NEW BUSINESSES IN THE AREA

New businesses, practitioners, and organizations now offering their services to Aspectarian readers. Please contact them directly for more information.

MoonWillow Center for Tai Chi & Wellness Arts in Crystal Lake. Guided meditation, Power Dreaming and Dream Temple, energy healing, spiritual movie nights, and more. 135 Beardsley, Suite B, Crystal Lake. 815-477-2899.

Occult Bookstore Relocated: A magickal institution since 1920 and the nation’s oldest esoteric bookstore, the Occult Bookstore (formerly D.G. Nelson’s Astrology & Occult Books) recently moved to it’s new storefront location at 1164 N. Milwaukee Avenue (at Ashland and Division) in Chicago. Offering rare and newly published books in the Arcane Arts and a myriad of metaphysical accessories, subject matter available for the serious practitioner, hobbyist and curious alike includes divination, astrology, eastern mysticism, paganism, magick, UFOs, African Diaspora and similar interests. An inventory of stone statues, incense, oils, jewelry, candles, crystals, and other curios is also available. Come in and look around. You won’t be disappointed! Hours: 11am-7pm, Monday through Saturday; Noon-6pm Sunday. 1164 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. 773-292-0995.

QUANTUM-TOUCH HEALING CIRCLE

Come to give and/or receive. All healing modalities welcome, come share your expertise. Learn Quantum-Touch to help your family and friends and/or become a practitioner. 6-10pm, January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31. The Dance Building, 1330 Webford Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60016. Suggested donation $5. For workshop details: www.iamlove.ws. Contact Jean: 847-254-4938, jean@iamlove.ws or Rich: 847-804-9300, rich@iamlove.ws

TALK OF AGES ... OR TALK OF THE AGES

What is the New Age? Tonight will be an overview of the past few ages with an emphasis on the current age change. Our present world situation is better understood in the context of the ongoing paradigm shift. Included in this are the Bible stories relating to past age changes. The stories of Abraham and Moses are about the shift from Taurus to Aries. Guy Spiro is an astrologer and has been the publisher and editor of The Monthly Aspectarian since its inception in 1979. He has been meditating for forty years. Thursday, January 4, 7:30pm. Theosophical Society in America, 1926 N. Main St., Wheaton, IL 60187. www.theosophical.org, 630-668-1571.

AN EVENING OF TRANSFORMATIVE ART

Experience art as energy work produced by some of Chicago’s best visual and performing artists! This free series of performance-exhibit-healing rituals is presented by Life Force Arts Foundation and highlights artists who evoke spiritual truths and higher states of consciousness through their work. Enjoy an inspirational evening that will heal and empower you. This month’s Featured Artists are textile artist/fashion designer Kate Jacobsen, and storyteller Mark Kater. Friday, January 5, 6:30-8:30pm, Shibuy Hada, 56 W. Maple, Chicago, Free. No preregistration necessary. For information: 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org.

MEET YOUR GUIDES CLASS

This is a special class for parents and children to meet their Guides in a safe and fun environment. You will learn the purpose of Guides, how they can help you and how to communicate with them. Enjoy a brief and uplifting meditation to learn who your Guides are and to receive a message from them. As a mother of young children, I recommend that the child be able to sit quietly for fifteen to twenty minutes. I’ve found that children under the age of eight get a bit squirmy and impatient. For this reason, the age requirement for children is eight to eighteen years old for this class. Cost is $25.00 for parent and child and $5.00 for each additional child. Registration is required. Visa/MasterCard accepted. Located at various suburban and Chicago locations. At Bella Luna Beads in East Dundee on Friday, January 5, from 6-7pm. To register and receive more information, please contact Ellen Capobianco, RMT, at 847-217-3526 or visit website at www.AngelMessagesAndHealings.com.

MEET YOUR GUIDES

This is a class designed to connect you with your Guides. Learn the purpose of Guides, how they can help you and how to communicate with them. Enjoy an uplifting guided meditation to learn who your Guides are and to receive a message from them. Your Guides are waiting for you, come and meet them!

