Glad to see people starting to take Uranus seriously, it's been the butt of far too many jokes.

The Storms Of Uranus: Prelude To Revolution

by Salvador Russo

There is a great sign in Heaven shown through the sudden and extreme storms which are now raging on the planet Uranus. Scientists are baffled and this morning Spirit guides me to explore this subject with you. What does this extraordinary cosmic phenomenon mean for us in practical terms? Why should we think of the storms which rage on Uranus?

Consider that time is a natural context. These storms, the strongest in the last decade, have manifested during the active Uranus retrograde, a period which will end on December 22nd just as the Sun enters Capricorn and just prior to Saturn entering Sagittarius on the 23rd of December.

Here is the horoscope of the upcoming Uranus prograde:

Source: www.preventdisease.com | Original Post Date: August 7, 2014 –

Being afraid of the unknown is not a new concept. From birth to death we’ve been trained to fear everything for a very long time. The dangers of modern life have a stranglehold on people’s imaginations. Sociologists call the phenomenon a risk society, describing cultures increasingly preoccupied with threats to safety, both real and perceived, but most definitely imagined. Most institutions today, whether they be academic, medical, religious, government and all others, would not exist in the way, shape or form they do today if it were not for the element of fear. The Earth you see before you today and the Earth of the future will be at a distinct contrast when it comes to how afraid we are of the unknown. Many of you see it coming already.

It’s why wars exist. It’s why modern medicine exists. It’s why politics exists. It’s why laws exist...

Maia Szalavitz, Substance
Waking Times

Editor’s Note: This article was originally featured at Substance.com and reprinted here with permission.

Last week’s midterm elections prove that support for legalizing weed continues to grow. But progress has been rolled back before—it’s important to remember how we got here if we’re to keep moving forward.

When I first started writing about drugs in the mid-’80s—before I got into recovery in 1988—it was almost impossible to imagine an America where four states and DC have legalized recreational marijuana use, 58% of Florida midterm voters just cast their ballots in favor of legalizing medical use (the measure needed 60% to pass), and California passed a ballot initiative to lower drug and other nonviolent crime sentences. (Nineteen other states have legalized medical marijuana.)

by Era Denmark, Contributor

“The essential thing is the life of the individual. This alone makes history, here alone do the great transformations take place, and the whole future, the whole history of the world, ultimately springs as a gigantic summation from this hidden source in individuals.”
― C.G. Jung

 “To treat everyone equally is offensive, because it fails to recognize anyone as an individual.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book Has No Title

Enemy # 1

In 52 BC the Empire, clothed temporarily in Roman robes, launched a campaign to desolate what they perceived to be the greatest threat to their dominance.

For the next two thousand years, an insidious spirit of cunning and assimilation targeted the cultures of the European continent and the isles of the Celts. Interspersed with periods of overt brutality, their campaign steadily eradicated the rich and dangerous (to the Empire) traditions of the people. Organic human culture and thought were replaced with the draconian, inverted culture of the Empire.

Photo credit: Public radio WVTF

George Washington National Forest is a mecca for hikers, fishers and bird watchers.

Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch
Waking Times

Despite strong opposition from both elected officials in the affected areas and environmental groups, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has approved fracking in George Washington Forest. Objections to the plan came from members of Congress from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Washington D.C. city council, which passed a resolution opposing it in March. McAuliffe reiterated his opposition before a meeting of the state’s Climate Change and Resilience Commission in September.