The #OrderoftheSacredEarth grows out of the #CreationSpirituality tradition running thru most human religions & philosophies. It's based in #DeepEcology & #DeepEcumenism; seeing #creation as #originalblessing rather than taking it for granted; seeing #God as both #Father & #Mother. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
October 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The #OrderoftheSacredEarth grows out of the #CreationSpirituality tradition running thru most human religions & philosophies. It's based in #DeepEcology & #DeepEcumenism; seeing #creation as #originalblessing rather than taking it for granted; seeing #God as both #Father & #Mother. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
#Evil must be put in a larger context of #originalblessing, seeing the universe as unfathomable gift & mystery of goodness & grace that has brought Life forward over 13.8Bn yrs. That we wrestle with evil is integral to our
existence. But existence itself remains an ineffable mystery. bit.ly/4yq4dk7
existence. But existence itself remains an ineffable mystery. bit.ly/4yq4dk7
October 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
#Evil must be put in a larger context of #originalblessing, seeing the universe as unfathomable gift & mystery of goodness & grace that has brought Life forward over 13.8Bn yrs. That we wrestle with evil is integral to our
existence. But existence itself remains an ineffable mystery. bit.ly/4yq4dk7
existence. But existence itself remains an ineffable mystery. bit.ly/4yq4dk7
People don’t like to admit that the original sin was sexual, but it was…
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#demonology #christianmytholgy #christianity #originalblessing #originalsin #adamandeve
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#demonology #christianmytholgy #christianity #originalblessing #originalsin #adamandeve
The Cursed Apple
The fall of humankind and our initation into evil
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September 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
People don’t like to admit that the original sin was sexual, but it was…
reluctantdemonologist.substack.com/p/the-cursed...
#demonology #christianmytholgy #christianity #originalblessing #originalsin #adamandeve
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#demonology #christianmytholgy #christianity #originalblessing #originalsin #adamandeve
There are stars we only see when we finally look up.
Epiphany is not arrival. It is recognition.
The Star That Calls Us Home is now live.
https://bit.ly/3Lhre62
#Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder
Epiphany is not arrival. It is recognition.
The Star That Calls Us Home is now live.
https://bit.ly/3Lhre62
#Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder
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The Star That Calls Us Home
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January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
There are stars we only see when we finally look up.
Epiphany is not arrival. It is recognition.
The Star That Calls Us Home is now live.
https://bit.ly/3Lhre62
#Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder
Epiphany is not arrival. It is recognition.
The Star That Calls Us Home is now live.
https://bit.ly/3Lhre62
#Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder
This piece is for anyone who has been told they are broken when they are simply exhausted.
There is a different way. It begins with wonder.
https://bit.ly/3Lhre62
#Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder
There is a different way. It begins with wonder.
https://bit.ly/3Lhre62
#Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder
The Star That Calls Us Home - Creation's Paths
What if awe is not a feeling to chase, but a doorway waiting to be crossed?
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January 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This piece is for anyone who has been told they are broken when they are simply exhausted.
There is a different way. It begins with wonder.
https://bit.ly/3Lhre62
#Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder
There is a different way. It begins with wonder.
https://bit.ly/3Lhre62
#Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder
#MechtildOfMagdeburg, in the tradition of #originalblessing rather than #originalsin: "From the very beginning God loved us. The Holy Trinity gave itself in the creation of all things and made us, body & soul, in #infinitelove. We were fashioned most nobly." bit.ly/453ossb
May 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM
#MechtildOfMagdeburg, in the tradition of #originalblessing rather than #originalsin: "From the very beginning God loved us. The Holy Trinity gave itself in the creation of all things and made us, body & soul, in #infinitelove. We were fashioned most nobly." bit.ly/453ossb
#OriginalBlessing begins where the #Bible begins.“Blessing” is the theological word for #goodness, & Genesis 1 sings of the goodness of #creation, praising creation as good, & w/ the arrival of humans, praises the entire circle of creation, humanity included, as very good. bit.ly/4aEOAwk
The Cosmos and Other Original Blessings: Lessons From Mother Africa - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Swimming in the wisdom of Ghanian musician Rocky Dawuni’s talk that I shared yesterday, and aware that we are coming to the close of February the month of Black Awareness, I want to continue the medit...
