With love, humour and brilliant insight, Ben-Aharon addresses some of the most critical questions of our age, ranging from artificial intelligence and global politics to education and postmodern philosophy. Although tackling diverse subject-matter, this accessible anthology – delivered initially as lectures in locations as contrasting as New York, Oslo and Munich – features a coherent inner rhythm. With his lively and intense presentation, the speaker invites us to share and participate in the creative process and the dynamic activity of incarnating new ideas – indeed, to awaken to the very Spirit of our Time. Ben-Aharon discusses his investigations into the Spiritual Event of the 21st Century; the working of spiritual beings in America, Central Europe, Scandinavia and Israel; the renewal of education; the creative transformation of antisocial forces; Israel’s diverse culture in the midst of the clash of civilizations; the new Christ Event and how it can break through our habitual patterns and our hardened thinking, feeling and will; and the mission of the anthroposophical movement in our time. Informed throughout by decades of spiritual research and intimate experience, this volume contains mature and illuminating explorations into contemporary culture, history and spiritual science.

In these lectures, with topics ranging from postmodern philosophy and artificial intelligence to education and global politics, Ben-Aharon discusses the most profound happenings of our age with love, humor, insight and brilliance. His experience with the living source of the Spiritual Event of our times, has culminated in the research expressed in these lectures. Listening to their inner rhythm and intensity, we can also experience the heartbeats of our Time Spirit. We can intimately take part in the becoming process and the emergence of new ideas, encouraging us to become more free and creative in our own lives. This makes the collection one of Ben-Aharon's most accessible books. He discusses: 1. The Singularity, Ahriman's kindergarten, and the Spiritual Event of the 21st Century. 2. The reversal: how to creatively transform our antisocial forces. 3. The working of Spiritual Beings in America, Central Europe, Scandinavia and Israel 4. The transformation of education and new impulses for the Waldorf movement. 5. Israel's diverse culture in the midst of the clash of civilizations. 6. How can the new Christ Event break through our habitual patterns and our hardened thinking, feeling, and willing? 7. The mission of the anthroposophical movement in the 21st century.

With love, humour and brilliant insight, Ben-Aharon addresses some of the most critical questions of our age, ranging from artificial intelligence and global politics to education and postmodern philosophy. Although tackling diverse subject-matter, this accessible anthology – delivered initially as lectures in locations as contrasting as New York, Oslo and Munich – features a coherent inner rhythm. With his lively and intense presentation, the speaker invites us to share and participate in the creative process and the dynamic activity of incarnating new ideas – indeed, to awaken to the very Spirit of our Time. Ben-Aharon discusses his investigations into the Spiritual Event of the 21st Century; the working of spiritual beings in America, Central Europe, Scandinavia and Israel; the renewal of education; the creative transformation of antisocial forces; Israel’s diverse culture in the midst of the clash of civilizations; the new Christ Event and how it can break through our habitual patterns and our hardened thinking, feeling and will; and the mission of the anthroposophical movement in our time. Informed throughout by decades of spiritual research and intimate experience, this volume contains mature and illuminating explorations into contemporary culture, history and spiritual science.

A mindfulness expert whose work has been hailed by Eckhart Tolle as “an important contribution to the shift in consciousness” offers a new vision of reality—one that is compatible with modern science and ancient spirituality. “With elegance and lucidity, Steve Taylor explains why spiritual science is the only hope for humanity.” —Deepak Chopra It is often assumed that there are two ways of interpreting the world: a rational scientific way, or an irrational religious way. Mindfulness expert, Steve Taylor, shows that there is a third possibility—a spiritual, or “panspiritist”, view of reality that transcends both conventional science and religion, recognizes spirit or consciousness as fundamental, and answers many of the riddles that neither can explain. Here, Taylor puts forward the evidence for a spiritual view of reality and examines the development and consequences of the materialist model. Drawing on the insights of philosophers, physicists, mystics, as well as spiritual traditions and indigenous cultures, he also systematically shows how a ‘panspiritist’ view can explain many puzzling aspects of science and the world such as: • human consciousness • altruism • near-death experiences • telepathy and pre-cognition • quantum physics • the placebo effect • neuroplasticity A compelling argument for a new vision of reality, Spiritual Science offers a bright vision of the world as sacred and interconnected, and of human life as meaningful and purposeful.

"In the midst of life's many ordinary moments, some experiences feel extraordinary. They can mark inflection points in one's life, after which one is never quite the same. Most brief experiences capable of making a long-lasting impact involve obvious changes in one's outward circumstances, like a birth, a death, a marriage, or an illness. Yet some life-changing moments seem to come wholly from another source, appearing as mental states or altered states of consciousness either from deep within a person's mind or, perhaps, from a source beyond the self. These experiences have been called by different names over time: spiritual, religious, mystical, peak, or self-transcendent, and people around the world and throughout history have experienced them, up to and including the present day. The sacred texts of every major religion describe these moments, philosophers since the ancient Greeks have pondered them, and according to recent Gallup polls (2003), well over 30% of contemporary Americans have experienced them"--

This book offers a new synthesis of scientific and spiritual views of the world appropriate for the 21st Century. Mind, World, God tackles the big questions in science and spirituality: what is the nature of mind? What is real? What is God? How can we mesh the best that science has to offer with an authentic and rational spirituality? How do we bridge the gap between the language of reason and the language of faith? "Hunt's theorizing, combined with his cogent explanations of the work of Whitehead and his intellectual successor David Ray Griffin, have influenced my own thinking more than anyone else other than William James ... Combined with a gift for clear writing, Hunt is in the process of translating his knowledge and vision into a broad, bold yet readable vision of the nature of reality." Jonathan Schooler, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara "Hunt's challenge to conventional materialism, his embrace of panpsychism, and his attempts to reintegrate spirituality are all vital (and neglected) aspects of present day philosophical discourse. Mind, World, God breaks new ground by integrating panpsychism, panentheism, and evolution into a comprehensive metaphysical system with great promise." David Skrbina, Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan

Utilizing spiritual-scientific research methods, Jesaiah Ben-Aharon gives an astonishing first-hand testimony of Rudolf Steiner’s declarations regarding the new Christ Revelation, and offers his own findings on the Spiritual Event of the Twentieth Century. Based on occult Imaginative consciousness, he gives a unique account of events which took place in the spiritual world during the war and turmoil on earth in the period 1933-45. His words have a particular significance for an understanding of the work of the grouping of souls which the seer and spiritual teacher Rudolf Steiner called the ‘Michael School’. Through coming to a fully conscious comprehension of the Spiritual Event of the Twentieth Century, the author asserts, we may gain the courage needed to renew and enliven the spiritual science of Anthroposophy as ‘the universal human language of our age’. This second edition features an extensive introductory essay.