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Richmond IONS August Meeting 2019

Don Pasciuti, Richmond IONS Richmond IONS August Meeting 2019 (August 17) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting, featuring a talk by Frank Pasciuti, Ph.D.

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238

When: Saturday, August 17, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS August Meeting Program

“A Model for Understanding Normal and Supernormal Capacities of Human Consciousness.”

Our August 17, 2019, program will feature a talk by Frank Pasciuti, Ph.D., Charlottesville-based licensed clinical psychologist, certified hypnotherapist and author.

In this presentation, Dr. Pasciuti will share the explanatory model he uses when working with clients in crises. It covers a broad range of human functioning, offering insight into crises that affect normal
areas of human development, as well as supernormal ones. In turn, crises arising from supernormal experiences are often referred to as spiritual emergencies.

Two Types of Crises

By comparison, normal crises can occur when someone experiences the death of a loved one, conflicts in relationships, loss of employment, or serious health concerns. On the other hand, the spiritual emergency type crises often follow a psychic or paranormal experience. Due to their rare occurrence and unfamiliar nature, their foreignness can raise fear and precipitate a crisis. For example, they can include a precognitive dream, an NDE, an out-of-body experience, or perceived contact with spirit.

In order for his model to encompass and address such a broad range of crises, Dr. Pasciuti distills the areas they impact into ten key capacities of human functioning and examines each of them. Next, he shows how in response to the spiritual crisis, the need for development in a given area can lead to an increase in its mastery. As a result, that increased mastery, in turn, contributes to the individual’s growth and transformation.

During his talk, Dr. Pasciuti will share personal stories and case examples from his just published book, Chrysalis Crisis: How Life’s Ordeals Can Lead To Personal & Spiritual Transformation. As a result, these vignettes exemplify how each of the key areas were engaged as catalysts for growth and transformation in the aftermath of a crisis.

Finally, Dr. Pasciuti will explain how all these ten key areas of human functioning can be viewed as capacities of consciousness. There, they exist on an overall map of evolving consciousness. In addition, he also explains how they can contribute to a life of joy, happiness, and peace. This is especially the case when all these areas are synergistically working.

About Frank Pasciuti, Ph.D., Our Richmond IONS August Meeting Presenter

Frank Pasciuti, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified hypnotherapist in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is founder and president of Associated Clinicians of Virginia. He provides psychotherapy and organizational development services to individuals and businesses.

Dr. Pasciuti is chairman of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at The Monroe Institute, in Faber, Virginia. He collaborates on research related to NDEs, psychic phenomena, and the survival of consciousness at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS). DOPS is a research unit of the department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

He is author of Chrysalis Crisis: How Life’s Ordeals Can Lead to Personal and Spiritual Transformation.

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Richmond IONS July Meeting 2019

Richmond IONS July Meeting 2019 (July 20) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting, featuring a talk by Lynn Sparrow Christy

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238,

When: Saturday, July 20, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS July Meeting Program Title:

“Evolutionary Spirituality: Co-Creating with the Field of Infinite Possibilities.”

Our July 20, 2019 program will feature a talk by Lynn Sparrow Christy, Virginia Beach-based mentor, author and presenter. What if the deepest meaning of your life is to be found in nearly 14 billion years of evolution?

This lecture/workshop is about the distinctive spiritual path that places our personal spirituality within the wider context of collective evolution. It is a path of co-creatorship that involves us in the development of not only our own lives. It is also the evolution of the cosmos, the biological world, and consciousness itself.

But what does it really mean to co-create? With what or whom are we co-creating? How much power do we really have to change things? Is it true that we create our own reality, or is that just a New Age fantasy?

The Contribution of Modern Science

What does modern science contribute to our understanding of the infinite field of possibilities? Does the law of attraction work? And, more pointedly, why does it so often seem not to work?

In this session, we will:
 Look at why the radical jump from “spiritual evolution” to “evolutionary spirituality” matters to our world.
 Consider the part we play in the evolution of consciousness.
 Explore the profound difference between fixed expectations and a state of open expectancy.
 See why all visualization practices are not the same.
 Uncover the sabotaging impact of unconscious intentions.
 Work with a step-by-step method for co-creating with the infinite field.

