(Prudent Press Agency) --- Streaming live on the Co-Creator Radio Network on Tuesday, June 29, at 11 a.m. Pacific time/2 p.m. Eastern time, on her show "Why Shamanism Now?: A Practical Path to Authenticity," shaman and founder of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing Christina Pratt talks to shaman - or sangoma as she's known in her tradition - Gretchen Crilly McKay as part of Pratt's "Initiation Series: Curing our Cultural Sickness". This series features stories from a diverse range of contemporary initiation experiences—that have functioned to truly transform individuals into shamans—helping listeners' to remember (or learn about) what initiation truly means.

In this episode, McKay discusses her traditional kuthwasa (initiation) experiences in Swaziland, Africa, under the mentorship of Zulu shaman, P.H. Mntshali. According to McKay, her admitted love affair with Africa, the "home" of her soul, began decades ago. A consultation there with sangoma P.H. Mntshali—who would become her mentor—revealed that her life had been difficult because she had not followed the path her ancestors had chosen for her. Through the traditional initiatory path of the sangoma, McKay became the woman she was meant to be. McKay now has a private shamanic practice is in Southern California where she seamlessly combines traditional African practices, like throwing the bones, with cross-cultural shamanic practices, like soul retrieval, extraction, and healing with spiritual light, to serve her clients and students.

(Prudent Press Agency)--- mPandit Launches Live Vedic Astrology Service For USA, UK, Canada & Australia. New Delhi, India, 22nd May 2010: mPandit.com is the new and special Live Vedic Astrology service from India. You can call a number and consult an experienced astrologer. It is as easy as that. The service is particularly valuable to so many who do not have direct access to astrologers and especially Vedic Astrologers.

We all have questions about our life and want to know what will happen with our new ventures, our relationships, our work, our health and our loved ones. In our busy lives and where we live, it is difficult to meet and consult a genuine and experienced Vedic astrologer who could guide us on our path to happiness and success. mPandit understands this and has come up with an innovative and valuable solution and you can now know what the stars have in store for you through the science of Hindu Astrology. mPandit’s Jyotishi’s (Vedic astrologers) have years of experience in Vedic Astrology and this is sure to help you in many ways.

Live Vedic Astrology forecasts events and situations by working around an analysis of astronomical data. It is a language of divination. It does not cause anything to happen, but just reveals it. mPandit.com provides instant personalized answers, based on the principles and norms of Hindu Astrology to those who have queries regarding their life, relationships, marriage, children, work or business. mPandit is committed to ensuring that everyone can access and gain from experienced and trusted Vedic astrologers.

(Prudent Press Agency)--- The myth of Oedipus narrates the tale of a young male, prophesized by the oracle to slay his father (Morford and Lenardon, 2006). Oedipus’s parents abandoned him. He was adopted but later on he returned unintentionally fulfilling the prophecy by slaying his father and getting married with his mother. Later on, the myth turned out to be a vital component in Freud’s development of the oedipal complex (Baker, 2004). This discussion would take on Freud’s use of the myth, the account of Oedipus. Critics have pointed out Freud’s failure to recognize the nature and function of myths by concluding a solitary version of the myth by a single author. Freud argued for complete legitimacy to the meaning of the myth, consequently employing it as an argument for his psychoanalytic theories.

Considered as the father of psychoanalysis, Austrian Neurologist, Sigmund Freud was also known for his enthrallment for myths. He evaluated them to dreaming, putting forward the argument that they both mirror the human mind, and that this could be accessed by means of interpretation, otherwise referred to as psychoanalysis (Rycroft, 1995). He argued that subdued feelings from childhood would return to haunt individuals at the time of their adulthood. As Freud argues, every boy harbors a covert yearning to have sex with their mother, and kill their father, since he serves as the man who keeps his mother away from him (Strachey, n.d.). These subdued urges are manifested in one’s dreams. Freud further indicates that the myths come out as a consequence of psychological impulses, and consequently, an individual could apply psychoanalysis to any character or creator of the story. By arguing that that the characters of the myth are not actual people, and that these kinds of stories typically multi-authored, this could be critiqued. One noted flaw with Freud’s use of the myth of Oedipus is the assumption that Oedipus had an oedipal complex.

