Richmond IONS February 2023 Meeting

richmond-ions-february-2023-marta-anne-ticeRichmond IONS February 2023 Meeting (February 18) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Marta Anne Tice.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

When: On Saturday, February 18, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with a Potluck Lunch at the conclusion of the program.




Richmond IONS February 2023 Meeting

“Creating A Novel From Your Past Life”

Our February 18, 2023 program will feature a talk by
Marta Anne Tice, Nellysford-based CID, ASID, Author, Interior Designer, Innkeeper and Feng Shui Practitioner, on her past-life inspired historical novel, Allegiance to Alsace.

All of us have hidden in our memory banks experiences of other lifetimes, and some of us are impelled by circumstances, and memories bubbling to the surface of our awareness, to engage with them and write about them.

When Marta was fourteen, she experienced a déjà vu flashback of a lifetime in Germany in the 1800s. Later, she experienced another connection with that lifetime, when she became mesmerized by a book on Napoleon she found in her parents’ library.

Later still, when studying art history and history of furnishings at American University, visions of that lifetime, set in the early nineteenth century, returned.

While visiting Alsace-Lorraine in 2006, more memories, plus synchronistic events, manifested themselves as if from nowhere. When studying Napoleon’s Josephine, Marta felt as if she had known her!

After several regressions, her memories came together into a coherent whole. Through massive research over many years, that lifetime came alive for her when she began writing about it during the Covid Pandemic.

The novel which resulted is, effectively, Marta’s “channeling” of her experiences and first-hand memories from that lifetime, presented in fictional form.

Allegiance to Alsace was published in April 2022 and is currently available on Amazon and on Barnes & Noble.com, both in print and in Kindle and Audible formats.

Marta will share her journey of self-discovery and offer suggestions for how we can discover our own non-linear histories, since we all have them. Signed copies of the novel will be available at the event.

About Marta Anne Tice, our Richmond IONS February 2023 Meeting Presenter

Martha (“Marta”) Anne Tice is a native of Virginia and graduated from American University with a BA degree in Art History with an emphasis in history of furnishings and interior design. She is a professional member of ASID (American Society of Interior Designers).

Marta’s love of horses and equestrian sports kept her active in fox hunting with three Virginia hunt clubs for over thirty five years. She is the owner of “Leap of Faith Lodging,” a bed and breakfast at Nellysford, near Wintergreen.

As a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, she is passionate about genealogy. She researched her father’s Tice (Theiss) side, which drew the inspiration for her novel, Allegiance to Alsace. Her father, William Preston Tice, a Roanoke, Virginia neurosurgeon, believed we carry the memories of our ancestors in our DNA.

Her sequel, Alsace to America, now in progress, will focus on her mother’s family. Marta can be reached through her website at martaatice.com or by email at martaleapoffaith@gmail.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 January 2023 Meeting

richmond ions january 2023 carol fitzpatrickRichmond IONS January 2023 Meeting (January 21) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Carol Lynn Fitzpatrick.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

When: On Saturday, January 21, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with a Potluck Lunch at the conclusion of the program.




Richmond IONS January 2023 Meeting

“Building a New Earth Matrix of Sustainable Oneness”

Our January 21, 2023, 27th Anniversary program will feature a talk by Carol Lynn Fitzpatrick, a Fredericksburg, Virginia-based seer, visionary, channel, spiritual activist, empathetic intuitive guide and author.

Carol Fitzpatrick’s life has been one of progressive spiritual emergence, the precursor for which began in 1989, when she began unraveling the  mysteries of a transformation that took her deep into the mystical realms of the Divine.

She published her first book in July 2003, entitled Fear Not My Child, I Am Here, described as “the Practical Mystic’s Guide to Embracing Your Heart’s Desire.”

In mid-2009 Carol received a clarion call to be guided by a group called the Star Elders, for activating a higher frequency grid and to balance and stabilize the existing Earth grid by anchoring globally focused Centers in energetically key locations on every major continent. She is joined in this sacred work by a Council and co-founder and husband, Mark Torgeson.

