By Jim PathFinder Ewing (Nvnehi Awatisgi)

This is just a little reminder for Jackson folks about two upcoming book signings, and a little more about “Clearing”…. If you will indulge me.

First, the book signings… Just a reminder for folks in Central Mississippi who might be interested....

Book signing, at Lemuria Books in Jackson, Saturday, Oct. 21
A note about Lemuria:
”According to myth, the lost continent of Lemuria was once home to an advanced human civilization. The Lemurians possessed vast knowledge and great power, as well as the uncanny ability to communicate with one another through mental telepathy. But they were brazen and challenged the gods, who were displeased with their pride. As punishment, the gods took away the gift of telepathy and left them to devise new methods of communication. It was at this time that the Lemurians developed the world's first system of writing and began recording their thoughts in books.”
So, I guess it’s a good place for me to be with my book, huh?
I’ll be there from 11 a.m. Til 12:30 p.m.
Read more:
http://www.lemuriabooks.com/index.php?show=events&id=680
Lemuria Books is located at 202 Banner Hall, 4465 I-55 North, Jackson, MS 39206.
Come visit, so I won’t be all by my lonesome. :-)

Book signing and 3-hour workshop at New Vibrations Oct. 28
Have you signed up for the workshop yet???
I’ll be signing books from 10 a.m. Until noon; then, we’ll start the workshop at 1 p.m.
Better contact bookstore owner Karen Parker, if you plan to participate in the workshop. I’ll let her do the talking:
Sat., Oct. 28       Workshop – Clearing -  Jim Pathfinder Ewing
1:00pm – 4:00pm  We are so honored to have Jim Pathfinder Ewing here to do a workshop based on his new book, “Clearing – A Guide to Liberating Energies Trapped in Buildings and Lands.”  I have been fortunate to receive space clearings and blessings from Jim on more than one occasion and know first-hand of the integrity, skill, sacredness, and genuine love Jim puts into each ceremony.  Now you can personally learn of Jim’s experiences and the techniques he has developed.  During the workshop, Jim will demonstrate his clearing ritual in New Vibrations so you can experience his methods.  Please know this part of the workshop will be video/audio taped for a CD Jim is producing.  Cost for the workshop is $65 and will include a copy of “Clearing.”
New Vibrations                                                          
2914 N. State St.                              
Jackson, MS 39216
601-981-1153
newvibrations2003@hotmail.com
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Now, for the other stuff…

A Word on The Book

By Jim PathFinder Ewing (Nvnehi Awatisgi)

First for the good news….

If you would like to order a copy of “Clearing” directly from us, we now have that available on the Web page (www.blueskywaters.com).
For 14.95 plus $4.50 shipping Priority Mail for anywhere in the United States, we’ll send you a signed copy of the book; personalized, if you specify.
It certainly would make a good Christmas present, or something special for anyone special — especially someone who doesn’t have much knowledge about energy work but would like to learn.
Please use the Pay Pal button on the Web page and make sure you spell out the name of the person you want the book to be signed for and the address for where it should be shipped, with $19.45 total, included.

More good news… The book seems to be selling well on Amazon; this past week, it was up to 1,200 in sales – pretty good for a new book by an unknown author. Now for the maybe not so good news….

Why aren’t there many good energy medicine books in bookstores?

I’ve often wondered that. Mind you, there are some good books, but a lot aren’t very good, and you have to search for them. Now, I think I know why.

Since the announcement that “Clearing: A Guide to Liberating Energies Trapped in Buildings and Lands” was being published, a number of people have written to inquire how they can get their books published – some sending manuscripts.

These aren’t “off the wall” people, but real professionals – people who are doing like I’m doing, practicing energy medicine, and they have a lot to share. Some, especially Native American, include incredibly detailed and ancient knowledge that should be published and, I’m sure, would be read.

But they’ve run up against a stone wall. No agents will look at their manuscripts; publishers don’t even write back. They ask: “How can I get my book published,” and I answer them honestly: “I don’t know.”

