Deeptime Network | Stephan Martin | Activity https://dtnetwork.org/our-members/stephanmartin/activity/ Activity feed for Stephan Martin. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:19:46 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.1.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 b32c36e835b46b71d143e74a28958dab Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Becoming the Change: Evolutionary Rituals and Practices for Everyday Emergence https://dtnetwork.org/?p=295066 Wed, 20 May 2026 13:07:09 -0400 Searching for resilience and direction in this time of ecological crisis, cultural turmoil, and profound possibility? This book beautifully weaves ancient wisdom, contemporary science and lived spiritual practice […]

]]> 0 63df7945f654d46fb54c8d6beb72f6cb Stephan Martin wrote a new post, The Artemis Effect https://dtnetwork.org/?p=294886 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:33:55 -0400 A Deeptime reflection on moon joy, cosmic origins, and what it means to choose Earth

]]> 0 e6623b24e899ca6962f5c630a23a92a7 Stephan Martin replied to the topic About Death in the forum Scientific Cosmogenesis Forum https://dtnetwork.org/groups/ace-subgroup-new-version/forum/topic/about-death/#post-294490 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:27:02 -0400 Another interesting take on the death exploration is to scientifically evaluate the ways in which we colletively participate in life and the living systems of the planet. For example, the Cosmogenesis in Education subgroup has just posted about the Ceasar’s Last Breath problem:…[Read more]

]]> 0 84f035992bef19d40b0eef224c1b5b91 Stephan Martin replied to the topic Auto-Cosmology in the forum Scientific Cosmogenesis Forum https://dtnetwork.org/groups/ace-subgroup-new-version/forum/topic/auto-cosmology/#post-294488 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:12:13 -0400 Hi John,

I’m beaming in response to your research! That’s my nerdy humor there. So are you suggesting that scientific research is essentially representing life examples of cosmic phenomena in an autocosmological way? So as scientists, are we really biographers for different aspects of the universe? Or perhaps we’re autocosmologists on a cosmic…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4e4743ff174c5888ce3641c2834b564 Stephan Martin replied to the topic Additional Powers of the Universe in the forum Scientific Cosmogenesis Forum https://dtnetwork.org/groups/ace-subgroup-new-version/forum/topic/additional-powers-of-the-universe/#post-294487 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:04:07 -0400 I love what you’re sharing and exploring here Francie, and the question of psyche/cosmos and what’s often termed “mind/matter” interactions are both personally and collectively important, and also very multilevel and multithreaded.   I have also had the experience of having what I thought was a “novel” thought only to discover later that others h…[Read more]

]]> 0 59e0c73d2fb334fba92274b159210035 Stephan Martin replied to the topic Additional Powers of the Universe in the forum Scientific Cosmogenesis Forum https://dtnetwork.org/groups/ace-subgroup-new-version/forum/topic/additional-powers-of-the-universe/#post-294159 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:47:48 -0400 I love that John. I’ve been thinking of additional cosmological powers as human/cosmic dynamics such as sensitivity (the capacity to both sense and also be sensed by another, from atoms’ electrical sensing of each other to mammalian sensory nervous systems) and space (capacity to be open to new possibilities and interconnections).  I’ll consider…[Read more]

]]> 0 d76d52a7af728601609fe54a57369086 Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Look Up at Bedtime - A cosmic mindfulness book for children ages 4-8 https://dtnetwork.org/?p=292384 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:32:05 -0500 My friend and colleague Mark Westmoquette is an astrophysicist, zen and yoga teacher, and parent in the UK and is releasing a new book on cosmic exercises to practice mindfulness at bedtime for children and their […]

]]> 1 82e760f78e0e33adce2e5b02eed82d0b Stephan Martin wrote a new post, The Cosmic Labyrinth: A summary of October 2025 pilgrimage to Chartres Cathedral https://dtnetwork.org/?p=292273 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:57:14 -0500 The Cosmic Labyrinth: A summary of October 2025 pilgrimage to Chartres Cathedral
by Stephan Martin
 

In October 2025, I accompanied Lauren Artress, Brian Swimme, and nearly sixty others to Chartres Cathedral […]

