Jonathan Smith

Jon has been a practicing psychotherapist in Los Angeles since 2009. Prior to this he worked in film and television as a writer, director and film editor. He left New York for Hollywood in the summer of 2001, just before a certain event that indeed changed everything. Trained initially in post-Jungian depth psychology, the Buddhist Abhidarma is the basis of his approach. Jon took refuge in the…

Kosmos Spring 2021 Gallery of Poets

Dale Champlin In the Morning There is Hope  Hope glitters from the sugar bowl, blooms on the flowered wallpaper and rises in a cloud of steam from the teakettle. There’s a puddle of hope in the courtyard and a bit of hope buzzing in a spider web in a dusty corner of my window. A cat on the sidewalk yowls hope, hope, hope in his manner of speech. The sky puffs rows of hope like fish scales. With…

Notes Toward New Religions

In my view, the fact that we can’t identify further evidence for a transcendent purpose shouldn’t keep us from embracing it, because most of what will become the totality of human knowledge still awaits discovery.

Alec Gewirtz

Alec Gewirtz (@alecgewirtz on Twitter) is a writer and community-builder based in New York City. He graduated summa cum laude in Religion from Princeton University and was a Fulbright Research Fellow at the University of Toronto.

Soul Shivers

Soul Shivers is a growing community of women connecting around the deep work of earth regeneration. We partner to produce media, podcasts, and creative projects in service of this collective work. Most importantly, we learn together.  For us, regeneration is not just a set of alternative solutions - nor is it just about nature. Instead, regeneration is about activating the capability and will…

Introduction

Introduction Editorial Century of Awakening By Rhonda Fabian We resacralize something by treating it with respect and reverence. Even the simple act of drinking tea can be a profound act. Read more Keynote Awakening to Life…

Articles

ArticlesOur featured contributors Wholeness The Ecozoans By Sam Guarnaccia Everyone who breathes air, drinks water, takes in nourishment from the land, marvels at the moon, sun, and stars, and is conscious of being energized by wondrous processes that evolved over billions of years is an Ecozoan.…

Kosmos Quarterly Spring 2021

“We know of no other place in the universe with such gorgeous self-expression as exists on Earth. . . this exuberance of life.” – Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry, The Universe Story Introduction Keynote Awakening to Life By Jeremy Lent Can we wake up in time to appreciate our collective…