The Whole Person

The Whole Person—Calendar of Events in Southern California is one of several magazines dedicated to networking within the metaphysical/psychic/spiritual community in the greater Los Angeles area. The Whole Person is devoted entirely to announcements of upcoming events and has no feature articles, news columns, or book reviews. Over half of the content of any issue is given over to display advertisements. It is designed entirely to serve individuals looking for activities to attend of a spiritual and metaphysical nature, from yoga classes to lectures by visiting teachers.

The Whole Person is published monthly and built around two extensive lists of want-ad-type announcements of events. The initial list provides basic information on events (including location, registration, and sponsor) occurring on each day of the month (with three to four pages devoted to each day). A second list provides information on ongoing events, primarily weekly gatherings held by metaphysical or Eastern spirituality groups on a continuing basis. These announcements are solicited monthly and published without cost to the person or group submitting them.

Readers may subscribe to The Whole Person for home delivery, but the overwhelming percentage of copies is distributed monthly to stores in the areas covered by the announcements and given away free. The many advertisements pay the cost of the publication. From a small newsletter in the 1980s, The Whole Person has grown into a large magazine of more than 100 pages per issue. It may be ordered from The Whole Person, P.O. Box 2398, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. It is assembled by Leslie Snyder and a small staff.

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The Whole Person. Santa Barbara, Calif., n.d.