Oceanic Feeling

At the Seder

It must have been one of the last Passovers to be celebrated by the Jews of Damascus, before the last families left

Is yoga a religion?

Evangelical Christians in California tried to ban yoga in schools. So where is the line between the body and the soul?

Desert silence

City life is a constant, maddening hum. Only in a place like the Sahara can we hear the nothingness that revives

A sublime contagion

The Gothic is more than vampires and flying buttresses, burgundy lips and black lace: it is the thrill of transgression

Stories in the night

Insomnia brings many gifts — the noises of the night, the twist of narrative, and a stolen march on time

Seeing and believing

UFO sightings are down. Ghosts are in decline. Are we more discerning now, or just afraid to trust anything?

Zen freedom

Free will and fate are both illusions. The trick is learning to sail with the prevailing winds of life

Tango mi amor

While we are in the arms of another and the music sings of time, and chance passing, we are in the eye of the storm

The science of love

We each carry an intricate machinery of love, calibrating and attuning our moods and bodies to one another