Carolyn Kleefeld’s Immortal Seeds shows her as inspired and creative as ever, perhaps even more so: her combined powers of painting and poetry not only transfigure the intimate symbiosis of two human beings in the best tradition of ut pictura poesis, but her artistic impulse also gives new form and substance to the timeless tale of “star-crossed lovers,” reaching a fascinating as well as touching intensity and directness of expression that clearly goes beyond what she achieved in her earlier work. Looking and reading through her iconographic book of love and compassion, one senses how she gradually comes to understand her personal love relationship as integral part of a universal spiritual phenomenon that survives death. In this respect Immortal Seeds can also be seen as a tribute to her close friends in spirit Aldous and Laura Huxley, who in a similar way endeavoured to reconcile 〝the art of dying” with their awareness of “the divine Ground.” And one may even feel induced to call in the third art that strives to express the inexpressible, viz. music, as Huxley for instance represents it in the ending of Island: “Disregarded in the darkness the fact of enlightenment remained. […] [A]nd as the intruding noises died away, out came the frogs again, out came the uninterruptable insects, out came the mynah birds. ‘Karuna. Karuna.’ And a semi-tone lower, ‘Attention.’”

Prof. Dr. Bernfried Nugel – Centre for Aldous Huxley Studies, University of Münster, Germany

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A Powerful Healing Journey, Expressed Through Moving Poetry and Powerful Art — Through her profoundly meaningful poetry and exquisitely beautiful artwork, Carolyn Mary Kleefeld shares her powerful healing journey, the heart wrenchingly painful and radical transformative process that she underwent, as her late husband suffered through terminal illness and departed this world. The sadness and suffering, the grief and difficulty, the questioning, as well as the comfort, the miracles, the peace, the gratitude, the rebirth, and the immortality that she found, is expressed through a series of soul-stirring poems, prose writings, drawings, and paintings. These creative expressions are crafted with great love, courage, passion, spiritual insight, and heartfelt care in this remarkable volume— and the brave, heroic, and luminescent spirit of Carolyn’s beloved partner, David Campagna, shines through the pages of this glorious tribute. A moving, tearful and inspiring tale of everlasting love, a rare and beautiful romance, a sacred union-merging that transcends physical bodies— and even life itself— as it lives forever in the heart of hearts in the divine. This book will be a godsend to anyone who has ever lost someone that they deeply love; truly a blessed gift from the heavens.

David J. Brown – Author

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Like a lovely wreath on a Cenotaph, Immortal Seeds: Bearing Gold from the Abyss displays the elegance of heartfelt grief. The numinous imagery of Carolyn’s artwork provide us with glimpses of the infinite love and deep reverence that Carolyn held for David.

George DiCaprio – Environmentalist, Father of Leonardo DiCaprio

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Carolyn takes us with her on a courageous, reflective, and deeply personal journey through the cycles of love, loss and timeless rebirth. Immortal Seeds is a collection of poetry in which every poem is a love song, a tribute to the Beloved and a spiritual journey through the landscapes of the heart… What an intimate invitation Carolyn extends to the reader: “To greet the angels that sustain us through grief in all its myriad forms and beyond the bounds of human existence.”

Carla Kleefeld Ph.D. – Clinical Depth Psychology

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In Immortal Seeds, Carolyn affirms what sages of all religions have told us: the power of love transcends human suffering and loss.

Nikos Frangakis – Filmmaker

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Carolyn Kleefeld, my beloved heroine, in Immortal Seeds, paints on the page opposite her words of love for David Campagna. These paint her world for me. This love pulses a rapture rare of design and rarer still of existing. Oh, how I long for this to play differently. Yet it is perfection in its telling.

