Spirit Side Magazine

May 2007 vol 2#5




Growing Up With A Psychic Mother

Growing up with a psychic mother was an interesting experience to say the least. I grew up in a lovely upper middle class suburb of Boston. My father was an executive at a large retail chain, and I had an older sister named Jody. On the outside, it seemed like your average, normal family. On the inside, however, things were quite different from the way the rest of my friends were brought up. While I grew up enjoying all the normal childhood activities, there was always something a little bit different about my family...

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Jana Hollingsworth

Karen Muranko

Recovering From Panic Disorder

When I started my recovery program five years ago, I could not imagine a life free from Panic Disorder and Anxiety. Now I am grateful to be living that life.
 
For 30 years of my life, I was hostage to sometimes-daily Panic Attacks. I was plagued by fears of dying from a heart attack, stroke or something equally fatal. I lost count of how many times a day I checked my pulse. Calling 911 was my lifeline, and the Paramedics were regular visitors to my home...

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Warrior Goddess

"Always the battle of the spiritual warrior is with the self." The Book of Runes by Ralph Blum.

Ava's battle scars were invisible, but I knew they were there. The Director of the Goddess Temple of Orange County met me at the entrance to her sanctuary in flowing robes and copper circlet. Her grace and dignity were hard-won, partly by the battle she had fought to get the Goddess Temple a location of its own.

"We started meeting in my home, but when we outgrew the space, I knew it was time to look for a real location for the temple," she told me...

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Warrior Goddess

Tina Bueno

Transformation As We Speak

You must know that every moment of your human day (and night) you are transforming in some magnificent way – each and every one of you. No one gets left behind. All are included. You may feel great one day and suddenly, without reason, feel like you need to curl up and stay in bed the next. This is your body integrating a major influx of energy that is from the heavens but activating within...

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Compassion

All that Is; is Love. Manifesting this Divine Light through words, thoughts and deeds brings us closer to Oneness. Love your brothers and sisters, and all living things, for we are all related -- we are all One. Give freely of yourself and your energy without thought of return, and you shall gain the Universe. None can cheat you -- they can only cheat themselves.

Mani Pureheart