The Fabric of the Future

Provocative and enlightening essays about transforming our future by such visionaries as Shakti Gawain, Gloria Steinem, Angeles Arrien, Sylvia Boorstein, Joan Borysenko, Z Budapest, Flor Fernandez, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Luisah Teish, Rama Vernon, and Marianne Williamson. Where do we go from here, and in practical terms, what must we do to get there? When the contributors to this volume were asked this question, their responses were immediate and impassioned. Leading women thinkers— psychologists, writers, futurists, environmentalists, business consultants, activists, and artists— representing the broadest spectrum of religion, philosophy, spirituality, and ethnicity surveyed the cultural landscape and offer their collective insight into how we can navigate these turbulent times. The contributors to this anthology— including Joan Borysenko, Sylvia Boorstein, Z Budapest, Flor Fernandez, Shakti Gawain, Gloria Steinem, and Marianne Williamson— speak to what is breaking through and how we can harness its enormous potential. With foresight and intellectual courage that spring from these writings, we can begin to envision the future into being. Delivering messages that are consistently wise, urgent, and healing, the unabridged excerpts featured here include: “ Crossing the Threshold: Fear or Feelings” by Marion Woodman (Read by Louise Sorel) “ Sister, Can You Paradigm? Or, Whose Millennium Is It?” by Luisah Teish (Read by Jo Marie Payton) “ Awakening to Our Genius: The Heroine' s Journey” by Barbara Marx Hubbard (Read by Andrea Thompson) “ Messages for the Women of the Millennium” by Jamie Sams (Read by Gayle Madeline Randall) “ Transformation in the Millennium” by Angeles Arrien (Read by Melissa Manchester) “ Harmonizing with the Fates” by Z Budapest (Read by Judith Cummings) “ The Cracked Pot and the Millennium” by Sue Bender (Read by Mona Golabeck) “ The Birth of a New Dawn” by Flor Fernandez (Read by Lourdes Benedicto) “ The Age of the Spirit” by Woodeene Koenig-Bricker (Read by Alyssa Bresnahan) “ Beyond Duality: The Path of Tantra” by Margot Anand (Read by Susan Anspach) “ Rebuilding the Holy Temple: The Feminine Principle of Resurrection” by Joan Borysenko (Read by Kelly Piper) “ About Practice, Clear Seeing, and Keeping Faith” by Sylvia Boorstein (Read by Alyssa Bresnahan) “ Moving Toward the New Millennium” by Shakti Gawain (Read by Meredith MacRae) “ Manifesting the Vision” by Rama Vernon (Read by Tracy Brooks Swope) “ Spiritual Politics” by Marianne Williamson (Read by Denise Nicholas) “ Revving Up for the Next Twenty-five Years” by Gloria Steinem (Read by Louise Sorel)