Poetry and ProseThe Carol Connolly Reading Series, presented by Intermedia Arts, will include a number of December events. The Carol Connolly Readings Series are made possible through grants from COMPAS and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts.The following free events include:• Speculations, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12 at DreamHaven Books, 912 W. Lake St., Minneapolis - This reading, … [Read more...]

This is my Christmas Song to you, that by daily meditation you so prepare the cradle of your consciousness that you behold the Infinite Baby Christ laid there anew. During this holy season, pray deep and long until every day becomes a true Christmas occasion of divine communion.Spiritualize the social ceremonious celebration around the Christmas tree of material gifts by exchanging with one another, and with all true souls in a spirit of universal brotherhood, spiritual gifts of soul qualities: … [Read more...]

The question, "How could you possibly know that?" is common among those of us who work with the angels. Many of us spent our formative years not being able to answer that question for ourselves. We'd say, "Who was that whispering in my ear? I swear I just heard my name called, felt my shoulder touched or smelled a heavenly bouquet of flowers!" We'd wonder how it is we simply knew what was right for other people - and if we were lucky, for ourselves.I did not take the direct … [Read more...]

Provided to Edge Life by Phil Bolsta I never intended to go to medical school. I wanted to be a biology teacher. I was also interested in music. In fact, I minored in applied music through the Cleveland Institute of Music harp department. But, through a series of quirks, I ended up at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. My experience has been that spirit is always leading me, even though my ego doesn't know in which direction. Although I was in medical school, I figured … [Read more...]

The sixth annual Edge Life Expo, presented Dec. 10-12 at Minneapolis Convention Center, yielded box office success and participant approval. And promoter Gary Beckman was quick to thank all who made the holistic event run smoothly - nearly a dozen keynote and guest speakers, 150 exhibitors from throughout the U.S. and Canada, intuitive readers, volunteers and the Edge Life staff. Beckman also announced that one-third of exhibition booths for next year's expo have been sold and that the staff … [Read more...]

12. "No, I don't want to exfoliate my dead skin cells! They're what's holding the rest of my rotting carcass together!" (I did really say a less extreme version of this.)11. "I know people have speculated for years, but my Akashic records finally revealed to me how Wonder Bread Builds Strong Bodies 12 Ways!"10. "...and then someone asked at the home remodeling booth if he could order windows like the ones on his castle in a past life...." (I had fun asking that one, … [Read more...]

The Promise of Energy Psychology: Revolutionary Tools for Dramatic Personal Change, by David Feinstein, Donna Eden, and Gary Craig, Tarcher Penguin, New York, NY, 2005. $15.95.Any book that starts its title with 'The Promise of' confesses that its techniques are not fully proven and do not work in all situations. However, such confessions do not usually appear among ample evidence of success from clinical trials, client testimony, and even positive recognition from the leading journals in the … [Read more...]

When I was little, I lived in a tiny town in Montana. Despite being staunch Christians, my parents didn't believe in celebrating Christmas, because there is no certain knowledge of when Christ was born. The year my brother started school, they gave us presents for New Year's so that when other kids asked us what we got for Christmas, we would at least have presents to talk about.That was the year my mother broke her back in a car accident in the spring. After that, my brother and sister and I … [Read more...]