Depth Without Dogma — Seeking Meaning in the Modern World
Explore secular and sacred forms of spiritual life—where awe, purpose, and personal growth intersect with rational inquiry and cultural wisdom.
Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, public health, and cultural studies, this article surveys key findings in the growing body of scientific research on spirituality and its impact on both individuals and society.
How long should I sit? When should I do it? How do seasoned practitioners—monks, yogis, therapists, and contemplatives—actually meditate in real life?
This handbook, The Science of Wholeness, is an interdisciplinary synthesis designed to bridge the realms of science, philosophy, and spirituality.
This article traces the mutual shaping of religion and politics from antiquity to the present, revealing how beliefs influence ballots, and how law influences belief.
Stoicism is one of the most influential philosophical traditions in Western history, renowned for its emphasis on reason, virtue, and the art of living well in the face of adversity.
Magic, in its essence, is the ritualized use of symbolic action to affect change in the world.
The nine degrees of the O.T.O. claim to offer full instruction in Craft Masonry, in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Rosicrucianism and Hermetic Science, and Illuminism.
The origins of Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism may be traced to the Renaissance, which embodied three major schools of thought: Scholasticism, Humanism, and the Hermetic-Kabbalistic tradition.
The Rosicrucian Movement, based on a system of Christian alchemical mysticism, embodied many aspects of the Renaissance Hermetic-Kabbalistic tradition.
Western esotericism, often referred to as the Western mystery tradition, encompasses a diverse array of spiritual, philosophical, and mystical movements that have developed within Western society.
The eight interconnected systems within the Western Mystery Tradition are: the ancient Mysteries, Neoplatonism, Hermetic philosophy, symbolic alchemy, Kabbalah, early and Renaissance magic, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry and related fraternal organizations.
is a chronologically and thematically organized journey through the world’s philosophical traditions—Eastern and Western, ancient and modern, spiritual and secular.
