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This essay was originally published at Huffington Post and is republished here by kind permission of the author, Saumya Arya Haas. I never learned much about religion until I started hanging out at Muddy Waters Coffee Shop on the corner of Lyndale and 24th in Uptown, Minneapolis. I was raised to be a priestess (of Hinduism), grew up
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Agape Editions has extended our Numinous Orisons, Luminous Origins Contest deadline until May 15th. Our award is given annually to recognize a book of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, or genre-defying aesthetic that intellectually stimulates and psychically dazzles its readers into a deeper entanglement with Mystery. Our 2016 contest is limited to books of poetry. To submit for consideration









