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  • Shaman and the Sun Dance
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    Shaman and the Sun Dance

    I wouldn’t say that the spiritual void was necessarily filled by Castaneda’s words, but I began to appreciate the idea that something greater may be out there, connecting us in some way or another.

  • The Politics of Thanks
    Wellness Contributor: Sally Turkovich

    The Politics of Thanks

    The jobs my husband and I have allowed us to buy this big fancy bed.  The pillows and comforter were a wedding shower gift from my generous cousins.  I'm thankful for our jobs and I'm thankful to my cousins. Instead, I should apparently be thankful to God. What's the connection, you ask?

  • Finding My Way (A Spiritual Journey)
    twodaymag's Relationship Contributor: Anya Alvarez

    Finding My Way (A Spiritual Journey)

    I felt like an outsider. People asked me if I had been attending another church. When I answered with a simple, “No, I just haven’t been going to church at all,” they looked at me with amazement that I surprisingly hadn’t ended up pregnant or looked like I just gotten out of drug rehab.

  • The Awakening: Part Two - The Message
    Health and Wellness

    The Awakening: Part Two - The Message

    What if there is no supernatural being, alien race or “sky daddy” that can rescue us—only a brilliant collective brain that can be activated by each one of us to solve the most pressing problems of our time?

  • The Awakening: Part One-Opening the Door
    Health and Wellness

    The Awakening: Part One-Opening the Door

    I walked briskly onward, not only free of anxiety, but feeling confident, completely safe—knowing I would reach my destination, and utterly convinced that I was somehow not alone.

  • The Catholic Church Needs to ‘Man Up’
    twodaymag's Lifestyle Contributor: Kristen Houghton

    The Catholic Church Needs to ‘Man Up’

    Called the “Woodstock Defense” it states that the crime of sex abuse committed against innocent children by your friendly neighborhood priests only occurred because "vulnerable priests were influenced by the increased deviance of society during the psychedelic 1960s and 1970s."

  • Passover: An Outsider’s Perspective
    Health and Wellness

    Passover: An Outsider’s Perspective

    Only when we hit “rock bottom,” it seems, are we willing to question Pharaoh’s way—whether Pharaoh represents our ego’s demands, parental expectations, social pressures, allegiance to conventional values, or unrelenting perfectionism.

  • Beltane: The Festival of Passion
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    Beltane: The Festival of Passion

    Before the continent was Christianized, ancient Europeans were living it up (and gettin’ down in the woods) in the merry month of May:  the Romans celebrated the Floralia in drunken delight, the ancient Germanic peeps got rowdy on Walpurgis Night and the Celts fired up the bonfires (and libidos) on Beltane .

  • The Cynical Daydreamer
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    The Cynical Daydreamer

    “Religion is based on belief in the unseen or unknown. If you can imagine mythology, you can imagine the religious mysteries.” says one friend. I disagree.