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WHAT'S NEW

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Editorial:

"Spirit In Action"   Editorial and Prologue for Primal Spirit Magazine, Spring 2004, Vol. 3, No. 2 -- Added April 6th, 2004  

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MusePaper:

Bush Uses Gas Crunch to Push Apocalyptic "Energy" Bill   (Added on April 5th, 2004)  

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Articles:

Breaking the Cycle of Violence:  Why I Forgave My Assailant -- Added March 24th, 2004

by NYPD Detective, Steven McDonald

The Therapist's Role - Unconditional Acceptance Versus Enabling - And "Real" Love As Essential in Therapy and Spirituality

  (Part Two of "Reunion With the Positive (Self)"

-- Added March 13th, 2004

by Michael Derzak Adzema

The "Primal Scene" in The Bible:  Abraham, Isaac, and the "Civilized" Fall From Grace -- Added March 8th, 2004

by Mickel Adzema

"Power and Complexity:  Finding Personal Power and At-Home-Ness in the World in the Midst of Technological Alienation, Consumerism, and Specialization" -- Added February 28th, 2004

by Mickel Adzema

"Organic Parenting" -- Added February 26th, 2004

by Geraldine and Gaetano Lyn-Piluso

"Gurus, Shamans, Sacrificial Lambs, and Scapegoats: Is There a Collective Pool of Pain?" -- Added February 27th, 2004

by Mickel Adzema

"The UFO Abduction Phenomenon's Challenge to Consensus Reality" -- Added February 24th, 2004

by John E. Mack, M.D.

"The Seven Stages of Primal Therapy" -- Added February 6th, 2004

by Stephen K. Witty and Stephen K. Khamsi.

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Editorial Primal Renaissance: The Journal of Primal Psychology 2(1) - Concerning "The Primal Process"  (added March 1st, 2004)

Dedication and Editorial Primal Renaissance: The Journal of Primal Psychology 1(1) - Concerning "Multiple Realities and Primal Visions" and Welcome!  ( added February 1st, 2004)

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How You Can Help

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MusePapers:

The Michael Jackson Fiasco . . . "It's the Attack on Uniqueness, Stupid!"   (Added on January 29th, 2004)  

Howard Dean's "Primal Scream" Part One: The Republican Media, Repression, and the Appeal of Stony-Hearted Presidents   (Added on January 25th, 2004)  

Howard Dean's "Primal Scream" Part Two: The Scapegoating of Feeling, 2004 Culture Clash, Real Versus Sham News, and "Let's Not Get Fooled Again!"   (Added on January 26th, 2004)  

by Mickel Adzema, M.A.

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The Lord of the Rings, Ego, and Addiction   (Added on January 16th, 2004)  

by Mickel Adzema, M.A.

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Article:

"Nature As Alive: Morphic Resonance and Collective Memory" -- Added January 21st, 2004

by Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.d.

"The Only Important Education" -- Added January 28th, 2004

by Johann Christoph Arnold.

 

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Complete Book:

Falls From Grace: Spiritual and Philosophical Perspectives of Prenatal and Primal Experience

by Michael Derzak Adzema, M.A.

Abstract and Table of Contents  (Added on January 6th, 2004)  

Introduction:  The Transpersonal Perspective:
Experience Is Divine; Cognition Is Illusion  (Added on January 7th, 2004)  

PART 1:  LITERATURE REVIEW AND BACKGROUND

Chapter One:  Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and the Phenomenon of Re-Experience  (Added on January 8th, 2004)  

Chapter  Two:  The Case for the Legitimacy of Prenatal Spirituality  (Added on January 9th, 2004)

Chapter  Three:  A Foray Into Cellular/ Transpersonal Consciousness  (Added on January 10th, 2004)

PART 2: FALLS FROM GRACE: A DEVOLUTIONAL MODEL OF   CONSCIOUSNESS INCORPORATING PRE- AND PERINATAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SPECTRUM/TRANSPERSONAL PHILOSOPHY

Chapter  Four:  Biology As Metaphor and Mythology  (Added on January 11th, 2004)

Chapter  Five:  The First Fall From Grace:  Sperm/Egg and Conception  (Added on January 12th, 2004)

Chapter  Six:  The Second Fall From Grace:  Birth  (Added on January 13th, 2004)

Chapter  Seven:  The Third Fall From Grace:  Primal Scene/ Oedipus  (Added on January 14th, 2004)

Chapter  Eight:  The Fourth Fall From Grace:  Puberty  (Added on January 15th, 2004)

PART 3:  IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILD "DEVELOPMENT," SPIRITUALITY, AND PERSONAL GROWTH: EGO AND HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS AND "CAN IT BE OTHERWISE?"

