"Community" Collections End of Year Sale!

Well, the end of 2024 is almost here ... and here we still are as well. :) Kudos to us all, since thriving in such transitionary times is no small feat!

In celebration, e-editions of both fiction & real life stories regarding the realities of doing intentional community alongside implementing collective societal change/evolution are 25% off at Smashwords from December 12, 2024 - January 1, 2025.

Enjoy!

You'll find the promo for these + a whole lot of other interesting books here: https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/ beginning on December 12th.

Action: The Future Is Here

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In this time of coming changes, long foretold, it is time, once again, to act. 

As a mixed race, modern-day, New Mexico pueblo 21-year-old, Lisel Martinez has been glad to be safely home, co-creating an odd kind of shared life with three California housemates picked up along the way when, once upon a time, she was (much less safely) trying to survive out in the larger world.

Personally, she would be content to do nothing more than keep puttering around in the ever-expanding garden out behind her ramshackle home for the rest of her life ... except Life for indians (or maybe everybody these days?) just seems to keep getting harder, even after everything her people across the nation have already been through.

A photo-illustrated, novella-length combination of fiction + contemporary/historical fact, if old-time grandmothers are correct, during times of upheaval when Earth is being reborn, it's important to act ... and Lisel's friends have come up with a once-in-a-lifetime plan to do just that.

Each e-edition of this book can be found here: https://books2read.com/u/bwrXL9

The Smashwords sale version can be acquired here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1658432

Doing Intentional Community:

Expanded 2023 Edition

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What exactly is "intentional community?" And how does one go about co-creating it?

Are there typical hurdles to overcome?

In the Green/Sustainable Living Movement, the term "community" often means folks coming together to create some form of shared home space: from co-housing co-ops in cities, to permaculture or off-the-grid nature-based country retreats ... from separatist women's or people of color lands, to communities aimed at unplugging from the wider world's repressive "systems" as much as humanly possible.

The illustrated, creative non-fiction account DOING INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY: Expanded 2023 Edition follows building a certain type of artistic/spiritual co-home adventure on the Big Island of Hawaii from the ground up ... and how this particular, now-worldwide real sense of community continues to transform today.

Like a prismatic drop in the ocean, beyond just being a collection of individuals, global "intentional community" can also equate to entire villages, cities, and nations in the process of cultivating a common history and shared economic/political/spiritual goals. 

What is "world peace," if not that?

Each e-edition of this book can be found here: https://books2read.com/u/breABE

The Smashwords sale version can be acquired here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1417830

Molten Mama Books

created here at Kulana Goddess/Artist Sanctuary in recent years

can be obtained via the Smashwords End of 2024 Sale here:

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/MoltenMama

Word Magic = Ethical Wealth

Transformational Alchemy

from the Big Island of Hawaii

All e-version availabilities:

https://books2read.com/u/4DzGPA

Buy at Smashwords sale:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1609235

Messages from the Volcano

All e-version availabilities:

https://books2read.com/u/4X0qR6

Buy at Smashwords sale: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1379742

Mama Molten's Mini Memoir &/or 

Molten Mama's Transformation Tools

NOTE: the black/white PRINT edition of the "Mini Memoir" is just Molten Mama stories, whereas the E-EDITION includes this + interactive "Molten Mama Transformation Tools" as well. 

All e-version availabilities:

https://books2read.com/u/3kYxn8

Buy at Smashwords sale:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1305421

Smashwords 25% off Sale: 

December 12, 2024 - January 1, 2025

Manifesting Dreams Coming True

Many years ago, a favorite activity was attending creative conferences and music festivals held somewhere in glorious, wild Nature, a selection of which went on for a good week or at least a full weekend long. 

Sometimes these involved "work," i.e. being invited to share one's unique gifts with the world there. Other times it was pure R&R vacation solo, with friends, or beloveds.

Besides days and nights spent out under a vast sky dancing or singing along with awesome, often newly-discovered musicians, there were also tented crafts fairs, rustic cabin writerly group readings, and sometimes swimming holes, rivers, or pools nearby to immerse in with friends and friendly strangers alike.

The creative retreats, with their attendance being somewhat smaller, often provided better food ... but the large music festivals -- especially those aimed exclusively for women and young children -- often had outdoor showers and the ability to roam through fields and woods topless (if not bottomless as well).

Where else in the world can women safely be au natural in the great outdoors?

The feelings of freedom this engendered!

The camaraderie ... the peace!

Gosh, now THIS is living! those who participated often thought at the time. The whole world should be like this!!

