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In each ad-free issue we challenge the commercial forces eroding our physical, cultural, and mental environments and offer a radical rethink of our society’s unsustainable course.

Since 1980 AVI has offered nature-based programs supporting recovery and embodiment of the life of the soul - the unique truth, passion, and wisdom born innately in each of us. AVI offers thirty-five programs including the eleven-day Wilderness Quest, Soulcraft Seminars, and intensives on dreamwork, shadow work, conversations with nature and the Sacred Other, council work, and more.The aim of AVI is to foster more meaningful and fulfilling lives aligned with both nature and soul.

A social visionary whose website is dedicated to affirming a fresh spiritual perspective on the deeper issues of our times. She addresses the mythic time of choice in which we live, and proposes that we find an ethos for society that does not endorse dominance and control of nature. Her books and lectures are featured on the site which is illustrated by the artwork of Robin Baring.

An educational nonprofit organization that strengthens and expands networks of practical visionaries committed to the environment and quality of life for all people. It spreads solutions-oriented stories, including both ecological models and social strategies, for restoring the balance of life on earth.

Founded in 1984, Chelsea Green Publishing is the preeminent publisher of books on sustainable living. With well over 200 titles in print, Chelsea Green sees publishing as a tool for effecting cultural change. Our purpose is to stop the destruction of the natural world by challenging the beliefs and practices that are enabling this destruction and by providing inspirational and practical alternatives that promote sustainable living.
A women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement that seeks positive social change through proactive, creative protest and non-violent direct action.

Invited Views contains two chapters from the forthcoming Radical Knowing, the second book in a projected trilogy that began with Radical Nature. This subject matter and treatment in this book reflects in many aspects the critique of belief systems developed in Metahistory.org. Its author, Christian de Quincey, is Managing Editor for IONS, and a professor of philosophy at John F. Kennedy University, where he teaches Philosophy and Consciousness Studies. His site, Deep Spirit, explores the role of beliefs in creating reality. He may be contacted at The Institute of Noetic Sciences, 101 San Antonio Road, Petaluma, CA 94952. Email: cdeq@noetic.org

A national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 300 stations in North America. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, community, and National Public Radio stations, public access cable television stations, satellite television (on Free Speech TV, channel 9415 of the DISH Network), shortwave radio and the internet. The program is hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.

A leading voice in the current movement of thought that questions the value of civilization as defined in Western, materialistic terms.
His book, A Language Older than Words, is reviewed in Reading. His discussion with Martin Prechtel is featured in Interviews.

Named after the author of Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, this is an educational non-profit organization founded in 1980. Its programs demonstrate that both social and environmental sustainability can be achieved by applying the values of human-scale communities and respect for the natural environment to economic issues.

The Esalen Center for Theory and Research carries forward the academic and research aims of the Esalen Institute. It evaluates frontier inquiry, creates networks of pioneering individuals, and works to catalyze new discoveries that promote personal and social transformation through its annual invitation only conferences.

Devoted to mysticism, metafaith, spirituality and the perennial philosophy. The Four Precepts are presented as one possible on-ramp to the universal Way of truth and life. Features a collection of articles and a directory of links to other websites pertaining to religion and spirituality.

Future primitive is the sister site of Metahistory.org with which we expand our message with pages dedicated to oral tradition and dialogue on emergent communities in a planet-friendly future.

An international effort involving researchers from several institutions and countries, designed to explore whether the construct of interconnected consciousness can be scientifically validated through objective measurement. The project builds on excellent experiments conducted over the past 35 years at a number of laboratories, demonstrating that human consciousness interacts with random event generators (REGs), apparently "causing" them to produce non-random patterns.

Ralph Metzner, Ph. D., one of the original pathfinders of the Psychedelic Era, has been exploring therapeutic and transformational methods for over forty years. The article "Sky Gods and Earth Deities" published in the Metahistory Forum is excerpted from his book Green Psychology (Park Street Press, Rochester, Vermont, 1999). The Green Foundation is dedicated to developing certain aspects of our species’ connection with Sacred Nature.

Grist is an online environmental magazine. Their credo: Pull no punches, take no prisoners, eschew the wealth and fame that so often seduce online environmental journalists. And try to have a better sense of humor than a pack of fur protesters.

IONS conducts and sponsors research into the potentials and powers of consciousness, including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition. The Institute explores phenomena that do not necessarily fit scientific models, while maintaining a commitment to scientific rigor. It also supports community-building by providing ways for members and colleagues to share their experiences and ideas through online discussions and other networking opportunities.

Founded in 1999 by Julia Butterfly Hill, Circle of Life activates people through education, inspiration and connection to live in a way that honors the diversity and interdependence of all life.

The work of is the Mindshift Institute is devoted to challenging thinking, deepening emotions and opening possibilities. Our website contains life- positive information which reveals how the present vision of reality is incomplete. Our goal is to help expand the current definition of reality by exploring ideas outside of the dominant worldview and to assist people in waking up from what we call "The Trance State," an unconscious but profound detachment from inner and outer reality.

At the threshold of a scientific renaissance... The New Energy Movement is a broad-based public movement dedicated to the study and promotion of peaceful and sustainable solutions for an imperiled planet.

The Natural Capital Institute researches principles and practices leading to social justice and environmental restoration. We believe the current downward spiral of environment and social conditions can be arrested and that a just and restorative economy is possible.

Open SETI advocates the use of every research discipline and the study of every category of organic and inorganic activity on earth and anywhere else within our view, as a full response to the rich evidence of our involvement with other intelligence--evidence that we have already seen.

James DeMeo’s research web site and home page for the Orgone Biophysical Research Laboratory. DeMeo has been investigating the work of the late Dr. Wilhelm Reich since 1970.

Phenomena magazine asks provocative questions about the nature of the universe. The magazine provides intriguing responses on subjects that range from U.F.O investigation to the language of the stars. John Lash is a frequent contributor to the online section of the magazine.

An intrepid writer and researcher dedicated to challenging entrenched beliefs about the origins of civilization, Graham Hancock is the author of several bestsellers. His book Fingerprints of the Gods is included in suggested readings for Origins in the Arch of Metahistory. His Forum includes an essay on Gnosticism by Metahistory.org author, John Lash.

RadiOrbit, hosted by Mike Hagan, is broadcast live every Monday night from 11pm to 2am on kopn 89.5fm. Web site contains archived interviews from the shows.

SHIFT is on online journal devoted to transcendent experiences reported by scientists. Sponsored by the Institute for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ISSC), it provides a psychologically safe place for scientists to describe unusual experiences that might otherwise be disregarded because they challenge current scientific theories (i.e., beliefs) about the nature of consciousness.

A creative commercial site with a difference, Sonoran Sunsets is dedicated to sharing the beauty and serenity of the American Southwest. This site offers book reviews, lifestyle insights, health tips and products, and presents innovative and cutting-edge research on consciousness and the cosmos, thus exploring issues closely related to the key concerns of Metahistory.

Blends a varied pacing of music, special features, guest interviews, cutting edge information and practical resources for these rapidly changing times.

Utne magazine presents fresh ideas and insights that are usually ignored by the major media. Utne shines the light on existing problems and opportunities in a way that insprires discussion and action. The magazine celebrates people, who in ways both large and small, are making a difference in their lives, as well as the lives of others.

Herbal medicine and spirit healing for women looking for alternative health information and natural remedies for menopause, osteoporosis, pregnancy, fertility issues, and breast health. Plenty of articles, resources, and links. Information on Susun Weed’s workshops, intensives, apprenticeships, and correspondence courses. Includes a forum and a virtual moonlodge.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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