Joni Carley
Dr. Joni Carley consults and advises private and public sector leaders and their teams. Her expertise in values-driven leadership and cultural development draws on a unique depth and breadth of experience—ranging from the jungle to the boardroom, from the C-suite to the podium, the African Bush to Asian Temples, and from universities to the United Nations, where she is currently Vice Chair of the…
Joni Carley | Our Essential Commons
By Joni Carley, DMin
Essential Commons is a field for negotiating what James Quilligan calls “…our mutual commons – the dynamic interrelationship of human subjectivity and material substance,” (Kosmos Journal. Spring/Summer 2013).
As policies and practices are beginning to better account for the commonality of our materiality, it’s critical that we also account for the intangible drivers of…
Kosmos Editorial Circle | Winter Edition
Each season, Kosmos convenes a new Editorial Circle for the upcoming edition of Kosmos Quarterly. This intentional group of culture hackers, healers, activists, and artists come together for 100 days to cross-pollinate ideas and share the fruits of their practice with our subscribers.
The next Kosmos Quarterly arrives December 21, 2018. Subscribe here.
Meet the Editorial Circle | Global…
Conscious Evolution: A Metaphysical Task
By Joni Carley
Kosmos Journal, FALL | WINTER 2016
"The yin/yang lens offers a conceptual framework for exploring the causality and metaphysics of conscious evolution. Just like positive and negative electrical charges in a wall outlet, yin and yang are distinct poles of unseen forces that, when consciously managed, yield power that is as formidable as it is neutral. We understand a lot…
Consciousness | Seeds and Soils of the Commons
by Joni Carley, DMin
In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete. That, in essence, is the higher service to which we are all being called. - Buckminster Fuller
Omega Institute for Sustainable Living
Omega Institute’s 2015 Forum on the Commons focused on literal and philosophical…
Waters of Spirit
These abundant collective resources also include ancestral wisdom, feelings of gratitude, wonder and awe, appreciation for beauty, our powers of concentration and insight, our capacity to awaken, spiritual traditions, and personal practices such as prayer and meditation. I see our spiritual commons as a river of pure life-giving waters that each of us can draw from freely. In this edition of…
Staff and Advisors
KOSMOS FALL 2021 > STAFF AND ADVISORS
Staff and Advisors
Founder and Editor Emeritus
NANCY B. ROOF
Editor
RHONDA FABIAN
Guest Editor
ALNOOR LADHA
Webmaster | Art Director
KAREN ANDERSEN
Associate Editors
CATALINA LASSEN
RROWAN BABER
Kosmos Associates Board of Directors
NANCY B. ROOF, Chair
TARA STUART
RHONDA FABIAN, Vice Chair, Treasurer
JUDY WICKS
JERRY BABER
Poetry Editor
CAROLYN MARTIN…
Fall Preview: “Our Spiritual Commons”
Dear Reader,
In a time when people can barely agree on the color of the sky, what truths can we hold in common? Surely, we share a common concern for the wellbeing of our children and their children. How can we heal, reimagine and regenerate our world with this common love at its core? We are in the early stages of profound change on our planet, and this is the moment when people of goodwill must…
Staff and Advisors
KOSMOS SUMMER 2021 > STAFF AND ADVISORS
Staff and Advisors
Founder and Editor Emeritus
NANCY B. ROOF
Editor
RHONDA FABIAN
Guest Editor
ALNOOR LADHA
Webmaster | Art Director
KAREN ANDERSEN
Associate Editors
CATALINA LASSEN
RROWAN BABER
Kosmos Associates Board of Directors
NANCY B. ROOF, Chair
TARA STUART
RHONDA FABIAN, Vice Chair, Treasurer
JUDY WICKS
JERRY BABER
Poetry Editor
CAROLYN MARTIN…
Staff and Advisors
KOSMOS SPRING 2021 > STAFF AND ADVISORS
Staff and Advisors
Founder and Editor Emeritus
NANCY B. ROOF
Editor
RHONDA FABIAN
Guest Editor
ALNOOR LADHA
Webmaster | Art Director
KAREN ANDERSEN
Associate Editors
CATALINA LASSEN
RROWAN BABER
Kosmos Associates Board of Directors
NANCY B. ROOF, Chair
TARA STUART
RHONDA FABIAN, Vice Chair, Treasurer
JUDY WICKS
JERRY BABER
Poetry Editor
CAROLYN MARTIN…