Our Work

With an open philosophy guiding our work, Island Foundation uses
scholarly research, education, and practical experiments to explore
archaic and modern insights for their potential benefit to human
society. We have a special focus on ways to integrate these
principles into the patterns of daily life.

We draw our inspiration and the name of our foundation from the work of Aldous Huxley, whose novel Island portrays a new culture based on the realization of what Huxley saw as our highest human potentialities. In carrying forward this vital vision, Island Foundation works toward cultural regeneration by deeply examining:

• Intentional communities
• The integration of the world's diverse cultures
• New scientific paradigms
• The revival of archaic wisdom
• Human potential, humanistic and transpersonal psychology
• Memetics
• New models of consciousness and methods of consciousness change
• Systems theory and chaos dynamics
• Other new ideas as we encounter them

The work of the Island Foundation will be furthered by our web site,
conferences, publications, and our Sanctuary Project, in which we
examine the possibility of creating an experimental community based
upon principles uncovered in our research. We also provide a forum
for communication for like-minded organizations and individuals
scattered throughout the world

Aldous  Huxley was a connoisseur of new ideas and technologies. Four decades after Island was published, technology and the proliferation of information increasing at an ever-faster pace. In order to achieve its purpose, Island Foundation has become a communication hub for like-minded people around the World. Island Foundation publishes Island Views Electrozine email newsletter and provides a virtual meeting place in the Forum.Take a "trip" through the web exploring ideas we have gathered in our Voyages Elsewhere section.

Founded in 1990 by Bruce Eisner, the Island Foundation's work is supported by memberships and donations and by sales from the Island Marketplace.