
Week of January 5-10, 2026: Otto Rank, Marching Monks, and Ecstasy as God-Experience
This is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are written by Matthew Fox (MF), and some by Gianluigi Gugliermetto (GG). You
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This is a weekly summary of the previous week’s Daily Meditations. Some are written by Matthew Fox (MF), and some by Gianluigi Gugliermetto (GG). You

Why did I end my last DM calling Otto Rank a “spiritual giant” of the 20th century? One reason is this. During my training as
With one year ending and another dawning, it is customary to reflect on the outgoing year. One sees articles, for example, on “the best movies

I rejoice that a new book has appeared on my favorite psychologist, Otto Rank. In Otto Rank and the Creation of Modern Psychotherapy, Robert Kramer has done

Easter is many things to many people. And to some people it is nothing or next to nothing. Let us meditate today on its potential to contribute

Yesterday we considered Otto Rank’s medicine for an ailing democracy. Rank was living at a time like ours, the rise of fascism and the dangerous irrationality

There will be post-mortems emerging on the recent election surely. But one concern is this: 87 million Americans eligible to vote chose not to—the greatest number

We are meditating on the “philosophy of pessimism” which is widespread in our culture and gives birth to fear and paranoia. Is this not what

There is a sadness I feel when I encounter people whose lives are driven by fear. A sadness comes over me because of what is

I turn first to Otto Rank for an answer as to what role a monarchy plays in the 21st century (though he died in 1939). He says that humanity is
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