5@ Change. Dynamic and experiential, these focused motion have been seen in yahoo.com. She will also teach groups at retreats hold sacred space for deep reflec- the following areas: improved range their own location. tion, release of pastfilters, and refresh- of motion in those suffering from ment into the now. Deeply empowering rheumatoid arthritis; positive effects on and transformational, participants redis- postural control; better fall prevention Experience a Rebel cover how to respect themselves – the through improved balance and strength; inner ripple which emanates outward to less pain from fibromyalgia; reduced Joy with Kirtan regaining respect for fellow humans and bone loss in weight-bearing bones. Kirtan (pronounced keer-tun) for the natural world. Taiji helps teenagers develop self- grew out of the 15th century Bhakti Simple and (r)evolutionary, Ariole’s esteem and provides the necessary tools (devotional) culture in India. The Bhaktis work has been likened to Eckhart Tolle’s to resolve conflicts through increased essentially created a rebel movement A New Earth. In the H.O.P.E. retreats, self-control thereby helping to prevent against the then inaccessible vedic TherapyMcLaren & Counselling participants gain a fresh understanding bullying and violence. wisdom. For example, the masses were of the role of their ego, assisting it to shift Taiji develops the mind because not allowed to access the complexities Dr. Joan McLaren into its new role as co-pilot to the soul. its focus is internal and unlike other of meditation, systems of yoga and (Canadian Professional In this new role, the individual becomes forms of exercise, taiji enhances especially not the mantras. CPAC Association of Counsellors) fully empowered to be creative, vibrant, concentration, improves self-perception, Mantras are words or pithy phrases Ph. 489.5017 clear and effective in contributing to brings greater self-awareness and that in Sanskrit (the mother language of new, holistic paradigms. increases positive thinking. all Indian languages and Latin) evolved • Individual & Family Counselling Weaving the spiritual and psychological Taiji has the capacity to strengthen for spiritual study. • Imago Couple Therapy with the practical, the H.O.P.E. retreats connective tissues and so improve our These special words pack a powerful • Anxiety, Grief & Rehabilitation bring new life to the word hope. range of movement and relieve pain. punch when the meanings are learned and sounds repeated. • Illness & Life Change The next H.O.P.E. retreat will be near Through good practice it can improve Beausejour, October 16-18 and near circulation, provide massage for the See kirtan. on page 6 www.aquarianonline.com FALL 2009 3 curtains of inattention, silence the censor voluntary simplicity of judgment, and simply be present to what was actually happening in the moment. Mindfulness Practice Mindlefulness and impressed me most is the way in which She discovered in herself a capacity for I understand mindfulness to refer Ms Huber takes up this question of the deep empathy with other beings. to a state of awareness. Cultivating the Care of Creation relation between human beings and other I think this is the proper intersection of this state of awareness can be done By MARK BURCH beings and the language she uses to mindfulness and the care of creation. She through mindfulness practice, which explore it. wasn’t responding to some moral norm is not a single practice at all, but a di- t has been She describes how animals were arising from an external authority. It was verse assemblage of methods people heartening to see I being treated on a nearby farm where her studied attention to her own nature have used over many centuries and in over the last couple sheep were being slaughtered – simply and how she was receiving and reacting many different cultural settings. of decades how observing without judgment what was to the world around her that provided Mindfulness practice is deliberately much interest in being done. She also observed the arising her guide to “right action.” And she cultivating non-judgmental attention environmental issues of memories of her past relationships with discovered in this spontaneous awareness to our present experience. One form has grown in various animals; how she felt about them, how grounds enough for changing her life and consists of daily sitting in complete faith communities. she had interacted with them, how she how she treated other beings. Judging What can be disheartening, however, stillness, paying non-judgmental at- felt drawn to treat them, and how she felt herself, or others, did not make this caring are traditional approaches to these tention to present moment awareness. while witnessing the behaviour of others. any deeper or more durable than the issues that hurry to cast them in a moral This can also be done while walking, She simply observed, noticed, paid spontaneous responses of her own heart. or legalistic frame. With the deepest running, probably swimming, or danc- attention on purpose, without wavering, What left me feeling most liberated respect to these traditions, I question the ing, or cycling, or just by breathing. without judgment, without flinching.S he by her account of these experiences was view that adding a list of new “sins” will This very simple practice is not the recalled during her growing up, a steady how completely free they were of moral motivate anyone to adopt more nurturing same thing as prayer which assumes process of unconscious hardening, judgment and of fear. Cheri Huber was behaviours toward the natural world. a relationship between a person indifference rooted in inattention, to simply available to the experience of What we need instead is less fear and and a supernatural being, and that how animals might be experiencing the moment. She accepted completely more simple attention – simple mindfulness some sort of interaction occupies the our treatment of them. As a child, this whatever it might be. She trusted that – to what is happening all around us all the time spent together. Mindfulness prac- awareness was more or less immediately her spontaneous reactions, if honoured time, and what our deepest nature wants to tice does not assume a relationship. In available to her. But as she grew up, and honestly admitted to consciousness, do in response. It is from such deep sources fact any sort of assumption detracts she also noticed that this awareness would naturally lead her to right action. as these that we are continually called from from mindful awareness because as- was progressively covered over, buried (Huber, being a Buddhist teacher, would our history toward the destiny intended sumptions are forms of expectation. beneath layers of renaming, re-framing, be concerned to develop right action, one for us. Happily, this is something we can and re-valuing that turned living beings of the steps of the Eightfold Path, which MB deliberately cultivate through mindfulness into “agricultural products” and the encourages non-violence towards other practice. [See sidebar for details.] living natural world into “resources.” sentient beings.) In what follows, I want to credit a Stepping Lightly: Simplicity for People Now, she simply observed what was What appeals to me is how thoroughly woman named Cheri Huber who wrote and the Planet. He can be reached at happening in the world outside her skin, Ms Huber believes the promise in Ezekiel a book entitled That Which You are 475-4233, mburch@simplicitycentre. how her body reacted to these happenings, that the “law” of God is written on Seeking is Causing You To Seek, and in org and www.simplicitycentre.org. and how thoughts, feelings and memories our hearts – if we’re just quiet and it, a chapter entitled “One Less Act of arose in response to her bodily reactions mindful enough to notice it, trust it and For Further Information Violence.” Ms Huber is a Buddhist roshi to the events she witnessed. let it move us. u That Which You are Seeking is Causing who teaches at a Zen centre