Musings: Protecting Our Food Supply
"The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison." — Ann Wigmore Known as the "mother of living foods,"...
Mentoring Boys to Men
The teenage years are both challenging and developmentally critical for teens as well as the adults in their lives.
Instrumental Partners Program Announced
Worcester Public Schools and WICN 90.5, the NPR jazz station in Worcester, MA, announce a collaboration called Instrumental Partners.
Healthy Cooking Timesavers
If you've been struggling with a hectic schedule and find yourself reaching for takeout menus more often than you'd like, try some of these quick and easy meal prep ideas that have worked for me.
Full Scholarships for Veterans at the Massage School
The Massage School, with two locations in Acton and Easthampton, MA, is offering full scholarships to veterans returning from active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
East Coast States Join Together to Curb Greenhouse Gases
Given the lack of federal action to curb greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., several East Coast states joined together in 2008 to form the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)...
Do-It-Yourself Food Safety: An Interview with NOFA's Julie Rawson
Julie Rawson is the executive director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Mass Chapter, a position you might say she has held since the day she walked in the door in 1984.
Vegan is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action
Children are born to love. They love animals, people, the ocean. Vegan is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action helps children really look at what it means to act with kindness, and how veganism is part of a loving life-style.
Ordinary Sacred: The Simple Beauty of Everyday Life
As the world rushes crazily along preparing for elections, financial melt-downs and catastrophes, Kent Nerburn reminds us that the meaning in life comes from our humble appreciation of it.
How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything
"Paper or plastic?" Of course the correct answer is "neither." But on the (hopefully rare) occasions you find yourself without your personal shopping bag, what is the best response for the eco-conscious consumer? Organic food is always better, or is it?
Birds: A Spiritual Field Guide
A friend was greeted by a cardinal each morning for weeks after her mother passed away. She felt comforted knowing the red bird outside her bedroom window was a message from her mother.
Back to Walden
If you asked me 15 years ago what I wanted carved into my tombstone, my answer would have come straight from the heart: "So what?"...
Avoid These Mercury Laden Fish
Mercury in the fish we like to eat is a big problem in the United States and increasingly around the world.
Astrology Forecast for Spring 2012
What a strange winter we've had in southern New England! I cannot recall another one quite like it.
America The Beautiful
Many thanks for your sustaining hand in publishing the Spirit of Change! Here is my letter to the editor.
Locating Practice Dowsing Targets
Once the dowser has chosen at least one tool in each class of instrumentation, (L-rods, Y-rods, pendulums, bobbers/other), it's time to get down to the busi-ness of dowsing, but it's best not to get overly excited.
Choosing A Dowsing Instrument
Choosing a dowsing instrument used to be an easy task. Our forefathers used whatever was near at hand — a forked tree branch, a pole, staff, or a weight suspended from a string or chain, served perfectly well.
Asking The Proper Dowsing Questions
Every experienced dowser knows that our skill is multi-faceted, involving several critical aspects for its proper functioning, which this column has previously addressed in orderly stages as best as possible.
Preparing and Practicing the Dowsing Mindset
The first column in this series was a general overview for people who have just discovered dowsing and decided to take a further look, highlighting the importance of subduing the ego and starting at the beginning.
The Dowsing State of Mind
For those new to dowsing, it is strongly recommended that you learn to temper your initial enthusiasm.
Start At The Ground And Work Your Way Up
Many of the articles appearing in The American Dowser are directed toward members who are already experienced in the art of dowsing.
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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