Joy and the Godhead, Joy and Ritual
Matthew Fox
November 28, 2020
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
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“God”–the Object of Our Thanks
Matthew Fox
November 27, 2020
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
Consecrating Our Work as a Ritual
Matthew Fox
November 24, 2020
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
Rituals among Hindus
Matthew Fox
November 23, 2020
Hinduism honors creativity, art, and ritual-making. The Chandogya Upanishad says: Where there is creating, there is progress. Where there is no creating, there is no
Dancing Rituals on the Sufi Mystics and Also Kabir
Matthew Fox
November 22, 2020
Whirling dervishes dance their way into union with the Divine. It is a different form of meditation from sitting and meditating, but the results are
Storytelling Ceremonies Among Indigenous Peoples
Matthew Fox
November 21, 2020
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 de Chardin: Further Thoughts on the Christian Mass
Matthew Fox
November 20, 2020
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
Thich Naht Hanh and Teilhard de Chardin on the Cosmic Mass
Matthew Fox
November 19, 2020
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.
Rabbi Heschel on Worship as a Kinship of Praise
Matthew Fox
November 18, 2020
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
Ritual–Its Dark or Shadow Side (Consider Hitler)
Matthew Fox
November 17, 2020
Proof of the power of ritual can be found in its opposite where instead of using ceremony and ritual to awaken consciousness and to invite
