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The Taino Myth of the Wounded Healer

This Taino myth is perhaps the original version of the wounded healer from at least 10,000 years ago. ...

LifeTide / Groundswell

Excerpts from Lyall Watson's book Lifetide - The Biology of the Unconscious with descriptions of tidal dynamics and groundswell throughout time and space. ...

Chimera – I am My Own Twin

Chimerism is a strange beast. Scientifically, it’s the persistence of cells from two (or more) people in one body. Firm numbers remain elusive, but most—if not all—humans are probably a little chimeric. ...

The Microbiome Challenges our Concept of Self

The human is not a unitary entity but a dynamic and interactive community of human cells and microbial cells. Self is not a human trait but the product of complex interactions between human cells and a multitude of m ...

Winter Solstice, Pineal Gland and Cycles of Life

It is a time to reflect on the cosmic and earthly cycles. They underlie and influence our physical well being and our psychological and spiritual health. ...

Liquid Crystalline: The Fourth Phase of Water

Gerald Pollack outlines the science behind the liquid crystalline phase of water. This is the gel phase which is also the fourth phase of water. ...

Primo Vascular System – The Anatomy of Meridians

The primo vascular system has a specific anatomical and immunohistochemical signature that sets it apart from the arteriovenous and lymphatic systems. ...

Tribute to Mae-Wan Ho (1941–2016)

An excerpt on love by Dr. Mae-Wan Ho who passed away at the end of March, 2016. Thank you so much Mae-Wan Ho for everything you have done for us! ...

Different Brain Regions are Infected with Fungi in Alzheimer’s Disease

I spent many years of my childhood watching my grandmother unable to do anything much other than sit in her chair and watch TV because of Alzheimers disease. Years later my grandfather followed her down the same path ...

Spectacular Discovery Reveals Power Grid in Muscle Cells

Finally an explanation of how skeletal muscles fire and produce energy that makes sense! Researchers have learned that the mitochondria themselves are connected by electrical wires in a vast intracellular network ...