Many of the Dance traditions that have emerged across the world have been associated with religious practices. The swirling Dervishes of Cappadocia, Turkey, the Dance tradition of the Yezidies, the Spanish Franciscans, Hasidic Jews and the Buddhist Sherpa Lamas, are a few examples that come
Fear is everywhere, it seems to be in the air, in everybody’s eyes and it feels like whatever one is fearing is just around the corner. There is fear mongering on social media and in the news and there are those who do not want
“Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt
“May you live in interesting times,” we sometimes say. The ordinary use of this phrase may strike us as somewhat cavalier today, however, given the critical scenario that the pandemic has constellated around people over the whole globe. Despite the obvious threat and inconvenience that
Most cultures down the long and twisted corridors of history have believed in some form of re-birth or re-embodiment. The current widespread denial of reincarnation in the West is only a temporary rejection of the sanctity of this timeless truth. A combination of harshly materialistic
In the teachings of Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way, it is expressed that significant collective events in the life of mankind are the direct results of influences from a higher level of existence. Actions and events in a higher world, or larger Cosmos, are expressed
“The calm mind means courage, so that you may face without fear the trials and difficulties… It means also steadiness, so that you may light off the troubles which come into every one’s life…. The Master teaches that it does not matter in the least
Had my grandmother still been alive she would have probably sourly observed, ‘The world’s going to hell on a handcart.’ Although she wasn’t the most optimistic soul who’s ever been in incarnation, had she been alive in 2020 (unlikely since she’d be 146) she would
The whole universe is indeed a chaos to the senses, but a cosmos to the enlightened reason. In the Hindu depictions of Shiva as Lord of the Dance, his movements in one sense represent the constant cycle of creation, maintenance, destruction, regeneration and ultimately the
Welcome to the first issue of Hermes, an electronic magazine focusing on esotericism, Theosophy and philosophy. For the next three months, the theme of Hermes will be the Anima Mundi, more specifically it will explore spiritual ecology. Anima Mundi is the soul of the world