There is a new global emphasis on the inner life of the mind. Willis Harman, PhD, suggests that a new set of values, emerging spontaneously in many social strata and in different parts of the world, is having an impact in the world of business and corporate training.

At the dawn of modern civilization, says Riane Eisler, humanity shifted from a partnership model of social interaction to a dominator model. In a partnership model men and women treat each other as equals. Ms. Eisler details the archeological findings suggesting that neolithic and Cretan societies had a significantly different social organization from that of [...]

Important breakthroughs in the field of neuroimmunology suggest that the human nervous system and immune system are intimately linked. The late Brendan O’Regan (d. 1992), former vice-president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, notes the shift of emphasis in healing research from documenting the role of mind in healing to searching for an understanding of [...]

The late Ralph Metzner, PhD, was well known as a consciousness explorer. Here he stresses the importance of metaphor in guiding and understanding human development, focussing on the metaphors of transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly, of the journey, and of death and rebirth. Dr. Metzner is author of Opening to Inner Light and Maps of Consciousness and [...]

The native shaman learns to interact with the spirits of the underworld and the higher worlds in order to intercede in behalf of humans in the “middle world.” Michael Harner, Ph.D., has authored The Jivaro, Hallucinogens and Shamanism and The Way of the Shaman. He is currently actively involved in training westerners throughout the world to become shamanic [...]

In this wide-ranging discussion Terry Brock examines both the promise and the dangers associated with technology. He also shares some exciting developments in the area of AI. The discussion also focuses on the question of consciousness.

The late Christina Grof describes her own struggle to overcome alcoholism and suggests that the impulse that leads to addictive behavior stems from our yearning for spiritual union. Crises of spiritual opening, she says, may often look like episodes of acute psychosis and are often difficult and even painful. Unlike psychosis, however, such crises can [...]