tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51196862009-07-06T12:40:47.551-05:00Reflections Journal"Do not try to bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, try to realize the truth... There is no spoon... Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends; it is only yourself." -- The MatrixLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-7420154930353870292009-06-30T11:58:00.006-05:002009-06-30T23:31:45.889-05:00Ark of the Covenent Still a MysteryBuy at AllPosters.comIf you've been waiting, with bated breath, for the Ethiopian Church to unveil the Ark of the Covenant, prepare to be disappointed. It appears that reports last week were somewhat overblown."It is not going to happen so the world has to live with curiosity," said the statement, signed only "Webmaster" in response to the WND inquiry.The webmaster statement described the LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-39355806424610212852009-06-21T09:00:00.003-05:002009-06-21T10:49:59.323-05:00Happy Summer SolsticeThere are several places in Chaco Canyon that mark the movement of the sun throughout the year. Casa Rinconada, one of the larger kivas in the Chacoan system, is open to the public just before sunrise during the few days of the summer solstice. During these days, the longest of the year, the sun shines through a window and into a niche.The Summer Solstice Dawn at StonehengeBuy at LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-16962280172526658542009-06-17T23:18:00.004-05:002009-06-18T10:09:35.404-05:00A Species With AmnesiaReally excellent interview with Robert Bauval. In it he walks us through some of his thought process in writing both The Orion Mystery and The Egypt Code. The entire interview is fascinating, but I was particularly struck by the explanation, in the tenth video of the series, of an ancient Egyptian code. He cites Graham Hancock's oft stated assertion that, "we are a species with amnesia," and LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-73961269995405083212009-06-15T21:42:00.005-05:002009-06-15T23:42:19.535-05:00Cracks in the IceBuy at AllPosters.comThere was a new update from Karen Bishop last evening. This one particularly resonated for me, as did the book excerpt she sent out in her email.DISCONNECTEDHAVE YOU EVER FELT somehow left out? As if you were perhaps on an island by yourself? Or maybe that things were moving along energetically, and then they suddenly stopped? Have you ever tried to move forward, and been LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-11409576015395041122009-06-09T21:44:00.003-05:002009-06-09T23:47:29.038-05:00Autism Spectrum and the Crystal ChildrenIn Karen Bishop's most recent update, she offers an explanation for the up-tick in autism spectrum disorder, in recent years.Now at epidemic proportions, many of our young ones are experiencing this “disorder.” Why? There are many degrees of autism, but generally speaking, this disorder creates a human existence in two realities or dimensions. Our newest arrivals in human form are more highly LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-62987548229829155212009-05-19T08:05:00.002-05:002009-05-19T08:51:23.132-05:00Atlantis: PerspectivesBuy at AllPosters.comInterviews with William Henry, Graham Hancock, and John Anthony West, on the evidence for an ancient civilization Plato called Atlantis. LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-64279633924612537692009-05-17T23:45:00.000-05:002009-05-17T23:45:01.197-05:00More William HenryUPDATE: I'm going to bump this back up to the top, because more videos have been added to this series, and I have updated the playlist accordingly. The newly posted material is mind-blowing. I think some of Strieber's comments need more explanation, so I have added some clarification. See below. Hot off the... whatever YouTube videos are formatted on, an interview from 2005. Interviewed here by LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-45523770077945151032009-05-12T07:45:00.003-05:002009-05-12T08:23:28.876-05:00Graham Hancock on SupernaturalA freshly minted and recent interview with Graham Hancock gives a wonderful overview of his career and views. Primarily focused on his book Supernatural, but also discussed are Fingerprints of the Gods and Sign and the Seal.LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-10668450667166690892009-05-05T08:02:00.003-05:002009-05-05T10:47:28.198-05:00Opening to the Precognitive MindBuy at AllPosters.com"You have the sight now, Neo. You are looking at the world without time."~ The Oracle in The Matrix ReloadedThere's a very good article on The Huffington Post, about the nature of psychic and precognitive development. Dr. Larry Dossey began having precognitive flashes about his patients, early in his medical career. In his new book, The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing theLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-29420946111315753382009-05-01T16:49:00.005-05:002009-05-02T00:21:11.264-05:00Frequent Churchgoers Pro-TortureBuy at AllPosters.comA while ago I asked if we need God to moral. Perhaps a more appropriate question would be, does religion make us immoral? I have to ask, in light of this Pew poll, which found that very observant Christians are more likely than their more secular countrymen to support the use of torture. Staunch Catholic Andrew Sullivan bemoans the startling news:So Christian devotion LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-73926649540414499382009-04-22T19:42:00.003-05:002009-04-22T22:50:05.374-05:00Because Nature Is Always SmarterBuy at AllPosters.comAdd this to the litany of horrors unleashed by Frankenfood giant Monsanto. Genetically modified crops are now besieged by superweeds.The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is not sounding quite so sweet in the land of the converted. A new pest, the evil pigweed, is hitting headlines and chomping its way across Sun Belt states, threatening to transform cottonLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-75056341690106049352009-04-21T15:56:00.004-05:002009-04-21T19:31:05.665-05:00William Henry on StargatesThis video series was recently posted to YouTube. It's from his Conscious Media Network interview. The original can be found here. There appears to be a variety of problems with YouTube players, right now. This video series can also be found in my playlist, so one way or another, it should be viewable.LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-44325365313270963242009-04-08T08:20:00.004-05:002009-04-08T11:09:46.222-05:00John Anthony West Explains EgyptBuy at AllPosters.comI first learned of John Anthony West when I read Graham Hancock's Fingerprints of the Gods, many years ago. West's theories on the real age of the Sphinx figure heavily into Hancock's