Carol regularly channels the Star Elders, and her talk will be a combination of direct channelings along with commentary from Carol about the New Earth Matrix initiatives she and Mark, her spiritual partner and collaborator, have created, including The Center for Planetary Awakening, The 32 Centers Project, and the Sustainable Oneness Spiritual Alliance.

Her talk will include forecasts for 2023 and beyond, as well as guidance about how each of us can become better aligned with the profound global transformation in consciousness now occurring, and experience ever deepening levels of our most authentic self within that transformation.

This promises to be another great program and a perfect way to celebrate our 27th Anniversary. Another not-to-be-missed program for all who can attend! See you there!

About Carol Lynn Fitzpatrick, our Richmond IONS January 2023 Meeting Presenter

Carol Fitzpatrick is a visionary and spiritual activist who has been mentoring new paradigm leaders for the past 25 years. She is the author of two books, Fear Not My Child (2002) and A Call to Remember (2008).

She is the founder of Living the Miracle: A Center for New Paradigm Leadership and Global Network, which supports people that are on the cutting edge of bringing about radical change to the face of our human family.

Her prophetic teachings, while rooted in the practical application of modern-day life, provide a higher perspective for those seeking the key to realizing the ultimate goal of human transcendence.

Her platform of teaching new paradigm leaders how to live in the flow of joy has evolved from a grassroots wake-up call to an international movement.

The foundation of her work began in 2001, when she formed a partnership with husband, Mark Torgeson. She combined her prophetic work with his passion for music and their mutual exploration of vibration to transform and heal. She can be reached at www.carolfitzpatrick.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 December 2022 Meeting

Richmond IONS December 2022Richmond IONS December 2022 Meeting (December 17) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Isabel Pinto and Taliesen St. Clair.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

When: On Saturday, December 17, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with a Potluck Lunch at the conclusion of the program.


Richmond IONS December 2022 Meeting

“The First Principle: Bring More Joy to Your World.”

Our December 17, 2022 program will feature a talk by Isabel Pinto, an artisan from the City of Sogamosa, in the Colombian Andes, and Taliesen St. Clair, an Andromedan/Pleiadean sage also known to many of you as Tom Coates.

When an artist undertakes to create within a particular medium of expression, he aspires to breathe some meaningful aspect of life from our four-dimensional world into the two-dimensional framework of the medium, whether that medium is canvas or something else.

Art works which resonate most deeply within us are those which most vividly come to life before our eyes or stir our emotions. Monet’s impressionist paintings of water and Maya Ying Lin’s Vietnam War Memorial are two examples of this phenomenon, and both move us to tears in their own special ways.

A soul which animates a body and mind goes through a process similar to an artist seeking to bring life to a canvas. The soul’s aim is to bring as much from the infinite realm into this finite realm as it possibly can.

Each of us is a work in progress in this regard, an integral part of this grand experiment, this grand adventure of Creation expressing itself in an astounding variety of ways.

Guidance confirms over and over again that the Source of Creation, whether we call it God, All-That-Is, I Am, or otherwise, and all souls, undertake Creation in a spirit of pure unbridled Joy, and that Joy is its primary and perhaps most important of all principles.

The more harmoniously we align ourselves with Joy, the more fulfilling, satisfying, rewarding, purposeful and enlightened our physical lives, both outer and inner, are likely to become.

This program will be aimed at ways to enhance our lives by finding, experiencing and expressing more Joy within them; and, in so doing, finding, bringing forth, integrating and becoming one with our truest, most authentic Self at the deepest levels of our Being.

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

About Isabel Pinto and Taliesen St. Clair, our Richmond IONS December 2022 Meeting Presenter

Isabel Pinto is native of Sogamosa, Colombia, and was the youngest of seven children. She emigrated to the U.S. in the 1990s after graduating from college in Bogota, arriving first in Miami, then relocating to St. Louis, and eventually to Richmond in 2017.

Though her day job is as a medical interpreter at MCV and as a licensed massage therapist, she has been practicing shamanic healing for most of her adult life and has trained with indigenous shamans in both South and Central America.

She also hails from a distant galaxy for which we have no name, since it remains as yet undiscovered by our science.

Taliesin St. Clair is better known to our group as Tom Coates, for whom he serves as alter-ego, sidekick, writing partner and occasional spiritual advisor and mentor.




