#GianluigiGugliermetto: [ #OriginalSin is] a depressing cloud that contributed to increasing the power of the Church over individual consciences & stunted most processes of true healing & wholeness.... it took truly brave souls to confront such a theological monster. tinyurl.com/8tumpnj9
June 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: [ #OriginalSin is] a depressing cloud that contributed to increasing the power of the Church over individual consciences & stunted most processes of true healing & wholeness.... it took truly brave souls to confront such a theological monster. tinyurl.com/8tumpnj9
#GianluigiGugliermetto: While we fight for = #genderrights, this is not just a ? for #trans & #non-binary people; we are all called to become spiritually non-binary. Not losing our #genderidentification but integrating the energies of the other gender. #AnimaAnimus #HierosGamos tinyurl.com/46rzrbhr
September 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: While we fight for = #genderrights, this is not just a ? for #trans & #non-binary people; we are all called to become spiritually non-binary. Not losing our #genderidentification but integrating the energies of the other gender. #AnimaAnimus #HierosGamos tinyurl.com/46rzrbhr
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Many of us have known cold, distant fathers...The [golden] #father [ #archetype] is the opposite: caring, encouraging, protecting, affectionate, generous, a listener, a #wisdomteacher; he sees the big picture & stands strong...in chaos." tinyurl.com/4w8upbdd
The Blue Man and Fatherhood - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The last three archetypes Matthew Fox enlists for his project of a healthy masculinity—as developed in The Hidden Spirituality of Men—are all connected to the heart and compassion. The eighth archetyp...
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September 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Many of us have known cold, distant fathers...The [golden] #father [ #archetype] is the opposite: caring, encouraging, protecting, affectionate, generous, a listener, a #wisdomteacher; he sees the big picture & stands strong...in chaos." tinyurl.com/4w8upbdd
#GianluigiGugliermetto: Stones for #HildegardofBingen "act like mediums between the macrocosm and the microcosm, as amplifiers and accumulators of cosmic energies… they represent keys capable of unblocking secluded zones and specific dynamics of the soul" (~DalBen) tinyurl.com/2nh9t45zs
August 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: Stones for #HildegardofBingen "act like mediums between the macrocosm and the microcosm, as amplifiers and accumulators of cosmic energies… they represent keys capable of unblocking secluded zones and specific dynamics of the soul" (~DalBen) tinyurl.com/2nh9t45zs
#GianluigiGugliermetto quotes #Byung-ChulHan: "Rites create a community w/o communication, while today communication w/o community dominates." Ritual action does the magic w/o many words, but in our society we have plenty of communication and not a lot of community. tinyurl.com/msze244z
The Reappearance of Ritual - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
I am reading a very good book by philosopher Byung-Chul Han entitled The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present. Originally written in German in 2019, it came to my attention only last we...
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July 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto quotes #Byung-ChulHan: "Rites create a community w/o communication, while today communication w/o community dominates." Ritual action does the magic w/o many words, but in our society we have plenty of communication and not a lot of community. tinyurl.com/msze244z
#GianluigiGugliermetto / #Drewermann: The Xtian West has a "chasm btw thinking & feeling....Myth has been fought against, & those strata of the human psyche where myths are formed....All that was not understood w/in the soul has been demonized." tinyurl.com/hpd6fe7x
Jungian Theology - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
I have already remarked that — in my view — the bridges between the Jungian theology of Drewermann and Creation Spirituality have not been studied enough, and that I feel called to engage in such a st...
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September 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto / #Drewermann: The Xtian West has a "chasm btw thinking & feeling....Myth has been fought against, & those strata of the human psyche where myths are formed....All that was not understood w/in the soul has been demonized." tinyurl.com/hpd6fe7x
#GianluigiGugliermetto: #Patriarchy as a social system...is 4,000 years old or more. This alone shows the depth & enormity of the problem #feminism has revealed & has been tackling for decades. But what are a few decades when one is confronted w/ several thousand years? #Equality bit.ly/4jTMx93
Making Evil Conscious - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Patriarchy as a social system spread all over human cultures is at least 4,000 years old. Some scholars date it back even further. This information alone shows the depth of the issue and the enormity ...
