Courses

268 Courses
  • 6 Lessons

    Merry Musings 11 – Geomancy: The Power of Place

    This nanocourse explores the ancient practice of geomancy, which views the Earth as a living system with its own energies, flows, and functions. It explains how modern Western societies have often ignored these natural qualities, placing buildings and infrastructure without considering the spirit or identity of the land. The course introduces the history and principles of geomancy and shows how aligning human activities with the natural energy of a place can create healthier, more harmonious, and ecologically integrated environments.
  • 6 Lessons

    Merry Musings 10 – Language: From a Language of Separation to a Language of Connection

    This nanocourse explores how language, which developed alongside linear time and abstract thought, shapes the way we experience and interact with the world. It highlights how labeling things can create a sense of separation between ourselves and what we perceive, limiting our connection to the deeper, shared reality of all life. The session examines the origins and influence of language and invites participants to consider how using words more consciously can help build more meaningful, co-creative relationships with the world around us.
  • 6 Lessons

    Merry Musings 09 – Thought: The Role of Thought in Linear Time and Separate Space

    This nanocourse looks at how human thinking shifted from direct experience to abstract thought with the rise of linear time and written language. While abstract thinking has expanded our abilities, it often pulls us away from the present moment by keeping us focused on the past or future. The session examines how linear thought shapes our modern world, the limitations it creates, and how we can move beyond those limits to live in a more connected and holistic way.
  • 6 Lessons

    Merry Musings 08 – Time: Exploring and Transcending Our Experience of Time as Linear

    This nanocourse explores how the concept of linear time past, present, and future shapes the way we understand our lives and relationships. It introduces different perspectives on time, including linear, cyclical, and volutionary time, and invites participants to reflect on how these viewpoints influence their daily experience. The session provides a simple overview of the history of linear time and what it means to go beyond it.
  • 7 Lessons

    Merry Musings 07 – Bohm and Krishnamurti: Where Science Meets Spirituality

    This course explores the conversations between physicist David Bohm and spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti, showing how modern science connects with ancient spirituality. It looks at key themes like time, thought, and the human experience, helping students understand how these ideas shape both personal and collective life.
  • 7 Lessons

    Merry Musings 06 – The Universal Trinity

    This nanocourse explores the concept of trinity across various spiritual traditions, revealing a common underlying dynamic of creation, and applies this understanding to individual and collective growth. Participants learn to recognize and apply the trinity process in their own lives, connecting with a universal pattern of manifestation.
  • 6 Lessons

    Merry Musings 05 – Volution: A Translinear Theory of Life

    This nanocourse challenges the conventional linear view of time, exploring a translinear perspective where life is seen as a pulsing, cyclical process, and applies this understanding to individual and collective growth. Participants learn to re-evaluate linear thinking and embrace a more holistic, volutionary approach to life.
  • 7 Lessons

    Merry Musings 04 – The Pain and the Promise: The Healing Needed to Make This Great Transition

    This nanocourse explores how humanity's current state is tied to a past trauma, where we split from our instinctive connection with the Earth, and how releasing this energy is key to accessing a deeper level of interconnectedness. Participants learn to recognize the link between past traumas and future ambitions, and explore ways to heal and integrate this energy for personal and collective growth.
  • 6 Lessons

    Merry Musings 03 – Leading from the Field: 12 Principles for Energetic Stewardship

    This nanocourse explores the concept that reality is composed of interlocking energy fields, and applies this understanding to leadership, offering 12 principles for effective energetic stewardship in organizations. Participants learn to engage with subtle dimensions of reality to enhance their leadership skills and lead more effectively.
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    Merry Musings 02 – The Way of Wyrd: Exploring a West European Tradition of Subtle Interconnectedness

    This nanocourse explores the ancient Western concept of "wyrd," an interconnected web of life, drawing from Anglo-Saxon and Norse traditions, and connects it to Eastern traditions and modern scientific discoveries. Participants gain a deeper understanding of wyrd and its relevance to contemporary understandings of the world.
  • 6 Lessons

    Artist of the Spirit, Scientist of the Heart: Toltec Wisdom for Navigating Modern Times

    This four-week course introduces the Toltec path of personal freedom, exploring its history, mythology, and core teachings that empower individuals to consciously create their inner and outer worlds. Drawing on the wisdom of Castaneda and don Miguel Ruiz, participants learn practical, heart-centered practices to release suffering, cultivate authenticity, and become “artists of the spirit” in their daily lives. The word Toltec means “artist of the spirit,” and the Toltec path is one of personal freedom–the freedom to choose how we want to create our inner and outer world through our perceptions and intent. This course explores the history, mythology, and cosmology of the Toltecs and then moves into specific ancient practices that are critical for our modern times.
  • 7 Lessons

    Merry Musings 01 – Regenerative Money, Economics and Work

    This nanocourse explores the psycho-spiritual aspects of work and economics, critiquing the current system and envisioning a new, sustainable economy that prioritizes people and the planet. Participants learn to design and contribute to local parallel economies, withdrawing support from the old system and co-creating a new one.
  • 80 Lessons

    Merry Musings: Philosophical Reflections on Life, the Universe and Everything

    Explore an online, integrative philosophy course with Dr. Peter Merry that traces the history and impact of key forces shaping human life on Earth—and how they can guide a civilization that works for all life. Dive into economics, subtle fields, leadership, human ecology, volution, the trinity, science and spirituality, time, thought, language, geomancy, and crop formations to build systems-thinking, conscious leadership, and regenerative futures skills.
  • 1 Lesson

    Dante Salon – Inspiration and Obsession: Dante, Rodin and Rossetti – Sunday, September 13, 2020

    This art and culture salon explores how Dante’s Divine Comedy profoundly shaped Rodin’s most iconic masterpieces, including The Thinker, originally conceived as a portrait of Dante. Through a deep dive into mythology, symbolism and artistic inspiration, the session reveals the powerful interplay between creativity, archetypes and the dramatic lives of Rodin and Camille Claudel.
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    Dante Salon – Dante and Franz Liszt – Saturday, October 24, 2020

    This salon explores how Dante’s Divine Comedy awakened a profound inner transformation in Franz Liszt, reshaping both his music and his life’s spiritual trajectory. Through a deep dive into artistry, mythology and the symbolic journey from virtuoso to monk, participants discover how great works of literature can catalyze creative and personal evolution.
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    Dante Salon – St Francis, Dante and Giotto – Saturday, October 3, 2020

    This salon explores how Dante and Giotto drew inspiration from the life and teachings of St. Francis, shaping two of the most influential masterpieces of medieval spirituality. Through art, poetry and symbolism, you’ll discover how Franciscan wisdom offers timeless guidance for reconciliation, purpose and inner transformation.
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    Dante Salon – TS Eliot and Dante – Saturday, September 26, 2020

    This salon explores how TS Eliot’s poetry was profoundly shaped by Dante’s Divine Comedy, revealing deep parallels between Inferno, Purgatorio and Eliot’s “Little Gidding.” Through literary analysis and spiritual insight, you’ll discover how Dante’s vision of transformation influenced one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.
  • 92 Lessons

    Psychobiology, Altered States of Consciousness and Neuroscience

    This course offers a multidimensional exploration of psychobiology, psychopathology, altered states, and neuroscience through clinical, transpersonal, indigenous, and psychedelic-science perspectives, all grounded in a deep-ecology and Divine Feminine framework. Bridging neuroscience with somatic, emotional, transgenerational, and ecological dimensions, it equips learners with practical tools for psychotraumatology, psychosomatic medicine, and conscious activism that supports personal transformation, social change, and the evolution of collective wellbeing.