Oedipus takes the life of his biological father and eventually weds his birthmother without prior knowledge that they were his parents (Lowell, 1995). There is now the criticism as to how Oedipus could have acted with his repressed feelings towards his parents? On the other hand, Freud used Locasta’s comment to to Laius as a proof for the strong point of his theory. Locasta claimed that countless men experience sexual dreams concerning their mothers and Freud confirms this thought with his own writing indicating that: This discovery is confirmed by a legend that has come down to us from classical antiquity.

(Prudent Press Agency)--- Electra is the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus, brought so much grief and suffering to Electra which then led her to have so much anger towards them (Electra 2007). Clytemnestra and Aegisthus murdered Electra’s father, which resulted to her making an agreement with her brother, Orestes, to avenge their father’s death. She then brought his brother into hiding, while she stayed behind in Mycenae, which her mother and Aegisthus ruled. After seven years, Electra and her brother met at their father’s tomb, in which they planned out how they would kill their mother. They have successfully gone through with the plan, and Electra then married her brother’s companion, Pylades(Electra Complex 2001).

This just shows that Electra is just merely acting according to instinct. The anger and vengeance of a daughter or a son towards their mother, who is known to have a lover aside from that of their father, would naturally feel angry towards her. There is just something different when it is the woman who cheats. It’s as if a child thinks that her mother isn’t at all happy with the man they know as their father. After all, a child wouldn’t even be born, if not because of her real mother and father.

And maybe they feel that their mother is dividing her attention towards them and to her lover as well. What more if they plan on doing something that could harm their father just so they stay happy and without worrying about another man in their life, which would just naturally, bring so much anger to a child. (Morford and Lenardon n.d.)

(Prudent Press Agency)--- With a stellar academic and professional background Dr. Garret Moddel had little to gain by venturing into controversial research on psychic phenomena. But for a professor who long ago tackled quantum engineering cutting edge research comes naturally.

Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with University of Colorado engineering professor Dr, Garret Moddel. During the 40-minute interview Dr. Moddel describes the challenges of bringing controversial research into the classroom, "I spent most of my career doing essentially quantum engineering, which is engineering little devices based upon quantum mechanical principles. Then about ten years ago on Sabbatical, I got in contact by accident with a physicist who had a library full of books on the science of psychic phenomena. I was absolutely blown away. I couldn't believe what I saw. I ended up spending the whole Sabbatical going through his library. After that, I was convinced that this is really where the new science and revolutionary ideas are going to come from, so I still continue my mainstream research and most of my colleagues don't know about my psi phenomena research, although it is on my website. I think they choose not to know.”

(Prudent Press Agency)---Streaming live on the Voice America Network (www.voiceamerica.com) on Wednesday, March 3, at 2 p.m. Pacific time/5 p.m. Eastern time, on her show "Why Shamanism Now?: A Practical Path to Authenticity,” shaman and founder of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing Christina Pratt asks the question: What does “transformation” really mean and why should we bother? According to Pratt, “In the simplest sense true transformation is an internal change that occurs on a foundational level such that there is no going back. We are not just remodeling the self.”

In this episode of “Why Shamanism Now?” titled “True Transformation vs. Remodeling the Self”, Pratt explains that here are three dynamics of internal movement that when taken together, result in true transformation. Change in any one or two of these, however, leaves us, as philosopher and author Ken Wilbur says, “refining our status quo.”

(Prudent Press Agency)---Taurus compatibility shows that this down to earth sign does best when paired with other practical signs from the earth and water elements. We're going to run through the list of best and worst astrology compatibility matches for a typical Taurean.

The best love match for Taurus Compatibility matches:

Taurus and Virgo love match: Earth and earth meet with this pairing, providing a solid, stable foundation for a relationship between two signs that value family and home life above all other things. Expect lots of quiet times at home and an orderly life together.

(Prudent Press Agency)---Quartz Crystals in its purist form are made of Silicon Dioxide. Which is two of earths most abundant compounds.

Crystal therapy is one way of healing problems in the body with the help of external stimulus. In this way the energy flowing in your body gets affected. It is also known as gemstone therapy. It is helpful in invoking changes in energy levels in the body. Basically crystal therapy helps to stop any kind of pain. Also, it is used for making the body aura pure. In our body, according to Hindi psychology, there are seven energy centers commonly known as "chakras". These "chakras" are the places which help to make our body pure. In this way our body is made free from diseases and pains. The crystals are placed on these "chakras" in order to heal the area.

