However you may feel about Great Britain’s royal family, you’ve got to admire how carefully they adhere to tradition. For example, one important detail in the forthcoming coronation of King Charles III is the oil that will be used when Charles’ head is anointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The oil comes from the Holy […] The post The Ancient Art of Anointing first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

There is an ancient tradition in rural England regarding the safe way to eat a soft-boiled egg. After you have finished eating the egg out of its shell, you should shove your spoon through the bottom of the eggshell. This is because it was believed witches could use empty eggshells as boats. The “dreaded hags” […] The post Be Mindful How You Eat an Egg first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

Do you want to feel better? Go outside. The forest is a natural tranquilizer. Just smelling the trees and watching the sun dance on the leaves is relaxing, refreshing and energizing. The Japanese have a word for it: shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. Scientific studies have proved that forest bathing has actual health benefits for relieving stress […] The post Healing Energies From Mother Earth first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

About 20 years ago, I had the very good fortune to be in the south of India visiting the ancient city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu. The photo above shows me (barefoot) being blessed by a sacred elephant in the 800-year-old Meenakshi temple. (Sorry for the terrible picture quality. Digital cameras have improved a lot […] The post When I Was Blessed by a Sacred Elephant first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

Two weeks ago, when I wrote about Graham Hancock and his Netflix series that challenged traditional historians and archaeologists, I neglected to mention another researcher in the same field. Not only is Cliff Dunning renowned for his Earth Ancients podcasts that reveal startling discoveries around the world, he also leads some of our tours at […] The post Did Our Ancestors Use Sophisticated Technology? first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

In 1999, when Ireland was upgrading its national freeway system linking Limerick and Galway, a £100 million highway bypass was planned five miles north of Shannon airport to bypass Newmarket-on-Fergus and Ennis. But there was problem. A fairy tree was in the way. The Hawthorn bush, according to local legend, was especially significant to the […] The post They Take Fairies Seriously first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

The stones have been there for thousands of years, but their history is not so clear, shrouded by the mists of time. We know for certain there was an oracle at Delphi, but there are conflicting stories about how it came to be. Giordorus Siculus, writing in the 1st century BC, said there once was […] The post Consulting the Ancient Oracles first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

Graham Hancock’s 2022 Netflix series “Ancient Apocalypse” was #1 on IMDB’s list of the world’s top 50 documentary movies and TV shows. He proposed that there was an advanced civilization long ago that knew such concepts as mathematics, architecture and agriculture, but was wiped out by a catastrophic flood 12,000 years ago. The reaction to […] The post The Most Dangerous Program on Television? first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

The Consumers’ Association “Which?” lists the Avebury Neolithic stone circle complex in Wiltshire, England as the second best heritage site in the world for visitors, surpassed only by Monte Alban in Mexico, but beating Peru’s Machu Picchu and India’s Taj Mahal. The sites were judged on 25 criteria, including visitor experience, the preservation of the […] The post 2nd Best Heritage Site in the World first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more

According to an ancient Turkish legend, there once was a young girl who believed she was so ugly that no man would marry her. She was so depressed she tried to end her life by jumping off a cliff. But luckily she landed in a magical pool of water that turned her so beautiful that […] The post Marc Antony’s Greatest Gift to Cleopatra? first appeared on Body Mind Spirit Journeys Blog ..read more