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The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault, practitioner and teacher of Centering Prayer and author of Mystical Hope, speaks with WIE about the modern face of contemplative Christian practice.

Author Dennis Ford and WIE’s Elizabeth Debold explore the most fundamental of human needs—the quest to find meaning in life—in this fascinating exchange of ideas that ranges from the philosophy of Plato to the contemporary postmodern condition.

EnlightenNext’s Jeff Carreira explores pioneering Austrian mystic Rudolf Steiner’s powerful and subtle science of spiritual evolution with philosopher John Walker.

A feminist activist and author interviews her male spiritual teacher about why women's liberation and spiritual liberation have nothing to do with each other.

Conversations with leading proponents of Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta on the true nature of the spiritual path and goal. Contributors include H. H. the Dalai Lama, Helen Tworkov, Ramesh Balsekar, Swami Dayananda, Stephen Batchelor and Frances Vaughan.

Is sex an essential part of the spiritual path or is it an empty promise that distracts us from realizing our full human potential? Interviews with Margot Anand, Barry Long, Miranda Shaw, Father Thomas Keating, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana and Swami Chidananda.

“When the knowledge of perfection is the ground of all conscious experience . . . that perfection becomes the very source of mind itself.”

David Bohm, renowned theoretical physicist and close associate of the great spiritual visionary J. Krishnamurti, is remembered by his friend, colleague, and biographer David Peat.

Is the ego our fiercest enemy on the spiritual path or our greatest ally in negotiating the vicissitudes of life? What Is Enlightenment? magazine presents a provocative look at the true nature of this elusive phantom that lies at the core of the human psyche.