For more than 25 years, Patricia Cori has studied the spiritual paths of indigenous cultures, from the jungle pyramids of the ancient Mayans to the desert tombs of the Pharaohs.

Driven to experience the mysteries of ancient cultures, Cori has participated in death defying ceremonies from the heights of the Andes to the depths of Mayan and Egyptian tombs. Through these endeavors she has come to be recognized as a gifted shaman by indigenous teachers of the Tibetan, Mayan and Peruvian traditions.
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Linda Howe disagrees! – As mandated by the Transportation Security Administration in the wake of the failed attempt by would-be bomber Umar Farouk, many airports in the United States may soon have full body scanners, and people want to know if they are safe. Does their radiation pose a health risk to those who are scanned? While many critics of the program have argued such scanning can increase the risk of cancer, others, including the American College of Radiology (ACR), say this technology has little risk, so we can breathe easy (at least for the coming year). NOTE: In her current Dreamland report, Linda Howe disagrees with this assessment!

If you’re sick of airport security, you can visit (or revisit) last year’s Dreamland Festival on DVD.
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But we’re learning more – Scientists have determined that people often look like their dogs, now a canine chromosome explains why they sometimes ACT like them too. This chromosome, which confers a high risk of the person who has it developing a compulsive disorder, may be linked to both human autism and dogs. Researchers are now discovering that autism is often overlooked in girls and is tied to anorexia. At least there’s one less thing to worry about: Vaccines do NOT cause autism.
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Marrying a close relative, as ancient Egyptian royalty often did, is not a good thing to do. Archeologists have often commented on the strangely distorted images of King Tut, which seem to indicate extreme birth defects. Now it’s been discovered that Tutankhamun had a club foot, walked with a cane and was killed by malaria.
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