The Sacred Depths of Nature: 25 Years Later By Ursula Goodenough I wrote the first edition of The Sacred Depths of Nature during a 3-month marathon in the spring of 1997, weaving together a lifetime of science-based understandings as a Read more
Esoterik und Spiritualität in Deutschland – eine schwierige Diskussion Von Kocku von Stuckrad [ Zur englischen Version dieses Textes geht es hier entlang | For the English version of this blog post, click here] Heute wurde eine weitere Folge der Read more
Discussing Esotericism and Spirituality in Germany By Kocku von Stuckrad [For the German version of this blog post, click here | Zur deutschen Version dieses Textes geht es hier entlang] Today, the German public-service television broadcaster ZDF launched another episode Read more
The Delusion that Only Individuals are Real By John Thatamanil Am I responsible for America’s racist past, even though I myself immigrated to the US from India when I was just eight years old? My parents had arrived two Read more
King Charles: Pagan Green Man? By Bron Taylor On 4 April 2023, at its official website, the British Royal Family revealed the design of the invitation to the Coronation of King Charles. Hand-painted by heraldry artist Andrew Jamieson, the invitation Read more
Kindness as a Political Virtue that Could Save Us from Ruin By Dion Forster For some years I have been thinking about the importance of recognizing and cultivating political virtues for the sake of a better future. By that I Read more
Crocodiles are Our Twins: Recognizing Animals as Persons By Andi Alfian In 2020, a group of Bugis people in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, discovered a crocodile emerging from the Tallo River, which they believed was their collective relative, and Read more
The Bible and “Homosexuality”: An Invitation to Encounter, Risk, and Collective Curiosity By Charlene van der Walt The biblical text is often used in contemporary African faith communities to condemn LGBTIQA+ people as an abomination before God and to label Read more
“No One Does Anything!”: Hegemonic Knowledge and Everyday Oppression By Marcelo Kuna Half the stories of the world are left unwritten, Half the stories of the world are kept unread, And so the people of the world will never notice Read more
The Devil’s Parade By Rudolf von Sinner I confess, I am not a true follower of the Rio carnival—too many people, too late at night until too early in the morning, too loud, and too long. At most, I watch Read more