Lapis Magazine

An Interview with Rene M. Querido on Waldorf Education and the Path of Anthroposophy

Ralph White, Editor of Lapis, speaks with Rene Querido, one of the seminal figures in Waldorf education, about the leading approach to alternative schooling in the world today.

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An Interview with Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge on Her Life, Apartheid and International Politics

The former Deputy Minister of Defense of South Africa and one of South Africa’s most respected women discusses with David J. Passiak her life experiences and the ways in which knowledge learned firsthand in the struggle to end apartheid might be applicable to contemporary international politics, particularly in Iraq. As the Republicans gather for their [...]

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An Interview with Jerry Wennstrom on His Life, His Art and Transformation

In 1979, Jerry Wennstrom, a rising star in the New York art world, intentionally destroyed his paintings and gave away his possessions and money. He spent well over the next decade wandering, seeking, and listening, relying only on his own intuition and an unconditional trust in the Universe to provide for him. In consciously emptying [...]

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A 1996 Interview with Frederick Franck on Art, His Life and His Work

A decade ago Issue One of Lapis Magazine featured this interview with Open Center faculty member Frederick Franck. We publish it a second time to mark the passing of this inspired and inspiring friend.
[Edited Version]

The following interview was first published by Lapis in 1996. We bring it to you a second time to [...]

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An Interview with Russell Hemenway on American Political Culture

Russell Hemenway has for fifty years been a true warrior spirit in American politics, combating the power of the radical right from the days of Joe McCarthy to the contemporary influence of the Christian Coalition. As National Director of the National Committee for an Effective Congress, he has been on the inside of countless political [...]

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An Interview with Brian Swimme on God and the Quantum Vacuum

John David Ebert converses with mathematical cosmologist Brian Swimme on the shared archetypal patterns underlying science and religion.
John David Ebert is a culture historian whose various essays and interviews have appeared in Lapis, Alexandria, The Quest, and Mythosphere. He is a contributing editor to the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, now in preparation by the [...]

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An Interview with Andrew Harvey on Activism

Andrew Harvey discusses with Lapis editor Ralph White his experience of the Divine Mother and his views on the dangers of gurus. He also argues that an authentic spirituality can never be mired in narcissism but must instead take service to the world as its primary ethic. We need a mystic activism that fuses a [...]

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An Interview with Kathleen Raine on Poetry & Platonism

The noted poet and scholar of Blake and Yeats offers her inimitable views on everything from Neoplatonic philosophy and India to the future of civilization and Prince Charles!
Gary Lachman is an American writer living in London. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Gnosis, The Quest, ReVision, Common Boundary, LA Weekly, Abraxas, Journal for Anthroposophy, [...]

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An Interview with Carlos Castaneda on Navigating into the Unknown

In the early 1960s, Carlos Castaneda made an impact on the world when he published his first of nine books, The Teachings of Don Juan, A Yaqui Way of Knowledge. In this work he related his experiences as a sorcerer’s apprentice under the guidance of a Yaqui Indian from Sonora, Mexico. As a doctoral student [...]

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An Interview with William Greider on Globalization

One of the most astute and penetrating observers of the inexorable rise of globalization, William Greider is the author of One World Ready or Not, The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism. Here he talks with Lapis about the deeper implications of the new economic orthodoxy, the unprecedented power of financial markets, and the widespread nature [...]

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