Marcelene Dyer – Widow of Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, birth mother of their 7 children, abiding spiritual presence

The Divine Kiss is a loving, passionate, and highly original work that inspires and evokes the lover in all of us. Rumi elopes with Chagall in a dance of color, compassion, and sensuality. Carolyn Kleefeld’s authentic, intelligent, and transcendent poetry takes us on a divine journey into the heart of love. Painting and poetry mirror one another, then merge. Each poem is a multi-layered metaphor, borne of Eros, matured through Agape. The paintings dazzle, warm, and invite, making love with the prose.

Wildly enchanting, deeply moving, vulnerable yet powerful, we are caressed and transformed by The Divine Kiss. The Divine Kiss. It is indeed the “kiss of a lifetime,” “milk for the soul” — a “sheer magic” that “silently possesses” us. This is a stunning piece of work.

Dr. Darin Deterra – Therapist and Author

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To enter Carolyn Kleefeld’s “aura artistica” is to recapture the rapture of creation. To see the world through her eyes, her art, and her poetry sanctifies the marriage of Life and Love. The moment explodes with kisses. Passionate kisses. Silent kisses. Gypsy kisses. Exotic kisses. I am spellbound by a tapestry of kisses.

Contemplating her longing for Unity, my dormant impulses are awakened. An intense desire for Beauty and the ecstatic joy of discovery reverberate with this woman and with her art. It is said that “she who longs the most, lives the longest”. Carolyn Kleefeld will live forever.

Norman Anu Cohan – Director, Karpeles Manuscript Museum and Library

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Seeing Carolyn Kleefeld’s paintings and reading the accompanying poetry intrigues the imagination. Innovative use of color and form surprises the viewer. Lovers depicted, often in colors of Byzantine splendor, dazzle with eroticism. Beyond the erotic, however, an original kind of freedom of form and playful abandon bring the lovers to life. What Kleefeld accomplishes vibrantly on canvas is a real testament to her determination to engage intuition in order to come closer to her truth.

Nicholas Frangakis – Documentary Filmmaker

Psyche of Mirrors is an amazing accomplishment and a fantastic body of art, poetry and literature. The words make the worlds of the cosmic, the mystical and the spiritual all visible. The emotions are palpable. The divine and the mundane are not at odds or opposites. And nature unfolds in an infinite array of colors echoed in the expressive and imaginative artwork. It is a glimpse into a world made possible by a traveler whose journey is personal, revealing and without pretense.

Dr. Adel Gorgy – Internationally-exhibited New York Artist

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…Indeed, the bulk of Kleefeld’s work focuses not only on the beauty of art, music, words, and the creative process, but also on the transcendent qualities of each. The pairs of lovers in her short stories are almost always artists, musicians, or writers, and their art is regularly a point of connection for them (and sometimes a source of pain). And, indeed, Kleefeld’s work is further bolstered by her own colorful paintings of beast-women, mutants, landscapes, and even the departure of a beloved friend’s spirit to the stars. The bright colors celebrate life and draw the viewer into meditation, and the abstract figures are as friendly as they are haunting. I was reminded not only of the Primitive American style, Picasso’s earlier abstract art, and (once again!) Dr. Seuss, but also Sumerian idols with their large, lidless eyes, as well as Egyptian tomb paintings and murals, which featured many subjects in profile. Kleefeld’s skillful blend of several styles and colors endows her pictures both with a universal appeal and an appealing warmth.

Although Kleefeld’s subject matter can be heady, it will, I think, appeal to a wide swath of readers and art lovers beyond philosophy students and aficionados of abstract art. Those interested in Taosim and the writing of Lao Tzu (Kleefeld tells us she is a Taoist) should procure this title, as should anyone who wants to integrate a little meditative stillness into his or her life. Fans and collectors of Cross-Cultural Communications’ work should also avail themselves of this gorgeous publication, which might serve nicely as a coffee table book.

Joselle Vanderhooft – The Pedestal Magazine

When it was first published, Mavericks of the Mind was more than a breath of fresh air — it was a hurricane of ideas and visions perfectly tuned to the time. This 21st century expansion pack will ensure that these maverick spirits–many of whom have now passed on– will continue to channel the mindscape beyond the bend.

