Gay Luce: Connecting spirits and emotions at Mystery School
Philosopher Jean Houston credits Gay Luce's success with her Nine Gates Mystery School to her depth of understanding of the human condition. Carmel Wroth | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Gay Luce, Founder, Nine Gates Mystery School. Corte Madera, California Photo: Caramel Wroth When Gay Luce was a Read More...
In praise of failure
Failing is among life’s least pleasant experiences, but nothing else is as essential to success. Marisa Taylor | October 2008 issue J.K. Rowling delivers a commencement speech at Harvard about failure. College commencement speeches are meant to be inspiring, uplifting affairs that impart a Read More...
A man with balls
On skates he won four Olympic gold medals and broke 11 world records. Now, using sports and games, he's dedicating himself to helping ensure children in poor areas have safe and healthy futures. Ode speaks with Johann Olav Koss.Marco Visscher | April 2006 issue In the run-up to the 1994 Lillehammer Read More...
A massive outbreak of peace
New peacemakers have emerged in the 21st century. They're not political leaders. They're not savvy diplomats. They're people like you. Marco Visscher and Michael Gleich | June 2006 Read More...
The secret to highly successful people
June 2006 issue When the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990, the general public and scientists in the aerospace field both held high hopes. The world waited expectantly for answers to riddles of the universe that would be revealed Read More...
Wild in the streets of Damascus
Recent riots in the Middle East turn a colony of young global expats upside down Aatish Taseer | June 2006 issue The last time I saw my friend Torbjorn Askevold, we were eating okra and mutton in my flat near the diplomatic quarter of Damascus, Syria. The 22-year-old Norwegian theology student, who Read More...
Cracking the cool conspiracy
A touch of warmth heals the woes of our time Tijn Touber | June 2006 issue Yesterday I rode the Amsterdam subway sitting among a group of boys who looked to be around 16. Now I’ve lived in Amsterdam for a number of years but I barely understood anything they were saying. In fact it wasn’t Read More...
The loss that was a triumph
Runner Lima Azimi breaks barriers for Afghan woman Tijn Touber | June 2006 Read More...
The science of reincarnation
Theories abound about well-documented cases of children who "remember" past lives | June 2006 issue William was born with a birth defect, a serious heart condition in which the main pulmonary valve has not formed completely, keeping blood from flowing properly into the lungs. Aside from this he Read More...
Welcome to the silver age
The new generation of "sixtysomethings" won't sit around the house wondering what to do. They will revolutionize retirement with their commitment to serving society. Jurriaan Kamp and Tijn Touber | May 2006 issue A recent cover of the American music magazine Rolling Stone displayed an intriguing Read More...