Cut to years later, when -- after researching quite a number of living-on-the-land opportunities -- Kulana's Founder went on to create her own racially (and otherwise) diverse version of the experience on the Big Island of Hawaii. 

(See photo-illustrated book DOING INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY: Expanded 2023 Edition if you want to know more about that! Color print version: https://www.lulu.com/shop/cristina-salat/doing-intentional-community-color/paperback/product-qrjv8p.html; e-version: https://books2read.com/u/breABE)

Now there are many ways to "do" Hawaii...

One certainly can immerse in hotels, condos, timeshares, resorts, tourist packages, and the like.

Kulana's goal was different:

Freedom ... camaraderie ... peace ...

Time to do whatever one had actually come to Planet Earth to do, while living amongst and sharing an appreciation for Nature at its unconquered best.

Which is where we learned to live the "kulana" principle towards practicing manifestation of "joy from within," no matter what else happened to be going on in the world.

In fact, eventually here at Kulana, we even custom-created a journal for humanly-spiritually working on this process, in the form of 236 beautiful blank pages accompanied by 13 months of quotes and images taken from our adventures building this magical, mystical, eco-friendly, artistic-spiritual community (... along with honing our more joyous, self-actualized selves!)

https://www.amazon.com/Kulana-Joy-Journal-Practicing-Goddess/dp/1689429836

Description: A color photo-illustrated journal for practicing the art of living joyously via the Hawaiian principle of "kulana" (manifesting happiness from within), with plenty of room for your own daily musings, intentions, drawings, and joyful manifestations. 

Months are not pre-labeled, so writing in the Kulana Joy Journal can begin anytime.

Best of all, while this journal we made is supporting you, by purchasing it you are also supporting us ... and as we all know, what is supported is what continues to exist.

So, a lovely win-win. :)  

Thank you so much!

https://www.amazon.com/Kulana-Joy-Journal-Practicing-Goddess/dp/1689429836

Join us in spirit,

as the process

of making

your OWN dreams

come true,

unfolds! :)

Whatever you're here on this planet to do is as -- if not more -- important now, than ever.

Global Group Meditation -- FREE!

Project Park Bench

Free Worldwide Co-Creative Meditation

every 2nd & 4th Sunday

11 AM PDT/2 PM EDT U.S.A. Timezone

beginning Sunday, July 14th

Sign up to receive free email reminders:

https://projectparkbench.com/

Here's how the organizer describes it:

"We've been asked by the Teachers of Light to end our pause and gather again. It's been requested that we take the next step together now and anchor the landscape, environment, and architecture of the new realm.  It's time we focus on what is possible and create a world of wellbeing and respect. Together.

WE'RE STEPPING OFF THE 3-D GAME BOARD

INTO WELLBEING

This is not a teaching of Truth (capital T). It is a focused alignment from the heart to hold an intention from a place of wellbeing, peace, and ease.

Today many are looking for a way to contribute, participate, and remember what they already know but may have forgotten.

Home.

It's time to return to the Park Bench.

(Or to the rock or log or wherever you like to quietly sit)."

https://projectparkbench.com/

We'll be there.

Hope you will too! :)

Community Here, There, & EVERYWHERE: An Excerpt from What We've Learned

(https://www.redbubble.com/i/notebook/DREAM-A-NEW-WORLD-by-LiveVolcano/160026555.WX3NH?asc=u)

So, you know that besides exploring various in-person versions of intentional community we also co-created/compiled a book of words & images to encapsulate what we learned along the way right?

These adventures in co-creating a shared live/work/mystical environment from the early years on up through more recently were set down in the photo-illustrated "DOING INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY: Expanded 2023 Update."

In this day & age when the idea of "community" has grown to encompass kindred spirits globally via a variety of technological means, there's also significant value to be found in savoring experiences IRL (In Real Life).

Here's a little paraphrased taste from our IRL "community living" project:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/doing-intentional-community-cristina-salat/1143737977

Available in color print, ebook, + b/w paperback editions

"I am so blessed to have met you and shared so many wonderful memories, ideas, and meals. The kindness you offer and your vision here have the power to change lives and the world. I go into my next life cycle with a lovely, clear, refreshed mind and joyous, nurtured heart thanks to you and this wonderful fruit of your dream time."

Christina, teacher, painter, drama coach 

Every location has its own flavor, which will impact the kinds of experiences that can be enjoyed &/or grown from there.

Here, on the Big Island of Hawaii, there is a layer of ice that never melts on top of Mauna Kea, one of our locale's five volcanoes, which may have formed, scientists theorize, back in the Pleistocene era.

