A personal reflection on my meditation practice and experience in relation to the insights of neuroscience- no claim to expertise, as still struggling to find the sweet point! - Kevin Parker- Site Publisher
As I sit in the early morning stillness, observing the gentle rhythm of my breath, I'm struck by how this simple practice connects me to a lineage spanning millennia. What began as my personal quest for stress relief has evolved into a profound exploration of consciousness itself—one...
Introduction: Mapping the Subtle Body
Within the vast landscape of Eastern philosophies, few concepts have captured the modern imagination as profoundly as the chakra system....
A personal reflection on my meditation practice and experience in relation to the insights of neuroscience- no claim to expertise, as still struggling to...
How Norway’s capital turned climate policy into budgets, procurement, and quieter streets — and why even Oslo is not yet a finished green city
Standfirst
Oslo...
1. Introduction: The Global Cryosphere and Glaciological Significance
The cryosphere, derived from the Greek word kryos meaning cold, constitutes the frozen water component of the...
The artificial intelligence industry has always oscillated between the roar of spectacle and the cold logic of consolidation. If late 2025 was defined by...
I. The Prestidigitator at the Edge of the World
In the landscape of contemporary ecological philosophy, David Abram cuts a figure both enigmatic and essential....
The agent economy emerges: browsers, sovereign stacks, and the quiet consolidation of intelligence
March 2026 feels strangely calm for an industry that only months ago...
1. Historical Baseline
Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent
The aurochs' last bellow echoed through Poland's Jaktorów Forest in 1627, marking Europe's first recorded megafaunal extinction.¹ This wild...
Introduction
The spiral is among the most enduring and enigmatic symbols found across human cultures, tracing its roots back tens of thousands of years....
News in brief — 11 October 2025
IUCN has officially listed the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) as Extinct (EX) in its Red List update released...
Earth Activist and Esoteric Explorer
Kevin Parker is an environmental philosopher, researcher, and writer exploring humanity's critical crossroads through the lens of Mystic Ecology—his framework for understanding the intersection of...
My Masters and proposed PhD thesis was focused on developing a Deep Ecological Theory of State. It never happened as I got married, and, in the twinkling of an...
Abstract
Climate change is forcing a global redistribution of marine life, yet tracking the vanguard of this migration is challenging with traditional visual surveys that often miss rare or cryptic...