in California. She was describing the practice of You to Seek by Cheri Huber (1990), Keep The chapter itself is an eloquent plea for mindfulness in this particular situation. Winnipeg writer and educator Mark It Simple Books the humane treatment of animals, and by This enabled her to clear away the willful Burch is the author of two books on Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon extension, of all other beings. But what ignorance of her way of life, part the voluntary simplicity, one of which is Kabat-Zinn (1994), Hyperion. Yoga, Meditation & Yoga Music with Beth Martens a.k.a. Vijaya “That first class [with Beth] opened up a doorway to an inner awareness that is still unravelling three years later. Her yoga introduced me to a dimension of BEING that trascended Mind / Thought, and yet enhanced it at the same time.” – Brad Hercina, Campbell River, BC Experiential Talk: Creativity at the Source LIGHT Event at Charisma Restaurant (Wolseley Area) Tuesday, September 8, 7:00 - 8:00 PM Free Yoga Classes / Open House Wednesday, September 9 (Norwood)* Tuesday & Thursday, September 15 & 17 (Lindenwoods)* SOURCE WITHIN HAS EXPANDED! *go to www.bethmartens.com for times Maureen Becker has moved and Source Within has extended (twelve weeks) its services and hours! Appointment opportunities now available Moderate & Vigorous Flow Yoga Monday evenings: 7:30 - 8:30 PM (starts Sept. 14 at Norwood) weekdays, evenings, weekends. Tuesday evenings: 8:00 - 9:15 PM (starts Sept. 22 Lindenwoods) Gentle Vinyaasa Flow Yoga - Beginners welcome (twelve weeks) New service! Wednesday afternoon: 3:30 - 4:30 PM (starts Sept. 16 at Norwood) Card Readings with Maureen Becker Wednesday evening: 6:30 - 7:30 (starts Sept. 16 at Norwood) Thursday evenings: 6:30 - 7:45 PM (starts Sept. 24 at Lindenwoods) Maureen has used card reading as a tool for spiritual growth (twelve weeks) behind-the-scenes for years, and is now implementing her Moderate Vinyaasa Flow Yoga Thursday evenings: 8:00 - 9:15 PM (Lindenwoods) knowledge and unique method by integrating it into her Source Within public services. WindSong: Yoga, Sound & Breath Workshops 1, 2 & 3 (location TBD) 1 - October 4 - 1:30 - 4:30 PM Maureen channels angels, spirit guides, your guides 2 - November 15 - 1:30 - 4:30 PM (when appropriate) and Securely Attached to Mankind (SAM). 3 - December 6 - 1:30 - 4:30 PM Guides present will be the ones for your highest good–most Weekend Intensive: October 30, 31 & November 1 suitable for your particular situation and questions. If you enjoy Meditation and Satsang Classes (twelve weeks) card readings as a way of receiving spiritual guidance with tangible Sunday evenings: 6:30 - 7:45 PM (starts Sept. 13, call for location) confirmation, contact Maureen for a card reading. Kirtan (Yoga Music & Meditation) Concerts Friday September 25 & November 27 Maureen also offers Individual Life Coaching sessions, Call (204) 222-9642 to book tickets Boosts and Flashlight sessions with SAM as the guide. Group Mentorships, Workshops and Channel Events with SAM Private Instruction Please call to explore the opportunity to develop your own home yoga will return in the Fall and dates will be announced on the website. practice, custom designed for your life and being.

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Onions Stuffed with Garlic (www.bigoven.com) z Because of the alliin-allicin effect, the potency 6 large onions (or 1 onion per person) of garlic (and onions, which also contain alliin) is 6 cloves garlic (ditto) increased by “injuring” it (chopping, mincing and olive oil crushing) and letting it sit for ten minutes. This buttered breadcrumbs (try non-hydrogenated pumps the garlic up with allicin. The finer you margarine or olive oil) mince, the more allicin you get. toast salt & pepper [email protected] z Try chopping garlic and adding to some olive oil in a jar. Use the oil for dipping or frying; use the See View on page 6

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VIEW cont’d from page 5 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped High Praise for Garlic, Echinacea and Vitamin D Peel onions and garlic cloves. Hollow 1/2 C. butter (or non-hydrogenated TARIQ ABDULLAH, MD, a Florida mouth through the nostrils.” out the centers of the onions. Pound the margerine or 1/3 C. oil) garlic scientist and pandemic watcher, Then they swallow the whole lot. Less extracted pulp of the onions in a mortar 1 C. unsweetened cocoa believes the evidence for a preventive daunting, the health care workers also with the garlic, salt, pepper and enough 4 eggs, lightly beaten (or egg substitute) olive oil to make a workable paste which 1 C. sugar and therapeutic role for garlic against like to snort the fumes of sliced or minced is then stuffed back into the onion shells. 1 C. flour, sifted influenza is so strong that countries garlic from a bottle. Save some of the paste to serve as a spread 3/4 C. walnuts, chopped should stockpile it (and the immune- Dr. Joseph Mercola, the popular head for the toast. Place the stuffed onions in 1/3 C. almonds, blanched boosting herb, echinacea) as a first line of of the Optimal Health Wellness Center an oiled, ovenware dish. Sprinkle with Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. defence when the next pandemic strikes. website and newsletter, recommends buttered breadcrumbs and bake in a 350o Put the garlic and butter into a large In a guest editorial for the Journal of the raising vitamin D levels as a first defence oven for about 15 to 20 minutes. Serve bowl over a saucepan of water on low National Medical Association, Abdullah against the flu. with toast and extra puree. heat. When the butter has melted, stir in describes how health care workers he “Optimizing your vitamin D levels is one knows like to use garlic – fresh and/or of the absolute best strategies for avoiding Garlic Soup the cocoa and mix well. Add the eggs, supplements – to weather the flu season. infections of all kinds,” he writes in his 1 C. garlic, peeled & minced sugar, flour and walnuts, stirring well Their method of using raw garlic is not for newsletter. “Vitamin D deficiency is likely 1 T. onion, chopped after each addition. the faint of heart. the true culprit behind the seasonality of 2 T. olive oil Pour the mixture into a greased ¾ C. tomatoes, chopped and floured cake pan and decorate “The oral administration of raw garlic the flu – not the flu virus itself.” 4 C. vegetable stock with the blanched almonds. Bake for involves masticating or mincing a clove He also likes garlic as an all-natural salt, pepper and croutons approximately 35 minutes, until the top with honey once daily for prophylaxis antibiotic: “Freshly crushed garlic cloves Heat oil in a large pot. Add garlic and is springy but the inside is slightly moist. and twice daily for cure. This garlic work like a broad-spectrum antibiotic onion & saute till soft. Add chopped Turn out onto a wire rack and cut into preparation is chewed and retained in against bacteria, virus and protozoa in tomatoes. After a few minutes, stir in brownie squares or bars. the oral cavity as long as possible for the your body. And unlike with antibiotics, stock. Taste and add salt and pepper. liberated volatile compounds to penetrate no resistance can be built up so it is Simmer for 15 minutes. 