Charles Eisenstein's blog

As we stand at the threshold of a new and larger world, it helps to be bathed in miracles, to show that yes, the realm of the possible is indeed far vaster than we know, and no, we are not crazy for leaving normal behind. I therefore invite all present to share a first-hand story of the impossible, for our mutual inspiration and encouragement. (more)

The point of utter destitution is also the point of turning. We are beginning to experience the softening and expansion of the separate self. As multiple crises reach their fulfillment, could we be entering an Age of Love? (more)

The twin epidemics of obesity and autoimmunity are symptoms of a deep infirmity in our civilization. Each condition shows us something about our society, and offers clues to how we might heal these conditions that have proven so intractable to modern medicine. (more)

For tens of thousands of years, fire has defined our civilization. But the Age of Fire is rapidly drawing to a close. With the dawning of the Age of Water, we recognize the unique, enspirited nature of each drop of water and indeed every substance in the universe. (more)

Why does it seem that we modern adult human beings repeatedly do things that cause ourselves pain? Because we are such strangers to ourselves that we aren't aware of what hurts. Part 3 of the series "Miracle of Self-Creation." (more)

To improve ourselves, we pledge to have more self-control. But the effort at self-control is a program of reward and punishment, incentive and threat. Experience tells us that it does not work. And the reason it does not work is that human beings are not meant to be slaves.  (more)

There are seven stages of discovery, walking the path from the old world to the new. It is a journey fraught with peril and hardship and breathtaking realizations, a journey irreducibly unique for each of us. I think you will recognize some of the major landmarks in your own journey. (more)

Depression, anxiety, and fatigue are an essential part of a process of metamorphosis that is unfolding on the planet today, and highly significant for the light they shed on the transition from an old world to a new. (more)

We are moving toward an age in which the masculine Yin and the feminine Yang will be in ascendancy. (more)