"Star Wars" has always kept its fingers close to America's spiritual pulse. In the '70s and '80s, the interstellar saga explored Eastern traditions, mainly Buddhism and Taoism, just as many "spiritual ...

Birds appear in almost every culture as symbols of hope, change, or divine intervention. In many Native American traditions, the eagle is considered a sacred bird that represents a connection to the ...

Assigning spiritual meaning to the presence of certain birds you keep seeing is a practice that dates back thousands of years. While some people may only regard birds with the simple appreciation that ...

Hawks and owls are powerful symbols in the sky. But what about other birds? Well, add woodpeckers to the list. Across cultures and spiritual traditions, woodpeckers have been celebrated as powerful ...

Cathars. Albigensians. Heresy. The Inquisition. These words tap into some murky collective memory of a forgotten time of great violence. Until a few years ago, the story of the Cathars had been all ...

“Star Wars” has always kept its fingers close to America’s spiritual pulse. In the ’70s and ’80s, the interstellar saga explored Eastern traditions, mainly Buddhism and Taoism, just as many “spiritual ...