Findhorn Took A Chance

The only way that “Clearing” was published is because a publishing house, Findhorn, in Scotland, with a proven history of publishing books along these lines took a chance on it.

I, also, had tried the traditional route to no avail. The first book I wrote was “Healing The Earth/Ourselves,” in 1999. I put it up on the Web page in 2000 which I started for that purpose as an e-book because nobody would publish it. (More than 100,000 people have read it, according to the hit counter, and hundreds more read it every month; you’d think that would tell the book publishing people something.) I also had sent it to book publishers, agents, friends who had published books, to no avail. The second book I wrote, in 2000, was a mega “more than anybody would ever want to know about energy medicine book,” that never went anywhere and still sits in a computer file somewhere, all 350 pages of it, unread, unpublished, and unlikely ever to see the light of day. It, too, went through the “process” of editors, etc., and rejection. The third try was “Clearing,” and it led to a contract for a second book which is in the editing process now and will come out in the Spring. I’m also to write two more books, on “right of first refusal”; but if “Clearing” and the next one don’t sell, I’ll be in the same boat as my friends.

I Found The Answer

Most of my friends who have written books either had them published as trial runs by small presses, or they paid out of their own pocket to get them published; that is: self-published. At most of the conferences one goes to on energy medicine, those are the books that are sold. We all sort of trade them back and forth, essentially selling them out of the trunks of our cars.

This in no way says the books are not valuable, or important; they just aren’t given the opportunity to be seen by the general public. Why is that?

I was driving home the other day and stopped by Border’s books, just to see if they had my book. Well, they didn’t. So, I went by the information desk and inquired why. The lady there said she would order a couple of copies. I identified myself and told her that I lived here and would be happy to do a book signing, or whatever, but she hemmed and hawed. Finally, I offered, “Look, I drive by here every day, it’s really no problem for me to stop and sign books, answer questions, or whatever.”

That’s when she said that these decisions were made by corporate headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., and she gave me a form letter. When I got home, I called the phone number provided, but haven’t been able to get past Border’s voice mail. (I find that rather ironic, since I grew up in Tennessee and actually lived for a brief period only a few blocks from that address in Nashville.)

Then, it all became clear.

As you may recall, it was a long and arduous process to find a publisher for “Clearing.” It took three years, and then only after one major New York publishing house went all the way up to signing a contract and then backed out when it was vetoed by a corporate type there saying it had “too many unseen spirits.”

The reason you don’t get too many books published about energy medicine – and that includes Native American, shamanism, what have you – is because the major publishing houses say “they don’t sell.”

But it’s these corporate types who make the decisions about if a book will be published and who also decide if it will be stocked on the shelves.

If it’s not on the shelves, it won’t sell. Then, when it doesn’t sell, they can say, we don’t want these books because they don’t sell.

No Market?

I find it interesting that millions of Americans practice complementary, alternative medicine and prefer it over traditional approaches, yet books that detail how to avoid the corporate/pharmaceutical industry to find health, wholeness and happiness – through Spirit – can’t find editors, agents, publishers and distributors.

I find it interesting that faith-based books on healing and guidance that follow non-mainstream formulas – unless somehow prefaced on a gimmick – cannot find the same.

Isn’t our society supposed to be a free marketplace of ideas?

But doesn’t that also presuppose a level playing field, where nontraditional approaches (and I use that advisedly, as there are few more “traditional” practices than indigenous and Eastern energy modalities, going back thousands of years) are given a fair chance?

In America, the modern book publishing business, it appears, is aimed at satisfying the lowest common denominator of thought, and only on mainstream topics. It doesn’t matter that there is a real thirst, a hunger, for Spirit-based books, with millions of Americans searching for answers that can provide meaning in their lives. Those who control the American book market, it appears, only look for the quick buck, the easy score.

Well, Let’s Make It Easy For Them

That said, if we accept the premise that the American book scene is not one that takes a chance, let’s work within the system.

A number of people have asked how they can help sell “Clearing.”

