Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide by Joshua S. Goldstein Read the newspapers, and you’ll think that war is worse than ever. But as the book “Winning the War on War” shows, the reality is just the opposite. We are in the midst of a decline in armed conflict that [...]
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At Least Some of Trendy Pessimism Is Based on a Lie
Posted in Books, tagged progress, war on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An Alternate History of Heroes
Posted in Books, tagged heroes, saints on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Calendar of Jubilee Saints Hundreds of radical cultural and political heroes are celebrated here, along with the animating idea that guides this project — the pleasure of overthrowing the Planetary Work Machine.
Reinventing the Thing That Bothers Us Most
Posted in Books, tagged finances, money on October 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein The book presents a vision about our money system that is original yet commonsense, radical yet gentle, and increasingly relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen. How can you live according to your ideals in a world seemingly ruled by [...]
Despite All the Delusional Propaganda You Hear, the Fact Is the Human Race Is Becoming Less Violent
Posted in Books, tagged progress, violence on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker Many people think we live in the most violent age ever. But this book shows the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia. For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, pogroms, gruesome punishments, and genocide were ordinary features [...]
What if a Lot of What They Taught You About Death Is a Lie?
Posted in Books, tagged death, thich nhat hanh on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life by Thich Nhat Hanh. Is it possible to live a life unfettered by fear? Zen master Nhat Hanh turns his hard-earned wisdom as a survivor of war, persecution, and exile to the age-old dilemma of what happens when one dies. If the greatest fear is, as he [...]
Our Pronoiac Heroes, Part 3
Posted in Books, tagged creativity, myths on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Clarissa Pinkola Estes In fairy-tale justice, as in the deep psyche, kindness to that which seems less is rewarded by good, and refusal to do good for one who is not beautiful is reviled and punished. When we enlarge ourselves to touch the not-beautiful, we are rewarded. If we spurn the not-beautiful, we are severed [...]
Can You Learn from Creatures That Don’t Speak Human Language? (Yes)
Posted in Books, tagged cosmology, earth on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology by David Abram – learning from all the other intelligences that share this planet with us.
We All May Have Actual Souls
Posted in Articles & Essays, Books, tagged angels, souls on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Complete Guide to the Soul There is an aspect to the question of what the soul is which is startling and strange, but so widespread that it cannot be avoided. It is connected to the popular idea that we all have a guardian angel. According to a US poll in the 1990s, sixty-nine per [...]
Pronoia Isn’t Just About Being Good; It’s Also About Cultivating Ecstacy
Posted in Books, tagged prayer on November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Brave New Prayers by Hunter Reynolds Here’s the blurb that I wrote for Hunter’s fantastic book: Hunter Reynolds’ Brave New Prayers is the single best collection of prayers I’ve ever found. And by best, I mean holiest, rowdiest, truest, and most intimately aligned with the tricky nature of the Divine Wow. I’m keeping his book [...]
Healing Through Maniacal, Lustful Laughing
Posted in Books, tagged humor, sex on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Association For The Betterment Of Sex Shouldn’t we all be laughing more while we have sex? (May not be safe for work)) Sex has notoriously been a difficult, dare we say “touchy,” subject to discuss, so for generations there have been guidebooks about human sexuality such as the classic “Our Bodies Our Selves.” Now, from [...]
The Pronoiac Facts Trump the Fear-Based Delusions
Posted in Books, tagged earth, globalization, health on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Improving State of the World: Why We’re Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives on a Cleaner Planet by Indur M. Goklany
The Radical Transformation Is Underway
Posted in Books, tagged brain, creativity on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink
You Don’t Have to Abandon Your Life in Order to Get Happy
Posted in Books, tagged happiness on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
Sometimes Even Capitalism Cares
Posted in Books, tagged business, capitalism, good news on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The book about the company that guarantees its workers jobs for life.
How to Avoid Pronoia at All Costs
Posted in Books, tagged cynicism on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cynic’s Guide to a Rich, Full Life
People You Don’t Know Are Working Behind the Scenes to Save People You Don’t Know
Posted in Books, tagged health care, medicine, paul farmer on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Help Is Available Even when You’re Sleeping
Posted in Books, tagged dreams on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Secret History of Dreaming by Robert Moss After escaping from slavery in 1849, Harriet Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad and personally led 300 slaves to freedom. Few history books note that she relied on her dreams to provide specific information about where to find safe houses, helpers, and passages through dangerous territory.
I’ll Meet You Where Spirituality and Activism Collaborate
Posted in Articles & Essays, Books, tagged activism, networks of grace, spirituality on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Networks of Grace: A Guide to Sacred Activism by Andrew Harvey
Alternative Future Histories
Posted in Books, tagged 2012 on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History by John Major Jenkins How can we cut through all the noise about 2012 and gain true wisdom from the Mayan teachings about this moment? 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck …what happens in 2012 depends on what [...]
Pronoia for the Poor
Posted in Books, Web Sites, tagged afghanistan, education on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One man’s difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan
