title: Out of the ashes.
abstract: September 11 2001 has been hailed as 'the day that changed the world'. In a series of articles I wrote last year for Nursing Standard I offered evidence that a cultural shift, in the western world at least, is under way. People are turning away from materialistic lifestyles towards global, personal and spiritual wellbeing and concerns. Ground zero may have accelerated this, prompting people to ask themselves: 'If I were facing death, could I say that I have done everything I wanted?' ( Arlidge et al 2001 ). No one ever died wishing they had spent more time at the office.
authors.affiliation: St Martin's College, Lancashirechair of the Sacred Space Foundation.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wright