Here he maintains that there is not sufficient discussion about the real prospects for creating superior human beings based upon genetic engineering and other technologies. He also maintains that, while such exotic solutions will become available to the very rich, the daily choices made by average human beings can also have the effect, through epigenetics, [...]

Here he notes that René Guénon wrote about several types of initiation that deviate from authenticity: anti-initiation (i.e., materialism), pseudo-initiation (i.e., fantasy), and counter-initiation (i.e., potentially, if not actually, evil). He proposes that counter-initiation is the ultimate conspiracy theory – the conspiracy behind all other harmful conspiracies. He provide a number of examples, including Satanism, [...]

A true teacher communicates non-verbally, by setting an example. Claudio Naranjo, MD, is a noted psychiatrist and seminal figure in the human potential movement. Here he suggests that inner knowledge, or spiritual wisdom, cannot be communicated simply with words. Naranjo is author of The One Quest, The Healing Journey, The Psychology of Meditation, and Techniques [...]

Daniel Matt, Ph.D., is professor of Jewish spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.  He is author of God and the Big Bang, The Essential Kabbalah, and Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment. Here he discusses the theological implications of the “big bang” cosmological theory, which asserts that the entire universe exploded from an infinitessimally small [...]

Here he maintains that he is interested in understanding UFO phenomena, not in “proving” that they are anything in particular. The key to understanding is to observe the reactions of people, both before and after their encounters. If they were simply extraterrestrial hardware, it is unlikely they would have such life-changing impacts upon people. Something [...]

Here she describes in detail how her life history as a psychic experiencer led her to direct and film this unique project. Based on frequent UFO sightings reported near Catalina Island, off the California coast, she put together three teams of researchers – armed with extensive photographic and scientific equipment. One team was on the [...]