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June 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: #Patriarchy as a social system...is 4,000 years old or more. This alone shows the depth & enormity of the problem #feminism has revealed & has been tackling for decades. But what are a few decades when one is confronted w/ several thousand years? #Equality bit.ly/4jTMx93
#GianluigiGugliermetto marks #USA250 w/ reflection on #separationofchurch+state: navigating freedom of questioning & #dissent vs. repression of feeling, #spirituality & values. tinyurl.com/2s4h3utv
“America” – part 2 - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Yesterday I discussed how the Enlightenment is truly foundational to U.S. society, for good and for ill. I praised the power of continual self-criticism, which – although seemingly utterly lost now in...
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July 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto marks #USA250 w/ reflection on #separationofchurch+state: navigating freedom of questioning & #dissent vs. repression of feeling, #spirituality & values. tinyurl.com/2s4h3utv
#GianluigiGugliermetto quotes #CardinalDomenicoBattaglia: "There is no security where death is sown....no justice if the wealth of a few is based on the grief of many. And there will be no peace as long as war remains an acceptable investment." tinyurl.com/3cw7xc2a
The Cardinal from Naples - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
One prophetic voice of our times is that of the Catholic Archbishop of Naples, Italy, who was placed in that position by Pope Francis and then elevated to the rank of Cardinal by the same. Domenico Ba...
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July 18, 2026 at 8:14 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto quotes #CardinalDomenicoBattaglia: "There is no security where death is sown....no justice if the wealth of a few is based on the grief of many. And there will be no peace as long as war remains an acceptable investment." tinyurl.com/3cw7xc2a
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Never have #moralvalues been so despised, unless they can be turned into money. Since the #MoralMajority, #neoliberal leaders forged an alliance w/ [so-called] defenders of #traditionalvalues, while being subservient to the devouring of all values." tinyurl.com/dyhkw2pv
Strategies to Re-Enchant the World - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Neoliberalism is like Proteus but also more fundamentally like King Midas. I remember hearing his story for the first time as a little child and being absolutely enchanted by the idea of being him and...
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August 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Never have #moralvalues been so despised, unless they can be turned into money. Since the #MoralMajority, #neoliberal leaders forged an alliance w/ [so-called] defenders of #traditionalvalues, while being subservient to the devouring of all values." tinyurl.com/dyhkw2pv
#GianluigiGugliermetto: Why haven’t culture & education curbed #violence? Because only recently have we named the root: #toxicmasculinity. Critiques of unhealthy masculinity are often seen as attacks on #masculinity itself. Movements like #MeToo face misunderstanding & trivialization. bit.ly/3STGW7A
The Male Toddler Archetype - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
My brain is buzzing with ideas about what it means right now to be a man. No doubt, the buzzing is due to the wealth of input that Matthew has given us in his recent DMs on this topic, but also by the...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: Why haven’t culture & education curbed #violence? Because only recently have we named the root: #toxicmasculinity. Critiques of unhealthy masculinity are often seen as attacks on #masculinity itself. Movements like #MeToo face misunderstanding & trivialization. bit.ly/3STGW7A
#GianluigiGugliermetto: We all feel much is lost when the most important human values, represented & enshrined historically in all religions, are deemed 2ndary to how society regulates itself. We are united in perceiving the problem, but differ in how to solve it. bit.ly/4mxEvFs
Personal and Political - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Working on the seven capital sins and the seven chakras has brought to my attention once again that spirituality is intensely personal and political at the same time. Each of the habits that we have c...
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May 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: We all feel much is lost when the most important human values, represented & enshrined historically in all religions, are deemed 2ndary to how society regulates itself. We are united in perceiving the problem, but differ in how to solve it. bit.ly/4mxEvFs
#GianluigiGugliermetto tells the story of Maifreda of Milan & the Guglielmites, medieval mystics burned at the stake for heresy, following Catholic theological logic to its extreme. dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2026/07/02/g...
God as a Woman - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
In the year 1300, a Catholic nun by the name of Maifreda was burnt at the stake in the public square in the city of Milan. With her, another nun and a layman were also executed by fire as leaders of a...
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July 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto tells the story of Maifreda of Milan & the Guglielmites, medieval mystics burned at the stake for heresy, following Catholic theological logic to its extreme. dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2026/07/02/g...
