Kosmos Institute is a new and stable home for the sacred art of free inquiry. We are an academic locus for the transformation of individual and collective consciousness which occurs through engagement with emergent and ancient knowledge systems within the interdisciplinary precincts of Mythology, Esotericism, and Archetypes.

We believe these fields belong together in the perennial search for truth, a search that is usually seen as the exclusive domain of science on the one hand, and religion and the cynical denials of analytic philosophy on the other.

But where do we each stand in relation to the search for truth? Isn’t this precisely what brings us to learning?

Kosmos wants to put truth on the table and bring philosophical inquiry back into style. From existential dread in our hearts to extraterrestrials in our backyard, from the wild harmony of nature to the absurd war between mythic figures, we need help processing reality—as we always have, and that’s why we reach for ancient and contemporary sources of wisdom.

At Kosmos, we want to offer an intelligent alternative to pop-up mystery schools and click-bait alchemy.

The Greek word “Kosmos” refers to the adornments the Horai place around the body of Aphrodite when she first rises out of the sea to generate the world.

The image implies much but to us, it ultimately indicates that the universe whose truth we seek to know is a most intricately arranged work of great beauty—and great love.