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24 Years of Conscious PublishingGrounded in Spirit...Sustained by Beauty

A warm welcome from Kosmos – the celebrated journal for transformation

Now in our third decade, Kosmos Journal informs, engages and inspires by sharing transformational thinking, practice and policy grounded in spiritual wisdom and aesthetic beauty. We believe a new consciousness is rising, no longer based on greed and competition, but on healing and cooperation in harmony with all Life. This profound Shift calls us to hospice the era that is passing away and participate in the birth of a new one, guided by principles of interbeing, collective intelligence, and sacred action.

We are heartened to see many signs of this Shift happening now and invite you to participate in its unfolding with Kosmos.

“In addition to examining and changing our personal inner lives and our cultural values, the conscious activist is challenged to apply this wisdom to strategies that affect the manifest world. We balance action and reflection, working with a fierce heart at all scales from the personal, to local, to national, to global and even kosmic levels.”

— Nancy Roof, Founder of Kosmos

Our Current Issue

Volume 24 Issue 4
Collective Mind of Peace

Collective Mind of Peace

What if Peace is not just an absence of conflict but an actual entity that shapes and is shaped by our collective consciousness? In this way, Peace is not just a personal experience or an agreement among people, but a broader, more universal condition that manifests through the collective consciousness of a family, community or society. Kosmos explores this theme in various contexts, from the collective memory of resistance in Haiti to kinship among whales; from the enduring presence of the Nile River amid the crisis in Sudan, to the ways karma aligns our actions with collective consciousness.

Selected Features

Sense-Making

Inner Dimensions of Systems Transformation

By Earth4All

At both individual and societal levels, it’s possible to develop the cognitive, emotional, and relational capacities to better comprehend and navigate complexity. Wisdom traditions have long advocated the societal benefits of cultivating heart and mind, and contemporary research is beginning to catch up. Science shows that adults develop psychologically throughout life, that practice can dramatically alter brain structure and activity, and that inner development programs for individuals and teams can have profound positive effects on inner capacities.

Advocacy

Understanding Sudan through the Eyes of a Mother and Novelist

By Reem Gaafar

"Decades of conflict have left Sudan in a state of crisis, with millions displaced and facing starvation. The global community's indifference allows the war to persist. It impacts everything. Every waking moment of our lives is now just about this. There is a contrast between North and South Sudan. It’s not just about what happened during colonial times, or what happened during independence. It is this and more."

Nature

Reestablishing Kinship with All Life in a Time of Chaos

By Leah Rampy

"This powerful being, so seldom seen by most of us, leaves us breathless. I look at the faces, each one with huge smiles of pure joy. “Did you see that? Did you see that?” The sky, the sea, the birds, the humpbacks, all create a symphony of beauty and connection that captures us fully and completely. Everything exists only in this time, this place."

Keynote

Karma, Wholeness and the Quest for a World at Peace

By Rev. Deborah Moldow

As institutions and nations face challenges, we must honestly assess our creations—both miraculous and disastrous...This journey toward peace on Earth requires everyone's commitment: those clearing their personal karma, those feeling the evolutionary call, and the new generations being born. We must embrace this rising spirit of oneness and commit at a soul level to healing the past and co-creating a shining new culture of peace.

Presencing

‘Fourth Person’ | Collective Sensing

By C. Otto Scharmer and Eva Pomeroy

The number one problem facing humanity today is our sense that we are powerless to change any of it. The old ways of knowing and acting in our world are no longer sufficient. Our systems are collapsing. If we are going to serve societal transformation in the face of this collapse, as we believe is fully possible, we need to draw on a new form of knowing—knowing for transformative action.

Decolonization

Haiti’s ‘Sin’ of Resistance

By Rann Miller

"Numerous reports and pictures of what’s happening in Haiti would have one believe that the Haitian people are incapable of running their own country and that an intervention from the “international community” is necessary. However, clarity comes by way of understanding history; history explains why, as Frederick Douglass said, Haiti has not yet been forgiven."

Our Newest Podcast

Deschooling Dialogues
Episode 6 | Alnoor Ladha with Orland Bishop

In this far-ranging dialogue, elder Orland Bishop talks with Alnoor Ladha about what unlearning and de-schooling could look like for concepts such as wealth, money and reciprocity.

More Podcasts of Note

the way out is in

with JO CONFINO and BROTHER PHAP HUU

This podcast series is aimed at helping us to transcend our fear and anger so that we can be more engaged in the world in a way that develops love and compassion.

the beautiful question

with SCOTT LENNOX

As you listen to these intentionally brief podcasts, you can allow yourself the gift of Stillness, out of which Clarity will naturally arise. You will then be listening to the wisdom of your innate self.

kosmos live!

PREPARING FOR PROFOUND CHANGE

This podcast series, Preparing for Profound Change, explores the shifting global landscape. Economic collapse, climate chaos, political upheaval – these may seem like forces to fear, but in fact offer us deep opportunities for transformation.

sounds of sand

Science and Nonduality

Sounds of SAND is a podcast from Science and Nonduality which contemplates and reveres the beauty, complexity, pain, and great mystery that weave the infinite cycles of existence.

deschooling dialogues

with ALNOOR LADHA

A collaboration between Culture Hack Labs and Kosmos Journal, the first season explores some of the basics of deschooling, including decolonization practices, alternatives to traditional education, discoveries from the edges of social justice movements, and the deep time lessons of Indigenous wisdom and knowledge systems.