Alchemy and Dreams

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If you are interested in the topics of alchemy, transformation of consciousness and dreams, I recommend checking out educational philosopher Seth Miller’s website at Spirit Alchemy. Miller has tons of scholarly articles that expand the work of Rudolph Steiner and the ancient esoteric system of alchemy as it applies to human development.

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Towards an Integral Science of Consciousness

I received this gracious email a few days ago:

Hi Ryan, Here is a quote I read from your bio: “Principally, I am interested in pursuing a more radical materialism for both the sciences and the arts.” Would you say more about what you mean by this? I’ve studied material religion & theology, but I”m not sure if it’s anything like this.

I have to admit that “radical materialism” does sound like goobledy goop. The ideas behind it are too critical to be ill-defined, though, because this is the way science and the wisdom traditions of the world are beginning to merge.

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Crawling Out of the Winter Cave

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I just crawled out of my winter cave and discovered that it’s 2009. While I get back into the groove, here’s a few scientific articles released over the last few weeks on the subject of sleep disorders that you may have missed. Read more