Larry Jordan, author of The Way

Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan spent 25 years in investment banking, assisting companies, governments, and non-profit agencies in issuing over $10 billion of municipal bonds for capital projects and cash flows.

In 2011, he quit his job and sold his house to spend his life in service. He drove veterans to the VA clinic, prepared 1,000 tax returns for low-income families, taught school in Africa, and volunteered for the American Red Cross.

Over the last 20 years, he traveled around the world, read over 1,000 books about spirituality, and had some powerful experiences in several spiritual traditions, including baking in a sweat lodge, chanting to Shiva, meditating in a zendo, and whirling with the dervishes.

His first book, The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World was a Silver winner in the 2024 Nautilus Book Awards.

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The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World

The Way integrates religion and science and reconciles Eastern and Western worldviews, agreeing with the mystics and the scientists that everyone is related, and everything is connected.

The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World

Aug 06, 2022 by Larry Jordan

I just completed a 50,000-word manuscript called "The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World."

The Spiritual Artist podcast

Sep 03, 2025 by Larry Jordan

CJ Miller and I had a great discussion on The Spiritual Artist podcast.

Exceptionalism Can Be Exceptionally Harmful

Aug 28, 2025 by Larry Jordan

Do we harbor an innate sense of superiority? How can we treat people and other animals with compassion and wisdom if we harbor an innate sense of superiority?

Are Humans and Other Animals Altruistic?

Aug 21, 2025 by Larry Jordan

It seems reasonable to me that “unselfish” behavior in animals or humans can be similarly and variously explained by some combination of altruism, protective instincts, and reciprocal behavior. Why would we assume that humans are different than other animals, that humans are inherently “good” or “bad,” or that altruistic behavior in humans or other animals is NOT natural?

The End of Evolution?

Aug 14, 2025 by Larry Jordan

What if natural intelligence has reached the end of its evolution, while artificial intelligence has only reached the beginning of its evolution?