Not-yet-published pieces, stories, essays, rants, and random strangenesses

“A Prayer for Us,” by Rob Brezny And so I am starting to pray right now to the God of Gods . . . the God beyond all Gods . . . the...

I’m not sure who said it. Probably my acupuncture physician, but my memory is a bit vague; for all I know, my friends have been saying...

A friend was checking in with me today—how things were going in Mom’s absence. I told her I was behaving as if I were grieving or...

I’ve been waking up lately with my head crammed with a bunch of disjointed thoughts. That in itself is not unusual; my head is a...

Lots of family and family-of-family; a couple of neighbors; a few very dear friends of mine; a few family friends of my brothers. Flowers...

In the seventh grade, we were taught Modern Math. My teacher, a man with a thick Southern accent whose face looked like one of those...

by Jeffrey Weiss, DallasNews.com The psilocybin mushroom was a tripper’s choice back in the 1960s. Actually, it was the herbal head-trip...

The chattering classes are heading to the Amazon in search of esoteric highs. Are shamans the new shrinks? by Clover Stroud The Sunday...

These parents believe horses and shamans can unlock their son’s autistic mind. This is their journey of discovery by Tim Rayment The...

A tiny Amazonian village mixes traditional healing and modern medicine by Andy Isaacson Utne Reader, September / October 2007 Issue At an...

I had an acupuncture appointment yesterday. My head felt about two sizes too small, and whenever I bent over and the blood rushed to my...

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), health is defined as being in harmony or in balance. If a body is healthy, it is able to resist...