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Spiritual joy

Spiritual joy can be a source of strength. Like the optimistic Pollyanna, there’s a lot to be said for finding reasons to rejoice, even in adversity.

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Tripping for spiritualism and science

Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.

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Living with less for spiritual gain

Today, a minimalist lifestyle is trumpeted as a route to happiness. Find out what religious ascetics from history and modern proponents of the spartan-looking home can teach us.

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Water of life?

From ancient sources of spiritual sustenance to the modern spa, Ross MacFarlane traces a brief history of healing waters.

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  • A clergyman reads the sermon with the aid of a magnifying glass to a sleeping congregation while another clergyman ogles a sleeping woman; satire on tedious sermons and the replacement of spirituality by sleep. Mezzotint after W. Hogarth.
  • Angels performing a "spiritual blood-letting". Gouache.
  • De capite sacri ordinis Sancti Spiritus dissertatio / [Petrus Saulnier].
  • A female memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • A male memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • A male memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • A female memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
  • De capite sacri ordinis Sancti Spiritus dissertatio / [Petrus Saulnier].
  • De capite sacri ordinis Sancti Spiritus dissertatio / [Petrus Saulnier].
  • A female memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation
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Perspective Tour with Dalian Adofo

Medicine Man gallery
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