Evan Padilla, Spokane and SICA History

Evan Padilla, Spokane and SICA History

As we prepare for the memorial honoring the life and legacy of Evan Padilla, this comes in from Julia Hurd, who worked with Evan to make the 1997 Spokane World Congress the best-attended world congress. Hello Paul and Latifah – I called Latifah, following Paul’s...
Michael Barber Halloween

Michael Barber Halloween

What’s REALLY scary in the world of former National Helper & Subud NYC member Michael Berber? Find out in this entertaining video he created for kids, but has relevance for YOU not only because Halloween is coming! He wrote: Paul, This is Michael Barber, you...
Mushrooms for Movies

Mushrooms for Movies

In this interview, Hamilton Pevec tells the story of his start-up enterprise: Hamilton’s Mushroom Extracts. Combining his interests in mycology with media content making, Hamilton is growing a business that that is supported by both communities of interest as well as...
Another Bachrun LoMele Burn Pile

Another Bachrun LoMele Burn Pile

(From Bachrun LoMele) Hello Friends, The latest iteration of Burn Pile is now open at College of the Sequoias, in Visalia, California. The epidemic will surprise your wings is appearing at COS’s Art Gallery (see details below) from today until October 7....
Fayra Teeters Joins SICA-USA Board

Fayra Teeters Joins SICA-USA Board

Fayra Teeters (Board Member since August 14, 2022.) I was opened in Subud on April 16, 1969 in Berkeley, CA – Risa Toor, Vivana Brody, & Roukmini House were the attending Helpers. (Was I lucky, or what??) I was 21 at the time & going through a crisis...
Paul Nelson Steps Down as SICA-USA Chair

Paul Nelson Steps Down as SICA-USA Chair

On August 14, 2022 I told the board of SICA-USA that I was stepping down as Chair and recommending Rosana Schutte to take over. From the minutes of the organization’s August 14, 2022 board meeting: Paul explained that after 4+ years as Secretary and then Chair...
Discovering Varindra Vittachi’s “Between the Guns”

Discovering Varindra Vittachi’s “Between the Guns”

From Oswald Norton: An Important Book on Varindra Vittachi’s time in UNICEF available in Subud WSA Archives  When I was researching Sofyan Brugger’s life and his relationship with Varindra Vittachi, I read, in Varindra’s New York Times September 1993...
Farrah Karapetian Interview

Farrah Karapetian Interview

        An amazing exhibit by Farrah Karapetian is open until October 23, 2022 at the Wende Museum in Culver City, California. What was once a 20 square foot aluminum guard house in East Berlin, has been transformed into an art installation call...
Dahlan Foah Concert Audio

Dahlan Foah Concert Audio

From Dahlan Foah: Hi Dear Paul, We’ve been swamped.  But here is: Here is the link to the recording of the first half of the Spivey Hall Gala Concert – June 22, 2022: Here is the link to the recording of the second half of the Spivey Hall Gala Concert –...
Bustami’s Peaches & Jano’s Chutney

Bustami’s Peaches & Jano’s Chutney

Just in time for August, Latifah Taormina sends this: Hi Paul, Here’s some news from the VISTA group in Southern CA.  The article I mention below is written by newly opened member, Jano Nightengale, a regular columnist for the local Coast News. She’s all...