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Richmond IONS May 2021 Meeting on Zoom

Richmond IONS May 2021 Meeting Joanne DiMaggioRichmond IONS  May 2021 Meeting (May 15) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Joanne DiMaggio,.

Where/When: Online only, through ZOOM, on Saturday, May 15, 2021, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. See the detailed ZOOM instructions in the email.

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Richmond IONS May 2021 Meeting

“Edgar Cayce and the Unfulfilled Destiny of Thomas Jefferson Reborn”

Our May 15, 2021 program will feature a talk by Joanne DiMaggio, Charlottesville author, spiritual counsellor, past-life researcher and regression therapist. She’ll speak about her latest book, Edgar Cayce and the Unfulfilled Destiny of Thomas Jefferson Reborn.

On June 23, 1936, Edgar Cayce gave a life reading for two-day old Thomas Jefferson (T.J.) Davis, the nephew of his secretary, Gladys Davis. In that reading, Cayce identified one of T.J.’s past lives as that of Thomas Jefferson, adding that in this life T.J. could do for the world what Jefferson did for this country.

Based on an eight-year research project, this presentation
examines why that never happened, despite the fact that T.J. spent much of his childhood living in the Cayce home. It presents a classic case of karma in action and the free will’s series of twists and turns that created the obstacles that T.J. felt powerless to overcome. T.J. is 84 now and resides quietly in the Charlottesville area.

Joanne, one of our country’s pre-eminent past-life researchers, assures us that we’ll find T.J.’s story both endearing and moving. We are pleased to welcome her back, as she always is one of our most engaging speakers.

About Joanne DiMaggio, Our Richmond IONS May 2021 Presenter:

Joanne DiMaggio, MA, CHt, is a member of Unity of Charlottesville, where she founded and was director of the Unity Holistic Healing Center from 2013-2020. Born and raised in Chicago, she has lived in the Charlottesville, Virginia area since 1995.

Joanne is a respected expert on the topic of reincarnation, as well as soul writing, which she describes as a written form of meditation. She has been actively involved with Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) since 1987 and has been the Coordinator for the A.R.E. Charlottesville, Virginia team since August 2008.

She earned her master’s degree in Transpersonal Studies and
her Spiritual Mentor certification through Atlantic University. Her thesis on inspirational writing served as the basis of her first esoteric book: Soul Writing: Conversing with your Higher Self (2011).

She also is the author of Your Soul Remembers: Accessing Your Past Lives Through Soul Writing (2013), and Karma Can Be a Real Pain: Past Life Clues to Current Life Maladies (2016), and I Did It to Myself… Again! New Life-Between-Lives Case Studies Show How Your Soul’s Contract Is Guiding Your Life (2020).

Joanne has been professionally pursuing past-life research and therapy for over 30 years. She is a graduate of the Eastern Institute of Hypnotherapy, and completed additional training in hypnosis at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

She also studied under Dr. Irene Hickman, a pioneer in the field of non-directive hypnotherapy. The years she spent as the head of PLEXUS, her own past-life research center outside of Chicago, enabled her to interact with some of the country’s leading past-life professionals. For more about Joanne and her services, visit www.joannedimaggio.com.





About Central VA IONS Community Group:

Central VA IONS Community Group is an unincorporated association and a local community group of The Institute of Noetic Sciences, an international association based in Petaluma, California (www.noetic.org).

We do not promote any religion, religious organization, doctrine or set of beliefs or practices and we are open to all. Central VA IONS entirely depends on voluntary donations of its members and friends to support its programs, mailings and other costs.

We appreciate a love offering at each meeting from those attending who are not dues paying members. Richmond IONS/Central VA IONS meetings take place each month at locations announced in its program notices (currently on Zoom) and are open to all. Our website is at richmondions.com.

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Richmond IONS July Meeting 2019

Lynn Sparrow Christie Richmond IONS July MeetingRichmond 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 Meeting, October 17, 2015

Featuring a talk by Nick Theo

“Soul Astrology – The Astrology of Self-Discovery.”

Our October program will feature a talk by Virginia Beach astrologer, teacher and regular contributor to the A.R.E. blog, Nick Theo.

