Word: herbal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like attributes of genius. He has his own tour bus, separate from the rest of the band and crew, "because I need windows," and because he rarely listens to music, which is in heavy supply aboard the other R.E.M. vehicles. He keeps a bottle of Evian water mixed with herbal powder close at hand and claims he can, as some animals do, anticipate earthquakes days before they occur. His house in Athens has no TV and no phone. Says drummer Berry: "The three of us are just as average as you can get, but Michael is obviously an unusual person...
...cats and dogs there are herbal flea collars, while humans can wash their bodies with Save the Whales glycerine soap...
Like other believers, many New Agers attach great importance to artifacts, relics and sacred objects, all of which can be profitably offered for sale: Tibetan bells, exotic herbal teas, Viking runes, solar energizers, colored candles for "chromotherapy," and a Himalayan mountain of occult books, pamphlets, instructions and tape recordings. Some of these magical products are quite imaginative. A bearded Colorado sage who calls himself Gurudas sells "gem elixirs," which he creates by putting stones in bowls of water and leaving them in the sun for several hours, claiming that this allows the water to absorb energy from...
...have a strange sense of humor," admits Debra Floyd, the store's book buyer. Floyd has stocked the store well with a wide variety of books on the occult from facsimilies of ancient manuscripts to recipe books for herbal potions...
...Healing, Crystal Therapy, and classes ranging from meditation to massage. Several kitchen chairs and tables on which are spread colorful crystals and velvet bags of runes comprise the only pieces of furniture in the room. One table by the window has a plate of cookies and a selection of herbal teas...