Congratulations to Michael Hampson, whose photo, “The Kiss,” won the first Soul’s Code Show us your Peak Experience photo contest. As Michael explains, “This is Drew and Katie at a benefit I organized. The band had just finished their set. He was so happy to share the moment with her.” [It almost looks like it [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: AMY LEASK
I’ll admit that spiritually speaking, I’m still groping my way through the universe. My soul may have been around the block a few times, but with respect to its understanding of the how and what and why of my existence . . . it still has a great deal of homework to [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: BEVERLEY WOOD
In all of my dog-owning years (almost 53 years of them), I have never had to make the heart-wrenching decision to put one down. Until now.
I’ve almost always had a dog (Sun in Sagittarius) but they’ve either died in an accident, died while a vet somewhere was trying to save them, or [...]

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HUNTER REYNOLDS, an astrologer based at California’s celebrated, Harbin Hot Springs, does a reading of the Democratic nominee for president
Choosing a president is embarrassingly similar to courting a mate. In the initial stages, the temptation is to disqualify, or idealize. The astrologer’s job is to help you find the middle path. [...]

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The Esalen Institute is where legends like Joseph Campbell, Abraham Maslow and Fritz Perls did some of their seminal work.
It’s one reason we call Esalen “the cradle of West Coast civilization” in the Soul’s Code slideshow, The 10 Best Spiritual Resorts.
We ranked Esalen No. 2 in that series because of its unparalleled physical amenities — [...]

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Ojai, CA is to spirituality what Silicon Valley is to technology. Due east and a 40-minute hop inland from Santa Barbara, Ojai has more mind-body spas per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. – probably, the world.
How does Ojai pull that kind of rank? For one thing, it’s got a tiny population = 8,000 [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: PAMM — After years of study, practice and observation, I decided that in one way Tantra is like Christianity. There are over 1,700 flavors (sects) of Christianity with a huge diversity of opinions, doctrines, practices, etc. The same is true with Tantra.
For instance, the Dalai Lama is a Tantrika. So was Osho/Rajneesh (the [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: VICKI WOODYARD
Vicki is a spiritual teacher and writer who lives in Atlanta, GA
Besides love, what one trait have you noticed in couples that have maintained a successful relationship for many years?
The question in the headline is a common one on dating sites, which probe people for their relationship attitudes when filling [...]

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GUEST POEM: HUNTER REYNOLDS
Hunter is an astrologer whose practice is based at the California spiritual retreat, Harbin Hot Springs
Here at this strip club,
where the seductive maidens of phenomena
undulate on the lap . . .

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News that Madonna retained Paul McCartney’s divorce attorney has now stoked revelations that her marriage to film director Guy Ritchie (left) is on the rocks because they’ve parted paths in their spiritual practice.
Forgive us for thinking that a spiritual path was all about bringing people closer together — like, getting them out of their heads [...]

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The mind that is so sure of itself and who it thinks we are — and who others are — goes into shock at the thought of its own extinction. It’s terrified by that moment when it goes from “On” — to forever, .
It’s most shocking when the mind’s fear of mortality is projected onto [...]

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BEING THERE: SMADAR DE LANGE
Smadar de Lange is a psychologist and healer who is tenting-it in California’s coastal ranges, near the spot where Robert Louis Stevenson honeymooned
Can you escape from society? Does being a hermit have a transcendental value? Does nature unlock the secrets to spirituality?
There is an American tradition, going back [...]

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A house in a small town in Wisconsin where a mass-murder took place last October is being demolished by the owner, local clergy and government.
Soul’s Code contributor Cyndi Ingle asked in a recent essay on peak experiences, Do you need a building to feel spiritual?
Conversely, can a structure be evil? We believe, but cannot prove, [...]

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It was 40 years ago today in the late, great 1968 that Robert Kennedy was martyred by Sirhan Sirhan at LA’s Ambassador Hotel (the venue was demolished in 2005). The man with the unconscious gun was a Palestinian born in Jerusalem who was initially sentenced to death in a California gas chamber, and is [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: LAURA HOLLICK

As an artist running my own studio, the conveniently-named Soul Art Studio, I often get asked about the creative process — and how my art comes together. One of the biggest topics revolves around ‘where’ the art comes from.
The questions often have this flavor:
How do you know when it is your inner [...]

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