Category: Spirituality

A metaphysical letter from Turīya—the fourth state of consciousness—addressed to the waking self. Blending poetry and philosophy, the piece invites the reader to return to the silent, ever-present witness behind all thought, identity, and experience.

A poetic trace of psychosis as portal—exploring the spiral architecture of reality where madness becomes a window to systems of truth beyond perception.

These elements in tension—the speculative and the intuitive, the leap of vision and the act of making—came together to focus my painting as a spiritual practice as well as an aesthetic one.

Cosmos Co-op was a way of combining my philosophy and lit background, my anti-imperial activism, and my “integral vision” specifically, an attempt to build a world-changing organization.

The Collaboration Journal team is delighted to share our 12th special feature, published in the Summer 2024 edition of the Journal, which is a narrative by Lynda Lester called “Interstates of Consciousness, Integral Yoga, and the Grateful Dead.”

When I ask most Buddhist teachers about the most pressing spiritual question for me — the fate of the soul after death — they’ll tell me that the soul is an illusion.

Questions for “Mr. Iboga,” the spirit of ibogaine; a poem written following a retreat experience with this potent psychedelic, with live video recording.

Bodies of light? Telepathy? Breathing underwater? Exciting ideas from sci-fi & free range mysticism suggest extraordinary physical mutations. Why not? Questioning the assumptions of various evolutionary worldviews…

“In 1992, I travel to India… I want to experience the country in the most direct way possible and especially, the Buddhist sites.” — one woman’s pilgrimage

I dream about a dimension beyond this one: a realm that includes none of the limitations I despise. This is what Moshiach—a true messianic age—would mean to me.

Nostalgia enters the breath, its smell, its long arms of comfort… they stretch beyond those early years to blush across my skin, into my soft centre, and coil silken tendrils at the nape of my neck.

I’m both horribly insecure and a huge snob, sometimes at the same moment. So it makes sense that, when I meet wildly successful spiritual leaders and writers, I often feel a combination of envy and disdain.

A virgin will rebuild from ash the burning library at Alexandria. She will not take any prisoners. Her large eyes will be tests that you must pass. For a third time will the Argo sail, outperforming Voyager One. You will learn of how this ship is not different from your body. It will move beyond the speed of light.

Surrender & let go. Do not Skip Ad. The ontological flood is here. Aperspectival madness and shamanic psychosis are all yours via this DEEPSnakes original.

Mark your calendar for this sure to be stellar upcoming event (offered online and in person); and a call for papers that look at various ways of expressing integrality, drawing on of the work of Jean Gebser, Sri Aurobindo, Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, or other “integral” thinkers.

Infinite Conversations has been pursuing an extended reading program for Sri Aurobindo’s writings for several years now. Here is an update on our progress, with information on how you can participate…

The more deeply I’ve looked into heavy metal music and its use of imagery from the Book of Revelation, the more I discovered a very remarkable thing—that heavy metal music is doing the Book of Revelation. In its style, in its values, in its ethos, heavy metal is doing the Book of Revelation in musical form.