One hundred years ago, only a small percentage of the population believed in an afterlife; today, that number has risen...
From a certain perspective, dying is the best way to deal with life. Our life is only perfect when we...
The demon Lilith has wandered the Earth and featured in the mythical imaginings of writers, artists, and poets for more than four thousand years. Something menacing surrounds this contradictory figure. Her significance has changed over the course of history. What does she signify today? We encounter her in Sumerian records...
There’s a grand mystery surrounding humankind like a shroud. That may sound dramatic, but it is a real mystery. Despite...
Two hundred years ago, in his Faust, Goethe described something astonishingly relevant for today: the path to inner clarity must...
Chemist Martin Rozumek and biologist Hans-Christian Zehnter have written separately on the subject of how the world can be understood without an atomistic conception of matter. They see earthly reality as an appearance specifically intended for us human beings. This has methodological and existential consequences for our relation to the...
Biodiversity is a hot topic in academia today. It seems that wherever civilization spreads, species diversity dwindles—natural habitats are lost,...
Your path constantly leads to a fork in the road, though it often goes unnoticed because habit takes over the...
At school, we practice interpreting texts—in the school of life, we learn to read people: how do I interpret gestures, looks, or words? Pure perception becomes all the more important lest mere speculation guide our actions. Our tendency for interpretation is wonderfully exemplified in Paul Watzlawick’s story of the man...
The thinking of Paul of Tarsus has come down to us in his letters written in ancient Greek. To understand...
What should parents know today, from a medical perspective, when their daughter tells them that she no longer wants to...
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