Lynn has worked with this material for decades and distilled it into a guidebook for a practical 21st Century spirituality in her book, Beyond Soul Growth: Awakening to the Call of Cosmic Evolution. She loves to share this information and will be presenting key insights and practical takeaways in her presentation for our IONS group.

Another not-to-be-missed program for all who can attend! See you there!

About Lynn Sparrow Christy, Our Richmond IONS July Meeting Presenter:

Lynn Sparrow Christy is a mentor, author, and presenter who has been working in the field of spiritual growth and personal healing her entire adult life. Her work has been shaped by deep childhood spiritual connections that led her through traditional Christian faith to the barrier-shattering work of Edgar Cayce and on to the leading edge thinking that characterizes the contemporary integral/evolutionary movement.

Along the way, she has developed an eclectic career as a writer, conference speaker, hypnotherapist-life coach, minister, and trainer. She is trained as a master hypnotherapist, hypnosis trainer, life coach and master N.L.P. practitioner, and also
uses qigong and energy medicine.

Her books, Beyond Soul Growth: Awakening to the Call of Cosmic Evolution (2013), Reincarnation: Claiming Your Past, Creating Your Future (1988) and Edgar Cayce and Christian Faith (1999), as well as her home-study courses, Meditation Made Easy and How to Discover Your Past Lives, have all explored leading topics in contemporary spirituality.

She is also the developer and mentor for several Internet-based home-learning experiences. Lynn works with individual clients at her Virginia Beach office and via videoconferencing apps. Learn more about Lynn and her services at AccessYourPotential.net.

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Richmond IONS June Meeting 2019

Richmond IONS June Meeting, 2019 (June 15) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting, featuring a talk by Vandorn Hinnant.

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238, Saturday,

When: June 15, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS June Meeting Program Title:

“How Art Shapes Shape Us, the Next Installment.”

Our June 15, 2019 program will feature a much requested follow-up talk by Vandorn Hinnant, Durham, N.C. He is a painter, sculptor, poet and educational consultant. His talk will be moderated by his wife, AnaMaria Walle.

From an early age, Vandorn Hinnant consistently endeavored to translate his inner visions and other-dimensional experiences into something he could share with the world. In 1989 he began his formal studies of Sacred Geometry under the tutelage of physicist and inventor Robert L. Powell, Sr., who became his mentor.

Since that fate-filled day, Vandorn has developed a body of two and three-dimensional works of art, painting and sculpture. In fact, some have recognized his works as more than art. Meanwhile, many have encountered them and experienced transformative and expanded states of awareness.

Vandorn Hinnant: Before We Knew

“Before We Knew: From The Mother of Everything” – Artwork by Vandorn Hinnant

Vandorn draws inspiration from naturally occurring geometries and utilizes the Golden Ratio. The Golden Ratio is also known as The Golden Proportion or Section. Using these, Vandorn creates elegant compositions that embody fractal phenomena.

In doing so, he joins a long line of artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Salvador Dali. They too have used empirical methods to achieve aesthetic ends.

AnaMaria Walle began her studies of metaphysics in 1973 and never stopped. She tracked down Vandorn when she saw an image of one of his works, entitled “Voice,” on a postcard while on the West Coast. Her immediate response was, “I must meet whoever created this work of art.”

Now together for 17 years (married for 5), they continue to collaborate, exploring inspirations they encounter in the realm of the metaphysical.

Join Vandorn and AnaMaria in conversation and entertaining questions posed by the audience. They will share images of Vandorn’s work, along with creative explorations they have pursued such as pyramid power, meditation chambers and more!

About Vandorn Hinnant, Our Richmond IONS June Meeting Presenter:

Vandorn Hinnant received a BA in Art Design from North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., and studied sculpture at UNC-Greensboro. His works of art are in private collections in Africa, North America, and Europe, and in public collections across North America.

He is the co-author (with Robert L. Powell Sr. and Jr.) of the book The Rest of Euclid. He has served as guest curator of exhibitions, as juror of many fine art competitions, and as guest lectured at colleges and universities.

