signup for email updates Directories Our Archive: 2001-2004 Cover Art Archive NOVEMBER 2004 :: INDEX THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EDGE Leap Publications, which has published The EDGE newspaper continuously for the past 12 years in the Upper Midwest, has embarked upon its most sweeping change since its inception: Edge Life. Not since the creation of Edge Life Expo in 2001 has the Ramsey, Minn.-based business been such front-page news. With the redesign of The EDGE, both in terms of philosophy and aesthetics, it is clear that these times-are-a-changin' -- and you are a part of that change. Read more AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL H. RAY, Ph.D. ON CULTURAL CREATIVES by Tim Miejan The Cultural Creative model made so much sense to us at The EDGE that we proceeded to reframe our publication to serve this population, thus the debut of Edge Life magazine. In light of our new focus, we returned to Dr. Paul Ray to learn more about how this subculture representing more than 50 million people on the planet is getting along. He spoke with us about global acceptance of the Cultural Creative label, green business and Election 2004. Read the interview ARE YOU A CULTURAL CREATIVE? Complete the Cultural Creative checklist to learn more about what values Cultural Creatives share. Read more A FUTURIST: The Nearest Thing to a 21st century Oracle Step into the Future | by Brenda Miller  “What is a futurist?” I am often asked. At first, it almost registers as if the questioner knows, but invariably, like an itch that needs to be scratched, the question begs to be answered. A futurist is often misinterpreted as a psychic, tarot reader and soothsayer. Like the great Greek Oracles of Delphi, Dodona, Trophonius and Latona, surely a futurist must see the future, if not predict it, otherwise what good is one? And so begins my explanation to them.  Read more THE NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION: Exploring the Organizing Principles that Continue to Structure our Mindset Transpersonality Times | by Karen Engelsen  “What is the spiritual cost of knowing every day that one human being is taking aim at another human being with intent to kill?” - Phil Steger, Augsburg College. When Phil Steger, executive director of Friends for a Non-Violent World, spoke these words at the rally for the Roadmap Out of Iraq, an appreciative roar emerged from hundreds of attendees.  Read more WHY POLITICS & RELIGION MISS THE MARK OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE by Mari Tankenoff and Scott Bergér  Throughout our lives, both of us have always been driven by an insatiable desire and mission to gain insight and greater in-depth comprehension about existence. Both of us are committed to working toward the upliftment of humankind.  Read more ASTROLOGICAL CYCLES AHEAD FOR THE U.S. & THE WORLD by Curtis Burns  In this last part of a three-part series, I am looking at major astrological cycles that will be affecting us all and how they may unfold in the policies and actions of the next administration. I also take a necessary look into the next two decades.  Read more NEWS: PATTY PETERSON'S 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY; RENNIE DAVIS ENVISIONS A NEW HUMANITY Read more CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS? GO BACK TO SLEEP The Last Word | by editor Tim Miejan  It's Monday, October 25 -- always my favorite day of the year [my birthday] and I cannot help thinking about a one-paragraph news item I clipped out of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press three days earlier. Located near the bottom of a column of nation and world briefs, the headline read: "Humans depleting Earth, group says." I did a double take on that one.  Read more

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