Fasting and food

Fasting is universal among spiritual traditions and among those who pursue alternative ways of increasing or sustaining health. As with all practices, fasting h...

Making links

The link between the life and behavior of a philosopher, thinker, or creative person and that person’s work is often made, even insisted upon. In The Book...

Buñuel’s “Simon”

Simeon Stylites, the famous 5th-century hermit who stood on a pillar in the desert most of his life, is an anomalous figure even among the early Christian deser...