Christian Chensvold

It is perhaps indicative of the rapid change that overtook America during the tie-dye era that the popular image of the 1950s focused exclusively on teeny-bopper culture. This was captured in two movies a couple of decades later—American Graffiti and Grease—and persisted in popular television shows like Happy Days. In the post-Watergate era of gas […]

You open a bottle of wine on a rainy Friday night, light some candles and put on some piano music. Curling up on the sofa, you realize the mood is quite romantic. After a few sips of syrah, you close your eyes and some of your oldest fantasies begin to rise from your subconscious. A […]

“What are you afraid of?” Merlin asks the young Arthur. “I don’t know!” cries the lad, stunned after having withdrawn the sword from the stone and heralded the king. “Is it the dragon?” Merlin asks. “Dragon?” Arthur shouts in fright. “What dragon?” The dragon that is everywhere, explains the wily magician. “What should I do?” […]

In 1979, around the time horror rock legends The Misfits were singing “I remember Halloween” while dressed in skeleton suits, I was rattled by anticipation tremors leading up to Oct. 31. Aged nine, I had my monster mask, ripped clothes and fake blood, and was in the backyard at twilight “playing” with friends, as we […]

In 1979, around the time horror rock legends The Misfits were singing “I remember Halloween” while dressed in skeleton suits, I was rattled by anticipation tremors leading up to Oct. 31. Aged nine, I had my monster mask, ripped clothes and fake blood, and was in the backyard at twilight “playing” w…

Let’s face it: Some of us just aren’t cut out to be reformers. We’ve no interest in building utopian castles in the air or being early adopters — or adopters

Commit to the undertaking and you may successfully awaken Kundalini, the primordial life energy that lies latent in the body.

Commit to the undertaking and you may successfully awaken Kundalini, the primordial life energy that lies latent in the body.

The soul’s energy field lives outside space and time, and through imagination acts as a bridge between the physical body and the spirit.

Life is like a journey aboard a steamship. We did not ask to be here, and we can’t get off until the captain says so.