
Christ as a Green Man a la Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard calls Christ “green wood” and green man. We are all called to be green men and women today. If we are not, we are neither
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Hildegard calls Christ “green wood” and green man. We are all called to be green men and women today. If we are not, we are neither

In their classic work, The Green Man: The Archetype of Our Oneness with the Earth, English photographer Clive Hicks and poet William Anderson teamed up to bring

To talk of divinization and the Cosmic Christ is to talk of the numinosity in all things. And meaning. And creativity. The inherent creativity and “intelligence” of

One way to grasp a spiritual concept is to consider its opposite first. What constitutes the opposite of joy? Sadness is an opposite of joy

Two days ago in our daily meditations, we spoke of how winter and the darkness “contain their own wisdom and lessons, one of which is silence

Yesterday we considered some teachings from the Jewish tradition about how animals are teachers of spirituality. We need wisdom and spiritual teachings today as individuals and as communities. So

Those who dismiss Webb Telescope as “pretty pictures” ought to explore its meaning more deeply. First, they should consider what Thomas Aquinas says about nature

When Hildegard tells us that angels “praise the good works of humanity,” as she did in yesterday’s DM, I think Hildegard means that humanity represents

Hildegard tells us that all of the angels are amazed at humans, who through their holy works appear clothed with an incredibly beautiful garments. For the

About angels, Hildegard teaches the following: The angels surround God in their glowing fire, for they are living light. They do not have wings like birds but
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