The road to scientific study of psilocybin ... The dark side of psilocybin use ... Spiritual experience is difficult to define—or miss ... Flavors of unity and sacredness ... Using psilocybin to give up smoking ...

The diversity of Pagan beliefs ... What happens during a Pagan ritual? ... Magic! ... Putting the Irish in Irish Paganism ... Environmentalism as a spiritual practice ... Why study Paganism? ...

New Atheists focus on belief, religious humanists on behavior ... Origins of the Ethical Culture movement ... Why do atheists and agnostics join congregations? ... What does a non-theistic Sunday service look like? ... What is the demographic of humanist churches? ... Filling the void of lost religion ...

The ethics of eating ... Why Massimo changed his eating habits ... The problem with utilitarianism ... Morality from a virtue-ethics perspective ... Considering ethical obligations ... Are some virtues more important than others? ...

Is hell other people? ... Would a libertarian society leave the neediest behind? ... Betting on the charity of the private citizen ... Bill's new novel, Free Dakota ... David's book about the existentialism of Metallica ... "Consume and create" ...

The spectrum of dream awareness ... How to start lucid dreaming ... Ways to use the virtual reality of your mind ... Dream practices in Tibetan Buddhism ... Scientific perspectives on lucid dreaming ... Inducing lucidity with sound, light, electricity and supplements ...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's path from conventional to radical theology ... Bonhoeffer's key beliefs and their manifestation ... Back when theologists were celebrities ... Gregg's new play about Bonhoeffer ... Reasons to think twice about assassinating Hitler ... Wishing for a left-wing Christianity ...

An introduction to existentialism ... Jean-Paul Sartre’s tough-minded optimism ... Existentialists want you to keep it real ... The dark side of the search for meaning ... Capitalism as existentialist economics ... “We’re condemned to be free” ...

Treating cancer-related anxiety with psilocybin ... How do you study a mystical experience? ... A bad trip as a path to catharsis and resolution ... Drug-induced vs. natural mystical experiences ... Will magic mushrooms become a prescription drug? ... Spirituality is collective work, says Alex, not a solo journey ...

The origins of Krista’s show, On Being ... Considering “spiritual” vs. “religious” ... Krista’s new book, Becoming Wise ... Faith, fear, and the flesh ... The challenge of loving others ... A hopeful vision of the future ...