Hannes Schumacher

Having lived and studied all around the world, Hannes Schumacher works at the threshold between philosophy and art, focusing on chaos theory and global mysticism. In his current micro-projects he explores the potential of real dialogue as a method for cross-cultural philosophy and fabulates a subterranean network of spiritual practices across the continents. He is the founder of the Berlin-based publisher Freigeist Verlag, co-founder of the grassroots art space Chaosmos ∞ in Athens and lecturer at Incite Seminars in Philadelphia.

Hannes Schumacher in Kosmos

Thorns and Candy

A raw post-ceremony dialogue between philosopher Hannes Schumacher and Colombian ayahuasca guide Juliet Goméz. This exchange navigates terror, tenderness, and transformation, revealing how sacred medicine strips illusions, confronts suffering, and reorients us toward balance, humility, and love. A meditation on control, surrender, and the grace of healing.

Published in Volume 25 Issue 4

Die Before You Die | A Dialogue on Death and Rebirth

"For these two sages that I encounter, it is the topic of death that seems paramount for them...Death is not a thing to be experienced. However, contemplation and meditations on the subject can make one take life more simply. These are the overriding messages from Ọ̀rúnmìlà and Rumi."

Published in Volume 2023 Issue 5

Coming Soon

The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,