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In my own healing z Germs and viruses enter through the eyes, nose, mouth and, possibly, ears; so it is important Come and join us to learn about journey and from working with clients in my life- coaching practice, I have found a variety of ways to to keep your distance from those who are infected prevent and treat flu and colds naturally. and wash your hands frequently. It’s also advisable Pranic Healing My mentor, Dr. George Kroeker, told me that to carry a hand sanitizer and use it after shaking 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month it is important to keep the body in balance and, hands or touching handles, payphones and 516 Kenaston Blvd. (corner of Kenaston and Grant) 7:00pm when illness occurs, to create doorknobs. A naturopath told ways to support the system so it me that coating the inside of Bring a friend, sibling, co-worker, family member $5.00 can heal itself. the nostrils with sesame oil Level 1: September 12 & 13, 2009 • Teacher Colette Chabot Widespread outbreaks of can help to prevent germs from Level 2: October 10 & 11, 2009 • Teacher Teresa Evans influenza usually occur from entering the body. Pranic Feng Shui: October 16 & 17 2009 • Teacher Master Nona October to March. Both colds and z If you are sick, stay home to Level 1: November 2009 • Teacher Gilles Beaudry (date TBA) flus are picked up by direct contact recover and to prevent spread to or by touching objects previously others. Muffle coughs and sneezes For more info call... handled by an infected person. with the crook of the elbow rather Gisele 253-0993 Colette 487-9649 Viruses can be a concern, but than using bare hands or tissues. We will also do Intro’s at your home, office, the majority of people who come When tissues are used, dispose of community center upon request. down with them recover within a them immediately and thoroughly week or two. The doctor I see says sanitize the hands. that although many believe in the z Relax and maintain a positive efficacy of vaccines, they do not attitude. Too much stress has a guarantee protection against the negative impact on health and flu and sometimes cause more mental well-being. Meditation harm than good. This may be and creative visualization can be especially true this fall as rushed production allows explored for their calming effects. INSPIRE Your less time for safety testing. z Reduce alcohol consumption. Alcohol depletes B When clients call asking for suggestions to vitamins, impairs liver function and creates greater Mind, Body & Spirit treat colds and flu, I suggest caution when using susceptibility to infections. You might want to add a Sokol Hall Festival painkillers normally used for headaches. Many of B-vitamin supplement to your regime. 33 - 11th Street North the pills and hot lemon drinks contain the same z Avoid smoking, including breathing second-hand Brandon, Manitoba active ingredients and can overload the system. It is smoke. Cigarette smoke dries out the nasal passages advisable to consult a health practitioner before self- and paralyzes the small hairs in the nose and lungs prescribing over-the-counter remedies. th that help ward off viruses. Saturday, October 24 Given that there are no known cures for colds and z Take regular saunas as many Europeans do. The 10 am - 5 pm viruses, my first recommendation is to minimize air in saunas is too hot for viruses to survive; thus exposure and strengthen your immunity as the steam and infrared saunas cleanse the system and best way to stay healthy. Here are some of my provide immune-boosting effects. However, people Sunday, October 25th “perspectives” on healthy living and flu prevention: with heart conditions should consult their health The Basics care practitioner before using any form of intense heat therapy. 11 am - 5 pm z Get enough sleep. The immune system functions much better with seven to nine hours sleep for In my work as a life coach, I also suggest clients Over 25 displays& for everything from optimal health. When the body is fatigued, it is less include a variety of flu-fighting and immune- Diaper Cakes, Jewellery to Angel Readings! able to ward off viruses and infections. boosting foods in their diets. Some of these are: z Exercise moderately on a regular basis. z A variety of dark green, red and yellow vegetables z Avoid sugar. Even small amounts of sugar and fruits. These are packed with healthful nutrients. Sponsored by: Enchanted Tarot Card Readings can impair immune function, leaving you more z Fresh, raw or lightly cooked garlic has strong, [email protected] susceptible to the flu. natural antiviral properties. [Editor’s note: See z During cold weather, indoor heating systems dry View from the Veg, page 5, for more on garlic.] out the mucous membranes in the nose and throat. It z Do you want to see your web address here? Green tea, like garlic, is known to improve email [email protected] to inquire. is important to keep them well hydrated by drinking immunity. z Cayenne pepper acts as a catalyst for herbs and vitamins. (See www. morethanalive.com for full details about A SOUL’S JOURNEY cayenne plus other herbs.) Individual & z Supplement with yogurt or acidophilus Feng Shui pills after a round of antibiotics Couples Counselling n order to replenish friendly bacteria Couple’s Journey Specializing In: that have been wiped out in the course of treatment. 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(MA Counselling Psych.) 204.237.7781 TEL 475-5339 [email protected] 8 FALL 2009 www.aquarianonline.com Radway continued from page 1 And as if that’s not tricky enough, them. In one fell swoop we replace her “extra senses.” At the age of 40, there’s more: as complementary energet- the lopsided car with the sleek well- hot on the heels of her initiation as a ic counterparts, our parents contribute oiled machine we would have been had Sufi Master, Carol hung out her shingle equally to our “education,” which means we been raised by parents able to as an energy practitioner. She had their respective world views have equal honour themselves and each other in a found home. representation within us. It is as if we balanced way. are each two people inside one skin. Any Not bad. The Story disagreement between them manifests as Therapist Heal Thyself Several months before the exodus of her inner conflict.T o the extent that commu- As the guinea pig, Carol was the first clients, Carol, in a blaze of inspiration, nication and cooperation between them to benefit from her new therapy, and the conceived of a way to facilitate an is impaired, we are, in effect, divided results have been as life changing for integration of our masculine and from ourselves. her as for her clients. When her prac- feminine selves’ identities, she says, Carol likens this divided self to a tice came to a halt in 2007, she made no that exist in varying degrees of conflict lopsided car – big wheels on one side, attempt to revive it. Instead, she chose according to our experiences as children. small on the other. It’s not hard to Parental Merging Therapy to take advantage of this unprecedented And which profoundly affect our ability imagine what kind of ride that is going to Everything we understand about opening to throw herself into an explora- to live exuberant, peaceful lives. be: bumpy and hard to steer. tion of all of the different experiences to In the weeks that followed her initial ourselves and the world in which we Grounded in a deep understand- which she was newly drawn. discovery, Carol took her new therapy live is deeply rooted in what we learn ing of the masculine/feminine dance While Carol was growing up, her apart and put it back together again using as children, and guess who’s in charge and utilizing the principles of Neuro- mother – enough of a sensitive herself to herself and her husband Paul as guinea of the curriculum? Simply by being, Linguistic Programming, Parental know what she was talking about – would pigs. When convinced she had explored our mothers and fathers teach us about Merging Therapy, as Carol refers to it, whisper to her daughter the prudence of it thoroughly from the inside out, she the way it is in the world. We learn how facilitates an integration of our mascu- sharing her stories with only people she called her clients and offered it to them. we are to treat others and ourselves by line and feminine selves, restoring com- They all accepted and the rest is history. observing how they do it. munication and cooperation between See RAdway on page 16

