Spirituality

Explore our archive of articles on Spirituality.

Hope Leans Forward | The Body as Grounded Wisdom

Journal Article

"For years after the miscarriages, I felt barren and broken by the loss, shame, and guilt. There was a ragged, dispossessed part of me that I couldn’t shake. Here in the cold spring dampness of Kōya-san, my loss and grief were acknowledged and shared...I sensed that those in the cemetery around me understood and made space for the grieving to be and to breathe.”

Published in Volume 2023 Issue 2 By Valerie Brown

Fear, Freedom and the Queer World of Quantum Mechanics

Journal Article

The rise of the individual has been critical since Nietzsche and indeed still is, in enabling us to move beyond a traditional world governed by religion, belief, and authoritarianism. This has given us an unprecedented degree of freedom and capacity for authenticity, bringing with it essential human rights and liberal forms of social justice. But individualism as a ‘theology’ has also hollowed out the world, depriving us of a deeper meaning for being alive, leaving us to some extent alone in a hall of subjectivist mirrors. 

Published in Winter 2023 By Steve Brett

Love, Care and Community

Journal Article

Love and care for each other and for the Earth Herself tell a story so different to the discord and divisiveness that shouts all around us. It takes us back to roots that nourish us in the soil and the soul.

Published in Summer | Fall 2022 By Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Climate Crisis | A Problem of Myth?

Journal Article

Humanity's archetypal detachment from Nature is now being challenged within a single generation. Our ability to operate independent of consequence is being denied.

Published in Spring 2022 By Travis Redtail

Blueprints for Men

Journal Article

Ever the rugged individualists of myth and legend, we men are content to run the race with our broken conditioning rather than step into the unknown. Unfortunately, success in this race is not an individual event; it’s a team sport that impacts our communities.

Published in Spring 2022 By Mark Grayson

In Search of the Sacred Masculine

Journal Article

Forcing hyper-masculine energy to change with more hyper-masculine energy is not going to work. We are already seeing this failure in many aspects of our society and economy. And while the Divine Feminine is rising, balance is yet to come.

Published in Spring 2022 By Jason McLay

The Indwelling Spirit

Journal Article

Our spiritual commons includes the pure positive potential that flows upward from the Indwelling Spirit into our personal field of consciousness where it manifests as humanity’s eight positive core qualities of thought and action

Published in Autumn 2021 By Eric Hutchins

Joanna Macy | Climate Crisis as Spiritual Path

Journal Article

This 20-minute (fully transcribed) video of Joanna Macy is derived from previously unused outtakes for a film released in 2014, titled: 'The Wisdom to Survive'. Upon review of the original interview, we found certain statements even more relevant now.

Published in Autumn 2021 By Old Dog Documentaries

Autobiography of a Yogi | 75 Years On

Journal Article

In the chapter “Years in My Master’s Hermitage” from the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, Paramahansa Yogananda describes the masterful qualities of his guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar.

Published in Autumn 2021 By Paramahansa Yogananda

Our Spiritual Commons

Journal Article

The spiritual commons is a territory for souls to do the work and play of souls. It is a place of operation for our non-physical aspects like consciousness, inspiration, intuition, meaning and contentment.

Published in Autumn 2021 By Joni Carley