We have taken our food for granted and most of us have no idea where it comes from. Jennifer Hill from Bristol recalls, "Several years ago I took my daughter and her friend to our allotments. As we left I dug up a couple of bunches of my prized organic carrots and offered one of them to my daughter's friend.With a look of absolute disgust the young girl said, 'My mommy doesn't get food from the dirt She goes to Tescos ' Still, at least she knew what a carrot was." Ask any child where their food comes from, and the chances are he or she will say the supermarket. And most adults don't know a...

A civilization, in order to survive, must be successfully transmitted from one generation to the next. Woman plays a very important role in this transmission. She is the first teacher of the child. In that sense, women have always provided the foundational support for civilization. The edifice of our modern society would never have existed if not for the civilizing influence of women upon men. According to Alpin MacLaren, Women cause men to settle down, and to look to family and security. Women inspire men to achieve in the business world by their moral support and yes, their need to be...

Since time immemorial, in every continent and in every major organized and pagan religion, followers have used a string of beads to chant repetitive, uplifting sonic phrases to help create a sense of calm and purpose in life. Most common among these phrases are the ones that refer to names of God and chanting of these names is probably the single most important religious practice that cuts across all religion, culture and civilization lines. Names of God, known as Holy Names, is a form of addressing God present in liturgy or prayer of various world religions. This has been established as most...