Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
Christ as a Green Man a la Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard calls Christ “green wood” and green man. We are all called to be green men and women today. If we are not, we are neither
Previous Meditations
Hildegard of Bingen & Indigenous Teachings on the Green Man
In their classic work, The Green Man: The Archetype of Our Oneness with the Earth, English photographer Clive Hicks and
And Now, The Green Man
Continuing our journey with ancient archetypes that can assist us to reinvent the masculine, we turn to the
Week of 9/18-23: Celebrating our Inner Nobility and the Wonder of Father Sky
September 18, 2023: Finding the Nobility Inside, cont’dIn responding to Matthew’s book on the Sacred Masculine, a Native
Sanders on Connecting to Father Sky and the Holiness of Creation
We are meditating with Scott Russell Sanders on our connection to Father Sky. He recalls a particular moment on
D. H. Lawrence and Scott Sanders on Father Sky
D H Lawrence explains what was lost in our souls when we lost Father Sky. What a catastrophe,
How Recognizing Our Nobility Empowers
Nobility empowers. Original blessing empowers. Knowing you are an image of God empowers. Knowing you are a son or daughter of
A Special Invitation to a Celebration of Creation Spirituality
Dear Friends, It seems fitting to interrupt for one day our current daily meditations on recovering the sacred
Finding the Eagle Inside
Finding the nobility inside is finding a greatness inside that matches the beauty and grandeur of the universe
Finding the Nobility Inside, continued
This past Saturday, in meditating on a healthier masculinity, we learned of a powerful phrase from a Native
Week of 9/11-16/2023: Divinization, Creativity, Inner Nobility & a New Masculinity
September 11, 2023: Divinization and CreativityWe are so near Divinity. Even our breath–inspiration–is from the root “spirit.” According
Men and the Missing Nobility Inside
The first letter I received when my book on The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the
How Needy We Are for a New Masculinity
This afternoon (it is Thursday morning), I speak in the afternoon to a group based in Iowa where
Divinization, Radiance & Moving Beyond Anthropology
We meditated yesterday on radiance, another word for doxa or glory or the Cosmic Christ. It is found, according
Hildegard of Bingen on Our Divinization & the Cosmic Christ
To talk of divinization and the Cosmic Christ is to talk of the numinosity in all things. And meaning.
Celebrating Our—and the Universe’s—Powers of Creativity
Yesterday we meditated on our divinization expressing itself in creativity and birthing. Other people striving to be more human
Divinization and Creativity
We have been meditating lately on the cosmos and on divinization, and how near we are to the
Week of 9/4-9/2023: Cosmic Awareness
September 4, 2023. Wisdom & The Role of Cosmic Awareness East & WestNot only Aquinas, but Eastern mystics,
Speaking of Divinization & Cosmic Awareness: Gandhi & Bede Griffiths
We are considering the teaching from Eastern Christianity naming redemption as theosis, the divinizing of the universe. The emphasis
From Introspection & Guilt to Cosmic Awareness & Celebration
Yesterday we considered St. Augustine’s role in establishing the introspective conscience of the West at the expense of
The Danger of the “Introspective Conscience”
Frederick Turner, in his important study of the history of the Americas from the point of view of
The Cosmos in Christian and Jewish Liturgy
The ancient Christian hymn from Philippians celebrates the rejoicing of the entire cosmos: “All beings in the heavens,
Ritual & Cosmic Awareness: Wicca, Indigenous & Early Christian
Not only the Eastern religions Marcel refers to, but also Earth-based religions of the West, such as ancient
Wisdom & The Role of Cosmic Awareness East & West
Not only Thomas Aquinas, but Eastern mystics too call us to wisdom by way cosmic awareness. French philosopher Gabriel
Week of 8/28-9/2/2023: Celebrating the Cosmos
August 28, 2023. The Original Blessing of the CosmosIn this meditation we reflect upon the idea that the
From Aquinas to Sunken Ship Rescue: The Amazing Ingenuity of Humanity
Last night I saw a documentary on the raising of the half-sunken ship Costa Concordia from its watery grave near
Aquinas on Consciousness, Cosmos, Creativity & Enlarging Our Souls
Aquinas, like most indigenous and pre-modern thinkers, and unlike the human-centered philosophers of the modern and industrial era,
Aquinas’s Invite to Get Drunk on Cosmic Awareness & Beauty
In yesterday’s DM we spoke of reintroducing a sense of the cosmos. To say that we need to “reintroduce” is
Teilhard, Einstein, Aquinas, Ricoeur & Simone Weil on Cosmic Awareness
Reintroducing a cosmic awareness to the way we look at the world and develop our work worlds and
Worthwhile Thoughts on the Original Blessing of the Cosmos
Nineteenth-century French poet and translator, Gerard de Nerval, had this to say about the modern consciousness that so
The Original Blessing of the Cosmos
Is the Cosmos an Original Blessing? I sort of think so. And I also think that every human being should
