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Journey to Self by Margaret Dempsey

Margaret is an experienced speaker who gives talks by arrangement. She has spoken at The Theosophical Society
in London.

Journey to Self is a record of one woman's spiritual journey through elation and despair. It is a journey of spiritual transformation, a path that is as real today as it was in the days of the great mystics and saints..... This book addresses the spiritual energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine; it discusses it's purpose, and explores how to ensure that it rises naturally and safely, so that it rests in the heart, and opens it instead of remaining in the brain.

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... It's 1998, on a meditation retreat in Devon called 'Awakening the Heart'. Margaret is meditating when suddenly she feels a current of energy that seems to rise up deep from within the spine. It rises to the head and then falls. As a Buddhist for many years Margaret knows that there is nothing to be afraid of in the inner world. She connects fully with what is happening. The experience ends when she releases her feet from her meditation stool and surrenders to what she has called 'THE LIGHT'.

Journey to Self was a Book of the Month for Watkins, the world renown complementary bookshop in Central London. Watkins has a flourishing international mail order catalogue.

One Review of Journey to Self

"Over the last twenty years or so there has been a veritable explosion of books of books purporting to validate this or that spiritual awakening. At best most of this literature witnesses merely to the spiritual rootlessness endemic to our time; at worst it witnesses merely to the ego inflation of the author. Like much else that is written today, Margaret Dempsey's book is eclectic. What makes it different is the author's honesty and humility. Without any reliable teacher to guide her Margaret demonstrates an extraordinary knack for distinguishing teachings which challenge the ego from those which merely sooth it. This is a warts and all account of a woman's spiritual awakening, beginning with her earliest years, and charting a long and difficult search. No easy answers here - rather a challenge to the reader to address his or her own experience with the same radical honesty and commitment. Warmly recommended!"

January 2010: Review in UK new-age magazine
Paradigm Shift page 32 Spring edition.

"In this book Margaret Dempsey shares a frank and often brutally honest account of her own spiritual journey along with some essays she wrote about insights she gained along the way.

In the first part we follow her from her choice at 11 years old to go to a catholic boarding school to her first introduction to Buddhism, a trip to India; her first mild Kundalini experience which was followed by a much stronger and persistent experience during a meditation retreat; a second trip to India and finally to her training as a Kundalini yoga student and instructor based in Brighton.

In the second part Margaret shares what she feels are the most important things she has learned on her journey. Margaret Dempsey talks a lot about her challenges, doubts and confusion along the way, and stresses that you don't have to be special to follow a path to Enlightenment.

There is always some value in reading about other peoples' journeys, and a book like this will often answer questions you didn't know you had, or strengthen opinions that have already been formed. For me this book did both."

With help from the High Commission for India in London.

Journey to Self
is currently being translated into both Gujarati and Hindi. The publisher in New Delhi is Remadhav Art Pvt. Ltd.

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  • An experience that is broadly similar to Margaret 's is discussed by Vanessa Graham in her book, The Hidden Path, published by Oshadi Publishers. The Oshadi Meditation Centre, is at Saddlers Meadow, Henfield, West Sussex.
    Kevin Crawley is specifically mentioned as a major mentor influence in Vanessa Graham 's life.

  • Roman Catholic web site set up by a long standing friend of Jacyntha's.. Sister Hilary spent some years in Jersey in the Channel Islands and, as the CAFOD representative was very active in establishing Jersey as a Fair Trade Island.

    Ki Publishing is to publish the English translation of Ecrits de Louis-Marie Baudouin (1797-1812) , the letters of the founder of the religious order of the Ursulines of Jesus. The (slightly updated) French version and the Spanish translation are due to be published simultaneously.




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  • How many a man has dated a new era in his life
    from the reading of a book
    Henry David Thoreau
    (1817 - 1862) abolitionist, poet and philosopher

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    Ki Publishing Co-operative has produced
    The International Raw Food Restaurant Directory

    in collaboration with Emily Rutherford . This book covers raw food restaurants and the "green" lifestyle in 45 countries. Wild food foraging information, and some local foraging groups are also covered within the The International Raw Food Restaurant Directory whose launch was in the local Organic Pharmacy and is on their Facebook page: 11th August, 2011
    Our Introductory video is also featured on their blog

  • Pam Bennett , designer of The International Raw Food Restaurant Directory on her affinity with the raw food life-style

  • E-mail any amendments@rawfoodrestaurant.net for the next edition, or leave them on the on the raw food blog
  • The new UK Food Safety Rating Scheme for catering outlets
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  • Information for those interested in the raw food lifestyle in Scotland. The benefits, raw food classes etc ...
    Raw Food Scotland
    Regent Court, 70 West Regent Street, Glasgow
    0141 333 6514
    Monday to Saturday 8am - 8pm
    Tram: Buchanan Street, SPT Subway Station
    Emma from Raw Food Scotland is on Facebook

  • Wild Food Fest (West London) and Living off the land in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY


  • Pick-your-Own Information covering the US. Incorporates information on Unusual Fruits. There are also linked websites that cover Pick-your-Own Information in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the UK

  • The first Be Nice to Nettles Week seems to have been 2006. It was organized by the Natural History Museum in London
  • 23rd May began Be Nice to Nettles Week 2010 in the UK
  • Stinging Nettles also see "recommended" for those who suffer from tinnitus - see the in Jersey below
  • Nettle Beer Recipes.

