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The Great Circle-Dance of the Religions

By David Stendl-Rast

The driving force of the spiritual quest is our longing to belong.

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12 Types of Ancestor Worship From Around the World

Ancestor worship plays a role in nearly every religion and culture around the world. Throughout human history, we’ve dealt with death partly by continuing to communicate with the ones we’ve lost.

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Sarah Kessler
2020
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What Jesus Means to Me as a Muslim

As the Christmas season ushers forth the memory of Jesus, it’s worth asking: How much do Muslims think about the person the Quran recognizes as a prophet and the Messiah?

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Omar Suleiman
2020
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The Bible Without Jesus? How Two Faiths Can Read the Same Text in Dissonant Ways

Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler parse opposing interpretations Jews and Christians have of the same Bible, and make the argument that religion doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game

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Rich Tenorio
2020
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Religions - Rivers of Faith

An introduction to the world’s religious traditions through the lens of America. The religious traditions of humankind are shown here as circles, each containing a commonly used symbol of that tradition.

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The Pluralism Project
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Are women turning to witchcraft in the era of #MeToo?

Women are seeking spiritual practices that respect their wisdom, creativity, and leadership.

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Jessica Mesman
2019
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The Unseen Life that Dreams Us

An interview with John O’Donohue on the secret landscapes of imagination and spirit

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Diane Covington
2007
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Which of the Ultimates Is Ultimate, Part 1

We live at a time when all spiritual traditions and contemporary inner work schools are available to the interested seeker. However, many of us rest in the comfort of believing all spirituality and spiritual teachings lead to the same place and aspire to the same awakening.

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A.H. Almaas
2014
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Which of the Ultimates Is Ultimate, Part 2

There is no end to realization, kinds and types of awakening, or enlightenment and completeness.

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A.H. Almaas
2014
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Missed Opportunities, Part 2

The primary import of the present contemplation is to point out the significance of both recognizing and experiencing the individual consciousness, whether we refer to it as soul, stream of consciousness, or subtle continuum of awareness.

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A. H. Almaas
2013
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Missed Opportunities, Part 1

What I would like to encourage . . . is to be open to what various teachings say, and, at the same time, question everything, even your own perceptions, until a more satisfactory method of verification than we have at present becomes available.

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A. H. Almaas
2013
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Comparing Belief Traditions