Program Title: “The Inner Light: How the Beatles Planted the Spiritual Seed in Our Souls.” Our April 20, 2024 program will feature a talk by Joanne DiMaggio, Charlottesville author, spiritual counsellor, past-life researcher and regression therapist, on her latest book, The Inner Light: How the Beatles Planted the Spiritual Seed in Our Souls.
From 1964 to 1972, Joanne DiMaggio was the president of a Beatles Fan Club. Fifteen years later, she began pursuing a career as a past-life researcher and therapist. In those ensuing years, she always wondered how she, a Catholic girl from an Italian-American family living in Chicago’s southside, went from being passionate about the Beatles to becoming passionate about reincarnation research. Did anything happen during the heyday of Beatlemania that may have planted a seed leading her to an esoteric career long after the group disbanded? Joanne revisits the past to answer that question and tries to discover how the Beatles influenced not only her own spiritual journey, but the spiritual journey of countless other fans.
We know from her previous presentations to our group that Joanne, in addition to being a thorough and insightful researcher, also is an exceptionally thought provoking and engaging speaker, and we are delighted to have her back.
Another not–to–be–missed program for all who can attend! See you there!
About Our 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 Edgar Cayce and the Unfulfilled Destiny of Thomas Jefferson Reborn (2021), Your Soul Remembers: Accessing Your Past Lives Through Soul Writing (2013), 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, completed additional training in hypnosis at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and 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). Central VA IONS is not associated with any religion, religious organization, doctrine or set of beliefs or practices and is open to all. Central VA IONS is entirely dependent upon voluntary donations of its members and friends to support its programs, mailings and other costs, and a love offering is requested at each meeting from those attending in-person or online. Central VA IONS meetings are held each month at locations announced in its program notices and are open to all. Our website is at richmondions.com.
Where/When: 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, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with Potluck Lunch at conclusion.
Upcoming Meetings: .
May 18,2024: Sandy Ward, Richmond-based psychic medium.
June 15, 2024: Melissa Gates-Perry, Vermont-based author and channel, on her book, Being Humans.
July 20, 2024: Carrie Phillips, Richmond-based energy healer.
August 17, 2024: Jamie McLaughlin, Richmond-based acupuncturist and shaman.