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Watkins’ Spiritual 100 List for 2012
Feb 12th
100 Most Spiritually Influential Living people
Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine issue 29 features the Spiritual 100
We are delighted to share with you our 2012 list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. This marks the second year that we are publishing our 100 list. Last year’s list was extremely popular and we received a great deal of feedback. We’ve done our best to consider as many people as possible and our spiritual database includes the names of approximately 500 candidates. This list is meant to serve as a positive guide to some of the leading modern teachers that are alive today, and we hope that you are as inspired as we are by their impact. There are a few interesting newcomers to this year’s list. Meanwhile, we are sad to report that three members of last year’s list recently passed away: Kenneth Grant, Sai Baba, and Jerry Hicks.
There are several factors that were taken into account when compiling the list. The main three criteria are: 1) The person has to be alive 2) The person has to have made a unique and spiritual contribution on a global scale 3) The person is frequently googled, appears in Nielsen Data, and More >
Signings and talks in June
May 7th
June 7, 2012, at 6.30pm – John Matthews and Wil Kinghan – The Lost Tarot of Nostradamus – Launch
Michel de Nostredame, sixteenth-century French apothecary and seer, was the most famous visionary of them all. In 1994, in the Italian National Library in Rome, a manuscript believed to be by the man himself was discovered along with 80 mysterious paintings drawing heavily on the symbolism of the tarot. John Matthews and Wil Kinghan realized the implications of this work and, after much research, now bring it to fruition. For the first time, the astounding power of the prophecies is married to the predictive imagery of the tarot. Fresh translations from the original quatrains add another dimension to the readings making this, without question, the ultimate oracle from the primary prognosticator. Come along on the 7th June to Watkins Bookshop at 6.30pm and hear all about this amazing discovery as well as getting your own signed copy.
June 20, 2012, at 6.00pm – Dr. Robert Forman – Enlightment Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be
What if you spent years of your life seeking spiritual enlightenment, but were looking in the wrong place? Dr Robert Forman shows lucidly how traditional spiritual ideas are giving More >
Signings & Talks in May
Apr 11th
May 9, 2012, 5.30pm – Graham Nicholls – Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience - UK Book Launch
"Navigating the Out of Body Experience" by Graham Nicholls
Graham Nicholls has had hundreds of out-of-body experiences and is a world-recognized expert on the subject and an experienced speaker on many areas of spirituality, art, and psychical research. Join us for the UK launch of Graham Nicholls’s new book, “Navigating the Out of Body Experience“, which includes exciting new techniques developed over more than two decades. He has explored the science in the area and found usable insights and approaches to maximise your chance of consistently leaving your body. The book includes his explanation of his G-Technique, Three-Dimensional System and even a specially designed questionnaire to help you get the most tailored programme from the book. Facebook event page.
Number 26 – The Number of Script
Mar 26th
By Wolfgang Held, extracted from “The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one“, published 1/03/12 by Floris Books.
Wolfgang Held was born in Germany in 1964. He worked for many years in the Mathematics and Astronomy section of the Goetheanum, where he now runs the publicity department. His latest book, ‘The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one’ explores the fascinating characteristics of numbers in relation to our lives. Throughout March we will be featuring selected edited extracts from this book. Today, the 26th of March, we are looking at the number 26.
Pierre De Fermat
The great mathematician Pierre de Fermat demonstrated that something applies to 26 which is true of no other number. Only 26 has neighbouring numbers that are a square (25 = 52) and a cube number (27 = 33). There are square numbers and cube numbers that adjoin each other such as eight and nine, with the satisfying reflection of 23 and 32. Square numbers and cube numbers can also meet in one and the same number. The smallest number this applies to is 64, which is simultaneously 43 and 82. The privilege of being both a square and a cube number belongs to all those where the number of More >
Number 21 – The Number Between Eternity and Time
Mar 21st
By Wolfgang Held, extracted from “The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one“, published 1/03/12 by Floris Books.
Wolfgang Held was born in Germany in 1964. He worked for many years in the Mathematics and Astronomy section of the Goetheanum, where he now runs the publicity department. His latest book, ‘The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one’ explores the fascinating characteristics of numbers in relation to our lives. Throughout March we will be featuring selected edited extracts from this book. Today, the 21st of March, we are looking at the number 21.
The cannons thundered 21 times when the Crown Princess of Sweden said ‘I do’ in June 2010, and 21 times when President Obama was sworn in. And there is a 21-gun salute when the Queen Elizabeth visits a foreign state. Why 21?
When sailing ships were equipped with cannon in the fourteenth century, they were not allowed to enter harbour primed for battle. They therefore fired off the powder from their cannon without cannon balls, and this sign of peace led to the gun salute. Seven such shots were fired since these early battle ships each had seven cannon. Possibly because cannon on land could fire more quickly, the seven salute shots More >
Number 14 – The Bridge Between Heaven and Earth
Mar 14th
By Wolfgang Held, extracted from “The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one“, published 1/03/12 by Floris Books.
Wolfgang Held was born in Germany in 1964. He worked for many years in the Mathematics and Astronomy section of the Goetheanum, where he now runs the publicity department. His latest book, ‘The Quality of Numbers One to Thirty-one’ explores the fascinating characteristics of numbers in relation to our lives. Throughout March we will be featuring selected edited extracts from this book. Today, the 14th of March, we are looking at the number 14.
The number 14 is twice seven, the second step in the seventimes table, and therefore, like that number, connected with time and development.
Salt
This is particularly apparent in human biography. School in Germany, Scandinavia and in Waldorf Schools begins during a child’s seventh year – that is, between the age of six and seven, when physical development is far enough advanced to allow intellectual development to begin, with writing, reading and arithmetic. At age 14 – or somewhat earlier today given good nutrition – soul maturity succeeds physical maturation, awakening in love for the opposite sex but also in enthusiasm for ideas and ideals. From being an ‘offspring’, one becomes a member More >
Voices of the Ancestors (by Cherry Gilchrist)
Mar 12th
By Cherry Gilchrist (Article from Watkins’ Mind Body Spirit magazine, issue 29, February 2012)
How much does our ancestry shape our identity? How relevant is it to our lives today? In this highly practical and inspiring book, experienced family researcher Cherry Gilchrist takes us on a fascinating journey to the heart of who we really are and demonstrates how looking at our past can change the present.
Growing Your Family Tree: Tracing your roots and discovering who you are
‘It happened one summer night, a few years ago. I had been working on my Welsh line of ancestry, trying to figure out the branch of the tree which I could now trace back to my 3 x great-grandfather, Edward Owens of Abbeycwmhir, a soldier who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. All that night, my sleep was disturbed by what seemed like a babble of voices. I heard people chattering insistently, and I knew that they were my Welsh ancestors. I could not make out what they were saying, but I had the distinct impression that they wanted to be ‘found’ again, and that they wanted their story to be told.’ (Chapter Two: Growing Your Family Tree)
It was a shock when I discovered that ancestors More >
