Holos Journal

The online journal Holos: Forum for a New Worldview publishes articles and interviews that help promote the development and dissemination of a new sacred worldview.

The subject matter encompassed by Holos includes topics related to mystical teachings, especially those demonstrating the unanimity of the testimony of mystics across traditions, cultures, and times; the relationship between scientific and mystical truths; the development of a sacred worldview; mathematics as a sacred language that can provide a link between scientific and spiritual ways of understanding the world; and the nature of mystical truth and its relationship to contemporary society, philosophy, and science.

Holos appeals not only to scholars but also to the educated spiritual practitioner, spiritual teachers, and the clergy in various spiritual traditions.

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Current and Past Issues

 
Sarah Voss, author of What Number Is God?, shares the story of her diverse life as a mathematics professor, a Unitarian Universalist minister, and a mediator. Drawing from her unique background, Voss discusses her insights into how mathematics provides valuable metaphors for understanding and communicating paradoxical religious teachings, and how this is especially important in our time. She holds a Doctor of Ministry from the Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. Vol. 5, No. 2 (2009)
 
From sacred music and philosophy in Ireland to ethics and university building in Uganda, this interview traces the life and work of Professor Deirdre Carabine, author of The Unknown God: Negative Theology in the Platonic Tradition: Plato to Eriugena and John Scottus Eriugena. Carabine shares her insights into the mystical teachings of Christianity, how they have influenced her own life, both professionally and personally, and what wider significance they have for our world today. She is currently Vice Chancellor of the International Health Sciences University in Kampala, Uganda. Vol. 5, No. 1 (2009)

Physics Encounters Consciousness
Physicist Bruce Rosenblum discusses the mysteries of quantum physics using simple experimental demonstrations. These quantum enigmas, Rosenblum argues, bring physics to the edge of science where it encounters the mystery of consciousness. Vol. 4, No. 1 (2008).

Revitalizing the Heart of Islam
In this interview, Professor Joseph Lumbard of Brandeis University discusses the importance of revitalizing the heart of Islam by reconnecting with its traditional roots in the classical scholarship of Islam. Vol. 3, No. 1 (2007).

The Play of Distinction
Thomas McFarlane shows how distinction provides a foundation for a language that unites all mystical traditions and links them to science. The introduction by Joel discusses the relevance to the creation of a new sacred worldview. Vol. 2, No. 2 (2006).

Early Taoist Contemplation and Its Resonance in the American Academy
Religious Studies Professor Harold Roth of Brown University talks about his research in ancient Taoism and Taoist meditation techniques, some of the important aspects of the Taoist worldview, and their relevance to the modern West. Vol. 2, No. 1 (2006).

Lack and Liberation in Self and Society
An Interview with Zen philosopher David Loy on our sense of lack and how it manifests both individually and culturally. Vol. 1, No. 1 (2005).

Integrating Science and Religion
Buddhist teacher, scholar, and practitioner Alan Wallace talks with Tom McFarlane about his life-long endeavor to integrate science and religion, and his hopeful vision for their future collaboration. Winter-Spring 2004.

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