A Brief History of Health and Medicine
From tribal rituals to telescopic diagnostics, from herbs and humors to AI and immunotherapy, we will trace how our species has sought to care for the body, uplift the mind, and make sense of suffering.
Health
Whole Being — Science, Practice, and the Pursuit of Vitality
Explore physical, mental, and societal well-being—where ancient practices meet modern science in the pursuit of human flourishing.
The Science of Water: Life’s Elemental Elixir
This article explores water through the lens of modern science—its chemistry, its natural and cosmic roles, its ecological diversity, its utility, and the ethical imperatives of its use and conservation.
The Science of Mental Strength
In the sections that follow, we will explore the foundations and training of mental strength from a scientific humanist perspective.
The Science of Martial Arts
This article takes a grounded, evidence-based approach to martial arts. We begin with biology and the natural roots of combat, trace the historical evolution of martial systems, and strip away myth to reveal what works.
Quality of Life: How We Measure It and How to Improve It
While we all have our own ideas, governments, researchers, and healthcare providers also need ways to measure quality of life to make better decisions.
The Science of Wholeness
The Science of Wholeness is an integrative philosophical and scientific framework that seeks to understand reality by unifying diverse fields of knowledge—spiritual, philosophical, ethical, and empirical—into a coherent worldview.
Veterans, PTSD, and Meditation
Rough estimates conclude that over half a million U.S. troops have been diagnosed with PTSD. About four out of five will not receive adequate care. Half will receive no care at all.
Scientific Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness meditation may be defined as nonjudgmental awareness through purposeful holding of attention, being in the moment, for mental and physical health, self-knowledge and wisdom.
The Science Abbey Basic Meditation Guide
This handbook is a guide to a seated silent meditation, which for the purpose of precise definition, is called Illumination meditation.
The Memory Palace, Symbolic Alchemy, Archetypes, and Psychotherapy
Mnemonics | The Memory Palace | Artistic Creativity | Enlightenment | The Universal Person | Archetypes | Inner Alchemy | Spirituality | Meditation, Mental Health and Enlightenment | Mindfulness Meditation |
Studying and Professional Skill Building
The Science of Meditation, Happiness, and Enlightenment
A good working definition of Illumination meditation includes any active or passive method of uniting the mind to its naturally whole and undivided state of being.
Power of the Mind: The Science of Visualization
Scientific studies have shown the positive effects of creative visualization not just on performance, but on health, such as immunity, stress, healing and pain management.