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 November 2022 Meeting

Richmond Ions November 2022 Mo RegulinskiRichmond IONS November 2022 Meeting (November 19) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Mo Regulinski.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

When: On Saturday, November 19, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with a Potluck Lunch at the conclusion of the program.




Richmond IONS November 2022 Meeting

“Health, Belief and Channeling with Family Constellations.”

Mo Regulinski is a Richmond-based artist/healer, Reverend in the Church of Wisdom, and Family Constellations Facilitator. She presents Family Constellations, a practice creating doorways into the sacred place of joy and prosperity. Step through the door and navigate a new experience of planet Earth.

This presentation begins with Mo’s journey through childhood chronic disease, art and her path to healing. Family Constellations is a therapeutic approach designed to help reveal the hidden, dysfunctional and destructive patterns in a family or in a relationship in order to discover the often unknown stress factors and emotional wounds impacting these relationships or family dynamics and then take effective steps to heal them.

It is based on a living and whole systems approach and can offer a grounded way of illuminating personal and collective issues and resolving them.

Family Constellations therapy can help release negative burdens carried forward from childhood. Powerful upbringing beliefs and ideas play an important role in how one develops. Like stars in the sky, a family is a collection of individuals, separate yet connected at the same time.

Constellations covered by a cloud remain intact but not fully seen. Family Constellations work reveals the hidden star behind family clouds of loyalty and destructive patterns. Experience the joy of channeling Divine Source information. Release, heal and replace worn-out patterns and faulty thoughts with positive forward motion.

About Mo Regulinski, our Richmond IONS November 2022 Meeting Presenter

Mo is an ordained Reverend in the Church of Wisdom through Delphi University in McCaysville, GA. Her focus of study was Ro-Hun, the psycho-spiritual release of faulty thoughts. In 2015 she became a Family Constellations Facilitator.

Decades of experiencing allopathic medicine and spirituality lead her to the healing path she practices today. As an adult, Mo shares her story and energy healing modalities to build a bridge between allopathic medicine and the energies of belief and spirituality.

As an artist Mo makes wearable art using sanitized medical disposables she uses to manage Type 1 Diabetes. These embellished garments tell the story of living with a chronic physical condition. Through transforming medical supplies into art supplies, Mo rewrites the story of her health timeline.

She facilitates workshops with the VCU Health, Department of Endocrinology, Bon Secours Mercy Health System, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Virginia Commission for the Arts, Serenity Farm Retreat Center and spiritual organizations throughout Virginia and the United States.

She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California. Mo can be reached at moregulinski.com or
by email at moregulunski@mac.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 October 2022 Meeting

Richmond ions october 2022 Smita GargRichmond IONS October 2022 Meeting (October 15) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Smita Garg.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

When: On Saturday, October 15, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with Potluck Lunch at the conclusion of the program.




Richmond IONS October 2022 Meeting

“One Soul, Two Lives? The TwinFlame Path to Divine Love.”

Our October 15, 2022 program will feature a talk by Smita Garg, Ed.D., artist, intuitive healer and soul regression therapist.

Shiva and Shakti, Jesus and Mary Magdalene, Isis and Osiris…. Across time and cultures, there have existed examples of masculine and feminine Divine lovers who have transcended our very definition of love.

Even though many do not believe it is possible to attain this ultimate love, people dream of experiencing it. Poetry, literature, and art over centuries have been devoted to this love. Think Rumi or ballads of Radha and Krishna, Romeo and Juliet….

Since her sudden and profound awakening in 2014, Smita continues to be guided by many high-level guides, Gurus and teachers. Some are embodied and some are not.

In December 2014, she saw the Archangels and they directed her to help people struggling with grief. Thereafter she was guided to train with Dr. Brian Weiss in PLR (Past Life Regression Therapy) and Dr. Linda Backman in BLSR (Between Lives Soul Regression).

During her talk, Smita will address questions like what is the role of Divine lovers and this extraordinary love in this 3-dimensional world?
What does unconditional Divine love look like? Is it available to mere humans or is it a myth?

Exploring her own reincarnation journey as a Twinflame, Smita Garg will reveal the mysteries and purpose of Divine love. Using her knowledge of ancient Hindu philosophy, she will elaborate on the higher mission of Divine love.

