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eople are being drawn to the little mountain town of Asheville, in western North Carolina, for myriad reasons -- decent retirement property value (hence our elders), hordes of talented artists, and the socially flexible and tolerant, hence more artsy types, hippies, new age aficionados and visionaries, a large gay/lesbian population, and a plethora of art galleries, unique restaurants, and an abundance creative genius. Learn more in our feature story, Asheville, City of Light

If you're into 2012 end-times prophecies, this is the place to be! The town of less than 70 thousand people, is continually presented in the media. CBS News did a special "Eye On America" here, calling us "America's 'new age' Mecca." US TODAY did a cover story on us an we made Rolling Stone magazine, as freak capital, and in spring 2010 President Obama stayed here for a vacation.

Asheville is a richly spiritual and metaphysical place, maybe because it's surrounded by mountains enjoying heavenly views, and angelic cloud forms, or it could be the huge amount of non-coherent quartz crystal in the ground (trillions of tons!)

It is claimed that this area has more geological vortexes than anywhere in America...or maybe, as legend says, it's the energy that the Atlantian and Lemurian scientists implanted here after their civilization fell into the sea! There are even rumors that the Cherokee (with their blue eyes) were Atlantians. Asheville's mountains (oldest in the world!) tower some 6,800 ft above sea level, the highest point on North America closest to the Atlantic ocean

Some 5,000 witches, along with Christianity's icon, Rev. Billy Graham, make this area their home. The overwhelming majority of folks in the Asheville area were not born here. In fact ,long term natives seem a rarity! Asheville boasts art galleries pregnant with some of the finest art in the country, as large as SoHo, NY and Santa Fe, NM. A budding art studio community has become the showcase of the trendy river district of West Asheville which also happens to attract the young, progressive vegan.

Name throwing? Ok, Spielberg bought a condo, and Andy McDowell lives here. And since Asheville is known to be scandalous, Tiger Woods has a place here. (Asheville's Thomas Wolf, was ostracized for his Look Howard Angel. After his death he became the town's namesake.)

Elizabeth Blackwell, America's first female medical doctor opened her first practice in Asheville, and Robert Moog lived in the woods and set up shop here creating the beginnings of electronic music as we know it today. An inte-ractive museum to his honor has been built in downtown Asheville.

Gordon Michael Scallion, futurist, and publisher of Earth Changes, sees this area as saved from destruction during the coming "end-times," and becoming the center of healing and spirituality for the new "Eastern United States" after the great cataclysmic divide. It is already happening! Author James Redfield also refers to this area in his NY Times bestseller, The Celestine Prophecy

Thousands of conscious people, holistic healers, "back-to-the-earthers," new paradigm thinkers, and other new age consciousness types have recently made Asheville their home. If you find yourself drawn here, feel free to share your experience. I trust you will enjoy and find value in this magazine, and and its reflection of Asheville, and my unusual view of existence, and that you will come back often.

Be sure and click on events, for hundreds of Asheville new age events (now including special national and international events) for the new paradigm spirit, and do make use of our forums and our exclusive Yahoo group and connect with other kindred spirits...

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Collapse of US Dollar   The New Age
Exploring Consciousness
UFO In Clouds? What Is This? Chemtrails Zeitgeist
Deepak Chopra    Bruce Lipton
Richard Hoagland The Quickening Earth Sounds

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City of Light

here is a speeding up, time seems to move faster here...and I can feel it," "I don't know why I'm here," "I felt magically or mystically drawn to this area." These are some comments new arrivals to a 25 mile radius of Asheville, North Carolina can be heard making. Countless spiritually oriented, new thought, cultural creative people are flocking to this small, southern mountain town. Why? Learn why CBS News' "Eye On America" called it a New Age Mecca, [read more>>]

Where does Income Tax go? Did you know that 90% of all personal taxable income is generated below the taxable income level of $35,000? Feature article by Devvy Kidd.
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A world-wide revolution now taking place

The human race has come to this precise point in its brief history: change, or perish. There is no middle ground. Noted author Robert Rabbin reflects on a way to achieve peace...
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Deepak Chopra
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Reality: the Last Frontier
What seems to distinguish humans from other animals is our capacity for self- awareness. We possess the ability to think about our thoughts, to reflect on what it means to reflect. A transpersonal psychologist's provocative essay. [READ MORE>>]

Asheville Magazine editor and publisher discusses paper pollution and human consciousness. [READ MORE>>]

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Asheville transpersonal psychotherapist, Paul Fleischer, shows the connection between reality, perceived reality and spirituality.
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Marijuana Conspiracy
In September of 1937, hemp became illegal. The most useful crop known became a drug and our planet has been suffering ever since. It's all about big business and money, [READ MORE>>]

