In the Northern Mozambique Channel lies an island called Vamizi, which has been at the center of trade, food production, and power struggles in the Indian Ocean since the 16th century. Turtles, turtle stories, and turtle culture ignite passions and can drive people to the frontier where truth meets belief. Turtles have always been currency: meat, shells, eggs, decorations, even aphrodisiacs. Nichols calls Blue Mind-“A mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peace, unity, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment.” And for readers of SWOT Report, this paradise likely has sea turtles, too, and palpable “turtle power.” Earth rests balanced on the back of a turtle, after all, according to many indigenous cultures for which turtles are part of their spiritual family, laden with traditional significance and magic as well as practical value. The words island paradise conjure a certain image in the mind, likely a place where one would go to experience what Dr.
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