The Living Universe
The Living Universe: Where Are We? Who Are We? Where Are We Going? by Duane Elgin, with a foreword by Deepak Chopra, brings together extraordinary evidence from cosmology, biology, and physics to show that the universe is not dead but uniquely alive. Traditionally, science has regarded the universe as made up of inert matter and […]
Facing Adversity: Choosing Earth, Choosing Life
Facing Adversity: Choosing Earth, Choosing Life is a 70-minute documentary exploring the speed, depth, and magnitude of our growing planetary crisis—and the opportunity we have to meet this crisis consciously, with eyes and hearts wide open. Why it matters: It holds together what many discussions of planetary crisis separate: the unflinching reality of our situation […]
Atlas Hugged
Atlas Hugged by David Sloan Wilson launches a devastating critique of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism and its impact on the world through the story of John Galt III, the grandson of the main protagonist of Rand’s iconic novel Atlas Shrugged. Just as Rand advanced her ideas through fiction in addition to nonfiction, Wilson pursues […]
Fantastic Fungi
Fantastic Fungi, a film by Louie Schwartzberg, takes viewers on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet—an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, and best-selling authors including Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, and Andrew Weil, […]
Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential
Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential by Barbara Marx Hubbard offers a clear-eyed, inspiring, and sweeping vision of a possible global renaissance in the new millennium. Hubbard shows that our current crises are not the precursors of an apocalypse but the natural birth pains of an awakened, universal humanity. The book presents […]
Fatima the Spinner and the Tent
A young woman named Fatima experiences a life beset by one disaster after another—shipwreck, slavery, and repeated loss of everything she has built. Each catastrophe forces her to learn new skills and begin again in unfamiliar circumstances. Finally, she realizes that what seemed to be disasters were really essential steps toward her eventual fulfillment, as […]
Entangled Life
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake takes readers on a mind-bending journey into the hidden world of fungi. When we think of fungi, we probably think of mushrooms—but mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of […]
Initiation into a Living Planet
In this in-depth essay, Charles Eisenstein asks us not to get too caught up in the scientific definition of life, but instead to feel into the truth that the planet is a living system and to order our priorities accordingly. The essay explores our relationship to climate change through this lens, inviting readers to move […]
Changing of the Gods
In the Beginning
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World, compiled by Virginia Hamilton with illustrations by Barry Moser, is a thought-provoking collection of twenty-five stories reflecting the wonder and glory of the origins of the world and humankind. With commentary by the author, this acclaimed anthology gathers creation narratives from cultures across the globe, presenting […]
White Buffalo Calf Woman
Kevin Locke tells the story of White Buffalo Calf Woman (Lakȟótiyapi: Ptesáŋwiŋ), a sacred woman of supernatural origin who is central to the Lakota religion as the primary cultural prophet. Oral traditions relate that she brought the Seven Sacred Rites to the Lakota people, providing the ceremonial foundations that continue to guide Lakota spiritual life. […]
The Laszlo Institute
The Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research fosters open transdisciplinary inquiry into current science-based conceptions of the human being and the world. The Institute brings together open-minded scientists and lay people from all parts of the world to develop emerging ideas and communicate them to people in their particular fields as well as to society […]
StoryCommons
StoryCommons is a digital commons where people tell and share all forms of personal stories—from short pieces of lived experience to full-length memoirs, life stories, and autobiographies. The platform offers a complete set of resources, guidelines, and prompts for telling the most important stories of our lives, utilizing a timeless and universal structure that reaches […]
The Story of GAIA
The Story of Gaia by Jude Currivan, Ph.D., explores our emergence as self-aware members of a planetary home and Universe that is a unified and innately sentient entity. Currivan reveals that mind and consciousness are not what we possess but what we and the whole world fundamentally are—our Universe as “a great thought of cosmic […]
The Story of Jumping Mouse
A mouse lives in a burrow with his family, but is not satisfied with his life. He yearns to know the meaning of life beyond his burrow, and so embarks on a journey to the far-off Sacred Mountains, where he believes he will find his answer. On his journey, Jumping Mouse encounters animals who offer […]
Yemaya
The story of Yemaya begins with the supreme creator, Olodumare, who tasked her with creating the world’s oceans. Yemaya poured her essence and energy into the waters, giving birth to countless sea creatures and shaping the shores. As the goddess of the ocean, Yemaya has many facets to her personality. She can be nurturing and […]