He serves as an independent arts educational consultant, working with both youth and adult learners. Currently the artist is developing sculpture maquettes (models) to be fabricated into permanent materials. You may visit his website at www.vandornhinnant.com.

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Richmond IONS May Meeting 2019

Richmond IONS May Meeting 2019 (May 18) and Central VA IONS Community Group Meeting, Featuring a Talk by Suzanne Munson.

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238.

When: Saturday, May 18, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Please read all the way to the end or click here for info on our Annual Party on Friday evening!

Richmond IONS May Meeting Program Title:

“Channeling Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe.”

Our May 18, 2019, program will feature a talk by Richmond author, historian and CV IONS Community Group member, Suzanne Munson. She will share fascinating insights gleaned while writing her breakthrough George Wythe biography, Jefferson’s Godfather, the Man Behind the Man (2018).

While writing Wythe’s story, Suzanne became intrigued by the Power of One—the ability of just one individual to set changes in motion to benefit an entire society.

As America’s first professor of law, Wythe addressed the nation’s leadership crisis after the Revolution by turning his law school at the College of William and Mary into the country’s first training program for future statesmen.

About Wythe’s influence

Judged by student achievement in high public office, he was unquestionably the most influential teacher in American history. At his death in 1806, Wythe’s former pupils were virtually running the country.

A leader among leaders, Wythe was a prophet of the American Revolution, signer and organizer of the Declaration of Independence. As well, he was a champion of the Constitution, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, groundbreaking judge, reformer and humanitarian, and outspoken abolitionist. What’s more, his impeccable ethics provide a refreshing example for leaders today.

In her background research for Wythe’s biography, Suzanne made use of all traditional resources available—personal papers, letters, diaries, and numerous historic books and articles.

At the same time, she also became interested in the work of medium and channel Jana Anna. Jana’s readings formed the basis of a book by Irene Kendig (Conversations with Jerry and Other People I Thought Were Dead). Irene spoke to our IONS group in 2013.

Meanwhile, Jana channels historical figures among other subjects. Suzanne decided to ask her to channel Thomas Jefferson and his mentor George Wythe. She will share the fascinating results with us on May 18. We love it when our members write books, and we especially love it when our programs help inform the content of the books they write.

About Suzanne Munson, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Suzanne Munson holds an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland. Suzanne also earned a master’s degree in education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Moreover, she attended The Executive Program at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Suzanne teaches courses on the Wythe-Jefferson legacy at UVA, William and Mary, and University of Richmond OSHER affiliates. In addition, she teaches at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. She also gives talks about these two Founding Fathers to various community groups and historical associations.

About our Annual Richmond IONS Party on May 17th

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Richmond IONS April Meeting 2019

ROOM CHANGE ALERT:

Richmond IONS April Meeting 2019 (April 20) and Central VA IONS Community Group Meeting, Featuring a Talk and a Michael Channeling by Caris Turpen.

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Old St Mary’s Chapel, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238. It’s the chapel at the front of the church complex, right at River Road. Just follow the signs!

When: Saturday, April 20, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS April Meeting Title:

“New Messages from Michael.”

Our Richmond IONS April Meeting, on April 20, will feature a talk and channeling by Caris Turpen, a Fort Worth-based Michael channel.

The Michael Group is a channeled, wisdom teaching soul or spirit group which refers to itself simply as “Michael” and describes itself as a single soul entity comprised of 1,050 soul fragments or essences (only one fragment is required to animate a human being).

Michael was first discovered in 1973 by a group in Oakland trying to contact the spirit of deceased Armenian philosopher G.I Gurdjieff (1866-1949). Michael first became publicly known through Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s Messages from Michael (1979).

Since then numerous books have appeared about the Michael
teachings, including three more by Yarbro (More Messages from Michael, 1986; Michael’s People, 1988; and Michael for the Millenium, 1997). Several dozen people have become Michael channels.

A Unique Michael Channeling in our April Meeting

Our April guest speaker has been a Michael channel since the mid-1990s and has distinguished herself as one of the best.

For our April program, Caris will undertake something entirely new, never before done in a public setting by a Michael channel or by Michael. During a channeling at IONS’ Earthrise Retreat Center at Petaluma, California, in late 2016, Michael announced it was shifting its focus.

