A Tribute to Partnership

Updated January 2006

Articles, Reviews & Affirmations



 

Perfect Mates or Partnerships

Sharing Power in Our Communities

Reflections of a Forbidden Archaeologist

The United Nations Environmental Sabbath Service

Sacred History Magazine

What the Bleep Do We Know?

Sacred Places of Goddess:  108 Destinations - Karen Tate

The Bonesetter's Daughter - Ami Tan

The Alchemist - Paolo Coehlo

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

AFFIRMATIONS

WEB OF LIFE AFFIRMATION

REFLECTIONS

                                                  

REVIEWS

SACRED HISTORY MAGAZINE

An important magazine for our time.  It goes where no magazine has gone before covering the intersection of religious and historical studies, combining scholarly and popular approaches while engaging in differing points of view to stimulate, educate, and entertain.  Draws upon sources in the media, academia, and popular culture.  Combines lively writing, timeless photos, lavish illustrations.  Links the present with the past by exploring our beliefs and their expression through historical, artistic, theological, philosophical and popular mediums.  Subjects as diverse as architecture, food, music and archaeology are covered.  Arouses intellect through stimulating, thought-provoking articles by best selling authors and renowned scholars in the fields of world religion and popular culture.  Issues have covered such diverse topics as Mardi Gras celebrations, Billy Graham's last crusade, Artemis and the ruins of Ephesus, Chartres Cathedral, Star Trek in Religion and much more.

 FILMS

WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?

Part film, part documentaryt, part story and part elaborate and inspiring visual effects and animation.  Viewers are challenged to explore how our emotions and attitudes affect and steer of lives.  The intereconnectedness of life is explained in scientific terms providing a foundation for the belief we do manifest our daily lives.  Most who have seen this film go back again and again, then buy the DVD!

 

BOOKS

SACRED PLACES OF GODDESS:  108 DESTINATIONS - by Karen Tate

Author Karen Tate has amassed an extraordinary amount of colorful and practical information on 108 Sacred Places that have as their focus, the Divine Feminine, the Goddess in her many forms.  With Karen as your guide, you will not only understand how to get to your destination, but you will be armed with extensive historical, archaeological and religious facts that will enrich your traveling experience.  The more commonly known sites such as those in England, France, Greece, Malta and Turkey are covered but many lesser known sites such as "the ancient city of Leptis Magna," in Libya that has intact temples dedicated to Cybele and Artemis are also covered.  Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, South America, the West Indies, Mexico and North America are all included in this ground breaking new work from Karen Tate.  Highly Recommended!

Reviewed by:  Jennifer Reif, Author of "Mysteries of Demeter; Rebirth of the Pagan Way," "The Magical Crone; Celebrating the Wisdom of Later Life," "Morgan Le Fay's Book of Spells and Wiccan Rites," and "Aphrodite's Riddle."

 

THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER - by Amy Tan

Amy tan is a wonderful story-teller.  She tells about the relationship between a mother and daughter, and how the mother's declining health forces the daughter to look harder at the origins of the challenges in their relationship.  The patterns of their actions have their roots in family history of generations ago.  The insights in this moving book are very healing, as this, too, is a story of lives intertwining on both sides of the veil.  Review by Deena Butta

 

THE ALCHEMIST - by Paolo Coelho

This is an engaging fable about learning how to listen to your heart and follow your dreams.  It is a book filled with wisdom, gentle humor, and many tender and poignant moments, set somewhere in the past.  A  young boy sets out on a life-changing journey to see the pyramids, and needs to make many decisions along the way.  This a book about learning to follow your dreams and listen to your heart.  It is one of the few books I have managed to make time to re-read several times, as it is such a healing book.  Review by Deena Butta.

 

THE LOVELY BONES - by Alice Sebold

This beautiful book is narrated by a young girl who has been murdered, and narrates her story from the Spirit World.  We all know that the Spirits continue to be involved with those they love, even from the other side; but it is fascinating to see the way this author describes the experience, and weaves it into a tale of continuing family love and personal growth and evolution that transcends time and space.  The heroine is still involved with the people and places she lived with, as she has unfinished business.  Following the murder, she is aware of everyone and everything in her family, her loved ones, and she observes the various ways they process the trauma of her death.  She even learns that people of whom she was hardly aware become transformed in unexpected ways by her death.  This is a wonderful book about the power of relationships, and how these connections continue into the next life.  Review by Deena Butta.

       

                                           

WEB OF LIFE AFFIRMATIONS

Inspired by the film, What the Bleep Do We Know?

I will be blessed with abundance in many forms from friends, loved ones, and sources I might not even expect or imagine.

Strength, courage and integrity to accomplish good things will be my gifts.  

From the womb of Goddess comes reciprocity, gratitude, love and beauty.

From Her beating wings come clarity, inspiration and creativity.

I will easily integrate the mundane and spiritual dimensions of life.

Wisdom, compassion, acceptance of self and others will come to me.

I am the beacon of Her Word.  I will move forward in confidence and compassion.

She is with me in all things.  I trust in her plan for my life as I manifest my destiny.   All this and more will be mine.

REFLECTIONS

WITH THE MIRROR MANY OF US HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO SEE GODDESS WITHIN. BUT A MIRROR IS ALSO A GREAT METAPHOR FOR CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION.  ESPECIALLY EARLY IN LIFE.  WE MIGHT JUST SOAK UP THOSE IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE WHICH ARE REFLECTED TOWARED US.  LATER, WE MAY FIND OURSELVES CALLED TO REFLECT THOSE IDEAS WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT.  OR THROUGH US AND OUR ACTIONS, WE MIGHT GIVE OTHERS THE CHANCE TO SEE THEIR OWN TRUE REFLECTION.  EVEN LATER, WE MAY BECOME THE MIRROR, CREATING THE REFLECTION, HELPING TO MANIFEST OUR LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE LIVE.  WHEN WE BECOME THE MIRROR, IT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO DO OUR BEST TO REFLECT IMAGES OF LOVE, BEAUTY, INCLUSIVENESS, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, TOLERENCE AND CRITICAL THINKING.

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