Showing results for "Consciousness" in History

Best-selling historian and philosopher Will Durant devoted his entire life to studying the most significant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history. Here is a summation of Durant's work, as he presents the best of world history. Filled with Durant's renowned wit, knowledge, and unique ability to explain events in simple and exciting terms, it is a concise liberal arts education.

Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion "God" frequently remains vaguely and obscurely described. Are those engaged in these arguments even talking about the same thing? In a wide-ranging response to this confusion, esteemed scholar David Bentley Hart pursues a clarification of how the word "God” functions in the world’s great theistic faiths.

Hinduism is an ancient religion, philosophy and way of life. Unlike other great religions that are based on a small set of books, there are hundreds of texts in Hinduism, most of which are very voluminous. They span not merely centuries, but millennia. And most importantly, these ancient...

It may be the twenty-first century but religious tensions and conflicts continue all across the world. Even today, religion continues to play an unparalleled role in the lives of individuals and nations with people and leaders pitting one religious identity against another. But the question that...

From New York Times bestselling author and former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb comes a simple yet powerful five-step guide to transforming your life by making your fears work for you instead of against you. Brandon Webb has run life-threatening missions in the world's worst trouble spots, whether that...

Ignition! is the inside story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s]," available for the first time in audio. Ignition!...

In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of Black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their brothers and sisters. For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of Black radicals of the era.

Half a century ago, the world changed forever when a Swiss chemist inadvertently ingested the experimental compound lysergic acid diethylamide. The Psychedelic Review was founded in 1963 as a serious journal dedicated to the study of the potential of both natural and synthesized psychedelic substances. Presenting experts in the fields of anthropology, religion, pharmacology, poetry, and metaphysics, this pioneering journal had a dramatic impact. The Psychedelic Reader now offers a relevant guidebook to the foundations of a bold new era in mental health studies.

Hello and welcome to the DSC Podcast. Step inside and join our conversations as we seek the depth in all things. Be it mysticism, therapy, mythology or world events – we will seek not to find answers but rather to come up with ever better questions. Hosted by Richard Cox.

A Pagan Polemic curates the evolving perspective of Jack Loeffler—itinerant wanderer, environmental warrior, storyteller, and story collector—whose true education began when he was marched into the Nevada desert one day at dawn to play "The Stars and Stripes Forever" during an atomic bomb test a scant few miles away. Since that day in 1957, Jack's mission in life has been to record peoples of the borderlands and to bring "indigenous mindedness" to the forefront of the conversation about our precarious environments and our decaying planet.

The Consciousness Project - Mind Shift – Exploring Human Consciousness What if the U.S. Army once tried to scientifically explain out-of-body experiences, time travel, and the nature of the soul? Welcome to Mind Shift, the documentary-style podcast that journeys through the strangest corners of human consciousness research — from Cold-War intelligence experiments to cutting-edge neuroscience and ancient spiritual wisdom. Kate takes you from the secret 1983 Army report "Analysis of The Gateway Experience," to the modern labs studying Tibetan monks, virtual-reality meditation, and ...

From the food we eat, the water we drink to the air we breathe, everything these days seems capable of killing us. Recently we have seen an unprecedented number of deaths due to medications for diseases that may not even exist, obscure cancers caused by our modern devices, and brutal police...

Nel 1989, la realizzazione di un mondo senza guerre sembrava a portata di mano; oggi, oltre al terrorismo e ai conflitti locali, torna a incombere il pericolo di una terza guerra mondiale. Come spiegare tale parabola? Losurdo traccia una storia inedita e coinvolgente dell'idea di pace dalla rivoluzione francese ai giorni nostri. Da questo racconto, di cui sono protagonisti i grandi intellettuali (Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Constant, Comte, Spencer, Marx, Popper ecc.) e importanti uomini di Stato (Washington, Robespierre, Napoleone, Wilson, Lenin, Bush Sr. ecc.

Reveals how faith traditions have always passed down tools for self-examination and debate, because all religious ideas—not just extremist ones—can cause harm, even as they also embody important moral teachings. Scripture’s abiding relevance can inspire great goodness, such as welcoming...

A new world is emerging before our eyes, while the unsustainable world of the past struggles to continue. Both worlds reflect the beliefs of our past. Both exist-but only for now. Which world do you choose?Best-selling author and visionary scientist Gregg Braden suggests that the hottest issues...

Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes or a curse from the gods, it has been used as both an instrument of power and a channel of the divine, a means of social bonding and of individual self-definition.

Full-frontal spiritual esoterica, conspiracy theories, evolutionary biology, dysevolutionary 2020s, current events, current pandemics, truth, post-truth.

To think "differently" to inspire one another, to unlearn to relearn. We value honesty, spirituality, courage, kindness, health, fitness, wealth, openness, respect, perseverance, WE RISE. for educational use purpose only :)

Soul Machine takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of human inner life. This is the story of how a new concept - the mind - emerged as a potential solution, one that was part soul and part machine but fully neither.

Plunge into the dark underbelly of America’s past with American Declassified. Each episode unearths the mysterious and unexplained, revealing the hidden truths of the nation’s most secretive government programs. From chilling Cold War experiments like MKUltra and Project Stargate to obscure operations probing mind control, remote viewing, and the occult, American Declassified exposes the shadowy corners of U.S. history. Through rigorous research and captivating storytelling, American Declassified explores the ethical controversies, bizarre phenomena, and enduring enigmas that linger in ...