What if the next stage of human evolution isn’t something that happens to us—but something we consciously participate in? Have you ever noticed how quickly the impossible can become ordinary? The tricorder from Star Trek, once a fantastical piece of science fiction, bears an uncanny resemblance to technologies we now carry around in our pockets. The idea that invisible waves could carry information through the air would have seemed like magic to many people a century ago. Atoms, microbiology,...

It has recently come to my attention that some claims being made about me, my research, and my book, Spirit Marriage, are inaccurate, misleading, and in some cases simply untrue. Ordinarily, I would not devote much attention to criticism of my work. Scholarly inquiry depends upon disagreement, debate, and thoughtful critique, and I welcome all three. However, when statements based on a cursory reading of my book—or, in some cases, on material that does not appear in my book at all—begin...

Finding your way back into the soul of the world Ethnographer and archeologist Irving Hallowell, who studied the Native American Ojibwa...