Chapter  Nine:  Can It Be Otherwise?  (Added on January 17th, 2004)

Chapter  Ten:  Is a "Fully Functioning Ego" a Prerequisite to Higher Consciousness?  (Added on January 18th, 2004)

BIBLIOGRAPHY for Falls From Grace: Spiritual and Philosophical Perspectives of Prenatal and Primal Experience  (Added on January 20th, 2004)

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 Article:

"Biologically Constituted Realities:  An Anti-Anthropocentric (Species-Relative) and New-Paradigm Perspective" -- Added January 5th, 2004

by Mickel Adzema, M.A.

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Short Story:

"Birthing, Forgetting" (a short story) -- Added January 4th, 2004

by Michael Derzak Adzema

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 Articles:

"Reunion With the Positive (Self), Part 1: The Other Half of the 'Cure'" -- Added January 3rd, 2004

"A Primal Perspective on Spirituality" -- Added January 1st, 2004

by Mickel Adzema, M.A.

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Primal Spirit Center

for  Human Evolution

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Primal -Holotropic Community in California

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 Article:

"Children Recalling Birth" -- Added September 25th, 2000

by Jeane Rhodes, Ph.D.

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  Actual Experiential Report:

Gabriela's Story:  My First Reliving of Birth in Holotropic Breathwork:
"When Are We Going to Wake Up?"   -- Added September 20th, 2000

by Gabriela Ortiz-Monasterio

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Election 2000 Truth Monitor
Bursting Republicans' Stupidity Balloon du Jour

Keeping It Real:  Daily Antidotes to Corporate/Media/Republicans’
Ongoing Efforts to “Dumb Down” the American Voter
with Misinformation, Diversions, False Issues, and Cynical Distortions.

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MusePaper:

"Pundits Versus People:
Or, The Real Souces for Voter Apathy and Cynicism" -- Added September 8th, 2000

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"Silly God" Humor/Wisdom

-- Ongoing Section, Added August 31st, 2000

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  Article:

"Primal Process and Higher Personality" -- Added August 29th, 2000

by Barbara R. Findeisen

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Election 2000 Forum
The "Deeper Wave" of Politics

Read what others are saying and thinking about this crucial national election.

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George Wrongforthecountry Bush

submitted by Alfred Ferencz Marton

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Election 2000 Alert

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A Personal Note:
to Friends, Colleagues, and Website Visitors
from Mickel and Mary Lynn Adzema

Concerning Ongoing Calamities, Corporate Corruption, Being Incommunicado, and the Upcoming National Election

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Primal Spirit BookStore

(Finally Begun!)

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 Articles:

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"Perinatal Imagery in the Star Wars Trilogy" -- Added October 27th, 1999

by Ron F. Newbold

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"Blossoming Withing the Lotus Wheel of Consciousness":
An Essay Review of Roger J. Woolger's  Other Lives: Other Selves:
A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives -- Added October 16th, 1999

by Mary Lynn Adzema

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"A Larger Vision of Relationship and Process" --Added January 23rd, 1999

by Belden Johnson.

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"Shamanism and Primal Therapy" -- Added December 21st, 1998

by Belden Johnson.

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"The Trauma of Birth" -- Added December 19th, 1998

by John Rowan.

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"God Is My Psychotherapist"   (Part 3 in the Sai Baba series) -- Added December 5th, 1998

by Mary Lynn Adzema.

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"Magical Midwifery:  A Mother's Choice"

by Mary Beth Grabowski.

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"Why Fear When I Am Here?"   (Part 2 in the Sai Baba series)

by Mary Lynn Adzema.

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"Tears for Trauma:  Birth Trauma, Crying, and Child Abuse"

by Aletha Solter, Ph.D.

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"Voices From the Dreamtime:  An Essay Review of Robert Lawlor's
Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime"

by Mary Lynn Adzema

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"Prologue:  Why 'Primal Renaissance'?"

by Mickel Adzema.

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"Planetary Survival and Consciousness Evolution:
Psychological Roots of Human Violence and Greed"

by Stanislav Grof, M.D.

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"Restaging Prenatal and Birth Traumas in War and Social Violence"

by Lloyd deMause

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"The Scenery of Healing:  Commentary on deMause's 'Restaging Prenatal and Birth Traumas in War and Social Violence'"

by Michael Derzak Adzema

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"The Emerging Perinatal Unconscious:
Consciousness Evolution or Apocalypse?"

by Michael Derzak Adzema

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"The History of Childhood As the History of Child Abuse"

by Lloyd deMause

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Primal Spirit Forum Special Section, Psychohistory Dialogue:
Re:  Endless Abortion Debate, Consciousness, Primal Renaissance,
Falls From Grace, Nature of Reality, Etc. -- Latest Contribution Added February 24th, 1999

In Primal Spirit Forum

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Complete Book:

Primal Renaissance:  The Emerging Millennial Return
(book, table of contents)

by Michael Derzak Adzema, M.A.

