"I firmly believe that the writer has a responsibility to their readers to give more than just a good story or plot. The writer must realize their role as safeguarders and guides to the readers subconscious and their conscious." LK                                                                         

                                                        

 

The Eco-Spiritual Murder Mystery  elevates the reader's awareness to the reality of Oneness. Ms. Kavanah is an avid student of Life, Quantum Physics, Environmental Science and World Religions and Cultures.

The Eco-Spiritual Murder Mystery  awakens the reader to the many soul satisfying ways each individual walks on their way to the realization of oneness in relationship with All.

The Eco-Spiritual Murder Mystery  respectfully examines the many different and varied  spiritual and religious paths each of us travels upon in our own unique journey as we open to an experience with The One Consciousness.

 

Ms. Kavanah's first experience with murder was when a body was found in a vacant wooded lot near her southwest Hills home as a child. She found herself making up stories to 'explain' who this person was and why they had been murdered. From that moment on, Ms. Kavanah became fascinated with the idea behind murders. She thought then, and remains convinced that

“The Murder is never the real story.The real story is always about the People,The People and their Relationships” Pamela Champagne, Night Dancer

Ms. Kavanah was raised in an omni-faith neighborhood.  Here, in the homes of her many friends, she was introduced  first hand  to a variety of  cherished and loved religious practices.

 

Inspired by this diversity, Ms. Kavanah went on to study, teach and live in NYC. Ms Kavanah was fortunate to live in Hell's Kitchen and to teach in Harlem. She formally studied at Hunter University, The New School for Social Research and NYU.

Some of her  informal studies included visiting the MOMA,The New York Film Anthology and Slugs where she heard amazing Jazz and made friends with members from the group Pharaoh Sanders. Ms. Kavanah continued her studies at the University of Oregon in Religion examining  the  interrelationships between Folklore, Story, World Myths, Ethnic-Musicology, Cultural and Topographical Geography and Religion.

Ms. Kavanah  currently has an oral history project with NOAA which researches the interplay and importance of the ocean on culture along the Pacific Rim.

 

Ms. Kavanah's passion as a teacher has touched many lives from from Kindergarten through college and beyond.  She loves 'story time' best - even for her high school students! And the best stories are always the stories shared among friends. Ms. Kavanah considers all of her students friends. Ms. Kavanah loves all kinds of stories and is blessed to have people of all ages and cultures share their stories with her.

 

 

Ms.  Kavanah's  own personal spiritual path has led her from Baptist to Buddhist with many meanderings in between. Ms Kavanah was a 3rd Order Carmelite for 10 years, she is trained in Healing Prayer Ministry, Spiritual Direction and currently she enjoys the fellowship of her friends in Celebrating Shabbat, Sweat Lodges, Kirtans, Homas, Sangas, Munaky Peruvian Rites, Universal Dances of Peace, Shamanism, Wiccan Celebrations and even an occasional Catholic Mass. Ms Kavanah is a Master Reiki Teacher and uses Quantum Physics to explain how Reiki Energy works.

One of Ms. Kavanah's current projects is The Feminine Forum with Pachamama on Facebook.

 The Feminine Forumwith Pachamama is a vehicle to facilitate our transfiguration into 'full bodied' light spirit.

The Feminine Forum is a double entendre on the familiar  concept  'Feminine Form  Although The Forum  began as a frustration with the media  and it's  capitalization of the 'feminine form', it is now much much more than that. The Feminine Forum with Pachamama is about facilitating and moving beyond the physical form  each of us identifies and into a unified oneness of spirit, understanding, compassion and respect for all life.

Ms. Kavanah was raised in Portland, Oregon and was privileged to have excellent teachers who instructed her in the care and stewardship of the environment from a very young age. She currently practices Eco-Kashrut and encourages others in this discipline of mindfulness and stewardship of our planet and the living beings who dwell and depend on the healthy vital resources we all share.

 

 

Ms. Kavanah poet, mystic, sage,  naturalist essayist, wisdom~story keeper, short story writer, children's storyteller  resides at

Pine Haven Cottage