Divine love relationships are deeply connected to the ascension of all humanity. They offer incredible treasures such as the awakening of psychic gifts, coming into alignment with the soul’s purpose, and even enlightenment, which Smita will explore with us in this exceptional program.

About Smita Garg, our Richmond IONS October 2022 Meeting Presenter

Smita Garg, Ed.D., is an artist, an intuitive healer, and a soul regression therapist trained by Dr. Brian Weiss and Dr. Linda Backman. Her journey of awakening started at a very young age when she had many out of body experiences and developed an acute sensitivity to her environment.

Later in life, she experienced a series of life-changing events like unnatural and sudden deaths of loved ones, a profound meeting with her twinflame, and subsequent messages from ascended masters and the three main Archangels.

Crossing paths with her twinflame opened her eyes to each soul’s innate beauty, including her own. She finally began to understand Universal Consciousness and experienced unconditional Divine love. This love changed the course of her life and brought her into alignment with her spiritual path.

As this love activated her on her mission in this lifetime, she began to intuit the subtle Universe and its design in a way she never thought possible.

Smita has studied many kinds of healing modalities such as Reiki and crystal healing, various psychic phenomena, and mediumship, among other things.

Dr. Smita Garg can be reached at www.kinderwayhealing.com, via email at  kinderwayhealing@gmail.com and seen on YouTube at www.youtube.com/c/kinderwayhealing




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 September 2022 Meeting

Richmond IONS September 2022 Meeting (September 17) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Scott Moore.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

When: On Saturday, September 17, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with Potluck Lunch at the conclusion of the program.




Richmond IONS September 2022 Meeting

“Tantra: The Spiritual Science of Energy”

Our September 17, 2022, program will feature a talk by Scott Moore, Richmond-based Personal Life Coach and Tantra Massage Therapist.

Tantra has been talked about a lot in modern society, usually having to do with sex. From celebrities who have amazing endurance, to special tricks that can prolong and extend pleasure, this has been the modern interpretation of Tantra. But there is so much more. In fact, only about 5% of the texts on Tantra deal with sex. The other 95% do not.

Tantra can be thought of as the spiritual science of energy. It is a system that permeates our bodies, the world around us, and the universe. Every type of energy follows certain rules and can be controlled, and once controlled, this energy can be used to complete goals in our lifetime. Sexual energy is just one form of energy that can be used.

This talk will be an overview of Tantra, describing different components of the system, from the large-scale forms in the universe, as well as the manifestations in our own energetic and physical bodies. We will practice sensing energy in ourselves and others, using a few demonstrations and techniques. Tantra massage and spiritual sexuality will be described, and resources to learn more will be discussed.

About Scott Moore, our Richmond IONS September 2022 Meeting Presenter

Scott Moore is a Personal Life Coach and Leadership Advisor at Moore Life Leadership. Scott is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and he coaches clients in every walk of life, empowering them to create a better version of themselves.

Scott is passionate about Values Based Leadership, and he gives keynote presentations and leads workshops for national conventions, corporate leadership teams, and non-profit groups.

Scott is a Tantra Massage Therapist (TMT), certified by the Somananda Tantra School. He uses his energy work to heal traumas in the body, and help people convert energy from lower to higher forms, which they can use to improve their lives.

Scott was formerly the Aviation Department Manager for Luck Companies, a Values Based Leadership company, and served as an officer in the US Air Force. He also served on the Board of Directors for the National Business Aviation Association, a national non-profit organization.




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.

About Our Richmond IONS Facebook Page:

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Upcoming Richmond IONS Meetings:

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Richmond IONS July 2022 Meeting

Richmond Ions July 2022 Jim McCartyRichmond IONS  July 2022 Meeting (July 16) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Jim McCarty.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

GREAT NEWS: Our Potluck is back!

When: On Saturday, July 16, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.




Richmond IONS July 2022 Meeting

“The Ra Material – How It Came to Be and What It Means for Humanity.”

Our July 16, 2022 program will feature a talk by Jim McCarty, who along with Don Elkins and Carla Rueckert comprised L/L Research and were involved in the Ra contact, resulting in the five books of The Ra Material/Law of One series.

