The Role of Spirituality in the Healing of the World Community
by Barbara Sargent
of Kalliopeia Foundation
This is a transcript of a presentation on the importance of regular contemplative practice for the healing of the world. Read more
The Loss of the World Soul and its Return
by Anne Baring
Once upon a time, in a past so distant that we have no memory of it, the invisible and visible dimensions of life were imagined and instinctively experienced as a sacred unity. Read more
The Magic of Creation: The Sufi’s Way
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, February 2016
First published in Sutra Journal
One of the central teachings of Sufism is that God is both transcendent and immanent. Our Beloved is “beyond even our idea of the beyond,” and also “nearer to you than yourself to yourself." Read more
The Journey Towards Oneness: A Conversation with a Scientist and a Mystic
Interview with Ravi Ravindra and Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, August 2016
Published in Light of Consciousness Journal
In this interview by Global Spirit, host Phil Cousineau brings together physicist Dr. Ravi Ravindra and Naqshbandi Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee in an exploration of the concept of Oneness—tracing its evolution and expression through the deep undercurrent of teachings that point in the direction of the indivisible totality of all creation, all beliefs, all religions, and of the universe itself. Read more
Meaning and the Song of the Soul
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, February 2016
First published in Excellence Reporter
Meaning is what calls from the depths of the soul. It is the song that sings us into life. Whether we have a meaningful life depends upon whether we can hear this song, this primal music of the sacred. Read more
Spinning the Heart
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
In the dream the bird is doing something with its beak to the girl’s heart. It is in the heart that the mystery of spiritual conception takes place. This is not the physical heart but what the Sufis call the heart of hearts. Read more
The Moon: Myth & Image
By Jules Cashford
Excerpted from chapter 14 of The Moon: Myth and Image (Cassell Illustrated, 2003) Read more
Spiritual Principles in Action: A Story for a Younger Generation
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, December 2015
First published in Dust Magazine
In answer to a question from a 31-year-old person, “What advice do you have for people my age in dealing with a world that tells us we are nothing but material mechanisms, and has almost no concept of the soul?” Read more
Seed and the New Year
By Anat Vaughan-Lee
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Woman On the Edge of Time
Interview with Joanna Macy
First published in Inquiring Mind
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