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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 >
Tailor-made
Feb 5th
by Gavin Whyte
Gavin Whyte sees death and dying as the continuation of life – not the end of it. Gavin truly believes that when we fully accept death into our lives we will raise our vibration, which would naturally and organically lead us to living more compassionate, understanding and loving lives.
I was five years old when I had my first encounter with death. It was the first time I had seen my dad cry. He tried his best to sit me down and be still as he told me the heartbreaking news that my great grandma had died. I can remember hearing the news and then suddenly laughing; my dad’s face dropping even more so than before. And still to this day I cringe at the recollection of that moment; the confusion and frustration he must’ve felt. Did he think he’d brought some devilish child into the world? I’m not proud of the way I reacted, and I assure you I haven’t laughed at a death since (OK, maybe I have at ‘stupid deaths’ on BBC’s Horrible Histories), but I come back to that memory again and again and wonder why I reacted so insensitively.
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Made-Easy Series Book Launch at Watkins!
May 24th
Wednesday, June 1 @Watkins Books – 6.00pm to 7.00pm (free entry)
The new Made Easy Series of titles are brief 100 page introductions to a broad range of spiritual knowledge areas. They appeal to anyone asking spiritual questions and wishing to explore new areas of spirituality.
Join us for the launch here at Watkins Books in 19, Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ on Wednesday 1st June at 6pm. Author talks introducing their books will be followed by Q&A and book signings.
- Simplicity MADE EASY by Jennifer Kavanagh discusses why and how simplicity is more than a lifestyle option: it is a way of life.
- Downshifting MADE EASY How to plan for your planet-friendly future by Marian Van Eyk McCain is a simple, useful guidebook for anyone seeking to move and thrive, healthily and happily, into the coming ‘Age of Sustainability’.
- The Druid Way MADE EASY by Graeme Talboys introduces the Druid Way in an acorn.
- Kabbalah MADE EASY by Maggy Whitehouse is a down-to-Earth, no-red-strings-attached look at the mystical tradition made famous by the Kabbalah Center.
- Psychosynthesis MADE EASY – A psychospiritual psychology for today by Stephanie Sorrell explains why psychosynthesis is known as psychology with a soul, and how it works from the ego to the Spirit.
- Myths of the More >
