Through my time under God’s stewardship, I have come face to face with unsettling patterns of thought, attitude, and conduct. The realization dawns upon me—I am a sinner, and my every duty falls short, weak and imperfect. In God’s presence, my acts strugg…
These past couple of years have been filled with so much hate and violence. There is so much that divides our country and even friends and family. Valentine’s Day, a day to think about and show love, passed just a couple days ago. It made me think that we…
For many years, the idea that flowers are only for women has been deeply ingrained in our culture. However, there is a growing movement that challenges this idea and suggests that men can enjoy flowers just as much as women.
In fact, many men have a stro…
A conversation between God & Today’s Man.
Man :- I can’t find free time. Life has become hectic.
God:- Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you free.
Man :- Why has life become complicated now?
God :- Stop analyzing life… It makes it co…
The peace that surpasses all understanding. ☮️
Every single person on earth wants peace but not everyone knows how to get peace.
Trust me when I say money does not secure peace.
The peace that surpasses all understanding has only one source, and it com…
The Modern Man
An evolutionary perspective. A path from the modern boy to become the modern man.
At the start, I would like to mention that this is just an opinion , opinions are like assholes and everyone has one. I would also like to add I am a boy who…
Many many many times the disciples of the Messiah who physically walked with him had moments of disbelief. These moments show the human condition of how fast and easy it is for us to forget about the countless miracles present in our life daily.
There is…
Today I finally embraced her, whole heartedly, that deep wounded feminine part of me, carried down the ancestral line, unbeknown to me for many years of my life, pushed down, neglected and alone. I was scared of her hiding in my shadow with her long claw …
Mother Gaia
Since the beginning of time there have been many chords that join us to spirit, our ancestors and the great mystery. The avenues of light, pathways of knowledge and the thread of understanding that teach to grow in consciousness. When we dive…
After experiencing at least, a decade’s worth of church culture, I have finally come to some painful experiential realizations (beyond intellectual realization) about the nature of religion in general. These realizations especially include religious Chris…
Our basic motivation in life is the drive to obtain the illusion of ontological security. ‘Ontological security’ might be explained by saying that it is when we get to feel that we are (without question) ‘living life in the right way’ and when we feel tha…
A divinity student from a Presbyterian seminary approached me one day and made a surprising comment. “I’m so impressed,” he said, “with the emphasis that Judaism places on treating animals with compassion.”
I didn’t know whether to kvell (feel pride) or …
The Vatican have confirmed that a newly discovered 2,000 year old Bible found in Turkey says that Jesus Christ was not crucified as is commonly believed.
The Bible, which is now being kept in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara, contains the Gospel of Barna…
Yama:
As a Hindu, I have to believe in and accept certain basic human values. If I can adopt and practice them, so much the better. These values are sometimes referred to as “Yama”: some scholars say there are five Yama, otheres say there are ten, yet ot…
Let me guess…You drank ayahuasca, had a life-changing experience, and now you want to be an ayahuasca shaman… so that you too can wake people up. You develop a plan to bring back medicine from the jungle and / or bring people down to Peru. You tell everyo…
Generally seen as antithetical to one another, evolution and religion can hardly fit in a scientific discourse simultaneously. However, biologist Dr Aldemaro Romero Jr., Baruch College, USA, devotes his latest research article, now published in the open a…
The Rosicrucian Order, AMORC is known internationally by its traditional and authentic title, the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, from which is derived the acronym “AMORC.” The Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis is the Latin form of the organization…
For some time now, a debate has been rolling about the status of “pagan studies” as a field of academic research. It’s not that there’s been any doubt about the importance of studying contemporary paganisms; on the contrary, academic as well as mainstream…
Thou Art God/dess
Neopagans believe that divinity is both immanent (internal) and transcendent (external), with immanence being far more important for people to pay attention to right now. This principle of immanence is frequently phrased as, “Thou art G…
Shamanism was an integral part of humanity for thousands of years. They were the first healers, teachers, and scholars. Eventually, the wisdom of the shamans was lost through the trials and travails of humanity. Now, in our modern age with technology that…
Confirmation is the second of the two introductory rites into the Gnostic Catholic Church. Like the rite of Baptism, it is mentioned at the end of the text of the Gnostic Mass:
“The PEOPLE communicate as did the PRIEST… The exceptions to this part of the…
Those familiar with Japanese background or culture might have seen some version of a komusō, or “priest of nothingness.” Instantly recognizable (and simultaneously unrecognizable) thanks to this woven baskets they use over their heads and the long flutes …
Master of the worlds, great God of the universe, hallowed be Thy name. Every word that we utter, knowingly or unknowingly, be Thy praise. What else could be the words that we utter falteringly, unknowingly in our ignorance? All our actions are Thy worship…
When the question of the greatest Druids of our era comes up, I’m going to have to start including Emma Restall Orr in the discussion. She began her Druid work in OBOD, was co-chief of the British Druid Order for nine years, then founded The Druid Network…