Interviews

Anna Davidovich, the source of the "Unveiled Rite of Initiation", speaks with Mark O'Brien about initiation and how that presents itself within her work, the place of ritual, and the importance of...

The followiing is an interview conducted for the Here & Nowmagazine with Israeli-born enlightened teacher, Tyohar, in Byron Bay circa 1999. Tyohar does not fit the usual guru sterotype - he is young, handsome, funny, a techno DJ (which Israeli...

Question for Stuart Wilde: In your tape series "Loving Relationships" you explain how females have a natural spiritual balance. You also mention that when women figure that out and stop trying to compete with male energies, they will begin to know...

Brandon Bays: I had been in the alternative field for about 15 years and had been trained and thought I’d experienced just about everything. I was a vegetarian, living by the sea, breathing fresh sea air, and travelling with Tony Robbins, giving...

Who is......? Why would you want to know the truth of who you are? An interview with Avikal Costantino, facilitator of Satori retreats worldwide, and founder of the Integral Being Institute by Mark O'Brien. Satori is without doubt the most brilliant...

Alan Clements was the first American to pioneer the dharma from the Buddhist country of Burma, where he lived in a monastery during the 1970s and 80s, five years of which he spent as a monk. During this time he trained in Buddhist psychology and...

Michael Light was for years involved with the Byron Bay local community, and has seen himself as a medium through whom healing can happen. He's worked in the prison system, as a social worker on the streets, in schools where he teaches how to play...

Graeme Innis first discovered the powers of burial as a protester in the Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, when he was buried for 3 days. Being in the earth with the ancient trees of the Daintree (some trees there were 5000 years old!) with just his...

I was thinking about initiation and what that means in our society as it heads into another millenium, and thought I'd speak to some friends, get the low-down, and then put it all together in a coherent mix. Well, great idea! It soon became clear...

In 2002 Mira (who had recently changed her name to Ganga) came to the Byron area where she is known as the long-time devotee and wife of H.W.L. Poonjaji, also known as Papaji. We talked about meditation and satsang in an interview attended by 10 or...