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Spiritual Activism is rooted in an understanding of interdependence, recognizing the process is as important as the goal.

Spiritual Activism is the coming together…

January 11, 2012

Salem's official witch closing her Pickering Wharf shop

By Tom Dalton 

Staff writer

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SALEM — Laurie Cabot, the official witch of Salem, is closing her store.

Cabot, 78, opened the city's first witch shop more than…

A message to the Membership of Global Illumination Council

by Ken Goldstein

"Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party."

- Winston Churchill…

On September 29, 2011 GIC Executive Director, Dr. Bernard Alvarez took to GICTV to share a special 3rd anniversary message about the GIC's past, present and future achievements and goals. After the broadcast Members joined Bernard for a festive, dance music filled "cyber party" on the Main page. 

If you are having problems viewing this video please go watch it here - …

The 2011 September equinox will arrive at 5:05 a.m. EDT (9:05 UTC) on September 23.

New York City police limited access to parts of Wall Street for a third day after a weekend of protests targeting financial firms.

Protesters who vowed to “occupy Wall Street”  are holding their ground in downtown New York, and say they have no plans to leave anytime soon.

The protest started Saturday with a “Day of Rage,”…

A 5.9 earthquake originating in Louisa County shook much of the East Coast on Tuesday afternoon, evacuating schools, the White House and the Capitol.

The quake began at 1:51 p.m. and had a magnitude of 5.9, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's website.

The quake…

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2011

NASA has warned of a once-in-a-lifetime ‘space storm’ after the sun wakes ‘from a deep slumber’ sometime around 2013, causing ‘20 times more economic damage than Hurricane Katrina’.

Senior space agency scientists believe that the super storm would hit like ‘a bolt of lightning’ and…

The solar flare occurred early Tuesday (June 7) and spewed a massive amount of charged particles into space,

Early this morning, the Sun erupted with an explosion I can only describe as ginormous. We’re in no danger…

By now, you probably know that what you eat has a profound impact on your health. The mantra, “You are what you eat” is really true.

But you need to consider not only WHAT you buy, buthow you cook it.

Eating most of your food raw is ideal. But most of us are not going to be able to accomplish a completely raw diet, and we’ll end up cooking some…

The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE.) a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. Similarly,…

Michael B. Keegan

INFO ABOUT THE DAY OF SILENCE

Sponsored by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, the National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students across the country take some form of a vow of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools. Through their activities students can speak out against harassment and organize for change for their…

by Jordan Yerman

Stephen Harper's Government Collapses: No-Confidence Measure Passes [Updated]

Canada's opposition parties have voted on a motion of no confidence in Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government on March 25. Aside from the vote of no confidence, House…

Carl Johan Calleman, Ph.D.

Last year large numbers of people gathered in the Conscious Convergence event on July 17-18, 2010, setting an intention to manifest unity consciousness as the Ninth, and highest, of the Mayan waves brings the universe to its highest state of existence. This event served as a base camp for intention setting and ascension towards Unity consciousness; We celebrated in joy in the most varied forms, ranging from the temples of Bali to the Mayan elders in…

There have been plenty of doomsday predictions surrounding the mysterious Mayan Calendar.…