ON TOP OF THAT, we've another great line-up of featured articles, columns, series, and artists' showcases to keep you occupied throughout August! In case you don't know where to begin, here's just a few of my own personal favorites this month:

The Gospel of Judas and "Barbelo: - by Mary Sparrowdancer

Radical Sages: Sound Bites From Silence - by Robert Rabbin

The Red Book: Breaking the Rules - by Sera Beak

And in our FREE SECTION... PlanetVisions: Karmascape by Mark Krueger

PLW has been a driving collaborative force of spiritual synthesis between authors and artists alike for over 7 years now. We especially wish to mention Kathleen Jacoby and Carolina Eastwood-Parkyn for the excellence of their monthly Numerology and Astrology reports. Every month, since virtually the beginning, these two columnists have stood with us, unfailingly providing us with valuable, practical applications of celestial guidance. Since it is impossible to choose between them, we simply wish to acknowledge and honor their commitment to life, to love, and to PLW, and thank them for their professional and selfless service.

HELPING LOVED ONES IN CRISIS Without Sacrificing Yourself!
By STEVEN E. HODES, M.D.

As an adult child who happens to be a physician I immediately felt the enormous stress of leaping into the chaos and trying to assist both parents simultaneously. Anyone in similar circumstances will attest to the incredible strain on their entire being. Here are some insights to help you survive and, yes, spiritually grow when facing a crisis...
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THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF EMOTION
By KYLIE THOMPSON

Your emotional health has a lot of influence on your physical health. In this article we explore how your emotional and mental state can affect your physical health, and just how you can apply aromatherapy to ease the physical complaints that have manifested as a result of excessive emotional...
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LIFTING YOUR VEIL: Amplification
BY LISA RENEE

The 3D Earth is going through the beginning phases of an expedited process of "Particle Conversion" that further will catalyze humanity's progress into one of the increasing polarity spirals...

THE BRIDGE PEOPLE: Part 2
BY DANIEL JACOB

A "Bridge Person" is someone who has the ability to stand back, and comprehend the whole of what is going on, in any given situation. He sees and appreciates the component parts that are participating, as well as the apparent discord into which they seem...

Photography & Paintings:
TODAY, LIFE BRUSHED AGAINST ME
BY DORIAN HAQMOUN
United Kingdom

You can't imagine the elderly in Egypt, they have faces like landscapes, resembling the Grand Canyon, with strata of history, of feelings, of tragedies, of - simply - a long and hard life. They also have enormous diginity and some of them look positively regal in the outfit and turban...

SACRED COWS: Have You Herd?
BY SPIRIT PAINTER

Lighten up and laugh! SpiritPainter has been a cartoonist for over twenty years, and is the creator of the metaphysical comic strip Sacred Cows. He and his wife are healers and faithkeepers (ordained ministers) in the Native American tradition.

Drawings & Paintings:
THE TEXTURE OF LOVING
BY BASEM SAMIR
Cairo, Egypt

My work is a diary of my life. Lately I'm enjoying expressing human emotion. I try to focus on feelings and body language rather than facial expressions. I woke yesterday and felt that I wanted to create this. I feel it's a message I want to tell everyone, but don't ask me why. When loves wild heart takes control of you ...you can't stop it!

TRADING SECRETS: The Hawaiian Oracle and Creative Visualization card sets
BY VARA LYNGKLIP

Looking for some insight or a road map to help you navigate your way through a difficult, sensitive or pivotal life situation? Confused by the current plethora of products, card decks, programs, and other divinatory systems currently available? In this occasional series, members of the PLW staff trade secrets of our own personal favorite 'finds'...

Photography:
PETALS AND PEARLS
BY DIANE DAY
Missouri, USA

Diane Day resides in Missouri, with her daughter Sarah, their three Pomeranians and two cats! She is a corporate booking agent and books entertainers on the road in performing arts venues, corporate functions and festivals. Her passion for photography and digital art started just a year and a half ago when she wanted to spend quality time with her 15-year old daughter who dreams of being a professional photographer...

SECRETS OF THE PEOPLE WHISPERER: Part 5
BY PERRY WOOD

If you want to communicate to someone and have them understand you, you have to do it in a way they can understand: it is a waste of time doing it any other way. That may sound like a ridiculously obvious statement, but how many times in life have you been misunderstood?

RADICAL DREAMING: Dreams & War
BY JOHN D. GOLDHAMMER PH.D.

Once in a while we have a dream that becomes the catalyst that propels us into our authentic life, gives us that last push and off we go. In 1990, a Naval Reserve corpsman, James Harrington, had a life-altering dream just before the first Gulf War...

THE INVISIBLE GARMENT: Part 15: The Principle of Dreaming
BY CONNIE KAPLAN

Here at PlanetLightworker we will focus on one of The Garment's 30 spiritual principles each month. We will examine the various principles as they show up in the lives of 21st Century planetary citizens. This month we will discuss "alignment with life's cycles" and the principle of Dreaming...

