Archives
In cultures where all of creation is honored for its sacredness, artists play an important leadership role. “Art,” observes Santayana, is “more spiritual than dogma.”
Mary Oliver calls herself a “praise poet.” She proves it with a Niagara of observations in praise of life and the beings of the Earth
It has been my privilege to teach Mary Oliver’s poetry in the context of courses on spirituality. She is a champion within the creation spirituality
Not only does today’s science instruct us in how creativity has been baked into the universe from the get-go 13.8 billion years ago, and not
In yesterday’s meditation we considered how science recognizes wildness to be intrinsic to creativity in the universe and how a dance between chaos and order
Today’s science is finding that the whole universe is permeated with the power of creativity. Physicist Brian Swimme puts it this way: “If you let
In her powerful book, Let the Circle Be Unbroken: The Implications of African Spirituality in the Diaspora, Dr. Marimba Ani (Richards) recognizes the profound spirituality
W. B. Yeats believed that it was only with Greek and Roman culture that humans became all-important. Until then, other questions occupied the human soul:“One
We are examining the role of art and creativity among various spiritual traditions of the world. In Islam, the Sufi mystic Hafiz addresses the question:
A Creation story of the desert areas in the west of South Australia tells how the Creator, Bunjil, made all of Creation but was lonely.
Receive Matthew Fox's Daily Meditation by subscribing below:
