As
we find ourselves in the midst of the darkest time of
year, we discuss the inner Darkness of the Soul with our
special guest ALisa Starkweather.
In
1993 ALisa began her path to certifications for both Shadow
Work and Transformational Breathwork which are two powerful
modalities for individual and cultural healing. Her
work is known for the safety, compassion, inspiration,
and creativity that brings together ritual, healing, music,
dance, emotional depth and community building.
ALisa
has
spent more than 23 years working as
a visionary, transformational leader, community member,
and personal empowerment facilitator. She has worked with
groups on gender relations, is the founder of the Priestess
Path (a women's mystery school in Massachusetts),
the Women's Belly and Womb Conferences, Daughters of the
Earth Gatherings, and she is co-founder of the International
Initiation; Initiating Ourselves to the Predator Within.
The
Red Tent Temple in ALisa's Yurt..................
ALisa Starkweather
In
September of 2007, ALisa launched an international grassroots
movement to raise sacred space in our local areas on the
new moon once a month that she named the Red Tent Temple
Movement. It has presently grown to 17 states and three
countries.
.................ALisa
Starkweather..............The
Red Tent Temple in ALisa's Yurt..................
ALisa
has three recordings of her original chants for circles:
Daughter of the Earth
Calling Us Home
Women Rise Up
Please
visit www.thegratidudes.com
for more info about the gratitude dance, and the GratiDudes!
...
Dr.
Masaru Emoto's work with Water Crystals & Gratitude:
...
To
Our Service Personnel - Thank You
Blessed Veteran's Day, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Silence at 11am, November 11, to remember
those who were killed in WW1 - marking the 11th hour of
the 11th day of the 11th month, when the Armistice Treaty
was signed by the Allies and
Germany to mark the end of the war which lasted from 1914
to 1918. What had been Armistice Day honoring WW1 dead was
changed to Veterans Day in 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower
to expand the honor to all US veterans. There are still
a few surviving soldiers from WW1 who are participating
at public rituals around the world today, honoring their
fallen colleagues.
The
deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.
~~William James
If the
only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you,"
that would suffice. ~~Meister Eckhart
The
first step to changing your world is to find the blessings
in what already is. This is magick. ~~Morgana
Rae
As we
express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
~~John F. Kennedy
To speak
gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude
is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch
Heaven. ~~Johannes A. Gaertner
The
hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to
count our blessings. ~~Eric Hoffer
Happiness
cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute
with love, grace and gratitude. ~~Denis
Waitley
Gratitude
is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all
the others. ~~Cicero
Let
us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot
today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn
a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick,
at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. ~~Buddha
Gratefulness
is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because
if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have
we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have
something else or something more. ~~Brother
David Steindl-Rast
To educate
yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing
for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that
will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you
is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for
the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never
to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
~~Albert Schweitzer
At times
our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from
another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep
gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
~~Albert Schweitzer
Show
025
Oct 11, 2008
Our
2nd Anniversary Show! .........................~~~~Has
it really been two years ?
Our
focus:
Gothic: Dark Glamour
As
we enter the cooler season of darkness, many of us are
pulling out our October wardrobes, We thought it would
be appropriate to take a look at the culture of Goth
Fashion. There has always been a strong connection between
the fringe cultures of Paganism, Occult Sciences, Mysticism,
etc. and the Goth Aesthetic.
...........
Dr.
Valerie Steele.......................Isaac
Davidson
First
we have Dr.
Valerie Steele
curator of the hottest exhibit in New York City -- "Goth:
Dark Glamour."
Secondly,
we have Isaac Davidson, the wig designer for the exhibit.
More
info on both our guests below............
Part
One
Dr.
Valerie Steele, and Dark Glamour
Popularly
associated with black-clad teenagers and rock musicians,
gothic fashion encompasses not only subcultural styles (from
old-school goth to cyber-goth and beyond) but also high
fashion by such designers as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano
of Christian Dior, Rick Owens, Olivier Theyskens, and Yohji
Yamamoto. Fashion photographers, such as Sean Ellis and
Eugenio Recuenco, have also drawn on the visual vocabulary
of the gothic to convey narratives of dark glamour. As the
exhibition in New York, and the text and lavish illustrations
in the accompanying book suggest, gothic fashion has deep
cultural roots that give it an enduring potency.
Gothic:
Dark Glamour
Romance,
glamour, mystery and sophistication are returning
to the forefront of fashion this fall season in the
guise of Gothic: Dark Glamour.
The
new exhibition in New York has taken the city by storm.
Fashion experts, Goths and Gothamites are turning
out in droves to this hot new expo at FIT.
Fortunately, for all lovers of Goth in Gotham - there is
an exhibition currently running in New York City focusing
on Gothic Fashion. It is called "Gothic:
Dark Glamour," and
it is currently running at the Fashion Institute of Technology
(FIT) from September 5, 2008 - February 21, 2009.
