Learning How to Live in the Anthropocene: Ecstasy and grief at the end of an era
The cycle of birth and death applies to cultures as well as humans. But there are always people who know how to gather the essence of life and hold it safely, to protect and nurture it until the next seeding.
When Proof Is Not Enough: Eben Alexander’s Proof of Heaven and the Problem of Objectivity in Science
We've heard the story before. A patient slips into a coma and
nearly dies. He experiences lights,
colors, and landscapes, all while disconnected from his body. Messages
are imparted, deep feelings are felt, and then he is sucked back
into the material world, his whole perspective changed. The difference this time is that the patient is a neurosurgeon.
Death and Beyond: Science at the Edge of the Known
Like most people, I was familiar with the
‘bright light at the end of the tunnel' scenario, but that was
all I knew. As it turned out, I was forced to grapple with a number of
tough findings, the result being the formation of a new concept
concerning the creative nature of the unconscious.
A Revolution in Consciousness
In the past few decades, we have witnessed an explosion of information
about death and the afterlife. This is one of many signs that the
human race is poised to enter a new era, a
revolution in consciousness. Death is not an end but rather a lifting out into that vast, knowing,
luminous Presence, in which all things thrive and are made possible.
Psychiatric Power and Taboo in Modern Psychedelia
Recent clinical trials in which psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA
have been administered to adult volunteers suffering from a variety of
medical conditions have led to a new
paradigm of psychedelic practice, defined by a medicalization of psychedelic discourse and a scientific
professionalization of access to, and control over, psychedelic
experiences.