#GianluigiGugliermetto: Spirituality isn't about fleeing this carnal world, but going deeper into it. Nevertheless, the loss of the original beloved (mother) forms the entire personality, & the quest for the Holy Grail/Divine object can both sustain & wear out a life. #MensGrief tinyurl.com/3an8e52w
Melancholy in Men - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Talking about hysteria, as well as about melancholy, can be a controversial issue because contemporary psychiatry does not use such terms anymore. Mostly for good reasons. The systematic century-long ...
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August 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: Spirituality isn't about fleeing this carnal world, but going deeper into it. Nevertheless, the loss of the original beloved (mother) forms the entire personality, & the quest for the Holy Grail/Divine object can both sustain & wear out a life. #MensGrief tinyurl.com/3an8e52w
#GianluigiGugliermetto: Plants don't have brains or nervous systems, but appear to search for solutions to problems, [e.g.] developing chemicals to [repel] insects or moving their roots in helpful vs. unhelpful directions. Isn’t problem solving a definition of intelligence? tinyurl.com/u96xvth9
Will Trees Save Us? - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Trees are the only organisms that infallibly, when they die, leave the place better than they found it. This sentence is attributed by Stefano Mancuso’s students to their professor. They say it’s one ...
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July 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: Plants don't have brains or nervous systems, but appear to search for solutions to problems, [e.g.] developing chemicals to [repel] insects or moving their roots in helpful vs. unhelpful directions. Isn’t problem solving a definition of intelligence? tinyurl.com/u96xvth9
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Europe & the West have gone mad...[making] ppl suffer heavily before giving them a “job” fr wh they can hardly emancipate themselves. People who have suffered a lot will be much less prone to protest their working conditions." #Justice #Compassion tinyurl.com/m4eddssw
Lampedusa - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
It is called the “lamp island” because in ancient times Phoenicians and Greeks — and maybe Sards — left some outposts on this tiny spread of land to light fires for the sailing boats. Other etymologie...
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July 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Europe & the West have gone mad...[making] ppl suffer heavily before giving them a “job” fr wh they can hardly emancipate themselves. People who have suffered a lot will be much less prone to protest their working conditions." #Justice #Compassion tinyurl.com/m4eddssw
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Behaviors 19thC psychiatrists wd have called hysterical are..the language of the #soul. Feeling [does] interrupt rationality, but interruption isn't negation." Fear of losing ctrl thru feeling one's own or another's pain or joy is only fear, not reality. tinyurl.com/yx8hsky3
Hysteria and Men - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
I very much agree with Matthew Fox’s recent suggestion to apply to the attitude and behavior of people such as Hegseth a new phrase, namely “hysterical masculinity” (see DM July 27). The notion of “hy...
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August 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Behaviors 19thC psychiatrists wd have called hysterical are..the language of the #soul. Feeling [does] interrupt rationality, but interruption isn't negation." Fear of losing ctrl thru feeling one's own or another's pain or joy is only fear, not reality. tinyurl.com/yx8hsky3
#GianluigiGugliermetto quotes #ByungChul-Han: "Rites create incarnate knowing and memory, incarnate identity, incarnate bonds. The ritual community is a bodily organization… digitalization weakens the community bonds." Online rituals can't match the real-time experience. tinyurl.com/36appfz3
Ritual as Performance - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
We believe we pick our battles, but in a deeper sense our battles pick us. This was, at least, my case when, as a child, I got enchanted by the incense and the chanting and the organ in my little pari...
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July 24, 2026 at 8:46 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto quotes #ByungChul-Han: "Rites create incarnate knowing and memory, incarnate identity, incarnate bonds. The ritual community is a bodily organization… digitalization weakens the community bonds." Online rituals can't match the real-time experience. tinyurl.com/36appfz3
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Music is primarily sensation: the physical effect in your belly of the deepest organ pipes, or the tingling of your feet at good drumming; music is also feeling: uncovering emotions that you don’t even know you have, or would like not to feel at all..." tinyurl.com/3szk7xaz
Liturgical Music – part 2 - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
As yesterday, Gianluigi chose today’s videos to complement his theological reflections. Enjoy! We are examining liturgical music, following a prompt by Brendan Doyle (see yesterday’s DM). I have criti...
