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By Contacts We Are Saved: The Forgotten Visionary Jane Ellen Harrison on Change, the Meaning of Faith, and the Courage of Heresy
Alpha and Omega, originally published in 1915, is the third title in Marginalian Editions. Below is my foreword to the…
The Paradox of Knowing Who You Are and What You Want: Cristina Campo on Fairy Tales, Time, and the Meaning of Maturity
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales,” Einstein reportedly told one mother who wished for…
A Plasticity of Being: What a Rare Bird of Prey Reveals about the Deepest Meaning of Intelligence
“True teachers are called into being by the contradictions generated by civilization,” the poet Gary Snyder reflected in his reckoning…
The Canyon and the Meaning of Life
Anything you polish with attention will become a mirror. Anything to which you give yourself fully, vest all your strength…
Cold Intolerance: Meaning, Symptoms, Related Conditions, Management, Ayurveda Understanding
Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa, B.A.M.S What is cold intolerance? Things to know about Not…
Anima: One Woman’s Search for Meaning in the Footsteps of Bulgarian Mountain Shepherds
Every day at sundown I would hear him, the invisible shepherd singing on the other side of the ridge, his…
Mushrooms and Our Search for Meaning
This essay was originally published as the cover story in the Summer 2025 issue of Orion Magazine. “Who are you?”…
Imagine Water Otherwise: Robert Macfarlane on the Personhood of Rivers and the Meaning of Aliveness
“Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river,” Borges wrote in his timeless “refutation” of…
Decoding Spiritual Enlightenment Symbols: Discover Potent Meaning?
You seek a deeper understanding. You feel a pull toward something more profound than everyday life. This feeling is shared…