In part 12 of this series, Host Michael Lerner talks with author Jeffrey J. Kripal about his book Comparing Religions: The Study of Us That Changes Us, a comprehensive guide to the comparative study of religion in the 21st century.
Part of the The Secret Body Series
As an Anishinaabe ecologist, Commonweal New School’s fall Visiting Scholar Melissa Nelson is working to find ways to return to and revitalize the Indigenous and feminist roots of science. Meet Melissa and find out more about her worldview at this event—first in conversation with Host Jaune Evans, and then in an experiential process around her new work.
As an Anishinaabe ecologist, Commonweal New School’s fall Visiting Scholar Melissa Nelson is working to find ways to return to and revitalize the Indigenous and feminist roots of science. Meet Melissa and find out more about her worldview at this event—first in conversation with Host Jaune Evans, and then in an experiential process around her new work.
Join New School Host Susan Grelock Yusem for this conversation with Zaya Ralitza Benazzo and Maurizio Benazzo—the amazingly prolific filmmakers and founders of SAND (Science and Non-Duality)——the amazingly prolific filmmakers and founders of SAND (Science and Non-Duality)—about their award-winning film The Eternal Song, the first in a documentary series that explores the devastating impact of colonization on indigenous people, lands, and cultures. Explore how our collective future depends on remembering the eternal song of existence which calls us back to our original sense of belonging.
In part 11 of the Secret Body series of conversations, Michael Lerner talks with author Jeffrey Kripal about his book How to Think Impossibly.
Part of the The Secret Body Series
As an Anishinaabe ecologist, Commonweal New School's fall 2026 Visiting Scholar Melissa Nelson is working to find ways to return to and revitalize the Indigenous and feminist roots of science. Meet Melissa, join the conversation, and find out more about her worldview in this course.

As a founder of terrapsychology—the study of how the things of the world live in us—The New School’s Spring 2025 Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist is interested in how imagination, story, and creativity let us tune in on the Greater Conversation unfolding continually around and within us. With the podcasts, videos, writings, and exercises gathered during Craig’s visit, you can join the exploration: growing a more resilient and earth-honoring worldview.
One of our most beloved voices, Rachel Naomi Remen, died August 8, 2026. We offer this course in honor of her presence, which will be greatly missed. Rachel spent a lifetime at the threshold between medicine and mystery. This course gathers recordings from her decades at Commonweal New School, inviting you to sit with her not as a distant authority but as a companion—someone who spent her life listening closely to what it means to be human.
Bringing with her the traditional Aboriginal practices of dadirri—a sacred practice of deep listening, reflection, stillness and connection to the land—and yarning—a conversational practice used by indigenous Australians to share knowledge, stories, and culture, Dr. Catherine Olweny offers another pathway to Mastering the Art of Being. Cultivating this presence is a gift she found in her own life, one she shares with other clinicians, and one we can learn from as well. Follow along with Commonweal New School’s Summer 2026 Visiting Scholar Catherine Olweny journey as resident through her writings, podcasts, and exercises gathered during her visit.
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