A Look At: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures
Read about Merlin Sheldrake’s new book on the topic of the fungal world, and how fungi will shape our future.
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My Meeting with God, or Enlightenment Porn
Enlightenment porn comes mainly in the form of books whose centerpieces are stories of the authors’ enlightenment experiences. In hushed and reverent tones, the author tells you how he became one with the universe. The story is intended to make you lust after an experience just like the one you’re reading about.
The Brothers Guthrie: Pagan Christianity of the Early 20th Century
Christianity remains the most acceptable religion in America, but American Metaphysical Religion has
intersected and in many ways transformed Christian belief and practice.
The brothers Guthrie are an excellent example of this.
A Sorcerer’s Corner: Carlos Castaneda’s Doomed Romance with Knowledge
Carlos Castaneda was called "the godfather of the New Age" by Time magazine. He has also been denounced
as a hoaxer, opportunist, and liar. But there is simply too much in the books
of obvious merit for me to believe that he made it all up.
Seeing into the Unseen: A Personal Journey of Discovery
Encountering aliens, communicating with dolphins, conversing with angels – these confrontations with the unseen worlds can seem outlandish or delusional. Until it happens to you. Now these once subtle, hidden realms are rapidly emerging into greater human perception, and provide us a clue to our planet's true destiny.
History Lessons with His Holiness: The Story of Tibet
Journalist Thomas Laird spent three years in Dharamsala with the Dalai Lama, interviewing him – and arguing with him – about the vast span of Tibetan history. The book that emerged from their conversations, The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama is at once intimate and far-ranging, a unique combination of oral history and journalistic mission.