Soul's Code

No sex please, we're on Glee; Let's party like it's 4500 years ago; Don't weep for the only-child; Life and death of soldiers
Glee sex-less: Series creator Ryan Murphy rules against sex on screen, and for cast while on set to keep Glee a "family show"
The Divinity of Apple: The religious devotion of Apple consumers explained
Madonna [...]

An Episcopal priest comes to the realization that what we have labelled God is actually "absolute intelligence" expressed via humans
BY DAVID RICKEY — Recently two events have changed my center of gravity. First, attending the Parliament for the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia in December of 2009 and then going to Haiti for the first time in [...]

If happiness equals slimming-down the ego, the Imposition of Ashes on the first day of Lent is a powerful and public ritual of spiritual self-immolation
BY ANONYMOUS — I did confession (Ash Wednesday) and received the imposition of ashes. I've never felt so stripped naked in public as when I kneeled below the altar, and the [...]

A ritual for Lent: make a daily list of what brings you joy, and what brings you closer to Spirit

No, we don't mean our favorite song by the Psychedelic Furs, which was given a short second life a couple of years ago by the Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore vehicle 50 First Dates.
But now that we brought [...]

Soul's Code has criticized Ray and the franchise that made him famous, The Secret. One of our columnists, who is a spiritual practitioner in her own right, urges us to extend compassion to both the victims and accused
GUEST COLUMN: CARI LA GRANGE MURPHY — The topics of spiritual authenticity, accountability, compassion, and soul growth are [...]

The founder of Soul's Code exposes himself to a Finnish tradition with shaman roots: skinny-dipping through a hole in the ice after a sauna.
BY PAUL KAIHLA — I spent the afternoon breaking trail through the great boreal forest on the north shore of Lake Superior on cross-country skis made of hickory with my host, Olli. [...]

The holy man I met, "Swami Ji", has no organization, TV show, or book. His name simply means "great teacher."
GUEST COLUMN: SMADAR DE LANGE — How would you describe the experience of falling in love? For me, meeting with Swami Ji (personal name: Krishnamurti) was like falling in love. I fell in love with love [...]

Life-coach Jemitra Hairston ushers the ancient sacred ritual of sharing tea into the 21st century.
GUEST COLUMN: JEMITRA HAIRSTON — This is not an easy subject for me because I grew up in the South, home of Lipton “sun tea.” On Sundays, my mama would place a big container full of water on the well next [...]

"During most of my life, I have been very sad and very frustrated, and all the money in the world could not have helped me get rid of those negative feelings."
Second of 2 parts from the new book, BIRTH: When the Spiritual and the Material Come Together
BY SHARI ARISON — In my decades of seeking [...]

Eliot Cowan is a post-modern shaman, and founder of the Blue Deer Center. The spiritual retreat in New York's Catskills region is devoted to ancestral and indigenous spiritual teachings from around the world.

BY PAUL KAIHLA — When three people died and dozens were injured in Fall 2009 at a sweat lodge ceremony in Sedona, Arizona [...]