Naked is Sacred

“Earthing? What’s that?” I hear the questions already. Earthing is a practice with a thousand year history of harnessing and utilizing the power of the Earth for our benefit by absorbing this power through our unshod feet. “What? You mean going Barefoot? What’s so strange about that?” Obviously people have been going barefoot for millennia, but in the past few centuries there has been a systematic and orchestrated attempt to “de-educate” persons as to the benefits of Barefooting or Earthing as it is also called. If a New Zealander or a South African resident should choose to walk into a shopping mall today without shoes, they wouldn’t be seen as odd as the practice in these areas is fairly common among adults and teenagers alike. However in most other places eg. In America or in Jamaica where I currently live, going barefoot anywhere is frowned upon and the Barefooter is seen as classless and devoid of proper upbringing. In Jamaica, the only persons who might be seen fr...

The perversion that has come with black persons showing their skin is a European standard stemming from European religious ideals inculcated into western culture over the past few centuries. However, in historical African cultures, devoid of European influence, Black people wore little or no clothing. The idea of associating   nudity with uncivilized savages in the jungle is also a European construct. It’s an interesting point because the modern naturist movement was started in Europe. How the tables have turned. Other than wanting to be cooler in the warmer climates of the African continent, going clothes free offered the African the opportunity to breathe with the skin. It is well known in modern day naturist communities that when you are naked, the millions (actually trillions) of nerve endings on the skin that are dormant under clothes, come alive and start functioning. This makes one able to feel their surrounding environment and become one with it. For the ancient A...