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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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  • Short-title catalogue : of works on psychical research, spiritualism, magic, psychology, legerdemain and other methods of deception, charlatanism, witchcraft, and technical works for the scientific investigation of alleged abnormal phenomena, from circa 1450 A.D. to 1929 A.D / Compiled by Harry Price.
  • 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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