Archive for Mystics
Oh Sweet Irrational Worship
Wind and a bobwhite
And the afternoon sun.
By ceasing to question the sun
I have become light,
Bird and wind.
My leaves sing.
I am earth, earth
All these lighted »»
Filed under: Mystics, Poetry, Thomas Merton, Video | Mystics, Poetry, Thomas Merton, Video|4 Comments
Oceans
I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
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Filed under: Art, Goddess, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Mystics, Poetry, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, Video, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, ceramics | Art, artist as vessel, ceramics, Goddess, Hildegard of Bingen, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Mystics, Poetry, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, Video, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics|7 Comments
I haven’t posted in a couple days, I have a number of irons in the fire and been doing a lot of art which I will share »»
Filed under: Abil-Kheir, Angelus Silesius, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Tagore, via negativa | Abil-Kheir, Angelus Silesius, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Tagore, via negativa|1 Comment
During the first part of this video, I was close to tears. I’ve written about my deep connection to Hildegard’s life before. In college, I even made »»
Filed under: Blogs, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Vickor Frankl, Women Mystics, creation, creativity | Blogroll, creation, creativity, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Scleroderma, Victor Frankl, Women Mystics|8 Comments
Meinrad Craighead is an amazing spiritual artist and mystic who articulates a brilliant vision of the artist’s work in this world. Here is her first mystical experience:
Years »»
Filed under: Artists, Goddess, Meinrad Craighead, Mysticism, Mystics, Spiritual Artists, Video, Women Mystics, creation | Artists, creation, Earth, Goddess, Meinrad Craighead, Mystics, Spiritual Artists, Video, Women Mystics|6 Comments
I leave next week for St. Thomas. I thought I would be staying with a friend, but someone just offered us a free apartment. The power of »»
Filed under: Color, Gratitude, Mystics, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Tagore, artist as vessel, surrender | artist as vessel, Color, Gratitude, Mystics, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender, Tagore|4 Comments
A man should shine with the divine Presence without having to work at it. One must be permeated with divine Presence, informed with the form of beloved »»
Filed under: Meister Eckhart, Mystics, Poetry, Tagore, fear | fear, Meister Eckhart, Mystics, Poetry, Tagore, The One|8 Comments
With all the excitement of the holidays, I haven’t had much time to make art. I haven’t been sleeping well- a sure sign that I’ve abandoned my »»
Filed under: Artists, Making art, Mystics, Spiritual Path, Video | Annunciation, Art, artist as vessel, Artists, Blogroll, creation, Earth, Heidi Thompson, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Jesus, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Spiritual Artists, Spirituality, via negativa, Video, Virgin Mary|6 Comments
The Fountain
How well I know that flowing spring
in black of night.
The eternal fountain is unseen.
How well I know where she has been
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Filed under: Gratitude, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Spiritual Path, St. John of the Cross, creativity, via negativa | creation, creativity, Gratitude, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, St. John of the Cross, via negativa|2 Comments
Since yesterday I quoted a mystic who has such a strong sense of the masculine aspect of God, I thought a little balance was in order:
God is »»
Filed under: Goddess, Hildegard of Bingen, Making art, Mysticism, Plotinus, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Sri Chinmoy, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, creation, neoplatonism, womb | creation, Goddess, Hildegard of Bingen, Mysticism, Mystics, neoplatonism, Plotinus, Poetry, Sri Chinmoy, The One, Virgin Mary, womb, Women Mystics|4 Comments
A bit of business and then some beauty.
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This week, I added a tag cloud to my sidebar. Over the next few days I’m going to be »»
Filed under: Blogs, Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Sufism, business, creation, via negativa | Blogroll, creation, Fakhruddin ‘Iraqi, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Sufism, via negativa|No Comments
My last 3 posts have been about the relationship between spirituality & physicality/Earth. Rumi, of course captures it all in this poem:
Say I am You
I am dust »»
Filed under: Earth, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Rumi | Earth, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Rumi|No Comments
The greatest spiritual crisis facing humanity today is rectifying our relationship to the Earth. Sadly, our culture has taught us that physicality »»
Filed under: Birth, Boneventure, Earth, Elisabet Sahtouris, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, John Muir, Lex Hixon, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Plotinus, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Thomas Berry, Women Mystics, creation, fear, surrender, via negativa, womb | Birth, Bonaventure, creation, Earth, Elisabet Sahtouris, fear, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, John Muir, Lex Hixon, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Plotinus, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, surrender, The One, Thomas Berry, via negativa, womb, Women Mystics|2 Comments
I’ve been down with the flu for a couple days. I have a post brewing about the connection between sacred art & the earth. In the meantime, »»
Filed under: Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, St. John of the Cross, via negativa | Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, St. John of the Cross, via negativa|2 Comments
A cantilena formerly ascribed to Johannes Tauler 14th century German Mystic:
I will sing of bareness a new song,
for true purity is without thought.
Thoughts may not be there,
so »»
Filed under: Birth, Blogs, Johannes Tauler, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Spiritual Path, artist as vessel, creation, via negativa, womb | artist as vessel, Birth, Blogroll, creation, Johannes Tauler, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Spiritual Path, via negativa, womb|2 Comments
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