HOW NOW: Celebrating the Present Moment
BY RAPHAEL CUSHNIR

Every once in a while we're graced with a perfect moment. Our hearts are open wide and we're filled with ease and joy. Much of the time, however, we're overcome by stress, worry, and pressure. In this series, Raphael offers us soothing, inspiring practices for embracing the Now, as well as our...

TRAVELING WITH YOUR GUARDIAN ANGELS
BY TOM MOORE

So when do you make these requests? I request Most Benevolent Outcomes (MBO's as I call them) for everything. While packing for a trip, I'll say, "I request a Most Benevolent Outcome for remembering everything I need to take on my trip...

VISION OF THE GRAIL: A Spiritual Adventure at the Dawn of the 21st Century - Part 3 - After the Rapture
BY KATHLEEN JACOBY

Over the coming months, join us for a special re-release of a most remarkable journey, one that guides us through the clues within our own lives that lead to wholeness; finding what the elusive Grail represents...

UNCOVERING THE GIFTS OF YOUR NAME
BY AIMÉE CARTIER

Every day of our lives, even without knowing it we use our names to define who we are. The first thing we do when we meet someone new is introduce ourselves: "Hi, I'm Aimée - who are you?" Think about it, every time you introduce yourself you are affirming qualities...

PLANETVISIONS: Karmascape - August '06
BY MARK KRUEGER

The Gates of Armageddon are now open. The insanity of the Middle East has gone ballistic. It always has been ballistic but now arrives the end game of it all. The ride will last a good twenty years or perhaps you'd call it a bad twenty years.

THE RED BOOK: Breaking the Rules
BY SERA BEAK

The Red Book is nothing less than a spiritual fire starter. Named for the author's original red journal of sublime explorations, this powerful and provocative book inspires women to take spirituality back into their own hands by connecting more authentically with the divine spark blazing deep inside them. The Red Book is for the smart, gutsy, spiritually curious woman who might not see her colorful modern life (or stylish wardrobe) reflected in most typical books about spirituality. The Red Book mixes Hindu Tantra and Zen Buddhism, Rumi and Carl Jung, goddesses and psychics, creative journaling and energy work, sex and dreams and intuition and more, all interspersed with hilarious personal anecdotes, realistic examples and invaluable exercises. Author Sera Beak's unique hybrid perspective bridges the gap between traditional and contemporary spiritual ideas, all the while encouraging her readers to have fun breaking the rules. The Red Book offers a stripped-down, re-energized, real-life experience of the divine that puts women more closely in touch with their true selves so they can live more consciously and deliberately and begin making clearer choices across the board, from careers to relationships, politics to pop culture, and everything in between.

A PLW REPORT: The Pleasures and Principles of Partner Yoga
BY PLW STAFF

We must lean into one another and allow the healing of meaningful contact with each other to flow. Partner Yoga offers a warmly empowering medium through which we may do just that, encouraging one another to be ever more authentically ourselves...

NUMBERS BY DESIGN:
August '06 - Numerology
BY KATHLEEN JACOBY

WHAT'S YOUR DIGIT?

Check in with Kathleen's column to receive the guidance of her insight! A powerful teacher and award-winning contributor to PLW, she offers each of us a concise numerological analysis for the month of AUGUST, and a bright overview for 2006!

HEAVENLETTERS™,
August '06
BY GLORIA WENDROFF

The opposite of peace is not war. The opposite of peace is commotion. Instead of ease, there is flurry. Instead of steady pace, there is to-do. There is hurry, urgency, as if you have to control the universe with frenzy. If peace is coherence, war is incoherence...

PLANETARY CYCLES:
August '06 - Astrology
BY CAROLINA EASTWOOD-PARKYN

The sun entered the fiery, dramatic sign of Leo on July 22, ushering in a desire for creativity, fun, and fanfare. A positive polarity fixed fire sign, Leo awakens the desire for adventure, romance, self-expression and highly charged experiences that reflect the essence of who we are. In this way, Leo finds a sense of identity and purpose. If you are born with the sun, moon, or rising sign in Leo, you need continual reflection from an "audience", because the feedback you receive helps you to define yourself. The search for authentic identity is Leo's life path. While the sun is in Leo, we each have an opportunity to connect with the meaning and higher purpose for our lifetime. A new moon in Leo on July 22 brought to all of us the potential for self-discovery through personal creativity in the coming four weeks. On July 28, the planet of communication, Mercury resumes direct motion after being retrograde (apparent backwards motion) since July 4. This shift creates a release of energy in August that can be used to move forward with projects and plans that reflect our true inner nature. During the first ten days of August, Venus, the planet of love and beauty, joins Mercury in an aspect that promotes alignment with our soul path, or life-purpose. Planetary aspects in August bring the potential for us to discover that, every day and every minute, through our thoughts, words and deeds, we are creating every aspect of our lives.

WISDOM OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT: August '06
BY MARIA YRACEBURU

In the past, when people insulted, threatened or discounted us and we didn't allow ourselves any angry reactions - thinking that we must be enlightened beings and sweet all the time - we relegated ourselves to an unnatural, artificial way of being. Better to tell people what we need, feel and...

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