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A note on the future of Eye of the Heart

Since its release in May 2007, Eye of the Heart has received overwhelming positive feedback: the website has attracted in excess of 7000 individual visitors from over 100 countries. Nevertheless, despite its success, Issue 4 (2009) marks the final volume in its current form.

This is not the place to rehearse in detail the reasons for the journal’s discontinuation. Suffice it to say that we have been unable to continue in the face of the incomprehension and hostility in parts of the hierarchy of La Trobe University. For the past thirty years the Philosophy and Religious Studies Program (under various names) at the Bendigo campus of LTU has been a vital and creative centre for the study of traditional wisdom in its manifold forms. Late last year the Program was drastically attenuated; the termination of Eye the Heart, and of the editorial position, was only one consequence of these lamentable developments.

The Eye of the Heart website, including access to all issues, will remain available at its current web address. However, we are interested in securing a more supportive host for the journal. Expressions of interest may be directed to Dr Harry Oldmeadow (h.oldmeadow@latrobe.edu.au).

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the scholars who contributed to Eye of the Heart and to those people who aided in issues of copyright etc. with the reprints. A debt of gratitude is also due to the members of our international advisory board, who have generously offered support and advice. Similarly we are grateful to the people who have given up their precious time and shared their expertise to act as reviewers.