The Ra Material/Law of One series has been hailed by many as the most elegant and complete cosmology ever articulated.

Jim will explain that, from information received from Ra, we are undergoing a transition and that this transition is the last stage of three 25,000 year cycles in which the goal of humanity is to awaken the heart chakra and fully embody the consciousness of unconditional love towards all.

This transition will take us beyond the veil of forgetting and enable us to see and comprehend the total unity of all creation and to feel and fully experience the elements of free will, love and light of which all creation is made.

Jim will explain the reasons why the Ra initiated contacts with his group, among which was to provide information about this transition into fourth density.

In addition, Jim will share his insights and personal experiences regarding this transition, Ra’s description of how each of the eight densities of creation functions on the spiritual journey, and the nature and role of the Confederation of Planets in Service to the Infinite Creator.

He’ll also explain Ra’s experience with the Egyptians, who wanderers are, how the graduation into the fourth density of love and understanding occurs for Earth, and how each person on Earth can help in this process.

Jim also will share with our group background information about L/L Research and the three people who comprised it and were involved in the Ra contact. Don Elkins was the questioner; Carla Rueckert was the channel; and Jim was the scribe.

Don and Carla began L/L Research in November of 1968. They researched the UFO phenomenon and the channeling process for over three decades and have since passed into larger life. Jim is a channel himself and was married to Carla from 1987 until her death in 2015.

He continues to share the timeless information that they received from Ra in 106 channeled sessions over a three-year period from January 15, 1981 through March 15, 1984, and we are very grateful to have him return as a guest speaker for our group.

About Jim McCarty, our Richmond IONS July 2022 Meeting Presenter

Jim McCarty was born on May 10, 1947, in Kearney, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1970 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree with majors in Business Administration and Sociology. In 1972 he graduated from the University of Florida with a Master’s Degree in Education.

In 1974, he moved to the backwoods of central Kentucky and formed the Rock Creek Survival School, where he taught a self-therapy technique called “Brain Self-Control.” In December 1980 he joined L/L Research where Don Elkins and Carla Rueckert were researching the field of the paranormal in general and contact with extraterrestrial intelligence in particular.

Three weeks later, the Ra Contact began, which produced 106 sessions with the social memory complex of Ra, and five books of The Law of One series were published documenting this contact.

Don Elkins passed away in 1984, and Jim and Carla
married and continued the work of L/L Research until Carla passed away in 2015. With the help of Gary Bean and Austin Bridges, Jim continues the work of L/L Research today. Downloads and other information are provided at www.llresearch.org.




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.

About Our Richmond IONS Facebook Page:

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Upcoming Richmond IONS Meetings:

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Richmond IONS June 2022 Meeting

Richmond IONS June 2022 Meeting, Carole LouieRichmond IONS  June 2022 Meeting (June 18) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Carole Louie.

Where: In person and online. Through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

GREAT NEWS: Our Potluck is back!

When: On Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.




Richmond IONS June 2022 Meeting

“Quieting the Unquiet Dead: Demystifying Spirit Attachment”

Our June 18, 2022 program will feature a talk by Carole Louie, Richmond Author, Interior Designer, Feng Shui consultant, Soul Medium, Advanced Regression Therapist, Master Hypnotherapist, and founder and Director of The Center-RVA.

Spirit Releasement Therapy (SRT) is a modality to clear a subject of attachments and negative energies. The concept is to assist the energies/spirits to let go of the subject to whom they have become attached.

The method is different from an exorcism, which is aimed at “casting out demons.” Spirit Releasement Therapy is a specialized form of healing, which clears negative energies as well as calls forth and identifies positive energies that enhance personal growth.

It originated from two main sources, although others have added to this body of work: Dr. Edith Fiore’s book, The Unquiet Dead: A Psychologist Treats Spirit Possession (1987), was the inspiration for the title of this presentation; and William Baldwin’s book Spirit Releasement Therapy: A Technique Manual (1995), is the primer for SRT.

Dr. Baldwin has integrated a range of techniques, provided an abundance of case studies, and sheds light on the borderlines between subpersonalities, ancestral spirits, multiples, possessions, and past-life entities.

