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2022 July/August
Transform Each Day With Rituals
Columns
Holy Habitats
Instead of traveling to distant spiritual sites, what we if we found such sanctuaries in our own selves?
Zen Wellness at Castle Hot Springs
The Castle Hot Springs in Arizona awaits. Water pours from fissures in the rock and wellness is a matter of Zen.
Suffering Exists So We Have Something to Do
How we speak and behave affects our relationship with the world. It affects how people see us, judge us, and decide how to interact with us.
When a Tension Gets Attention
Flummoxed by self-esteem issues? Give up on self-esteem and move to Self-awareness.
What Is Love?
Rabbi Rami dives into deep spiritual waters on the nature of love, evil, truth, and more.
Features
re/VIEW: Byron Katie
“Self-realization is the sweetest thing. It shows us how we are fully responsible for ourselves, and that’s where we find our freedom.”
How Rituals Rewire Your Brain
While rituals may define us, we have a hard time defining them. Dig into the science of ritual.
A Ritual-Full Life
“Every time I have gathered in community ritual or personal ceremony, I have experienced a healing.”
Writing Their Own Story
Seasoned authors are reinventing their lives by creating inspiring heroines that readers love.
The Gandhi Formula: An Interview with Hitendra Wadhwa, PhD
A renowned Columbia Business School professor explains how all success derives from the Inner Core.
Featured Artist: Shelley Kommers
S&H Editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with Los Angeles-based artist Shelley Kommers about mandalas, the colors pink and green, and working with gold leaf.
Connections
Journaling Out Loud
Distracted by worrying, anxious, comparing thoughts? Give voice to them. Then give voice to a response to them.
Mindfulness Over Merlot
It’s not about willpower. Tools like meditation can help in recovery from alcohol use disorder.
Prison and Paganism
The author of Paganism on Parole explains how she deepened her faith while incarcerated.
19 Cooling Practices
Struggling to escape the heat? Cool it with tips from Ayurveda, yoga, Western herbalism, traditional Chinese medicine, and everyday common sense.
Perspectives
Ten Thousand Hands
The heart grasps at many things, and if we are not careful we reach for more than we can carry.
Toolbox
From The Editor
From the Editor: A Trust-the-Reader Approach
Our readers know a lot about a lot. And we trust them to explore what they don’t know with wisdom, curiosity, and care.
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Reviews
Film Review: Royalty Free
Kevin MacLeod is a composer with more IMDB credits than John Williams, Ennio Morricone, and Jerry Goldsmith combined. You may not have heard his name but you’ve almost certainly he…
Film Review: Bad Axe
2020 wasn’t a great year for Asian-Americans in the hospitality trade. Forced to adapt their businesses to ever-changing pandemic rules, restaurateurs struggled to keep their heads…
Film Review: Flint
The people of Flint have had to endure the tortures of the damned for nearly a decade. First, in 2014, in response to an economic crisis, the state of Michigan forced them to sourc…
Film Review: Meat the Future
“Lab-grown meat” may not sound particularly appetizing, but Meat the Future, directed by Liz Marshall and narrated by the legendary Jane Goodall, seeks to help us understand the vi…
Music Review: Les Racines
Vieux Farka Toure's new album, Les Racines, was recorded in Bamako, Mali, in his home studio, which is named after his father, the eminent African blues guitarist Ali Farka Touré. …
Music Review: Breaking the Thermometer
Breaking the Thermometer by Leyla McCalla is an ambitious and rewarding project that intersects music, politics, journalism, and personal history. A vocalist and multi-instrument…
Book Review: Hoodoo for Everyone
How do you conjure up empowerment and reclaim agency when you have no power? These questions are the origin story of hoodoo, a folk magic created hundreds of years ago by enslaved …
Book Review: Around the World in 80 Spiritual Places
Defining spiritual places is the first order of business, a task made joyful by the abundance of landscapes, locales, buildings, and sites to choose from. A highlight of the book’s…
Book Review: Worth the Risk
During the past two years, the never-ending news cycle focusing on the dangers of the world led many to hunker down in their desire to remain “safe.” Kristen Lee observes in her ne…
