Darkness, Depth and Silence
Matthew Fox
June 14, 2021
We have been considering how the term “ground” implies darkness and depth. Whether we are speaking of the human soul, the depths of the earth,
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Thomas Berry on Shamanism in Our Time
Matthew Fox
June 7, 2021
In yesterday’s DM we considered how the darkness of our times may provide a kind of shamanistic rupture or breakthrough that can lead to a
Aquinas on Awe and the Expansion of Consciousness
Matthew Fox
May 27, 2021
Aquinas did know one very important dimension to the universe that modern peoples have easily forgotten—namely, that the facts of our home, the universe, are
Ecstasy, Dying, and Resurrecting in Dickinson’s Shamanic Worldview
Matthew Fox
May 22, 2021
The experience of the Divine is at the heart of spirituality and any effort to renew religion itself. Mystics undergo such experiences and attempt to
Further Creation Gifts from Emily Dickinson
Matthew Fox
May 19, 2021
Meister Eckhart, upending centuries of neo-platonic tainted dualistic religious teaching, said simply, “nature is grace.” His brother Thomas Aquinas, said, “The greatness of the human
Dickinson’s Rupture and Resurrection as a Shaman Healer
Matthew Fox
May 17, 2021
We are recounting the life and work of Emily Dickinson in light of the shaman archetype. First, she underwent a kind of rupture that resulted
Emily Dickinson: Another Creation-centered Mystic, Prophet and Shaman
Matthew Fox
May 16, 2021
We have been discussing the shaman as understood by David Paladin and others.Is Emily Dickinson a shaman? In his book, Emily Dickinson: A Medicine Woman
David Paladin, Shaman and Spiritual Artist
Matthew Fox
May 13, 2021
I am grateful to Lynda Paladin’s for reminding me that I had written a Foreword to a second edition of David Paladin’s book, Painting the
Wildness, Creativity, and the Gift of the Shaman
Matthew Fox
May 11, 2021
With spontaneity comes wildness–both emanate from deep within creatures. Berry comments: Wildness we might consider as the root of the authentic spontaneities of any being.
Shamanism and Mother’s Day 2021
Matthew Fox
May 9, 2021
Today marks the third “Birthday” of our Daily Meditations which we deliberately launched on Mother’s Day in honor of Mother Earth and the return of
