Contents of our latest issue of Shift:
Shift — Issue #23 (SUMMER 2009)

Consciousness & Healing

EVIDENCE ADDS UP TO A HEALTH CARE REVOLUTION by Vesela Simic
As integrative medicine finds a place on the national health care stage, science has acquired tools to better measure the effectiveness of transformative practices. A close look at three such studies suggests a bright future for alternative and complementary therapies. (Download PDF)

Extended Human Capacities

THE POWER OF PREMONITION by Larry Dossey
"Many critics dismiss premonitions as New Age mumbo jumbo," writes Dossey, "yet elegant studies by respected consciousness researchers compellingly suggest that we really can peer into the future." And that's important, he believes, because our survival may depend on cultivating that ability. (Download PDF)

Emerging Worldviews

MYTHIC VISIONS FOR UNCERTAIN TIMES by Michael Meade
When the world starts to feel unstable, people tend to cling to the known and absolute. Renowned mythologist-storyteller Michael Meade reminds us that the threads of any new story will be woven not by fear but by imagination and the ancient wisdom that connects "the solid ground of the earth and the unseen realm that sustains it." (Download PDF)

Transformation

EVOLVING CONSCIOUSNESS by Kaisa Puhakka
Beyond positions, beyond beliefs, lies a place where the mind can truly open to the possibilities of any given moment. Is such receptivity possible in a world beset by polarity and conflict? It is, says this Zen psychologist, and this potential is available to anyone. (Download PDF)

Frontiers of Science
A Research-Based Model of Consciousness Transformation by Cassandra Vieten, PhD (Download PDF)