Here’s how. Below is a list of independent bookstores that, apparently, other independent bookstores look at to determine what books to sell. If one is located in your city, please go by there and ask for “Clearing.” If it’s not there, ask them why, and ask them to order it for their shelves. I think that I can safely say that, with so many millions of people doing simple, unconscious things to improve their personal spaces as burning incense, that they would welcome a book that tells them why it works, how it works, and what they can do to amplify the energy.

I firmly believe that “Clearing” in a few years will be in the hands of anyone even remotely interested in energy medicine, if given half a chance. It’s the perfect book to give to someone who has no clue as to how energy medicine works, as an introduction and primer; as well as a guide for more advanced work.

Anyone who reads and practices “Clearing” can do 90 percent of what I do in clearing spaces, lands and buildings. For $14.95, the reader gets the benefit of knowledge that cost me hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to learn. If it’s not in the book, then you really do need an expert!

Below that list is a list of chain stores; if you really feel adventurous, treat it like a “treasure hunt” and go to each one, seeing if “Clearing” is there and urging them to display and sell it. If people see the book, are exposed to it in any way, I believe it will sell. Indeed, there shouldn’t be a holistic or healthfood store or Spirit bookstore in America that doesn’t have it sitting next to the cash register. It will sell -- because people are doing it anyway; they just don’t know why, or how to do it better.

If you don’t feel like doing that, I am also sending out a separate announcement titled “Clearing Now In Bookstores.” If you don’t care to do any “sleuthing” for “Clearing” in your local bookstores, I would ask that you, if you care, to please forward it to others. If you have a Web site, put it on your Web site. If you belong to an Internet listserve or like a certain message board, send it to them (if their rules allow it), or refer them to the Web page (www.blueskywaters.com). Just forward it to everyone on your e-mail list, or listserves, or whatever with a simple note that says “I’ve read this book and it’s worth having” or something to that effect.

And, if you really like the book, look for “reviews” on Amazon and other Internet book sellers and click on it, writing what you like about the book.

The Whole World Connected?

Can you imagine what a different world this would be if every person could raise their vibration rate and that of their surroundings? Connect every point on the globe with the Christ Consciousness Grid (in Native terms, connected with the Plume of Quetzalcoatl)? That’s what this book teaches, in simple step-by-step instructions. This knowledge has been kept secret for ages, only fully known by the esoteric, cloistered few – and it’s here, at anyone’s fingertips, available, understandable and easily learned and practiced by anyone, and for only $14.95.

I have no doubt that left on its own, “Clearing” will one way or another find its way into the hands of those who want and need it. But, unless it’s a “success,” as measured by the corporate types, how many other manuscripts will go unread and unreturned? How many other voices will be silenced? Or cries for such knowledge be unheard?

If you don’t care to do any of these things, then delete these messages and please accept my apology for cluttering up your e-mail queue. The regular newsletter will go on as usual. I appreciate your time. Thank you! Wado!

Independent Bookstores
Books & Company, Dayton, Ohio
Davis Kidd Booksellers, three stores in Tennessee
Hawley-Cooke Booksellers, Louisville, Kentucky
Ruminator Bookstore, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio
Powell's Books, Portland, Oregon
Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, Colorado
 

Chain Stores
Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
B. Dalton Bookseller
Bookstop and Bookstar
Books-A-Million and Bookland
Borders Books and Music
Brentano's
Crown Books
Doubleday Book Shops
Ingram Book Company

Little Professor Bookstores
Wal-Mart
Waldenbooks

Again, thank you for your time.

If you choose to do so, Happy Hunting! :-)

Many Blessings!
Wisatologi Nihi!

October 1, 2006 (Well, sorta, a little late . . .)

Vol. 6, No. 18

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Greetings, Everyone! Osiyo!

-- Exciting News! By Jim PathFinder Ewing (Nvnehi Awatisgi)

-- Keeping In Touch: Drum Circle Oct. 14; Star Knowledge By Allison Rae (2012 Activation Weekend Oct. 21-22, N.M.); Odyssey of the 8th Fire Workshop, Oct. 19 in Santa Fe; Write Your Senator To Save The Native Languages Bill By Cindy Catches; 1^st Annual  Womyn's Conference, Dec. 3-6; Happenings At New Vibrations; Manataka Fall Gathering, Oct. 20-22.