]]> 0 bde5081d3e9f496715b470a5d1c9e66c Stephan Martin added the event 2025 CSC Virtual Gathering — Creation Spirituality Communities https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/51317/ Fri, 30 May 2025 01:02:01 -0400 0 e25bcf33b7915a7d5d803a8f36387e32 Stephan Martin added the event Experiencing the YOU-niverse: A Deeper Dive https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/51159/ Tue, 13 May 2025 20:41:17 -0400 0 187f4cc0033d9fea78bd9b93db6b10a9 Stephan Martin added the event Contemplative Cosmology: Liminality & Emergence https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/49725/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:08:02 -0500 0 cc8ad1e3b1b19eb14349886867dedf3a Stephan Martin added the event Out of the Ashes: Finding Yourself in the Midst of Adversity https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/49681/ Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:44:50 -0500 0 b3a4f3a1e5c87c772be0d5e0a1c60e80 Stephan Martin posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/from-trauma-to-inscendence/#comment-118565 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:57:14 -0500 Dear Mary, Thank you for sharing such vulnerability, openness, and raw truthfulness about your life, your early wounding, and your healing journey. Your account touched many places in my own life journey and struggles and I appreciated both the vividness of your narrative along with the deep wisdom you bring to the possibilities of deepening even…[Read more]

In reply to - Jennifer Morgan wrote a new post, From Trauma to Inscendence From Trauma to Inscendence by Mary C. Coelho, PhD   This essay is a deeply personal story about seeking to respond to a strong spiritual […] ]]> 03bedb8df9100975db229cc051221d9f Stephan Martin added the event Contemplative Cosmology: Balancing & Aligning in a Turbulent Time https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/48363/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:04:17 -0400 0 71fe66cb0e05b21104fa58ea0e8eb665 Stephan Martin added the event Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Gazing https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/47907/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:08:40 -0400 0 71fe66cb0e05b21104fa58ea0e8eb665 Stephan Martin added the event Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Gazing https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/47906/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:08:40 -0400 0 7e1a6c8803a987983bd192a6cbe33064 Stephan Martin added the event Experiencing the YOU-niverse – A Deeper Dive: Interbeing https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/47905/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:16:38 -0400 0 62f0a2e3be9e9b1adea91caa18a3efcb Stephan Martin added the event Contemplating Our Sun https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/47757/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:02:37 -0400 0 d44d1bc80272850a2651c74fd23470e2 Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Living a Cosmic Life: Reflections on the Cosmos, Daily Life, and Personal Experience https://dtnetwork.org/?p=276395 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:15:47 -0500 How can we find our way during these turbulent and changing times? What resources can we drawn upon when things go wrong? Where can we find true inspiration and guidance for living a complete and fulfilled […]

]]> 0 70dadeef3fb1e5205f99b944494aab95 Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Cataclysm and Collective Emergence: Discernment Using Deeptime Principles https://dtnetwork.org/?p=275650 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:29:58 -0500 Cataclysm and Collective Emergence
Discernment Using Deeptime Principles
by Stephan Martin, Director, Deeptime Leadership & Wellbeing Program
This is an article I wrote based on a recent Deeptime coaching […]

]]> 1 9a8be1e76bf719ed5465819068726fec Stephan Martin posted a new activity comment https://dtnetwork.org/cosmic-walking-in-the-czech-republic/#comment-101482 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:49:01 -0400 Because we were walking through the countryside and I was creatively sharing about each event, I didn’t have a script I was following. As for a transcript, I don’t have one, but I now remember that the walk and our experience of it was the subject of a Czech-language documentary.
I’d love to do this someplace in the US – walking in nature is such…[Read more]

In reply to - Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Cosmic Walking in the Czech Republic During the summer of 2019, I co-led a 13.8 km cosmic walk in the beautiful hills and countryside of the Czech Republic with nearly 30 […] ]]> f6294f81efc288197767195a634a6224 Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Do you know your cosmic neighbors? Getting to know the hood on Dec. 2nd! https://dtnetwork.org/?p=266509 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:22:34 -0500 On Friday, December 2nd, the Moon and planets will we be together in the sky in a very special way. They will be strung from horizon to horizon across the sky like cosmic gems on a necklace. There will be […]

]]> 0 b8e6f2805d08687d4a157a810dbaf508 Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Report on the First Deeptime Leadership Program, next program starts Sept 2022 https://dtnetwork.org/?p=262747 Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:26:27 -0400 This article reports on the framework and results of the first Deeptime Leadership Program offered through the Deeptime Network.  Click on “Link to File” top right.

