What would it take for a wiser and more beautiful world to emerge, even in the midst of crisis? Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee says stories are like seeds, and when they are watered with our attention, they can grow into a landscape of awe, wonder, reverence and love.

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee is the founder and executive editor of Emergence magazine, which connects ecology, culture and spirituality. He is also a filmmaker and Naqshbandi Sufi teacher, and grew up in an ashram overseen by the Russian-British mystic, Irina Tweedie.

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• Watch Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee’s film, Earthrise.
• Learn more about the Naqshbandi “silent Sufis” and how their order journeyed from India to Europe and America