Transforming the Alchemists

Transforming the Alchemists

by | Jul 1, 2007 | Peoples

-By John Noble Wilford Historians of science are taking a new and lively interest in alchemy, the often mystical investigation into the hidden mysteries of nature that reached its heyday in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries and has been an embarrassment to modern...

A Peyote Ceremony

A Peyote Ceremony

by | May 27, 2007 | Peoples

-By Omer C. Stewart The meeting place is a tipi with its entrance to the east. A crescent-shaped altar and fire are prepared according to custom. A drum, feather fan, eagle humerus whistle, gourd rattle, Bull Durham tobacco, and sagebrush complete the necessary ritual...

Liberal Bible-Thumping

Liberal Bible-Thumping

by | May 15, 2005 | Peoples

-By Nicholas D. Kristof Even aside from his arguments that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and that St. Paul was a self-hating gay, the new book by a former Episcopal bishop of Newark is explosive. John Shelby Spong, the former bishop, tosses a hand grenade into...