Being a big fan of the movie Baraka -- assuredly one of the most beautifully filmed documentaries of all time -- I did not hesitate when asked if I wanted to attend a London preview of the new sequel Samsara. The value of these zero-dialogue documentary films is that they alter consciousness and put the viewer in a contemplative state.  (more)

I recently interviewed Chinese artist and social activist Ai Weiwei, whose dissident art has made him a target of the Chinese government. We discussed the importance of free expression, China's history, and why China's current system is failing. (more)

The mind is capable of a certain deliberate act of will that results in a higher state of consciousness. The Forbidden Book is among the latest in a long list of literary works in which the Hermetic tradition, this mental work, is enciphered. (more)

In 2009, Jeremy Jensen and Shena Turlington went to the Amazon to make recordings among tribal communities. These sounds were woven together with modern rhythms to create a series of albums released as Critical Beats, with the proceeds going directly to Amazon conservation. In 2010, they went back. (more)

In the documentary Kumaré, director Vikram Gandhi poses as a guru with a small group of disciples (his film crew) who seek out and commune with an amazing cast of spiritual teachers in the Sedona desert of Arizona. Here Gandhi discusses the film and what he has learned about why people flock to such unlikely characters for spiritual insight. (more)

As part of our ongoing adventure with Evolver, we recently launched a new publishing imprint, Evolver Editions, in partnership with North Atlantic Books. Here you can read essays from a few of our authors, introducing their work. I hope you will join our community, read these extraordinary books, and become part of our ongoing evolutionary experiment. (more)

A generation of avant-garde writers are making conscious magazine headlines and electrifying the festival-speakers' circuit. Featuring a brutally honest look at the shadow self, and society at large, these books are not fluffy New Age reads. They are harder to define, hosting a multidimensional mix of spiritual awakening, new media activism, punk attitude, Burning Man aesthetic, and Occupy ideologies.  (more)