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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
A New Women’s Liberation
Four women from EnlightenNext share their experience of a radical evolutionary sisterhood
Issue 37
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
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
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
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
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
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