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Reading Hildegard of Bingen’s term “Original Wisdom” or Julian of Norwich’s “Original Goodness,” one is reminded of “Original Blessing” that a number of years back
Beginning a few meditations back, we interrupted our Via Positiva essays to deal somewhat with the bad news that was bearing in on us from
We continue to explore just a few of the numerous passages in the Scriptures that sing of the Via Positiva. Consider the following: “It was
The Scriptures abound with news of the Via Positiva! Just a few examples from the Hebrew Bible follow: “God saw everything that God had made,
Howard Thurman, the spiritual elder and genius behind the civil rights movement, was a profound mystic as well as a prophet. From his childhood days,
Meister Eckhart teaches that “a good person praises good people.” A cynic praises no one. A cynical view of life banishes goodness, is not even
The other day we saw two visions from Hildegard of the Via Positiva. We ended that meditation with her naming the struggle to keep the
Today marks the 100th Daily Meditations in our series. Thanks to all those who are assisting and all those who are reading and meditating! A
Hildegard shares an amazing vision she had in which she ascribes the work of creation to a woman named Love. In doing this she is
Mechtild of Magdeburg (1210-c.1280) was a Beguine, which is to say a member of the women’s movement of the middle ages. Beguines were neither nuns
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