The Loss of the Sacred and a Prayer for the Earth

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, September 2016

First published in Kosmos Journal

The sacred is all around us, woven with stories and starlight, in the rich texture of the soil, and in certain dreams that come on certain nights.  Read More

The Loss of the Sacred and a Prayer for the Earth2022-07-30T11:26:08-07:00

Love: Life’s Greatest Gift

By Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, February 2017

First published in Common Ground

All of us want, or need, to be loved. The need for love is one of the most basic human impulses.  Read More

Love: Life’s Greatest Gift2023-07-03T12:31:53-07:00

Civilization On the Cusp

by Anne Baring

This essay, under the name “Who are we and why are we here?”, was originally published in A New Renaissance: Transforming Science, Spirit, and Society (Floris Books, 2011), edited by David Lorimer and Oliver Robinson, © 2010 Scientific and Medical Network. It has been reprinted and abridged with permission of the publisher. Read More

Civilization On the Cusp2022-07-30T11:27:02-07:00

A Calling to Remember: A Vision About the Earth

by Anat Vaughan-Lee, August 2012

I woke up with the sound of bells ringing. It sounded and felt like a massive sound, as if bells were ringing from every top of every mountain, but mounting to ONE sound from a huge bell. The sound contained within it an unmistaken phrase: PLEASE REMEMBER!  Read More

A Calling to Remember: A Vision About the Earth2022-07-30T11:27:02-07:00

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 Magic of Creation: The Sufi’s Way2022-07-30T11:26:09-07:00

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

The Journey Towards Oneness: A Conversation with a Scientist and a Mystic2023-04-25T15:05:38-07:00

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

Meaning and the Song of the Soul2022-07-30T11:26:09-07:00

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

Spiritual Principles in Action: A Story for a Younger Generation2022-07-30T11:26:10-07:00

Shifting the Climate Debate Onto Sacred Ground

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, July 2015

First published on The Huffington Post

"The ecological crisis is essentially a spiritual problem." These words spoken by an Eastern Orthodox theologian, Metropolitan John Zizioulas, at the Vatican news conference on the papal encyclical are profoundly important.  Read More

Shifting the Climate Debate Onto Sacred Ground2022-07-30T11:26:10-07:00

Pope Francis’ Encyclical: Hearing the Cry of the Earth

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, June 2015

First published on The Huffington Post

The Earth "now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her." So begins Pope Francis in his powerful and long-awaited encyclical on ecology. "The earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor." Read More

Pope Francis’ Encyclical: Hearing the Cry of the Earth2022-07-30T11:26:10-07:00
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