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Spring ReadingSpring ReadingNine Designs for Inner PeaceThe Ultimate Guide to Meditatingwith Color, Shape, and SoundBy Sarah TomlinsonForeword by Dr. Robert E. SvobodaThe tantric art of drawing or painting the ninedesigns known as yantras is an ancient practice ofactive meditation that releases positive healingand centering effects. Nine Designs for InnerPeace provides readers with easy-to-followinstructions for creating exquisite planetary yantras to access their healingand centering benefits and serves also as an introduction to activemeditation, which focuses the mind while the body is engaged in a meditativeactivity. This workbook provides an important resource for activemeditation, a practice revered for its effectiveness in revealing the spiritualunderpinnings of everyday life.Destiny Books. Paper, $24.95.Weather ShamanismHarmonizing Our Connectionwith the ElementsBy Nan MossWith David CorbinWith the growing consensus that global warmingis a fact comes the realization that theincreasingly violent weather we are experiencingis its chief manifestation. Through a uniqueblend of anthropological research, shamanicjourneys, and personal stories and anecdotes,Moss and Corbin show how humans andweather have always affected each other, andhow it is possible to influence the weather. They present teachingsdirectly from the spirits of weather that show how our thoughts andemotions affect weather energetics. They also reveal the ceremonial andtherapeutic aspects of “weather dancing,” a practice used to communicatewith the weather spirits.Bear & Company. Paper, $16.00.Serpent of Light Beyond 2012The Movement of the Earth's Kundalini andthe Rise of the Female Light, 1949-2013By Drunvalo MelchizedekIn Serpent of Light, Drunvalo Melchizedek explainsand explores how every 13,000 years on Earth asacred and secret event takes place that changeseverything. Mother Earth’s Kundalini energy emergesfrom its resting place in the planet’s core and moveslike a snake across the surface of our world. Once athome in ancient Lemuria, it moved to Atlantis, then tothe Himalayan mountains of India and Tibet, and with every relocationchanged our idea of what spiritual means. And gender. And heart.Drunvalo has been traveling and teaching in the service of higher consciousnessfor more than thirty years. From his early travels to place crystalsat key spots throughout the Yucatan to his recent experiences in NewZealand, this compelling narrative points the way to our future.Weiser Books. Paper, $19.95.The Mystery of 2012Predictions, Prophecies& PossibilitiesBy Various AuthorsWhat Will Happen in 2012? Are we trulycoming to the end of a cosmic cycle? Willthere be an age of awakening, a newstep in human evolution, or even an endto the world we know? For years,archaeologists have known the Mayancalendar predicts this date as the end ofan era on Earth. Yet today, more and more researchers, spiritualexplorers, and even scientists are witnessing signs that 2012 will marka critical shift in the history of our planet. In The Mystery of 2012, youwill discover the startling predictions and revelations of prominentthinkers, including John Major Jenkins, Gregg Braden, Peter Russell,ecologist Joanna R. Macy, and Jean Houston. Whether you are askeptic, a true believer, or simply “2012-curious,” The Mystery of 2012offers you a thought-provoking and comprehensive exploration intothe possibilities of this approaching landmark in human historyLifeprintsDeciphering Your Life Purposefrom Your FingerprintsBy Richard UngerSounds True. Hardcover, $22.95.LifePrints is a brand new system based on abranch of science known as dermatoglyphics.Similar to palmistry, it derives clues from thederma found upon the hands, in our fingerprints.But LifePrints is nonpredictive, focusing only onwho the subject is at the core of their being, noton divination. LifePrints provides journals andexcersizes to help readers design a life-fulfillmentformula. By following the easy, step-by-step instructions, readerswill uncover the challenges they and their loved ones will facealong the path to becoming the human they are meant to be.Happy For No Reason7 Steps to Being Happyfrom the Inside OutBy Marci Shimoff with Carol KlineCrossing Press. Paper, $16.95.In Happy For No Reason, Marci Shimoff revealsthat the secret to experiencing deep and lastinghappiness comes from raising our happinessset-point, the genetic and learned tendencywe have to remain at a certain level ofhappiness throughout our lives. Through aholistic seven-step program, Shimoff combinescutting-edge research in the field of PositivePsychology with practical techniques from many disciplines, plusinspiring Chicken Soup-style stories gleaned from her interviewswith one hundred unconditionally happy people. She demonstrateshow we can incorporate the habits of happy people into our lives toexperience true happiness.Free Press. Hardcover, $24.95.68 EARTH STAR FEBRUARY / MARCH 2008 www.earthstarmag.com