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Meditations on the Soul’s Ascent: A Mystic’s Journal Entry June 2, 2005 Thursday, June 2 11 p.m. We are still reading The Book of Mystical Chapters (trans. John A. McGuckin, Shambhala, 2003) in meditation class. This week I only had one strong whiff of heavenly perfume, before class began. Only Pam ...

Songs: A Composer’s Journal Entries May 4 - May 29, 2005 Wednesday May 4 11 p.m. Dave, the physicist, is visiting again for a week - perhaps he will give me another tour of Cornell’s cyclotron. He’s staying in the computer room, which means I need to get all my computer work done before 11 p.m. Spen...

The Light of the Soul: A Mystic’s Journal Entry May 12, 2005 Thursday, May 12 We are still studying the writings of the Desert Fathers in meditation class ( The Book of Mystical Chapters , John A. McGuckin, Shambhala,2003). During meditation I opened my eyes & saw each meditator surrounded by br...

A Composer’s Journal: Entries April 28 - May 2, 2005 Thursday, April 28 A message from Rea: she has given musicians the two CDs, including several professional groups in New York City. She asked if I had followed up & I wrote back that I had lost all the information. Someone from Cornell called ...

Review of “Early Songs”: A Composer’s Journal Entries April 24 & 25, 2005 A Composer’s Journal Entries April 24 &25, 2005 Sunday, April 24 Windgarth 5 p.m. Windgarth. M. & I cleaned up the downstairs today - Deb came by for an hour & helped us move furniture back. Cold, wintry outsid...

Christ is the Lamp: A Mystic’s Journal: Entries April 10-April 20, 2005 by author Laurie Conrad. Sunday, April 10 1 a.m. A message from one of the meditators. A few nights ago the whole family sat down for a short meditation, and they all had a whiff of roses. None of the other family members come t...

The Pope and England: A Mystic’s Journal Entry April 4, 2005 Monday, April 4 9 p.m. A small chill ran through me when I heard that Prince Charles had agreed to postpone his Royal Wedding to Camilla until Saturday. Apparently P.M. Tony Blair & the Archbishop of Canterbury put some pressure on him...

A Composer’s Journal, April 5-14, 2005 Wednesday, April 5 Went to the store and bought a “mailbox” for Fairy Hollow, wooden, with a little door & latch. Wrote “Mailbox” over the little door in small wooden letters, glued on. Hung it from the old climbing rose. Answered the children’s notes, said...

I assume the quote you give was written by the Sage Paul Brunton?

Fairies in Winter: A Composer’s Journal: Entries April 1- 5, 2005 Friday, April 1 Worked in the garden for hours again today, raking leaves. The head cold is completely gone, but the other illness remains. Have not written a note of music. Dinner with Bob. We discussed grants & other strategies....

To hear tracks of Conrad's CDs go to http://www.cdbaby.com To listen to more tracks (and download) go to http://www.artistopia.com and just type in Laurie Conrad. Enjoy!

Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005: A Mystic’s Journal Entry April 2, 2005 Saturday April 2 1 p.m. The news of the Pope, Our Holiness Jean Paul II., continues to worsen. It began to rain here during the night, after many days of sunshine & warm weather. As I watched CNN throughout the night, rain play...

The Desert Fathers: A Mystic’s Journal: Entries March 31- April 1, 2005 Thursday, March 31 More fragrances last night during meditation & class. All but one of us was aware of them. As usual, the meditators brought the scents of incense & roses in with them as they entered - although they th...

A new book written by Laurie Conrad is scheduled to be published in 2012: WE MEET in DREAMS - A New Interpretation of Dreams. In this book, Conrad presents the idea that some of our dreams are actual visits to other realms - and how to tell an ordinary dream from one of these special "dreams&qu...

The playing of harpist Myra Kovary and flautist Laura Campbell on the new CD "Visions for Flute and Harp" written by Laurie Conrad is superb. The music is well-adapted to the two instruments and captures visual images of nine scenes familiar to the Ithaca area. It is soothing and healing t...