These six categories are meant to be broad editorial fields of view, not rigid boxes. They are designed to cover the full range of a serious literary–public-interest–cultural journal. Hopefully, this provides authors with some ideas for topics in relation to the broader world around us, and how we are both affected by and affect that world through Thelema. While there is some overlap in these topics and categories, final placement will be an editorial decision.
Expression – Arts, Letters, and Media
Art, entertainment, literature, criticism, storytelling, aesthetics, and media. This category is the primary home for pieces centered on creative expression, artistic form, representation, and cultural production. This category could also include works of artistic expression (poetry, art, etc.).
Examples of topics:
- film, television, music, and visual art
- literary essays, craft essays, and review-essays
- popular culture and media criticism
- aesthetics, representation, and narrative form
- performance, audience, and artistic movement
Meaning – Religion, Culture, and Human Meaning
Religion, theology, spirituality, ethics, philosophy, meaning, identity, symbolism, ritual, and cultural interpretation. This category gives a clear home to reflective essays about the inner, moral, metaphysical, and civilizational dimensions of life.
Examples of topics:
- religion, theology, and spiritual practice
- ethics, philosophy, and moral formation
- culture, identity, and civilizational memory
- ritual, meaning, and symbolic life
- existential and metaphysical reflection
Politics – Government, Politics, and Public Order
Government, law, policy, institutions, rights, civic life, ideology, and public power. This category is the home for pieces where the main question is how a society is governed, how justice is administered, or how public order is contested.
Examples of topics:
- government, law, and public institutions
- justice, rights, and civil liberties
- political thought, ideology, and citizenship
- public policy and institutional reform
Livelihood – Economy, Work, and Social Systems
Economy, labor, class, markets, finance, administration, institutions, incentives, and the material organization of collective life. This category is distinct from politics because many strong essays are less about the state than about systems of work, exchange, management, and social organization. It also provides a home for structural analysis that is economic or organizational rather than strictly legal or governmental.
Examples of topics:
- labor, work, class, and management
- economics, finance, and markets
- institutions, incentives, and organizational life
- social structure, economic justice and material conditions
Ingenuity – Science, Technology, and Complex Systems
Technology, engineering, infrastructure, systems theory, networks, computation, applied science, and technical design.
Examples of topics:
- technology, platforms, software, and AI
- engineering, infrastructure, and design
- systems thinking, cybernetics, and networks
- technical risk, resilience, and coordination
Flourishing – Ecology, Health Education, and Sustainable Living
Ecology, sustainable living, planning, health, healthcare, education, pedagogy, community well-being, and the practical conditions of human flourishing.
Examples of topics:
- sustainability, planning, land use, and ecology
- healthcare, public health, and care systems
- education, pedagogy, and spiritual formation
- community well-being and daily life
- housing, resilience, and durable ways of living
