Whether we want to admit it or not, like it, resist it or deny it, it is now clear that we are in apocalyptic times. The Dalai Lama has said this and you know he is the most benign and optimistic of human beings, Caroline Myss has been saying this for a few years, and if you know her, you know that she always struggles to tell her truth with relentless integrity; Marianne Williamson is now ready to say this and I, of course, have been saying this all over the world for 20 years.

None of us are speaking out about this as alarmists because all of us know that apocalypse has two meanings: destruction and unveiling or revelation. The Dalai Lama has told me that our terrible situation could be the birth of a new humanity. Caroline has been indefatigable in her call for deeper prayer and wiser action. Marianne put her passionate principles into a brave and very painful bid for the presidency in 2020 and I have stood up amidst mocking and deriding voices to keep summoning people to sacred...