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"Talking Ayahuasca" by Ayahuasca_Pix via Flikr.

Meriado

By Alli | March 22, 2011

Feeling the Vision in Peru.

Photo by Rachel Signer.

Failing to Fast

By Rachel Signer | January 3, 2011

Eating my way through Ramadan in Senegal.

"Luis and the Balloons" by Thomas Hawk

Letting Gravity Win

By Meera Subramanian | October 4, 2010

Four questions whose answers might save your life.

Lenten Fast

Meat: It’s What’s for Lunch

By Mary Valle | March 11, 2010

Dear Ross, It is not for me to judge another’s Lenten sacrifice; giving up cappuccinos or pedicures might really be a hardship for someone else. However, I was a little…

"I realized I could follow the progress of my fast by keeping an eye on the moon every night..."

Hunger Is God’s Food

By Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey | August 23, 2009

Praise the Lord and pass the leftovers—but not before the end of Ramadan.

Killing the Buddha

Muhammad and Mary, Up from Common Ground

By Ashley Makar | August 22, 2009

Today, as Muslims begin fasting for the month of Ramadan, Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox Christians are breaking a fifteen-day fast for the Virgin Mary. This morning was a rare coincidence of…