Erik Davis – MAPS Bulletin

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This is a fine collection of original thinkers, an important national resource. Everyone who wants to stay current with information from the outer perimeters of consciousness exploration should read it.

Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead – Magical Blend Magazine

Carolyn Kleefeld’s poems remind us of our common humanity, with all of its triumphs, tragedies, passions, and paradoxes. These evocative verses that stimulate and warm your heart, will also nurture your soul.

Stanley Krippner, PhD – Co-author, Extraordinary Dream

Carolyn Kleefeld’s paintings often evoke in me the moods that poems usually elicit – an uncanny sense of mystery, a mysterious nostalgia, a surprising feeling of undiscovered beauty. But when I read Carolyn’s poems, so full of images and metaphors, it feels like I am visualizing visionary paintings: Black stars sprout, a withering cocoon is discarded, the present is ephemeral foam, and leopard polka dots dance across a marzipan moon! Thank you, Carolyn, for enriching our imagination.

Piero Ferrucci – Author, The Power of Kindness

Reading the soul seeds from Carolyn Mary Kleefeld’s latest book gives me the joy of opening, portal after portal, to the deeply intuitive wisdom of the Tao Mystery described by Lao Tzu in the first verse of Tao Te Ching. These [are] simple yet profoundly beautiful vignettes of intuitive thought patterns.

Chungliang Al Huang – President, Living Tao Foundation; Author, Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain

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I loved this book! I enjoyed Soul Seeds immensely and refer to it regularly for spiritual guidance, insight, and inspiration. I’ve found this enchanted volume to be an absolute delight to simply open at random with a question in mind, and read wherever my eyes first land. In this sense, Soul Seeds works as an oracular or divinatory tool, like the Tarot or the I Ching, and will often synchronistically provide me with the exact nugget of deep truth or soul-reaching inspiration that I need to hear at the moment. It’s like magic. I discover new personal and universal insights every time I journey into this book, and I recently learned that a chapter from the book, Dimensional Perspectives, was nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize.

Soul Seeds is more than just a portal into the higher dimensions; it’s also a companion — a teacher, a friend, and a lover — who holds my hand and helps me cultivate a sense of inner peace, as I travel into the mysterious realms deep within. The illustrations in this collection are also wonderfully otherworldly, and sometimes when I open the book at random with a question, my eyes first land on one of these whimsical and enigmatic drawings, which carry as much potential for inspiration and insight as Ms. Kleefeld’s masterfully chosen words.

David Jay Brown – Author of Mavericks of the Mind, Women of Visionary Art

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The underlying unity of our universe is portrayed by Carolyn so poetically. Her deep experiences and wisdom come alive in Soul Seeds. Our turbulent world needs her message of oneness more than ever.

Dr. Mani Bhaumik – Physicist, Author, Code Name God

Revealing the divine Eros, the untamable power of love, Kissing Darkness is a perfect gift for all romantics… of all ages.

Laura Huxley – Founder, Children: Our Ultimate Investment; Author, You Are Not the Target and This Timeless Moment

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The poems in Kissing Darkness lead us to the heart of love. Mysteries unfold and open us to unexplored territories beyond the narrow channels of daily life. Through the window of words, we glimpse all that love can be.

Evelyne Blau – Author, Krishnamurti 100 Years, Producer, The Challenge of Change With a Silent Mind

A personal, oracular voice singing the rich harmony of dancing neurons, re-animating lost horizons of mythic identity and the complex world of inner/outer connectivity. In words of delightful chaos — Viva Carolyn!

Dr. Timothy Leary – Author of numerous books, including Chaos and Cyberculture and The Game of Life

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By assuming the posture of a storyteller and philosopher, [Kleefeld] serenades the anima, following its traverse through life’s more esoteric passages. In the book, the complete Kleefeld is let loose, revealing a psychic umbilical chord that runs through primal waters, ultimately connecting all aspects of her work to the epic records of human yearning.

