When the Universe Claimed Sovereignty
A few days ago my fingers hit the keyboard in a principled fervour of claiming personal...
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Deep Time Art Exhibit: Revisited
“…The planet is fine; the people are f*cked!…, The planet is doing great: been here four and a half billion years! …And we have the conceit to think that somehow, we’re a threat…” George Carlin, 1992( George Carlin – Save the Planet (The Planet is fine) – Bing video). I spent a significant chunk of […]
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Calling the Shamans
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!
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Boundless possibility: the power of seamlessness
Our universe’s constant bubbling of form and new realities is what cosmologist Brian Swimme calls seamlessness, one of his eleven powers of the universe that I have been exploring. Everything arose out of seamlessness, “the ground of being, an empty fullness.” A realm of existence so seething with constant creativity that physicists call it spacetime […]
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We are all made of stars: The long trip from the big bang to the human body
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 […]
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Healing as Leadership: 8 Principles for Healing Self and Mother Earth
A course that turns the healing paradigm on its head, exploring how we each contribute to the collective evolution through our individual healing – a life process that is an expression of our evolving Earth and Universe, as well...
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Ecology Workshop in Beijing
This video comes to us from Dan Troy, an Irish Columban priest with a ministry in China. Dan...
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Powers of the Universe
If you haven’t read this important paper by Brian Swimme, it’s a must. ...
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Family Ritual: Celebrating Cataclysm and Gratitude
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 […]
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Standing on Holy Ground: Thomas Berry’s Primary Revelation
Ever since I was introduced to Thomas Berry’s work in 2000, his thinking has informed and enriched my own beyond measure. For this essay, I chose one of my favorite of his ideas: that we expand our vision beyond our treasured texts to include Earth herself as our primary source of revelation. “We need to […]
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