This is an open journal! Akamai publishes articles if they can contribute in a significant manner toward the betterment of the human condition. Submit Articles View Contents Visit Journal Archives 2004 Vol. 2 Out of the Minds of Babes by Anthony G. Payne, Ph.D. Breathwork as a Therapeutic Adjunct in Counseling Jim Morningstar, Ph.D. Solitude & Sufficiency John Laughlin, Ph.D. The Journey of Don Antonio Arguello, Urban Shaman and Artist Claudine Jeanrenaud, Ph. D. Out of the Minds of Babes by Anthony G. Payne, Ph.D. To be human is to seek. We are at heart explorers, whether in a global or very circumspect sense. And for most of us, finding our place in the scheme of things is vitally important. Some find the answer to their quest solely in the realm of faith; others solely in the world of ideas; others, in the realm of sensations, pleasures, and such. Many of us touch on many of these along the way and, like patrons in a cafeteria, sometimes pick and choose the things that give or impute purpose and/or meaning. More often then not, we engage in this quest many times over the course of a lifetime. It is, in many ways and at many levels, very much a perennial aspect of our existence. Read this article! Breathwork as a Therapeutic Adjunct in Counseling Jim Morningstar, Ph.D. Over the past 25 years, there has been an explosion in the blending of ancient breathing techniques for health and awareness with contemporary therapeutic practices. The result has been the evolution of powerful and incisive healing and consciousness changing modalities. This has given birth to the field of breathwork which has promoted significant advances in medical and psychological domains. Read this article! Solitude and Sufficiency John Laughlin, Ph.D. I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls. Henry David Thoreau Max Picard, amid Nazi Germany, wrote in his The World of Silence, "Silence is a basic phenomenon, and when one stands before a basic phenomenon, one is confronted by the beginning of all things." Solitude is both the necessary prelude to and context for creativity. As the seed lies silently in the ground slowly germinating, so our thoughts and potentials remain in the depths of our minds and souls waiting to bear fruit. Solitude is often the soil they need to emerge into the light of consciousness. Read this article! The Journey of Don Antonio Arguello, Urban Shaman and Artist Claudine Jeanrenaud, Ph. D. Not a gallery but a cave. Not a picture of light and bravery, but the pulse of expectant life under the frozen veil that separates the worlds. Not a threat either but a certainty. The spirits are real, be they the Eternal Feminine, its perpetual companion Death, Brother Compassion, Grand ’Father Eagle, the gigantic princely Wild Mountain Man or last, but not least, the god of uncertainty and change, a dubiously smiling Mercurius. Read this article!