Archive for August 2016
Hapé Medicine – the Sacred Amazonian Snuff You Blow Up Your Nose
Rapé – pronounced ha-PAY – is a preparation of powdered medicinal herbs, often with a tobacco base – that is taken through the nose. This practice of consuming powdered plant medicines through the nose is pre-Columbian and was first observed among the Brazilian indigenous tribes. In Europe, herbal snuff was introduced by the doctor and botanic Francisco Hernández
Read MoreHow to Not Die at Burning Man…as Told by Burners
Burning Man is an annual festival that takes place in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert that attracts around 70,000 people a year. With dust storms, mutant vehicles, giant art installations, fire art, and tens of thousands of people partying in the desert… Burning Man can be considered to be a hazardous party environment. On the back…
Read MoreMy Body, My Temple by Autumn Skye
“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again” ~Jospeh Campbell Art by Autumn Skye
Read MoreFlower of Fire by Mariela de La Paz
“The earth is at the same time mother. She is mother of all that is natural,mother of all that is human. She is the mother of all, for contained in her are the seeds of all.” ~ Hildegards of Bingen Art by Mariela de La Paz
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