Jay Kinney was formerly the publisher and editor in chief of Gnosis: A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions. He was the recipient of the 2005 Albert G. Mackey Award for Excellence in Masonic Research, conferred by the Scottish Rite Research Society. His forthcoming book is The Masonic Enigma. Read More

Louis Sahagun is the author of Master of the Mysteries: The Life of Manly P. Hall. He is a senior staff writer at the Los Angeles Times where he covers religion, politics, the environment, law enforcement, and race relations. He is also current president of the L.A. chapter of Latino Journalists of California Association.  Read More

by Joyce McFadden- We as mothers are putting our own fears ahead of our daughters’ well being, and we have to confront this crisis of confidence in order to offer our girls more grounding in sexual vitality than we were given by our own mothers.

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by Letha Hadady-If you have complexion troubles or cloudy vision two garden flowers can make your life easier. They are also useful cold and flu remedies.

Honeysuckle is a flowering shrub that blooms late spring and all summer with a penetrating sweetness from delicate blossoms containing honey. You might grow this lovely, fragrant flower in your garden. It likes temperate climates and a well-drained soil. Honeysuckle, a perennial, needs full sun, but tolerates light shade. Best planted in the fall as a hedge, spacing the shrubs three feet apart, water them freely during summer and sparingly during winter. Feed the plants monthly during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer, and propagate new plants from softwood cuttings in late spring or from cuttings in late summer. Read More

by Letha Hadady, D.Ac.- This spring’s unusual flu season may be an indication that more is to come this fall. It would be wise to act preventively now and throughout the summer. Many alternative health experts agree, “At least 70% of our immunity against illness comes from a healthy colon.”
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Mitch Horowitz is the editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin in New York and the author of the forthcoming Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation which has been called “a fascinating book” by Ken Burns and “a sparkling, down-to-earth, and often deeply touching account” by Jacob Needleman. Read More