Cost is $20.00. Registration is required. Visa/MasterCard accepted. Ongoing classes at various suburban and Chicago locations. At Bella Luna Beads near Springhill Mall on Friday, January 5, from 7-8pm. To register for classes and receive more information, please contact Ellen Capobianco, RMT, at 847-217-3526 or visit the website www.AngelMessagesAndHealings.com.

SHAMANIC JOURNEYING WEEKEND

In this introductory weekend workshop, Contemporary Shaman Joan Forest Mage will guide you in the ancient shamanic journey meditation: traveling to the spirit realm to gain wisdom and healing from angels, ancestors, totem animals and other helpful spiritual beings. To the classic shamanic drumbeat, you will learn how to journey to the three territories of nonordinary reality to begin building relationships with your own group of spirit helpers. We will discuss shamanic cosmology, the history and ethical basis of shamanism, and the ways shamanic practice applies to the modern world and to healing the web of all life. No previous experience necessary. Please bring a drum or rattle if you have one, and a pen and notebook. Required reading: Singing The Soul Back Home by Caitlin Matthews. January 6-7: Saturday, 1-9pm and Sunday, 9am-2pm. Convenient Chicago Lakeview location. $250. Preregistration necessary. For more information or to register: 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org.

GRAND OPENING IN CRYSTAL LAKE

MoonWillow Center for Tai Chi & Wellness Arts, Saturday, January 6, 10am-5pm. Come celebrate the opening of our new Tai Chi and Wellness Center in the New Year! Try Tai chi for free with owner/director Allison Deputy at 10am and 2pm. Sign up for a regular eight week session that day and receive a discount. Lear more about our special offerings in Guided meditation, Power Dreaming and Dream Temple, energy healing, spiritual movie nights, and the upcoming Personal Harmony Workshop, January 26 and 27. We will also offer a free screening of The Secret at 3pm (please call to reserve seating). We are located at 135 Beardsley, Ste. B, in downtown Crystal Lake within walking distance from the Metra train station. Call for more details, 815-477-2899.

WORKSHOP SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

The Spiritual Awakening Center offers movie workshops every Saturday night. Each workshop is a mere $10 which includes a free full feature film designed to inspire spiritual growth and stimulate discussions. What a fantastic way of learning—by watching a film and then discussing that topic with other spiritual individuals. We even have a commercial popcorn wagon for that theater taste popcorn. Workshop includes free popcorn, pop, coffee and tea. 7pm with discussion following. www.SpiritualAwakeningCenter.com 1645 South River Road Suite1, Des Plaines, 847-759-8950. Come join us for an unusual experience every Saturday Night. See you there!

January 6: The Hired Heart. A widowed country doctor is pursued as the most eligible bachelorette. To defuse the situation, she hires someone to play her boyfriend and finds that she hasn’t moved on at all from the loss of her husband. A lesson in letting go.

January 13: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. John Gray, Ph.D., discusses the different ways that men and women communicate and gives useful techniques to develop a better relationship.

January 20: Secrets of Alchemy. Join filmmaker Jay Weidner as he journeys Southern France, through Alchemical Europe, Ancient Egypt, and Peru decoding powerful and haunting messages.

January 27: Quest for Fire. Follow early man, 80,000 years ago, as he searches for the comfort and safety provided by fire.

February 3: Quantum Astrology. Rick Levine uses his special talents to bridge the gaps between astrology, spirituality, science, and religion connecting the rational head with the feeling heart.

YOUR SOUL’S HIGHEST DESIRE FOR 2007

Do you know what would make you profoundly happy while living an authentically meaningful life? Are you interested in a process that will give you specific guidance on harvesting your soul’s highest desire for your life?

On Sunday, January 7, Dan Hanneman, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Certified Hypnotherapist will present the Vision and Manifest Your Soul’s Highest Desire Workshop from 12 noon to 3pm at The McHenry County Church of Religious Science, a Center for Spiritual Evolution. Sunday services and workshops are held at the Country Inn & Suites, 600 Tracy Trail, in Crystal Lake. This workshop is devoted entirely to the practice of personal visioning for one’s own life and a step-by-step instruction on systematically attracting your soul’s desire into your life. Sunday services begin with a meditation at 9:45. Join us for a positive uplifting spiritual experience. Coffee, fellowship and conversation are shared after the service every week. Check our website at www.rscgc.org/McHenry for more details. For more information call 815-444-0942.