ideas about an antediluvian civilization from which Egypt and Latin America may have inherited much. West originally put forward his ideas about Egypt in Serpent in the Sky; a book designed to LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-41161868740758110442009-03-23T09:22:00.002-05:002009-03-25T00:17:55.446-05:00Battlestar Galactica: The Conclusion (With Spoilers)“A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.” ~ Simone WeilThe take-away from the "Battlestar Galactica" finale is that technological advancement, at the expense of spirituality, dooms us to an endless cycle of cataclysm and destruction. In looking through the reviews, I see that some don't know quite what to make of that conclusion.The finale could have been all about failed LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-14196177437039676362009-03-17T12:04:00.004-05:002009-03-17T15:59:03.765-05:00Graham Hancock Discusses SupernaturalBuy at AllPosters.comI've put together playlists of several interviews with Graham Hancock about his book Supernatural. All threee interviews are excellent and informative. In them, he shares his experiences with the use of ayahuasca and other psychotropes, under the care of traditional shamans and other healers. He also explains his belief that shamanic, altered consciousness experiences LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-11688672329040291622009-03-07T10:08:00.003-05:002009-03-07T11:38:35.232-05:00The Great Ennui ContinuesBuy at AllPosters.comKaren Bishop posted this on Thursday. You'll note, I've only just now gotten 'round to posting any mention. That sums it up fairly well. Yawn. I don't care about anything.Bit by bit, piece by piece, we are starting over. After enough souls residing in the lower dimensional old world, had been given enough time and opportunity to choose if they would stay behind or move on toLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-37911271622754529612009-02-17T20:47:00.003-05:002009-02-17T22:32:51.246-05:00Battlestar Galactica: Where Are We Headed?Mike Ragogna is freaking out.Alright, Battlestar Galactica, I can't take it anymore. So what if you are the best-executed, brightest star of all of televised sci-fi, and smarter than practically every show on television including Heroes, Lost, and 24. I can't deal with another sleepless "OMG, Adama's dead!" night, nor an "is Starbuck a cylon?" thought popping up in the middle of a job LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-52887027649416342112009-02-08T13:31:00.003-05:002009-02-08T14:24:39.634-05:00Syriac Bible?A possibly valuable Bible manuscript was retrieved from smugglers in Cyprus. It's age an authenticity remain questionable.Authorities in northern Cyprus believe they have found an ancient version of the Bible written in Syriac, a dialect of the native language of Jesus.. . .Syriac is a dialect of Aramaic - the native language of Jesus - once spoken across much of the Middle East and Central Asia.LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-44471003788296446222009-02-05T09:42:00.002-05:002009-02-05T11:32:29.988-05:00Well... This Might Explain a Few ThingsBuy at AllPosters.comThe newest Karen Bishop WINGS update is posted and, um... yeah. Actually, the selected text from the email alert nailed it down for me. It comes from The Ascension Companion.APATHYI DON'T KNOW WHAT'S wrong with me these days. I just don't seem to care about much of anything anymore." "I seem to have lost all interest in becoming involved with the things that I used to." "I LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-36042856119243060502009-01-27T21:19:00.003-05:002009-01-27T23:06:06.284-05:00Eclipses Make Me SleepyYesterday was a double whammy of new moon and solar eclipse energy. We will also be having a lunar eclipse in a couple of weeks, and a total of six eclipses this year. We're also currently enjoying the first of 4 Mercury Retrogrades. What fun. You may feeling "change" energy and feeling it intensely. In fact, it may feel like some great, unseen hand just played 52 pickup with your life. My LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-44790259109332795412009-01-19T10:47:00.006-05:002009-01-19T16:58:28.620-05:00Tonight: Sage the White House with Kate ClintonThis evening at 6:15, comic Kate Clinton will be gathering with a group at Dupont Circle for a smudging ceremony to clear the White House of Bush. If schedule or geography precludes your attendance, never fear, for time and location are simply constructs of our own great imagining. We can all participate in the collective experience of cleansing the country, and the world, of the energy dynamic LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-17921361156469579012009-01-16T09:10:00.003-05:002009-01-16T10:35:14.327-05:00Fan Girl Alert: Battlestar GalacticaTonight begins the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica. Can't wait. I'm watching the marathon of older episodes right now. To understand why I think this is one of the most brilliant shows in television history, see my original review here.LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-75453572707883500142009-01-08T12:07:00.002-05:002009-01-08T21:28:44.705-05:00If We're All One...Buy at AllPosters.comI tuned in yesterday afternoon to Christina Pratt's new radio show. (Which I announced here.) Christina provided a wonderful introduction to both the new show, and the practice of shamanism.One of the concepts Christina touched on was the concept of oneness. A question from a caller exposed the difficulty a lot of people have with this concept when they're really being LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-22835997580861218462009-01-07T12:21:00.004-05:002009-01-07T12:48:26.094-05:00Around the Web, Around the World -- 1/7/09Buy at AllPosters.comI regularly feature this round-up of upcoming web events in the Open Threads on Celestial Reflections. I decided to post this one a little wider because it's just chock-a-block. Enjoy!Why Shamanism Now? A Practical Path to AuthenticityI am very excited to announce this new show with Christina Pratt. I have known Christina for years and experienced her shamanic work firsthandLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119686.post-45106833526101594422008-12-30T23:45:00.005-05:002008-12-31T10:27:15.915-05:00For Auld Lang SyneBuy at AllPosters.comNew Year's Eve is probably my least favorite holiday. Something about the forced frivolity over the single tick of a clock. I've always felt tremendous pressure to have a lot of fun on New Year's, whether I've felt like it or not. I've spent huge sums of money, only to find myself sitting the corner of some bar, crying into my champagne. Why? Boredom. Boredom and the LaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346lahuesera@gmail.com0