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Be sure to visit us at www.aquarianonline.com Shamanism cont’d from page 1 blend harmoniously with the shaman’s should refrain from entering the lodge. drum. As each one of my companions As the sweat continues next to us, we is charting the landscape just as the approaches the entrance to the sweat listen to the shaman’s stories and feel his explorers of the New World once charted lodge, Jade asks us to connect to our song-like chant move into our bodies and the landscape that we know as North inner wisdom. spirits. Though we are not in the lodge America. “Enter only if you choose,” he says. itself, our bodies and minds feel cleansed By the end of that first weekend, I had been on several journeys and found my To my great chagrin, I feel a resistance by the ceremony, which is the purpose primary power animal. (Generally, the in myself as I approach the door. The for the sweat in this case. identity of the power animal is not shared resistance is so strong that I am not able The next day, our group of drum publicly.) I had experienced the thrill of to crouch down and crawl through the makers reconvenes to participate in a drumming and realized that this was narrow opening. Instead, I turn away drumming circle and to listen to the something I wanted to continue to do. and move into an open area to the right shaman’s songs and stories. I approach Of course, if you want to drum, of the lodge. Jade and inform him that I had begun you’ve got to have a drum to do it! That I find that a few of my companions also menstruation overnight. He embraces me realization led me all the way to Sedona, do not enter the lodge. We are a group warmly and says, “You have entered into Arizona, and Jade Wah’oo Grigori, a of four women, one of whom is pregnant. your feminine power. It is good.” shaman in his mid-50s of Mongolian As a pregnant woman, she is not able to Jade explained that feminine power descent, to make my own double-sided participate in the sweat and suddenly I is equal to masculine power but each elk-hide drum. realize that, with the baby in utero, we ceremony is keyed to one or the other are actually five, a magical feminine and, in rare circumstances, to both. Birthing the Drum number associated with the planet Venus. The consecration ritual was a yang- Constructing my beautiful drum was Though the mother does not know the based one, according to the tradition that something like giving birth. sex of her baby, we are certain that the Jade follows. First I cut the drum face out of the child growing within her is female. I See Shamanism on page 11 rawhide, pulled the laces from the whole that hold the heat of the fire, glisten in find out later that she gives birth to a girl hide and punched holes for the laces. the silver moonlight. I hear the soft, deep child. There is magic in the night air. The Then, when the double-sided drum was chant of shaman Jade Wah’oo Grigori’s magic comes from us. complete, I stayed up for most of the night song as he drums rhythmically, calling Though I am conflicted about not to turn the drum by quarters and bathe it us to the sweat. entering the lodge, I am obedient to in water so that it didn’t dry too quickly. My companions and I have come here Jade’s instructions and listen when my The true beauty of any drum is the to consecrate the drums that we have body says no. Later that night, when I am song that it sings – that is, its sound The Way of the Shaman completed over a period of two days back in my own bed, I find that I begin Shamanic Journeying, when beaten, and this song is directly and to honour the spirit of elk who has menstruation. I feel relief – I now know affected by this intricate drying and provided us with the rawhide that we why my body said no. 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In this way, we are bathed in a pool of light. Any the spirits that take care of me and have the hides covering the two sides of the shamanic drumming produces a daydream lingering doubts that may have existed them speak with the spirits that take care of the client. Following the guidance drum can never be strung to precisely the state of alpha without emotional content. between us due to my not entering the same tautness, one side will always have The undertone “drone” stimulates the sweat lodge have dissolved. and insight they offer, I will communicate with the client, providing a diagnosis of a slightly higher pitch than the other side. brain into the theta brain wave state. Then we move to the drumming circle. The resonance on the higher-pitched Though this is characterized as the deep Jade demonstrates a variety of drum- their situation. Based upon this input and guidance, I will then conduct the side will have a “ring” to it. When the dreaming state, the most relevant response beats and as we drum along, he sings lower-pitched side is struck, a “drone” is is that the drone opens our spiritual heart, above the drumbeat. Jade tells us that a ceremony appropriate to bring resolution on behalf of the client. produced in addition to the beat. Because allowing our indwelling presence of being, shaman’s drum is his or her spirit horse of the close proximity of the hides to each our spirit, to rise forth unimpeded. and it is via the song the “horse” sings CRW: Can you describe any particular other, being only three to four inches When these three states of that we can travel to non-ordinary reality abilities that you have acquired through apart, when one side of the drum is struck, consciousness – silence, alpha and theta to do the shamanic work. the ecstatic drumming process? the sound wave impacts the other side’s – occur simultaneously, a phenomenal This shift into an altered state of JWG: It is the ecstatic journey which hide, causing it to resonate as well. We experience proceeds. The spirit, rising consciousness is simple and easy. enables me to perceive the underlying now have three tones being produced forth through the now opened heart, is Though mind-altering substances are nature of reality that is forming the simultaneously from one strike: the freed to express itself through image, used in some shamanic rituals, Jade tells worldview and experience of a person. beat, the resonance (either a “ring” or a symbols, song and chant, tones, colors, us that we do not require anything other There is a power inherent within “drone,”) and the secondary resonance of sensations and knowingness. than the drumbeat itself to enter non- that vision, which enables me then to the opposing hide’s vibration. Where does the spirit express itself? In ordinary reality. reweave the fabric of that person’s reality The human mind fixates upon the the now empty alpha daydream state. The monotonous and repetitive. The constant mind, fixated and silent, cannot help but At the Feet of a Shaman perspective, producing an alternate striking of the drum produces a repetitive pay attention to that which is transpiring experience and consequent unfolding of One of the most illuminating experiences and monotonous beat pattern. When the within the alpha state. We are now able I have had was the opportunity to sit with that person’s life. mind fixates, all “chitter-chatter” and to perceive directly the expressions, or Jade Wah’oo Grigori and interview him. For example: One of the understandings emotional turmoil ceases. A profound state desires, of our spirit – that is, we are now that I carry is of a particular force of Christina Rai Wheelwright: What is the of silence ensues. able to once again communicate in the nature that we refer to as Power. Power is main focus of your shamanic practice? The high-pitched overtone stimulates sacred language of spirit! 