Mary Daly

"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.

Interview by Susan Bridle

Sam Keen

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.

Interview by Craig Hamilton

Jose Cabezon

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.

Interview by Amy Edelstein

by Daniel Piatek

Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo

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.

Interview by Andrew Cohen

Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo

Father Basil Pennington

"If you're a man or if you're a woman, you're still a man or woman when you come into your fullness." A Trappist monk and world-renowned teacher of Centering Prayer speaks passionately about realizing our innate divinity, which simultaneously transcends and celebrates gender.

Interview by Simeon Alev

Tamar Frankiel & Esther Kosofsky

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.

Interview by Amy Edelstein

Swami Bharati Tirtha
The Shankaracharya of Sringeri

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.

Interview by Chris Parish

Kate Bornstein

"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."

Interview by Susan Bridle

Marion Woodman

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.