[ November 17, 2008; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Eureka Springs artist and photographer John Rankine is once again pictorially documenting the citizens of Eureka Springs. Rankine’s latest project, A Community At Peace, will feature 500 black and white individual portraits to be unveiled November 17 at The Space, 2 Pine Street.

. . .As I stood in front of them, I felt the power of their stone circle. The Grandmothers sat on the ground before me, and as I stepped into their circle, spherical waves began to spin around, drawing me into closer union with them. I heard someone singing, “Where I stand is holy, holy is the ground,” and then the Grandmothers spoke. “Anchor yourself,” they said, “this circle will anchor you.” “Yes, Grandmothers,” I replied and felt the gyrations of the spin drawing me further in. I saw a wine opener–turning and turning, as it screwed itself into the earth, and as I watched, it was I who was becoming deeply fastened to the Mother.

From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together – at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation, etc.
The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance. As in the timeless mystic traditions, [...]

by Josie Yerby

Crystals are ‘focusing devices’ for cosmic energies. They are the connecting device between the Universal Mind and the Heart of Humanity. They can be imagined as helper energies or guides between intent and outcome, between self and fulfillment, between the inner-yin and the outer-yang expression. Know that the crystals are symbols of a divine cosmology, a figurative representative of god, if you will, in action. Begin by placing the crystal..