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February 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
#OriginalBlessing begins where the #Bible begins.“Blessing” is the theological word for #goodness, & Genesis 1 sings of the goodness of #creation, praising creation as good, & w/ the arrival of humans, praises the entire circle of creation, humanity included, as very good. bit.ly/4aEOAwk
#Pruning creates #strength, richness, depth, tho temporarily pruning hurts & conjures up #doubt & #fear. It takes a wise individual to prune themself according to their unique needs & timing. But from this #lettinggo we become much stronger people. #OriginalBlessing #ViaNegativa bit.ly/3X5SbMD
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#Pruning creates #strength, richness, depth, tho temporarily pruning hurts & conjures up #doubt & #fear. It takes a wise individual to prune themself according to their unique needs & timing. But from this #lettinggo we become much stronger people. #OriginalBlessing #ViaNegativa bit.ly/3X5SbMD
#Diversity matters...it’s the way God made us & the rest of creation. Creation is very diverse, as are we as a species. Diversity is an #OriginalBlessing, part of our “innate goodness” (Aaron Stern) & the “shower of blessings” (Rob Brezsny) pouring on us daily. bit.ly/42FZ7mD
Creation Spirituality vs. the Outlawing of Diversity - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
At the heart of ICE thuggery perpetrated by masked soldiers on our streets, at the heart of $150 billion in the new Republican budget dedicated to erecting concentration camps for immigrants, lies the...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#Diversity matters...it’s the way God made us & the rest of creation. Creation is very diverse, as are we as a species. Diversity is an #OriginalBlessing, part of our “innate goodness” (Aaron Stern) & the “shower of blessings” (Rob Brezsny) pouring on us daily. bit.ly/42FZ7mD
Rob Brezsny defines #pronoia as “the hypothesis that the universe is conspiring to shower us with #blessings.” This sort of sounds like #OriginalBlessing to me. And it is not about denial of #struggle and #evil, but about how to #survive both. bit.ly/4nU1SJ1
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Rob Brezsny defines #pronoia as “the hypothesis that the universe is conspiring to shower us with #blessings.” This sort of sounds like #OriginalBlessing to me. And it is not about denial of #struggle and #evil, but about how to #survive both. bit.ly/4nU1SJ1
It is good, in times of struggle & darkness, the #darknight of society & soul & democracy... to reconnect to the big picture: the cosmic story from both science & Scripture: that we are blessed to be alive in this vast & amazing cosmos. #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/4nj0Bv6
Original Blessing & “Innate Goodness” as Medicine During Dark Nights - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
It is good, in times of struggle and darkness, the dark night of society and soul and democracy that we find ourselves in, to reconnect to the big picture. That is to say, to the cosmic story from bot...
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September 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It is good, in times of struggle & darkness, the #darknight of society & soul & democracy... to reconnect to the big picture: the cosmic story from both science & Scripture: that we are blessed to be alive in this vast & amazing cosmos. #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/4nj0Bv6
#Doctrine is not the basis of faith or its starting point. Creation is the basis of trust, which is the biblical meaning of faith. Doctrine serves as a parameter, much like the sidelines in a soccer game, within which believers play out their faith. #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
August 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#Doctrine is not the basis of faith or its starting point. Creation is the basis of trust, which is the biblical meaning of faith. Doctrine serves as a parameter, much like the sidelines in a soccer game, within which believers play out their faith. #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Awe. Wonder. Reverence. Gratitude. Here is the springboard for all #spiritual growth. This is why moving from an #OriginalSin consciousness to an #OriginalBlessing consciousness lies at the heart of our survival as a species today. bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality — Welcome from Matthew Fox
In this book Matthew Fox lays out a whole new direction for Christianity—a direction that is in fact very ancient and very grounded in Jewish thinking (the fact that Jesus was a Jew is often neglected...
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July 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Awe. Wonder. Reverence. Gratitude. Here is the springboard for all #spiritual growth. This is why moving from an #OriginalSin consciousness to an #OriginalBlessing consciousness lies at the heart of our survival as a species today. bit.ly/3X5SbMD
#Pruning creates #strength, richness, depth, tho temporarily pruning hurts & conjures up #doubt & #fear. It takes a wise individual to prune themself according to their unique needs & timing. But from this #lettinggo we become much stronger people. #OriginalBlessing #ViaNegativa bit.ly/3X5SbMD
June 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#Pruning creates #strength, richness, depth, tho temporarily pruning hurts & conjures up #doubt & #fear. It takes a wise individual to prune themself according to their unique needs & timing. But from this #lettinggo we become much stronger people. #OriginalBlessing #ViaNegativa bit.ly/3X5SbMD
The human word is only one among billions of words that God has spoken...To make contact w/ #wisdom is to go beyond human words-which have only existed for 300,000 yrs...(&) return to the many billions of yrs of ongoing creation that also constitute God's talking. #originalblessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
June 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The human word is only one among billions of words that God has spoken...To make contact w/ #wisdom is to go beyond human words-which have only existed for 300,000 yrs...(&) return to the many billions of yrs of ongoing creation that also constitute God's talking. #originalblessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Just as #justice ensures #order and #balance in the whole of #creation, so does #injustice bring about #chaos; it undoes all of creation. With injustice, "all the foundations of the earth are shaken." (Ps. 82:5b) #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbM
