Kim Falconer

Hara: Author Kim Falconer on Iaido and The Way Of The Peaceful Warrior — The Art of the Samurai It's not every day that you get to meet a fantasy fiction author skilled in the ancient art of the Samurai sword, who takes the energy of hara and transposes it beautifully into her writing as the force of “magic” that ebbs through her literary creations. Marcus talks to Kim Falconer, Iaido practitioner and author of The Spell of Rosette to dig deep into this titillating fusion of Japanese swordsmanship, speculative fiction, and the energetic system that lies at the very heart of Reiki and all traditional Japanese art forms. Story by Marcus / Lake Forest, California / March 27 2009 Read the full interview . . . THE SACRED TATTOO For all its recent popularity, a tattoo is more than an adornment or a fashion statement. The entire process—the idea, designing, placement and receiving—is like an initiation. Something is evoked. When approached with clear intention and reverence, one can’t help but be transformed. Voyager Online Guest Blog

Specusphere Interview Kim Falconerby Astrid Cooper. I was interested to read the blurb to The Spell of Rosette in which it describes Rosette as being a child of two worlds: ‘Gaela’, steeped in magic and an Earth choked with failing technology and that the key to their survival is in a spell Rosette carries in her blood. Do you think that people have become disenchanted with science/technology, that the answer may lie in the best of both worlds—technology and ‘magic’ (whether that is a person’s magic or earth magic—again the Gaeia philosophy)? Read more . . .

Vertex Astrology by Kim Falconer The vertex is a theoretical point in the heavens where the ecliptic--the apparent orbit of the Sun around the earth-- crosses the prime vertical-the plane that runs at right angles to the meridian and divides the celestial sphere from front to back. Already, it sounds fishy. A theoretical point? But what does it mean? The word vertex comes from the Latin root word vertere, meaning to change, to turn, turn frequently or spin. Read more . . .

Kim's Eros into Sagittarius

This page covers current transits of Eros. Next month watch for Eros into Capricorn AND the Law of Attraction audio/visual--creating the relationships of your dreams, and making them real! Eros ingress can help us focus on the best ways and means to achieve results. Dec 5, 2008 to January 19, 2009 Read more . . .