Sacred Theatre

Report to Gaia

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:20:49 +0000

Gleanings from a Traveling Sabbatical

April 1 – September 1, 2011

Two Mythic Truths:

Life is Gaia’s gift to the Universe

Love is Life’s gift to Gaia

And a Teaching:

What to do for the Rest of Your Life:

Review every relationship,

Every relationship,

Until nothing is left of that relationship

Except Thanks MORE

Ireland’s Blessed Land

admin — Mon, 09 May 2011 20:27:45 +0000

The sun is bright and cloud piercing; the wind wild and almost always at our backs, the road definitely rising to meet us. For those who remember Ireland, we spent two days in Sligo, and said hello to W B Yeats at MORE

A Journey Called by My Soul

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:47:03 +0000

Creating a Book of Hours

“Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws”: Psalm 119:164

The writer of wonders Sue Monk Kidd (The Secret Life of Bees, and other riches, both fiction and non-fiction) once offered a teaching on the ancient tradition of praying MORE

Shakespeare Moments: Recognizing Truth

admin — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:56:36 +0000

One thing Shakespeare has in common with comic book characters: at big moments of realization, a light bulb seems to go on over the person’s head. On the stage this takes place more subtly, light bulbs being singularly lacking in Shakespeare’s world. Nevertheless the moment MORE

The Equinox

admin — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:29:39 +0000

Last night the first rainfall of autumn poured down as two friends and I made our way to the nearby town of Jacksonville, Oregon, intending (at yet another birthday celebration) to have dinner and hear the concert presented by the amazing ten-man singing group, Straight MORE

A Birthday Wish

admin — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:18:58 +0000

On my 75th birthday friends carried me away to a dream. The dream consisted of days spent in Istanbul, seeing once again Hagia Sophia, that very early Christian declaration in monumental stone of the miracle that is Holy Wisdom; the Blue Mosque (hearing MORE

Soul of the World

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:13:11 +0000

This summer’s Institute in Social Artistry, led by Jean Houston, included the metaphor of alchemy, and that included an awakening to the world’s earliest scientists, the alchemists. They were called, with good reason, “Philosophers of Fire.” In the service of honoring nature and at the MORE

Harvest Time

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:12:00 +0000

In the Celtic worlds, these are days of harvesting. The still-strong sun presides over this yearly time of gathering in, then caring for and preparing for the future. During the classes of the early summer, working with my friend, ally and teacher, Jean Houston, I MORE

Happy Birthday!

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:23:14 +0000

A group of friends (and what glorious friends!) are whisking me away to Istanbul, and then on board the Windstar, a seven-day cruise to Athens, MORE

Shakespeare Moments

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:37:46 +0000

“O dear Diana, Where am I?”

Pericles, Prince of Tyre, is the title of a little-known, and rarely-performed play by Shakespeare. It’s a vast romantic saga, with resemblances to the magic voyage myths of the Greeks and the Celts. The hero Pericles wins the love and MORE