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July 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Music is primarily sensation: the physical effect in your belly of the deepest organ pipes, or the tingling of your feet at good drumming; music is also feeling: uncovering emotions that you don’t even know you have, or would like not to feel at all..." tinyurl.com/3szk7xaz
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "If #freedomofdissent is lost, the best of #America is also lost...Seeing it under attack is an eerie experience for me, because if there is one thing I value about the U.S., it is exactly this one." tinyurl.com/5d8h5y8t
“America” – part 1 - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
My relationship with the culture and the people of the United States is complicated. One could say that we are in a perennial state of courtship but never engaged to be married. I spent a large portio...
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July 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "If #freedomofdissent is lost, the best of #America is also lost...Seeing it under attack is an eerie experience for me, because if there is one thing I value about the U.S., it is exactly this one." tinyurl.com/5d8h5y8t
#GianluigiGugliermetto: We must look at the news & empathize & do something. Yet... also look away & take care of our psychic balance. We must understand the news cycle is produced partly to raise our level of anxiety...[It is] a difficult dance between engagement & self-care. tinyurl.com/mrxnbjm2
Complexity – part 1 - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Complexity is hardly a word associated with spirituality. Its opposite, “simplicity,” often is. Having a simple heart, simplifying one’s lifestyle, and so on and so forth. “Complexity” smacks of probl...
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September 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: We must look at the news & empathize & do something. Yet... also look away & take care of our psychic balance. We must understand the news cycle is produced partly to raise our level of anxiety...[It is] a difficult dance between engagement & self-care. tinyurl.com/mrxnbjm2
#GianluigiGugliermetto cites #HildegardOfBingen: One’s continual care for one’s emotional & physical balance is not only not egocentric or sinful, but is an instrument in God’s hands for reaching the full stature of our potential as human beings. This is God’s wil. tinyurl.com/4r2tykba
Hildegard as a Theologian - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Even though she was an abbess, not a simple nun, Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) had to be very careful when she, as a woman, started claiming visions that connected her directly to God and resulted...
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August 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto cites #HildegardOfBingen: One’s continual care for one’s emotional & physical balance is not only not egocentric or sinful, but is an instrument in God’s hands for reaching the full stature of our potential as human beings. This is God’s wil. tinyurl.com/4r2tykba
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Real psychological health is not the health of the individual psyche by itself, but part of a global process of healing including one’s body & all bodies, one’s psyche & the anima mundi (world soul). [Self-focus]...may end up simply reinforcing the ego." tinyurl.com/yc3hxm5d
Losing Oneself in Ritual - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
A very important sub-theme has emerged this week in my discussion of the theme of ritual. This theme is represented by the relations between the individual ego, the community, and the divine which tak...
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July 25, 2026 at 4:52 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Real psychological health is not the health of the individual psyche by itself, but part of a global process of healing including one’s body & all bodies, one’s psyche & the anima mundi (world soul). [Self-focus]...may end up simply reinforcing the ego." tinyurl.com/yc3hxm5d
#GianluigiGugliermetto: We need to admit that evil is ruling, w/o ID'ing individuals dominated by evil...& w/o building for ourselves a world of pleasant lies. The sooner we find strategies for...stability at this time of chaos, the sooner we will be able to counteract chaos itself. bit.ly/443R7f4
Stability and Empathy - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Two days ago we read what Matthew’s niece wrote to him: “To me, liberty and justice for all has to mean that people get to live with dignity, hope, and with some kind of stability.” This is a good sum...
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June 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: We need to admit that evil is ruling, w/o ID'ing individuals dominated by evil...& w/o building for ourselves a world of pleasant lies. The sooner we find strategies for...stability at this time of chaos, the sooner we will be able to counteract chaos itself. bit.ly/443R7f4
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Compassion is the core of the fourth path, the via transformativa, that is, the culmination of the spiritual journey. A complete human being is a compassionate person, engaged in social justice." tinyurl.com/4mb9nyf5
Wholeness - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
In recent years, there are two words that have captured my attention when it comes to the description of the spiritual journey. They are wholeness and determination/effort. I will discuss them separat...
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June 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
#GianluigiGugliermetto: "Compassion is the core of the fourth path, the via transformativa, that is, the culmination of the spiritual journey. A complete human being is a compassionate person, engaged in social justice." tinyurl.com/4mb9nyf5