Its focus since it came onto the scene in 1973 was on truth, knowledge, and information. Going forward, it was shifting its focus to love (truth, love and beauty being the three pillars of Michael’s metaphysics) in order to be more congruent with the great shift in human consciousness now taking place.

Despite that announcement two and a half years ago, no channel has as yet brought forth a full expression of Michael’s new focus on love. Caris will open the door for Michael to do exactly that through her for us and all of our relations at our Richmond IONS April meeting.

If you want to have fun, witness something utterly special and unique, and participate in a ground- breaking and history-making exercise, don’t dare miss this program!! See you there!

About Caris Turpen, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Caris Turpen has always been a seeker. When she was nineteen, she did EST. At twenty, she moved to Los Angeles to get involved in the film industry, and there she got involved in Scientology. She quickly advanced through the organization and worked alongside founder L. Ron Hubbard at the so-called secret bases in Indio and Hemet.

During that time she saw the structure of the organization begin to drastically change and eventually chose to leave. She returned to her family home in the San Francisco Bay area.

Still searching for answers to Life’s mysteries, in 1980 she was given Messages from Michael, and first glimpsed what it offered in terms of self-discovery and understanding. She continued her work in the film industry, married, divorced, remarried and moved to Texas.

In 1995 she had a profound, nearly obsessive drawback to the Michael teachings. She sought out a Michael channel to learn about her “overleaves” (personality traits chosen for your present lifetime).

Caris soon became aware of her soul agreement to be a Michael channel. She did practice sessions for a year or two, and then launched as a professional public channel, work she undertook for ten years.

During that time, she saw her true work was in bringing through “new” information and contributing to the greater body of informational structure that Michael was then pushing through. She withdrew from public practice and concentrated on new and related information. This work continues today.

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Richmond IONS March Meeting 2019

Richmond IONS March Meeting 2019 (March 16) and Central VA IONS Community Group Meeting, Featuring a Talk by Valerie Sargent.

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238.

When: Saturday, March 16, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS March Meeting Program Title:

“Present Moment Guidance for the Life Experience You Desire.”

Our Richmond IONS March Meeting, on March 16, 2019, will feature a talk by Valerie Sargent, Charlottesville-based hypnotherapist, Akashic records reader, Reiki Master, and intuitive healer and artist.

Valerie had a spiritual awakening at 25 when her first husband died in a car accident in March, 1987. She felt his soul pass through her the night of his death, and her father had a dream in which her husband told him that we have nothing to fear in death.

This changed the trajectory of Valerie’s life and she began seeking, learning, assimilating and integrating everything she could about all things spiritual, including hypnotherapy and Akashic records reading.

“Akasha” derives from a Sanskrit word meaning primary substance, that from which all things are formed. Valerie is a pioneer in utilizing hypnosis as a tool for assisting clients to achieve more meaningful connections within the Akashic records, thereby extending the scope and depth of healing at the soul level, not just the ego level.

In addition to sharing her own spiritual journey, Valerie will explain how using hypnosis within the Akashic records offers a deeper and more expanded level of one’s subconscious and one’s soul history. The Akashic records, where memories of every experience are stored, are like a library where all the books are about you.

She will show how this combination increases the potential for freedom and relief from damaging, negative thought patterns and beliefs in ways that promote lasting healing.

Finally, Valerie will lead our group through an experiential hypnotic journey within the Akashic, with the intention of enhancing relaxation and healing, expanding awareness, and even tapping into a past life if we choose to do so. If journeying is of interest, don’t miss our Richmond IONS March meeting!

About Valerie Sargent, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Valerie Sargent is a certified hypnotherapist, Akashic records reader, intuitive healer, artist and Certified Aroma
Freedom Technique practitioner. She has been practicing Reiki and other healing modalities for more than 20 years and has been working within the Akashic records for the last 10 years.

Valerie enjoys speaking and writing about energy healing and our expanding consciousness and has had articles published in local and national magazines. She is a member of The National Guild of Hypnotists and the Association for Research and Enlightenment. She paints Intuitive art and Soul Portraits, which are her interpretation of the energy of your unique soul.

Her mission is to help others help themselves by encouraging and fostering a deeper sense of self, and her deepest desire is to help others reconnect with their innate goodness within. For more information, please visit her website http://thefigleaf.net and her Facebook page, The Fig Leaf, Holistic Health and Wellness.

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Richmond IONS February Meeting, 2019

Richmond IONS February Meeting and Central VA IONS Community Group Meeting, Featuring a Talk by Cathie Stivers, Ph.D., M.Div.

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238.

When: Saturday, February 16, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS February Meeting Program Title:

“How to Tap into Our Old Souls to Become New Humans.”

Our February 16, 2019 program will feature a talk by Cathie Stivers, Ph.D., M.Div., Richmond-based author, teacher and minister.

For her presentation, Cathie will combine decades of college teaching and community ministry experiences with a passion for discovering indigenous ways of being in the world. She will talk about her recently published first book, Reviving Our Indigenous Souls: How to Practice the Ancient to Bring in the New (2018).

Cathie will also explain how its content equips us for living in this time of unprecedented galactic changes, which ancient cultures and religious seers prophesied.

We may call it the “Age of Aquarius” (astrology), “Kali Yuga” (Hindu cosmology) or the “Fifth Sun” (Mayan cosmology). Either way, it is marked by humanity’s exit from a 13,000-year cycle of spiritual and cultural decline.

Instead, it is replaced by humanity’s entrance into a 13,000-year period of ever-increasing consciousness and awakening to the fullness that is our birthright.

That birthright is the indigenous (literally “in-born”) soul that resides deep within each one of us, no matter who our ancestors are.

This is a rare yet most opportune time for us to remember what it means to be fully human. And Reviving Our Indigenous Souls offers an owner’s manual-like guide on how we can make the most of this cosmic occasion.

We ascend into higher dimensions of consciousness, while at the same time discerning our unique identities and purposes in this current lifetime.

Through the exploration of ancient ways of living in balance and harmony with all forms of life, and the application of 31 common verbs that collectively capture what it means to be fully human, this book is a perfect companion for a new age journey!

About Our Richmond IONS Presenter:

Cathie Stivers calls herself a learner and a teacher; a seeker and a minister; a translator and an author. She holds three academic degrees (Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D.) in Health Education, and was a college professor for 14 years, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in learning about themselves and how to practice wellness and self-care.

Later in life, Cathie immersed herself in spiritual studies, reading everything she could get her hands on about the spirit world and the infinite interpretations of it.

Ultimately she left her public health career to enter seminary to learn about the spiritual dimension within and surrounding humans. Upon completion of her Masters of Divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary, she became the chaplain at Richmond’s Children’s Hospital, where she served for over 11 years. During that time, Cathie became ordained by the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Glen Allen.

From 2011 to 2014, Cathie was a scholar at Stephen Jenkinson’s Orphan Wisdom School (www.orphanwisdom.com) in Canada.

While she was writing Reviving Our Indigenous Souls, a Mayan shaman revealed to Cathie what he saw as her life purpose − to bring the past into the present in order to manifest the future. This was the very intention of her book − to translate the wisdom of other cultures into a useable form for those who grew up in the dominant, Western culture.

For more on Cathie’s work, see www.indigenoussoulrevival.com.

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Richmond IONS January Meeting, 2019

The Richmond IONS January Meeting, and Central VA IONS Community Group Meeting will feature a talk by Flo Aeveia Magdalena.

NEW LOCATION!

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238.

When: Saturday, January 19, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS January Meeting Program:

“The Light of Our Origin.”

The program at our Richmond IONS January Meeting, on Saturday, January 19, will be our 23rd Anniversary Celebration. It will feature a talk by Flo Aeveia Magdalena, Vermont-based author, healer, channel, teacher and spiritual coach.

Flo began her professional life as an RN in the 1970s, with specialties in both critical care and psychiatric nursing. She was always a spiritual seeker and from early in her career undertook to combine metaphysics with nursing and medical care.

Then, a transcendent visionary encounter with Christ in 1989 gave her life a new dimension and trajectory. First she became a channel of the spirit of Mary Magdalene and then for other spirit beings as well.

