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From MySpace to OurWorld
Zaadz.com is making spirituality and positive change integral to social networking on the web.
Issue 33
Would Jesus Embrace Postmodernism?
A burgeoning movement of evangelical Christians is breaking away from the fold
Issue 32
Moral Hierarchy
The key to evolving consciousness
Issue 31
Lifestyles of the Rich & Flexible
An excursion into America's newest yoga trend
Issue 31
Getting Clear About Enlightenment
Not Just a Book Review of Arjuna Ardagh's The Translucent Revolution
Issue 31
Awakening to the Blob
Not just a book review of Thomas de Zengotita's Mediated

De Zengotita's take-no-prisoners first book exposes our postmodern culture of narcissism like you've never seen it before.

Issue 29
Reinventing Capitalism: Putting Soul in the Machine
A Quick Re-Vision of Western Civilization

In an exclusive preview of his new book, Howard Bloom inspires us to consider capitalism—the heart of Western civilization—as “the most creative and potentially idealistic bio-engine this planet has ever seen.”

Issue 28
A New Spiritual Canon
Enlightenment for the Twenty-First Century

A New Spiritual Canon

Issue 27
A 21st Century Love Story
Part IV of Evan & Ella

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

Issue 27
The Higher We
Issue 26
She'll Kill Bill While You Chill

The Tarantinian Way

Issue 26
New Age Wake-Up Call
Politics makes a splash at Omega Institute's latest conference
Issue 26
The New Enlightenment
Enlightenment for the Twenty-First Century
Issue 25
Enlightenment Unplugged
Not just a book review of Walter Truett Anderson's The Next Enlightenment
Issue 24
Conversations with My Father
Postmodernism, morality, and the evolution of a father-daughter relationship

WIE editor Jessica Roemischer traverses four decades of postmodernity and life with her philosopher father, in an autobiographical odyssey replete with the freedoms, disappointments, and newfound potential of a world beyond tradition.

Issue 24
In Search of a New Moral Compass
The Guru and the Pandit

The importance of a moral context for spiritual experience occupies the attention of Wilber and Cohen in this riveting exchange. They confront the ethical ambiguities of our time and re-insert morality into the discussion of postmodern spirituality.

Issue 24
Shifting Moral Ground
The Dilemma of Ethics in an Out-of-Control World

How do we make the right choices in a globalizing, pluralistic society? WIE looks beyond our postmodern “do-your-own-thing” ethos to explore the emerging edge of an evolutionary morality.

Issue 24
The Inside Story
From the Editors
Issue 23
Boomeritis & Me
Not Just a Book Review

One of our editors peers deep into Narcissus' mirror to reflect upon the spiritual implications of a pervasive cultural virus called boomeritis—the subject and title of Ken Wilber's recent novel.

Issue 22
A Word from the Editors
In the Beginning...
Issue 22
Breaking the Rules
The Guru and the Pandit

The West's foremost cartographer of consciousness joins the founder of WIE to discuss the anatomy of modern spiritual transformation. Together, they confront the prevailing cultural disposition that must be challenged if humans are to take the next evolutionary step.

Issue 22
Stacey Heartspring Encounters the Postmodern Craze of Neo-Advaita
A Truly Imaginary Spiritual Satire

Join Stacey, WIE's newest correspondent (and loosest cannon), to find out just what makes the neo-advaita world tick!

Issue 22
A Call to Mediocrity

A review of two new releases: After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield and Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope

Issue 18
At Play in the Fields of the Lord

“American” and “spiritual” may seem to be antithetical terms. But to the cofounder of Omega Institute and author of The New American Spirituality, the democracy and diversity of this modern materialistic nation may prove to be fertile ground for a new, world-embracing spiritual path.

Issue 18
The New American Spirituality
Featuring an interview with Elizabeth Lesser and an article by Ken Wilber
Issue 18
Absolutely Not!
An interview with Stephen Batchelor, Author of Buddhism without Beliefs

“Transcendence, to me, is a relative term.” A provocative inquiry into the nature of enlightenment with the renowned scholar and author of Buddhism without Beliefs.

Issue 14
Buddhism
Issue 14
Is Buddhism Surviving America?

The editor of Tricycle, America's most popular Buddhist review, discusses the secularization of Buddhism in a culture “aggressively antagonistic to the pursuit of the unknown.”

Issue 14
The Modern Spiritual Predicament

Are the great enlightenment teachings being watered down to appeal to our Western consumerist mentality? Includes an original article by Ken Wilber and interviews with Georg Feuerstein, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Deepak Chopra and NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu.

Issue 12
The Disappearance of the Outside

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

Issue 12
From the Editors
An Inquiry into the Popularization of East-Meets-West Spirituality
Issue 12
The Kramer Papers: A Look Behind the Mask of Antiauthoritarianism
A personal account of a meeting with the authors of The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power

Meeting the authors of The Guru Papers

Issue 9
Women, Enlightenment, and the Evolution of Culture
Andrew Cohen & Ken Wilber in dialogue
Issue 37
Creative Friction
Community and the Utopian Impulse in a Post-postmodern World

Andrew Cohen & Ken Wilber in dialogue
Issue 36
Spiritual but not Religious
Moving beyond postmodern spirituality
Issue 31
From the Many to the One
Enlightenment for the Twenty-First Century
Issue 23
What Does It Mean to Transcend the World?
Featuring Interviews with Eckhart Tolle and Joseph Goldstein
Issue 18
The Slenderest Knowledge

A poignant excerpt from A Guide for the Perplexed, E. F. Schumacher's compelling reckoning with the loss of meaning and value in the wake of the scientific revolution.

Issue 11