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Ideas

Thought-provoking articles about human nature from diverse thinkers

Mourning is a leap to freedom, inviting new dreams of living | Psyche

Rituals and symbols

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Mourning is a leap to freedom, inviting new dreams of living

by Alexander Hirsch

Why good teachers allow a child’s mind to wander and wonder | Psyche

Learning and education

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Why good teachers allow a child’s mind to wander and wonder

by Anders Schinkel

This is not the end. Apocalyptic comfort from ancient Iran | Psyche

Spirituality and religion

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This is not the end. Apocalyptic comfort from ancient Iran

by Domenico Agostini & Samuel Thrope

My synaesthesia is no mere quirk but a self-shaking strangeness | Psyche

Altered states

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My synaesthesia is no mere quirk but a self-shaking strangeness

by Catherine Taylor

The politics of internationalism rest on the intimacy of feelings | Psyche

History of emotions

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The politics of internationalism rest on the intimacy of feelings

by Ilaria Scaglia

Our greatest invention was the invention of invention itself | Psyche

Creativity

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Our greatest invention was the invention of invention itself

by Keith Frankish

Selfish, grumpy and unkind? That’s my kind of woman | Psyche

Stories and literature

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Selfish, grumpy and unkind? That’s my kind of woman

by Ellena Savage

Self-harm and suicide

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Why poor sleep can lead to self-harm and suicide at university

by Kirsten Russell & Donna Littlewood

Could the art of ‘sashiko’ help to mend our frayed world? | Psyche

Art and craft

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Could the art of ‘sashiko’ help to mend our frayed world?

by Melanie McGrath

It’s time to hear what adolescents think of mindfulness in schools | Psyche

Mindfulness and meditation

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It’s time to hear what adolescents think of mindfulness in schools

by Elena Hailwood, William Wannyn & Suparna Choudhury

Learning Nahuatl, the flower song, and the poetics of life | Psyche

Poetry

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Learning Nahuatl, the flower song, and the poetics of life

by David Bowles

Neuroscience has much to learn from Hume’s philosophy of emotions | Psyche

History of emotions

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Neuroscience has much to learn from Hume’s philosophy of emotions

by Richard C Sha