Thank you for the nomination!

I was utterly shocked -- and totally delighted -- to discover that ALALYAK, author of one of my favorite blogs, ESSENCENTRAL, had nominated me for a Mystery Blogger award! Thank you so much, ALALYAK! I invite my readers to follow ESSENCENTRAL, which has been nominated twice for the Mystery Blogger award, for some of the most thoughtful, …

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Do you believe?

The following article was originally posted by calensariel. It made such a powerful impact on me that I wanted to share it with my readers. I hope that you enjoy this, the first “guest post” on my Eclectic Spirituality blog. I encourage you to subscribe to calensariel’s blog for more thoughtful spiritual reflections.

calensariel's avatarImpromptu Promptlings

Have been over to Denzil Walton’s blog Life Sentences reading his Sunday Supplement post. He reblogged a post about discovering angels in your life. It resonated with me because I’ve had exactly the kind of experience he described in his first paragraph. He said,

All of us probably have stories where a complete stranger seemed to appear at just the right time to prevent an accident, help us make the right decision, find something that was lost etc. etc.

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One afternoon fifteen years ago or so I was on the interstate on my way home from work in March or April. The weather was beautiful. The snow was melting, the roads were clear. It was no where near rush hour so there wasn’t a lot of traffic. I was just tooling along listening to the radio when I came round a bend in the highway and a huge gray…

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The woman in the mirror

The beginning of the year is always an introspective time for me, though not for the reason you may think. Yes, there are the usual New Year resolutions and intentions, but, for me, January begins the inevitable descent to my next birthday, which is in April. Throughout the years, that descent has generated a myriad of emotions, particularly if the upcoming birthday was a major milestone.

Is New Age spirituality bad for young people’s mental health?

I recently happened upon an article entitled DIY religions: more harm than good, which opens with the following paragraph: Meditation, crystal therapy, self-help books – think they’re making you happier? Think again. A Brisbane academic has found a strong link between new-age spirituality and poor mental health in young people. While I contend that New …

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