The Spiritual Ecology of Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Emergence Magazine founder and Sufi teacher Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on rediscovering the sacred in ocean waves, birdsong and the living Earth.
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Intimate conversations about the mysteries of the cosmos and life on a sentient planet with writers, philosophers and scientists who are dazzled by it all.
Emergence Magazine founder and Sufi teacher Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on rediscovering the sacred in ocean waves, birdsong and the living Earth.
Can science explain transcendence? Physicist Alan Lightman reflects on extraordinary moments in nature and the transformative power of awe and wonder.
Anne on listening and taking in the fullness and depth of it all.
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Historian D. Graham Burnett on how Big Tech is "fracking" our attention — and the grassroots movement fighting to take it back.
For some people, the natural world isn’t just beautiful—it’s holy. Mary-Jane Rubenstein traces the history of pantheism and the deep roots of wonder.
“It was like an earthquake,” says neuroscientist Christof Koch, speaking of the mystical experiences that upended his views on consciousness and even reality.
“Stories are spells,” Sharon Blackie says. “They change things.” Maybe that’s why fairy tales — old, new, fractured and retold — are having a resurgence. As uncertainty rises and old ways disintegrate, fairy tales offer a roadmap to cultural transformation and re-enchantment.
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