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Ritual Wine Beyond Organic
By
Gus diZerega
I recently went searching for a wine to use in the “Cakes and Wine” part of our Wiccan rituals. I went to the organic wine section of a local store since it seemed to me important the wine we used be as respectful of the earth in its production as possible. A lover of…
Nature is Good for You
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Gus diZerega
It turns out that immersing ourselves in Nature is good for us in ways that science can actually measure. A paper published last week, “A Dose of Nature” Jules Pretty and Jo Barton found that people’s mood and self-esteem benefit from what it calls “green exercise.” Prof. Pretty said of his study “For the first…
Earth Day at 40
By
Gus diZerega
Earth day celebrates this wonderful planet that is our home. Today is its 40th anniversary, celebrated world-wide, the inspiring off spring of Senator Gaylord Nelson and some students back in 1970. It is a wonderful corrective to the two forms of moral and intellectual insanity, one religious and one secular, that sees our proper role…
Junk Food Addicts Rats, Changes Brain Chemistry
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Gus diZerega
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute report that when fed junk food instead of good food, the brain chemistry of rats changes in ways analogous to cocaine addiction. Addicted rats turned down nutritious food preferring no food instead, but willingly underwent repeated electric shocks to eat junk food.
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