The Coincidence of Meaning

Martina Moneke explores Carl Jung’s notion of synchronicity—the mysterious convergence of inner experience and external event that carries symbolic significance. Using Jung’s famous “golden scarab” story as a point of departure, the essay explores how such moments suggest a more profound coherence in reality, one in which psyche and matter reflect a shared source.

Position Paper | A Commons-Based Architecture for Climate Finance

Drawing from systems thinking, indigenous stewardship models, and emerging legal innovations (such as rights of nature and intergenerational governance), the author outlines pathways toward a multi-level trust structure that redistributes authority, redefines prosperity, and embeds long-term ecological resilience at the core of global governance.

Learning from the Past to Reimagine the Future

This reflective essay explores how our relationship to the past shapes the futures we can imagine. Greg Anderson invites readers to examine inherited narratives, question entrenched assumptions, and use history as a creative resource—opening possibilities for more humane, relational, and life-affirming ways of living forward together.

Can Anything Still Touch Us?

A single wildlife photograph stops a writer mid-scroll, breaking through the numbness of our image-saturated lives. Confronted by a sloth clinging to a fencepost in fragmented habitat, he explores what it means to still be touched—by grief, tenderness, kinship—and what such moments ask of us.

Deschooling Dialogues | Alnoor Ladha with Kumu Ramsay

This episode of Deschooling Dialogues features Kumu Ramsay Taum who shares deep insights on Indigenous sovereignty, the colonization of Hawai‘i, the sacred meaning of Aloha, and the necessity of restoring ancestral wisdom in a consequence-blind culture. This living transmission of relational intelligence calls us to remember our responsibilities to land, lineage, and Life itself.…

In Loving Memory of Nancy Roof

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Nancy B. Roof, Ph.D., Founder and Editor Emeritus of Kosmos Journal, passed away peacefully at the age of 96 on September 29th, 2025. Nancy’s presence continues through the ongoing work of Kosmos Journal, the communities she helped inspire, and the countless hearts she awakened.

Consciousness Is Irreducible

Physicist and microprocessor pioneer Federico Faggin contends that consciousness is the ground of being, not a by-product of matter. By centering subjective experience and self-knowing, he envisions a science aligned with life’s interiority—one that honors awareness, responsibility, and our capacity to serve the unfolding of life itself.

The UN’s Next Role

Jem Bendell reflects on the disillusionment of UN staff confronting ecological, economic, and political breakdown. Rather than propping up failing systems, he urges a shift toward “collapse-aware” integrity: naming the storm, fostering resilience, and reclaiming the UN’s spirit of service as truth-telling, solidarity, and courage in darkening times.

The Great Enamorment

In this deeply personal reflection, Lauren de Boer traces humanity’s spectacular evolutionary lineage—from stardust to photosynthesis, respiration, and the human hand—toward a renewed faith in life’s creative unfolding. Drawing on Teilhard de Chardin, he names “the great enamorment” as the universe’s love-in-action, calling us to live as conscious ancestors serving future…

Original Politics and the Future of Love

This essay recalls the roots of ecological politics in Indigenous traditions, contrasts them with Western thought, and links them to the modern environmental movement. Recalling ancestral wisdom and women’s knowledge, it envisions a revolution of love, wisdom, and compassion—recovering what was lost to guide humanity toward a more harmonious, life-serving future.