A Universe to Come
Tulku
CD, $15.66

The expansion of technology is bringing musical traditions from across the globe into our popular culture. Tulku, a musical ensemble produced by world music pioneer Jim Wilson, reveals these global voices and rhythms in its latest venture, A Universe to Come. The word "tulku" means "the emergence of an old soul into a new body." And the group Tulku, as befits its name, is an evolving ensemble of voices. Featuring Mayan, Persian, Aborigi-nal, and Native American voices among others, this new CD features incorporates these voices with trance-like electronic and native music

In the cut I Am, Bernard Pomerance narrates a text fragment from the Gnostic Gospels. The music, a rich blend of techno and traditional voice, moves the words to a climax as Pomerance narrates, "My offspring are my own birth, the source of my power. What happens to me is their wish."

A Universe to Come also includes the video Ayahuasca Healing, featuring remarkable footage of Peruvian shaman Benjamin Mahua and the voices of ayahuasca chants. Both haunting and energetic, A Universe to Come is a great addition to a global music collection.

--Randall Friesen

Temple of Understanding
www.templeofunderstanding.org

The Temple of Understanding, which has rightfully been called a "Spiritual United Nations," was founded in 1960 by Judith Hollister, a New York housewife and socialite, to promote greater understanding and dialogue among the world's religions.
This informative site traces her ambitious plans and her first meeting with Eleanor Roosevelt, whose strong support for the Washington D.C. Temple provided her with valuable contacts. Other supporters were soon to follow, among them Dr. Albert Schweitzer, President Nehru, and Pope John XXIII.

Over the past four decades the Temple has hosted some of the world's most important religious conferences. Judith Hollister's vision is a shining example of what one person (she conceived the idea over lunch with a woman friend!) can do to bring a great idea into being. It would seem to be a vision with particular relevance in these troubling times. Various links on the site provide related books and videos, interfaith activities, and news events.

-Cliff Johnson

Discover Your Genius: How to Think like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds Michael J. Gelb
Hardcover, $26.95

The mind has unlimited potential. Geniuses are no different from the rest of us-they simply use their potential more fully or effectively. This is not a new idea but Gelb's elaboration of it, complete with analyses of the way ten well-known exemplars have developed their own mind power, makes the idea real and riveting. Each of the ten exemplars discussed in Discover Your Genius represents a different genius characteristic, such as love of wisdom, imagination, balance, optimism, emotional intelligence, and courage. Outstanding figures who illustrate these traits include Copernicus, Darwin, Plato, Queen Elizabeth I, Gandhi, and others, all of whom are briefly profiled in a way that highlights the key principle at work in each genius's life. The book then teaches readers how to develop in themselves these characteristics, using self-assessment tests and specific exercises designed to cultivate the traits highlighted, along with the passion, focus, and strategy that Gelb considers critical to genius power. Studying this impressive array of humanity's breakthrough thinkers-and applying the attributes they model-makes an exciting adventure in the science of mind.

Kathy Juline

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