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For instance, if your By CHRISTINA RAI classification, an astrologer can gain Speech can be erudite and sometimes partner has Mercury in an airy sign, just he Buddha said, much insight into the even pompous. These are the potential letting her talk and letting her know that “All that we are is mind of the person. intellectual giants who can grasp a T you appreciate her erudite delivery will the result of what we have When Mercury is concept with ease and communicate go a long way to creating a more harmo- thought. If people speak found to be located it skillfully. These airy thinkers are nious exchange. or act with evil thoughts, in the fire family of interested in the big picture and know So, how can you find out where pain follows them. If signs, Aries, Leo and how to spin a yarn. Words are like toys your own Mercury is located in the people speak or act with Sagittarius, the mind for them. Communication with them can zodiac? Naturally, you can always pure thoughts, happiness is imaginative and fan- sometimes turn into a debate and for the find an astrologer who will give you follows them, like shadows ciful. Speech is often most part, they will win. Listen carefully an astrological reading on all of your that never leave them.” inspirational and ex- at all times and let them talk themselves planetary placements, which is an How fitting those words citing. Ideas come fast into a corner. They will do it, as they are experience worth having at least once are! It is the ability to think, and furious and can never short on words! in your life! reason and communicate be grandiose. The watery signs, Cancer, Scorpio But you could also go to any one of our thoughts to those People with a fiery and Pisces are the emotional thinkers of the numerous astrology sites on the around us that defines us as human. How Mercury have fertile minds that exult the zodiac. Ideas are founded on feelings. Internet and if you enter your birth data important, then, to manage our minds in expression. If you are in relationship If the subject does not incite them to into the astrology program, you will and train ourselves to think from a place with someone who has a fiery Mercury, responsiveness, it is not interesting to find the various placements of the ten of grace. By using the astrological tool it is important to keep them inspired, en- them. Speech is often intense and full of planets. Once you have done this, note bag, we can gain great insight into the gaged and motivated. They want action meaning. Making the heart connection is where Mercury is found and then refer way our individual minds work. and excitement when conversing, so of paramount importance when they are back to the descriptions given above In astrology, Mercury, the closest expect rapid fire dialogue and even some communicating to others. When talking to get you started on the journey into planet to the Sun, represents the flowery monologues. with one of these types of thinkers, listen self-understanding. mind. How we think, how we speak, When Mercury is in an earth sign, to what they are saying behind the words, There is a wealth of information the connections we make, are all facets Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, the as often it is the inflection and emphasis available both on the ‘net and in of Mercury. It is through our capacity mind is steady, methodical and thorough. in their speech that gives the clues as to metaphysical books on each of the twelve to communicate what we feel and Speech can sometimes be tedious but what they are trying to get across. signs where Mercury can be found. Not perceive that we are able to engage in any subject will be explored at length, It can be argued that a successful only is it fun to delve into this information meaningful relationship. leaving no stone unturned in the quest relationship is based on the ability of the but you could also gain some useful data Just as there are different kinds of for understanding. Ideas are constructed two people to understand each other. In on how to become a more skillful and emotional personas, so are there different with care and attention to detail. These order to understand, we need to be aware gracious communicator. u kinds of thinkers. Astrologically, there earthy thinkers are the planners of the of the other’s mode of communica tion: are four elements: fire, earth, air and zodiac so it is wise to have at least one z The fiery thinkers need some grounding. Christina Rai is an evolutionary water. When a person is born, astrologers such person on any “go” team. They will z The earthy thinkers could use a bit of astrologer and writer based in Winnipeg. are able to mathematically locate each of do the work! When communicating with inspiration. She can be reached at christinaraiw@ the ten planets in the 360 degrees of the someone who has this earthy mental z The airy thinkers may need a bit of gmail.com. tropical zodiac, that is, the commonly energy, stick to the facts, give them data focus.

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Shamanism cont’d from page 11 Focus on the Pet Family life force, collected and concentrated. Power operates according to a set Cam Hill is an animal intuitive. on a muscle-wasting disease for her said the operation might of well-defined natural laws. Three For the past thirteen years, she has human. (I only know this happens when not permanently fix the issue of these (there are about a dozen communicated telepathically with the animal tells me.) A vet has diagnosed but the odds were pretty good. When I overall) are: pets and other animals to determine it. Her human told me that a similar talked to Christy, she wanted to know 1. Power moves from lesser-intensely the causes of problem behaviour and muscle wasting disease runs in her what an operation meant. I explained charged fields to fields that are more emotional distress. family. Although the dog is from a breed what would happen, the approximate intensely charged, regardless of mass. that is usually energetic and athletic, this time she would be in pain and needing 2. This can be modified by attention. Matters of Medical dog is neither. She grumbles about just rest and what the possible outcome would Where we hold our attention, Power Intervention going for a walk. be. She agreed to the operation because will flow. it meant she could run freely again. It 3. Water and Power have a natural while ago a radio host asked me was a success and her recuperation was affinity for each other. That is, they Awhat animals thought about cancer relatively quick and easy. draw each other unto themselves. treatments like radiation. I replied that A little cat had a growth on his leg The application of these principles of although no animals that I had worked that kept getting bigger. I visited him power enables me to work what observers with up to that point had had radiation, I via meditation several times and sent would consider to be feats of magic, did have some experiences with severely energy to help reduce the growth. For such as making specific clouds ill animals. several months, matters remained fairly disappear from the sky. Shamanism Sometimes animals take on an illness stable and then the growth caused him is not, however, a practice of magic. for their human companion, usually to limp. A visit to the vet ended with the Rather, shamanism is the spiritual unbeknownst to their human. When Another dog took on deafness, another strong suggestion that the growth could application of physics. that happens, and I’ve only seen it a few poor eyesight. The animal makes be cancerous and needed to be removed. I Our atmosphere is comprised of a times, the animal does not want me to the decision and somehow takes on told him what the operation would mean field of power. There are varying tell their companion. As I honour the the illness. I don’t understand how it and he decided he wanted to have it. This intensities of charge within the animal, I agree to keep the secret and yet happens but know from talking to was significant as he was an older cat who atmosphere. In those areas where must still convey to their caretaker what animals that it does. easily could have said no. The operation the charge of Power is more intense, the animal’s illness is about. Sometimes As for animals and medical treatments, was a success, the lump was not cancerous atmospheric water vapour will be that is challenging! one cat in a multiple-cat household saw his and Georgie is doing very well. drawn there (principle 3). By placing There was a little cat who took