Western and Indian Ideas of Place Compared
June 2, 2026
Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia intensely focused on maintaining the sanctity of the state’s territory and displaying it in spectacular temples and palaces. This focus on
Modernity in Ancient Mesopotamia
May 19, 2026
Nature wasn’t as kind to the area where early Mesopotamians built their first cities and great temples as it was to ancient Egypt. Deserts on
How to Continuously Expand Your Perspective
May 3, 2026
We’ll explore some ways to mix looking At, With, and Beyond so that your perspective will always expand without a final stopping point so that
Dangers of Cultural Studies and How to Overcome Them
April 22, 2026
The anthropologist David Graeber said that culture is a way of telling off your neighbor. People often use culture to distinguish themselves from other societies.
Expanding Our Focus from Economic Wealth to Cultural Wealth
April 16, 2026
The Canadian scholar and founder of The Age of Culture Project D. Paul Schafer has written several books about transforming from the age in which
Seeing Far or Seeing Near; Different Cultures’ Orientations
March 26, 2026
The Oglala Lakota holy man Black Elk recounted a vision he had at the age of nine, when he suddenly became ill. Lying down in
The Heart of the Mosque; Encounters with Muslim Piety in the Middle East
March 8, 2026
It was one of the most reckless things I’ve ever done overseas. I had read that Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has one of the world’s best
Promoting Peace in the Middle East through Culture
March 5, 2026
Flying over the Holy Land is dramatic, even at 35,000 feet. You see long stretches of tan with no other colors. No vegetation or clouds,
From Mechanics to Magic; Looking At/With/Beyond to Transform Your View of the World
February 25, 2026
Looking At/With/Beyond combines three ways to perceive and think about the world. The first is looking At. This is conventional knowledge. You look At something