On Kilauea — the most currently active volcano — startled humans often describe the appearance of Goddess Pele as either a young, mysterious woman or older, crone-like figure who materializes into view...and then disappears in the blink of an eye; sometimes with a specific message to impart; other times not.

Mystical lights and other unexplained phenomena also occur on this island regularly.

When the "Kulana" (joy-from-within) community first birthed in this magical, mystical place, the fact that vehicle electrical systems would for no apparent reason just shut down out of the blue when driving up Saddle Road was well-known. In fact, car rental companies at that time forbid their rented vehicles from traversing this road, theoretically because back then all of it was not yet paved...(though rented cars were allowed in other areas which were also not yet paved).

Additionally, there were reports of people in cars being rocked in a way that felt different from wind gusts, and folks seeing things moved from one place to another without any human hands involved.

These days you don't hear about so many mysterious happenings on Saddle Road, though reports of Night Marcher spottings around ancient heiau sites continue.

Yes, the Big Island of Hawaii, home to much magic, is quite an interesting place to live. 

Gorgeous in many places...even "paradise" in some ways, and for some people. 

But also there are underlying realities — some mystical, some more socio-political — that most people arriving to take advantage of time in paradise don't realize.

Now, each of the Hawaiian islands has its own energy...with Kauai being the oldest, most "stable," smaller-sized island in the chain...Maui being mid-size and more developed...Molokai being tiny and the most reminiscent of what old-time Hawaii used to be (only 1 traffic light, last we heard!)...Oahu, with the city of Honolulu, being more urbane...and the Big Island being the largest and most energetically volatile location in the chain, what with being home to an active volcano & all.

How we chose to cope:

Here at our little version of "community," we instituted smoke/drug/alcohol/drama-FREE guidelines right in our first year. However, no amount of good boundaries and avoidance can really dilute the intensity of the red molten energy that's here, which may be par for the course when you choose to live on an active volcano (!).

And seeing the destructive/creative force & flow of new earth/new possibilities/new realities being born is incredible...

Beautiful to behold, but also it is an energy that's not always particularly easy to live with and be immersed in or around full-time...though that's not something which necessarily affects anyone all that much if they are just here for a few weeks of vacation.

What those of us who've spent significant time in this locale noticed is: whatever qualities, quirks, flaws, emotions, or baggage someone came to this particular island with, over time (and sometimes it did not take very long!) those qualities and emotions tended to intensify.

This meant: if you came here ready to create, your creativity was likely to EXPLODE.

I watched (& personally experienced) whole soundtracks being born in a day...!

Yet as the Founder of Kulana, I & subsequent stewards-in-my-stead also saw the qualities of procrastination, disorganization, insecurity, fear, and ineptness take hold, bringing occasional misery to the reflector of those qualities...and everyone else with whom they needed to interact.

I watched people come to this location intending to bike everywhere around an island where the elevation ranges from sea level to 14,000 feet, when they hadn't even biked around the block back where they lived...and saw them receive a rude awakening around their ability to achieve this goal.

I saw people assume they would be able to quit smoking and drinking alcohol instantaneously, just because they chose to arrange time at a sacred substance-use-free space...and fail to do so.

I read with disbelief hastily scrawled notes from people in whom much time had been invested, as they darted off to what seemed to them a better or easier opportunity...without honoring their commitments...without even saying goodbye.

I watched people with no financial resources arrive in a locale where things likely cost more than where they'd come from, assuming somehow money, food, transportation & whatever else they might need would just magically appear...or that someone else out of the various nice people they'd just met would be willing to pick up their costs.

I consoled those who chose to get on a bus without bothering to look at a bus schedule...which, at that time, offered island-style service infrequently enough that this person wound up having to walk many angry miles back to the sanctuary.

I listened to people whose rich histories of relationships-gone-wrong were immediately followed by a wish to exercise their kundalini prowess and join forces with a next new beloved here in the tropics, where surely (they believed) things would work out differently. 

Then again, I also witnessed publishable novels taking shape in a year...

And the putting together of enough new paintings for a longed-for professional gallery show within a concentrated stretch of only six weeks.

And witnessed impossible-seeming problems, healed.

"Yeah!! Kulana Joy Within!! Thank you for your giving heart and your kindness. Kulana was perfect for me at just the perfect time. It's been a time of learning, great creativity, spiritual learning, and healing. I have always wanted to come here and here I am! Kulana will always be in my heart."

