Free & Upcoming Lectures at Gateways Bookstore

Thursday, October 5 at 7 p.m.

with Erik Davis (Chronical Books)

"Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritual Landscape "

Come hear author Erik Davis discuss the book The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritual Landscape (Chronicle Books), with photographs by Michael Rauner. Davis will read from his entertaining and revelatory study of California’s unique and colorful spiritual culture, what he calls “California consciousness.” He will also show a sampling of Rauner’s stunning photographs of the Golden State’s sacred sites and religious architecture.

Friday October 6 at 7 p.m.

with Alexandra Leclere (Inner Traditions, Bear & Company)

"Seeing the Dead, Talking with Spirits"

Alexandra Leclere, internationally renowned clairvoyant energy healer will show you how to open yourself up to the Spirit World to make your life better. Alexandra Leclere has broken through the wall to the spirit world dimension and is able to easily live in that fuller dimension. She can help you reconnect with your intrinsic joy and break through, too. Be ready for anything as everything is possible. You will also have the opportunity to contact spirits during this workshop. www.seeingthedead.com

Monday October 9 at 7 p.m.

with James Jarvis & Leigh Wunce

Astrology Night: Embracing Shadow

With the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars in Scorpio this month we have an opportunity to embrace the shadow or unconscious aspects of our nature. Join James Jarvis, master astrologer & Leigh Wunce, medical intuitive for an informative and enlightening event covering this month's planetary changes and astrological perspectives on integrating the shadow. Learn more at www.lifeqwest.com and www.yourbodywisdom

Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.

with James Fadiman

“The Other Side of Haight.”

A 60’s novel that takes you to Santa Cruz, San Francisco and points between. A tale of love, drugs, enlightenment, government madness and the visions that almost changed the world. See why Kesey, Ram Dass, and Coleman Barks got behind it. Come as your best 60’s self. Not only a reading but a party!!! James Fadiman, Ph.D. worked with Ram Dass, did legal research on psychedelic therapy, helped found Transpersonal Psychology, and is a teacher, workshop leader and consultant world-wide. “In the 60’s, Santa Cruz and the Haight were like no other places on earth. This book is my thank you to everyone who was there, who wished they were there and all those still hell-bent on making this planet a better place to live.”

Thursday, October 12 at 7 p.m.

with Brenda Anderson

Playing the Quantum Field

Instead of working harder to achieve your goals, learn how to tap into the quantum field, so that the answers find you. Your thoughts are the beacons that attract the life you create, and ten specific choices influence the outcome. Brenda Anderson, author of the practical and provocative Playing the Quantum Field: How Changing Your Choices Can Change Your Life, shares a new way of living inside out, so you can become a quantum citizen and create whatever you desire. If you liked the concepts in What the Bleep, you’ll love Brenda’s method for instantly harnessing the potential of the field at work and at home. You have far more power available to you than you realize.

Monday, October 16 at 7 p.m.

The Mystic Jamms Band

Our monthly kirtan/ bhajans night of sacred song

Music is the universal language that speaks directly to the heart, bringing peace & joy to everyone it touches. That peace and joy creates a place where healing can occur naturally... Come join The Mystic Jamms Band for a new monthly kirtan/bhajans night of sacred song. Learn more at www.karmatalk.com/JAMMS_concerts.htm

Wednesday, October 18 at 7 p.m.

with Eric Schneider & Elaine Kreston

Rumi Cello

Eric Schneider heartfully, joyously spouts the sacred poems of the mystics Rumi and Hafiz, kindling the silent flame of awakeness in every heart. Eric has memorized over a hundred of these sacred poems that spring to life through his beautiful spirit, voice and warm presence. Eric is a founding member of the Santa Cruz improv troupe "Loose Cannon Theater" and co-editor of "My Secret Is Silence", a collection of poems and sayings of his teacher Adyashanti. Elaine Kreston is an inspired concert cellist who performs classical and improvisational cello. Making her home in the Bay Area, Elaine performs locally as well as in New York City and beyond. In addition to collaborations with Eric, she is a founding member of the classical Maybeck Trio, and of the meditative-soundscape duo, TranslucenT. She has also played at the events of Adyashanti, Krishna Das, and Inner Directions. As a recording artist, she adds her mellow tones to the albums of singer-songwriters, movie scores, and has also released a cd with TranslucenT.

Thursday, October 19 at 7 p.m.

with Deborah Craydon

"Floral Acupuncture"

Applying the Flower Essences of Dr. Bach to Acupuncture Sites Power point slide presentation illustrating how to apply flower essences to acupuncture points, specific treatments from the book & how flower essences - which are vibrational imprints of flowers in water - create harmonic resonance for the body when applied to acupuncture points of the same frequency. Floral Acupuncture is a new system of applying flower essences in the place of needles to acupuncture sites. Developed by Certified Flower Essence Practitioner Deborah Craydon & Five Element Acupuncturist Warren Bellows, this original research is a topical technique that is uniquely applicable to the present time-these treatments address the mind of the cells- and help the body to simply DO new things.

Wednesday, October 25 at 7 p.m.

with Jeffrey Armstrong

"Vedic Astrology Deck"

Understanding Karma & Reincarnation, Cause & Effect: A Discourse with Master Astrologer Understand who you are and how things manifest in your life through the principles of AyurVeda and Vedic Astrology Jeffrey Armstrong has been a practicing Vedic Astrologer for 35 years, and coined the term AyurVedic Astrology, drawing links between the astrological chart and the Ayurvedic Body type. He is a master astrologer with an encyclopaedic mind, and has done thousands of charts. He was featured recently on FOX TV for his incredible accuracy, and his clients include people from all walks of life. With a teaching style that is engaging and humorous, he delivers complex information with clarity and profound insight. Jeffrey has degrees in History & Comparative Religion, Psychology and Literature and has been an initiate of Yoga, Tantra and Mantra practices for the last 35 years. He is an award winning author of "God (Goddess) the Astrologer Soul Karma & Reincarnation How We Continually Create Our Own Destiny".

Friday, October 27 at 7 p.m.

with Jeff Hoke (Red Wheel Weiser Publishers)

"The Museum of Lost Wonder"

Wander through the pages of The Museum of Lost wonder with author Jeff Hoke and discover new ways of seeing yourself, your place in the world, and the world itself. Jeff will take you on a mind-expanding romp into the worlds of physics, science, art, alchemy, and metaphysics through a presentation using unique, modern graphics and intriguing historical data. A reading on the myth of creation will be followed by a Q+A session and lastly a signing. Hoke has built a museum in a book where you play the part of curator, scientist, and firt-time visitor as you ponder life's biggest questions: Who am I? What is reality? Where do I fit in the world?

About Gateways

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Gateways Books, Gifts and Music is a nonprofit store founded in 1978 dedicated to providing support for people on the path of mindful living. We are devoted to creating a better world that fosters both inner and outer peace and in which the interconnectedness of all things is a primary value. Profits from Gateways support the philanthropic activities of the Hanuman Fellowship, a nonprofit corporation inspired by teachings of Baba Hari Dass, a master teacher of yoga philosophy and practice. In addition to Gateways, the fellowship sponsors a number of projects, including Sri Ram Ashram, an orphanage for 50 destitute and orphaned children, a school for 300 children and a medical clinic in Haridwar, India.