Ancient texts echo this belief. In the Mahabharata’s Shanti Parva, Bhishma advises Yudhishthira never to disrespect the dead. Such actions, it is said, disturb one’s inner energy. Across religions, ...

In the early morning in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi Province, sunlight filters through centuries-old cypress trees in front of the Shengmu Hall (Holy Mother Hall) at the Jinci Temple, ...

Kimberly Holland is a writer and editor with 17 years of experience in food, lifestyle, travel, and health content. She is an Editorial Director for Southern Living.

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

Acqua di Parma’s new “Gelsomino a Freddo” eau de parfum is crafted with the cold enfleurage technique, balancing luminous jasmine with smoky notes of black tea and wood The launch includes candles, ...

Just think, for a moment, how you’d look in a pair of form-fitting football pants and a tight-around-the-belly jersey. Would you look like a honed specimen of humanity, lean and taut and ready to ...