Michelle, playwrite, comic, teacher 

Want to hear more about our adventures firsthand?

Read: "DOING INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY: Expanded 2023 Update"

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/doing-intentional-community-cristina-salat/1143737977

(Available in color print, ebook, + b/w paperback editions)

OR

— especially if you happen to be forming

some sort of community

or mini-retreat center yourself — 

reach out to connect directly

with Kulana's original Founder

via the SIDEBAR BUTTON on this site! :)

(How connecting this way works: Signing up is quick, free, & you only have to do it once. Then we can chat for as briefly or as long as you like anytime that's available. $5 credit applied to first-timers. Charges only apply once chat begins.)

 

Newest Endeavor: Pele's Spiritual-Support Orgonites for Tumultuous Times!

Happy 2022
dear old & new Kulana friends!

  

   

  

 

Looking for info on how to visit &/or live

at this little goddess/artist wild-nature jungle sanctuary

when we're open to welcoming new friends?

Contact: discoverkulana@yahoo.com, or further details can be found

here: https://kulanagoddesssanctuary.blogspot.com/p/how-to-visit-live-with-us.html

& here: https://kulanagoddesssanctuary.blogspot.com/p/quotes-from-new-old-friends.html

Meanwhile, want to know what we've been up to

at Kulana's wild-nature Goddess/Artist Sanctuary

in terms of NEW artistic "community" adventures?! :D

Following Spirit's guidance during this earth-shaking time of labor pains

as humanity transforms from a confused, conflicted homo sapiens

into the next kinder, calmer, healthier, happier version of our species:

homo luminesce

here at the Kulana ("joy from within") home space

we're birthing one-of-a-kind, Mystical Orgonites as spiritual tools

in support of this tumultuous journey!

Cured as intuitively guided

upon the magically active Big Island of Hawaii volcano

pieces meant to reflect the soul of sacred ancient objects

born right here in the Now, are produced within sweet, warmly nurturing, 

aetheric containers of intentional space...

each crafted from intuition, inspiration, inventive impulsion

& whatever surprises Spirit chooses to add in. :)

  
  

    



Fashioned in shapes from curvaceous body-positive goddesses

to sacred koi and fancy-finned fish...

from pyramids of various sizes to ritual pads with miniature dragons...

from heart-shaped wish containers to spiritual "cord-cutting" knives, some of these organites are now being carried by an Etsy shop put up by a past Kulana-ite ... AND we've got an abundance of ever-new creations here at the homesite as well, offered in a more informal manner, which we'd love to share with YOU! :D




Meant to enhance spiritual skills + help further mystical exploration, these orgonite pieces can be used for:
* Ley (aloha lei!) line earth activation/reactivations.
* Organic & planetary harmonizing/rebalancing.
* Spiritual comfort.
* As a focal point for inner work, meditation, the mining of past lives, etc.
* And as an opportunity to deepen a relationship with increasing intuition, heartfelt intentions,
and Big Picture Destiny during these pivotal times.




Aligning with the essence of volcanic Magma is the perfect way to help alchemize one's own transition from being a conflicted homo sapien to the more luminescent stage that comes next.

What is Magma?
When the Creative Force within an active volcano is in its red hot liquid form, prior to bursting above ground and into air, we call it "Magma"...at which point it undergoes magnificent transformation, solidifying into a variety of shapes that we humans then call Lava...and eventually, "Earth."





 

Potentially resonating within each piece may be: rocks, crystals, stones (raw or polished); gold dust or gold leaf; night luminescence; daylight iridescent reflectors; copper, iron, steel, metal, magnetic shavings; mica powder; organic matter: ammonite, brachiopods, coprolite, shark teeth, dinosaur bone, pumice, pyrite, amethyst, adventurine, jade, blue agate, hematite, tiger's eye, crystal quartz, jasper, obsidian, carnelian, sodalite, lapis lazuli, citrine, unakite, howlite, amazonite, zoisite, rhodonite, fluorite, aragonite, lepidolite, fossils, fossilized wood; glowing orbs; inorganic miniatures (sea & land life, treasure chests, etc.); plus a multitude of other magic/aetheric infusions, as guided during the creation process. 
Certain orgonites are crystal clear. Others utilize elements of layered color therapy/color harmonizing or are textured & infused with inclusions.
Those interested in the Don & Carol Croft theories of 50 - 75% metal orgonite usage should specifically request creations made with this in mind.

NOTE #1: Since Pele as well as the traditional people of the Big Island forbid volcanic rock removal from this location and we wish these items to only offer respectful blessings, lava rock is NOT included in any of our organites.





