Devil In The Details: 3 Keys To Thinking More Clearly About Spirituality
I confess, I can’t help it. The central questions of human existence fascinate me. They have led me down the roads of yoga, meditation, literature, poetry, psychology, philosophy and science. One of the key areas of focus for me is how to reconcile the meaningful experiences of spirituality with a worldview informed by science and psychology. More often than not what we think of as “spiritual” includes claims and beliefs that directly contradict or dismiss scientific... Read More
The Bliss Behind Pain
Like many who studied the underlying connections between various world cultures in the twentieth century, The Hero With a Thousand Faces was a pivotal text in the development of my thinking. During and after college I devoured every piece of Joseph Campbell’s work that I could find; he was a catalyst in my decision to study religion while at Rutgers University. And while sadly his career never reached broad attention until shortly after his death, his influence left huge imprints... Read More
The Great Obstacle of Stubbornness
Joseph Campbell remarked that we must recontextualize our mythologies every generation or else the stories will be without value to the latest generation. Many myth cycles we study and cite today occurred during the Axial Age (500 BCE-500 CE). Treting them as influences, we have a wealth of stories to borrow from as we create our own tales. Unfortunately, too often we gaze backwards, pretending those stories fit perfectly in modern society. This can quickly be evidenced by observing... Read More
