Shamanism and Mother’s Day 2021
Matthew Fox
May 9, 2021
Today marks the third “Birthday” of our Daily Meditations which we deliberately launched on Mother’s Day in honor of Mother Earth and the return of
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Poets and Mystics Experiencing Rupture and Shamanhood
Matthew Fox
May 8, 2021
Yesterday we meditated on the important work that rupture sometimes plays in bringing forth the shaman in self and society. David Palladin, John of the
Shamanhood, Racism, the Black Madonna and Alessandra Belloni
Matthew Fox
May 7, 2021
We have been meditating on the return of the shaman in our time predicted by the great eco-prophet Thomas Berry. Speaking of shamans, let us
Shamanhood, Rupture, and the “More Primordial”
Matthew Fox
May 6, 2021
Another way to unpack the “more primordial” is to undergo rupture, loss or deep suffering. I pose this important question: Are the ruptures we are
Berry, Shamanism, Fr. Bede & the Primordial Ground of Being
Matthew Fox
May 5, 2021
We are meditating with Thomas Berry on how “the shaman functions in a less personal relationship with the divine. He is more cosmological, more primordial,
Exploring Shamanhood with Thomas Berry, continued
Matthew Fox
May 4, 2021
If Thomas Berry is correct, that our species is in need of more shamans, let us take a harder look at what he is saying.
Thomas Berry on Fox, Creation Spirituality and Cosmic Liturgy continued
Matthew Fox
May 3, 2021
Thomas Berry continues his exposition of myself as shaman and sets it in a context of “what it means to be human” and of what
A Personal Note on Shamanism a la Thomas Berry
Matthew Fox
May 2, 2021
For a week or so we have been discussing shamanism in our DM’s. I rarely choose to insert myself explicitly into my teachings, but given
Shamans Hildegard & Paladin, continued
Matthew Fox
May 1, 2021
We have been meditating on the return of shamanism in our time. This ought not to come as too big a surprise because in many
David Paladin and Julian of Norwich on Suffering and Initiation
Matthew Fox
April 30, 2021
In yesterday’s DM artist-shaman David Palladin taught us that suffering teaches us something profound–we learn “that our wounds are not ours but the world’s and
