Welcome. This website is about  items in the headings at the top of this page. The psychological ones emphasize Gestalt Therapy, Depth psychology, existential perspectives, and Asian transpersonal/spiritual psychologies. It includes links to works that my wife, Kooch N. Daniels, and i have co-written on meditation, the chakras, and her esoteric interests.

These days i am most interested in the connections among politics, economics, and ecology, especially since my own country, the United States, is caught in a struggle between the wishes of most of the people and an an ongoing attempt at an authoritarian right wing takeover. I see the present great need as not just stopping what’s happening that’s wrong, but as thinking through a desirable next stage in the evolution of culture–both in the U.S. and around the world. 

Our consciousness and culture are intertwined in countless ways. The rules, habits, and stories of the culture around us structure our consciousness and behavior. We might not even know that’s happening, like a fish that has no idea what “water” is because it’s never known anything else. That’s what gaslighting is all about–an attempt to make us think that right is wrong and wrong is right.

One side of an ancient debate hold that if we want to improve society, we have to start with our own minds. Another says we have to start by changing the social conditions that affect our lives. Systems analysts say we have to do both–that all our thoughts and actions are individual events that are also parts of a complex yet unitary whole, with feedback loops that can change everything even before we have any clue about what’s happening. That’s the outook here.

CLICK ON ANY:   Ethics  /  Nature’s Web  /  Women and Men

BOOK AND 42-CARD DECK OF VEDIC AND WESTERN ASTROLOGY 

AMAZING ILLUSTRATIONS BY  WORLD-CLASS ARTIST PIETER WELTEVREDE IN WHICH EACH CARD IS A SYMBOLIC STORY.

Grounded in the Sanatan traditions and modern psychological knowledge–especially Jungian,  Gestalt, and Humanistic-Existential perspectives.

Get the Zodiac Light Oracle book and deck at your local independent bookstore. Or from one of Barnes and Noble’s earth plane stores. Or order it from any of these online links (click to see):

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Inner Traditions
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RELATED: Links to the full websites for four of the books that Kooch N. Daniels and I have written together. Or you can click on their cover images in the book carousel at the bottom of the page, which takes you to their page at Amazon.

SACRED MYSTERIES: The Chakra Oracle. Beautiful cards and a deeply insightful book on the chakras that’s keyed to the cards. See the video flipthrough of the deck!  (Schiffer)
 MATRIX MEDITATIONS. A step-by-step guide to the four principal meditative forms, and a matrix analogous to that of the I. Ching for contemplative meditations about your life and concerns. Includes a coin oracle. (Destiny/Inner Traditions) 
AWAKENING THE CHAKRAS: The Seven Energy Centers in Your Daily Life. The definitive guide to understanding and realizing the potential of chakra energies in yourself and others (Destiny/Inner Traditions)
TAROT AT A CROSSROADS: The Unexpected Meeting of Tarot and Psychology. A seminal resource for counselors and psychotherapists who wish to use visual imagery in their work with clients, and for tarot readers who wish to develop greater psychological depth in their readings. (Schiffer)

AND DON’T MISS KOOCH’S LATE 2025 RELEASE, STARS, CARDS, AND STONES. For anyone into divination or study with Astrology, Tarot, or Runestones who would like to know the connections among these three systems. (Schiffer)