PHON IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE

Introduction to the Phon script, a universal abiguda of scientific, cultural and occult significance. Able to present all utterances and based on Tengwar, Phon is of equal use in writing all languages and dialects. Sundays, January 7-28, 6-8pm. Suggested donation of $40 for the entire four week class plus materials. The Occult Bookstore, 1164 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. 773-292-0995.

DRUMMING THE CHAKRAS: SHAMANIC HEALING JOURNEY

Experience a powerful healing ritual as Contemporary Shaman Joan Forest Mage cleanses the chakras (energy centers) of each participant through singing and drumming. We will learn the ancient meditation technique of shamanic journeying to the spirit realm, gaining wisdom and healing from angels, ancestors, totem animals and other helpful spiritual beings. Beginners welcome, no previous experience necessary. Joan Forest Mage has been practicing shamanic healing since 1995. Tuesday, January 9, 7-9pm. Alchemy Arts, 1203 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago. $20. No preregistration necessary. For more information: 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org.

EFT (EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUES) WORKSHOPS

The recipients of EFT have reported the release of many symptoms, such as Addictive Cravings (Smoking, etc.), Depression, Anxieties, Headaches, Colon Problems, Weight Issues, Fears or Phobias, Anger Issues, Panic Attacks, Sadness and Stuttering. EFT can be described as a simple, one minute tapping technique, wherein you tap on a few points of the acupuncture meridians on your body to release the hold of negative emotions, past and current. A workshop is being held at the Spiritual Awakening Center 1645 S. River Rd., Suite 1, in Des Plaines. The workshop and individual sessions will be facilitated by Tom Masbaum, EFT practitioner from Oak Forest, who has presented EFT individually and in groups to over 500 people in the last eighteen months all over the U.S. and in Europe. Tom brings his loving presence into a practical learning experience, helping you to reduce stressful emotions. EFT will help you to have more confidence in life, knowing that you can release negative emotions. Many physical symptoms have also been reduced or have completely disappeared.

An introduction to EFT is being held Tuesday, January 9, from 7-9:30pm. Fee: $25.00

A four hour EFT Workshop will be conducted Saturday, January 20, from 1-5pm. Fee: $40 ($25 to attendees of any introductory session).

INTRODUCTION TO MATTHEW FOX

“Introduction to Matthew Fox,” a free event, will be held on January 10 from 7-8:30pm at Mimosa Books, 260 W. Gilman St., in Madison, WI. For information, please call 608-246-8515 or email Jonathan at info@matthewfoxmadison.org.

LEGACY OF SUMER

Magicians Journey. An ongoing class on the relationships of modern societal entities and the gods of Sumer. Socratic class so bring lots of questions. Wednesdays, January 10-31, 7-9pm. Suggested donation of $10/session plus materials. The Occult Bookstore, 1164 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. 773-292-0995.

WEIGHT LOSS EMPOWERMENT SEMINAR

The Spiritual Awakening Center is pleased to announce that Cheryl Dudley, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and former director of The Crystal Lake Hypnosis Clinic, will be offering a Weight Loss Empowerment Seminar at our center, 1645 S. River Rd., Suite 1, Des Plaines, to help with your New Year’s resolutions and to start the year off right. A series of four weekly sessions on Wednesdays, January 10, 17, 24, and 31, is offered at two convenient times, either mornings from 10:30am-12:30pm or evenings from 7-9pm. This seminar stresses finding self control, exercising motivation, alcohol and weight control and more! Pre-register early as class size is limited. 847-287-5993. Fee $170 for the series and includes a reinforcement CD. Cheryl also will be available for private appointments those Wednesdays from 1-6pm.

LEARN/EXPERIENCE BUDDHIST CHANTING

Thursday, January 11, 7:30-8:30pm. Come join us in experiencing and learning Buddhist chants. Helen Feng was introduced to Buddhist chanting in her native China. Throughout the years she has relied upon it to clear blockages, cleanse and empower her life, and to bring internal wisdom and peace. Helen has been honored to help souls transition to the sound of her chanting. Expect to reach very deep levels of meditation. Spiritual Awakening Center, 1645 S. River Rd., Suite 1, Des Plaines. 847-759-8950. Donation $10.