Marina Walker – Santa Barbara News Press

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A most inspiring book that allows the reader to fly with unlimited wings.

Gerald G. Jampolsky, MD – Author, Love Is Letting Go of Fear

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Skillfully weaving a rich tapestry of visionary paintings, poetry and philosophical reflections, Carolyn Kleefeld has been able to translate deep spiritual insights into wise guidelines for a rewarding strategy of existence and right livelihood.

Stanislav Grof, MD – Author, The Cosmic Game and The Holotropic Mind

Her work stands as a philosophical statement of the union of soul and cosmos. It is a joyful and orgasmic celebration of sexual self, an earthy universe.

Anita Decarlo – Monterey Peninsula Herald

Ms. Kleefeld’s poetry churns up a dazzling array of tucked-away emotions. Individually, selectively, they each become orienting jewel-lights of perception. Some poems are as powerful as a crashing wave and as haunting as a sunless ocean floor; others are full of ripe, voluptuous, unabashed passion heat; others still are rich with righteous anger. Carolyn is a gifted poet who deserves wide recognition.

Michael Shachere – Psychologist, Consultant

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Consistent in her brilliance and veracity, here is another gem from the fathomless mind of a precious soul, relentless in her probing into virtually every area of perennial human concern. Deep and meaningful.

Stuart B. Litvak, PhD. – Psychologist, Author

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This verse, powerful and deeply moving, is reflective of a penetrating philosophical mind that sees things as they really are to the eye of the Spirit. The metaphorical imagery is astonishingly vivid, rising straight from a psychic depth as it does, making Truth visibly manifest.

John Weir Perry, MD – Jungian Psychiatrist, Author

…In a time of spiritual decadence, still another poet has injured us with the visions of possibility. Here is a rare wedding of poetic prose, philosophy, and psychological awareness without the wooden self-consciousness of most psychological writing…. A human document, it touches the deepest places… it informs and potentially heals its readers by communicating with love, a sense of what underlies the particulars of their lives… This book will live.

Carl A. Faber, PhD – Psychologist, Lecturer, Author

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Ms. Kleefeld is a latter-day Spinoza born on the poetry scene, and in a time of spiritual decadence such as this one, she’s most welcome.

C. Claude Hamel – CSP World News, Canada

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Climates of the Mind explores the problems of being in the world with a courage that is found only in the boldest writers. Kleefeld’s power lies in her ability to be totally involved with the mood of the moment, to be so completely focused on her subject so as to make it tangible, and sensual. Her self-portraits are beguiling and treacherous. Hers is a siren’s song woven from all women’s deepest emotions, from all humanity’s terrible love of life with all its essential loneliness and creative madness.

Dave Dix – Llewellyn Publications

Peter Thabit Jones documents throughout his compelling biography this fascinating portrait of a woman who was born into privilege and shunned its trappings to seek a more difficult road of spiritual fulfillment. To the amazement of others, she rejected the overtures of Hollywood and turned to poetry, art, and personal growth. During her journey, she meets great thinkers and artists who prove to be influential and inspire her to keep searching. Now a very accomplished poet and artist, possibly even more important to her is the spiritual peace she has found. Peter has created an engrossing and delightful read!

Larry Levy – Author of The Mary Handley Mystery Series

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Peter Thabit Jones has created a beautifully constructed biography of Carolyn, whose heart of love she shares through her gifts of poetry and art, nourishing our souls, and awakening them from sleep. Through Peter’s words and his inclusion of many journal entries by Carolyn throughout her life, we are able to glimpse the rarest of humans, a highly conscious being who embraces solitude, a nourishing break from the voices of pollution demanding to be heard, and a teacher of finding peace, letting go of what doesn’t harness our inner joy. Through her appreciation of Mother Earth and all living things, we are reminded to open our eyes and give thanks for all creation.

Marcelene Dyer – Widow of Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, birth mother of their seven children, and abiding
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