on feline companion being treated for kidney z z z my attention on the centre of the cloud, cancer for one of her humans. She ended disease. He also was suffering from it but How do you know whether the deci- I am linking the field of Power of up dying from the disease but did so it wasn’t as advanced. His feline friend sion for medical intervention is in the the cloud to the Earth (the most with great dignity – purring as she died. was getting hydrated daily along with animal’s best interest? If the odds are dynamic charge in our presence) by There were several cats in the family and other medical interventions but eventually greatly in the animal’s favour that the groundi ng it through me (principle they all stayed with her as she became died. When I asked Henry (the cat) if he intervention will be successful, the time 2). Now that the two fields (cloud weaker. It was like they were not only wanted medical treatment, he asked what frame isn’t excessive and it’s for the ani- and Earth) are connected, the charge supporting her but learning from her – for that would be. I told him the same kinds of mal’s well being, then you know it’s the of Power from the cloud is grounded she’d been a healing cat in that household. things that were done to his feline friend. right decision. through my attention into the field Her companion was a massage therapist Henry quickly declined the treatment and of the Earth (principle 1). This and whenever clients came to her, the asked to be just left alone. I conveyed that Cam Hill has been helping a friendly causes the charge of the cloud to cat would greet them and stay with them to his caretaker Martha, which made her stray cat (white and grey neutered male) be drained from that area of the through their treatment, purring gently decision-making easier. who says he would like a home where he sky. 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Wheat fields to StarG ate ver heard of Remote Viewing or Elder completed an extensive training EProject Star Gate? program with army remote viewer, David — Paul Elder hadn’t, Morehouse, author of Psychic Warrior, and at least not until a went on to train with army remote viewer, series of near death Lyn Buchanan, author of Seventh Sense, experiences opened a and with Star Gate’s former Pentagon psychic doorway for Director, Dale Graff. him and his life was In recognition of his abilities in remote forever changed. viewing, Elder was recruited several years From humble begin- ago as a trainer at the Monroe Institute in nings as a farm boy Virginia where he teaches remote viewing on the Canadian prairies, Paul has become classes with former army officer, Skip something of an anomaly. Now he finds Atwater. Atwater, the Director of Research Evening Chat with himself holding company with the world’s at the Institute, was formerly known as PAUL ELDER best remote viewers, former Pentagon Captain Fred Atwater, none other than the directors and top secret military intelli- original Recruiting and Operations Officer Author gence officers. for Project Star Gate. Near Death Survivor This story reads like fiction but it is fact. At the Institute, Elder also works with Monroe Institute- Author of the acclaimed book, Eyes of former decorated army officer, Joe an Angel, Paul Elder is a former CTV news McMoneagle, one of Star Gate’s longest Remote Viewing Instructor reporter and mayor of a Canadian city. He serving officers. McMoneagle is purported November 3, 2009 is also a survivor of three near-death to be one of the greatest remote viewers in experiences ­– a drowning at the age of the world. He is the author of several books 7:00 to 9:30 PM 12, a car accident at 17, and a heart attack including Star Gate Chronicles, Remote Glenwood Community Centre at the age of 41. Following his near-death Viewing Secrets, and Mind Trek. 27 Overton Street, Winnipeg encounters, Elder’s life was further rocked Remaining in awe of his famous peers, by a series of spontaneous out-of-body Elder confides that he is still amazed Tickets: $10 experiences ­– experiences that would lead that such people even exist, much less him to a life of psychic intrigue he could not contemplating that he actually knows and Star Gate ever have imagined. works with them. Due in part to his many extraordinary Paul lives on Vancouver Island and Remote Viewing Intensive excursions while participating in con- spends his time writing, teaching, and Nov. 20, 21, 22, 2009 sciousness exploration programs at the speaking throughout the United States and Monroe Institute in Virginia, Elder was Canada on the subject of remote viewing Glenwood Community Centre introduced to some mysterious people and the phenomenon of near-death and 27 Overton Street, Winnipeg involved in paranormal research – some out-of-body experiences. at high levels of security within the U.S. Tuition: $245 government’s top secret military intelli- Paul Elder will be visiting Winnipeg this fall Info & Registration: (204) 261-8787 gence psychic spying program known as for a series of lectures and workshops. For [email protected] Project Star Gate. information contact afterthegathering@ As a result of these connections, Elder yahoo.com, (204) 261-8787 or Paul Elder at (250) 724-0136 began training with several of the original [email protected], (250) 724-0136 army intelligence remote viewing officers. www.paul-elder.com www.aquarianonline.com FALL 2009 17 KALEIDOSCOPE cont’d from page 12 Conservation Kudos plans include excavation to increase pool The MFFA’s list of priorities includes “There’s a fine line between fishing and depths, strategically placed riffles (rock I witnessed a room full of men taking standing on the shore like an idiot.” notes and asking questions about what extensive conservation projects. Two of Steven Wright formations) and lunkers (logs). patterns and materials to use for fly tying. their five club objectives focus on the Window on the Whiteshell or WOW, I watched them concentrate on wrapping “preservation of clean water and good The MFFA solicited funds, gathered is in its early stages of research and fur, feathers, chenille and wire on a fishing” and “to actively promote sound partners and created a plan for the 50-acre development. The MFFA wants to build a teeny-tiny hook with thread. (I now know conservation practices and resource marshy lake. Now the wild side boasts a viewing window into the side of the river how to read thread sizes!) I heard them management.” The association’s conser- wheelchair accessible dock and washroom, that enables people to see “live” what happens above and below the surface of discussing craft store deals, which fly vation efforts began by developing fish windmill aeration and a dredged, stocked the water. works best for certain fish and locations, stocking opportunities. In the last twenty lake for “put and take” fishing (lake As a newbie to this fishy world, I even how some of them hide the more years, fly fishing tourism and interest has stocked in the spring, fished out by fall). exploded. Water quality and lake main- needed to find some basic fishing and expensive purchases from their wives. I tenance, fish diversity and habitat issues The Whiteshell River Habitat Project conservation tips. Here are some of them: love it! Some of the fly names catch the are more important than ever. Bruce Cameron, an airline pilot and z Buy a conservation fishing license imagination too – wooly bugger, rich 30-year MFFA member, grew up as a (reduced cost, lower fish limit). bitch, beach sandal popper, glow bug Kingfisher Lake, “dock-rat” at a family hunting and fishing z Catch and release fish if you don’t want gomphus (some used-in-Manitoba flies). Bird’s Hill Provincial Park resort; he enjoyed all that nature had to to eat them. They are truly works of art. Rick Hurst, a landscape architect for offer. Now Bruce gives back by leading z Keep fish in the water when doing hook After trying my hand at tying, I realized Manitoba Parks and MFFA member, various conservation projects for the club. and release to reduce fish stress. the skill, technique and creativity continues to focus on the ongoing Currently, Bruce heads up the Whiteshell z Be aware of noise pollution, as you involved. You need a fine hand and sharp Kingfisher Lake project. In 1999 for the River Rehabilitation project that began can spook the fish in shallow streams eye to work with miniature tools that Pan Am Games, the lake in Bird’s Hill in 1991 near West Hawk Lake. The goal and rivers. weave materials together to create an Park was divided into two sections – a is to enhance the river environment for enticing bug-like hook for fish. swimming area and a wild marshy area. trout. Extensive habitat assessments and See KALEIDOSCOPE on page 18 Reverend Doreen Holmes, all natural laundry soap. Spiritual Counsellor, Gifted in Sacred Ceremony, Métis economical & earth-friendly Weddings • Baptisms • Funerals Personal and Home Blessings • Designing Sacred Spaces Spiritual Guidance/Counselling • Sacred Sessions with Smudging • Drumming Energy work using the healing power of feathers integrated with Reiki Angel card readings • Individual and group prayer Beautiful Medicine stories/meditation available on CDs for purchase. 