Bridging Heaven and Earth

Bridging Heaven and Earth is national New Age television talk show that originates from the community access television station in Santa Barbara, California. Beginning as a local broadcast, it drew attention for the quality of its production and its ability to attract numerous national New Age leaders and personalities.

Bridging Heaven and Earth began in 1995 following a conversation in which Allen Silberhartz (1947-), his girlfriend Wistancia, and others who identified with New Age spirituality decided to create a television show that would offer an alternative to the common format being adopted by most national talk shows. It was felt that these shows tended to focus upon negative realities and the lowest side of human nature. They decided to create a show that would emphasize the potentials within humanity and express the sense of Oneness with which Silberhartz had lived since a profound mystical experience he had in the 1970s.

When the show went on the air in the fall of 1995, Silberhartz and Wistancia shared hosting duties. The show consisted of music, frequently folk music representing different ethnic communities, and interviews with one or more guests. Among the more prominent guests have been the Dalai Lama, Kevin Ryerson, Marianne Williamson, Buddhist actor Richard Gere, and Barbara Marx Hubbard. Silberhartz has hosted the show alone since 1997. When not hosting the show, Silberhartz is an investment counselor and an independent meditation and spiritual development teacher in Santa Barbara.

Bridging Heaven and Earth airs on Friday evenings at its home station, and tapes are distributed for airing at stations across the United States. Each show is an hour in length. The show has an Internet presence at http://www.heavenonearth.com/.

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Bridging Heaven and Earth. http://www.heavenonearth.com/. March 23, 2000.

Manville, Rhonda Parks. "Local Metaphysical Talk Show Resonates With Viewers." Santa Barbara News Press (March 7, 1999).