From that experience, her first book emerged: I Remember Union: The Story of Mary Magdalena (1992). It is a first-person, first-hand account of Mary Magdalene’s life and times and her relationship with Jesus, as told by Mary Magdalene herself.

Her next book was Sunlight On Water: A Manual For Soul-Full Living (1995). It was intended to connect its readers with the life designs they carry in their souls. Three additional books have appeared since then.

Mary Magdalene’s Core Teachings

Flo’s presentation will focus on the teachings of Mary Magdalene. They have informed her work throughout the last thirty years. Her presentation will also include a channeling from Mary Magdalene, whose presence brings with it the presence of light.

Mary’s core teaching is that “our light is our strongest ally, our deepest resource, and our most unifying force.”

Remembering that we are light positively affects our cells and our bodily systems. It also helps us find our place in the world, and helps restore our connections with our own divinity.

Opening pathways within us that Mary calls seeds of light, Mary’s message to us will offer ways and means to expand and more fully integrate the brilliance of the light we each carry. Her message will open us to the vastness of who and what we truly are.

It would be hard to imagine a more fitting way to celebrate the 23rd Anniversary of our Richmond IONS Community Group and commence our 24th year than this program promises to provide. Our Richmond IONS January Meeting is a not-to-be-missed program for all who can attend. See you there!

About Flo Aeveia Magdalena, Our Richmond IONS January Meeting Presenter:

In her career as a Registered Nurse, Flo Aeveia Magdalena developed programs for using meditation and relaxation techniques to assist chronically ill psychiatric patients. She collaborated with the program director of the American Heart Association to develop AHA’s first stress management program in 1981.

Flo was also a facilitator for the American Lung Association’s Smoke Cessation clinics. She is the founder and Executive Director of Soul Support Systems (www.soulsupportsystems.org), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. It offers programs designed to connect us with our soul, and catalyze our potential.

These programs are also designed to deepen our understanding of the connections between soul, mind and body. Flo has worked with individuals and groups throughout the world to help them connect with their soul essence and life purpose and to live to their highest potential.

Her other books include Honoring Your Child’s Spirit (2008), Cynthia’s Promise (2016) and Hearts of the Village: You Have A Part to Play In The New Human Story (2017).

Recording of Flo Magdalena’s Presentation:

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Richmond IONS December Meeting, 12/15/2018

Richmond IONS Meeting December Tom Coates Richmond IONS December Meeting, and Central VA IONS Community Group Meeting will feature a talk by Tom Coates + music by Dan O’Neal

NEW LOCATION!

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238

When: Saturday, December 15, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. A potluck lunch will follow at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS December Meeting Program:

“Choosing and Taking Responsibility for Your Life.”

Our program at our Richmond IONS December Meeting will feature a talk by Tom Coates. Tom is our group’s only still-active original member and one of our most popular guest speakers. Dan O’Neal will provide the music.

This is a continuation of Tom’s Self-Discovery series aimed at exploring the multidimensional facets of human identity and every human’s search for his or her authentic Self.

The Human Potential Movement And How It Has Affected Us

The Human Potential Movement had its origins in the 1960s, and was predicated on the hypothesis that our potential far exceeds our limiting beliefs about what is possible.

Its theme was that as sentient beings imbued with free will we can choose to awaken from our slumber and expand our consciousness, our awareness, our horizons, our capabilities and our potentials in every way we can imagine. And in doing so, we can free ourselves from limitations we previously took for granted and assumed were immutable.

The movement began 50+ years ago. In the meantime, it has been enhanced by parallel streams of information. In addition, it has included avenues of spiritual awakenings from a great variety of sources. These include channeled teachings, NDEs, OBEs, meditation, and more.

Breakthroughs in Science and Medicine

Moreover, they also include breakthroughs in science, medicine, and healthcare. These have mapped the human genome and extended life expectancies.

Tom will explore how these pathways have had the effect of awakening us to greater capacities for realizing who we are at ever deeper levels of our own being. They have also led us to accepting and taking ever greater degrees of responsibility for our lives, our destinies and our development of mind, body, and spirit.

