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A Dutch friend in Germany and I had a very interesting zoom talk today. We began by inquiring into individual awakening as it relates to the transmutation of the human…

Of late I often begin a political conversation with liberal friends and acquaintances by asking, “Have you heard the phrase, ‘Own the Libs?” Invariably they haven’t, even though Donald Trump…

Being a pessimist by nature and experience, I tend to see dark linings in silver clouds. But is there ia real chance to change course now, if those who remain…

A strange, creepy piece appeared recently in the Washington Post. It was disingenuously and lugubriously entitled: “What Will Christendom Look Like When It Is Almost Entirely Scrubbed of Christ?” You…

The strictest monks in Catholicism are “Cistercians of the Strict Observance,” usually known as Trappists. They pray six times a day, beginning at 3:30 a.m. Thomas Merton was a Trappist,…

Mary Magdalene seems to be all the rage these days with women such as Kayleen Asbo, who gives compellingly clear and evocative lectures such as “Gnostic Gospels Image of Mary…

In the not so distant past, most of the challenges humans faced were external. Until modern times, life imposed them. We had to survive in the wilderness–a very different thing…

“The greatest triumph of the devil in the modern age is convincing people that he doesn’t exist.” Even as a boy, I didn’t understand the contradiction between Palm Sunday, which…