Siren’s Feast — An Edible Odyssey , is a culinary memoir, which makes it extra special. Mehagian takes us through a vivid period (the provocative 60’s and 70’s) of her amazing life and also charts the experience gastronomically, providing fantastic recipes along the way for us to sample in our own kitchens. We not only live through her words but can also create, smell and taste the foods she is describing with over forty recipes . “A spicy brew of recipes and adventures,” says Quincy Jones of Nancy Mehagian’s Siren’s Feast, An Edible Odyssey. “I don’t know whether to eat this book, smoke it or make love to it.”

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“Chinese officials will hold talks with the Dalai Lama’s representatives, state media say, in the first meeting since rioting broke out in Tibet last month. Xinhua news agency quoted an official as saying a meeting would take place “in coming days”. A spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader welcomed the offer of talks… “The resumption of dialogue carries some real hope,” he said in a statement. Meanwhile, the US embassy in Beijing hailed the announcement as a “very positive development”. And EU commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso, who earlier discussed Tibet with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, said he was “very happy”. “

Poet and Jungian psychoanalyst Clarissa Pinkola Estes said it best: the simplest ingredient for healing is stories. And what could be better than legends about a Nigerian tortoise, a Chinese dragon and an Australian kangaroo? ANIMAL MAGIC, a one hour CD (the second in the TELL ME A STORY series), is full of folktales from seven countries around the world. Amy Friedman writes the adaptations of the myths, Laura Hall sets them to music and a variety of actors read them on CD.

A society that tends to ignore “death, dying and the bereaved,” Hemingway believes, leads to “fear and alienation” and a sense of being “traumatized and alone” when death touches our lives. Acknowledging death and the dying process allows us to become “free to live life more fully,” and leads to an understanding of the connectedness of all beings. Viewing death as a transition, not an ending, is an “invitation to continue the work of the healer, the poet, and the philosopher — who use their creative gifts in the service of humanity.”

Welcome to the April 2008 Newsletter! As you enjoy the world outside blossoming, please be sure to enjoy this month’s newsletter! Inside it you will find podcasts with Lynne McTaggart and Dannion Brinkley, a new environmental awareness article, an updated Merryn’s Musings, three book reviews, and three great articles including a new one by Steven Thomson! Also, make sure you check out the website of the month!

“In the midst of Oprah Winfrey’s global showcasing of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth — a book which has encouraged millions to contemplate a new spirituality — an emerging Vancouver spiritual teacher, Eliza Mada Dalian, expands on Tolle’s message in her newly released book, IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS: Healing into Consciousness — an essential “how-to” manual on living in the Now.”

For the Next 7 Generations: The Grandmothers Speak, is well on its way to becoming a full-length documentary for initial theatrical release. 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from around the globe have come together because they were told in prophecy that their ancestral ways of prayer, peace-making and healing are vitally needed in the world today. From Award-Winning Producer/Director/Writer Carole Hart. A production ofThe Laughing Willow Co., Inc. 13 Indigenous women elders, shamans and medicine women from around the world, have been called together to share their sacred wisdom and practices. Can they light the way for us to a peaceful and sustainable planet?

In 2005, just after the tsunami that swept away so many lives and livelihoods, a group of volunteers from The Isha Foundation were starting the job of rehabilitating the devastated coast of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. They noticed that coastal villages that were forested suffered significantly less damage than those that were not, and an idea arose. Could trees be a tool to reconnect people to their hearts, to their grief and to their land?

Most people have heard about animal communication – the ability to talk intuitively with animals. Some consider it unbelievable, while others think only gifted people can do it. As a biologist it was hard for me to believe it too, but when I did my own experiments in animal communication I found out the ability is real. I’ve taught thousands of people how to talk with their animals intuitively. I know that anyone can learn to do this. I teach you how in my new book, Ask Your Animal, which also explains how to use intuitive communication to correct bad behaviors or help your animals get along better.