Natural Mysticism and Its Dangerous Allure
Natural mysticism focuses on awakening us from our ego-bound ordinary life to a universal oneness. But it comes with many dangers.
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Transcendence
Alone in One of Nature’s Threshold Places
The most fortifying experiences in nature are often found in lonely, transitional zones. But what is the reality of these threshold places?
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To Tread Lightly in Thin Places
A former barefoot guru explores the difficulty in articulating the experience of a spiritual emergency amid societal upheavals.
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Our Sacred-Scientific, Psychedelic Future
Fears halted research on psychotropic compounds in the 60s. The Second Psychedelic Renaissance is now validating their psychological benefits.
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How Deconstructing Anxiety Makes Transcendence Possible
With the understanding that fear is the fundamental problem in being human, we have our starting point. To pursue this quest, we must fully deconstruct anxiety, reveal its origins and mechanism, and find its resolution.
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While Art Unites, Beauty Transcends
The failure to distinguish between art and beauty has caused much confusion. Art and beauty have two different but overlapping trajectories–one toward union and the other toward transcendent reality.
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Ecstatic Experience: How the West Can Find Itself by Losing Control
In the West, we resist ecstatic experience, fearful of losing control—this hyper-rationalistic mindset excludes us from crucial paths to insight and connection. But there is a dark side to ecstasy.
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What is the Sublime? (According to Kant and Schopenhauer)
For Kant and Schopenhauer, scientific understanding deepens our experience with the Sublime, elevating our spiritual strength.
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