
The Via Creativa in Islam
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:
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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.

Brother Francis was an artist in founding a new religious order and in his relationships with others, especially the more-than-human ones, as well as in

Potter, poet, painter and philosopher M. C. Richards writes: “We have to realize that a creative being lives within ourselves, whether we like it or

Caribbean poet Derrick Walcott, on accepting the Nobel Prize for poetry in 1992, remarked: “The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the

In caves in Africa on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have recently discovered artifacts dating to 90,000 years ago. These findings indicate that

The title of my book, Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet, suggests that there is a special encounter with the Divine where creativity

To consider creativity is to consider the most elemental, innermost and deeply spiritual aspects of our beings. Meister Eckhart asks: “What is it that remains?”

Meister Eckhart, great mystic and prophet that he was, honored solitude but he challenges us to think differently about it. He writes: “Spirituality is not

Yesterday we considered Otto Rank’s teaching about the importance of solitude for creativity, for giving birth. Without it we don’t get in touch with our
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