
Some Thoughts on Mysticism and Our Survival
The modern age was not only hostile to but ignorant of mysticism. This parallels its relationship of fealty to the idol called Patriarchy—which still reigns everywhere.
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The modern age was not only hostile to but ignorant of mysticism. This parallels its relationship of fealty to the idol called Patriarchy—which still reigns everywhere.

In addressing the pitifully unmasculine and therefore dangerous religion that promotes either bullying or anal-retentive legalism, we encouraged canon lawyers and those who commit such

Recovering the healthy and sacred masculine is a sine qua non for human survival. Only the healthy masculine can be an equal companion to the healthy feminine. The

We are posing the question: How many crimes in America derive from one’s effort to “prove one’s manhood”? Yesterday we touched on the killer of 20

This week saw a kind of “resolution” in the long drawn out trial with gun manufacturer Remington for the killing of 20 children and 6

Two days ago we ended our DM with a paragraph from Fr. Bede Griffiths that went like this: The self is not the little conscious

We have been meditating on the archetypes of the Green Man and the Black Madonna in the context of calling for a more sane balance

For Fr. Bede Griffiths, the marriage of East and West must take place at the deepest level of the human consciousness. It is an encounter ultimately between

I see a Great Marriage of East and West, Buddha and Christ beginning to happen: Buddha’s holy patience and serenity; and Jesus’ holy impatience and

It is interesting to me that in honoring the Black Madonna we have also seen how many characteristics of the healthy masculine she carries within
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