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Power animal and soul retrievals, way to take excess carbon dioxide from It is a source of insight, understanding divination and extraction, drumming The Vanishing the air is to ask Gaia to do it for us.” and healing that is held on behalf of all circles, shamanic teacher and coach, He describes a method of utilizing the of humanity, awaiting merely the asking long-distance work. Face of Gaia: Earth’s own intelligence through the by any individual who should so desire Mary Louise Chown, Winnipeg, www. process of “burying elemental carbon” its assistive value. u marylouisechown.com, mlchown@ A Final Warning by converting agricultural waste into shaw.ca. Shamanic coach, power animal By James Lovelock char and thus “reducing the natural release of 99.9% of the carbon of the Christina Rai Wheelwright is a retrievals, celtic shamanism. Basic Books, 2009 waste as carbon dioxide and methane Winnipeg astrologer and freelance Karen Garrett, Fort Qu’appelle, SK, Hardcover, 288 pages, into a release of only 10 to 30%.” writer ([email protected]) (306) 332-4833. Power animal and soul $34 retrievals, extraction, drumming, long Perhaps the most shocking statement distance work. Reviewed by CHRISTINA RAI that Lovelock makes in this book is For Further Information that he feels that in the very near future Irene Friesen, Pinawa, MB, www. WHEELWRIGHT www.shamanic.net, the website of the population of Earth will be decimated terramandala.ca. Shamanic teacher, soul Jade Wah’oo Grigori n the 1960s, while working at the Jet by the heating up of the ecosystem and retrieval, shamanic counseling, artist. www.shamanism.org, the Foundation IPropulsion Laboratory in California, that only the extremities of the globe for Shamanic Studies Bernadette Koroscil, Winnipeg Beach, James Lovelock had what he calls a will be inhabitable by human life. Medicine Cards by Jamie Sams and MB, [email protected]. Shamanic “eureka moment.” He “saw with his He suggests that Great Britain, Canada, David Carson (book and cards) drum building, leading sweat lodges, mind’s eye our planet as something New Zealand, Iceland and other buffalo medicine teachings. possibly unique in the universe, some- non-equatorial areas are the ones that thing alive.” will still sustain life. Move now as far KALEIDOSCOPE cont’d from page 17 catch-and-release. Thus was born Gaia Theory which north or south as you can, he suggests! I did, however, come eyeball-to-eyeball posits that “the organic and inorgan- z Use proper nets, gloves and handling Lovelock concludes his book with with a loon, photographed sunning ic components of Planet Earth have a gripping discussion about survival; techniques that don’t destroy the fishes’ turtles and had my apple pilfered by a evolved together as a single living, self- survival of both the human species protective slimy coat. tiny, red squirrel. A successful trip in regulating system. It suggests that this and Gaia herself. Despite the sobering z Go fishing with a buddy – for fun and my eyes! living system has automatically con- data that he has reviewed, he leaves us safety reasons. The friendly encouragement I trolled global temperature, atmospheric with a hopeful outlook when he says, z Take all garbage away with you (yours continue to receive from MFFA content, ocean salinity, and other fac- “Let us look ahead to the time when and any you find). members impresses me. I feel lured by tors, that maintains its own habitability.” Gaia is a truly sentient planet through Fall Fly Fishing this club (pun intended) and fly fishing (www.gaiatheory.org) the merging with her of our descendants. You may be wondering why I’m (in general) to keep exploring the In his latest book, The Vanishing Face We could have a future in communion discussing fly fishing in September. possibilities. of Gaia: A Final Warning, Lovelock with our living planet to make her strong Well, in the fall, fly fishing explodes Anyone want to join us? u updates Gaia Theory and provokes again and able to counter the disabling with activity and beauty. The waters us to explore the consequences of impacts that are due.” are colder, fish larger and more active, Kristi Dorian is a Winnipeg interpreter irresponsible environmental behaviour. “Thinking this way,” he continues, and the colourful scenery awe inspiring. for the Deaf in her day job and explores He takes the reader on a journey through “how could anyone be a pessimist and While there’s still open water, you’re nature photography and fly fishing in space and time and warns us to “not be imagine that the global heating crisis bound to find a fly fisherman or two her free time. Email her at krdorian@ misled by lulls in climate change when is the end for us or even Gaia? We will practising this graceful art. mts.net with your comments and/or global temperature is constant for a few probably both survive and from our As of today (mid July), I’ve only fly- suggestions for future columns. years or even…appears to drop.” descendants could evolve the wiser fished once with my fishing buddy at For Further Information He asserts that “no voluntary human species that could live even closer in Gaia Lyon’s Lake. I caught no fish, only the Manitoba Fly Fishing Association act can reduce our numbers fast enough and perhaps make her the first citizen of pine tree behind me four times. I thought www.mffa.org, email [email protected] to even slow climate change. Merely our Galaxy.” I was far enough away – each time! The by existing, people and their dependent This book is provocative in every re- dock had more promising prospects and FortWhyte Alive,1961 McCreary Road, Winnipeg, Phone 989-8355 animals are responsible for more than spect, prodding us to reconsider our fewer obstacles. I am ready and willing ten times the greenhouse gas emissions personal positions on energy, urbaniza- to catch my first fish, filet it and eat Check out the libraries and YouTube on of all the airline travel in the world.” In tion, the green movement and life itself. it. Then I’ll decide if I want to do just the Internet for fly fishing how-to info. fact, he states that “the real Earth does Lovelock writes in an engaging and ac- not need saving. It can, will and always cessible style and he includes a glossary give your business a CREATIVE boost has saved itself and it is now starting to of terms for those who may not be con- Creative do so by changing to a state much less versant with scientific usage. Look for our signs on favourable for us and other animals.” This is a must-read for those who are Business iver ve (opposite safeway) R A DESIGN In chapter 5, “Geoengineering,” interested in expanding their knowledge Cards Lovelock explores the proposition of about global heating and what solutions 477-1691 &PRINT “treating global heating by engineering may exist for our current crisis.