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June 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just as #justice ensures #order and #balance in the whole of #creation, so does #injustice bring about #chaos; it undoes all of creation. With injustice, "all the foundations of the earth are shaken." (Ps. 82:5b) #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbM
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bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Instead of controlling passions (desire, #moraloutrage/anger), #MeisterEckhart & #CreationSpirituality counsel: Put on the bridle of #love. Don't cut back on the #passion but learn to make it work for you, to take you & the #community into areas where it needs to go. #originalblessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
June 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Instead of controlling passions (desire, #moraloutrage/anger), #MeisterEckhart & #CreationSpirituality counsel: Put on the bridle of #love. Don't cut back on the #passion but learn to make it work for you, to take you & the #community into areas where it needs to go. #originalblessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Political movements for justice are part of the fuller development of the cosmos; nature is the matrix in which humans awaken to their power to transform. Liberation movements are fuller development of the cosmos's sense of harmony, balance, justice, & celebration. #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
June 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Political movements for justice are part of the fuller development of the cosmos; nature is the matrix in which humans awaken to their power to transform. Liberation movements are fuller development of the cosmos's sense of harmony, balance, justice, & celebration. #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
“Western civilization has preferred love of death to love of life to the extent that its religious traditions have preferred redemption to creation, sin to ecstasy, & individual introspection to cosmic awareness & appreciation.” #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Photo: Penitents procession, Pampanga
Photo: Penitents procession, Pampanga
June 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Western civilization has preferred love of death to love of life to the extent that its religious traditions have preferred redemption to creation, sin to ecstasy, & individual introspection to cosmic awareness & appreciation.” #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Photo: Penitents procession, Pampanga
Photo: Penitents procession, Pampanga
September 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#CreationSpirituality begins not with #OriginalSin but w/ #OriginalBlessing: i.e., #life & #existence are #good & indeed "very good" (Gen.1:31). This makes a big difference psychologically & sociologically: OS=self-doubt, despair, dependence vs OB=empowerment & responsibility. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
July 20, 2026 at 7:40 PM
#CreationSpirituality begins not with #OriginalSin but w/ #OriginalBlessing: i.e., #life & #existence are #good & indeed "very good" (Gen.1:31). This makes a big difference psychologically & sociologically: OS=self-doubt, despair, dependence vs OB=empowerment & responsibility. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
#Diversity is the nature of the Universe...
There are many wells of #faith & knowledge drawing from one underground river of Divine Wisdom. The practice of honoring, learning, & celebrating the wisdom gathered from these wells is #DeepEcumenism. #CreationSpirituality #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/4hkaVA6
There are many wells of #faith & knowledge drawing from one underground river of Divine Wisdom. The practice of honoring, learning, & celebrating the wisdom gathered from these wells is #DeepEcumenism. #CreationSpirituality #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/4hkaVA6
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
#Diversity is the nature of the Universe...
There are many wells of #faith & knowledge drawing from one underground river of Divine Wisdom. The practice of honoring, learning, & celebrating the wisdom gathered from these wells is #DeepEcumenism. #CreationSpirituality #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/4hkaVA6
There are many wells of #faith & knowledge drawing from one underground river of Divine Wisdom. The practice of honoring, learning, & celebrating the wisdom gathered from these wells is #DeepEcumenism. #CreationSpirituality #OriginalBlessing bit.ly/4hkaVA6
#CreationSpirituality begins not with #OriginalSin but w/ #OriginalBlessing: i.e., #life & #existence are #good & indeed "very good" (Gen.1:31). This makes a big difference psychologically & sociologically: OS=self-doubt, despair, dependence vs OB=empowerment & responsibility. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
#CreationSpirituality begins not with #OriginalSin but w/ #OriginalBlessing: i.e., #life & #existence are #good & indeed "very good" (Gen.1:31). This makes a big difference psychologically & sociologically: OS=self-doubt, despair, dependence vs OB=empowerment & responsibility. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
The #OrderoftheSacredEarth grows out of the #CreationSpirituality tradition running thru most human religions & philosophies. It's based in #DeepEcology & #DeepEcumenism; seeing #creation as #originalblessing...; seeing #God as both #Father & #Mother. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
Photo: Daniel139601, Wikimedia.
Photo: Daniel139601, Wikimedia.
January 2, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The #OrderoftheSacredEarth grows out of the #CreationSpirituality tradition running thru most human religions & philosophies. It's based in #DeepEcology & #DeepEcumenism; seeing #creation as #originalblessing...; seeing #God as both #Father & #Mother. bit.ly/3WRTQFD
Photo: Daniel139601, Wikimedia.
Photo: Daniel139601, Wikimedia.
#CreationSpirituality resists pernicious preaching of #cheapguilt that disempowers people, reinforces shame & pessimism & fails to honor or unleash the power of creativity. CS puts forward a consciousness of #OriginalBlessing wherein all 13.8B yrs of nature is a blessing, as are we. bit.ly/4hkaVA6
August 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#CreationSpirituality resists pernicious preaching of #cheapguilt that disempowers people, reinforces shame & pessimism & fails to honor or unleash the power of creativity. CS puts forward a consciousness of #OriginalBlessing wherein all 13.8B yrs of nature is a blessing, as are we. bit.ly/4hkaVA6