Links
Association
for Holotropic Breathwork International
An organization for anyone interested in Holotropic
Breathwork. Publishes a quarterly newsletter, and maintains a list of
certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitators and workshops near you.
The
Healing Breath
A journal of various types of breathwork practice, psychology,
and spirituality.
The
International Breathwork Foundation
A network open to all people interested in Breathwork. Runs the
annual Global Inspiration Conference.
Buddhist
Studies WWW Virtual Library
A major, comprehensive resource, including academic research,
retreat options, and art.
Plum
Village
The training center, in Southern France, run by Vietnamese
Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Site includes Thich Nhat Hanh’s speaking
schedule and retreats worldwide.
Spirit
Rock
An extensive and varied program of Insight Meditation is taught
here, in Northern California, by a team of distinguished teachers, including
Jack Kornfield. See also its sister organizations in Massachusetts, and
Gaia House in England.
Contemplative
Outreach, Ltd.
This
organization, and network of communities, teaches contemplative prayer,
or "resting in God", as distilled from various streams of Christian
practice by Thomas Keating and others.
Website
of Unknowing
Features
the writings of the 14th century English mystics. A comprehensive,
deeply-felt site relating mysticism to art and literature and modern spiritual
movements.
World
Community for Christian Meditation
This organization is dedicated to the teachings of John Main,
who recovered and re-presented a contemplative, mantra-like meditation
for people within the Christian tradition.
Journal of Consciousness Studies
A lively and interesting journal on all matters of consciousness.
A long-established resource for those studying the potential of consciousness.
Set up by Neale Donald Walsch, and the ReCreation Foundation, this site is a resource the many people inspired by his remarkable books
Creation
Spiritual Network
The Creation Spirituality movement, founded by Matthew Fox,
seeks to integrate the wisdom of western spirituality and global indigenous
cultures with the emerging scientific understanding of the universe and
the passionate creativity of art.
Grof
Transpersonal Training
The
official site for training in Holotropic Breathwork, and up-to-date information
on Grof’s speaking schedule.
SYDA
Foundation
Formed
around the teachings of Muktananda, offering meditation and yoga teaching.
Self-Realization
Fellowship
Formed
around the broad-based kriya yoga teachings of Yogananda (Autobiography
of a Yogi)
Yoga
Research Center
A comprehensive
site on the practice of yoga
ALEPH:
Alliance for Jewish Renewal
ALEPH
is a non-denominational organization of the Jewish Renewal movement. "Jewish
renewal seeks to nurture the rebbe-spark in everyone without fearing its
emergence in different ways … in different people; to nurture communities
that dance and wrestle with God, that are intimate, participatory, and
egalitarian …; and to assist the spiritual growth and healing of individuals,
communities, whole societies, and the planet."
Jewish
Lights
This company publishes a wide range of books that reflect the Jewish wisdom
tradition for people of all faiths, all backgrounds. Their books focus
on the issue of the quest for the self, seeking meaning in life. They
are books that help you to understand who you are and who you might become
as a Jewish person, or as a person who is part of a tradition that has
its roots in the Judeo-Christian world.
The
Kabbalah Centre
This beautiful website provides extensive information and
courses on this ancient Jewish mystical practice, and welcomes people
of all faiths.
The
Club of Budapest
Founded
by Ervin Laszlo, the Club of Budapest is based on "the realization
that the enormous challenges that humanity is currently facing can only
be overcome through the development of a global cultural consciousness.
… The Club perceives itself as a builder of bridges between science and
art, ethics and economy, between cognition and realization, between old
and young, as well as between the different cultures of the world. One
of the prime objectives of the work of the clubs is the development of
a ‘New Ethics’."
beliefnet
This
comprehensive, independent, multi-faith site draws on the skills of top
journalists and thinkers to "help people meet their own religious,
spiritual and moral needs by providing information, inspiration, community,
stimulation and products."
The
Council on Spiritual Practices
The
CSP has a twofold mission: "to identify and develop approaches to
primary religious experience that can be used safely and effectively,
and to help individuals and spiritual communities bring the insights,
grace, and joy that arise from direct perceptions of the divine into their
daily lives."
Realization.org
A marvelous site with articles, poems, and links about serious
spiritual practice, focusing on meditation and yoga, but not linked to
any specific tradition
Skylight Paths
The publishers of Skylight
Paths have produced a wonderful list of titles that address interfaith
issues, and advance interfaith understanding.
Kabbalah, Yoga, Astrology, Kundalini
A colorful resource for many esoteric disciplines.
A personal, passionate site with uplifting poetry, wisdom tidbits, and a novel discussion board for dream interpretation.
Dream
Change Coalition
Dream
Change Coalition, founded by John Perkins, is a grass roots movement,
with three primary goals: to inspire earth-honoring changes in consciousness,
conserve forests, and apply indigenous wisdom in ways that foster environmental
and social balance.
The
Foundation for Conscious Evolution
The
purpose of this organization is to understand the evolutionary potential
of humanity, and bring forth the new world view of Conscious Evolution.
It brings together the ideas of many leading mystics, scientists, and
social activists.
Global
Renaissance Alliance
Founded by Marianne Williamson
and Neale Donald Walsch, the Global Renaissance Alliance is a citizen-based,
international network of spiritual activists, whose mission is "to
make a stand in our local and national communities for the role of spiritual
principles in solving the problems of the world."
Center
for the Story of the Universe
Inspired
by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry’s book, The Universe Story, the
Center furthers the
dialogue about of what it means to be an evolving species on an evolving planet.
Science writer Alan Boyle covers cosmology and spirituality for MSNBC, with a regular series of news reporting and feature articles.
Science
& Spirit
This
is the web-presence for the magazine Science & Spirit, with fascinating
articles and reviews.
Foundation
for Shamanic Studies
An organization
established by Michael Harner, the anthropologist who, more than any other,
introduced core shamanic practices into postmodern culture. The Foundation
provides research opportunities, training, workshops, books and music.
Spiritual
Emergence Network
Spiritual
Emergency Resource Center
These sites offer support and resources for those people experiencing
difficulties with their spiritual growth, or in psycho-spiritual crisis,
and their care-givers.
Spiritual
Parenting
A "spiritual retreat for parents on the Web," with
the leader in this field, Mimi Doe.
Sufi
Order International
This
"universal approach to spiritual growth", as taught by Pir-o-Murshid
Inayat Khan and continued by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, seeks to "promote
the awakening of humanity to the divinity in us all.
List
of Sufi-related websites
"Sufis are ‘mystics’
on the path to the Beloved (God). Most Sufis are Muslims, followers of
the religion of Islam. Some Sufis (primarily in "the West") are involved
with other religions, or no formal religion -- as directed by the higher
source of wisdom within the human heart."
Online
Guide to the Transpersonal Internet
Association
for Transpersonal Psychology
Includes
information on their annual conference, and the Journal of Transpersonal
Psychology.
Ken
Wilber Online
This
is the "official" site from Shambala, Wilber’s principal publisher.
Join the discussion; get the newsletter.
The
World of Ken Wilber
Created
by an intelligent fan, this site is truly comprehensive and user-friendly.
It’s good for Wilber-beginners, and Wilber-scholars.
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