The Life Force Arts Method (LFAM) is a spiritual teaching based in ancient, universal wisdom, that I received through inspiration. The model as a whole took almost thirty years to develop, from 1985 – 2013, although the core concept, the 4 Skills, has remained consistent.
The Good & The Beautiful: Aesthetic Concepts & Expressive Arts Therapy
by Joan Forest Mage Note: This essay was published as a chapter in the edited book Healing With Art and Soul: Engaging Ones Self Through Art Modalities Introduction Expressive Arts Therapists are led to several questions regarding the relation of aesthetics to our...
Sacred Science/Sacred Geometry
by Sharka Glet, M.D Sacred Science originated in Egypt. Its goal is to enable the mind to become a channel through which the physical energies can connect with the energies of the Divine. In order to achieve this goal, Sacred Science seeks to understand the...
The Mitote Ceremony: Coyote Dreaming
by Mark Edwards Crowe Mitote is a Toltec ritual in dreaming performed throughout the night. It has been passed down through the various Toltec lineages and bands of sorcerers, as a means to transform one's own personal dream. It works to transform the individual's...
The Creative Force
by Ruth Landis From the moment I arrived in New Buffalo, Michigan to write, there has been a severe weather advisory. The wind is fierce. It is loud and powerful and I can't believe the little yachts in the harbor aren't being picked up in a funnel cloud and taken to...
Healing With Art and Animals in the Chicago Public Schools
by Karlene Mostek The incredible story of the universe and its evolutionary process through billions of years in galaxies, solar systems and earth is a fundamental interest in my art. We know now that earth itself and all beings on it evolved from the dying supernovas...
The Sparkling Wine of Conversation: Andrew Harvey and Ruby Sara
by Liz Baudler and Hannah Nelson Having two writers in a room may or may not lead to a brilliant conversation. But when said two writers describe themselves respectively as an “eco-anarcha-feminst” and a “bipolar ecstatic”, you know you’re in for a memorable evening....
Analytical, Poetic Astrology: An Interview With Joe Polise
Joe Polise, C.A. NCGR-PAA, has been an active practitioner in astrology since 1990. He is vice president of Chicago's Friends of Astrology and Education Outreach Chair of Professional Astrologers' Alliance, and is LFAC's resident astrologer. Liz Baudler spoke to him...
The Channel and The Painter: Medium and Artist Sheryl Noday
by Liz Baudler Sheryl Noday’s (www.sherylnoday.com) voice always bubbles with enthusiasm, but should you be in the midst of receiving one of her professional services, hers is not the voice you will hear. As a channel for a group of star Beings called Siria Family,...