Aeon5h
When I lost my intuition
For years, I practised medicine with cool certainty, comfortable with life-and-death decisions. Then, one day, I couldn’t ...
Aeon5h
For an Amazonian female shaman, ayahuasca ceremonies are a rite and a business
Glimpse into the daily life of a female shaman who hosts ayahuasca ceremonies for tourists in the Peruvian Amazon ...
Aeon6d
The consulting office reflects the personality of the therapist, while also subtly shaping the experience of their patients
The consulting office reflects the personality of the therapist, while also subtly shaping the experience of their patients ...
Aeon4d
‘Save the parasites’ may not be a popular rallying cry – but it could be a vital one
One in three parasitic species is in danger. Here’s why humans may need to power through the ‘ick’ to save them ...
Aeon4d
Early childhood development interventions in the Global South is a huge industry built on highly questionable assumptions
is an anthropologist working with the Runa of the Ecuadorian Amazon. She has a PhD in anthropology from the London School of Economics, and is the principal investigator of the LearningNatures project ...
Aeon5d
What do past, present and future mean to a philosopher of time?
In this eloquent lecture, the Italian theoretical physicist and writer Carlo Rovelli takes audiences on a journey to the edges of our understanding of time. Working from ideas explored in his book The ...
Aeon7d
Since states are founded on violence and expulsion, their existence is always bound up in thorny questions about justice
Demands to recognise the ‘right of a state to exist’ ring from op-ed pages to US Congressional committee rooms. This demand is most frequently encountered in the context of Israel and the framing of ...
Aeon7d
A filmmaker responds to Lars von Trier’s call for a new muse with a unique application
In this uncommonly inventive short, Theresa Tomi Faison, an artist and filmmaker based in Baltimore, Maryland, puts her own unique spin on the problematic concept of the female muse in art. After ...