Twelve has been in my thoughts. It is a fascinating number, especially considering the base-ten system we use for counting on our fingers and toes. In metaphysical and esoteric arts, twelve represents dream-realm mysteries. When I teach astrology to first-time students, I ask them to go on a kind of treasure hunt, gathering all the iconic groupings they can find that form a dozen. They can easily identify the twelve months in a year, but the deeper level of this number in the
Nannie Fannie on the left. Mama Roz on the right. A little girl in the middle who had no idea what she would one day become. Through a treasured family photograph, Ambika Devi reflects on ancestry, liminality, mythology, and the women whose love, courage, and guidance helped shape her understanding of what it means to be human.
What happens when science studies the sacred? A Johns Hopkins study of religious leaders and psilocybin opens the door to deeper questions about consciousness, spirituality, Meditation, and the nature of the Mind.