Chapter One:  "A New-Paradigm Context of 'Primitive' Philosophy

Chapter Two:  "Culture As Moonview"

Chapter Three:  "Matter As Metaphor"

Chapter Four:  "Science As Myth: The Modern Dream-Weavers"

Chapter Five:  "Biology As Metaphor and Mythology"

Chapter Six:  "The First Fall From Grace:  Sperm/Egg and Conception"

Chapter Seven:  "The Second Fall From Grace:  Birth" -- Added December 5th, 1998

Chapter Eight:  "The Third Fall From Grace: Primal Scene/ Oedipus" -- Added January 25th, 1999

Chapter Nine:  "The Fourth Fall From Grace: Puberty" -- Added January 26th, 1999

Chapter Ten:  "Revolution Or Devolution, Birthing Or Forgetting
. . . The Result Is Still Plato's Cave!" -- Added January 26th, 1999

Chapter Eleven:  "Children As Assets:  Isaac's Eyes" -- Added January 27th, 1999

Chapter Twelve:  "Postmodern Perspective:  Heading Home" -- Added January 30th, 1999

Chapter Thirteen:  "Can It Be Otherwise?" -- Added January 30th, 1999

Chapter Fourteen:  "Is a 'Fully Functioning Ego'
a Prerequisite to Higher Consciousness?" -- Added January 30th, 1999

Chapter Fifteen:  "The Politics of Psychology" -- Added January 31st, 1999

Chapter Sixteen:  "Revolutionary Techniques and Societal Resistance" -- Added January 31st, 1999

Chapter Seventeen:  "Revolutionary Implications of Prenatal Re-Experience" -- Added January 31st, 1999

Chapter Eighteen:  "Are We Entering A 'Primal Renaissance'?" -- Added January 31st, 1999

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Complete Book:

Apocalypse,  Or New Age?  The Emerging Perinatal Unconscious

by Michael Derzak Adzema, M.A.

Table of Contents

Chapter One:  "Strange Days"
Chapter Two:  "The Perinatal Unconscious"
Chapter Three:  "Birthing into the Media"
Chapter Four:  "The Scenery of Our Everyday Reality"
Chapter Five:  "Perinatal and Global Situation Mirroring Each Other"
Chapter Six:  "Getting Sick In Order To Be Well" -- Added January 7th, 1999
Chapter Seven:  "Through Gaia's Eyes:  Nature Balances HerSelf" -- Added January 12th, 1999
Chapter Eight:  "Derailing the Cycles of War and Violence" -- Added January 13th, 1999
Chapter Nine:  "The (Sometimes Messy) Scenery of Healing" -- Added January 14th, 1999
Chapter Ten:  "Dreaming Out Loud:  "Control" Versus "Surrender" Spiritualities --Added January 15th, 1999
Chapter Eleven:  "Dreaming Out Loud:  'Nothing But Perinatal'" -- Added January 16th, 1999
Chapter Twelve:  "Dreaming Out Loud:  Peaceful Warriors and Silly Heroes" --Added January 16th, 1999
Chapter Thirteen:  "Moving the World" --  Added January 17th, 1999

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MusePapers:

by Michael Derzak Adzema, M.A.

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"Why We Needed Clinton To Lie" -- Added January 18th, 1999

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"The Perinatal Appeal of Ally McBeal" -- Added January 15th, 1999

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"'It's the Attack on Privacy, Stupid!'
What Republicans and Pundits Don't Get About Clinton's Support -- December 17th, 1998

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Move Over, World War Two Generation, the Sixties Generation Has Arrived!
An Essay Review of the Movie, "Pleasantville"
"Part One:  The King Must Die" -- November 18th, 1998
"Part Two:  'Pleasantville As Historical Allegory" -- December 12th, 1998
"Part Three:  The Changing of the Generational 'Guard'" -- December 15th, 1998

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"Are Some 'Sick' People More Healthy Than Normals?"

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"Drugs, Consciousnesses, and Generational Cultures"
Part One:  "Generational Cultures"
Part Two: "Drugs and Consciousnesses"

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"Primal and AntiPrimal: Truth and Consolation."
Part One:  "Truth and Authenticity Versus 'Containers,' Consolation, Codependency"

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"What's So Bad About Doing Good?  An Essay Review of 'The Rainmaker'"

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"Deeper Wave" Poetry Section

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Holotropic Breathwork Section

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Primal Renaissance: 
The Journal of Primal Psychology Section

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  Psychohistory Section

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Primal Spirit Forum:  Letters, Dialogue

 

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Other:

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