We
are VERY fortunate to interview
the curator for this exhibit, Dr.
Valerie Steele.
Dr.
Valerie Steele
(Ph.D., Yale University) is Director and Chief Curator of
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).
She has curated more than 20 exhibitions in the past ten
years, including: Love & War: The Weaponized Woman; The
Corset: Fashioning the Body; London Fashion (which
won the first Richard Martin Award for best costume exhibition
from The Costume Society of America); Femme Fatale:
Fashion in Fin-de-Siècle Paris; China Chic: East Meets West;
and Form Follows Fashion.Editor-in-chief of Fashion Theory:
The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture (Berg Publishers),
which she founded in 1997.
Dr.
Steele is also the author of numerous books, including The
Black Dress (Harper Collins, 2007), Ralph Rucci (Yale University
Press, 2006); The Corset: A Cultural History (Yale University
Press, 2001); Paris Fashion (Oxford University, 1988; revised
edition, Berg Publishers, 1999); Fifty Years of Fashion:
New Look to Now (Yale University Press, 1997; Paris; Adam
Biro, 1998); Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power (Oxford University
Press, 1996); and Women of Fashion: 20th-Century Designers
(Rizzoli, 1991). She was editor-in-chief of the three-volume
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (Scribners, 2005.)
Her
latest book and publication are both titled Gothic:
Dark Glamour (Yale University Press in conjunction
with FIT, 2008).
Dr.
Steele lectures frequently and has appeared on many television
programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Undressed:
The Story of Fashion. After she appeared on the PBS special,
The Way We Wear, she was described in The Washington Post
as one of “fashion’s brainiest women.” Often quoted in media,
she was herself the subject of a profile in Forbes (1992):
“Fashion Professor,” and in The New York Times (1999): “High-Heeled
Historian.”
Isaac
Davidson
designed the majority of the wigs for the "Goth:
Dark Glamour" exhibit at FIT in New York City,
currently running until February 21, 2009. Isaac chats with
us about his work on the exhibit, other high fashion design
work he's done in New York - and some of his specialty work
with cancer patients and others who have benefitted from
Isaac's very personal custom hair design and restoration
techniques.
...
....Isaac
Davidson
Isaac
is the cutting edge of New York's High Fashion scene! One
of the few top hair designers with his own very private
and personal salon, his work can be seen on & off Broadway,
on the Fashion Runway, on the streets and in the clubs.
Isaac executes beautifully classic, as well as extream avant
garde styles in color, cut, dreds, extensions, wigs, and
more! Whatever your hair fantasy -- Isaac can make it a
reality.
Check
out Isaac's website
for some photos of the Goth: Dark
Glamour exhibit!
John
~~ still dusting off his clothes, and removing playa dust
from his ears ~~ as he has just returned from his first
visit to Black Rock City, where the annual Burning Man gathering
takes place. Many know of this event -- and many do not.
We will be discussing Burning Man, it's spiritual and social
influence, and more. You are welcome to call in during the
show at: 908-362-6622 (8
pm to midnight, East Coast Time) with questions or comments
about tonight's topic.
John
Levis is a yoga teacher in the Anusara tradition, and a
seeker on his spiritual path. He teaches classes, and offers
Thai Yoga Bodywork.
www.GraceYogaNJ.com
Thursday: 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm
......(Basic)
Thursday: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
......(Open Level)
www.LivYoga.com
Saturday 9:00 am to 10:15 am
......(Level 2/3 --Strong,
invigorating, informative practice)
Wednesday 7:45 pm to 9:00 pm
......(Level 2/3 --Therapuetic
and strong)
At the Rodeo Bar in NYC
Monday & Tuesday -- June 16 & 17 www.rodeobar.com
---------------------------------
Kirk
White
- phone in guest, approximately 9:00 pm (East
Coast Time)
Pagan minister, author, healer, and teacher living in Vermont
Kirk
writes: "Magick is not something
you do, but rather something you live. To live Magickally
is to become attuned to the cycles of Nature, to ebbs and
flows of energies surrounding you, and the inner and outter
forces that drive you. If you live Magically, then you almost
never have to do Magick -- you are
Magick."
His books include: Adept Circle Magick:
A Guide for the Advanced Wiccan Practitioner,
(Kensington Press 2006) Advanced Circle Magick:
Essential Rites and Spells for All Seasons,
(Kensington Press, 2008)
A contributor
to:
Exploring the Pagan Path:
Wisdom from the Elders,
(2005)
A NEW
book in progress called:
"The Book of Men's Secrets"
- the things men should know about life, jobs and women,
- and things women should know about men.
Kirk
says: "I'm teaching more and will be starting a mystery
school in the next couple of months."
Kirk White, M.A., L.Ac., is
a healer, teacher and author. He has been a practicing Witch
for over 34 years, a psychotherapist for 13 years, and a
licensed oriental medical practitioner for 14 years.
