This the third in a series of interviews with Gail about the cultural practices of the Huichol Indians of Mexico. Here she describes how her journeys to the Huichol people in Mexico intersected with her marriage, and how she eventually brought her husband with her to the peyote ritual ceremony. She movingly describes the close, [...]

Larry Dossey, author of Space, Time and Medicine, Beyond Illness, Recovering the Soul and Meaning and Medicine, discusses his critique of extremes within both the holistic movement and orthodox medicine.  He suggests that in each of these there is a tendency to simplistic thinking based on reductionistic formulas and a denial of the individuality of [...]

Here he describes the transformation of Elijah from a religious zealot who slays 450 prophets of the Caananite god Baal to a mystical angelic figure who brings enlightenment and connects humanity with the divine. He points out the influence of Elijah’s story upon Christianity and Islam. He addresses the enormous influence of Elijah upon the [...]