Art Book Corner Creative Crossing Thresholds: Stories & art from beyond ordinary consciousness Creative states of consciousness seem to exist on a continuum spanning everyday unconscious cognitive processing and flashes of inspiration, to experiences that stretch beyond space and time and have the potential to open a dialogue with a spiritual source. I have had a long-standing fascination with the link between creativity, imagination, and expansive states of […] Lorraine Tolmie March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Personal stories Gaia Consciousness: A personal spiritual experience I have been interested in spiritual seeking most of my life and by 1971, in my mid-twenties, I was already running my own meditation group for six to eight individuals, meeting for a couple of hours an evening every fortnight to explore our inner world. We sometimes chose specific themes, like compassion, for our focus […] David Furlong February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Being of Service Appeal for Turkish earthquake relief operation The impact of the recent earthquakes in Turkey is huge. Images and statistics on the news tell of great devastation and terrible suffering. We are moved to do what we can to help and are making a donation on behalf of Alef Trust. One of our alumni, Ecem Eks has family in Turkey and […] Ecem Eks February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art Research ‘This Is The Land’: A liminal journey through performance art My PhD is an embodied and interdisciplinary research that investigates the concept of the ‘eerie’ in Contemporary Performance through a methodology of inhabiting abandoned spaces, where the eerie presence of an unknown agency is felt. As Fisher (2016) says, “the eerie clings to certain physical spaces or landscapes” (p.61). I have come to realise that […] Mary Steadman February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Corner The True Nature Of Our Reality: A Transpersonal awakening – making sense of it all. At the age of seven I was looking out my bedroom window at the sky. I felt drawn to the expansiveness and then it was as if I merged with it to became part of it. It was beautiful for a moment but then my brain tried to make sense of what I was experiencing […] Ronan Rooney January 20, 2023January 25, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Research Transpersonal Coaching Psychology: An introduction to the theory and practice Abstract Transpersonal Coaching Psychology (TCP) can be described as the theory and practice of coaching that takes a holistic and integrative approach to support client growth and transformation. The unique qualities and strengths of this approach to coaching are outlined, including how open awareness skills are applied as a means to hold a safe, compassionate […] Jevon Dangeli January 15, 2023January 25, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Corner Poetry Better Light a Candle: Poems “Better Light a Candle is a distillation of my life experience, a poetic reflection on life’s polarities, on light and darkness, hope and despair, love and fear, healing and wounding, gain and loss, spring and autumn, unfolding and refolding, opening and closing, birth, death and rebirth, remembering and forgetting, fire and water, time and the […] David Lorimer December 21, 2022December 22, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art Visionary Brit Museum On a cold afternoon in November, I passed through the threshold of the smallest gallery in London to install my augmented reality prints. It reminded me of a scene from Harry Potter or an occult ritual in which two realms intersect and fuse into a visionary vista. This time, it wasn’t a wall that led […] Lila Moore December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Eco-Community Celebrating Alef Trust’s 10th Anniversary On Saturday 12th November, Alef Trust celebrated our 10th Anniversary with a gathering in Liverpool, UK, that brought together students, alumni and faculty from near and far. This was also an opportunity for us to consider how our stories connect and the collective myths that are unfolding among and beyond us… a moment to reflect […] Francesca Hector November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Eco-Community Behold the Pale Horse: Why I write Cataclysmic TRIGGER WARNING: discusses climate breakdown, mass extinction, fear of death, fear of disaster. Bill McGuire, Professor of geophysical and climate hazards on Twitter, 10:48 PM November 10 2022: (Response to a report headlined “carbon emissions from fossil fuels will hit record high in 2022 climate crisis.“) “….climate scientists [are] saying we need urgent action if […] Matt Colborn November 17, 2022November 21, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
