The first time I was given Kambô, I didn’t quite know what to expect. I knew it was poison from a giant monkey frog that is administered...

One of the things that I've learned from the last months of spiritual searching, which kicked off with Ayahuasca and continued with Bufo...

I was thrilled to get such a raving review from Publishers Weekly: "This gratifying tale from Duarte (The Transmigrant) explores what...

Most religions have rules about clothing or diet or specific days for fasting or rest, as if God would care about mundane things like...

Don't spend your life doing something that kills your soul. It's not worth it waking up every day wishing you didn't have to go to work....

If you want to find Nirvana, seek out Bufo Alvarius, the Colorado River toad. It has a very special secret: its venom can bring you to...

Kirkus Reviews (the go-to source for librarians), lauded The Transmigrant with this wonderful review: "A debut historical novel imagines...

Ahhh... Staying present, the most difficult lesson to learn at all. Why is it so hard to stop worrying about the future, or planning a...

I can be guilty of this, as well. I'm an introvert and quite shy, and I try to remember that no one outside my immediate family and...

The Holy Conspiracy is a sequel to The Transmigrant, where Yeshua (Jesus) asks his friend Yudah (Judas) to point Yeshua out to the Roman...

On the third night, I decided to go “full throttle.” I wanted to experience what some of the other people had the previous night. The...

We all take too much for granted. We spend time daydreaming, ruminating on problems, and planning for the future. We forget to enjoy what...

A few years ago I met 99-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch, the world's oldest yoga teacher. She was inspirational, to say the least. She could...

Some good writing advice I received a few years ago was to make the characters suffer, then go as deep as you can with the pain. And then...

In this chapter of the novel The Transmigrant, the thirteen-year-old Yeshua (Jesus) has run away from home and traveled across Asia to...

On the second night of the Ayahuasca retreat, I went into the ceremony room already feeling a little nauseated. My sister and I were...

You can find peace anywhere if only you search for it. This is me meditating on a cliff below the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan a...

Like any mother, Mariamne (Mary Magdalen) worries about her unborn child and wonders if she can keep the baby safe in an increasingly...

This is a message from your spirit guides, something you need to hear now. You came here and saw this post for a reason. Close your eyes...

"As I read this book of fiction I realized that it was more realistic and much more believable than what the ancients decided we should...