 

For info about the upcoming DEEPTIME L […]

]]> 1 4aa48a94e2a39278521f1596d75382ce Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Brief reflections on the first James Webb Space Telescope images https://dtnetwork.org/?p=262696 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:21:20 -0400 When I first saw the images from JWST I recognized immediately that they each represented one of the major science missions of the new telescope. It also struck me that in our Deeptime perspective each one of the […]

]]> 1 84975c81f34b609d2b29ef2d63ff513c Stephan Martin added the event Spirituality and Science: the New Story of the Universe https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/30785/ Thu, 06 May 2021 00:30:28 -0400 0 177aea64032c1b86831ce38ef8f9ca99 Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Radiant Light - The Power of Light in Daily Life https://dtnetwork.org/?p=248150 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:22:42 -0400 This is a short article on the transformative power of light, based on a presentation I gave for the DTN Equinox celebration in September 2020.

]]> 0 3fdf928f060e2ea7eadbcbc27894730e Stephan Martin added the event Cosmic Walk in Germany! https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/27946/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:39:33 -0400 0 21a0de2d418ae63937cdaeefab222b4a Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Cosmic Walking in the Czech Republic https://dtnetwork.org/?p=247135 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 14:36:48 -0400 During the summer of 2019, I co-led a 13.8 km cosmic walk in the beautiful hills and countryside of the Czech Republic with nearly 30 participants in a New Cosmology seminar and retreat. It was filmed by two Czech […]

]]> 2 801ad76a97cbba60129643235bec2da7 Stephan Martin added the event Ask an Astronomer! https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/27725/ Sun, 26 Jul 2020 01:48:24 -0400 0 9cec9bfeaa23c425b3a648c7eb827a9e Stephan Martin added the event Ask an Astronomer! https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/27686/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 02:53:08 -0400 0 9bcb04eef0c3c0b337083b5bfcd01efa Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Report of the Hidden Heart of the Cosmos Study Group https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246705 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:06:28 -0400 Hidden Heart of the Universe Study Group report by Stephan Martin

This May, fifty-three Deeptime Network members from around the world met for a six-week study group of Brian Swimme’s transformative book The H […]

]]> 0 c62bda95fe59d8b0c245cc827292f89d Stephan Martin wrote a new post, Astronomy resources for everyone https://dtnetwork.org/?p=246707 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:02:47 -0400 Hi everyone-

Here are some astronomy and stargazing resources that I use with my students and classes and can recommend. Enjoy!

Stargazing Resources
Asheville Astronomy Club – […]

]]> 0 ba590ac39797424b555660024d11c5e2 Stephan Martin added the event Virtual Stargazing and Lyrid Meteor Party https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/26781/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:49:31 -0400 0 d8621925c667d1935dca093b1af41800 Stephan Martin added the event Virtual stargazing - Welcoming the Stars of Spring https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/26780/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:47:04 -0400 0 7ce2575a46ec8c0c2b5a8bbba12d9f06 Stephan Martin added the event Cosmic Connections Series: Stars for Breakfast: A Cosmic History of the Food We Eat https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/26680/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:37:54 -0400 0 1f0ba77fa66afdfcad9b930b723a47f6 Stephan Martin added the event Cosmic Connections Online series: Where are We in Space and Time? https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/26679/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:35:22 -0400 0 4b2355492c6cc7d4bbf79ab6df3f1b1d Stephan Martin added the event All around me lives and feels like me - Finding our way into regenerative culture https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/26668/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:39:05 -0400 0 3346aecbb85bd51224c7923a56b21baf Stephan Martin added the event Good News for Bad Times: Lessons from the Universe on Navigating Crisis, Change, and Transformation https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/26605/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 02:55:10 -0400 0 378f5163b72c87914e74bab183d298a4 Stephan Martin added the event Good News for Bad Times: Lessons from the Universe on Navigating Crisis, Change, and Transformation https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/26604/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 02:52:55 -0400 0 100253487e481a85cf35aa7bd5bf2c8b Stephan Martin updated new location at Asheville, NC 28803, USA https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/25020/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 08:46:43 -0500 0 3facf49ada883a53a4a96ab6247902ca Stephan Martin added the event The Way of the Universe: Aligning Our Lives and Our Spirituality with Cosmic Process https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/24291/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:07:08 -0400 0 a724d2e501ca7e40f059f6230a3245a7 Stephan Martin posted an update: Cosmic Walking in Czech Republic In July 2019 art historian […] https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/24290/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:54:44 -0400 Cosmic Walking in Czech Republic

