Psyche and Cosmos, Ceremony
and Science
Ceremony is where the human psyche links up again with the cosmos. This is so important. The cultural historian and psychologist Otto Rank tells us
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Ceremony is where the human psyche links up again with the cosmos. This is so important. The cultural historian and psychologist Otto Rank tells us
The Cosmic Mass found an excellent home at Historic Sweets Ballroom in downtown Oakland. The art-deco space, dating to the 1920’s, had seen many exciting
We continue our meditation on the conversation between biologist Rupert Sheldrake and myself, in our book Natural Grace. Fox: One question I have is this:
In the Hindu Upanishads we are instructed that joy comes from God. Who could live and who could breathe if the joy of Brahman filled not
In my recent book, Naming the Unnameable: 89 Wonderful and Useful Names for God…Including the Unnameable God, one of my names for God—number 3 of
I suggested in yesterday’s meditation that perhaps we ought to bring an altar, a reminder of the union of God and us and the cosmos
Among the ceremonies of indigenous peoples, imagination abounds. Costumes, headdresses, masks, chants, musical instruments, colors, fire—all are employed. I remember visiting the Field museum in
Teilhard speaks of the “supersubstantial Word” that is co-terminal with the cosmos itself. The universe is the subject of the Eucharist–it is all a continued
Often in our Cosmic Masses we invoke passages from Buddhist monk Thich Naht Hanh, who seems to grasp the archetypal nature of the Christian Eucharist.
One thing I admire (among many) in the teachings of Rabbi Heschel is how he challenges believers not to live in the past, but not
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