Critical Dialogues or Self-Assured Monologues: Hamas, Israel, and the German Debate By Markus Dressler —For a German version of this blog post, please click here— The Hamas terrorist attack on a music festival and Jewish Read more…
The Hypnotic Power of Animals By Susanne Karr Animals spark our imagination. This is reflected in the integration of so-called “power animals” in trance journeys, which are applied in various ways in personality development and Read more…
A Monarch Jeremiad By Lisa H. Sideris “Most of all, I shall remember the monarchs.” —Rachel Carson, letter to Dorothy Freeman, September 10, 1963 In the summer of 2021, my family bid farewell to our Read more…
Social Fascia Keeps the Score By Anna Mercedes Fascia is “the band of thin, fibrous connective tissue that wraps around and supports every structure in your body” (Cleveland Clinic). My favorite kind of massage is Read more…
Toward a Harmonious Coexistence between Plants and Cities By Sara Michieletto Are we as humans feeling happy with the places we inhabit? Do the locations where we put down roots fill us with peace and Read more…
Shelter, Culture, and the Good Waves to Catch By Teya Brooks Pribac Two days ago I found myself on the road out west, into farming country. I was transporting six cats to their new home. Read more…
A Call for Conversations By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad This new year emerges out of a planetary context that is facing many entangled and wicked problems. We continue to see the effects Read more…
Eroding Democracy By Whitney A. Bauman In the state of Florida, we have what is called “the sunshine law.” This law was initially meant to curtail corruption at the state level government. As a state Read more…
Change Comes from the Arts By Kocku von Stuckrad The relational turn is in full swing. More and more people realize that thinking in strict categories, or even binaries, lies at the roots of the Read more…
Esotericism and Indigenous Knowledge By Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz Reflective natural scientists have known it for a long time: “. . . the existing scientific concepts each fit only a very limited part of reality, and the Read more…
