Adam Elenbaas's blog

You can visit a psychic shop in almost every big city and get told about your past lives: you were famous, you lost someone you loved. But the best past life regressions are like very sobering parables; they leave us with a feeling of freedom and of the multi-dimensionality of time and space. My first happened almost a year ago.

I was visiting a classroom of undergraduate Philosophy and Religion students talking about ayahuasca shamanism this past November. The question was posed to me, “Is ayahuasca a new religion?”

From an astrological point of view the entire 2012 movement can be seen as a warning from the creative unconsciousness of the human soul. The lesson or the goal of this astrologically based cultural movement (Mayan or otherwise) has always been the same: let's produce less fate and create more free will.

In my first year as an astrologer the most relentless question I've fielded in over 500 sessions has been "When will I meet my soul mate?" Astrology has always had a lot to say on the subject of love. The answers aren't always what people want to hear but they are almost always what people need to hear.

Join the Nightlight studio for an overnight Lucid Dreaming workshop, a talk by Armand Diaz on fate and free will, and our first Star Crossed Lovers Retreat!

This month Nightlight Astrology hosts the world famous Astrologer Erin Sullivan and also the band Psylab for a Full Moon Party with the Didge Project in NYC.

I went to see The Tree of Life for the first time with a group of spiritually minded friends. Half loved it, half hated it. The second time I went alone with my pen and paper.

This month at the Nightlight Astrology Studio join us for a great lecture series, including talks from Psychic Detective John J Oliver, Numerologist Julian Michaels, and PlanetWaves' Eric Frances.

As we enter the Age of Aquarius it's tempting to declare the tyrant King dead, the age of the Guru finished, and the dawn of the people upon us. It's at this critical moment that we must understand that every cosmic age is engaged in a healthy conversation with its archetypal opposite.

This May the Nightlight Astrology studio hosts a stellar series of donation based astrology lectures, with topics ranging from Egyptian Shamanism to Celtic Astrology, Solar Returns and Astrological Dream Tracking.

Growing up in the evangelical church and studying ayahuasca the past six years, I've seen how religious doctrines can turn into roadblocks in our relationship to God and each other. The new age movement is a young, innovative religious development on the planet, and we can avoid the trap of fundamentalism if we carefully study its implied doctrines.

In the style of progressive graphic novels like Maus by Art Spiegelman and the Testament series by Douglas Rushkoff, Varitan's new Illustrated Greek Myths is a visionary collection of old stories with hip new twists. (Book Reading, April 3, NYC).

In Greek mythology the way to invoke a bad fate is to show hubris. Modern hubris is nothing more than investing too much energy into unexplored assumptions. The more we get to know our assumptions the more that fate, and time and space itself, become malleable. The work of creation becomes cooperative.The word becomes flesh.

Reality Sandwich fan and "How I Met Your Mother" star, Josh Radnor, has written, directed, and starred in a new film about love and gratitude.

Since Neptune’s discovery in 1846 and the first major drilling of oil in 1848, we have become aware of the evolution of consciousness. As Neptune completes its first full transit cycle since 1846, oil is on the way out and the Internet is in full force. So what's next?

Join Nightlight Astrology in NYC on Dec 30th for an Astrology of 2011 Workshop and New Year's Party.

In 2010 I suffered from two intense 3-day fevers. One came at the Summer Solstice eclipse, during the time of the Cardinal Grand Cross, and the other just this past week at the Winter Solstice eclipse. Looking back at these events and their painful but ultimately beautiful effect on my life and the lives of my clients, friends and family, I feel well prepared for the Astrology of 2011.

Catch our 4th Annual Ayahuasca Monologues: Tales of the Spirit Vine at Webster Hall's Grand Ball Room, NYC. Featuring Daniel Pinchbeck, Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, Peter Gorman, and Adam Elenbaas. Tues, Nov. 30.

I'll be traveling through New Orleans, Traverse City, MI, Mt Pleasant, MI, Des Moines, IA, Cambridge and Minneapolis, MN for readings and discussions around my new book Fishers of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest.

I cupped my hands over my ears and saw myself curled into the fetal position, disoriented and trying to escape. But escape from what, exactly? Not the effects of the ayahuasca or the visions, but something deeper, something residing at my core: the malignant feeling of being insignificant and alone in a universe far too vast and viscious for me to make headway. 

Founded by RS writer Adam Elenbaas, the vision of Nightlight Astrology is to provide donation based astrology readings, counseling, and training courses to the public.

Join author Daniel Pinchbeck and me this Tuesday night, Aug 3rd at 7pm at Jivamukti Yoga Studio in NYC for a reading from my new book, "Fishers of Men," and a discussion about ayahuasca shamanism.

Having drunk in nearly 25 Ayahuasca ceremonies with four different shamans from three different countries on two different continents, I still do not feel capable of defining what makes an Ayahuasca ceremony "medicinal" or "authentic." [An RS Encore Presentation]

If you live in NYC and you believe that healthy food is the preventative medicine we've all been waiting for, then join OmWellness this Wednesday July 7th for an Eat and Greet at Reflections Yoga.

This July 4th weekend, join RS contributors Charles Eisenstein, Adam Elenbaas, Ken Jordan, and Jennifer Palmer on a journey into "The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Tell Us Is Possible" at the Waterfall House in upstate New York.