Feature: Ellectropolution

A potentially dangerous toxin polluting the air both inside and outside every home may originate where the electricity is being generated. Yet this airborne toxin is not found in the smokestack emission byproducts of distant or even nearby coal-fired power plants. Some may argue that the pollutant now responsible for hindering the quality of human health and life is, ironically, the intended product of electrical power production—electricity. “Electropollution” is the collective…

Feature: Simple Home, Healthy Home

When there is harmony in the house, there will be peace in the world. — Chinese Proverb

Have you ever visited a home where you immediately felt welcome and comfortable? You know the kind. The lights twinkle, conversation flows smoothly and the energy just feels good. Healthy and prosperous homes are usually filled with love and respect as the inhabitants care for one another, their possessions and their space, with both intention and …

Strong Roots: We Interview Paul Ghost Horse

Paul Ghost Horse is a Lakota ceremonial leader who lives in western NC and teaches and conducts ceremonies throughout the country. His spiritual grandfather is Lakota elder and author Wallace Black Elk, and he continues his family’s teaching tradition by sharing some wisdom with New Life Journal readers. We are honored to offer his words.

PGH: Years ago, when my grandfather was a young man, he went on a hill for hanblecheyapi (vision quest), crying for a vision, and an Eagle came to him. The Eagle gave him a song, and when songs are given to native people, it’s always given in ceremony. The song connects spirit to spirit; and so when the spirit gives us song, they don’t…

Feature: Welcome to the Season of Mold

Isaac Savage looks at Spring’s unwelcome house guest.

Mold is good…except when it’s growing inside your house. Without mold, decomposition would not occur, cheese would be boring, and the majority of houses in western North Carolina would be missing the musty smell that wafts up from the ductwork every time the air is turned on. Mold is what makes nature’s cycle complete. The role of mold is to break down the energy in plants/cellulose so that it can return to the earth, beginning…

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