TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fall 2025 — What’s Inside
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT We Are the Field: Shaping Collective Coherence ................................................................................9 By Ruslana Remennikova
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CULTIVATING COMPASSION Literature, Tattoos and Resistance .....................................................................................................11 By Laura Wright; edited by Cam MacQueen What We Can Learn From Literary Giant, Toni Morrison: When An Award-Winning Writer of Fiction Takes On Fascism ..................................................................................................................36 By Cam MacQueen ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS Fall 2025: The Past Impacts Your Future .........................................................................................13 By Misty Kuceris TO YOUR HEALTH Get Connected with Grounding .........................................................................................................18 By Annie Larson GREEN NEWS & VIEWS Returning to the Orchard: A Regenerative Story of Life, Death and Renewal ................................21 By Michael Judd ON THE PATH Reclaiming Radiance: How Women Over 45 Can Reset, Realign, and Recreate Their Soul-Led Life .....27 By Carla Salteris BUILDING COMMUNITY Energy Healing for the Land and the People In Washington DC .....................................................31 By Rory Duff ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: Climate Catastrophes as Teachable Moments ...............................38 By Paul Rogat Loeb GREEN NEWS & VIEWS Planting a Nutty Future: How SilvoCulture Is Cultivating Resilience in the Mid-Atlantic .............60 By Taylor Logsdon WASHINGTON GARDENER Mulching Tips ....................................................................................................................................62 By Kathy Jentz HERB CORNER Aromatherapy Healing Wand for Calm and Well-Being ..................................................................64 By Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman
According to the Five Element system, Autumn belongs to the Metal element. Metal is associated with grief and letting go, and the immune and elimination systems. For balance, holistic health practitioners adopt an East meets West approach to care. Page 24
Understanding auras can foster a deeper connection with the spiritual world, revealing hidden insights about ourselves and others. Learn how to interpret and embrace your aura and energy. Page 66
ON THE COVER: RITUAL, by Xenia Gray. Artist profile, page 77.
MORE RESOURCES FOR CREATIVE LIVING
• Power of Poetry: Here and Now (and After), by Scott Thomas Outlar - pg 23 • Raising Stars: How Your Child’s Birth Chart Can Guide Their School Year, by K. Lynn Trice - pg 68 • Rising from the Root: Finding Source in Resourcefulness, by Carol Burbank - pg 70 • Mind-Mouth-Body Connection: Can Tooth Loss Affect Your Memory?, by Sammy Noumbissi, DDS, MS - pg 73 • Sound: The Rosetta Stone of the Body, by Jill Mattson, pg 74 • Aligning With the Seasons, by Jazmine Jenné Williams - pg 75 • Pathways Fall Natural Living Expo
PATHWAYS MAGAZINE • CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN PRINT! A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PATHWAYS TEAM Plus An Invitation To The Fall 2025 Natural Living Expo
In true Pathways hivemindedness, the concepts of collective consciousness, community building and resilience are recurring threads woven throughout this issue. There is a hunger for forging connec- tions, finding energy healing, and getting grounded so we can strengthen ourselves and others while we continue to navigate these tumultuous times. Use the resources gathered here to find what you might need for yourself and to find your people for this season and going forward. For our part, we will be gathering our people in community at the Fall Natural Living Expo in Mc - Lean, VA, and hope you’ll join us! We welcome everyone for this vibrant full day of learning, shopping and connecting, and have more new features planned as we continue to celebrate our magazine’s 50th year. We want to see you there for the last show of the year, and to usher in Fall with our full harvest for mind, body and spirit!
Preliminary Program - pg 40 • Fall Events Calendar - pg 53 • Advertiser Index - pg 78
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