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Finding Meaning in Secular Times

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Listen to the full conversation on YouTube or Spotify. For a related discussion, watch the recording of Mark Vernon’s conversation with Professor Charles Stang at “William Blake and the Power of Imagination,” a recent event hosted by Wonderstruck and the...

A Magic Dwells. Highlights from Marco Pasi's Lecture on Occulture in Contemporary Art

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Reconciling Terms: The Shifting Lives of Qi and Energy

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Edited by Aaron Michael Ullrey. The following Research Reflection is part of an ongoing series spotlighting the academic study of religions. My favorite of Confucius’s meditations, “If names are not rectified,” he writes in the Analects , “speech will not...

Center for the Study of World Religions Releases Report on Psychedelic Facilitation Training

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The Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School has released “Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training in the US: A Landscape Analysis,” an assessment of the current state of psychedelic facilitation training programs across the...

The Intersection of Arts and Spirituality: A Journey Beyond the Self

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To what degree do the arts open us to religion and spirituality? To what degree is creativity part and parcel of spirituality and religion? The CSWR creates the conditions to model the intersection of spirituality and the arts—to discuss, practice, and...

Video: New Voices in Poetry: Tawanda Mulalu, Isabel Duarte-Gray, and Jess Yuan

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On April 10, 2023, Sherah Bloor, editor of the Peripheries Journal at the Center for the Study of World Religions hosted three exciting new voices in poetry. Bloor invited Tawanda Mulalu, Isabel Duarte-Gray, and Jess Yuan to discuss their latest works...

Video: TWP&F: Planting for a Greater Community: Conversation with Rebecca McMackin

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This talk asks: how do we think about designing public spaces with human and nonhuman needs in mind? Why does it matter to plant for native species? How do our horticulture choices intersect with equity and social justice? Why does thinking about...

Video: Magic in the United States. A conversation with Dr. Heather Freeman

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Gnoseologies host Giovanna Parmigiani speaks with Heather Freeman about her podcast Magic in the United States and the personal and professional journey behind it. Magic in the United States is a podcast examining how magic, religion, spirituality, and...

Psychedelic Intersections 2025 Call for Papers

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The call for papers is now closed. Conference details and registration are now available here. Harvard Divinity School’s Center for the Study of World Religions is excited to announce the third annual Psychedelic Intersections conference. This one-day...

Audio: Pop Apocalypse: Inside the Mind of a Spirit Channel – A Conversation with Paul Selig

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For our sixth episode, we welcome the spirit channel, teacher, and playwright Paul Selig. In this conversation, we explore Selig’s early career as a playwright and professor, his spiritual awakening during the Harmonic Convergence of 1987, how he...