
Resurrection as Expansion of Consciousness in Dickinson, Aquinas, and Us
In his study on Emily Dickinson, Steven Herrmann reminds us that expansion of consciousness is a deep part of resurrecting in this lifetime.* Part of
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In his study on Emily Dickinson, Steven Herrmann reminds us that expansion of consciousness is a deep part of resurrecting in this lifetime.* Part of

We have been discussing how shamans like David Paladin and also Emily Dickinson undergo a rupture or a breakdown/breakthrough experience, most often directed to their

In yesterday’s DM, we shared some of Emily Dickinson’s experiences of death and resurrection. Artist-shaman David Paladin tells us that the warrior-shaman rises above his

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

Like shamans everywhere, Emily was very much in touch with animal spirits and named those who taught her the most, for example the hummingbird and

Dickinson is, like Eckhart, not pining for a goal or a “Why” but rather coming to realize that the journey, the Way, is eschatology enough.

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

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 instructs us about “the three worlds of the shaman”—the Middle World, the Lower World, and the Upper World. We live our daily lives

We have been meditating on the shaman for a number of days in our daily meditations. I give credit to Thomas Berry for his insistence
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