Motivational training techniques often focus mindlessly on “positive thinking”, glossing over the need for people to engage in soul-search­ing and self-renewal. John O’Neil, past-president of the Califor­nia School of Professional Psychology, discusses the unfor­tunate trend to treat “success” as an all-con­suming end in itself, without regard to the consequences of this attitude. O’Neil is author of The [...]

In celebration of its 75th anniversary, Rizwan Virk highlights stories and lessons from saints and mystics from the book, Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda. He offers that life is like a video game where we all must find our own karmic path through quests and achievements.

Mrs. Irina Tweedie was the author of Daughter of Fire, a diary of her intensive spiritual training in India with a Hindu Sufi master.  In this moving and personal interview, the 80-year-old Mrs. Tweedie, who was then a Sufi teacher in London, describes the bliss, peace and love — and the despair, hatred and loneliness [...]

Here he focuses on the life and work of one of the most widely read and influential American writers. He expands on the mythological motifs behind Steinbeck’s social critiques.

Here he focuses on the struggle between materialism and spiritual realities, particularly in the light of Henry Corbin’s great scholarship regarding Islamic mysticism. He finds a possible resolution in the poetic imagination.

Here he explains why 19th Century America was a fountain of innovative metaphysical traditions, many of lasting influence.

Here he emphasizes the importance of understanding the soul-eviscerating forces that underly civilization’s rush toward technological control.