Based on her years of experience as a Soul Medium, Regression Therapist and reincarnation researcher, Carole will re-frame the concept of dark energies. From her early experiences as a medium, she has fearlessly explored the realms of “Hell” and many planes of the non-physical realms.

In her regression work, she has gained a deeper understanding of these realms and the effects they have on the physical world experience. Carole will describe the distinct types of energy attachments, why spirits/energies remain earthbound, what kinds of conditions create a portal of vulnerability for the subject, the symptoms of spirit attachments, the benefits of spirit/energy releasement therapy, and the process of spirit releasement.

She also will share stories about her personal SRT experiences and will offer interactive exercises, including a group energetic clearing. We are very pleased to have her back.

About Carole Louie, our Richmond IONS June 2022 Meeting Presenter

Carole Louie is an Author, Interior Designer, Feng Shui consultant, Soul Medium, Advanced Regression Therapist, Master Hypnotherapist, and founder and Director of THE CENTER-RVA.

She completed Past Life Regression Therapy training with Brian Weiss, M.D., and Carol Bowman; and Spiritual Hypnosis training and advanced training in Spirit Releasement Therapy at HCH Institute. She integrated these modalities with her Soul Mediumship skills to create Advanced Regression Therapy.

She is the author of “I Remember,” a short story featured in the anthology From Ashes to Healing: Mystical Encounters with the Holocaust (2000), edited by Rabbi Yonasson Gershom, The Not So Secret Life of Emily Elizabeth (2009), Conversations with a Hungry Ghost: Memoir of a Reluctant Medium (2017), The Legacy of the Lei Family Architects Lives On: The Story of Yangshi Lei, (2019), and Unstuck in Time: Memoir of a Time Traveler (2022).

Carole teaches classes at THE CENTER and is an organizer of SPIRITMINDBODY-RVA, the Reincarnation Symposium, and the RVA Holistic XPO. For more information, go to THECENTER-RVA.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 May 2022 Meeting

Richmond IONS May 2022 Susannah RedelfsRichmond IONS  May 2022 Meeting (May 21) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a channeling by Susannah Redelfs.

Where: Online and in person, through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

GREAT NEWS: Our Potluck is back!

When: On Saturday, May 21, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.




Richmond IONS May 2022 Meeting

“Channeled Guidance from The Council of One.”

Our May 21, 2022, program will feature a channeling by Susannah Redelfs, Atascadero, California-based channel of The Council of One.

Susannah Redelfs has been channeling The Council of One since her early childhood. The Council of One is a merged entity of 5th dimensional souls whose collective highest purpose is supporting and coordinating the physical and spiritual evolution of this universe and its embodied inhabitants, including planet Earth and humanity.

The Council offers a unique and inclusive perspective on the changes occurring in ourselves and with Earth herself. Working through incarnate partners (like Susannah) on Earth and elsewhere, the Council disseminates its message of unconditional love into and across the physical plane, in joyful and loving service to All-That-Is.

The Council’s orientation is pragmatic and its energetic signature is pure, unconditional love. It provides practical, effective tools and techniques for spiritual self-help and expansion. They offer their viewpoints, teachings and energetic support in the greatest love and without any conditions or expectations of belief in or adherence to their teachings.

Above all, they encourage us to fully exercise our own free will and autonomy—unvarnished by cultural, social, religious, or political programming and belief systems— and to use our own discernment— free of prejudice (prejudgment) or bias— to determine our own truth.

As a merged entity, meaning it is comprised of soul essences from many different soul entities who have joined together for a common purpose, the Council of One offers a whole greater than the sum of its parts, whose trademark is love, humor and the occasional much needed kick-start to the next level of consciousness.

Susannah and the Council joined us once before in July 2013 and were a hit with our group. We are extremely pleased and grateful to welcome them back.

About Susannah Redelfs, our Richmond IONS May 2022 Meeting Presenter

Susannah Redelfs has been channeling the Council of One since she was about three years old. Since then,she has become a highly trained etheric surgeon and energy worker whose focus is on supporting people through this critical transition on Earth with both energy and information.