Popular Western astrology tends to focus on the interpretation of personality and events. However, as we, as a culture, rediscover our spiritual foothold, we need to reexamine astrology’s true intent.

Astrology’s true role is meant to be a tool for spiritual awareness. Edgar Cayce and several other key New Thought thinkers in the 20th Century reintroduced to us the concept of spiritual purpose.

Thus, the interpretation of your birth chart can indicate what your soul chose to experience in this life. Your chart shows your talents and experiences, and can point you towards a way for you to fulfill these goals by using your free will.

Soul astrology is not a predictive method, but rather, a method that examines your potential expression. You will learn how astrology can be used as a helpful tool for self-discovery.

We are living through a period of intense transition. Many people have met with life altering changes from personal loss through relationships, homes, or jobs. In the second part of the talk, Nick will review and then explain how the current astrological aspects and transits are affecting us individually and as a society.

About Our Presenter:

Nicholas Theo, who works in Norfolk, VA, is a program manager for the UK Alef Trust (www.aleftrust.org), and has done work for organizations including A.R.E. and Atlantic University.

He was raised with the Cayce materials and his interest in astrology started as a teenager. Because the Cayce readings on astrology consistently emphasize the importance of using astrology as a tool for self-discovery and understanding rather than as a primarily predictive system, over the years, his interest in astrology evolved into a side vocation with focused research on the practical application of soul astrology (www.SoulAstrologer.com).

Since 1980, Nick has read charts professionally for individuals and organizations worldwide. In addition, he lectures and teaches in the US and Europe. He is a regular contributor to A.R.E.’s blog at EdgarCayce.org/blog, has an astrology column in Canadian-based Open Roads magazine, and his articles are regularly translated and distributed in China.

Richmond IONS Meeting, October 18, 2014

Featuring a Talk by Carol Chapman

“Atlantis and Its Colonies in Egypt and Yucatan”

“With the realization of the Law of One that there was to be the final breaking up of the Poseidian-Atlantean lands, there were the emigrations with many of the leaders to the various lands.” (Edgar Cayce Reading 1007-3).

According to the readings of Edgar Cayce, the ancient world did not resemble what we see on maps today. During the thousands of years that Atlantis existed, most of the present lands were under water, including most of North America.

Carol’s program will illustrate what the earth looked like during Atlantean times and how very different people looked then as compared to modern man. For example, Cayce explains in Reading 5748-6: “See, most of the people had tails then!”

• What kinds of people were these Atlanteans and how did their bodies differ from those of today?
• What did Cayce mean when he described Atlanteans as “thought people?”
• Did they leave records of their civilization?
• What happened to Atlantis? Where is it now?
• Could you be a reincarnated Atlantean?
• Why did the Atlanteans choose Egypt and Yucatan to colonize?
• Where did Cayce say we could find evidence of Atlantis?
• Is there a possibility that the ancient Egyptian and Mayan gods were actually Atlanteans?
• Who was Ra Ta? Who was Hept-Supht, and why did he leave Atlantis for Egypt?
• How does Cayce describe the root races? Is his prediction of the fifth root race tied to Atlantis?
• What was the “the mighty, the terrible crystal” and what was its role in Atlantean life? (Edgar Cayce Reading 519-1)

These questions and more will all be answered during Carol’s  program.

About Our Presenter:

Carol Chapman’s search for indications of Atlantean visitors in these lands has led her to Yucatan four times and to Egypt once, all while using the Edgar Cayce readings and her own past life regression memories of Atlantis as a guide.

She created the Edgar Cayce Divine in Nature Calendars and is also an independent filmmaker who produced the movie titled  End of the World 2012 Movie and the travelogue documentary titled Yucatan Travel: Cancun to Chichen Itza.

You can also find the story of Atlantis and Its Colonies in Egypt and Yucatan in Carol’s books: Arrival of the Gods in Egypt and When We Were Gods.

Carol is also an award-winning photographer who previously worked for NASA as a photojournalist and her presentation includes photos of the Atlanteans in paintings on the walls of the pharaohs’ tombs, characteristics of ancient ruins that point to Atlantean influences and Mayan ruins in Yucatan illustrating myths that point to Atlantean and Lemurian origins.

Learn more about Carol at www.CarolChapmanLive.com or email her at CarolChapman@SunTopaz.com.