When praying is of no use to us: the Malba and a proposal on spirituality and art

in his book Man’s Search for Meaningthe Austrian philosopher Viktor Frankl (survivor of Auschwitz and Dachau) wrote that “life is not primarily a search for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a search for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a search for meaning. Transcendence is part of that search for purpose. The sample Light and … Read more

The new Museum of Oriental Art reopens with a proposal to disarm stereotypes

The new Museum of Oriental Art seeks to disarm the stereotypes and myths around that culture (TELAM) With much more space and a new curatorial script intended to reflect on what we understand by the Orient, the National Museum of Oriental Art -which operated in the Errázuriz Palace- finally finds its permanent headquarters and is … Read more

The personal and the political: proposal for an opposition agreement in Nicaragua

I have had a long relationship with “politics” and with “the political”. He was born with me. It was in the family history, in my grandmother’s relationship with Sandino and in the anti-Somocism that I had breathed since my childhood. Over time, I learned the only difference between “politics” and “the political”: politics has been … Read more

The personal and the political: proposal for an opposition agreement in Nicaragua

I have had a long relationship with “politics” and with “the political”. He was born with me. It was in the family history, in my grandmother’s relationship with Sandino and in the anti-Somocism that I had breathed since my childhood. Over time, I learned the only difference between “politics” and “the political”: politics has been … Read more

Our Proposal for a New Religious Philosophy of Islam: Inaugural Lesson

Attempt to overcome these two pitfalls: an archaic theology and a narrow positivism Despite the upheavals of the contemporary world which shift the center of gravity towards the East, we must stay the course and accompany this fundamental change by continuing to reflect on the renewal of our religious philosophy. To do this, we must … Read more

“I came face to face with Satan’s proposal”: the “clash of the titans” that led him to faith

Since his birth, Javier Melfi He remembers that in his family God was not known and religious practice was conspicuous by its absence. In his place, his parents taught him from a young age the vast world of Eastern spirituality and New Age. He was quick to believe that yoga was his calling: he was … Read more

Constituent advisor: proposal for indigenous laws is more similar to Switzerland than to Bolivia

What does it mean that the new Constitution turned Chile into a multinational and ecological State? DW spoke, in Europe, with an activist of Mapuche origin and with the legal advisor of a conventional Kawésqar. “On the maternal side I am Mapuche. For us it is very important to recognize that the State can act … Read more

The Economist calls for a vote Rejection: publication says that the constitutional proposal is a “big mistake” and “fiscally irresponsible”

The liberal English publication The Economist published an article on Wednesday in which they give their opinion on the proposed new Constitution and their verdict is categorical: it calls for rejecting it at the polls. The article is titled “Voters should reject Chile’s new constitutional draft”, calling it a “major mistake” and a “fiscally irresponsible … Read more