The Strangeness of the Planetary Future By Whitney A. Bauman Wicked problems call for puzzling solutions. Wicked, here, is of course not the slang skater/surfer/stoner complement when something is amazing. Rather, it is a technical Read more…
“J” is for Nothing: Oppenheimer’s, Nolan’s, and My Enchantments By Lisa H. Sideris In the Land of Enchantment My interest in J. Robert Oppenheimer began in earnest around 1990 when, as a graduate student in Read more…
Religious Naturalism, Emergence, and Science: A Counterpoint Conversation Conversation Partners: Ursula Goodenough and Terrence Deacon Biologist Ursula Goodenough published the first edition of The Sacred Depths of Nature in 1998. The second edition, published in Read more…
Divide and Rule: How the Growing Rift between Peace, Climate, and Social Justice Movements Is Cementing a Ruinous Status Quo By Fabian Scheidler Environmental and peace movements are profoundly divided in many countries today. The Read more…
Celebrating Five Years of Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad If we want to address the major challenges of the 21st century—first and foremost climate disasters, human and other-than-human interdependencies Read more…
Nature’s Symphonic Beauty: Towards a New Paradigm By Sara Michieletto Art has the power to drive human progress by helping us think beyond our limitations and obstacles. Its power is needed more than ever, as Read more…
The Sacred Depths of Nature: 25 Years Later By Ursula Goodenough I wrote the first edition of The Sacred Depths of Nature during a 3-month marathon in the spring of 1997, weaving together a lifetime Read more…
Esoterik und Spiritualität in Deutschland – eine schwierige Diskussion Von Kocku von Stuckrad [ Zur englischen Version dieses Textes geht es hier entlang | For the English version of this blog post, click here] Heute Read more…
Discussing Esotericism and Spirituality in Germany By Kocku von Stuckrad [For the German version of this blog post, click here | Zur deutschen Version dieses Textes geht es hier entlang] Today, the German public-service television Read more…
The Delusion that Only Individuals are Real By John Thatamanil Am I responsible for America’s racist past, even though I myself immigrated to the US from India when I was just eight years old? Read more…
