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Michael Meade is a mythologist, storyteller, and author who has spent five decades translating myth, folktales, and depth psychology into a practical set of guidance for individuals and communities in crisis. In this interview with Robin Beck, Michael reflects on education as a "leading out" of each person's inborn genius, the vanishing rites of passage that once carried the young into adulthood, and what it might mean to reawaken elders and mentors in a culture that has largely forgotten them. Michael articulates a vision of humanity's transformation not as something to fear, but as the very nature of the soul, and of the world we are all being called to help renew.

Jocelyn Stevenson has spent more than fifty years shaping what children's media. From the earliest days of Sesame Street, through her years with Jim Henson creating Fraggle Rock, to her work developing The Magic School Bus's approach to making the science itself the story, she's been interested in using the medium to go beyond just providing entertainment for kids. As a longtime member of The Mystery School, she recently completed The Waterubas, her first original book series, published through Mystery School Press. In this interview with Robin Beck, Jocelyn draws on that lifetime of experience and on her own practice of somatic embodiment to explore what it really means to educate a child not just in facts, but in wonder, connection, oneness, and the courage to flow with what cannot be controlled.

Phil Moore spent forty-three years as director of Upland Hills School in Michigan, one of the enduring schools to emerge from the Free School Movement of the early 1970s. He's the author of The Future of Children. While many approaches to education operate on fear-based incentives like grades, compliance, and ranking, Phil built a model based on trust, cooperation, and the conviction that every child is already a genius, waiting to be seen rather than shaped. In this conversation with Chandra Edwards he traces that philosophy from Upland Hills' earliest, chaotic years through a remarkable, decades-spanning story of how it found its way to a new school on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Their conversation explores what education for children can be like when each child is treasured for their innermost being, and how one school can become an inspiration for another, stitching magical connections together across time.

In this interview with John Pedro Schwartz, we explore the transformative genius of Fernando Pessoa, one of the great modernist poets of the twentieth century. Together we discuss Pessoa’s heteronyms, impersonal poetics, Sensationism, and the mysterious power of poetry to expand identity, deepen introspection, and awaken new dimensions of consciousness.

In this interview with Nathan Hassall, Jeff Carreira explores poetry as a transformative force capable of re-enchanting language, deepening perception, and awakening the imagination. Together they discuss metaphor, ambiguity, translation, poetic consciousness, and the mysterious way poetry invites both writer and reader into a living process of co-creation and inner transformation.

In this interview with Andrew Harvey, Jeff Carreira explores mystical poetry, Kundalini awakening, the divine feminine, and the enduring spiritual legacy of Dorothy Walters. Moving through themes of sacred union, remembrance, and transformation, their dialogue reveals poetry as a living force capable of awakening the soul and re-enchanting human life itself.

In this interview with Tejal Tarro, we explore poetry as a portal of transformation, awakening, and self-discovery. What began unexpectedly as a spontaneous outpouring of poems, became for Tejal, a profound initiatory journey through identity, healing, and divine love, revealing poetry as a living force capable of reshaping both consciousness and life itself.

In this interview, Jeff Carreira speaks with Diane Musho Hamilton, who combines decades of work in mediation and conflict resolution with her deep experience of sitting meditation. Diane has worked with transformational groups for many years, and in this dialog she shares from her wealth of experience as a group facilitator and trainer of facilitators to help us understand the value of these groups and how they can function optimally.

In this interview Chandra Luzi Edwards speaks with Peter Mitchell about his experience of being part of a small group of friends who found individual transformation and awakening occurring when their focus was not on the individuals, but on the invitational, alive, “always-on-the-edge of discovering something new” space between them. They explore the excitement of “awakening together” groups as an emergent resource for humanity to tap into a greater intelligence, with the capacity to produce radical change and a new order of coherence in these chaotic times.

In this interview, Jeff Carreira speaks with Elizabeth Debold, Ed.D., to explore collective awakening as the emergence of a field of Interbeing. Together they discover how the shared intelligence that arises through dialogue, presence, and relational openness gives birth to co-creative understanding, deeper love, and new human capacities that offer a transformative response to the crises humanity now faces.

In this interview, Jeff Carreira speaks with spiritual teacher Craig Hamilton about the profound experiences of collective awakening they experienced together in small groups while living in the same spiritual community. They discuss in detail the shared experience of a higher being and what it means for our individual and collective evolution.

In this interview, Jeff Carreria speaks with Mekdes Asefa, CEO of AfroCore AI, who shares the cultural, spiritual, and practical challenges of introducing AI into Ethiopia, where fear, religious concerns, and job security shape public response. She frames AI as a powerful mirror of human values and calls for responsible, homegrown development that honors local culture and context.

In this interview, Jeff Carreira speaks with Steve McIntosh, whose work has long helped illuminate the unfolding evolution of human consciousness. In books such as Integral Consciousness, Evolution’s Purpose, and The Presence of the Infinite, Steve brings complex ideas vividly to life and shows how they apply to the challenges of our time. Underlying all of his work is a profound commitment to restoring philosophy to its rightful place as a living force capable of guiding culture toward a wiser and more purposeful future. When Jeff saw that Steve had written about the implications of artificial intelligence, he knew he needed to include his voice in this issue of the magazine. This conversation explores how the emergence of AI fits into the larger arc of human and cosmic evolution, and how it might serve the expansion of consciousness.

This interview explores artificial intelligence as a creative and spiritual instrument rather than a sentient being in its own right. E.J. Gold frames AI as an evolving tool—like a synthesizer or musical instrument—that amplifies human intention, not replaces it. Both Gold and Claude Needham emphasize that the real differentiator between humans and AI is presence, discernment, and the capacity for conscious overview. They argue that AI’s power lies in how it is used: with mastery, attention, and ethical responsibility, it can become a catalyst for creative breakthrough and even altered states of awareness. Ultimately, the conversation suggests that AI can help people “break through the glass ceiling” of limitation—but only when guided by human consciousness, beingness, and awake participation.

In this interview, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati shares the extraordinary story of her transformation from a Stanford-trained academic to a revered spiritual teacher living on the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh. With disarming honesty and clarity, she recounts the moment of divine awakening that changed the course of her life, and reflects on the spiritual teachings and practices that continue to guide her. Through her insights into self-realization, trauma, identity, and the power of Vedantic wisdom, Sadhvi offers a luminous vision of spiritual awakening grounded in lived experience, radical openness, and unwavering devotion to truth.