In this recent post on my free “Spirit of Education” Substack blog, I draw on Thomas Berry’s ideas to imagine “Earthdream Mystery Schools” to guide us in recovering our lost intimacy with physical and psycho-spiritual Gaian landscapes. I would love to hear your thoughts!
Science and history documentarian Dan Levitt’s latest book, “What’s Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body’s Atoms, From the Big Bang Through Last Night’s Dinner,” traces how our cells, elements, atoms and subatomic particles found their way to our brains, bones, and bodies from the Big Bang. Reconstructing the epic step-by-step journey of our […]
“If one finds a rock boring, it’s not the rock’s fault.” (Attributed to Zen proverb) During August, 2021, I spent a week at a rented beach house on mid-coast Maine. One afternoon, while scrambling among rocks strewn along the beach, I was attacked by hordes of black flies. I found a breezy refuge on a large […]
This video comes to us from Dan Troy, an Irish Columban priest with a ministry in China. Dan...
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If you haven’t read this important paper by Brian Swimme, it’s a must. ...
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A number of my family members are experiencing cataclysmic loss: an unexpected loss of a beloved job, a sudden closing of a school, a cousin’s boyfriend committed suicide, and the death of dear ones, to name a few. We felt a need to create a ritual during our Thanksgiving gathering that would provide space to […]
This review of God in Cosmic History: Where Science & History Meet Religion by Ted Peters and this book, New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe by John Haught, are helpful for looking at the way Big History interfaces with other aspects of the Deeptime Story.
I had just finished my lecture on Einstein’s special theory of relativity. The mathematical...
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NASA took aim at an asteroid last month, and on Tuesday, the space agency announced that its...
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What is an eco-choice? A choice embracing the living-world—that is seen and unseen, heard and unheard, known and unknown, loved and unloved. Albert Einstein after World War II urged us to “widen our compassion” to include other persons who are different and also the natural world. As we face a climate crisis of our own […]
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Creation Spirituality: Reawakening Mysticism, Protecting Our Planet
Gladwyne Montessori is an independent Montessori school on Philadelphia’s Main Line.
Committed to guiding adults in their journey as they discover the truths about childhood and study Montessori pedagogy. Personal growth and deep understanding prepares us for success.
The result is transformative.