Past Director of the University of Vermont’s Parapsychology
Program, Kirk also founded:
-- The Green Mountain College of Oriental Medicine
-- The Church of the Sacred Earth: a Union
of Pagan Congregations
-- Cherry Hill Seminary: a professional
Pagan ministry program with faculty and students worldwide.
Kirk
is current emeritus (past president) of Covenant
of the Goddess (www.cog.org), North America’s oldest and
largest association of Witches and Wiccans. In 2006, Wildhunt.org
named him one of the “25 most influential
modern living Pagans today”. His skills and interests
include traditional healing modalities, various magickal
and spiritual traditions, and models of Pagan leadership
and ministry.
Kirk's current passion is helping organize Pagan ministry
education at the national level (an association of Pagan
seminaries) and helping people start & develop Pagan
educational programs.
He is a licensed acupuncturist/ Chinese herbalist, registered
psychotherapist, and legal Pagan minister.
To
find out about the Haunted Cape May tours that Garrett
and his partner offer -- please visit their website:
http://www.hauntednj.com
.
. Listen
to
Garrett's last visit with us....
Go to our
Archives Page!
Show
017
Feb 9, 2008
Our
Topic for Feb 9th Show: "Healthy Living"
Our Guests:
John Levis...and...Leslie
Cerier
----------------------
Live
in Studio with:
John Levis
In class,
John’s
passion and contagious energy helps his students play their
edge and make a meaningful correlation between their inner
radiance and outer health. Students learn to thoroughly
understand the postures and their benefits. Linking intention
to every breath, movement and posture, his classes have
a harmonious flow. Approaching the practice with a good
sense of humor and natural playfulness, he encourages his
students to go deep to unveil their bodies' inherent wisdom.
Through his light approach to some heavy philosophy and
elegant bio-mechanics, John's students learn that there
is a clearly defined method that supports all aspects of
well-being. As a student, you can expect to come away with
discovering meaning to your practice on and off your mat,
integrating the benefits as you embrace the full spectrum
of life. John’s mission as a teacher is to hold the space
so that each student may come to realize her or his own
inherent wisdom and goodness. The end result is to experience
the full vibrancy of life with integrity through a “whole”-listic
practice of aligning body, mind and spirit with the Supreme
pulsation of nature.
.
Leslie
is a gourmet caterer specializing in whole foods and organic
cuisine. Her robust New England based business includes
custom culinary work for private clients as well as private
and group cooking instruction and coaching. Cerier is a
pioneer and national authority on wheat-free baking, the
entire spectrum of whole grains, and cooking with wild foods.
Her specialty in grains has led to her being much sought
after by health professionals and private clients to help
them translate challenging dietary allergy issues into culinary
success and meal satisfaction. Naturally, the perfect marriage
of her culinary knowledge and aptitude has also resulted
in many requested appearances around the country. Leslie
has been interviewed by the Food Network and her work was
even developed into a local cable TV show, "Easy Organic
Cooking." She has also taught at Canyon Ranch, Frontier
Natural Products Co-op's Herb Fest, The Conscious Kitchens
conference, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the Northeast
Organic Farming Association, and will be teaching at the
Natural Gourmet Institute in New York, Fall 2008.
Leslie
teaches cooking and lectures nationwide
To register call Leslie Cerier 413-259-1695
Or email: <lescerier" at" aol "dot"
com>
L'Aura
has been ghost hunting since 1993 and founded the NJ Ghost
Hunters Society in 1998. In addition to hunting in NJ -
she's ghost hunted in Savannah GA, St. Francisville LA (the
Myrtles Plantation), New Orleans LA, St. Johnville NY (Beardsley
Castle), Gettysburg PA, Chicago IL (Bachelor's Grove), Nashville,
Memphis, & Chattanooga TN.......and conducted the first
NJ Ghost Conference at The Inn at Five Ponds in Vermont
in 1999.
L'Aura is currently working on a book of her favorite investigations,
and has appeared on many local radio and cable tv programs
including CN8's "Family Talk" and CableVision's "Neighborhood
Journal" as well as NJ 101.5 FM radio, and WNNJ FM radio.
She appeared on the nationally syndicated television show
"Montel Williams" for the Sylvia Browne Halloween Special
on Oct 31, 2006 that featured her investigation of Eastern
State Penitentiary in Philadelphia PA.
L'Aura continues to present her findings and ghost stories
at many libraries throughout NJ via a multi-media PowerPoint
presentation. If you would like a presentation, please contact
her directly. L'Aura and the NJGHS were highlighted on the
Treasure HD Dish Network TV show "Magnificent Obsessions."
Brian Sandt appeared in this show for the investigation
segment also at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia
PA.
Snail
Mail:
L'Aura Hladik
NJ Ghost Hunters
Society PO Box 8018 Parsippany, NJ 07054
E-Voice: 908-325-0140
