Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler, JD is President of the Center for Partnership Studies and internationally known as a systems scientist, attorney working for the human rights of women and children. She is the author of groundbreaking books including The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, now in 27 foreign editions, and The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics. Dr. Eisler has received…
‘Tastings’ from the Winter Edition of Kosmos Journal Quarterly
Excerpts from Global Citizen | Global Spirit
Painting by Charlotte Salomon | Kristallnacht
In 'Breaking Out of the Domination Trance | Building Foundations for a Safe, Equitable, Caring World'
By Riane Eisler
We only escaped from the Holocaust by a hair’s breadth. Shortly after that takeover, on Krystal night, so-called because of all the glass shattered in Jewish homes,…
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…
The Web of Meaning
By Jeremy Lent and Nicholas Joyce
Jeremy Lent | What I call animate intelligence, and Earth wisdom, is a very similar take on the same thing, which is this recognition that life itself has spent billions of years here on Earth, evolving ways of doing things and being healthy as part of bigger ecosystems, and showing incredible intelligence.
Reclaiming Spiritual Wholeness
By Riane Eisler
Despite core teachings of love and nonviolence, in both Eastern and Western scriptures, story after story and commandment after commandment idealize the infliction or suffering of pain.
Economic Justice and Ecological Regeneration
By Jeremy Lent
Our crucial task is to incorporate these principles of traditional wisdom into an integrated system of values that can redirect humanity away from catastrophe, and toward a flourishing future. One where our shared identity expands beyond parochial boundaries to include, not just all humanity, but all sentient beings, and the vibrancy of the entire living Earth. Ultimately, it is our values that…
Two Meanings of ‘Resistance’
Dear Reader,
The light begins its slow return to places in the North, and today a new year begins.
Some people are saying it is already “too late” – climate chaos, species loss, war, disparity – that we have gone too far, the darkness is too profound. At Kosmos, we believe no darkness is so profound that a single candle cannot dispel it.
The Buddha’s teaching on light and…
The Practice of Global Citizenship
Global unity is our evolutionary destiny.
This is what we believe at Kosmos, and why we continue.
Kosmos Winter Preview: ‘Global Citizen | Global Spirit’
Dear Reader,
Every time I read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I am deeply moved by its essential, bold aspirations for humanity. This week we celebrate the 70th Anniversary of this milestone document, drafted by representatives from all regions of the world. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948. It set out, for the first…