A Seminal Work of Visionary Hope, Updated for the 21st Century In this era of government gridlock, economic and ecological devastation, and seemingly intractable global violence, our future is ever more ripe for -- and in need of -- fresh, creative reimagining. With her clear-eyed, inspiring, and sweeping vision of a possible global renaissance in the new millennium, Barbara Marx Hubbard shows us that our current crises are not the precursors of an apocalypse but the natural birth pains of an awakened, universal humanity. This is our finest hour. Conscious Evolution highlights the tremendous potential of newfound scientific knowledge, technological advances, and compassionate spirituality and illustrates the opportunities that each of us has to fully participate in this exciting stage of human history. As we do, we will bring forth all that is within us and not only save ourselves, but evolve our world.

The revelation of unity and a renaissance of caring and sharing is quietly transforming our world The first two sections of the book put this sacred shift in perspective. Section three shares secrets about protecting the potential of our children and posterity. Section four reveals simple, economic ways to bring prosperity and peace down to Earth. Contributors to this anthology include Barbara Marx Hubbard, Steve Bhaerman, AKA Swami Beyondanada, Diana Cooper, Patricia Cota-Robles, and assorted experts in various fields. This book was compiled for anyone who ever wondered how God could possible turn what we have today into the prophesied Golden Age. It reveals exactly how we're going to get from here to there -- co-creating our future with family, community, and God

Seven Scarlet Doors is the third installment of a futuristic trilogy in which humans are living in a dystopian world. Capitalism has failed, a great cataclysm has occurred, and an "End Times" of our own making has left our planet in chaos. In the first book in the series, Dying to Learn, an Avatar named OroCritshna comes to Earth to teach and to guide the resurrection of the human race. But because our planet is shrouded in superstition, ignorance, and darkness, OroCritshna finds few students who understand his messages of Truth, Love and Light. Only one Initiate - Vadusfadam - attains enlightenment. In Reborn to Live: Second Book of the Initiate, Monk Vadusfadam assumes the duty left to him by Master OroCritshna: To awaken human beings to their divine origin and help them spiritually ascend. However, time is of the essence. Vadusfadam must quickly gather a new crop of Initiates to defend Earth against the Forces of Darkness. These new Initiates must learn the rules of the "Game of Life," free themselves from illusion, and reach enlightenment ... before it's too late In Seven Scarlet Doors: Third Book of the Initiate, Monk Vadusfadam leads a small army of Initiates in a battle against the Forces of Darkness. During this spiritual quest, the Initiates must survive dangerous tests and solve metaphysical riddles that will unlock the Seven Scarlet Doors, which represent the stages of enlightenment. The reader is invited to follow the clues and participate in this interactive journey, as Vadusfadam and his graduating class of Initiates steadfastly progress along the path to wisdom and eventually emancipate the entire human race. By the end of the story, the enlightened Initiates are "New Humans" ready to seed the "New Era." The Initiate series includes three futuristic novellas written by Oberto "Falco" Airaudi, founder and spiritual guide of The Federation of Damanhur in Italy. Originally, Falco wrote the Initiate trilogy for students at the Damanhur Mystery School and to honor Damanhur's Temples to Humanity, which are often called the "Eighth Wonder of the World." Now, Falco's texts have been translated into English and are being offered to the public at large. The other books in the trilogy are entitled Dying to Learn: First Book of the Initiate and Reborn to Live: Second Book of the Initiate. The series also includes a free e-book entitled Road to the Central Fires: Prequel to Seven Scarlet Doors, which can be downloaded at The Oracle Institute website (www.TheOracleInstitute.org).

What are the best tactics to take to head off global environmental disaster? Is industrial society in decline, and if so, how should we manage its dismantling? How can humanity better integrate itself into the continuum of evolving technologies that surround us? Three of the most influential feminist philosophers of the 1970s met over two weekends in 1977 and 1978 to discuss the challenges facing society in the late 20th century... and their revelatory, inspiring conversation, reproduced here for the first time, is startlingly fresh and relevant for us today, as we rise to meet the challenges of the new millennium. With an uplifting spiritual perspective on the human experience and a uniquely feminine approach to interacting with the universe, Hazel Henderson, Jean Houston, and Barbara Marx Hubbard-with an able assist from editor Barbara DeLaney-here offer a magnificently feminist, grandly humanist, rousingly hopeful approach to the myriad challenges facing planet Earth and her people today. The Power of Yin is more than a brilliant conversation. It is an invitation to women and men everywhere to express their own genius and empower their highest values and goals, to seek out others who attract them in this quest for personal development, to form ever deeper friendships, and to join together in spirit and in action to help evolve the human community on planet Earth. HAZEL HENDERSON is a world-renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, and consultant on sustainable development. JEAN HOUSTON is advisor to UNICEF in human and cultural development, and a principal founder of the Human Potential Movement. BARBARA MARX HUBBARD is president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution and a cofounder of Washington D.C.'s Committee for the Future.