....	American Boys & Aggression Why are American boys so aggressive compared to French boys? A survey done at McDonald's in Paris suggest why... [READ MORE>>]

I Love Getting Really Smashed With Twins!
Commentary by columnist Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle comparing using marijuana to drinking beer. [READ MORE>>]

Violence & Sex
Could the destruction of New York's Twin Towers
have anything to do with that 3 letter word? The world is well aware of sexual suppression in Islamic nations, but rarely sees it in their own backyard. This suppression comes in different forms, some covert and others overt. Interestingly, sexual suppression has little to do with sex itself. It has to do with fear. [READ MORE]>>

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Covert Kingdom
A southern Christian suggests that the new Christian fundamentalism is far from benign. Is Christian Reconstructionism, the America Jihad? [READ MORE>>]

Author Thom Hartmann re-examines, George W. Bush, King Charles the first. Is it all really about terrorists, or are we slowly cooking in the lobster pot? [READ MORE>>]


An opinion on two powerful drugs rampant in Asheville, NC ...and a chance for you to give us your opinion [READ MORE>>]

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and events making a difference in this area. Let us know of YOUR favorite... ANYTHING...or the worst place...and they may get our spotlight. [READ MORE>>]

A shaman-trained, Appalachian author discusses his formula of using animal DNA energy for the animal's energetic qualities. No killing or hurting is every done to a creature! [READ MORE>>]

Recovery of Soul in the
Wreckage called...Western Culture

The world is in physical chaos, precariously perched at the brink of its own destruction through potential nuclear and ecological tragedies, but today we are realizing that there is also something fundamentally wrong at home. Some people believe that Western culture has lost its soul. [READ MORE>>]

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Ground Zero: Asheville?
This really happened! From Mountain Xpress: Unannounced military training alarms city residents... Anti Terrorist training...in Asheville? You gotta be kidding! [READ MORE>>]

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Milk mysteriously drunk by Hindu statues all over India Mind-blowing! [READ MORE>>]

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Depression & Healing
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Asheville alternative psychiatrist, Ron Parks. MD, says depression can hinder physical healing. [READ MOR]>>]

Integrative Medicine
Holistic is in.. Dr. Weil's "Integrative" may miss the boat. Has he become too slick? [READ MORE..]

Sprouts: Good or Bad for You?
Raw Foodist Gabriel Cousens, MD challenges Andrew Weil, MD on the health benefits of sprouts [READ MORE..]

Water, Elixir or Poison?
Water is often a major topic in Asheville. Here's more to consider. Because of massive pollution, less than one percent of the earth's surface water is currently safe to drink. [READ MORE..]

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Asheville's Ecology
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Are there any car-free cities in the world? Our plain-talk and usable environmental column by the editors of E Magazine. Click here for past Earth Talk columns [READ MORE..]

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...the Bad Seed

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A Poison in Asheville's Water?
Scientists are now saying that fluoridation is causing teeth problems rather than protecting our teeth, and that fluoride (rat poison) is creating very serious health problems world-wide.
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The Enlightened Entrepreneur
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A Movie Review
I recently made a presentation at a conference on 2012. Since this was held at the day of the release of the movie 2012 (intentionally released at a Friday the thirteenth) I went to its first showing after midnight on the same date. As one might expect nothing was right in the movie 2012 and...
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A Movie Review
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Landmark films literally change the face of the art form itself and are rare indeed. The Great Train Robbery, the first big hit silent film; The Jazz Singer, the first talking film; The Wizard of Oz, the first huge family film; Jaws, the first summer blockbuster; Star Wars, the first science fiction epic of the new technology era; and now Avatar.
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Cinema bridges spirit and matter, a new trend in privately released films. Here's information on such a recently seen in Asheville, and now on DVD. [READ MORE]>>

Greater Asheville offers a cornucopia of talented artists and performers. If there some special music or musicians that we should know of in this area, or anywhere, write us, and have them a send a CD to: Asheville Magazine, PO Box 17397, Asheville, NC 28816.
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Book Review

Asheville's own Cafe Max & Rosie author and their first cook book (art by Rosie Brazell) and artwork by Max Bebee her former husband..A Blast from the Past!
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Ground Zero: Asheville? This really happened! From Mountain Xpress: Unannounced military training alarms city residents... Anti Terrorist training...in Asheville? You gotta be kidding! [READ MORE>>]

Ground Zero: Asheville?
This really happened! From Mountain Xpress: Unannounced military training alarms city residents... Anti Terrorist training...in Asheville? You gotta be kidding! [READ MORE>>]