DRUM CIRCLE

Come and experience your own innate sense of rhythm that beats to the heart of mother earth and all creation. Friday, January 12, 8-10pm, and January 20, 6-8pm. Suggested donation $5. The Dance Building, 1330 Webford Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60016. Contact Jean: 847-254-4938, jean@iamlove.ws.

SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTER SUPPORT GROUP

Are you “Spiritually Stuck” and in need of a facilitated support group? Have your energy transformed from the “Brain/Ego” to the “Heart/Soul” level. Experience feeling and understand your feelings from the heart as you begin speaking with a higher consciousness.

An example: A train has several attached cars much like words connected in a sentence. Many of the cars are empty like when you use words without feeling. Other cars carry products and are like words conveying your intention. The purpose of speech is to relate what you are feeling with the appropriate words, thus words are nothing more than a conveyance for ideas. The group will allow you to feel from your heart and soul, so you speak with the proper feeling contained within your words.

This has been the same format for over eighteen years: eight weeks, skipping one week, and never stopping. Begins Friday, January 12, 7:15-9:30pm. Advance fee is $250 for the eight weeks (eighteen hours), or $295 at the first meeting. Coffee and refreshments are offered as many mingle afterwards with like-minded members. The Spiritual Awakening Center is a Portal and is a Full Time Permanent Committed Center, not a home or rented space. See facilitator’s bio on our web site, www.SpiritualAwakenigCenter.com.

ENERGETIC PROTECTION

If you have ever felt the need to prevent your energy from being drained, this workshop is for you! In this full-day workshop, Contemporary Shaman Joan Forest Mage teaches self care for your personal energy field. Using visualization, meditation and body awareness exercises, we will focus on five ways of creating energetic protection: Sensing energy and setting up boundaries for your personal energy field; 4 Skills for safely relating your personal energy field to others; Visualization techniques for directing energy; Utilizing the Elements (air, earth, water, fire, ether) to transform negative energy; Cleansing energy with physical tools such as crystals, incense and aromatherapy.

Counselors, psychologists, healers, massage therapists, educators and anyone who works with the public can benefit from this training. Saturday, January 13, 1-8pm. $125. Convenient Chicago Lakeview location. Preregistration necessary. For more information or to register: 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org.

DISCOVERING MAGICAL TOOLS

An ongoing magical class covering the “Weapons of Magick” used in the cultivation of magick and power. Saturdays, January 13 - February 10, 6-8pm. Suggested donation of $5/session plus materials. The Occult Bookstore, 1164 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. 773-292-0995.

CHILDREN’S PAST-LIFE MEMORIES

Chicago International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) support/study group presents a special program on Saturday, January 13. Speakers Billy Luke, Liza Kobernik and Mary Fleming share their children’s past-life memories. Astounding stories! $20 suggested donation. Frank Auditorium at Evanston Hospital, 2-5 p.m. Chicago IANDS focuses on near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, losses, research. For more information, please call 847-251-5758 or see www.chicagoiands.org.

HOW TO USE ORACLE CARDS

This is a class designed to show you the appropriate way to use Oracle cards to give yourself and others a reading. When used properly, oracle cards are a great way to tap into your own divine guidance and is an easy way to get clear messages from Source. You will learn how to clear your oracle card deck and attune the deck to your energies. Please bring your own deck or you can use one of my “working decks” (I have angels, archangels, saints and goddess decks available to play with). Cost is $20.00. Registration is required. Visa/MasterCard accepted. Ongoing classes at various suburban and Chicago locations. At Bella Luna Beads in East Dundee on Saturday, January 13, from 3:30-4:30pm. To register for classes and receive more information, please contact Ellen Capobianco, RMT, at 847-217-3526 or visit the website www.AngelMessagesAndHealings.com.