NOTE #2: Because we are not a store, we're happy to share one-of-a-kind pieces in an informal exchange of mutual appreciation for these creative adventures utilizing our Paypal donations link in the following manner: If you'd like one or more orgonite creations sent to you, please drop an email to discoverkulana@yahoo.com to give a sense of where you're presently "at" on your spiritual journey, along with your snail mail address so an organite that feels right can be selected for you, and let us know whether you'd like to express appreciation for the gift of a Small, Medium, or Large package sent your way. 

Minimum suggested support = Small ($100 or more), Medium ($333 or more), Large ($777 or more); includes U.S. shipping with a tracking number.

We make it to the post office about 1x/week, so your packet will be sent out within a week after receiving your email + Paypal donation.

 


NOTE #3: Some orgonite items pictured here are straightforward photographs with a human hand nearby for scale, while others have been artistically swirled into images of molten lava & underwater landscapes...with the understanding that actual beaches, volcanoes, sea creatures, turtles, & such will NOT be accompanying any orgonite item (other than in spirit!) when it is mailed. ;) 

Anyone is welcome to mention when they would love a certain type of item if possible (fish, pyramid, goddess, square, round, wish container, sea shell, etc.), & we may at times be able to accommodate such requests, but please know that precisely what orgonites are on hand at any given moment fluctuates. Therefore, what will be sent out will be what feels intuitively right on this end from which ones are available at the time.

 

Looking for info on how to visit &/or live at this little goddess/artist wild-nature jungle sanctuary when we're open to welcoming new friends? Contact: discoverkulana@yahoo.com, or further details can be found here: https://kulanagoddesssanctuary.blogspot.com/p/how-to-visit-live-with-us.html & here: https://kulanagoddesssanctuary.blogspot.com/p/quotes-from-new-old-friends.html

(Please note, as of September 2023: what with A.I. art + sweatshop dropshipping taking over the formerly handcraft-focused Etsy, the little online shop on that platform which featured us, closed. Therefore we are only sharing Molten Mama orgonites locally now via the informal, by-donation parameters described below.)

 

NOTE #4: Most pieces are rough-&-tumble ready for spiritual adventuring; hardy enough for home use as well as for mystics-on-the-go. However, all pieces should still be treated with care. They are sturdy, not indestructible; especially items that include external protrusions. As texture varies and sometimes includes sharp points, please Handle with Care. Keep away from excessive heat & open flame. 

As in nature and the vast cosmos: through symmetry & asymmetry, birth & decay, individual perfection & imperfection, a sense of harmonious balance is achieved. Certain organites reflect symmetry; others are asymmetrical by design, &/or have two or more pieces unconventionally connected, or some other "door-opening" aspect  meant to encourage inner, astral, thought-pattern shift. 

The texture of some pieces is smooth as glass; others are more reminiscent of flowing water or porous A'a lava. Certain pieces allow for a bit of free form flow, reminiscent of the way Goddess Pele creates with fresh, hot, molten potency. Small & elongated oxygen pockets within as well as at cured surfaces can infuse a sense of oceanic/galactic movement + air flow within otherwise solid creations, adding a vibration of ancient artifacts being born in the Now.

Mystical journeying with sacred objects of any size & shape are always a collaboration between the human, the item, and The Universe...with results commensurate to a person's current level of spiritual skill. A mindful, step-by-respectful-step approach is recommended. Organite recipients bear full responsibility for their use of items received.

Ancient sacred relics as vestiges from the spiritual lives of prehistoric folk are said to retain an essence of power upon the aetheric planes along with touches of ethereal flavor from mystical journeys undertaken by those who were interested in evolving their spiritual consciousness long, long ago.

Though contemporarily made, these creations are meant to serve the same purpose today.

Much aloha, dear ones.

Looking forward to sharing these special spiritual tools in support of the Life journey you are currently on!

  

P.S. 

Interested in info on how to visit &/or live at this little goddess/artist wild-nature jungle sanctuary when we're open to welcoming new friends, or information about engaging in Mystery School studies with Kulana's founder, in-person &/or remotely?

Contact: discoverkulana@yahoo.com, or further details regarding collaborative mystical adventures can be found here: https://MamaMolten.blogspot.com and more details about Kulana can be found here: https://kulanagoddesssanctuary.blogspot.com/p/how-to-visit-live-with-us.html with quotes from people's personal experiences throughout the years located here: https://kulanagoddesssanctuary.blogspot.com/p/quotes-from-new-old-friends.html