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Last week I spoke with Joseph Chilton Pearce, an author who has had a big influence not only on my work, but on the way I have raised my children. A World War Two veteran, he could be considered one of the elders of the human potential movement. "We have an absolutely unlimited possibility within us, and an equal amount of self-imposed limitations. For every possibility, we have a self-imposed limitation." (more)

In 1969, Jeff Kagel had a daunting decision to make: join a newly signed band, Soft White Underbelly, or move to New Hampshire to be with his spiritual teacher. Jeff made his choice and changed his name to Krishna Das. The band changed its name to Blue Öyster Cult.  (more)

Jeffrey J. Kripal is one of the most unusual scholars of religion working in America today. His interests include superhero comics, the paranormal, UFO research, the human potential movement, and the mystical experiences of religious scholars. (more)

Patrice Chaplin is an internationally renowned playwright and author. Her most notable work includes Albany Park, and Siesta, which was made into a film staring Jodi Foster and Isabella Rossellini. In this interview, Patrice discusses her journey through the foothills of the Pyrenees, the land where the Grail and its Troubadours have left their indelible imprint. (more)

Jason Silva is a dynamic "performance philosopher" and techno-optimist whose eclectic, scientific-philosophical-literary discourse remixes the likes of Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan, Carl Sagan, and Timothy Leary into equal parts non-fiction and poetry. I recently talked to Jason about his most recent work and his plans for the future. (more)

Successful meditation is doing it, developing gentleness toward yourself and enough awareness to know what's happening when it's happening with a non-judgmental attitude. Progress happens when you start to recognize what you're feeling when you're feeling it. (more)

My grandfather told me about Wounded Knee and then he ended it by singing an honoring song for all of the people who died there. When you see how that kind of event affects people, you feel pity and empathy, then you become angry. But anger is not a constructive force. It's best to teach with positive emotion. Balance is important. (more)

Susan Joy Rennison is a geophysics lecturer specializing in the emerging science of space weather. In this interview she discusses recent discoveries in astrophysics and the plasma-electrical universe, mythology, politics, and the energy grid. (more)

With a background in punk rock and Japanese monster movies, Brad Warner isn't your hippie aunt's idea of a Zen master. In this interview, Warner discusses his latest book, an attempt to bridge the divergent terrain of contemporary sexuality to Zen's approaches to morality and sexual relationships. (more)

What exactly do we mean by "Gnostic?"   The terms "Gnosticism" and "Gnostic" hijack an individual's ability to fully retrieve the bounty found in the formative stages of Christianity. The terms bring with them associations that people project onto whatever they're reading. (more)

In the 1950s, physicist Russell Targ made his reputation by helping to develop the laser. But in 1972, his life took a turn for the surreal when he began two decades at the forefront of one of the strangest chapters of the Cold War: psychic espionage.
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