As a conscious merged channel, she has over three decades of experience working in partnership with the Council of One. Her upper-dimensional medical specialty is the harmonization of all energy bodies with the physical so that greater joy and communion with Spirit can be attained and experienced on a daily basis while living a human lifetime.

Her divine essence is Synergy, which makes her a specialist in the harmonization and balancing of energy fields, probabilities and people. Susannah works equally effectively one-on-one or in small groups.

Susannah’s encompassing picture of reality is that she is a vast multidimensional master who is here to work with other powerful masters to co-create a daily experience of joy on the physical plane, otherwise known as Heaven on Earth.

As such, her orientation is not to “heal” or “fix” anyone, but to play with, and support her fellow masters during these times of accelerated and unprecedented change. Susannah can be reached for personal consultations or speaking engagements at councilofone.org.




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 April 2022 Meeting

Richmond Ions April 2022 Isabel BolivarRichmond IONS  April 2022 Meeting (April 16) and Central Virginia IONS Community Group Meeting. It will feature a talk by Isabel Cristina Bolivar.

Where: Online and in person, through ZOOM (Meeting ID: 865 1815 1952, Passcode: 142841) and in person at River Road United Methodist Church, Contemporary Worship Center, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229.

When: On Saturday, February 16, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.




Richmond IONS April 2022 Meeting

“My Shamanic Walk on the Spiritual Path”

Our April 16, 2022 program will feature a talk by Isabel Cristina Bolivar, Columbian-American traditional energetic healer, wisdom keeper and teacher.

Isabel (Isa) Cristina Bolivar’s journey was the successful immigrant story until twelve years ago, when she reached a fork in the road. Every success story is not without its challenges, and when Isa faced her challenges in 2010, she experienced a “Now what?” moment.

On a trip to her homeland of Colombia, she met Carlos Palchucan, a traditional Amazonian shaman, and was persuaded to experience an Ayahuasca ceremony.

During her shamanic journeys, she discovered the answer to her question and the choice was clear which way to go, but that was just the beginning. Even though Isa had been interested in esoteric wisdom and studied Reiki energy healing, the initiation she experienced during her shamanic journeys offered her far more- ̶an expanded understanding about herself, her relationship with the Divine, her soul journey, and her unfolding life purpose.

Isa continued studying with Carlos Palchucan while also learning about other shamanic practices as well as western healing modalities. She eventually synthesized all these practices into a non-traditional shamanic way of living in a multi-dimensional universe.

Isa will share some experiences of her shamanic journeys, and about other shamanic ceremonies and rituals such as Moon Dancing Circles, Sahumadora (the art of incense), Kambo, plant medicine, and quantum consciousness, both from the Spanish and U.S. perspectives.

She has remembered and fused many lifetimes as a shaman in many cultures and honed her shamanic skills to serve as a bridge between the South American traditional culture and Western contemporary culture, and to help people heal the wounds which separate them from their true self, and restore them to their innate gifts and inner wisdom.

Isa’s story is the classic hero’s journey, and she shares her story to remind us that we are all heroes.

About Isabel (Isa) Cristina Bolivar, our Richmond IONS April 2022 Meeting Presenter

Isabel (Isa) Cristina Bolivar is a South American natural born shaman and traditional energetic healer. She has trained with several shamans in the ceremonies and rituals, plant medicine as well as contemporary concepts of quantum consciousness, and remembers shamanic past lives.

She offers what many consider deep and life changing connections to one’s true self, in finding one’s life purpose, and in healing one’s spiritual, emotional and physical ailments. She has a gift to “see in the dark into hidden realities.”

Her credentials and certifications include Certified Reiki Master/Teacher; Facilitadora Conexion Cuantica con el Ser (Quantum Consciousness);
Certified Sahumadora Humitos Sagrara Colombia (the art of incense); Moon Dance Circle (Ustaka Yolotl Metzl); Tarot and Angel Card Reading with Doreen Virtue; QHHT Practitioner Level II (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique); and Bearer of Tabaco Medicine and the Obsidian Pipe.

She is Co-Sponsor of the RVA Holistic XPO and offers workshops/retreats in the U.S. and in Colombia. Isa resides in Richmond, Virginia and can be reached on Facebook and Instagram.




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.

About Our Richmond IONS Facebook Page:

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