Overpopulation Divides Us: The Crisis of Civilization
We explore here how population growth intensifies economic inequality, drives political polarization, and fuels social unrest.
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Humans and the Environment: Population in Ecological Perspective
Explore how human population growth impacts ecosystems, resource use, and sustainability: a critical look at population dynamics through an ecological lens.
Our Great Problem: Overpopulation
Overpopulation has a negative impact on many facets of life. The most obvious and pressing considerations are: the environment, space, clean water, food supply, medical resources, mental health, crime and various types of societal conflict.
The Age of Reason and Modern Science
From ancient alchemy to modern chemistry, from Renaissance inquiry to digital complexity…
Redefining Faith: The New Scientific Humanist Priesthood
As we face serious global challenges, more and more of humanity is turning to evidence-based solutions, changing the role of traditional religious authority in politics.
The Ancient Museaum and Library of Alexandria
In the heart of ancient Alexandria once stood a monument to the highest aspirations of the human spirit—the Library and Musaeum of Alexandria, a place where science, philosophy, art, and culture converged in one of the world’s first truly international centers of knowledge.
Christian Monasticism, University, and Lectio Divina Meditation — Silence, Sacrifice, and the Sacred Life
Christian monasticism was not born in cathedrals or universities. It emerged in sand-swept caves, in stone huts beneath olive trees, in the whispered silence of the early centuries after Christ.
Veterans, PTSD, and Meditation
Rough estimates conclude that over half a million U.S. troops have been diagnosed with PTSD. About four out of five will not receive adequate care. Half will receive no care at all.
A Brief History of the Bavarian Order of the Illuminati
In Part II of this lecture we will make a deeper examination of what kind of philosophies and practices developed within the society after its founding in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt.
An Introduction to the Original 1776 Bavarian Order of the Illuminati
The original order of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded on the First of May in the year 1776. The founder of the order was Adam Weishaupt (1748 – 1830),
Virgins and Philosophers: Early Proto-Monasticism
This article explores those earliest seekers—virgins and philosophers—whose lives foreshadowed the great monastic traditions to come. It is a journey to the threshold of the cloister, where sacred fire and philosophical clarity first began to illuminate the path of renunciation and wisdom.
The Future of Christianity
On the one hand, Western society has largely remained faithful to its Judeo-Christian heritage, while on the other hand it has nurtured the violence of colonialism and the greed of pure capitalism.