Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
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Week of 11/3-8/2025: Interspirituality, Powerful Women, Elections
This is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are written by Matthew Fox (MF), and some by Gianluigi Gugliermetto (GG). You
Previous Meditations
America’s Tuesday Election: Hope on the Horizon for Democracy?
There is much to ponder over the election results on Tuesday. Even Republicans are showing concern. Texan Senator
Hadewijch and Love
Like Marguerite Porete (see yesterday’s DM), Hadewijch of Brabant was a beguine, a learned woman, and wrote in
Marguerite and Love
The majority of the witches’ trials and executions happened in the early modern era, with the Malleus Maleficarum
Witchcraft
In response to the latest report on the Palestinian occupied territories by special UN envoy Francesca Albanese, the
Good News: Interspirituality, The Cosmic Mass, Democratizing Mysticism
In a DM last week, I celebrated the get-together of Pope Leo XIV and the king of England,
Does America (and the Earth) Have a Billionaire Problem?
Chuck Collins directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy studies. I
Week of 10/27-11/1/2025: Reflecting on Cruelty, the Destruction of the East Wing, and All Hallows’ Eve
This is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are written by Matthew Fox (MF),
Is Cruelty the Name of the Latest MAGA Politics?
Whatever happened to the idea of the “common good”? It seems to have been washed out by the
All Hallows’ Eve (Halloween)
We who live in the Northern Hemisphere have begun to experience the shortening days and lengthening nights. Tonight
The Remnant
Daniel, who is a member of the community of readers of these DMs, yesterday offered a threefold answer
Is Peter Thiel Afraid to Debate Me on the Anti-Christ?
After I read the transcripts of Peter Thiel’s four lectures on the antichrist at the Commonweal Club in
Big But Quiet News Buried Behind the News of White House Rubble
Last week we were thunderstruck to watch the entire East Wing of the White House reduced to rubble,
Week of 10/20-25/2005: No Kings, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, & Reinventing Education
This is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are written by Matthew Fox (MF),
Educating under the Shadow of Neo-Fascism (part two)
For the past two weeks, after forty years, I have returned to high school in Italy, this time
Educating under the Shadow of Neo-Fascism (part one)
Years ago, I translated into Italian one of the lesser-known — but no less important — books penned
Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Friend, Brother & Jewish Prophet of Our Time
I was saddened to learn this past hour that Rabbi Arthur Waskow has passed on at the age
Shamanism and the Goddess
Continuing on the theme of how social religious history affects us personally, I am observing that the further
The New Fundamentalist Religion from Silicon Valley
A new and dangerous religion is emerging from the bowels of Silicon Valley. In a recent article entitled
Beyond Kings—and Beyond Führers Too?
This past week was a revealing one for American politics culminating in seven million Americans marching in protest
Week of 10/13-18/2025: Goodall, Thiel, Oxford Martyrs
This is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are penned by Matthew Fox (MF),
The Oxford Martyrs
The Oxford Martyrs — whose feast-day was celebrated yesterday in worldwide Anglicanism — were three men who held
Matthew Fox Challenges Peter Thiel to Debate on the Antichrist
Two days ago, in response to the DM posing questions to Peter Thiel, a reader told us she
Teresa the Great
Yesterday, October 15, was the feast day of Teresa of Avila (1515-1582). This most famous and revered Spanish
Questions Posed to Peter Thiel on His Recent Talks on the Antichrist
I offer here questions arising from your recent four-part seminar. — What does capitalism do to the human soul?
Peter Thiel, Billionaire & Silicon Valley Preacher of the Anti-Christ
Last week I was part of a two-part “CounterPoint” to entrepreneur Peter Thiel, creator of PayPal, Palantir, and
Wisdom From Jane Goodall: Some Teachings, Actions & Stories
Last week I wrote of how blessed we were to share a planet with two stalwart lovers of
Week of October 6-11, 2025: Elephants, Macy & Finding Balance
This is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are penned by Matthew Fox (MF),
Balancing as a Spiritual Act
Each human being must develop all four psychological functions, according to Jungian theory, to become whole, even though
Feeling(s) as Source of Values
One of the frames of reference for interpreting reality that I adopt is the Jungian theory of the
