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Issue 3: Power

Consider how power exists within and between us, as artists, neuroscientists, Buddhist practitioners, writers, and illustrators offer their perspectives on power.

Waking Up to Power Is a Spiritual Practice
How meditation and activism can work together to quiet the mind in a loud, troubled world
Buddhist PerspectivesActivismMagazine
Alien-Nation: And the Voice of Shahidul Alam
The Bangladeshi photographer and activist risks his freedom for protest
PhotographyActivismContemporary Art FormsMagazine
This Is Your Brain on Power
According to neuroscientist Sukhvinder Obhi, power is neither good nor bad—it's all in the way you use it
MindfulnessInterviewsScienceMagazine
Art and Acts of Resistance in Clapping with Stones
Challenging traditional power structures through poetic, subversive artistic gestures
ActivismContemporary Art FormsMagazine
Breath for Guan Yin
Poetry on power
Creative WritingMagazine
Dao of the Dominatrix
Female empowerment guru Kasia Urbaniak is helping women expand their power and find their voice
Female PowerMagazine
Hear Me Roar: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about #MeToo
How embracing the rising feminine can help bring our world into healthy balance
Female PowerBuddhist PerspectivesInterviewsMagazine
POWER OBJECT: E. V. DAY
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
Personal PerspectivesCreative WritingContemporary Art FormsMagazine
POWER OBJECT: LISA ROSS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
Personal PerspectivesCreative WritingContemporary Art FormsMagazine
POWER OBJECT: BEN VENOM
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
Personal PerspectivesContemporary Art FormsMagazine
POWER OBJECT: KEMBRA PFAHLER
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
Personal PerspectivesContemporary Art FormsMagazine
POWER OBJECT: JACK WATERS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
Personal PerspectivesContemporary Art FormsMagazine
POWER OBJECT: SANFORD BIGGERS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
Personal PerspectivesCreative WritingContemporary Art FormsMagazine
POWER OBJECT: MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
Personal PerspectivesCreative WritingContemporary Art FormsMagazine
AFRAID OF DROWNING
Poetry on power
Creative WritingMagazine
Advice from a Mindfulness Teacher
Useful tips for diffusing family power struggles
RelationshipsMindfulnessMagazine
The Liberation of Tara
An illustrated story about the beloved Buddhist deity
Creative WritingFemale PowerMagazine
Empowerments: Awakening the Buddha Within
Ritual ceremonies guide us on the path to enlightenment
Buddhist PerspectivesBuddhismMagazine
Accidentally on Purpose: Conversations with Monika Bravo and Youdhi Maharjan
Two artists who put commitment and belief at the heart of their practices
InterviewsContemporary Art FormsMagazine
The Struggle Itself
A video game developer explains how the quest for power keeps you playing
Pop CulturePsychologyTechnologyMagazine
Out with the Old: New Power Is Here to Stay
Jeremy Heimans discusses social connections and dynamics in our brave, new hyperconnected world
InterviewsMagazine
A Light in the Darkness
How solar power is saving the lives of mothers and newborns in Africa and Asia and being delivered to disaster zones around the world
ActivismEnvironmentMagazine
The Power of Truth
In Buddhist lore, telling it like it is can be transformative . . . and a bit magical
Scholarly PerspectivesBuddhismMagazine
War Magic: The Wizarding World of Tibetan Sorcery
Tantric ritual technologies involving mantras, charms, paintings, and sculptures enabled rulers to conquer enemies and harness power
Scholarly PerspectivesMagazine
Keeping the Faith: Religion and Politics Today
Historic and modern empires share some striking similarities
Scholarly PerspectivesMagazine
Creature Comforts
Awaken your power animal and discover a new kind of spiritual strength
Religious PerspectivesMagazine
Reckoning with Power in Public Monuments
A New York City committee finds solutions amidst controversies
Magazine
Measures for Managing Rebirth
Poetry on power
Creative WritingMagazine
Where We Believe It Resides: Power in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
A four-part series exploring the TV series in relation to Tibetan Buddhism
Scholarly PerspectivesPop CultureBuddhismMagazine
A Trick, a Shadow on a Wall: Magical Means to Power in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
Magic and the games of power in Westeros, the Himalayas, and beyond
Scholarly PerspectivesPop CultureBuddhismMagazine
The Vision of the Prophet: Prophecy in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
Greenseers, treasure revealers, and other interpreters of omens
Scholarly PerspectivesPop CultureBuddhismMagazine
You Win or You Die: Death in Game of Thrones and Himalayan Religions
How wargs and tulkus master their consciousness
Scholarly PerspectivesBuddhismPop CultureMagazine

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