(Prudent Press Agency)---There are many means to access your intuition: meditation, dreams, or metaphysical techniques such as using the Tarot cards. But no matter what you method of choice is there is an uncanny link between your mindset and your ability to access intuition.

Dr. Judith Orloff and others point out that it is very difficult to tap into your intuition when you are tense or highly stressed. And if you are reluctant to trust impressions that are difficult to confirm on the spot, you will have little success getting useful information from your intuition.

A relaxed open mind is the first step to accessing intuition. It is also the first step in tuning in to spirit and working with the Tarot. And when you are relaxed and open, you will find that your intuition speaks easily and readily to you.

(Prudent Press Agency)---Science has studied the near-death experience for more than 20 years. Most research has concluded NDEs are real and unexplainable, but scientists have been slow to accept consciousness beyond death. A new scientific study by Jeffrey Long, M. D. may change that. The research compiled in his new book, Evidence of the Afterlife, represents the largest, most comprehensive study of near-death experience and according to the study's author is, "a real game-changer."

In a new Skepitko interview Dr. Long explains, "we looked at nine lines of evidence that indicate the reality of near-death experiences and their consistent message of an afterlife.

(Prudent Press Agency)---We all want good things to happen in our lives, be surrounded by good people, find a great partner, get our dream job, build our dream home, and have successful business, or more wealth, and the list goes on. We desire a lot of things in our life but we don't know how to achieve them. We put a lot of effort and sacrifices into our personal and professional lives but our situation doesn't seem to change. In fact, we sometimes get the opposite of what we want and live the life far from what we dreamed of. Good news is it's not too late for us to achieve what we greatly desire in life. By simply changing the way you think, feel, and act, it's possible to turn your situation around.

In Law of Attraction, your thoughts, feelings, and actions are the essential ingredients in order for your desires to manifest but first you have to change the way you think. You have to determine what it is that you really want and visualize yourself having these things and don't allow anything to corrupt your imagination.

(Prudent Press Agency)---Mankind and Oracles

Mankind has probably been using oracles of one sort or another for as long as we have been recognisably human. We've used bones, entrails, yarrow stalks, coins, water, stones, the stars, dreams, cards, tea-leaves, handwriting. The Delphic Oracle functioned for hundreds of years, with eminent kings consulting it regularly and even fighting wars based on its predictions. The Bible is full of references to prophets and prophetic dreams. Contemporary Chinese still make a point of ensuring that any action they are planning takes place on an auspicious day, and even here in the sceptical West, every newspaper carries astrological predictions. Unfortunately these, and other predictive tools, are currently considered either highly suspect, or solely for the simple-minded. The reason for this is primarily our reliance on reductive logic and scientific empiricism (and our tendency to think that we have all the answers).

(Prudent Press Agency)---It is important to understand that your energy is not independent of your health and well-being it is an integral part of it. It may not be the cause of any illness and predicament directly itself but ill health, disease and discomfort on a physical, mental or emotional level can be seen or felt in the energy field that surrounds the human body.

1. The term we widely use is the aura to describe this energy field that we all have around us and many people are familiar with that. If you take it to a slightly deeper level you will discover that the aura although a fluid and flowing phenomenon does have a structure within it.

(Prudent Press Agency)--- 12 21 2012, or December 21 2012 is a date associated with the end of the world. This date, 12 21 2012, comes mainly from the long count of the Mayan calendar. The Mayans for reasons unknown were very advanced in the study of astronomy. Their calendar is really several calendars in one. The calendar known as the long count is the one that notes 12 21 2012 as the end of the earth as we know it.

The reason for this date is pretty complicated. On December 21, 2012 or 12 21 2012, for the first time in 26000 years, the sun will conjunct the milky way, and the elliptical plane.

(Prudent Press Agency)--- When someone is found dying every thing suddenly changes, no words are weighed, but urgent commands are given, calls go out for help and those who have life saving skills spring into action quite unhindered by those standing by. What if it is a nation that is dying? Who is responding, who is helping, let�s see?

On a sinking ship when all hope is lost order yet prevails. The commonly accepted protocol in maritime law is to allow women and children to alight first, then male passengers and finally the ships crew and captain. Even at the threat of imminent harm and death there is a semblance of order.

At the death of previous civilizations or nations there is also a certain pattern or an order that history reveals to us. The wise, true statesmen, the prophets and those who just seem to have better vision all combine to warn each successive generation as they once again enter the doors marked �the fall.