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Life Everlasting

Matthew Wright | August 2, 2021

The past two weeks I was in France with my wife, where we had traveled to see her grandmother. Her grandmother’s health is in decline, and family felt that we […]

A Wisdom Reading List

Cynthia Bourgeault | July 20, 2021

There are rich currents flowing through the Wisdom stream, so it’s hard to offer a “one size fits all” reading list. Some people will be more drawn to the esoteric […]

New Member of Our Wisdom Council

Wisdom Waypoints | July 18, 2021

We are pleased to welcome The Rev Benjamin Thomas as the newest member of our Wisdom Council. Ben is the associate rector at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton, […]

Evolutionary Theory and the Common Good: The Beginnings of a Wisdom Inquiry

Cynthia Bourgeault | June 27, 2021

One of the more surprising revelations to grow out of our winter’s pilot “Civics for Wisdom Students” project has been the growing realization that while our Constitution pays lips service […]

Primordial Breathing – Stonington Wisdom School

Bob Sabath | June 10, 2021

Dear Wisdom Seekers, I’m just back from a week away in Stonington, Maine with friends and teacher, Cynthia Bourgeault, diving directly into the insides of what mystical courage might look like […]

Imaginal Systematics: Eye of the Heart Book Review

Wisdom Waypoints | June 4, 2021

The following review of Cynthia’s book Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm is provided by David Lorimer from Paradigm Explorer, the journal of The Scientific […]

Enstasy: Exploring Jean Gebser, Lesson XIV

Cynthia Bourgeault | May 23, 2021

The term “ecstasy” comes from the Greek ec-stasis, “standing outside of oneself.” Its opposite is “ENSTASY,” a term I first encountered in Valentin Tomberg’s profound discussion of the subject in Meditations on the Tarot (pp. 309-311). It means centering in oneself: becoming fiercely, alertly coiled within one’s own “I Am” presence, such that one becomes a center of gravitation in one’s own right.

Go Beyond the Mind: Exploring Jean Gebser, Lesson XIII

Cynthia Bourgeault | May 18, 2021

When I say that the ability to access and sustain the Integral structure of consciousness is developmental, I mean just that: it is fundamentally a question of physiology, rather than of moral virtue or mystical yearning. We cannot think, pray, meditate, or conceptualize our way to it. It is fundamentally a matter of preparing the entire body to receive it. To e

Following the Path Laid Down for Me – A Letter from Cynthia

Cynthia Bourgeault | May 1, 2021

Dear wisdom friends, By now the word is out that I am officially stepping back from active duty as a core faculty member at the Center for Action and Contemplation. […]

Presence: Forest of Fear and Joy

Paula Pryce | April 4, 2021

Part II, Holy Week 2021, Easter Sunday I throw open the gate to rushing wind and creaking branches. Not knowing what lays ahead, I step into the forest with my […]