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Call 783-5715 now and book your appointment with Claude Leonard, Beth Kettner RMT or Bowen Smyth.

Located in the Wolseley area, for fees and hours of operation please visit our web site at www.RubyHolisticHealing.com or call us.

health services ACCUPUNCTURE REIKI Cont’d Dr. Xiuyin Wang, Acupuncturist, Chinese Medicine, Herbs...... www.avotresanteinc.com 475-7683 StacyLee Master/Teacher Usui & Crystal Therapy...... HealingHands 996-9921 ASTROLOGY Helen Sklavenitis RMT/Reiki, Usui Karuna, Lightarian Angel Links & Karmic Release...... 291-4831 MB Astrology Ass’n meets last Sat. of month, Place Louis Riel...... Call Dorothy Tytgat 489-7063 resort & spa BODYTALK Solstice Spa at the Elkhorn Resort, Onanole, MB...... 1-866–ELKHORN www.elkhornresort.mb.ca Claude - help your body to heal itself using Innate Wisdom...... bodytalkmb.com 783-5715 SELF REGULATION THERAPY (SRT) Channeling Lise Dupuis, For emotional & physical healing ...... www.lisedupuis.com 944-8407 Card Readings & Life Coaching w/ channelled messages–SAM & angel guides–www.sourcewithin.com 275-1704 Therapeutic Touch™ Chi kung/qi gong Mary Jean Dresler, EFT Counselling, EFT workshops...... [email protected] 232-4499 Erika Bera: Cultivating Your Life Energy...... [email protected] or (204) 897-6324 YOGA CHIROPRACTORS ESSENCE YOGA with Kirti Kaur (aka Deborah Smith), R.Y.T. Hatha & Kundalini Yoga...... 792-3341 Feasey Chiropractic and Wellness Center, 7-208 Marion St. (Network Spinal Analysis)...... 237-0210 WEIGHT LOSS management Dr. Natalie Leonard, 195 Provencher Blvd., Network Spinal Analysis...... 237-6726 Sue Mazur AT, CH – “Bios Life Slim” – Weight Loss Product...... for info call (204) 232-1194 COUNSELLORS Joan McLaren, Ph.D., Affordable counselling for women, men, children & couples...... 489-5017 Lise Dupuis, “Working with you on your healing & change”...... www.lisedupuis.com 944-8407 Bahram Moterassed, MMFT Individual, couple & family therapy. 17 yrs experience ...1(888) 823-3696 CRaniosacral Therapy CranioSacral for Women, Children and Pets...... 277 Aubrey St. / 885-6013 Christine Chisholm, RMT, CIMI, do you have old injuries?...... www.avotresanteinc.com 475-7683 CRYSTALS Radiance Gifts & Treasures, 875 Corydon Ave...... www.radiancegifts.com or 284-4231 EAR CANDLING Monique Couture & Janis Rosen (certified by Cheryl Stoodley)...... 257-6978, 475-3444 EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Claude - where everything else fails, EFT will accomplish the task...... eftwinnipeg.com..783-5715 Basic & Followup Support. EFT-emotional freedom therapy...... MJ Dresler...232-4499 HAWAIIAN HUNA KANE MASSAGE Monique L. Dorge, Practitioner & Facilitator...... 254-8563 Catherine Eby, Sessions/Classes, www.rmhs.byregion.net...... 452-3277 HYPNOSIS/HYPNOTHERAPY Catherine Holmes (Hypnosis , E.F.T. , Counselling, Consultant) Private Classes--for appt...... 888-7053 Catherine Eby, B.A., Hypnotherapy, Time Line Therapy, www.rmhs.byregion.net...... 452-3277 Monique L. Dorge...... [email protected] 254-8563 Evelyn Anderson...... www.naturalwaytoheal.com Infant massage classes Christine Chisholm, RMT, CIMI, for parents/grandmothers...... www.avotresanteinc.com 475-7683 Integrated Energy therapy Wilma Wood, Healing with the Energy of Angels...... 256-1099 Life coach Jacquie Holmes, willing to know your inner/outer authenticity... www.avotresanteinc.com 475-7683 MASSAGE Barb Cantley, RMT, Remedial, Hot Stone, www.stonelotusmassage.com...... 223-9044 PILATES Fitness with grace...... 2 Studios in St. Vital: 255-0939, 233-3996 PSYCHICS/READINGS Psychic/Spiritual Readings & Counselling (Spirit Communication) by Carole...... 487-0641 Psychosomatic Therapy Body-Mind Communication Analysis Monique L. Dorge, practitioner , [email protected] 254-8563 RAPID EYE TECHNOLOGY Deborah Chester, RET, Reiki Master, Focusing Practitioner.... [email protected] Reconnective Healing Lana Taylor, Reconnective Healing Practitioner, [email protected]...... 509-3026 REFlexology Laura Carroll, Reiki Master/Teacher, Reflexology, Nova Holistic Center...... 488-4576 Shona’s Soul Touch, RCRT, Reiki Master Practitioner www.shonasoultouch.com...... 832-3182 REIKI Catherine Eby, Master/Teacher, www.rmhs.byregion.net...... 452-3277 Claude - Usui, Karuna® & LightarianTM Master/Teacher...... reikiwinnipeg.com 783-5715