WOMEN’S HEALING CIRCLE

Sorry guys! This one is just for us! Enjoy an hour of gentle release and healing to prepare for 2007. This month the focus will be on obtaining robust health and releasing old habits that no longer serve us. Join us for a fun, uplifting hour of empowerment. Cost is $20.00. Registration is required. Visa/MasterCard accepted. At Bella Luna Beads in East Dundee, Saturday, January 13, from 5-6pm. To register and for more information, please contact Ellen Capobianco, RMT, at 847-217-3526 or visit website at www.AngelMessagesAndHealings.com.

THE SILVA METHOD

The Silva Method Focused Thinking program will be conducted by Ardean Calloway on January 13-14-15 (Holiday), at 109 Fairfield Way, Bloomingdale, IL. Call 847-816-0289 or visit www.silvamethod.com for more information.

TRANCE CHANNELING

Evening with Spirit 2007: Let spirit guide you and answer some of your most important questions. In this evening workshop, Sharyl Noday nationally known trance channel will channel “Siria Family,” “Dr. Pebbles,” or your spirit guides to assist in greater life discovery. Learn what channeling is, and experience the unconditional love our spirit guides offer to us. A guided meditation will be included. Sharyl Noday has been of service to groups and individuals focusing on personal and spiritual development. Sharyl channels a loving consciousness that speaks through her bridging the gap between what is human/physical and what is spirit. This spiritual consciousness refers to themselves as “Siria Family” and both Sharyl and they are dedicated to the “art of healing” through looking at life’s issues to offer a unique perspective to the creation of life. Sunday, January 14, 5:30-7:30pm. Crystal Gallery, 2257 W. Eastwood, Chicago. Please RSVP to Sharyl, 773-750-0484, spiritisiri@yahoo.com. $20 per person includes a free crystal.

WHAT IS LIFE COACHING?

There are a few of us older therapists that have been doing therapy all our adult life and now desire to share our wisdom without necessitating a visit to our office. Many times individuals just need to talk out their problems with a therapist who understands their situation. The sessions may go from everyday problems to more emotional issues that need to be resolved. I am Terry Taylor, MA., CHt. and have been Life Coaching for over 37 years, helping thousands of individuals with both personal and spiritual problems. You can receive my service via your phone either hourly or monthly. I can help you with many issues such as relationships, phobias, depression and marital problems. My degree is in Clinical Psychology integrated with Spiritual Emergence. Presently my practice consists of a clinical work and life coaching via phone or within my office at the Spiritual Awakening Center, 1645 S. River Rd., Suite 1, Des Plaines, 847-759-8950. Visit and experience a group session and lecture Sunday, January 14 from 2-4pm based on Terry Taylor’s article in this month’s Aspectarian, “Resolve Childhood Sexual Abuse.” Fee $10 (Visa/MC). www.SpiritualAwakeningCenter.com.

TRANSFIGURATION MEDITATION

Sunday, January 14, 6-8pm. We have two levels of groups now experiencing this method of raising energy. The starting group participants see other’s faces changing from male to female, young to old, human to alien, and sometimes into animal form. Each face represents the level of energy reached during the sessions. The object is to experience and talk with the energy and language of the Higher Self.

The advanced group follows the old methods of The Mystery School System dating beyond the Egyptian System. Here you will use the experience of your Higher Self’s energy level achieved during the beginning sessions. You will learn to stimulate further energy through ancient breathing techniques. Within this study group, we use our elevated energy to experience the higher purpose of the “Universal Laws” as we travel through the “Time Continuum,” raising the bar to understanding those laws.

We meet once a month on the second Sunday from 6-8pm. Spiritual Awakening Center, 1645 south River Road, Suite #1 Des Plaines. 847-759-8950, www.SpiritualAwakeningCenter.com. Fee $30.

SHAMANIC CHAKRA TONING

Connect to the angels and ancestors through the power of your voice. We will learn to cleanse and strengthen our chakras (energy centers) through vocal toning, the body’s natural way of physical, emotional, and spiritual regeneration. No experience necessary—anyone can do it! Discover how to use your voice as a powerful vibrational healing tool for grounding, removing energetic blockages, connecting with spirit guides, and balancing the entire chakra column. Joan Forest Mage is a shamanic practitioner, sound healer and recording artist. Tuesday, January 16, 6-8pm, Temple Beautiful, 1901 W. Division, Chicago, $20. No preregistration necessary. Information: 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org.