-- Interesting Links: The Power of Women’s Moon Time; A Rather Mesmerizing Calendar/Clock.

-- Ascension Test: Our World

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Exciting News!

By Jim PathFinder Ewing (Nvnehi Awatisgi)

There are so many things going on this month!

As with last month, we’re late with the newsletter. We were held up by book business and our tribe’s Atahuna Festival. In the Tsalagi (Cherokee) way, we actually have two “new years.” There’s one at the spring New Moon, when the Earth is awakening from winter slumber; the other is the fall New Moon, which marks the beginning of a spiritual new year. It is believed in Tsalagi way that Creator created the Earth in the autumn. So, we mark this time with special ceremonies, including a week or so after the new moon, the Atahuna – or cementation, propitiation or making of friends – festival.

Oct. 14 – Drum Circle here in Lena

Oct. 21 – Book signing at Lemuria Books in Jackson

Oct. 28 – Book signing and Workshop Based on the Book at New Vibrations in Jackson

Nov. 4 – Putting The Bears To Sleep in Russellville, Ark.

When looking at the calendar, I told Annette, “Hmmm, you know, the only weekend we have open for Drum Circle is the weekend of our first wedding anniversary, afraid of what she might say. I shouldn’t have feared. She replied instantly, “I knew when I married you that our life together would be one of service. Let’s make it a celebration for everyone.” Isn’t she great?!! (To read the story of our marriage, see the Web page: http://www.blueskywaters.com/page_200.htm)

It’s true. One year ago, Oct. 15, when we were married, I was the spiritual and ceremonial elder for the Manataka American Indian Council. She flew in from her teaching job in Miami on Thursday night; we left for Arkansas Friday, driving all day, getting the marriage license before they closed; we were married at dawn on Saturday and immediately afterwards I performed ceremony all day, did sweats and danced the Bear when darkness came, until well after midnight. We drove the eight hours back to Mississippi on Sunday, and she flew back to Miami on Monday. We didn’t have our honeymoon until later when she flew from Miami and I flew from Jackson and we met in Los Angeles, where we slept a few hours, then traveled to the Yokuts Reservation where I could dance the bear. We did spend a little time together, doing ceremony in Northern California, but had to fly back our separate ways until we could finally be together at the end of her school year in December. It’s not easy being the wife of someone who does what I do. But, now, we do it together. And that is a blessing from Creator, a miracle, and a source of tremendous joy. We are blessed.

Oct. 21 – Book signing at Lemuria Books in Jackson

This has something of a story to it. To my mind, you really haven’t made “the big time” until you are asked to have a book signing at Lemuria Books in Jackson (at Banner Hall, I-55 North). The oldest privately owned bookstore in Jackson, that’s where all the “big” authors sign their books. So, I’m very honored to be asked.

I’ll be there from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. – just an hour and a half, so please drop by. I remember years ago, I read in the newspaper where one of my favorite authors, Carl Hiaasen, was coming to Mississippi for a book signing at Lemuria, so I made an effort to attend. To tell you how long ago this was, my son, Ross, now 19, was only a toddler and I had babysitting duties that day. We went to Lemuria and a few people were milling around, but Hiaasen was sitting there forlornly surrounded by his books, all alone. Nobody knew who he was!

So, I walked right up and plopped down all his books that I had brought and said, “Hi, I’m Jim and I’m one of your biggest fans!” He looked at the books, picked one up, a first edition, hardbound, and said, “Boy, you really are a fan. We didn’t sell many of these.”

Since there was nobody there to see him, we sat for about 45 minutes and talked, until Ross became such a little wild Indian, climbing the stacks and all over us, that we had to leave.

I doubt Hiaasen remembers me, but I’ll never forget it.

I suspect, nobody will know who I am at Lemuria, either.

So, come by. Buy a book. Visit. I’ll be happy to see you. J

Oct. 28 – Book signing and Workshop Based on the Book at New Vibrations in Jackson

The real bash will be at New Vibrations, 2914 N. State St., Jackson, which is, you might say, “my spiritual home.” And we plan a real celebration.

