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Rabbi Yehuda Berg of The Kabbalah Centre speaks about the mythic origins and contemporary significance of this once recondite mystical path.

Join author, cultural scientist, and raconteur extraordinaire Howard Bloom as he radically redefines the significance of consumer culture.

Filmmaker Jeff Tamblyn speaks with WIE editor Ross Robertson about making his movie Kansas vs. Darwin, which documents a fascinating chapter in the ongoing culture war between science and conservative Christianity over what school children should be taught about the origins of life.

Religion scholar Jeffrey Kripal explains why he thinks our general obsession with science fiction, from Heroes to The X-Men, is a modern pop-cultural expression of the spiritual impulse.

Join 3rd millenium renaissance man, genius raconteur, author, and former rock and roll starmaker Howard Bloom to find out what the American king of pop and the Saudi prince of jihad have to do with collective intelligence, Darwinian reproduction strategies, and the future of human culture.

As Evan strives to awaken his kundalini on the banks of the holy Ganges, Ella discovers that Buddhism can make you happier—especially if there's a hot Tibetan guy involved.

True love doesn't need to be a match made in heaven—you can do it right online.

This master of spiritual bodybuilding describes his extraordinary experience of physical transformation as a path to higher consciousness.

Life sucks for Evan when Ella ditches him in Calcutta, but hers does too, once her meditation teacher decides to work more closely with her.

A decade after taking the publishing world by storm, James Redfield's runaway bestseller is making its long-awaited leap to the silver screen. Our intrepid reporter takes you behind the scenes in Florida for the inside story.

As Evan ascends Jacob's Ladder, Ella fears the worst and considers becoming a nun.

The Tarantinian Way

Humor and drama abound as our star-crossed duo, Evan McAllister and Ella Paris, confronts matters of depth, death, and stuff.

“'Mastery' implies that there's something under you-usually a slave. It's the mastery of the world that's gotten us into the mess we're in.” An outrageous, outspoken evangelist of health and fitness speaks out on enlightenment, women's empowerment and having the guts to tell the truth.

A Romanian exile, social critic and poet talks about consumerism, spiritual subversion and the dangers of the seemingly real.

Could it be that America's #1 talk radio shrink is calling us to a higher moral standard than many of the most renowned spiritual teachers of our era?

When Ella sets off to India to help save the world, can Evan still bear being a Zen rebel without a cause?