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.
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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
More Wisdom from Artist-Shaman David Paladin
Matthew Fox
April 29, 2021
David Palladin often refers to himself as an “artist-shaman.” He also shares his story with us, how as a teen-ager he joined the army to
Hildegard and David Paladin as Shamans, continued
Matthew Fox
April 28, 2021
If, as Thomas Berry observes, the role of the shaman is returning again in our time, it behooves us to meditate on its significance and
Hildegard as Shaman, continued
Matthew Fox
April 27, 2021
A shaman lives in two worlds at once. Poet Bill Everson speaks of the link shamans have with the Animal Powers and recognizes Christ’s relationship
Berry, Hildegard and Estes on Wildness and Shamanhood
Matthew Fox
April 26, 2021
Berry defines what he means by wildness that shamans possess calling it “something primordial, a realization that humans are not here to control but to
Shamanism, continued: Was Hildegard of Bingen a Shaman?
Matthew Fox
April 25, 2021
In yesterday’s DM video we discussed the shamanhood of Navajo painter David Palladin and in the essay Thomas Berry’s recognition that today we need more