  • Articles for possible discussion:
    How Gut Bacteria Evolved to Feast on Sushi by Jon Hamilton,
    NPR New York, 7th April, 2010. Story lists additional items for further reading
  • Did Cooking Give Humans An Evolutionary Edge?
    28th August 2009
    NPR (National Public Radio), New York, 26th May 2010
    Earlier interview with Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham. 30th May 2009


  • Reviews

  • 21st September 2011: Hub Pages
  • Vegan blog (in French) : September 2011: "Autres liens intéressants " ("Other interesting links")
    under the title "Guide pour les voyageurs"
    and many others ...
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  • Additional Sellers of the Directory



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    fax: 00 27 (0)11 788 4583
    Additional agencies are in
  • Australia
  • Botswana
  • Lithuania
  • And we seek more ...

    A Ki Publishing agency could well suit small or medium-sized shop-owners with a suitable outlet for unusual books, and an interest in the holistic life style. Ki Publishing agents could be based within the UK or abroad. No upfront payment or fee involved. Ask for details.


    Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace
    Buddha


    Ki Publishing aims to ensure diversity

    in the intellectual community by providing high quality publishing and online distribution services to authors of works that are challenging, controversial, or explore areas outside the mainstream.

    Sir Issac Newton, and later Einstein said he could only have made his breakthroughs because he "stood on the shoulders of giants". Not everyone has a huge intellect, but many who are passionate about their chosen subject know volumes about it, and, with a wider audience, this could fascinate others as well!

    At Ki Publishing we believe that well thought through, and painstakingly researched knowledge must not only be preserved for posterity, but be available to others at a reasonable cost - even when it is not immediately commercially viable!
    Ki Publishing is our our practical contribution to supporting this philosophy, and provide some of the building blocks for others to stand on!

    Ki Editor

    Karen Smith

    Karen has a penchant for all things literary and extraordinary! She read English at Goldsmiths, part of The University of London. This was followed by a Master's in Modern Poetry at the University of Kent.

    Following stints as a teacher; an administrator for the Poetry Society; a reviewer for a literary magazine and a publishing assistant in Brighton, Karen qualified as a librarian and now works in a London University Art Library.

    Previous Ki Editor Mary is an Art historian and sometime graphic artist, and author on architecture. She is a co-founder of Artyfacts, a London-based online arts magazine that she edits and contributes to, and she continues to organise her blog.

    Ki Design Consultant

    Pam Bennett
    Pam is a complementary therapist as well as being a freelance designer..

    Ki Marketing Consultant

    Gabriella Vecchio

    Gabriella graduated from the Universita’ Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, and speaks Italian, English, French and Dutch.

    She spent 5 years as TIA’s (Travel in America) manager of International Marketing for Europe, and was responsible for managing international marketing programs for the benefit of TIA members, in the United Kingdom and targeted markets in Europe. She represented TIA at several conferences and trade events throughout Europe.

    Before joining TIA, Gabriella spent 10 years as a commercial specialist for the US Commercial Service at the US Consulate in Milan, Italy, where she assumed responsibility for US travel and tourism promotion in Italy, organizing the USA Pavilion in large Italian tourism shows and working in close co-operation with the Visit USA Association of Italy.

    Gabriella Vecchio can be found on Twitter @Gabrovna

    Ki Management Consultant

    Simone Schwaer

    Simone graduated from the European Business School in Hamburg and speaks German, English, French and Spanish. She composed worldwide economic and political country reports for numerous years before she embarked on a consulting career in helping companies to start their business activities on an international scale, in particular establishing global alliances and promoting their activities in unknown territory.

    The "Nurturing Seeds" design (below) is from the Fair Trade batik cards range.
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    The Inspiration for Ki Publishing

    Jacyntha Crawley

    The seeds for Ki Publishing were sown when, through veritable explosion of books Jacyntha's.. met members of the Research Committee of the spiritual June was the Hon. Treasurer. Soon, Jacyntha's.. realized that members of this particular committee had tens of thousands of hours of enthusiastic and painstaking thought, knowledge and research between them.

    There are thousands of special interest groups within the UK alone as well as hundreds of individuals researching subjects that interest them. Ki Publishing was conceived to help some of the inspired people, beavering away because they enjoy doing so. Hopefully, some will also gain wider recognition for their work.

  • Jacyntha's.. is a member of the The Society of Authors and of NAWE, the National Association of Writers in Education.

    Ki Publishing is a member of the Co-operative Development Agency in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Jacyntha and Ian Moseley are members of the Tower Hamlets Co-operative Development Agency: Both have volunteered on the Management Committee. Additional they are involved with fair trade projects.



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