
Indigenous Wisdom from Down Under: Eddie Kneebone
Eddie Kneebone (1947-2005) was an aboriginal indigenous leader who taught with us when we sponsored a one-week Creation Spirituality workshop in Melbourne in 1990. At
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Eddie Kneebone (1947-2005) was an aboriginal indigenous leader who taught with us when we sponsored a one-week Creation Spirituality workshop in Melbourne in 1990. At

There is much in the news these days—as well there should be—not only about slavery and atrocities committed against black humans and on the response

In yesterday’s DM, we saw how many indigenous peoples talk about the “loneliness” they now feel on the earth. Loneliness happens when humans separate from

True spirituality begins where the Bible begins—with the universe, with creation, with all that exists. Not with the human alone but within a larger context.

Unlike modern European philosophers, says Dr. Marimba Ani, the African world view is not ill at ease with the concept of “soul.” Indeed, …soul is

The so-called Christianity of slave times and places was living out a profound lie. It was a religion of oppression, moral blindness and denial. It

In the African tradition, the appropriate response to our union with sacred creation is to celebrate it through music, ritual, poetry, dance. Dona Marimba Richards

We have been considering creation stories from the Bible, Hindu, Buddhist and Celtic sources, the latter embellished richly by the Catholic, Celtic monk Thomas Merton.

The sun and the light it bestows are especially honored in the Celtic world. Bard and theologian John O’Donohue informs us that among the Celts

Having meditated with Thomas Merton the last three days, it seems appropriate to consider Celtic consciousness and the Ground of being. Why? Because Merton was
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