Archive for Women Mystics
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
This video is really an audio recording of Caroline Myss speaking about gratitude and waiting. The pictures are nothing special, but the audio! It’s one of the »»
Filed under: Caroline Myss, Gratitude, Poetry, Tagore, Video, Women Mystics, surrender | Caroline Myss, Gratitude, Poetry, surrender, Tagore, Video, Women Mystics|9 Comments
I am utterly overwhelmed and humbled by the response to my last post. I received many lengthy letters from people, some of whom I have known for »»
Filed under: Gratitude, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Women Mystics, judgment | Gratitude, judgment, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Women Mystics|5 Comments
Clays are extraordinary, layered, crystal structures which have, built into them, what amounts almost to an innate tendency to evolve…Clay has plans.
-Lyall Watson, from An Introduction to »»
Filed under: Art technique, Earth, Garden, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, Mysticism, Sacred Art, Spiritual Path, St. Thomas Aquinus, Thomas Berry, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, ceramics, clay, creativity, via negativa | Art technique, artist as vessel, Blogroll, ceramics, clay, creativity, Earth, Garden, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, Mysticism, Sacred Art, Spirituality, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Berry, via negativa, Women Mystics|3 Comments
Post Updated: I’ve bumped up this post from last month because I added photos of the sculpture it inspired at the end.
This poem by Thomas Merton »»
Filed under: Mysticism, Poetry, Sculpture, Thomas Merton, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, creation, creativity, fear, via negativa, womb | artist as vessel, creation, creativity, fear, Mysticism, Poetry, Sculpture, Thomas Merton, via negativa, Virgin Mary, womb, Women Mystics|2 Comments
I saw an angel close by me, on my left side in bodily form. This I am not accustomed to see unless very rarely. Though I have »»
Filed under: Artists, Bernini, Death, Elie Wiesel, Joy, Judaism, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Reb Nachman, Sister Wendy Beckett, Spiritual Path, St. Teresa of Avila, Women Mystics, Zen, fear | Artists, Bernini, Death, Elie Wiesel, fear, Joy, Judaism, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Reb Nachman, Sister Wendy Beckett, St. Thersea of Avila, Women Mystics, Zen|2 Comments
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
This is really worth watching all the way through. It’s a woman speaking about her spiritual awakening during a stroke.
Filed under: Healing, Illumination, Jill Taylor, Mysticism, Spiritual Path, Video, Women Mystics | Healing, Illness, Jill Tayor, Mysticism, Spirituality, Video, Women Mystics|2 Comments
I thought the new year could do with some color. I am an artist after all! So I’ve updated my blog’s look. I welcome any comments »»
Filed under: Blogs, Christianity, Eve, Goddess, Hildegard of Bingen, Liturgy of St. Basil, Mysticism, Prayer, Spiritual Path, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, womb | Blogroll, Chistianity, Eve, Goddess, Hildegard of Bingen, Liturgy of St. Basil, Mysticism, Prayer, Virgin Mary, womb, Women Mystics|4 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
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
Today as I was finishing up my sculpture, I started thinking about how we choose to serve humankind and the Divine. It seemed very clear to me »»
Filed under: Books, Caroline Walker Bynum, Christianity, Jesus, Mysticism, Mystics, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, Stigmata, Women Mystics | Caroline Walker Bynum, Chistianity, Jesus, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, Stigmata, Women Mystics|2 Comments
When I was first introduced to Hildegard of Bingen in 1987, it was a revelation to me. First I was taken by her visions and writing, »»
Filed under: Art, Drawing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Mysticism, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Women Mystics | Art, Drawing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Mysticism, Mystics, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Women Mystics|No Comments
A couple of people have asked me to post about Hildegard of Bingen, 12th century German mystic and visionary. Today I’ll post about some of my artwork »»
Filed under: Art, Drawing, Etching, Hildegard of Bingen, Mount Holyoke College, Mysticism, Mystics, Sculpture, Women Mystics, womb | Art, Drawing, Etching, Hildegard of Bingen, Mount Holyoke College, Mysticism, Mystics, Sculpture, womb, Women Mystics|No Comments
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