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Jeremy Johnson returns to Beams and Struts with a meditation on what's possible in the eye of a storm.
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Integral 'fearologist' R. Michael Fisher is at the heart of a new project called the Center for Spiritual Inquiry and Integral Education.
Thomas Hubl Tour Fall 2011
Written by Chris Dierkes
Spiritual teacher Thomas Hubl is coming to North America this fall. Â Check out the tour schedule.
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This is a brief excerpt from Animal Vegetable Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L Hopp and Camille Kingsolver.
Laughter and Your Hot Body
Written by Chela Davison
Love yourself, your body and laugh till every last bit of that beautiful body of yours hurts.
Elmore James
Written by Chris Dierkes
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Elmores James drops by to play the greatest slide guitar ever and sing us the blues.
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Karl Marx via a revolutionary manifesto penned by Diego Rivera, Andre Breton and Leon Trotsky.
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The Spiritual Metaphor of Fire
Written by Chris Dierkes
A BBQ-inspired meditation on fire as a form of contemplation and a source of profound metaphors for the spiritual life.
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A Beams & Struts exculsive reveals the shocking truth!
Why aren't there any women listed as core contributers on this site? What's with the sausage fest? I thought this was an integral inquiry, not a dinkquiry. What gives?
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