In addition, Tom will also explore how these spiritual pathways are now converging with a host of new scientific discoveries. They indicate that the shifts occurring are not merely developmental but evolutionary in character. Also, the pace of human evolution is quickening precisely as the Mayan Calendar predicts.

As with earlier installments, the goal of this talk will be to enable everyone there to penetrate even more deeply into the mystery of his or her own authentic Self at its deepest levels.

This promises to be another blockbuster program. It will also be a fitting way to conclude our group’s twenty-third year and usher in its twenty-fourth. As always, Tom promises some secrets known only to a few will be revealed.

This is a not-to-be-missed program for all who can attend. See you there!

About Tom Coates, Our Richmond IONS December Meeting Presenter:

Tom Coates is a Richmond-based lawyer who has represented numerous spiritually oriented and public interest groups throughout his career. He was a co-founder of Richmond’s Ekoji Buddhist Sangha in 1985. Tom has been a member and contributor of the Richmond IONS chapter since its formation in early 1996.

In his spare time, he enjoys reading, creative writing, painting, woodworking, alpine skiing, biking, backpacking, sailing, time travel, metaphysics, and relaxing with his family at their ancient Outer Banks beach cottage or their Appalachian Mountains retreat.

He still reports his most significant unfulfilled ambition of this lifetime is to make love to an extraterrestrial female, preferably of Pleiadean or Sirian origin.

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Richmond IONS Meeting, November 17, 2018

Nicki Peasley Richmond IONS Richmond IONS Meeting and Central VA IONS Community Group Meeting Featuring a Talk by Nicki Peasley.

Where: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, New Parish Hall, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23238

When: Saturday, November 17, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by a potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.

Richmond IONS Program Title:

“Death – An Ellipsis of Life.”

Our November 17, 2018 program at our Richmond IONS Meeting will feature a talk by Nicki Peasley, Richmond author. She will speak about her newly published poetic memoir, Ellipsis.

Nicki Peasley is a human being who finds truth and joy through listening, writing, energy healing, leading ceremonies, teaching children and communing with nature. However, she claims no expertise in any field except learning.

For instance, her most profound learning to date is reflected in her recently published poetic memoir, Ellipsis. In other words, Ellipsis is a series of dialogues between the spirit of her recently deceased mother and herself. As a result, it is a story of Love and loss, an exploration of the human condition, and a mystical journey across the realms of reality.

Ellipsis – A Grammatical Structure As A Metaphor

An ellipsis is a grammatical structure wherein some thoughts communicated are implied but not expressly stated. However, Nicki uses the term artfully as a metaphor. She defines it within her book as, “…an indication of pause or wavering, allowing space for breath, for reflection, for mystery; an intentional omission that invites the reader to complete the circle….”

At first, Nicki’s Ellipsis project began as a tribute to her mom and an expression of her grief. It also became a path for healing her feelings of inconsolable loss. Consequently, her journey has been transformative, transcending boundaries between this world and the next. In addition, it offers profound lessons for us all.

Ellipsis presents a series of cathartic dialogues between mother and daughter across the seasons of their lives. Nicki will invite us into the “winter” of her book to intimately explore the meaning of a good death, the power of life review, and the truth of a spiritual legacy.

An “end of life” doula in training, Nicki will open and invite all into a dialogue about death as a sacred experience. In other words, she’ll present us with a mirror of everyone’s story in form and an ellipsis of Life itself. It’s time to transform the way we hold death in our culture. One conversation, one circle, one sacred event at a time. Join us.

This is a not-to-be-missed program for all who can attend. See you there!

About Nicki Peasley, Our Richmond IONS Meeting Presenter:

Our presenter, Nicki Peasley, has been a teacher in various settings for more than twenty-five years. Currently, her greatest teachers are the special needs elementary school students with whom she spends her days. In addition to her teaching duties, she practices fairyology and vortex healing.

She also writes a regular column entitled “This Little Light of Mine” in the statewide consciousness journal called Awareness, that will hopefully relaunch this winter. Nicki lives in the North Side of Richmond with her husband, her three teenagers, her chocolate Lab, George Bailey. And she reflects, “So far it’s been a wonderful life.”

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