Back when Karen Parker was first considering opening a book store, I was one of her biggest boosters, saying “we really need a spirit bookstore in Jackson!” Her first books were ones she copied down from my bookshelf here during a Drum Circle. And since the day she opened, New Vibrations has been one the places where I’ve routinely cleared the energy. So, it’s fitting we have a special event.

I’ll be signing books from 10 a.m. until noon, then from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., we’ll  hold a workshop based on the book. This will be the first workshop on the book, so I’m not sure yet what we’ll do exactly, but we’ll be taping it to make a CD (if you don’t want to be taped, better not come J) that we’ll sell with the book at some point.

Normally, for a workshop like that, I’d charge $150 or more. But, since this is “home” and a celebration, we’re offering the workshop for $65 and, thanks to Karen’s generosity, that includes a copy of the book. If you already have a copy, you can give it to somebody, so everybody is gifted.

If interested in the workshop, call Karen: 601-981-1153 or e-mail her at: newvibrations2003@hotmail.com

Space could be limited, so make arrangements ASAP.

Nov. 4 – Putting The Bears To Sleep in Russellville, Ark.

At this time of year, as the Medicine Wheel of the Earth turns toward winter, across the country, the bears are seeking their dens. We’ll be putting the bears to sleep for the winter at Russellville, Ark., the evening of Saturday, Nov. 4. During the day, there will be public sweats; so come early. Usually, very few people attend this event, so it’s a cozy gathering. All are welcome and, of course, as a sacred ceremony, it’s free. For more information, directions, etc., see the Web site: http://www.blueskywaters.com/page_38.htm

Come join us!

There’s lot to do this month, and it should be simply marvelous!

Many Blessings,

PathFinder

Orionids Meteor Showers - October 21-22

And don’t forget, oh, no!, to mark your calendars:

Mercury Retrograde - October 28-November 17.

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(Note: We predicting big changes last newsletter in this “time of transition” between Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice, and those changes have affected nearly everyone, even Allison Rae. Read on . . . -- PathFinder)

New Beginnings

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100 Days on the Wisdom Road - Odyssey Saga Hits Milestone –

From Steven McFadden (http://www.8thfire.net):
Readers invited to join online pilgrimage across North America

Santa Fe, NM – As of September 30, 2006 the saga Odyssey of the 8th Fire has completed 100 days of its literary pilgrimage.
Odyssey tells the true story of a epic journey which began in 1995, but which is still unfinished as of 2006. Despite monumental obstacles, the pilgrimage and its story have endured for 100 days and made it to the far shore of the Mississippi River, heading West. There is further to go.
This pilgrimage for the earth involves people of all colors and faiths, and is guided by ancient Algonquin teachings. The telling of the walk’s as-yet-unfinished tale (creative nonfiction in online evolution) is progressing day by day on the internet until February, 2007 at http://www.8thfire.net
McFadden will give a workshop based on Odyssey of the 8th Fire at 7 PM on Thursday, October 19, 2006 at the Green Canteen, 1614 St. Michael’s Drive, Santa Fe, NM.
There is still time for readers to join the online pilgrimage, and to read along day by day as the true, unfinished story unfolds in serial fashion.
 http://www.8thfire.net

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From Brooke Medicine Eagle (http://www.medicine-eagle.com/):

1st Annual Womyn's Conference
Women's Sacred Earth Traditions & Development of Contemporary Roles
Benefiting the Chumash Women's Oral History Project December 3-6, 2006 - Casa de Maria, Santa Barbara, CA
A Cross-cultural Program with:
Brooke Medicine Eagle
 Native American metis, author
 http://www.medicineeagle.com/
 Maria Yraceburu
 Quero Apache diiyin, author
 http://www.followingancestors.net
 Leilani Birely
 Dianic Priestess,
Hawaiian Spiritualist
 http://www.daughtersofthegoddess.com/
 Lynda Yraceburu

