Since its inception as a small semiannual publication in 1992, EnlightenNext magazine has spent nearly two decades tracking and shaping the leading edge of contemporary spiritual thought.
Initially bearing the name What Is Enlightenment?, the magazine was founded by spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen as a vehicle for making sense of often competing ideas about the nature and relevance of enlightenment in our time. Featuring interviews with hundreds of respected mystics, yogis, philosophers, activists, futurists, and scientists, it soon became known as one of the world’s most authoritative forums for serious spiritual inquiry, eventually evolving into an award-winning international quarterly published in multiple languages in print and online.
Over the last ten years, EnlightenNext has dedicated itself to helping define a truly comprehensive and progressive evolutionary spirituality for the twenty-first century. Bringing its unique perspective to bear on many different domains of contemporary life, from spirituality and religion to business, science, politics, the arts, and the environment, the magazine has sought to explore and illuminate the growing role we all can play as active participants in the continuing evolution of consciousness and culture.
This timeline display, organized into four distinct eras, illustrates the evolution of EnlightenNext over the past eighteen years and includes all forty-six issues of the magazine.
4. “I have found and con0nue to find that
there is so much confusion,
misunderstanding, and misinforma0on
as to what Enlightenment actually is and
what it really means. That is why I have
encouraged my students to start this
publica0on as a vehicle to present our
ongoing inves0ga0on into this ques0on,
and to share our discoveries with those
who are also interested in this vast and
most subtle subject.”
Andrew Cohen, Issue 1
