My own first strong awareness of Kwan Yin in the natural world, came on a beach on an island in the South China Sea. The tiny island is called Putuo Shan, or holy mountain, and is dedicated to Kwan Yin. It has been a pilgrimage site for hundreds of years, a place where people come […]
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Kundalini Mystery: Our Divine Creative Force by Marie de Kock {Rhythms Winter 2015}
The sexual creative force, the Kundalini Shakti is curled up inside all organic beings, including humans, at the base of their spines, like a serpent. It is a multidimensional energetic configuration, not a real snake, of course not. When charmed, She can rise, appearing like the snakes that rise out of their baskets to the […]
A Winter Excerpt from Burlesque, Yoga, Sex, and Love by Anne Key {Rhythms of the Goddess}
December 2011: Sex and the Stage Winter in Albuquerque is cold and clear. The nighttime temperatures hover around and below freezing, but during the days, the skies are usually robin-egg blue and the air warms up to the fifties. I love the swings of temperature that bring the best of the season: nighttime curled up […]
A Return of the Light by Deanne Quarrie {Rhythms Winter 2015}
Long, long ago, before we had something called a calendar, the ancient people had only the seasons and cycles of the Sun, Moon and the Stars to help them track time. They did not know that our Earth traveled around the Sun, only that there were seasons when the days were shorter and much colder […]