The Healing Effects of eCigarettes... Traditional cigarettes are very hard on the body. Not to mention the long term damage cigarettes can cause. Traditional cigarettes can cause various cancers throughout the body, ulcers, and even reproductive problems in women. Why I Need To Stop Smoking The long term lasting damage that is done from smoking traditional cigarettes can really be bad for your health. And trying to get healthy once you have already developed...

Cleansing With Herbal Vaporizers... Herbal vaporizers might be the best-kept secret in the health industry today. This holistic approach to healing can work wonders on anyone’s body. And, they are natural. Using them is a great toxic free alternative to help you remain healthy on a daily basis. In fact, many people are using herbal vaporizers to cleanse. Need A Detox? Try Herbs Everyone needs to detox from time to time. Detoxing is good for the...

Knowing What Your Skin Needs... What does your skin need? Three letters… TLC. Less is More If your lawn was only 2 square yards, just how many chemicals and how much equipment do you think you’d need to care for it. Next to nothing. The ordinary individual has exposed skin totaling only 2 square yards. Yet our medicine cabinets are full of creams and lotions; exfoliates and oils; cleansers and masks; the list goes on and on. In truth, you may be...

Holistic Healing Using Jewelry... Holistic healing has been in practice for centuries and continues to this day because; people from all cultures know that it works even as it continues to face the opposition of western medicine. One of the oldest forms of holistic medicine is using holistic jewelry to promote healing in the body. Healing jewelry is any jewelry that is made with quartz, crystals or materials that are found in nature. Many healing jewelry...

Looking Great Can Do Wonders for Your Self Esteem... You’ve probably heard the old saying, “It’s what’s on the inside that counts,” so you may wonder why so many people also claim that looking great can do wonders for your self-esteem. Perhaps it’s because who you are on the inside is more accurately represented when you take the time to care about your appearance. Think Of It This Way If you are a lazy, hopeless, careless person, you may go around with wrinkly...

The First Harvest... Merry Meet! The great fire festivals of Beltane and the sun’s turning point at Litha have passed.  Now we come to the celebration of Lammas or Lughnasadh (Lu-nah’-sah), the first of the three Autumn harvests.  Summer has warmed the soil and fed the plants.  The small trickle of ripened crops in the previous months becomes a flood of abundance. It’s also the time to celebrate the symbol that is the...

We All Copy Each Other... The Goddess Eoster and Her Chosen Animal Merry Meet! It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that’s the case, then we Pagans get more flattery from the major religions than you can shake a stick at! Even when they actually shake sticks at us to chase us a way. Let’s take the most recent holiday, Easter. For Christians, it symbolizes renew, resurrection, new beginnings, and the like. The egg...

Finding the Common Ground... Merry Meet! Last time we talked about the “An it harm none, do as ye will” law that most Pagans follow. I’ve said before that this is the ultimate responsibility law. By my actions or inactions I may not cause harm to others or myself. As a Pagan, you really have to weigh the consequences of your actions and how they affect not only the people around you, but you yourself. We’re going to look at a few of the ways...

To Change the Tide... Merry Meet! Okay, you want to tell the world you follow an Earth-Centered Spirituality.  You are a Pagan. My first suggestion is don’t.  At least not right away.  Many of the problems I’ve encountered when telling people about my spirituality is that I don’t know enough about it.  I know that the general practice of those under the Pagan umbrella resonate with me the most.  I feel more alive,...

To Live a Life of Joy... Merry Meet! From my greeting you may already know that I follow an Earth-Centered Spirituality. It’s a common greeting among those of us who follow this path. I am a Pagan. The quick and easy definition: One who does not follow the three major Abrahamic religions. That means I’m not Christian, Muslim, or Jewish. In early Christian times, Pagan meant country dweller. A derogatory name suggesting the person was...