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Contents, Issue 82 - Autumn - Winter 2011
Editorial
Simon Best
Ecocide - a crime against the planet?
Sam Burcher reports of the first 'trial' of the proposed crime of Ecocide
Flowers express hidden sacred geometry
Prof Keith Critchlow reveals how flowers manifest inherent mathematical design
Yogananda's Kriya Yoga teachings
Brother Santoshananda describes his technique 150 years after its resurrection
Gut dysbiosis triggers Gut and Psychology Syndrome
Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride explores the variety of illnesses arising from disturbed gut absorption
Lighting the way in marine conservation
Amanda Banks describes the activities of three conservationists in the US, Canada and Peru
Claudio Naranjo - teacher by eloquent example
Charles Keck recalls when he first encountered the man and his ideas
Top US scientist warns against glyphosate
Sam Burcher reports from an All-Party Group on Agro-ecology meeting
Regular columns
New Global Festivals – Steve Nation
Looking ahead to 2012: Year of Sustainable Energy, Cooperatives and ending cycles
Poetry: In Tune with the Spirit
Jay Ramsay assesses Mary Oliver's Of Love
Books
The Hidden Geometry of Flowers: Living Rhythms, Form and Number
Dirty Medicine: The Handbook
Opening the Door to the Worlds
2012 A Clarion Call
Environmental Art Therapy and The Tree of Life
In the Shadow of the Buddha
The View Beyond - Sir Francis Bacon: Alchemy, Science, Mystery
Briefings
Electrosensitivity conference covers range of triggers
Laptop Wifi radiation affects sperm motility and DNA fragmentation
Danish mobile phone/cancer study rebutted in BMJ
US prisons sued over soy-laden diet
FDA allows raw milk across state lines for personal consumption
Weston A Price Foundation/London's 2012 conference and 2011 DVD
Canadian First Nations sue Shell over tar sands destruction
Giordano Bruno Globalshift University
Alfred Riggs tribute
Ozonated olive oil cream with special properties
Our Future Planet
Editorial - Simon Best
The arresting cover image speaks to the extraordinary world of flowers and plants and the hidden geometrical design and structure they express. Prof Keith Critchlow demonstrates the intimate connection between petal arrangements and the different mathematical components represented in sacred geometry, the variety of which he comprehensively expands upon in his new magnum opus that is also reviewed in this issue - an amazing tour de force.
Known to many for his best-selling autobiography, Paramahansa Yogananda brought Kriya Yoga to the West in 1920, founding the Self-Realization Fellowship in the USA, where he arrived. In the 150th year since it was resurrected, Brother Santoshananda, based at its Los Angeles centre, outlines the principles and practice of Kriya Yoga that is a way of life to its thousands of worldwide followers.
Protecting the whale and dolphin population is increasingly a focus of conservationists everywhere. Amanda Banks was fortunate to be able to follow three dedicated individuals in the US, Canada and Peru who have close encounters with these creatures on a daily basis. Their work and dedication should inspire all of us.
Gestalt therapist Claudio Naranjo is perhaps best known for his work on Enneagram of Personality but Charles Keck recounts his personal encounter with the man and his ideas and why he got involved in promoting his truth. A revealing insight into a pioneer who, normally based in the US, will be re-visiting the UK early next year.
Problems with gut absorption of nutrients and the range of physical and mental disorders this can trigger is the subject of Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride’s instructive article, which emphasizes the strong link between diet and psychological disturbance. It should be required reading for all paediatricians and those dealing with the ever-increasing number of children and young adults displaying ADHD, autism, dyslexia and related cognitive malfunction – especially clinicians who use powerful drugs to treat such syndromes.
Finally, Sam Burcher reports on two important London meetings. The first was a mock trial of the proposed crime of Ecocide, which seeks to establish environmental destruction by companies anywhere in the world as a crime against the planet.
The other was a meeting of the All-Party Group on Agro-ecology at the Houses of Parliament at which eminent American plant pathologist Prof Don Huber warned of the dangers of the pesticide glyphosate and recounted the problems it has caused US farmers. Its effect on the bee population is also a cause for deep concern.
All of which underlines the need for all of us to be vigilant in caring for our life-supporting Earth and defying those who would exploit it for their own ends, especially in the area of agriculture and food production, which will be the subject of a number of articles in the next issue.
Future format of Caduceus
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