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The Divine Feminine, Unveiled
Will embracing woman-centered spirituality take us beyond patriarchy?
Issue 39
The Fire of Freedom
A brief (and slightly speculative) three-thousand-year history of women's spiritual uprisings and their impact on Western culture
Issue 37
Women, Enlightenment, and the Evolution of Culture
Andrew Cohen & Ken Wilber in dialogue
Issue 37
Integral Feminism
With Sofia Diaz, Diane Musho Hamilton, and Willow Pearson
Issue 37
A New Women’s Liberation
Four women from EnlightenNext share their experience of a radical evolutionary sisterhood
Issue 37
What Is Liberation for Women Today?
24 extraordinary women give their answers
Issue 37
Freedom and Choice in Pornutopia
Why Girls are Going Wild
Issue 37
Where Are the Women? Part III
Beyond the Divine Feminine
Issue 32
Where Are the Women?

Noting the surprising absence of women at the leading edge of cultural change, Debold asks what happened to the revolution that women started in the last half of the 20th century—and calls women to once again aspire to transform the status quo.

Issue 29
Real Men Have Broken Hearts
If thousands of Christian men keep their promises, can they change the world?
Issue 27
Igniting a Spark of Power
The politics of women's liberation in North Africa

Exploring the politics of women's liberation in North Africa. An interview with Donna Zajonc.

Issue 27
Gay/Straight, Man/Woman, Self/Other
What Would the Buddha Have Had to Say About Gay Liberation?

Do gay people have a special path to enlightenment? A Buddhist scholar and gay rights activist disputes many common convictions about gay spirituality.

Issue 16
No Man's Land

“I don't think about men. I really don't care about them. I'm concerned with women's capacities.” A former Christian theologian and one of the most original and radical feminist thinkers of our time dismisses any attempt to include men in a discussion of gender and spirituality.

Issue 16
Gay Liberation
Issue 16
Liberation Without a Face

A feminist activist and author interviews her male spiritual teacher about why women's liberation and spiritual liberation have nothing to do with each other.

Issue 16
No Difference!

One of the foremost authorities in modern Hinduism explains why the only practice necessary for women to attain enlightenment is the worship of their husband as a god.

Issue 16
From the Editors
Issue 16
What Is the Relationship Between Emptiness and Beautiful Nails?

Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo—the first Western woman to be recognized as a reincarnated Tibetan tulku—speaks candidly about gender and enlightenment, her relationship with her students and being a female teacher in a male-dominated tradition.

Issue 16
Gender Outlaw

“I'm not a man, I'm not a woman. I'm at the next stage, which includes man, woman and lots of other genders!” A self-styled “gender terrorist” and postoperative transsexual presents her unorthodox prescription for “gender freedom.”

Issue 16
Get Over It!
A Men's Movement Pioneer Calls for the End to "The Gender Game"

The author of Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man takes no prisoners in his critique of the men's movement, the women's movement, the gay movement and enlightenment.

Issue 16
Could Christ Have Been a Woman?

The late Trappist monk and teacher of centering prayer spoke passionately about realizing our innate divinity, which simultaneously transcends and celebrates gender.

Issue 16
The Back of the Synagogue Is Not the Back of the Bus

Could it be that a patriarchal religion actually gives women more strength and confidence than the feminist movement? A discussion with two outspoken contemporary Orthodox Jewish women.

Issue 16
Taming Patriarchy
The Emergence of the Black Goddess

One of the world's foremost Jungian analysts explains why a mysterious feminine figure appearing in the dreams of contemporary men and women may hold the key to our planet's very survival.

Issue 16
Why Women Don't Like the Word "Mastery"

“A literary agent once told me that if she put a call out for autobiographies, the next day she would have fifty on her desk from men and none from women.” A developmental psychologist shares some intriguing insights on why getting women to speak about self-mastery can be a difficult task.

Issue 15
Daughter of the Goddess

An interview with a founder of the feminist spirituality movement.

Issue 10
Dancing on the Edge

A feminist speaks candidly about women and liberation.

Issue 10
Towards the Spiritual Liberation of Women
From the Editors
Issue 10
Liberation Without a Face is Total Revolution
An essay on liberation beyond gender

An essay on liberation beyond gender.

Issue 10
The Challenge of Emptiness
Vimala Thakar on the Spiritual Emancipation of Women
Issue 10
Women Who Sleep with Their Gurus ... and Why They Love It

There's a lot more to guru sex scandals than innocent victims fallen prey to unscrupulous teachers. Whether they're after wealth, security, social status, or enlightenment, women love men at the top, and they have for four million years.

Issue 26