I am honored to be the host of Gnoseologies, an online series that I envisioned, planned, and that I have been leading, since 2021, for the Transcendence and Transformation initiative at Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions. This series focuses on ways of knowing that are often labeled as “non-rational.” Traditionally referred to as gnosis in Western philosophical and religious traditions, and often understood in contraposition to science (episteme), these ways of knowing are becoming more and more influential in contemporary societies, popular culture, and academic research. What is the place of spirit possession, divination, and experiences perceived as “out-of-the ordinary” in our lives? How can we study and approach these types of phenomena? Going beyond dichotomies such as body and mind, ordinary and extraordinary, reason and experience, and matter and spirit, this series will host scholars of different disciplines and practitioners interested in exploring and expanding the boundaries of what counts as “knowledge” today.

You can find the links to the past events, currently published on the YouTube channel of Harvard Divinity School, below.