Spirit Grooves

Essays and blogs by Michael Erlewine for Januray, February, and March of 2022.

Edited and produced by Michael Erlewine, Matrix Magazine comprises a running account of astrological computerization from 1977 onward with contributions from many well-known astrologers.

Phyllis Anne Carey Letters

Family Art

From the 1960s, symbol posters by Michael Erlewine, made just for fun, the beauty of it. There are large and can be removed from the PDF and printed at Staples.

Use Adobe Acrobat. Export all the images and then expand each one as far as you can and save that. Staples can print you out one.

Send me BY EMAIL PLEASE (Michael@Erlewine.net) which POSTERS by number (right bottom of each page) along with your name and address. Choose whichever ones and as many as you would like and we will have to see how far each goes.

Send me BY EMAIL PLEASE (Michael@Erlewine.net) which drawings by number (right bottom of each page) along with your name and address. Choose whichever ones and as many as you would like and we will have to see how far each goes.

Send me BY EMAIL PLEASE (Michael@Erlewine.net) which batiks by number (right bottom of each page) along with your name and address. Choose whicherer ones and as many as you would like and we will have to see how far each goes.

This is the complete sadhana for the Karma Kagyu Nyungne Sadhana (283 pages) in Tibetan pecha format. Designe by Sange Wangchuk and Heart Center KTC (directors Michael and Margaret Erlewine.)  Michael@Erlewine.net

The complete Ngondro sadhana as designed by Heart Center KTC/KKSG, directors Michael & Margaret Erlewine, contact Michael@Erlewine.net.

This is the complete sadhana of Karma Pakshi, with short feast as produced by the Heart Center KTC in Big Rapids, Michigan.

Blogs for 2020 from Spirit Grooves by Michael Erleiwne. This is book #4.

The Prime Movers Blues Band, 1967, in Clints Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Michael Erlewine (vocals and harmonica), Dan Erlewine (lead guitar), Robert Sheff (keyboards), Ilene Silverman (bass,) and JC Crawford (drums).

Part of a tune from the Prime Movers Blues Band, the opening verses and harmonica solo by Michael Erlewine. The Prime Movers Blues Band, 1967, in Clints Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Michael Erlewine (vocals and harmonica), Dan Erlewine (lead guitar), Robert Sheff (keyboards), Ilene Silverman (bass,) and JC Crawford (drums).

The Prime Movers Blues Band, 1967, in Clints Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Michael Erlewine (vocals and harmonica), Dan Erlewine (lead guitar), Robert Sheff (keyboards), Ilene Silverman (bass,) and JC Crawford (drums).

Here is a sample of the kind of music that Robert Sheff (aka "Blue" Gene Tyranny" composed.

The Prime Movers Blues Band, 1967, in Clints Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Michael Erlewine (vocals and harmonica), Dan Erlewine (lead guitar), Robert Sheff (keyboards), Ilene Silverman (bass,) and JC Crawford (drums).

The Prime Movers Blues Band, 1967, in Clints Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Michael Erlewine (vocals and harmonica), Dan Erlewine (lead guitar), Robert Sheff (keyboards), Ilene Silverman (bass,) and JC Crawford (drums).

The Prime Movers Blues Band, 1967, in Clints Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Michael Erlewine (vocals and harmonica), Dan Erlewine (lead guitar), Robert Sheff (keyboards), Ilene Silverman (bass,) and JC Crawford (drums).

Prime Movers Blues Band (1967) in Clint's Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan   Michael Erlewine (harmonica and vocals), Dan Erlewine (lead guitar), Robert Sheff (keyboards),, Ilene Silverman (bass), JC Crawford (drums).

Prime Movers Blues Band, 1967, Michael Erlewine (harmonica and vocals), Dan Erlewine (lead guitar), Robert Sheff (keyboards), Ilene Silverman (bass), JC Crawford (drums)

This is for review only, as the footnotes are not finished.

Accurate lunar ephemeris for EST (Eastern Standard Time) from 1900-01-10 to 2054-01-10, showing Lunar Day (Tithies 1-3), Weekday, Date, EST, KM (Tsurphu Calendar), DM (Gelugpa Calendar), Eclipse, K (Losar Tsurphu), D (Losar Gelugpa), TF (combined Tidal Force). 

Fairly large images of the dharma lineage of the Karma Kagyu, starting witn Vajradhara up toe the 17th Karmapa, Orgen Trinley Dorje.

This is an illustrate PDF on how to cook delicious tempeh.

