Spring is an exciting time of year. Trees and gardens sprout new growth. Students catch spring fever and play hooky. The rest of us go into a frenzy of spring cleaning. Like our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents before us, we clear out closets, pack winter clothes away, clean windows and contemplate the garage.

The 2026 Spring Equinox, or Ostara, falls on March 20. On this day, the hours of day and night are equal and Springtime is celebrated. Here are some ways to celebrate!

Spring is the season of fresh beginnings. After the cold and quiet of winter, the world slowly awakens with color, warmth, and life. Trees that

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If you’re like me, you don’t watch the news. But if there was ever a year worth paying attention to, it’s this one. On January 1, we officially step into Act II of a two-part cosmic story known as 2025–2026. For the next 12 months, we’re in a 1 Universal Year (2 + 0 + 2 + 6 = 10 → 1), bringing fresh starts, bold choices, and a clean slate.

One of the ways spiritual seekers work to integrate higher understandings is through the contemplation of spiritual truths. I often tell my students that to contemplate an understanding is to hold it gently, allowing for the fullness of the concept to emerge without grasping or feeling that one has to think hard about it. Here, I offer you an excerpt from my recently published book, Rending the Veils: A Primer on Spiritual Awakening.

For many years of my life, I lived through experiences that felt confusing, painful, and often without meaning. At the time, I could not see any coherent design moving through my story. Only much later, looking back, did I recognize a deeper intelligence quietly arranging the path. First it led me to astrology. Then, two years later, to Carl Jung. Only after walking both for a long time did I begin to understand what Jung meant by the Self — not the ego, not personal will, but the organizing center of the psyche that guides from beyond our conscious control.

DNA is an electrical structure. It carries charge, vibrates, and exists within a constantly shifting field of chemical and electromagnetic activity. That much is well known. What intrigued researchers was the suggestion that DNA—under certain laboratory conditions—appeared to react when surrounding electromagnetic fields changed, even when removed from living cells. When the field changed, the response shifted. When the signal stopped, the response faded.

The start of a new year often arrives loud with goals, pressure, and declarations of who we’re supposed to become. But intention-setting offers a quieter alternative. Unlike resolutions, intentions aren’t about fixing yourself. They’re about choosing how you want to move through your days.

Have you ever wondered where the phrase “gut feeling” comes from? For many, the expression “gut feeling” refers to our intuition; some refer to it as animal instinct. What we know now is that the gut has a separate nervous system from the brain. It sends signals to the brain so, the saying “think with your gut” has some real truth to it.

As the season of gathering, reflection and giving unfolds, there is a subtle but profound invitation: to shift from the outer ritual of giving and exchange, to the soulful inner act of gratitude. In the interplay of gratitude and generosity lies a vibrational current that lifts the heart, transforms the mind, and touches the unseen realm of the spirit.

After many years in Texas, where the year flows gently from very hot to hot, and cooler, moving to West Virginia has made me experience the rhythm of the seasons in a profoundly new (or rather forgotten old) way. Here, fall arrives in a cascade of color. And winter has a cold breath and occasional snowfall; it is not just a change of weather- it’s a transformation of energy too.