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Big Bang Rebooted

Kyle Davis

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is ready to give the Large Hadron Collider another run after last year’s complications. (more)

Commons

Top News on Evolver

Zachary Koval

The future of evolution, water on the moon, a new dream theory, and the Vatican joining the search for alien life are among Evolver's top new stories. (more)

Arts

Souldish NYC: 11/20-26

Salma

This week's events on Souldish include a debate between Daniel Pinchbeck and Howard Bloom, an all-out, all-night art party at Seed, Rebirth's trippy Winter Wonderland, and The Money Fix screening and filmaker Q&A. (more)

Psyche

2012 Apocalypse: A Rorschach Inkblot Test of Consciousness

Mark Heley

To understand why we project the apocalypse onto 2012, we have to understand where we are in the evolution of human consciousness. Despite our ipods and helicopters, we are still embedded in a cosmology that not long ago thought the Earth was flat. (more)

Commons

Tribal Revival

Erik Davis

Every summer, tens of thousands of participants descend upon dozens of festivals and gatherings, great and small, that occur on the West Coast of North America: Shambhala, Oracle, Moontribe, Lightning in a Bottle. The first thing you learn about the festival is: to get there, you must leave here. You must cross a threshold. (more)

Arts

Van Gogh Letters Illuminated

Bill Machon

For the next few months, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam will have on display a collection of rare letters and sketches by the legendary artist. (more)

Psyche

Burner Biology

Michael Garfield

At this year's Burning Man, four evolutionary biologists came together to discuss the deeper issues of evolution. (more)

Psyche

What is Reality?

Richard Smoley

What is accounted as real must, among other things, accord with our preconceptions. Nonetheless, the content of our preconceptions may differ wildly according to time and place. Many cultures give far more credence than we do to ghosts, spirits, good and evil, possession, and witchcraft. So did Western civilization five hundred years ago. (more)

Life

Pablo Amaringo Passes

Morgan Maher

Legendary shaman, teacher and artist Don Pablo Amaringo died on the 16th of November, after a lengthy battle with illness. (more)

Arts

Digital Cloud on the Horizon

Kovvy

In 2012, a digital cloud is scheduled to be erected over London consisting of interconnected plastic bubbles that can display information and also be used as an observation deck and park. (more)

Tech

Mars or Bust

Zachary Koval

Russia has high hopes of getting humans to Mars and beyond in a nuclear reactor powered rocketship.

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Commons

Empty Illinois Prison Considered for Gitmo Detainees and Military Tribunals

Charles Shaw

The Obama Administration is considering transferring Gitmo detainees to an empty prison in a struggling Illinois town, an idea Republicans hate, but the people of economically devastated Thomson are praying for. (more)

Arts

The FIX is On

Daniel Pinchbeck

Director Tao Ruspoli's first feature film, opening in New York City on November 20, takes on the subject of heroin addiction. In this interview, the founder of the Los Angeles Filmmakers Cooperative (LAFCO) discusses his work, his vision, and his views on filmmaking in a time of media transformation. (more)

Commons

Evolver Spores: Take Back the Power

Jonathan Phillips

On Wed, Dec 16, thirty Evolver regionals will discuss the future of energy in hopes of navigating a soft landing for the fossil fuel power-down.  Find your local Spore or start your own. (more)

Arts

Lennon's Legacy Lives

Sue Dougherty

Twenty-nine years after the tragic murder of beloved Beatle John Lennon, his legacy of love lives on as artists, actors, and musicians come together to celebrate his life and raise money for children's charities.   (more)

Psyche

Transparency is the Only Shield Against Disaster

Brian George

The lost world that imagines us does not need to be created; we, who are not other than its shadow, must learn how to approach it through the prism of our fear, whose force-fields we must navigate. A hair's breadth of a difference separates discovery from destruction. (more)

Life

Lucid Food

Kyle Davis

Featuring over 85 recipes, chef Louisa Shafia's first book, Lucid Food: Cooking For an Eco-Conscious Life demystifies contemporary food issues for the home cook and presents simple, seasonal dishes that follow nature’s cycles. (more)

Commons

Re-Visioning Capitalism

Remi Gurak

RS invites you to to hear Howard Bloom and Daniel Pinchbeck debate the perils and opportunities the current state of the capitalist system may provide for the American way of life. (more)

Life

Woody Plays Daniel?

Jennifer Palmer

In its review of the newly released 2012 disaster movie, The NY Times interprets Woody Harrelson's "doomsday prophet and radio broadcaster" as being based on Daniel Pinchbeck. (more)

Commons

2013: Or, What to Do When the Apocalypse Doesn't Arrive

Gary Lachman

There are two stereotypical responses to the crisis points in civilization. One is the desire to return to some previous golden age; the other is the urge to leap into a dazzling future. The 2012 scenario seems to partake of both camps. Is there more to it than escapism?  (more)

Life

Sixth Sense Migration

Bridget Algiere

A new study suggests a visual center in the brain tied to light-sensing cells in the eyes guides birds on their migratory journey. (more)

Arts

Souldish NYC: 11/13 -18

Salma

This week on Souldish you can Illuminate with Parashakti, learn the delicate art of Kimchi with Evolver, join Souldish for The Money Fix, Dance to Tryptophanatic Vibes at Seed, and much more!

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Eco

Our Evolving Solar System: Plasma, Polar Reversals, and 2012

Mark Heley

The year 2012 coincides with the next predicted solar sunspot maximum. A dramatic increase in cosmic radiation is likely to affect Earth's magnetic fields and the atmosphere of the planet in unpredictable ways. The question is to what extent and how these changes will manifest. (more)

Tech

Screening Thought

Stephen Hershey

Scientists have discovered how to decode a person's thoughts and present them as virtual images on a screen. (more)

Arts

This is the Life

Propaganda Anonymous

One of the greatest open mics in hip-hop history finally gets its story told. Filmaker Ava DuVernay shows us the love in "This is the Life".(Video)

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Arts

Crumb and the Matriarchs

Kelpie Wilson

There's a lot to like in the work of Robert Crumb. How could I not love an artist so dedicated to portraying the bodies of real women? Now this defender of the flesh has produced an illustrated version of Genesis. The most interesting scenes revolve around struggles over vestiges of goddess worship, for clearly these stories are about a people in transition. This is where Crumb's work becomes important. (more)

Psyche

When Prayer Meets Medicine

Stephen Gray

When the peyote takes effect and the energy really gets rolling, the songs begin to sing the singers, the drum is a living spirit, and the fire has things to show us. It's a radically different way to pray. If we can find skillful ways to combine the visionary, teaching, healing medicines with our intentions, with our prayers, a whole new landscape of possibility opens up. (more)

Soul, Spirit and Right Relationship: A Conversation with Steve Beyer

Morgan Maher

Steve Beyer's new book; Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon, is a wild ride out and across the jungles of mestizo shamanism, simultaneously walking straight-faced and practical through the disorderly landscape of the soul. In this interview we go a little deeper into the forest; exploring shamanism, ayahuasca and the importance of building right relationship. (more)