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		<title>The Last Time I Saw Kathie</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 21:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008 Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
This was the third time I’d met Kathie at a café between our houses. Her son Raphael, twelve, was in school. I calmed myself. I didn’t want to get angry.
“My God!” People looked, but I couldn’t help it.  She had a sutured gash above her left eye. With tremendous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=228&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi
Nobel Peace Laureate (2003) Shirin Ebadi has written a riveting account of her life in Iran, from her childhood (when the Shah was installed by the CIA), to the revolution that brought the Ayatollah to power, and onward to current circumstances in her country.  As a judge, then a lawyer, Ebadi&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=173&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Nude Mary Magdalene &#8211; Unusual Sculpture in the L&#8217;Ouvre</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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This portrayal of Mary Magdelene is in a small  out-of-the-way gallery in the L&#8217;ouvre. I was moved by the sadness in her face, and at the same time comforted by her peaceful resignation. It&#8217;s also extraordinary because it is a nude. It is carved in wood, apparently from one tree, then burnished, painted and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=118&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Village Life: Miss Read&#8217;s People and Places</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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Summer is less than a month away, so I go to my book shelves and check that Miss Read is where I think she is, ready for my annual visits to Fairacre and Thrush Green. I re-visit Caxley as well, but not quite as often. 
I love these books and cannot recommend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=103&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bridging In and Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, RK Silipo. All rights reserved.
Note to a friend:
Self sufficiency is selfish, in that it denies friends the opportunity to care for you. Independence is good, especially for women. But when we try to do everything for ourselves, we get too self-focused. Not only do we become preoccupied with our needs that are not being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=76&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning Tantra: Worship Your Shakti</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/beginning-tantra-men-adore-your-partners-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, RK Silipo. All rights reserved.
You&#8217;ll find variations of this practice in books on Tantra. This is as it was given to my partner and me by our teachers, Hanna Katz-Jelfs and Martin Jelfs (Transcendence Tantra).
Choose a time when you are rested and alert, and when you will have no interruptions for at least a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=72&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Man-less Pregnancy! (and More!) in Herland</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/herland-hilarious-feminist-utopian-novel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herland, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a book &#8216;way ahead of its time. Women, particularly young women, will recognize themselves &#8211;their thoughts, ideals, dreams for themselves and the world. Men, particularly men born after1960, will scoff at the narrator&#8217;s attitudes. Although the premise is a classic hidden utopia tale, there are more than enough plot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=70&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best Christmas stories I&#8217;ve ever read is No Holly for Miss Quinn, by Miss Read. She wrote two series of novels about English village life, and three novels about life in a small English market town from the turn of the 20th century through the post-WWII period.
I love this book especially for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=12&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning Tantra &#8211; Women&#8217;s Tantric Massage</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/beginning-tantra-tantric-massage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2007, RK Silipo. All rights reserved.
Preparation for initiation into Tantra includes developing awareness of the body’s energy field and opening of the Third Eye, deepening spiritual awareness. Yoga is an ideal preparation, particularly Tantric or Kriya yoga traditions.
In western practice, also called Neo-Tantra, massage  is frequently a starting point. Body work is very popular [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=7&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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