Get articles, daily on the email! Pythagoras and his disciples established religious communities throughout the Greek world. All were strict vegetarians. Men and women were admitted equally, they took vows of celibacy and all possessions were held in common. Neophytes took a 5-year vow of silence. Vegetarianism and Spiritual Life First of a Series The great majority of us who have [...]
“The body never lies”. Its tensions and movements, tone and color, posture and proportions, all express the person and the vitality within. The body speaks of one’s emotional history and deepest feelings, one’s personality and character. A drooping head, slumped shoulders, a caved-in chest, and a slow, burdened gait reflect feelings of weakness and defeat; [...]
The term “alchemy” has been used to describe chemical, medical, psychological, and spiritual practices from China, Egypt, Europe, and elsewhere which lead to transformation and a realization in which all opposites — masculine and feminine, heaven and earth, divine and human, the whole and the part, the visible and the invisible; body, heart, mind and [...]