Katinka Hesselink's blog

Who is Katinka Hesselink?

I'm a webdesigner, a Dutch citizen (that's in Europe), a theosophist, into religion and spirituality in general. That is: Christianity, Buddhism, Wicca and Paganism, Taoism, Sufism and Islam, Yoga and Hinduism and whatever else comes to mind. 

I love fantasy fiction,like Harry Potter for instance. 

Honestly - this is not my main blog. My main blog is All Considering. On here I just collect some of my favorite links - usually from my own stuff on the various places I'm active online.

This post is the easiest way I can find to show off the categories I've created on this blog:

Justin Bieber fan stuff

Just found a new blog about the young pop star Justin Bieber. He's popular with young teens for his good looks and R&B music.

Japanese art calendars

From woodblock prints to modern Japaneses art, from printed screens to mountain views... These calendars featuring the art of Japan have an atmosphere of their own. In a style that is usually striking as well as withdrawn, sad, yet alive - Japanese art has been a long time fascination and inspiration for people all over the world. In addition: Japanese art impacted the art of great Western artists like Vincent van Gogh.
Enjoy Japanese art calendars featuring the likes of Yoshitomo Nara, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige.

Jalaluddin rumi quotes, books and biography

Probably the most famous Muslim these days, after Osama Bin Laden, is Jalaluddin Rumi. He is also the most popular poet in the US today - or so it's said. Rumi is possibly Bin Laden's counter point. Where Bin Laden is reactionary, closed minded and terrifying - Rumi is inspiring to people of all faiths. 

• Rumi books Mawlana
• Jelaluddin Rumi quotes
• Jalaluddin Rumi Poems
• Rumi Calendars and planners 
• Interview with Coleman Barks, the famous Rumi interpreter
• Coleman Barks books

Vox friends moved on :)

One of the things I liked about VOX was the ability to find people interested in the same things through the 'groups'. SO - I've decided to feature those of my VOX friends active enough on VOX to move their blog over to typepad ore somewhere else online. That way, we won't loose total track of each other.

Nicky Resende: http://mysticotala.typepad.com/blog/

Occult of Personality: http://occultofpersonality.typepad.com/blog/

Refuge Yoga: http://www.refugeyoga.blogspot.com/

Ben: http://benkimball.wordpress.com/

Cryinfordyin' http://cryinforthedyin.wordpress.com/

Love the Word: http://lovetheword.typepad.com/blog/

Iniysa: http://iniysa.wordpress.com/ also on typepad:http://iniysa47.typepad.com/blog/

Kimmers: http://kimkiminy.wordpress.com/

The art of story telling: http://theartofstorytelling.typepad.com/

Morgaine: http://morgaine.typepad.com/vox/

Ima: http://switsilence.typepad.com/blog/

Oh and let's not forget me.. I imported my vox blog here because I had no idea what else to do. However my main blog is, and has been for over two years All Considering, my spiritual blog. I used Vox mainly to share links.

Rumi sayings and quotes calendars and planners 2010-2011

Rumi sayings and quotes calendars and planners 2010-2011

http://www.katinkahesselink.net/rumi-...

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Sunni Islamic jurist, and theologian and mystic. He is often called 'Mewlana' (or Mevlana) or simply Rumi. His poems and sayings are amongst the most beloved religious poetry in the world. Based in the sufi mysticism of Islam they are at once sensuous and wise, tantilizing and deep.

Cute pets calendar and planners

2011 cute pets calendar and planners

http://www.squidoo.com/pets-calendar

Cats and dogs, canaries and fish, rats and other small rodents: those are some of the pets people keep at their home. I've found you calendars featuring your favorite pets. Pets are animals kept in a home, for the enjoyment of the owners. There is no economical benefit in them at all - for the owner that is. There is of course a huge industry aimed at providing for pets: they're much loved and pet owners spend a LOT to keep them happy. Image from wikipedia

Anne Geddes Calendars and Planners 2011

Anne Geddes Calendars and Planners 2011

http://www.squidoo.com/anne-geddes-ca...

Calendars and planners featuring the art photography of Anne Geddes - usually with babies and infants in the limelight. Anne Geddes is a self-taught Australian-born photographer, clothing designer and businesswoman who now lives and works in New Zealand. She is known for her stylized depictions of babies and motherhood. Typical images show babies or young children dressed as fairies and fairytale creatures, flowers, or small animals. She has described herself as "a baby freak" - and it shows. Her photographs capture and enhance the cuteness of infancy. Geddes' books have been published in 83 countries. According to Amazon.com she has sold more than 18 million books and 13 million calendars. Her books have been translated into 23 different languages.

Martin Meredith: The State of Africa

Martin Meredith: The State of Africa

http://www.squidoo.com/africa-meredith

A thorough historical, economical and political look at all the nations of Africa over the past 50 odd years. From dictators to AIDS/HIV, from disappointed hopes to fears of the future... realistic, scary and insightful. You'll learn how hunger is the result of bad politics, not just climate. How wrapped up poor beginnings are with misuse of power and lack of accountability. Thoroughly human this book doesn't stay on the surface of politics, but makes the realities of war, chaos and international support gone wrong come home. Martin Meredith has written a few biographies before coming out with this book and it shows: 'The State of Africa' reads as a sad biography of several of the main characters of Africa's independence. Enlivened with pictures of these prominent and infamous men, we really get a glimpse into another world. A world in which might is not checked and government is more evil than is easily imagined in the West.

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

http://www.squidoo.com/aurobindo-mother

Together they built Auroville, an ashram in Southern India (south of Madras). He was the reclusive yogi, she his outward manifestation or shakti. That is: she taught, she organized, she was there for people to related to. He sat in his room and kept up a heavy correspondence on spiritual issues. On this page I've gathered all I've learned about the pair of them.

The Lives of Sri Aurobindo

The Lives of Sri Aurobindo

http://www.squidoo.com/sri-aurobindo

Reviewed in the West as the only decent biography of Sri Aurobindo Goshe, from politician, to poet and guru. This guy lived a fascinating life and Peter Heehs describes as many aspects of it as the Sri Aurobindo archives can help enlighten us on. In India this is a controversial book. It's even been banned in Orissa. The ban is due to the book not putting everything Sri Aurobindo did in a starry light. It deigns to suggest psychological motives, finding them in the plays Aurobindo wrote as well as his letters. From a Western perspective, the suggestion that the man had personal motives as well as spiritual ones, doesn't detract from his stature. However, many Indian devotees perceive them as an insult to his name. It's called 'Freudian Psychoanalys' by some - when there really isn't a word of Freudian psychology in the whole book. I'm hoping to go the Sri Aurobindo Ashram for a few months next year, and thought I'd read up on their tradition. So I ordered three books - this biography, a book featuring the teachings of The Mother and a similar book about Aurobindo's spiritual teachings. I just love biographies: they transport one back in time into the life of people who generally led interesting and admirable lives. Sri Aurobindo's life is perhaps everything in the extreme. He lived the first years of his life in India, moved to England because his father wanted a good education for him and his brothers - and then lived their with his brothers taking care of themselves. Though Aurobindo was the third of the three brothers, his scholarship money ended up taking care of the three of them when they went to college. He was a brilliant scholar. However, he avoided his father's wish of joining the Indian Civil Service (the British government controlled Indian Civil Service) by refusing to take riding lessons. Yes - this was a different time: it was considered essential that the people in charge of India's administration be able to ride a horse. Aurobindo avoided direct ...