Israel strikes Iran in an unprovoked attack. Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs says, "The entire Middle East is at war because of Israel and the US."

“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because, in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in the blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came." John F Kennedy

For the past three months, I've been unable to go into the ocean. Even being near the formerly turquoise, rippling waves causes me to become ill for days at a time. Outside my door, the cure-all aroma of salty sea air filling my lungs with rebirth has been replaced with a neurotoxin coming from the ocean’s cry for help.

Picture it: witchcraft and spells rule at the highest helm of power during the time of the Affair of Poisons, meanwhile women are executed for using the very magic that put those such as King Louis XIV on his thrown.

Yes, water is a portal. There's a reason we're all seeking Atlantis. Water is where we're from — the sea — and it holds powerful messages, pure serenity, and carries deep truths of who we are. Read on to learn more.

Learn what the ancients reveal about the principle of fasting — from Rumi, Hippocrates, and Plato — food and how, when, and if we consume it — is our medicine.

It hurt to look at her. The pain oozed from her like blood from a war wound. She couldn't prevent her own death, but she remained with the living. It's too dark for her to see. The light burns her skin so she hides. Pieces shattered around her like remains.

Would Prudence face the same fate?

Do you think our emotions can move the ocean waves? I do. Let me explain, but only just a little.

Like naked on cashmere…

Is there an underground world?A series of underground entrances were just found in Cusco, Peru…

Why are Abandoned Castles so fascinating? There’s a message in the remains of abandoned homes and palaces — castles that once housed the spirit of grand manifestation, majesty, and royalty — somehow reduced to solitude and soil. It doesn’t seem possible, does it?

Why are horror stories so comforting? Stephen King once said, “We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” Research has since shown that horror movies can benefit trauma survivors in a number of ways. Here's a haunted house story they tell in the north. Inspired by The Haunting of Hill House.

Why has the Feminine enraptured and enraged from the beginning of time? Power.

A look inside a vision that preceded a time of global unrest: A story of sadness and success.

Why digging in the deep sea is good for your health.

What is Larimar? How does it carry the energy of the worlds’ oceans? Of its many profound properties — throat chakra, heart and higher heart chakra healing, anxiety reduction, confidence, clarity, abundance, utter serenity — what is it about Larimar that makes it feel like the sea?

Here’s how to clear your crystals from bad juju, or to reset them to be their most powerful.

Why is silence important for giving us a voice?

Love yourself enough to keep growing into yourself.