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Issue 60 June 2002

Consciousness and Nature
Stories Matter, Matter Stories by Christian de Quincey
"Are rocks conscious? Do animals or plants have souls?" asks IONS editor and philosopher de Quincey. He then takes us on a journey into the heart of nature, tracing the story of matter from earliest times to the present. Nature, he says, "tingles with the spark of spirit" and "consciousness goes all the way down."

Essential Capacities
Good Listening by Margaret Wheatley
"Everybody has a story, and everybody wants to tell their story in order to connect," says author and organizational coach Wheatley in her new book Turning to One Another. Here she considers why being heard can be so healing: "It has something to do with the fact that listening creates relationship."

Mind-Body Healing
Walking the Quantum Talk by Mike Denney
If scientists truly believe in nonlocal quantum reality—that effects can happen without exchanges of energy—then, says physician Denney, it is time for medical doctors to acknowledge this and stop looking for nonlocal healing "mechanisms." Something else is going on, he says, calling for an alternative method to evaluate nonstandard healing practices.

Stories of Transformation
Swallowing the Wolf by Julia Mossbridge
She wanted so much to be a scientist, but deep inside she doubted she could do it. In this autobiographical story, Mossbridge tells how a curious phrase from one of her teachers struck home, and taught her that following her inner guidance is what it takes—even to become a scientist.

Indigenous Wisdom
The Ancient Power of the Soul by Michael Toms
Naturalist philosopher Sir Laurens van der Post talked with New Dimensions Radio host Toms about his experiences following World War II, and how the darkness of such times calls forth something long ago lost in the modern self—something precious and still alive in indigenous ways of life.

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