Acedia, Energy Loss, and Zealotry
Matthew Fox
September 2, 2021
The first chakra is the beginning of all the chakras – it is where the fire, the seed, the snake lie coiled up and ready
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The Desert Fathers and Hildegard of Bingen on Acedia
Matthew Fox
September 1, 2021
The “desert fathers” first developed the idea of the seven capital sins. An ancient text from the monk Evagrius calls acedia “the noonday demon” that
More on Acedia and Ways Beyond It
Matthew Fox
August 31, 2021
If acedia or apathy lies at the heart of climate denial in our culture today, as some keen observers like Lester Brown and environmental lawyers
Moving Beyond Apathy, Acedia & Selfishness
Matthew Fox
August 30, 2021
In a previous DM, I cited Gus Speth, the environmental lawyer who came to realize that the crisis of climate change is not so much
Disobedience as a Virtue: The Dark Side to Obedience
Matthew Fox
August 27, 2021
A strong argument can be made that the primal story of our first parents’ sin is not about pride or disobedience but about acedia. Why
Climate Change: Artists Lead Us From Despair & Apathy to Action
Matthew Fox
August 24, 2021
Healthy artists, working from a spirituality base, can awaken us to our “selfishness, greed and apathy” that were named by a scientist in the previous
The Via Positiva, Apathy, and the Future of the Planet
Matthew Fox
September 1, 2019
Twenty-seven years ago it was my privilege to deliver a Schumacher Society Lecture in Bristol, England at a conference whose theme was “The Environmental Revolution.”
