
Julian of Norwich Celebrating Divine Wisdom and the Feminine
Julian of Norwich lived through the worst pandemic in European history, the bubonic plague of the 14th century. Unlike many of her contemporaries (and ours),
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Julian of Norwich lived through the worst pandemic in European history, the bubonic plague of the 14th century. Unlike many of her contemporaries (and ours),

In yesterday’s DM we reviewed how the very first page of the Bible is a celebration of cosmology, a praise of creation as “good” and

We speak of nature and cosmos and all within them as “words of God,” Logos or “other Christs.” This is the consciousness of creation spirituality.

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

Julian’s fierce commitment to the divine feminine and deep love for the divine mother seems to stand in broad opposition to the oppression of women

We have observed in a recent DM that love is not sentimental for Julian or other creation mystics. Love has a fierce side to it,

The traditional definition for evil in the West has been privatio boni, privation of the good. This says a lot. It says that evil has

We are undergoing—again—a presidential impeachment which the constitution refers to as “high crimes and misdemeanors.” This is following on a mob scene at the nation’s

One side of compassion is called justice. This is the biblical meaning of compassion, which Eckhart names this way: “Compassion means justice.” Thomas Aquinas was

One thing that follows from bringing back the divine feminine is the primacy of love. Julian connects motherhood and compassion. “Compassion is a kind and
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