Musing Mystic Blog

“Seek and you will surely find.”

Waiting In Damn Exile.

It’s the heart, the heart, the damn heart, comrades, that is the star of the spiritual show. If you’ve had a bit …

Changed Heart

An old sober booze hound, friend of mine, likes to tell the story about his first day off the drink. Apparently, some …

New Soul On Offer

If, like me, you regularly howl at the moon, you might just be suffering from a severe case of what the Hebrews …

Other-centered love

Amongst the oft quoted utterances of the Sufi mystic Rumi is the following little gem. “Your heart knows the way. Run in …

The great come-back kid

Sometimes you’ve just gotta get away with the pixies to see the real deal of the world.  There is no doubt that …

Restored Matriarchy

John Howard Yoder is amongst the prominent Christian scholars, who have argued that the ethics of Christian pacifism finds its foundation in …

Christian Pacifists

God of Peace

It is entirely appropriate that the Christians who adopt an active pacifist life, model their commitment on the life of the God …

Universal spirituality

There is a spiritual up-rising, sweeping through the land and its happening amongst the non-religious post-modern youth of this age. We are …

Spiritual path: It’s Mystic Not Mystique

Every Day Mystic

Taking the mystique out of everyday mystic practice may not be the easiest of tasks, but it is a necessary one. The …

Gifts of Angels

Angel Boys 

They’re only little angels, one of nearly two, and one of four. I do hear them playing their little angels games, in …

Myth Is The Real Deal

Without understanding the depth and meaning of myth, there is little hope of ever grasping the beauty and richness of the text …

Fallen Brother Dear

Lament To Rory

Fallen Brother dear There’s a whimpering amongst the saplings, the more mature trees give heartfelt cry.  The forest man, so fine and …