In July 2019 art historian Jirka Zemanik and I gave a 5 day seminar in the Czech Republic called “Living a Cosmic Life: Cosmology as a Way of Transformation.” The program was the summer gathering of the Czech ecological organization Pilgrim – The Walking University of Nature and attracted over thirty members from…[Read more]

]]> 0 c346c8e56dbcd32101b39fb493736bb1 Stephan Martin added the event 10 Revelations About the Universe to Change Your Life https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/22175/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:43:38 -0500 0 2de290a8b475dfaea87691268c87a740 Stephan Martin added the event The New Cosmology: A Healing Vision for a Fractured World https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/22174/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:38:06 -0500 0 155bab55c87225af043a9d86e59b6dbf Stephan Martin replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/3/#post-3987 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:40:03 -0400 Duane, thanks for your courage in sharing your personal direct experience of a living universe. I know many others who have had experiences in this direction, including myself and other scientists. For a while, the psychologist Charles Tart was keeping an archive of scientists’ transcendent experiences, and he feels that this type of data from…[Read more]

]]> 0 49532d2f0a05ab7a59f733ece34b1602 Stephan Martin replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/2/#post-3964 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:58:56 -0400 Ursula makes a good point in highlighting the life/matter bias that has deep roots in our contemporary worldview. Ideas that matter/earth is sinful, fallen, ‘dirty’, etc… have a long history in western culture, and one that contemporary ecological philosophers such as Freya Matthews (For Love of Matter) and others have addressed by…[Read more]

]]> 0 8d99dfa6711ca9b98c0f35b8d0212dde Stephan Martin replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/page/2/#post-3955 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:25:24 -0400 Duane – thanks for the reference to the SciAm article on our Growing, Breathing Galaxy. I’ve requested it via interlibrary loan and will be happy to share it when it arrives.It seems that there may be two threads emerging in the discussion here: one about the on-going “livingness” on the universe, in terms of its dynamism and continual emergence…[Read more]

]]> 0 fbacaa58336c4a2ad384b1b7a4b72c5c Stephan Martin replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/#post-3943 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:38:24 -0400 Hi Duane, Glad to be joining the conversation at this point. A helpful approach to understanding whether the term metabolism applies to the universe might be to apply it to nested and emergent biological systems and see at what point (if any) the term breaks down as we apply it to larger scales. I think biologists would all agree that cells and…[Read more]

]]> 0 83f1861512a1691babab2a98bdc84680 Stephan Martin replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/is-the-universe-a-living-system/#post-3943 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:38:24 -0400 Hi Duane,Glad to be joining the conversation at this point. A helpful approach to understanding whether the term metabolism applies to the universe might be to apply it to nested and emergent biological systems and see at what point (if any) the term breaks down as we apply it to larger scales. I think biologists would all agree that cells and…[Read more]

]]> 0 e206f173bbf94af5828f72c91dff766c Stephan Martin replied to the topic under the radar in schools in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/under-the-radar-in-schools/#post-3894 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:59:48 -0400 Hi Orla,What terrific courses you are teaching and involved with!  Since I teach college astronomy primarily, it’s relatively easy to organize the course around an evolutionary cosmic perspective, and I often show “Journey of the Universe” early on to give the students the context and direction we’re moving. With your environment course, a big…[Read more]

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