Facebook sweat lodge, the online resurgence of native spirituality
Smudging, sweat lodges, drum songs. If you were to ask most Canadians what comprises indigenous spirituality in this country, those are the images that would likely come to mind.
HE healed the sick, walked on water, turned water into wine and, according to a newly-deciphered ancient text, Jesus was also a shapeshifter.
Roelof van den Broek, a researcher from the Utrecht University in the Netherlands recently completed deciphering a 1200-year-old Egyptian text which deals with the crucifixion of Jesus.
The chairman of a northern Michigan Indian tribe says he’ll sign a same-sex marriage bill Friday, then preside at the wedding of two men.
The myths of Jeju are the bones of its shamanist tradition. It is the myths that support the practice, the flesh, just as the skeleton supports the body. The spirits, the purpose of shamanism being the relationship between mortal and immortal worlds, provide the life force.
DNA evidence has revealed that the oldest known common male ancestor is 340,000 years old, more than twice as old as previous estimates.












