A Message from Nancy Roof | Kosmos Phase II – Endings and Beginnings
Beloved Community,
We see breakdowns happening now all around us, along with new consciousness emerging and new models and movements springing up everywhere. Transformation is here, and Kosmos is part of it.
There is a time for endings and fresh new beginnings to arise. We receive quiet whispers and then clear inner guidance when that time has come—Spirit moves us to new endeavors. After 17…
Life After Patriarchy: Three Reflections on the Coming Revolution
Alnoor Ladha, for One Billion Rising and Kosmos Online
One Billion Rising is celebrating its sixth year of risings taking place from February 14 to International Women’s Day on March 8. You can find out more and join the movement here.
The last 18 months have been indelibly defined by the rise of a feminist revival. The #MeToo campaign was a cultural matchstick sitting upon a tinderbox of a…
Changes at Kosmos
Dear Reader,
This is a precious moment, for many reasons! Our dear founder, Nancy Roof, is transforming to a new phase of inner work, one of deeper contemplation for renewed service. She has given me the opportunity to create greater spaciousness for her by entrusting me with the leadership of Kosmos.
Trust is a solemn grace. It will take a sangha, not just one person but a whole family to…
The Story of Kosmos
By Nancy Roof, Founder and Editor Emeritus | Kosmos Journal
My Story: Changing Myself to Change the World
You could say that it’s been a lifetime quest. As far back as I can remember I was asking, Who am I? What am I here for? Where did I come from? What should I be doing with my life? I am grateful to my family for not indoctrinating me with any particular religion or belief system. My…
Call for Essays and Other Works | Kosmos Quarterly
The new Kosmos Quarterly invites you to submit an essay up to 1000 words, or another work such as video, film, spoken word, art, music and poetry. We will choose several works to publish in our Quarterly and others on our website.
The theme of the Inaugural Quarterly is Unlearning Together, shedding the limiting beliefs and cultural assumptions that hold us back from co-creating a more loving…
Meet the Editorial Circle | Kosmos Quarterly, Inaugural Edition
The new Kosmos Quarterly premieres June 15, 2018. Subscribe here.
We have convened an inspiring circle of Advising Editors for the inaugural edition of Kosmos Quarterly. This intentional group of culture hackers, healers, activists and artists have come together for 100 days to cross-pollinate ideas and share the fruits of their practice with our subscribers.
Each season, Kosmos invites a…
Tamara S. Hamilton | How Are You Transforming?
Advising Editor and Kosmos Live podcast host, Tamara Smiley Hamilton, answered our invitation to send us a picture of herself wearing the signature Kosmos-blue meditation bracelet, and to respond to the question:
How Are You Transforming?
"Each day invisible scales shed from my skin. My gait has become lighter powered by an electric joy of being inside the moments of my transformation,…
About the New Kosmos Quarterly
Something wonderful is unfolding at Kosmos
On June 15, 2018, Kosmos Associates premieres Kosmos Quarterly, an innovative new e-Journal. The Quarterly contains the same quality features already familiar to Kosmos subscribers - inspirational writing and art - along with enhanced media offerings such as spoken word, music, video and more.
Each Quarterly is a deep dive into a special theme…
Ulysses ‘Butch’ Slaughter
Ulysses "Butch" Slaughter is a social entrepreneur, author, and filmmaker behind the powerful documentary series "Odyssey To Save Ulysses." A recipient of The 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award in Philadelphia, his expertise in difficult family reconciliations is the subject of the transformative documentary series "Reconciled" which he hosts and co-created with GRB Entertainment. The program…
Sacred Activism of the Heart
Dear Reader,
How do we bear the sorrows of the world? I think we touch the eternal within ourselves. Touching the eternal does not require a belief in 'God'. We need only to contemplate our own DNA to understand we are a confluence of events and conditions stretching back millennia. We can touch the mystery of a flower with our heart.
This deeper knowing, this sense of grace, is the light…