This twelfth issue of Wisp (June–July) happily marks Wisp’s first anniversary.

Thank you for all the kind words of support, enthusiastic feedback, sharing with friends, all of which is keeping us motivated as ever to continue this labour of love.

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Next issues

You want to express yourself? We always welcome new content: if you are not superstitious, you can start sending your articles, poems and artworks right now for Wisp 13! (Details here)

What’s Inside?

The cover for this issue is the work of Aimee Stem, a photographer from Pennsylvania. You can discover more of her inspired art at her myspace.

Éric Lemoine shares some inspired thoughts on boxed concepts and out-of-the-box ideas in the Editorial, So Long As It’s Black • p.2-3

Kaite talks about the new buzz phrase, with a few comments from her blog friends in Blog Pulse: New Buzz Phrase, p.5.

Cover Artist Aimee Stem’s striking photographic art speaks for itself on pages 6 & 7

Mark Felder concludes his three part reportage of the intriguing expedition to the Mysterious Doorway of Amaru Muru (3/3)  p.8–11

Sabine vom Hoff puts her ‘buts in the basket’ in More on Presence p.13

bob strating turns to the sea for answers about balance, significance and constancy, and finds his place in the world (It Might Talk To Me p.13).  Richard Kendall explores a similar theme in The Mark of Zorro, and stresses the ‘importance of being’.  p.14-15

Join Sharon Mendenhall at the Intent Bar for a different kind of refreshment in her Pollyannaology, 12-Step Program p.15-17

Anet Paulina again finds value in a circuitous route from A to B in
The How and The Why p.18

The art of fun according to Jean Blenkhorn in Art is Everywhere p.17

In Bill Pate’s enchanting tale Through My Eyes, he shares his vision of Arthurian secrets p.20-21

Sabine vom Hoff connects ‘the playing’ and ‘the doing’ with current astrological trends in Mercury, Communication and Doing p.22-23

Explore this month’s Silver theme with Grey Morgan, Devonne Morgan (no relation!) and Sabine vom Hoff p.24-25
Then perhaps Julia Zay will inspire you to dance under the silver moonlight, as she shares her spiritual interpretation, illustrated with Grey Morgan’s stunning photography in Transcendental Dance p.27

Titillate your taste buds for blue with Karen Chaffe’s poetry in the
Whisper Zone; also with poetry and photography by Barbara Goulding, Sabine vom Hoff, Grey Morgan, Brigitte Geisler, Jill Coleman p.28-31,34-35

Bill Ingle questions ‘rational explanations’ both in lucid dreams and waking life in Reality Testers and Naysayers p.31

Go with Rachæl Caraballo for a joyful celebration in Beltane Lights with pictures by Grey Morgan p.32-33

Pearls From The Surf p.35 continue presenting some inspiring websites, while a voice from the past shares a few thoughts on the Webby awards in Comment is Free – A Dead Newspaperman’s Perspective by Bill Ingle • p.36

Not a voice from the past, but already thinking of her epitaph, Fran Wing enjoys the fun process of Making Do – The Silk Purse p.37

You’ll then find another entertaining exchange with Goofenoff, who cleverly disguises insightful gems with humour in the continuing series Robotman’s Energy Exchange – Session 3 by Rob Arteman p.38-39

Faro King uses Google Earth to facilitate unusual explorations in
An Incident of Time Travel p.40

Tamara explores the fragments and the whole in her poem The Un-Fractured Mosaic p.41

Jean-Baptiste Duret returns with a new Tile of the Month, with the Stem Cell. Find out more p.42.

Reginald Martin tells us more about “biocentrism” in An Emerging Science Holds The Promise Of Understanding and Explaining Our Place In The Universe p. 43

The Mag/e-zine

If you would like a nice glossy hardcopy of Wisp for your archives or to share with friends and family, it can be ordered at a modest price (9 USD plus shipping, which is almost the production cost) though the MagCloud service.

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You’ll also now be able to find Wisp book compilations of 2008 issues  listed on Amazon.com.