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.
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…
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…
Our Five Most-Read Articles of the Year, and More Gifts
Dear Reader,
It has been a year of transformation at Kosmos. You played a key role in the journey, as we transitioned from our legacy print journal to the new Kosmos Quarterly. I received many warm and encouraging letters and offers of assistance as I stepped into the role of editor. Thank you for your patience and your trust. It is very nourishing to know we have such a loyal and loving…
Staff and Advisors
KOSMOS WINTER 2018 > STAFF AND ADVISORS
Staff and Advisors
Founding Editor
NANCY B. ROOF
Editor
RHONDA FABIAN
Webmaster | Art Director
KAREN ANDERSEN
Business Manager
SUSAN INGERSOLL
Associate Editor
VICTORIA PRICE
Kosmos Associates Board of Directors
NANCY B. ROOF, Chair
TARA STUART
RHONDA FABIAN, Vice Chair, Treasurer
STEPHANIE SHORTER
JUDY WICKS
JERRY BABER
Editorial Circle, Winter 2018…
Wetiko: Energy, Domination and Human Societies
By Martin Kirk
We are transforming. Everything.
When a caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, its physical form dissolves into a sort of primordial goo and then re-forms as a butterfly. The entire life-system reboots its organising principles. It changes how it looks, the way it moves, how and what it feeds on; it is, to all intents and purposes, a wholly different thing. The…
Balanced Feminism
By Anja Beerepoot, via the author's blog
How can we save mankind and our planet, improve the position of women and abolish financial, social and cultural inequalities between men and women, and live a joyful and fulfilling life?
A better world is a balanced world
A balanced world embraces multiplicity of perspectives and ‘ways of doing things’ and is informed by the diverse histories,…
Money and the Divine Masculine
By Charles Eisenstein, via his website
I recently attended a ceremony at the Tamera village in Portugal in which the officiant invoked “the healing of money.” Immediately a vivid image popped into my head of a man, vast and muscular, bound to the earth with stakes and tethers, straining with every atom of his strength to free himself and rise up. Finally, in a desperate, colossal effort, he…
Kosmos’ Dot Maver Joins Hands with Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra, Bill McKibben, Others for Global Unity
Kosmos Project Director, Dot Maver, is an educator and lifelong peacebuilder. She is Founding Trustee of the National Peace Academy USA and founder and board member of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures of Peace and the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding. Her work in education, politics and grassroots community organizing is focused on applied peacebuilding utilizing a…
Ecosophy: Nature’s Guide to a Better World
Storytelling
The most exciting and beneficial things I believe happened to humanity in the past century were physicists’ recognition that “the universe is more like a great thought than like a great machine”1 and astronauts lifting far enough from Earth to see, feel and show us how very much alive our planet is. Those events led to a wonderful sea change from the older—and rather…