Tag: Anima Mundi

topographia

An invitation to the ancient recognition of Anima Mundi—the World Soul. It is the lived experience that the world is not a backdrop, but a living presence that speaks to us through nature, ritual, and shared meaning. By tracing the threads that connect our personal lives to the vast tapestry of the planet, we move beyond alienation toward a soulful participation in the sacred fabric of life.

  • Middle-Aged Women

    Middle-Aged Women

    Middle-aged women care about other women: little girls, young women, thirty-somethings who know it all, forty-somethings who doubt it all, other middle-aged women who carry it all, and grannies who have endured it all.

  • 15 Minute Relationships

    15 Minute Relationships

    I doubt that even Warhol would have predicted the notoriety offered by social media, where anyone with a smartphone can be famous, humans reduced to mere bytes, frozen like embryos for later revivification.

  • Amid the Cold of Winter

    Amid the Cold of Winter

    Thoughts on the gifts of cold, darkness, and suffering.

  • How the Light Gets In

    How the Light Gets In

    “Start again,” I heard them say, “Don’t dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be.” — Leonard Cohen

  • I Salute the Light Within Your Eyes

    I Salute the Light Within Your Eyes

    Anti-gay Christian extremists believe they’re standing up to the forces of evil in a nation headed for separation from God and imprisonment in eternal darkness–presumably interrupted only by the glitter and occasional bursts of confetti brought to hell by gays.

  • The True Practice of Psychology

    The True Practice of Psychology

    The true practice of psychology is human and responds compassionately to the needs of individual human beings.

  • I Feel the Ancient Pulse

    I Feel the Ancient Pulse

    I kneel, and the smallness of the chapel is a welcome. It’s eternally quiet; no one seems to breathe. The sun is low in the sky and the wine in the chalice on the small altar glows with a fabulous fire.

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    During medieval times, Twelfth Night was the biggest celebration of the year. It was a night for merrymaking and revelry.

  • The Hearth from Which We Leave

    The Hearth from Which We Leave

    How different it is to be in a nurturing family! Immediately, I can sense the aliveness, the genuineness, honesty, and love.

  • Characteristics of the Gifted

    Characteristics of the Gifted

    Gifted people share certain characteristics that can make adaptation difficult when adapting means thinking, acting, or feeling within normal limits.