The world rests in the night. Trees, mountains, fields, and faces are released from the prison of shape and the burden of exposure. Each...

The Beloved does not want us to withhold anything, said Teresa. “The Beloved will have us all.” And the more we surrender to this divine...

#thesophiainstitute#marymagdalene#irelandpilgrimage A Happy and Blessed New Year to All! The paradoxical nature of humanity seems to be...

Your soul is the priestess of memory, selecting, sifting, and ultimately gathering your vanishing days toward presence. ~ John O'Donohue,...

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air; drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each. Let...

She is a muscle of love, this Mary. I feel her in unexpected moments, her Assumption into heaven happening in places inside me. She...

#MaryMagdalene#ChristEssence#Mystic “Come rest in the womb of the dark silence and discover your light within” An Invitation from...

#MaryMagdalene#ChristBirthing#MysticSilence Join me online for this class on December 4th and 18th - Join live or listen to the recording...

Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! Place your heart in the figure of the divine...

Ojibwe prayer: Grandmother Earth, Grandfather Sky, Look at our brokenness. We know that in all creation Only the human family Has strayed...

#MaryMagdalene#Death&Dying “Light and darkness, life and death, right and left, are brothers and sisters. They are inseparable.” - The...

Troubled by Hafiz Troubled? Then stay with me, for I’m not. Lonely? A thousand naked amorous ones dwell in ancient caves Beneath my...

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Through contemplation, transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead itself. ~Clare of Assisi …At a certain point you say to...

I recently had the great honor of teaching two retreats here in upstate New York at The Holy Cross Monastery. I want to thank all the...

John O’Donohue in his book, To Bless the Space Between Us, speaks this blessing entitled Old Age. Whatever your chronological age, may...

Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her...

Darkness is visually stimulating: small amounts of illumination look more intriguing and appealing in contrast with shade. American...

Freedom is presence, not absence. Centering is an act of bringing in, not of leaving out. It is brought about not by force but by...

Owl medicine teaches us to look into the darkest depths and to see and hear what others cannot. It teaches us courageousness in the face...