Book Review — Mixing Essential Oils for Magic: Aromatic Alchemy for Personal Blends
Scents stir our deep memories and in doing so support psychic work and connect us to something beyond ourselves...
Book Review — Love Letter to the Earth
In Love Letter to the Earth beloved monk Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that bodhisattvas don't always take human form...
Book Review — The Dude and the Zen Master
The Dude and the Zen Master explores the often noted, and according to the Coen brothers, unintended, Zen wisdom as the film's appeal...
Feng Shui Tips for Basement Home Office and Living In A Snout House
I’ve recently decided to move my office into my home to save commuting time and rental expenses. The only place available in my home is the basement area...
Musings: Beyond Food
The truth is no one could keep up with all the current nutrition advice because there are too many conflicting choices. Even holistic experts cannot agree on a healthy diet...
EarthTalk: Is Human Overpopulation On the Decline?
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that human overpopulation isn’t such a big issue any more as numbers are expected to start declining in a few decades?
Backyard Wild Spring Greens
For many of us in New England, when we think of spring we get excited to see seed catalogs and start planning our spring gardens in February...
8 Health Benefits of Kissing
Kissing is a uniquely human trait that’s said to have emerged as a way to pass germs from one person to another, ultimately building immunity. But that’s rather unromantic, isn’t it?
Twenty First Century Medicine
"Judgement by Result”, that excellent sieve of the dowsing mix, I first heard when your President (British Society of Dowsers) visited us in Danville, Vermont, in 1975...
Dowsing and Chaga
The snow is almost all gone here in Northern Vermont and it’s the perfect time to get out in the woods and forage, when everything wonderful is starting to come up: Fiddleheads, Ramps (or Wild Onions), Cow Slips...
Space Travel
Here's your chance to go gravity-free for 25 minutes watching this fascinating tour on board the International Space Station...
3 Ways to Fight Colds and Flu with Immune-Boosting Juice
Raw fruit and vegetable juices are great immune system fortifiers, especially during an active infection with a cold or flu.
Travel Companies Boycott "Human Safaris" and 13 Other Victories for Tribal People in 2013
Times have never been tougher for indigenous people living in traditional ways. Yet 2013 saw them winning land rights, fighting misrepresentation in the media, and winning solidarity from unexpected allies...
Earth Talk: Greener Ways to "Frack" for Natural Gas?
Dear EarthTalk: I hear there’s a greener form of fracking for natural gas and oil that uses carbon dioxide instead of water to access underground reserves. Is this really better for the environment?...
Will Obamacare Support Alternative Holistic Practices?
It’s going to be very interesting to see what effect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has on alternative medicine practices...
Obamacare Escalates Drug-Dependent Healthcare
We need access to universal healthcare that includes more than just drugs.
10 Grassroots Activism Victories in 2013
While we surely hear enough of the bad news happening around the world, Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin finds plenty of activism success in 2013 to celebrate...
Surviving the Holidays Gluten Free
As families gather around the dining room table, the intestinal discomfort one may feel might not be triggered by a second (or third) helping, but rather, by an undiagnosed food allergy...
The Soul of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human
Understanding how animal companions express themselves and perceive the world is an opportunity to reflect on our own daily perceptions...
Secrets of Aboriginal Healing: A Physicist's Journey with a Remote Australian Tribe
Quantum physics and cellular biology are just discovering what the Aboriginal healing system has tapped into for thousands of years; consciousness exists at a cellular level...
Musings: Take the Plunge Into Commonsense Good Health
Many people mistakenly believe their bodies are frail and prone to disease. On the contrary, our bodies are infinitely wise in the ways to keep us healthy and adapt even the most unhealthy physical specimen into a living, breathing vehicle...
Daily Astrology
January 15, 2026
Morning meetings and brainstorming sessions are fantastical affairs. Moods are jolly, irony is alive and well and outrageous ideas are readily available. Things said in jest may contain the germ cell of a brilliant breakthrough...
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