7 videos about western civilization

1 short film6 interviews

Becoming Conscious Through Our Senses

Groundbreaking scholar of pre-Socratic philosophy Peter Kingsley describes the sensory awakening at the root of Empedocles' writings.

(4:04)

Complete Interview

Groundbreaking scholar of pre-Socratic philosophy Peter Kingsley emphasizes the sacred role of Western civilization in global oneness, drawing from his personal experiences

(18:53)

Complete Interview

Don Alverto Taxo, a Quichua elder and Iachak (community leader/healer), shares his indigenous Andean perspective on the crises and potential of the current pachacuti (thousand-year cycle).

(24:17)

The Race for Materialism

Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta describes how the Western yardsticks for quality of life are impossible for a population the size of India's.

(2:43)

The Roots of Oneness in Western Civilization

Groundbreaking scholar of pre-Socratic Greek philosophy Peter Kingsley reminds us that foundations of Western civilization

(2:37)

Waking Up

Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo explains that, although we desperately want happiness, we are undermined by a society that rewards greed, aggression and egotism

(3:34)

What Is Sacred?

Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains why Aboriginal understandings of the land have no credibility in wider Australian society.

(2:46)