Check out this fascinating map of the history of major world religions. I have always wanted to be taught history visually in this fashion, to be able to see historical developments over time and place, albeit with a lot more detail and depth. Go check out other historical maps at Maps of War.
Since the publication in late April of my book, Consciousness-in-Action, I have been offering presentations on the principles and concepts of this approach to diverse audiences in the US. In June, I presented at the Spiritual/Global Psychology Summer Institute, held at Easton Mountain in upstate New York. This was a five-day conference for practitioners of Psychosynthesis and Spiritual Psychology organized by The Concord Institute. Other keynote presenters for this event were Zen teacher Bernie Glassman, founder of the Zen Peacemaker Order, and Alexander Badkhen and Mark Pevzner, co-directors of Harmony Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. More than a … Continue Reading
I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, Consciousness-in-Action: Toward an Integral Psychology of Liberation & Transformation. This book is the result of many years of research, writing and, most importantly, of working in community for personal and social change. I am quite happy with it even as I realize their is more that needs to be written — though not quite yet. Right now, I am savoring the experinece of seeing the book published and, of course, of telling all my friends and colleagues about it.
And I am doubly pleased that with the … Continue Reading
My dear friend and colleague, Rev. Francisco Lugoviña, recently received Dharma Transmission from his teacher, Roshi Bernie Glassman of the Zen Peacemaker Order, making him Senior Teacher in the Soto Zen Lineage. Paco, or Genkoji, as he is generally known, is also one of very few Latino/a Zen priests.
I happened to meet Paco, along with Rev. Hilda Gutierrez Baldoquín, another one of those few Latino/a Zen priests, at a gathering of spiritual activists at Garrison Institute in June 2005. The three of us met again last fall when, together with several other veteran spiritual activists, we facilitated a retreat for … Continue Reading
My good friend and colleague, Victor M. Rodríguez, Ph.D., professor of Chicano/Latino Studies at CSU-LB, brings to our attention this important critical analysis of Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto”. This appears originally in salon.com <http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/12/15/maya>. Thank you, Victor.
Maya in the Thunderdome
By Marcello A. Canuto
In “Apocalypto,” Mel Gibson paints a feverish, childish version of the Maya — and mangles decades of scholarship about this complex civilization.
Dec. 15, 2006 | As a scholar of the Maya civilization, I was anxious to see Mel Gibson’s portrayal of the Maya in “Apocalypto.” Of course, I realize the movie is not a documentary and was mindful of … Continue Reading