December 6th, 2018: "In the ancient world magic and astrology were closely guarded traditions. Esoteric wisdom was recognized as containing a power that required temperance, sensitivity, and adherence to strict moral and ethical codes of living and practice. Education in the arts emphasized lineage and did not shy away from questioning the philosophical implications of... Continue Reading →
November 15th, 2018: "The starry heavens, the cosmic panorama we see each night, have played a fundamental role not only in the great cosmogenetic processes that brought forth and live within the Earth and ourselves, but in the shaping of our world views and the evolution of consciousness itself. Looming high above the whole range... Continue Reading →
November 1st, 2018: “The year 1986 marks a significant moment in the timeline of the Western world. It was both an awakening-inspired by the first photograph of Earth from space—and a tragedy—with the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. only a few months prior. Fifty year later, the United States finds itself in a moment... Continue Reading →
October 18th, 2018: One way to look at the spiritual crisis today is that we have lost the texture of the world. We no longer feel the world. We experience only sterile and mediated spaces. We live in screen worlds of two dimensions, without depth. This, more than the burning forests or the rising seas,... Continue Reading →
October 4th, 2018: The Side View is about the knowledge and intuition we use to navigate the world. It’s about how we come to be skillful perceivers and doers, people who know, in the moment, the right details to attend to and the right responsive action to take. In this sense, The Side View is... Continue Reading →
September 20th, 2018: How do our relationships with non-humans affirm our humanity? Trees are compelling others as they are often both older and larger that humans with a very different form of livingness, and they exist around us in innumerable ways not only in forests and lining streets, but in our products, metaphors, and mythology.... Continue Reading →
September 6th, 2018: Former Army Major and current PCC Masters student Josh Mantz was shot and killed by an enemy sniper in Baghdad, only to be miraculously revived after his heart stopped for a full 15 minutes. Despite surviving this experience, Josh found that his greatest battle would be an internal one as he struggled to find meaning in a "second life." ... Continue Reading →