 Romani Chovani (Gypsy Healer), CMT, EarthSpirit Photographer
 http://www.followingancestors.net
 Yolanda Martinez
 Mescalero Apache drummaker,  2005 NAMMY/GRAMMY WINNER
 "Best Female Artist"
http://www.yolandasdrums.com/
       In ancient times, women were considered the dreamers and oracles of the future. Native American prophecy has stated that "peace shall be found on the land when the women regain their esteem."  The great lineage we carry as wisdom is a source of power from the earth, as well as the path to reclaiming our identity and purpose. This retreat brings together extraordinary teachers united by a commitment to peaceful evolution and our capacity to facilitate change. They will share the teachings and powerful rites of passage of their respective traditions in a traditional women's camp setting. We will explore how the ancient wisdom traditions of earth women can join us in Contemporary Tradition, be a magnet for those who are ready to claim power, and so equip us to meet the challenges of transitional, evolving lifestyles. This four day program will include personal renewal through ritual, music, dance, song, deep dialogue, laughter and ancient earth teachings. For more information, see: http://www.medicine-eagle.com

People’s different perceptions can only help each other in knowing and exploring ones’ own world. Please take a few minutes and write letters to protect these precious languages we have left. Most Indian reservations are the poorest places in our country; there are a few exceptions due to casinos. These languages can only be protected by financial help from our government. The peoples  of this country has propertied tremendously by the sacrifices of Native peoples. Please take this time to do something for them and in doing so, it will help all of us. Please pass this email to all that you know and take a few minutes to write a letter. Thank you for your time and small sacrifice. Cindy Catches

Medicine Wheel Drum Circle Prayer Ceremony Set For Saturday, Oct. 14

The next Drum Circle will be held Saturday, Oct. 14 in Lena.

To Celebrate Our 1^st Year Wedding Anniversary, we’ll be hold a special public sweat. Be here at noon. Let us know you’re coming, so we’ll know how many to expect. For first timers, see: http://www.blueskywaters.com/page_37.htm

We will drum at 7 p.m. It’s Pot Luck, as usual; bring a covered dish or food of some kind to share. (If you don’t bring food, you can’t complain!) We will drum first, eat later. If you get lost, call 601-654-3301. Some may wish to fast beforehand. If you can’t attend and have prayers to enter in the medicine wheel’s prayer basket, send them (blueskywaters@bellsouth.net). Bring a drum or rattle if you have one; if not, come as the Creator guides you. We are in our 7^th year now of holding the monthly Medicine Wheel Ceremony.

Note: There is no charge of any kind for the prayer ceremonies; all gifts and/or donations are greatly appreciated.

Aho.

See: http://www.fixourfood.com

2914 N. State St.                             

Jackson, MS 39216

601-981-1153

newvibrations2003@hotmail.com

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JoyFlow Yoga Is Back!

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Reiki Shares

Health Integration of Yazoo City offers a free “Reiki Shares” event the first Saturday of each month from noon to 1:30 p.m., for all interested yoga, massage, and health store clients. It also offers also offer vegan and vegetarian cooking classes every Saturday at 4.00pm - 6.00pm. For more information, contact Michele Kyzar, Health Integration

Whole Foods & Natural Healing, 225 East Jefferson St., Yazoo City, MS 39194, (662) 716-0332, e-mail: healthintegration@yahoo.com

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Healing Touch

Every first Saturday of the month, Dottie Porter has a Healing Touch clinic starting at 10 am at the All Saint's Episcopal church in south Jackson. (I-55 to Daniel Lake Blvd, exit and go about 1 mile to the top of a Y. Turn left near the left side of the Y--watching traffic closely, and you will turn into the property). This is for people who are curious about Healing Touch and for students who want to practice their skills. For more information call Dorothy Porter, 601-940-3992, or e-mail to dotport@juno.com.

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-- A Course In Miracles

Charlene Keenan offers a Course On Miracles study group at her home in Jackson, free, every Monday; you must supply your own book. For more information, call her at 601-956-4182.

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-- Shop at Rainbow Whole Foods Co-Op Grocery!

Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., M-Sat; 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Sun. Buy your organic foods and holistic supplies. Go online with two free public high-speed wireless Internet terminals at the Computer Co-op's Cyber Cafe! Eat Vegan lunches at High Noon Café. Come by 2807 Old Canton Road at the intersection of Lakeland Drive, Jackson. For daily specials, see http://www.rainbowcoop.org/

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Interesting Links:

The Power of Women’s Moon Time:

http://www.crimsonwisdom.com/menstural-com.htm

A Rather Mesmerizing Calendar/Clock:
http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf

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Ascension Test: Our World

What is our world? Is it a globe spinning in the enormity of space? Is it an electronic jungle where predators fight for our minds 24/7? Is it the smile you feel? The rain upon your face? The sound of a gentle breeze rustling through the trees? Where are you? What is the shape of your world? Where do you want to live? Aho.

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Thought for The Day:

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
-- Anne Dillard

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That's about it, til next time...

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Greetings, Everyone! Osiyo!

-- Do You Feel The Shift? By Jim PathFinder Ewing (Nvnehi Awatisgi)

-- Keeping In Touch: Drum Circle Sept. 23; Sylvia LeDoux Offers A Free Book; Happenings At New Vibrations; Star Knowledge By Allison Rae; Good News From Brooke Medicine Eagle; Carol Parks Looking For “Just the Right Neighbor.”

-- Interesting Links: Odyssey of the 8th Fire By Steven McFadden; Crop Circles; Crop Circle News Group.

-- Ascension Test: Radiance

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Do You Feel The Shift?

By Jim PathFinder Ewing (Nvnehi Awatisgi)

Can you feel the shift?

The great and powerful, inexorable turn of the Medicine Wheel of the Earth is turning, spiraling into another season….

This is probably the latest the newsletter has come out in the six years I’ve been writing it. The past six weeks have just been a complete swirl. So much, in so little time. The calendar on the wall just doesn’t seem to mean anything, as indecipherable as ancient hieroglyphs. The only time is “now.”

I don’t know if you’ve seen that commercial on TV where people are going about their lives, in regular fashion, while the world is accelerated around them in fast forward. And, frankly, I’m not sure what they’re selling with the ad. But that’s how the past few months have been. I’ve been going about my business while the world seems to be going in fast forward. Maybe it’s happened in the past at this time of year, but I wasn’t aware of it; this time, each of these “fast forward” people, places and things seemingly making demands of my time. So, I’ve just had to focus on one… thing … at … a … time – while the world blitzes past.

At times, it’s been overwhelming. And Spirit has stepped forward.

I was talking over the Labor Day weekend with my friends Bright Star and Medicine Bull and, somehow, the conversation turned to stick bugs. You know: those creatures that look like a stick, with legs. “Walking Sticks,” they are called. Don’t know how the topic arose, but it did; and I recalled that as a boy growing up in Tennessee, they seemed to be everywhere. I had not seen one since. But, lo and behold, last weekend I was sitting on the porch here in Lena and looked and there was a stick bug. It was quite large, maybe 8 inches long, and seemed to having difficulty walking. Maybe one of the cats had gotten it and deposited it on the porch. But, without thinking, I plucked it up and gently laid it in the rose thicket next to the house. These are wild “Cherokee Roses” that grow naturally, without any fuss. The stick bug did what it does best: became perfectly still, at home, and thereby blended into the vines.

Curious, I told Annette about it, and she looked up facts about the creature; it turns out, it’s natural home is brambles, vines and…. Rose thickets!!! I had instinctively placed it where it needed to be.

It occurred to me then that Spirit was speaking: Be still. Blend in. I will watch over you and place you where you need to be. Don’t worry about the world. All will be well.

Next weekend, Sept. 23, is the Fall Equinox. We will take Drum Circle on the road, holding the Medicine Wheel Ceremony at the house of Drum Circle member Susannah Dakin in Oxford, Miss. (Directions below) This will allow all those North Mississippi and Memphis people to attend, without bother. All are welcome.

The Fall Equinox is a powerful time on the