To Take Upon Us the Mystery of ThingsA collection of previously unpublished lectures by the late Martin Lings, Shakespearean scholar and Sufi master. The main plays are seen in the light of universal and perennial metaphysics, psychology and eschatology, with many insights into the mystical and alchemical symbolism. The spiritual reach and meaning of the major plays is discussed in these talks.

editor-in-chief Henry R

Ten stories that drift between the bright landscapes of our world and the shadowy depths of myth

from Marcus Aurelius

but prosperity at home came at the price of slavery and other dire consequences for people outside Europe

Louise Glück

Amir Muhammad

asset managers shape the lives of each and every one of us in profound and disturbing ways

Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing

Boston University

for the first time

whereas Islam did not mature sufficiently to compare with Christianity or rabbinic Judaism until the tenth century

the anthropologist David Graeber—one of our most important and provocative thinkers—traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today