Author: Eran Sadeh
Introduction
Before I list some very helpful and powerful exercises to encourage creativity, let’s take a moment to consider what constitutes creativity, why we aspire to encourage creativity in the first place and what is required from the person who wishes to encourage creativity through exercises, be it her own creativity or that of others. (more…)
Author: Vern Burkhardt
See or make connections between ideas that seem far apart, look to nature for models and principles to solve problems, make the familiar strange and the strange familiar, cultivate curiosity, ask lots of questions, observe, be a good listener, and read to generate questions. Reading without reflecting is comparable to eating without digesting. These are but some of the many useful bits of advice that Dr. John Adair offers in The Art of Creative Thinking.
Dr. Adair was kind enough to answer some questions that occurred to me as I read his book. (more…)
Author: Mary Campbell
Marcel sits alone, at his workstation with his head in his hands. It is Monday morning and he cannot believe he is here, in this same situation yet another day, another month, another year. He had sworn to himself that this year would be different. But it wasn’t. It was the same. He is not sure which is more soul-destroying: the problem that causes his unhappiness, or his sense of powerlessness to change it. He knows that if he could just solve this one problem, everything else would fall into place. The trouble is, no matter what he tries nothing seems to work. Marcel doesn’t need money to change his world. What Marcel really needs is a bit of creativity. (more…)
Author: Victor Epand
First, let me give you my Basics of Wicca write-up, which is my own take on Wicca based on 13 years of practice. It will suggest a couple of truly informative books for you to read. Wicca is a very complex faith, which embraces widely varying practices and many different Traditions. The following, however, is what I consider to be “the basics”. Wicca is about 60 years old, with roots in Masonic practices, ceremonial magic, and the Romantic era’s ideas of classical religions. Its founder was a British civil servant named Gerald Gardner. (more…)
Author: Abhishek Agarwal
There are a lot of misconceptions about Astral Projection floating around online and offline. Let us go through some of the common ones, and throw some light on them.
Myth 1 : Astral Projection is very rare.
Truth : Astral Projection is a very common phenomenon indeed. 5% to 10% of the world’s population has experienced a conscious Out of body experience at least once. This means around 6 million in the U.K or as much as 30 million in the United States. (more…)
by DOUG SIMPSON
This is the third article in a series of three articles about Edgar Cayce’s interesting and sometimes unimaginable discovery of his psychic abilities and connections with the Divine. If you have not previously read the first installment, titled Edgar Cayce’s Earliest Psychic Readings, and the second article, titled Edgar Cayce’s First Miracle Reading, I politely recommend that you do so before you continue reading this article. These articles appear directly below this article. (more…)
By Christos Varsamis
Everybody can do astral projection. All of us have both the physical body and the emotional body or the astral body. There are surveys that show that a number of people have experienced the feeling of their astral body leaving their physical body at some point in their lives. This kind of feeling is often mistaken for dreaming because astral projection happens at a point where the body is relaxed enough to get into sleep. Those who are able to project their astral bodies to another time and place deliberately are able to control their minds and stop it from getting into full sleep. A beginner in the practice of astral projection has to learn how to get into the right state of mind in order to experience the psychological benefits of being able to go on astral travels at will. (more…)
by William Ember
With Astral Projection you get into the Astral Plane direct from your physical body. When you have a Lucid Dream, you have simply ‘missed’ the initial projection. They are just two different ways of entering the Astral Realm. In either case you are still conscious in the Astral, however, as there are degrees of lucidity in dreaming, you may or may not be fully in control of your experience. But this is highly unlikely in an Astral Projection. There is still a difference, whether more slight or obvious. (more…)
By Kate Pusey
The benefits of out-of-body exploration extend far beyond the limits of our physical senses and our intellect. After an out-of-body experience, many people report an inner awakening of their spiritual identity. They see themselves as more aware and alive. (more…)
Author: Rebecca Barrett
Colours pulsate and each shade gives off a different energy to the next, thus altering the aspects around us and the feelings and emotions we have within. To learn about the positive (yang) and negative (yin) aspects of each colour in the spectrum and how it affects us, read on: (more…)