I picked up on this article after reading Macheath's post on modern witchcraft and irrational magical beliefs. There is a lot of it about in our supposedly rational, secular age.
Kate Moss ‘moonbathes’ to absorb lunar energy as part of her wellness regime
Kate Moss has revealed that she spends her nights lying under the light of the moon to soak up lunar energy in an ayurvedic practice known as “moonbathing”.
The supermodel told The Sunday Times that she had adopted the ancient technique in order to absorb the lunar rays, which are believed to have numerous health and spiritual benefits.
Moonbathing, believed to be thousands of years old, flips the concept of sunbathing on its head, and involves lying down or going for a walk in a restful and private place under the moonlight.
Proponents claim it helps to treat diseases such as hives, rashes, hypertension, migraines, and other inflammatory conditions, as well as soothing excess heat and anger.
Ms Moss, 49, said she uses the full light of the moon to cleanse and charge her crystals, which she puts on a tray and leaves outside in the garden.
Kate Moss has revealed that she spends her nights lying under the light of the moon to soak up lunar energy in an ayurvedic practice known as “moonbathing”.
The supermodel told The Sunday Times that she had adopted the ancient technique in order to absorb the lunar rays, which are believed to have numerous health and spiritual benefits.
Moonbathing, believed to be thousands of years old, flips the concept of sunbathing on its head, and involves lying down or going for a walk in a restful and private place under the moonlight.
Proponents claim it helps to treat diseases such as hives, rashes, hypertension, migraines, and other inflammatory conditions, as well as soothing excess heat and anger.
Ms Moss, 49, said she uses the full light of the moon to cleanse and charge her crystals, which she puts on a tray and leaves outside in the garden.
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One of the 'witchy' shops near me has a sign in the window: "There's a crystal for that".
I don't think the crystals come with a guarantee though.
In Charles Lamb's Recollections of the English Lake Poets, he describes wandering around the Lake District on moonlit nights a couple of hundred years ago and seeing a naked couple moonbathing in their garden. No mention of crystals, though. That's clearly unscientific.
DJ - "There's a crystal for that". Blimey that's inviting some difficult questions.
Sam - crystals would be very uncomfortable in that situation.
Having recently seen a picture of her sans make up, I don't think this particular "Wellness Regime" is working!
The manager of Chelsea FC apparently believes that keeping a bowl of lemons in his office promotes "energy".
Dave - the next ten years won't be kind either.
dearieme - some football bods say Chelsea pays far too much for its lemons.
Thanks for the link!
Inevitably, Ms Moss has a new range of beauty products on sale - a snip at around £50 a pot - and is therefore out for every bit of publicity she can get. Since Gwyneth Paltrow has pretty much cornered the market in peculiar (and occasionally mind-boggling) wellness practices, I’d guess there wasn’t much left to choose from for a USP, so moonbathing and crystals it is.
Incidentally, I wonder if her alleged enthusiasm will wane as the year advances - lying around in the moonlight replenishing your chakras may have been all very well for the Indian originators of Ayurvedic medicine but it gets decidedly nippy here in the UK.
Of course you'd have to believe what an uneducated super model or actress said, wouldn't you?
It does show a remarkable lack of intelligence not to understand that the light coming from the moon is simply reflected sunlight. Dumb blonde syndrome?
Macheath - thanks for your link too! Blimey, £50 a pot sounds a bit steep whatever it is. I wonder if lying around in moonlight was originally unintentional but her publicity folk decided to make use of it?
Vatsmith - good point, it's rather like sunbathing on a foggy day but less effective.
Tammly - it's weirdly irrational isn't it? To talk about covid you should be a medical professional but advice about health generally can be given by celebrities.
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