Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine. He posits that our increasingly complex and autonomous machines and systems are becoming indistinguishable from living things. The “neo-biological civilization” is one where the principles of biology—such as decentralized control, evolution, and error-honoring institutions—are necessary to design and manage our technological and social systems. This [...]

He describes the concept of a virus of the mind, infecting all of humanity. He references the native Cree term Wetiko. However, it could be thought of as Satan or Ahriman or the Archons. In Jungian terms, it involves a projection of one’s own shadow onto elements of the world at large. It is a [...]

Jason Gregory explores the essence of Taoism, emphasizing its critique of social conditioning and its guidance toward naturalness, spontaneity, and effortless being. He explains how Taoist ideas intersect with Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, and wider metaphysical traditions, revealing a shared vision of an undivided reality beneath cultural structures. Gregory also discusses practices such as wu wei, [...]

George Leonard was an aikido black belt and creator of the Leonard Energy Training system. He served as a senior editor of Look magazine and as president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology. He authored numerous books, including Education and Ecstasy, The Silent Pulse, The Ultimate Athlete, The Transformation, and Walking on the Edge of [...]

He explains how he came to work with and participate in the ceremonies of native American shamans. In particular he describes his relationship with Wallace Black Elk and also Godfrey Chipps. He speculates that he may have been a Lakota shaman named Hollow Horn in a previous lifetime. He recounts many eyewitness stories regarding medicine [...]

Simon Duan discusses his hypothesis of Platonic computation, a postmaterialist model proposing that consciousness, mind, and matter emerge from a deeper non-physical realm of forms. He explains how this framework may illuminate the enigmatic Dodleston Messages, a decades-old case involving anomalous communications that appear to originate from both the past and the future. Duan explores [...]

He explains that his own paranormal personal history exploration has led him to investigate odd memories associated with ostensible alien encounters. To do so, he sought the help of a hypnotherapist specializing in such cases. He also reached out to an old friend who shared one such experience. In addition to recovered memories, he describes [...]