The Shepherd of Hermas
This Christian text you’ve never heard of, The Shepherd of Hermas, barely mentions Jesus − but it was a favorite of early Christians far and wide for five centuries.
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Category: Paths and Traditions
How 18th-century Quakers led a boycott of sugar to protest against slavery
Buying items that are fair trade, organic, locally made or cruelty-free are some of the ways in...
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The Ground Beneath Our Feet
Most of us know the wisdom that Gaia, our Earth Mother, offers us. It’s why, when asked to recall a moment of extreme peace, so many of us think of a particular landscape that calls to us. We belong to Her, and She belongs to us. No separation.
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Samhain: The Roots of Halloween
The Halloween bonfire can be traced all the way back to the ancient festival at Tara, held every Samhain. All fires were extinguished all over Ireland before the sunset. The sacred fire was supposedly lit by the Druids at Tlachtga and brought to Tara where the king, nobility and Druids presided over the lighting of the fire. After the Tara fire was lit, fires were lit all over the country symbolising the offering of warmth and protection through the dark months of the year, at its entry point.
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Notes On the Sagrada Família
I wonder if that separation is what first aroused his thirst. I wonder whether from the window he longed for the teeming, reckless, beautiful, extravagant world below—crawling with insects, bursting with flowers, everything flashing in the sun and rustling in the breeze. Maybe his architecture was a way of abolishing that early distance.
Read MoreThe Braided Way
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.