Archive for Plotinus
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 »»
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The greatest spiritual crisis facing humanity today is rectifying our relationship to the Earth. Sadly, our culture has taught us that physicality »»
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Yesterday there was a fascinating interview with Sister Wendy on The Huffington Post. I want to highlight two things she said. The first relates to »»
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Yesterday I had a doctor’s appointment. It seemed like a normal appointment until, in the middle of a technical discussion, my doctor described one of my symptoms »»
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This is so radical:
When I stood in my first cause, I then had no “God,” and then I was my own cause. I wanted nothing, »»
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Of the Divine Word
Pregnant with the holy
Word will come the Virgin
Walking down the road
If you will take her in.
(The original Spanish is so much better…)
Del Verbo divino
La »»
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I’m deep into my copy of the Essential Plotinus.
This quote from “Contemplation” says everything to me about what it means to make art:
Were one to ask Nature »»
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