BOOK SIGNING AND LECTURE

Author and trauma resolution specialist Brent Baum unveils his latest book, Living as Light, The Awakening of Mystical Consciousness. Transitions Bookplace, 1000 W. North Ave., Chicago. 7pm, Wednesday, January 17. For information, call 312- 951-7323, or see www.transitionsbookplace.com.

CLEARING THE PATH TO MANIFESTATION

Accelerate your capability to intentionally manifest. Stress and trauma imprint in the cells and fields of our bodies and insert a “negative” intention which frequently diverts our creative potential to its own ends. Learn about strategies to clear your intentionality and facilitate manifestation. Presented by author and lecturer Brent Baum, STB, SSL, CCH, ICDC, at the Theosophical Society, 1926 N. Main St. in Wheaton. 7:30pm, Thursday, January 18. $7. For information, see www.theosophical.org or call 630-668-1571.

DRUMMING, CHANTING, HEALING CIRCLE

Learn to use the rhythms of the earth to soothe and heal the body, mind, and spirit at the SpiritualAwakeningCenter.com, 1645 S. River Rd., Suite 1, Des Plaines. Bring a drum, rattle or noise maker to maintain the beat of the heart. Some drums available. Thursday, January 18, from 7-9pm. Fee $20.

MEET YOUR POWER ANIMAL CLASS

This is a special class for parents and children to meet their Power Animal/Totem in a fun and safe environment. You will learn the purpose of Power Animals and how they can help you. Enjoy a brief and uplifting guided meditation to meet your Power Animal and receive a message from them. As a mother of young children, I recommend that the child be able to sit quietly for fifteen to twenty minutes. I’ve found that children under the age of eight get a bit squirmy and impatient. For this reason, the age requirement for children is eight to eighteen years old for this class. Cost is $25.00 for parent and child and $5.00 for each additional child. Registration is required. Visa/MasterCard accepted. Located at various suburban and Chicago locations. At Bella Luna Beads in East Dundee on Friday, January 19, from 6-7pm. To register and receive more information, please contact Ellen Capobianco, RMT, at 847-217-3526 or visit website at www.AngelMessagesAndHealings.com.

ADVANCED MEDITATION/CHAKRA BALANCING

Come explore the Universe in a safe and sacred environment. We will use advanced meditation and chakra balancing techniques channeled from Archangels Zadkiel and Raphael. Pre-requisite: you must be in a regular meditation practice and have a working knowledge of the basic chakra/bioenergetic system. Cost is $20.00. Registration is required. Visa/MasterCard accepted. Friday, January 19, from 7-8pm. Located at Bella Luna Beads in East Dundee. To register and for more information, please contact Ellen Capobianco, RMT, at 847-217-3526 or visit website at www.AngelMessagesAndHealings.com.

CLEANSING YOUR AURA: CRYSTALS, SMUDGING AND MORE

Energize your mind-body through learning to cleanse your aura, the electromagnetic energy field around your body. When this energy field is strong, it helps you keep physically healthy, have mental clarity, and feel cheerful and calm. Contemporary Shaman Joan Forest Mage will teach you how to use Nature’s resources such as crystals, incense, aromatherapy, and other “power tools” to enliven your personal energy field! Saturday, January 20, 3-5pm. Alchemy Arts, 1203 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago. $20. No preregistration necessary, For more information: 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org.

REIKI SHARE PLANETARY HEALING CIRCLE

This is no ordinary Reiki Share! Please join me for a healing circle that focuses on a different place on Earth each month. We will briefly share stories and I will be available to answer questions. We will then pick a spot on Earth and send our Reiki/Healing Energies to it. How powerful to have a circle of Reiki practitioners focusing concentrated energies to a place on Earth that needs it the most! All Reiki practitioners level II and above from all lineages are welcome. January 20. Ongoing healing circle the third Saturday of every month from 3:30-5pm. Reservations are required. Donations are accepted. Located at Bella Luna Beads in East Dundee. For reservations, please contact Ellen Capobianco, RMT, at 847-217-3526 or visit the website at www.AngelMessagesAndHealings.com.

