Go outdoors with a friend. Find a tree. Stand for a moment and gaze at it. Take a deep breath....
During a workshop on life’s big questions, we were invited to write down on a slip of paper what superpower...
I believe that every person has their own secret to staying young; it’s their secret pact with life. We let the spirit into our bodies, and it elevates nature somewhat. Someone who is particularly successful at this is Justus Wittich, who is now celebrating his 70th birthday. How does he...
Over on a somewhat isolated shelf in my family’s kitchen, you’ll find the cookbooks. They don’t get much attention, except...
The days are turbulent. My thoughts are restless and peaceless. Agitated, they’re like birds of prey, circling incessantly around the...
August, the month of the lion, where nature celebrates itself in light and power. The lion: what an image in human culture! A relief of two confronted lionesses stands guard over the entrance gate of the citadel of Mycenae, the palace of Agamemnon, and two stone lions with wide open...
Georg Unger, former head of the Mathematical-Astronomical Section, was a mathematician with a choleric temperament. This combination made him quite...
When life becomes uncertain, the ground beneath our feet shakes, and we feel lost, we often look to earlier times...
Our language was made for earthly things. It’s harder to speak about the realm of the ethers. They’re difficult to differentiate; their individuality isn’t distinct. They aren’t like the elements which go from warmth through air and water to earth, expressing ever-increasing multiplicity and distinctiveness. No, the ethers tend towards...
Franka Henn begins the conversation with Bart Vanmechelen by asking him about his capacity to be humorously self-deprecating. Bart says...
Three images define the Pentecost event in the Bible. First, everyone is gathered in the house. It is the community...
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