Wisdom vs. Knowledge

A Seven Pillars Guiding Voices Dialogue

On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, a group of Seven Pillars Guiding Voices met for one hour via conference call to discuss the topic: What differentiates wisdom from other forms of knowledge?   read more »

Thoughts on Mysticism and the Voice

Bisan Toron

I often wonder at the range of emotion engendered by our relationship with our voice, from giddy delight to deep shame. Or interestingly, there might be a neutral attitude toward one’s voice, or even a total removal from knowing it at all, so that one never takes the time to consciously feel its nuances, leaving that to the experts and approaching it only as a means to an end: communication, usually of a verbal kind. Perhaps something in us understands the power of our voice to bear witness, to answer the call, and perhaps most shattering of all, to call forth. read more »

What Happens When the Ice Melts

The River of Life and the Need for a Symbolic Consciousness

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

While in deep meditation I am drawn into awareness. Rather than dissolving deeper into the emptiness of inner silence I am asked to listen for a sound, the specific sound of ice cracking. But I can hear nothing, no sound of ice cracking. read more »

Joan of Arc's Trial at Rouen

Spiritual Chivalry Anthology

Call for Submissions

The anthology, Spiritual Chivalry: A Code for Our Time, will introduce the chivalric path and the personal qualities, or virtues, that make a Chivalric code of honorable behavior relevant to present day challenges and possibilities. All are invited to submit essays/articles on chivalry and chivalric codes, demonstrating how their core values address contemporary issues. read more »

Avatar, 20th Century Fox

Avatar and the Vocabulary of Evildoers

Josh Schrei

While critics have unanimously agreed that the visual spectacle that is James Cameron's Avatar is beyond compare, there has been less enthusiasm for the plot line, which has been called out as flat and unoriginal.     read more »

Michelangelo's The Last Judgement

Meditation on Christ

Richard Grossinger

The intelligence of the universe towers above this world, unscrolling a pale blue creation. By Gnostic lore we dwell several octaves below Christ, several more below Divine Intelligence.   read more »

Conversations with Remarkable Minds: Dr. Piero Ferrucci

Gary Null

Today we’re going to continue our Conversations With Remarkable Minds series with Dr. Piero Ferrucci, a psychologist and philosopher who today is one of Europe’s leading intellectuals in spiritual psychology. We’re going to talk about beauty and the soul, and the role of beauty in intelligence, health, creativity, social action and spiritual awakening. read more »