Here are a series of articles on Ann Arbor, Michigan culture in the late 1950s and 1960s. It mostly some history of the time from my view and experience. I could add more to them, but I’m getting older by the day and I feel it is better to get something out there for those few who want to get a sense of Ann Arbor back in those times. I have edited them, but only roughly, so what you read is what you get. I hope there are some out there who can remember these times too. As for those of were not there, here is a taste as to what Ann Arbor was like back then.

Here are the links to free books, articles, videos, photos, music, etc. of Michael Erlewine.

Here are the the eight-four mahasiddans pronounced clearly by Lam Karma from KTD, Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. These are the Tibetan-style pronounciation and are meant to go along with the free illustrate pecha (sadhana) which are available here: http://spiritgrooves.net/pdf/e-books/Mahasiddhas%20Practice.pdf

Here are the names of the Kagyu lineage masters (the Golden Garland) as recited by Lama Karma from KTD Monastery in upstate New York.

84 Mahasiddhas Practice This is a little pecha-format .PDF file that can be looked at either on your computer or… what I did… Was to take it to Staples and had them print it out in color, back to back. What you want is: Copy 1 to 2 (back to back) Legal Size 60lb paper (have to reduce from 11x17 pehaps) Each legal-size sheet has two pages of pecha. The top page of each, fits the bottom page of the next two, and so on. It makes a lovely pecha, but note: I don’t own or have rights to the images, so these should only be used by those who went to the empowerment or in our close community of retreatants and advanced students. “Advanced” here means they won’t distribute it to anyone else without a good reason. Drawings based on the Abhayadatta System, by Jonang Taranata (1575-1635), murals in the Ganden Puntsogling Monastery in Tibet.  

This is a brief history (in pictures) of the lineage of the Mahamudra tradition for students of the Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche at KTD (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) monastery. It can be useful for those doing Guru Yoga.    This is a version that is designed to be printed out in rectangular pecha format -- Two sided. There are six sections, each with two pages. To print correctly, the first two images are printed as shown, straight up. The 3rd and 4th have to be printed upside down on the back of the first two pages. The next two pages (5th and 6th) are printed as shown (straight up), and the 7th and 8th are printed upside-down on the back side of pages 5 & 6.   Then, pages 9 & 10 are printed as shown, with the final two pages 11 and 12 printed upside-down on the back of pages 9 + 10. If you study the flow of the lineage, you will see how this is put together. Take it two your local Staples and they can do it.  

This is a brief history (in pictures) of the lineage of the Mahamudra tradition for students of the Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche at KTD (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) monastery. It can be useful for those doing Guru Yoga. 

http://www.visuals.co.uk/visualsblog/prores-raw-alister-chapman/   These are the slides that go with this seminal webinar on ProRes RAW by Alister Chapman.

This is a brief history of some of my work, created asa kind of resume in 2008. Just want it on record.

UAC Program

This prayer is called “The Verses of the Eight Auspicious Ones” is commonly known as the “Tashi Prayer.” It is a bit long and frequently recited before undertaking any task or trip. It has a lot of hard-to-pronounce names in it that are part of the lineage, so it’s a bit of tough sledding until you get to know it. Some of you might like to have it, so here it is in a printing version (2-sided).

This prayer is called “The Verses of the Eight Auspicious Ones” is commonly known as the “Tashi Prayer.” It is a bit long and frequently recited before undertaking any task or trip. It has a lot of hard-to-pronounce names in it that are part of the lineage, so it’s a bit of tough sledding until you get to know it. Some of you might like to have it. This is the Laptop Version

This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, printable, and in rectangular pecha format.

This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, in rectangular pecha format forlaptop use.

This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, printable, and in rectangular pecha format.

This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is in rectangular pecha format for laptops.

This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, printable, and in rectangular pecha format.

This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is  in rectangular pecha format for use on laptops.

This is a common dedication prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, printable, and in rectangular pecha format.

This is a dedication prayer in both English and Tibetan-Transliteration that is common in the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism THe prayer is in pecha format.

Here is the Mahamudra Lineage Prayer in PDF format for laptop use, i.e. for viewing on a laptop page by page. The translation comes from several sources and is pieced together to give (IMO) the best meaning.

Here are several prayers used in the Karma Kagyu Lineage daily. This is a PDF that will print on any 8.5x11 paper, but it prints double-sided, so if your printer will not do double-sided, take it to Staples and they can do it for you.   INCLUDES: The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind to the DHarma The Four Immeasurables  Refuge and Bodhicitta

Here is the Mahamudra Lineage Prayer in PDF format that will print out on any 8.5x11 Paper in Tibetan pecha format. This IS double-sided, so if your printer does not do double-sided, take it to Staples and they will do this.  The translation comes from several sources and is pieced together to give (IMO) the best meaning.

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