NEW BREAST AND COLON PROBLEM SUPPORT GROUP

A free support group is being formed for colon and/or breast problems. You will learn to use EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) to lessen your symptoms. Saturday, January 20, 10am-12pm. www.SpiritualAwakeningCenter.com, 1645 S. River Rd., Ste. 1, Des Plaines. 847-759-8950, or Tom Masbaum, 708-955-3634, tommyatw@aol.com.

TRADITIONAL TAROT

The Magical Art of Tarot Divination. Workshop to develop greater facility with Tarot Arcana and knowledge of spreads using Rider Waite Tarot deck, for experienced and nonexperienced practitioners alike. Please preregister, space is limited. Two day intensive, Sundays, January 21 and 28, 11am-5pm. Class fee of $180 plus materials. The Occult Bookstore, 1164 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. 773-292-0995.

MEET YOUR ANGELS

This is a class designed to connect you with your Angels and the Archangelic realm. You will learn the purpose of Angels, how they can help you and how to communicate with them. Enjoy an uplifting guided meditation to meet your Angels and receive a message directly from them. I’m so excited about this class because every person (including kids) has been able to get a “visual” and receive a clear message from their Angels. This guided meditation was given to me by Archangel Raphael. I’m passionate about teaching others how to communicate with their Angels. We all have the ability to heal ourselves and receive clear messages from Source. Your Angels are waiting, come and meet them! Cost is $20.00. Registration is required. Visa/MasterCard accepted. Friday, January 26, from 7-8pm.at Bella Luna Beads in East Dundee. To register and receive more information, please contact Ellen Capobianco, RMT, at 847-217-3526 or visit the website at www.AngelMessagesAndHealings.com.

HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY RESOLUTION®

A Training Workshop in Holographic Memory Resolution® combining Levels One and Two, presented by Brent M. Baum, ICADC, CCH, LISAC, of Healing Dimensions, ACC.

Holographic Memory Resolution® is a new mind-body therapy which addresses somatic memory encoded from either physical or emotional trauma. We now know that stress and trauma induce an altered state of consciousness that captures and preserves our pain as a protective act. HMR® enables us to quickly master these statically held states of consciousness. Research indicates that HMR® induces an Alpha-Theta brainwave state that lets the conscious mind relax—preventing a re-live of the original pain while raising the subconscious mind to Theta—providing enhanced visual and sensory access to repressed imagery. HMR® also initiates a self-healing, self-mapping sequence that reveals the history of a problem, pattern or illness. Done from a seated position, the process, using both a verbal technique and a nervous system support technique along the spine, produces a discharge of pain usually resulting in noticeable shifts in temperature, weight, and pain levels in the nerve centers of the body.

Brent Baum’s work with over 11,000 trauma survivors led to his development of HMR® and his subsequent involvement in crisis intervention with the TWA Flight 800 senior staff, the officers and survivors from the Oklahoma City bombing, and numerous populations impacted by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His work has been recognized by Dr. Andrew Weil’s Integrative Medicine Program of the University of Arizona. The hallmark of HMR® is the empowerment of the client’s own “inner physician.”

Cosponsored by Michael’s Gift, a charitable organization. 9am-5pm, Friday-Sunday, January 26-28, at Marriott Courtyard, Deerfield, IL. $450, special rates available for students and social agency staff. 21 hours of continuing education credits. To register or for additional information, contact Yvonne Hedeker, 847-940-0432 or yhedeker@michaelsgift.org.

SHAMANIC CHAKRA HEALING MINISESSIONS

Feel rejuvenated and learn about energy work as Contemporary Shaman Joan Forest Mage cleanses your chakras (energy centers) through her singing and drumming. This fifteen minute individual minisession of sound healing will

help you gain experiential knowledge of your energy field, promoting physical health, mental clarity and feeling peaceful and cheerful. Saturday, January 27, 3-5pm. Alchemy Arts, 1203 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago. Fifteen minute session for $15. Please call 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org to schedule your minisession.

FUNTASTIC CHILDREN’S FAIR

Infinity Foundation is sponsoring its 3rd annual FUNtastic Children’s Fair: A Happy Kid is A Healthy Kid, January 27, at Sherwood School, 1900 Stratford in Highland Park from 10am-2pm. The fair features practitioners and businesses who offer holistic services or products for children and families.

