The Zen of Martin Luther
Explore the surprising parallels between Martin Luther and Zen Buddhism, from spiritual freedom and letting go to compassion and the meaning of everyday life.
Contemplative Science
Studying the mind from the inside out.
Investigate the frontiers of consciousness, attention, and well-being through the union of meditation, neuroscience, and inner inquiry.
Mysticism: East, West, and the Human Search for Illumination
Explore the history and meaning of mysticism across Eastern and Western traditions and discover Science Abbey’s naturalistic approach to Humanist Mysticism.
Dharma: The Path of Zen. A Secular Humanist View
Explore Dharma from an Integrated Humanist perspective, uniting Buddhist wisdom, science, ethics, and Zen practice to cultivate wisdom and human flourishing.
Laozi and Daodejing: The Way and Its Virtue
Explore Laozi’s *Daodejing: The Way and Its Virtue* in a Science Abbey translation, with an introduction to Daoism, wuwei, meditation, and Chinese philosophy.
The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts of Soto Zen Buddhism
The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts occupy a unique place within Soto Zen Buddhism. They are at once vows, ethical principles, contemplative teachings, and expressions of awakening itself.
Creaturism: The True Meaning of Humanism
Discover the true meaning of Humanism in this thought-provoking article on Creaturism—a compassionate, science-based philosophy that extends moral concern beyond humanity to all sentient life.
The History and Science of Living Spaces: City Planning, Architecture, and Landscaping
This article explores the deep history and current frontiers of how humans shape the spaces in which they live.
The International Civil Servant and Secular Humanist Spirituality
Here we explore the subtle but profound spiritual dimension of global governance and we introduce Science Abbey as a modern sanctuary for secular wisdom and global conscience.
The Science and Practice of Magick: A Guide to Aleister Crowley’s System for the Independent Initiate and the Aspirant to the A∴A∴
Explore Aleister Crowley’s system of Magick through the lens of Scientific Illuminism and Integrated Humanism—a practical, visionary guide to Thelema, spiritual transformation, and the path of the A∴A∴.
Zen Yoga: Yogācāra
This article explores Zen Yoga, the practice of meditative inquiry grounded in the Yogācāra school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
The Royal Art: Alchemy and Science
The Royal Art, known technically as symbolic or speculative alchemy, is the art of eternal transformation. In illumined circles it is the art of doing nothing.
Medieval Alchemy: Between Monastery and Laboratory
The Great Work of the medieval alchemist, in emulation of the “Great Architect,” was to unite the divine opposites, macrocosm and microcosm, to produce a unified and balanced whole.