I am not looking for religious answers but I am open for anything that can enlighten my spirituality….I feel there is a deficit of people around me that I could talk to about life, spirituality, the universe, dimensions, densities, alien life, and all things interesting, i nspiring, enlightening, and amazing….
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Other wordly dreamer.
If the word “psychedelic” conjures up images of San Francisco or Woodstock, there’s much more to learn from journalist Don Lattin’s mind-blowing guided tour of the colorful people who gave birth to America’s psychedelic era in an unlikely place: Harvard University. Says Religion News Service: In his new book, ” The Harvard Psychedelic Club ,” which has received enthusiastic reviews and generated interest in Hollywood, Lattin expertly shows how Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, Huston Smith and Andrew Weil crossed paths at Harvard in the fall of 1960 before going their own separate ways. Lattin, a veteran religion reporter who walked on the wild side more than a few times himself, traces how the four men forever changed the way people — both straight and stoned — think about spirituality
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Book traces the long strange trip of drug-induced spirituality
I’ve just finished reading The Gospel Truth: A Lectionary-Based Catechism for Adults , by Kenneth Ogorek, sent to me by The Catholic Company . For each of the Sunday liturgies in all three cycles, the book includes the Gospel reading, a short discussion linked to relevent sections of the Catechism, three questions for reflection (one intended for children) and some suggestions for further reading from both scripture and the Catechism.
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The Gospel Truth
There was a particular point during my years as a Buddhist when I was struggling with the question whether to give up the vows I had taken as a Buddhist nun and to return to lay life. Aggravating my struggle was the sense that I had somehow irrevocably blown it, that I was hopelessly confused.
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Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
Today’s second Mass reading comes from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians and it is a passage I think we could all benefit from reflecting on
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The Body Is Not A Single Part, But Many
Hugh Owen again took the time to make a (from my point of view very long) reply to my response to him. I wasn’t able to post it with the formatting in Blogger, and it would be too confusing to take away the formatting, so I’ve put it on a separate page.
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Creation of the World – Hugh Owen’s Response
In today’s Gospel from St. Mark, Jesus “summoned those he wanted and they came to him.” The passage itself refers to Jesus’ summons of the “Twelve, whom he also named Apostles.” Those twelve were an incredibly diverse group, including fishermen, a tax collector and a zealot primarily interested in seeing the Roman forces overthrown. They included well-known names as well as some of whom we know nothing
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Answering the Summons
We continue to hear reports of the devastating effects of last week’s earthquake in Haiti. Many are on the ground in Haiti, offering medical and other assistance. Many more of us are able to donate financially
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Praying for Our Brothers and Our Sisters
I was reflecting on the fact that the Christmas season is over and we are now in Ordinary Time in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. Although “ordinary” in this context doesn’t mean usual or average, so much as it means not-seasonal, there is some value in keeping in mind our usual understanding of the world
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Ordinary Time
Today’s first Mass reading, from the First Book of Samuel, reminds us that God doesn’t always make choices in the way we might expect. God tells Samuel to go to Jesse of Bethlehem, telling him that God has chosen one of Jesse’s sons to be his king. As the first son, Eliab, is presented to him – doubtless the oldest, perhaps the most impressive, Samuel is sure, based on Eliab’s “appearance and his lofty stature,” that this must be the one.
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Anoint Who?