Also included are kid exhibitors who sell or show handcrafted items such as artwork, jewelry, tie dye, or friendship bracelets. Children may keep the money they earn or perhaps consider giving it to a charity. Raquel, a twelve year old who is participating in the Show & Sell has chosen to help the children of Darfur for her Bat-Mitzvah project. Money will be raised at the fair by selling children’s wristbands. Raquel says, “My Papa Arie is a holocaust survivor. I don’t want other innocent people like my grandfather to feel the pain of genocide, and want to let the people of Darfur know that I care and the world has not forgotten them. My Bat-Mitzvah project is to raise awareness and money to help the children of Darfur.”

The FUNtastic Fair has ongoing hands-on playshops to choose from for parents and their children grades K-8. The admission price is $3.00 per person, children under age four are free. The Fair provides an opportunity for parents and children to experience and learn about holistic health services and products through exhibits and playshops. There will be community open activities with music, art and hands-on fun. Some of the exhibitors include Vitamin Shoppe, home wellness, animal communication, artists, energy workers, holistic practitioners, yoga, essential oils, make a bear, organic food, Brain Gym™ and more. Kids and parents will be able to interact with all of their senses with the vendors and playshops. This highly interactive fair is a playful learning experience for the family.

Infinity Foundation is a nonprofit educational nonsectarian organization located in Highland Park. Infinity offers 150 Courses for Life™ each year for children, teens and adults in personal development, holistic health, and professional and spiritual growth. Bestselling authors from all over the country give workshops and retreats. For more information or a free course guide call 847-831-8828 or visit online, www.infinityfoundation.org.

TOTEM ANIMAL CEREMONY: OWL

Please join us as we honor the spirit of the Owl through shamanic practice, an ancient form of spiritual healing. This is one in a series of Totem Animal Ceremonies that Contemporary Shaman Joan Forest Mage facilitates. Learn shamanic energy work and meditative skills that will deepen your intuitive abilities and connection to your spirit guides. In this ceremony, we will call on Owl’s powers of keen observation, insight into hidden situations, and freedom of flying, even in dark times. Meditation, drumming and body movement help us integrate the truth telling wisdom gifts of Owl. Beginners welcome, no previous experience necessary. Please bring a question or intention about a situation in your life that you would like to resolve through this ceremony. Sunday, January 28, 1-4pm. $45. Convenient Chicago Lakeview location. Preregistration necessary. For more information or to register: 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org.

SÉANCE, COME SEE WHO’S HANGING AROUND!

Sunday, January 28, 6-8pm. A séance will be conducted at the Spiritual Awakening Center, 1645 S. River Rd., Suite 1, Des Plaines. 847-759-8950. Come and see what spirits are hanging around the Center! Possibly talk to deceased relatives and friends—we never know who will materialize. Reservations necessary as we are limiting this event to fifteen people. $30.

SHAMANIC CONSCIOUS WEEKEND

In this weekend workshop, you will gain skills in entering meditative consciousness. Contemporary Shaman Joan Forest Mage teaches time proven methods of quieting your mind and body and observing your intuitive impressions so that you can listen to Spirit’s messages more clearly. We will utilize self expressive arts—writing, drawing, singing, dancing—as meditational and energy work practices. Discover your preferred perceptual mode (seeing, hearing or feeling) for accessing information in nonordinary reality; learn how to interpret the visions you see in your shamanic journeys and dreams. We will learn the Three Inward and Three Outward Methods of accessing intuitive information. You will further deepen your relationship with your own group of spirit helpers. No prerequisite. Please bring a drum or rattle if you have one, and a pen and notebook. Required reading: The Open Mind by Dawna Markova. February 3-4, Saturday, 1-9pm and Sunday, 9am-2pm. Convenient Chicago Lakeview location. $250. Preregistration necessary. For more information or to register: 773-250-7250 or www.lifeforcearts.org.

EUROPEAN WITCHCRAFT

An ongoing class covering theories and practices of modern witchcraft of European lineages. First and third Tuesdays of the month, 7-9pm. Suggested donation of $5/session plus materials. The Occult Bookstore, 1164 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. 773-292-0995.