Although it has been downplayed or forgotten, some of the most important spiritual teachers of the last few hundreds years have been hypnotists. (Christian mystic Saint-Martin and G. I. Gurdjieff among them.) We look at the influence of hypnotism on the West's spiritual tradition.

Social media causes stress. And, even in the short-term, stress can lead to "binge eating or consuming excessive amounts of alcohol or drugs." In the long-term, the brain itself can degenerate. Here's what's going on and how to fight back.