Category Archives: Theosophy

Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

On Sunday my friend Neville Bridgeford gave away two paintings to his benefactors. The four of us talked, laughed, and told stories late into the night. It was a wonderful way of showing gratitude for the way our friends provided … Continue reading

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Good old St. Nick and Mestre Irineu

At the opening of the Christmas festival, which is dedicated to the Virgin of Conception, we sang the founder’s hymns. Mestre Raimundo Irineu Serra had a vision after drinking ayahuasca with the natives of Peru when he was a border … Continue reading

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The Cosmic Man

The Cosmic Man is an ancient archetype. It represents the goal of human development and arises from the unconscious depths in a variety of symbolic motifs. These symbolic expressions are essentially different forms of the divine image. “The most important … Continue reading

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Bearly Believable

After attending five days and four nights of Native American Healing ceremonies (Bear Dance) in the high desert, I returned slowly to civilization.  It seemed as if the world had shifted and I could see it with new eyes.  The … Continue reading

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Takiwasi meets Santo Daime

     Sometimes the Universe has a plan which we have to accept, even when the formal structure discourages doing what feels right. Within my understanding of the Santo Daime tradition, physical contact is kept to a minimum. The ayahuasca is … Continue reading

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Perfect Justice Rules the World

During the Holy Liturgy we affirm our belief as Liberal Catholics, “that God is Love, and Power, and Truth, and Light: that perfect justice rules the world; that all His sons shall one day reach His feet, however far they … Continue reading

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Random Poles?

Painted Cave is a Chumash Native American sacred site tucked away under a protected ledge in the Pacific Coastal mountains.  I pass by the Cave everyday.  I am living up above it on the mesa with about forty other families.  … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Padrinho

At Padrinho Sebastiao’s birthday celebration I received a very disturbing vision of the end of the world, as did others in attendance.  This hardly seems appropriate, if it is a gift from the Padrinho in the Spiritual Dimension.  The Apocalypse … Continue reading

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The Black Madonna

Sunday was the fourth Sunday in Trinity and in the Liberal Catholic Church the focus of the Gospel reading was LOVE.  The visiting Pastor from Illinois told us that Love and Being One with one another and with God was … Continue reading

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Lodge Pole Pine by Ravenson

Medicine Father,‭ ‬Mee Tsering,‭ ‬Long-life Person, this your prayer Lodgepole Pine writes upon my mind. A native of the earth,‭ ‬I come to you, traveling many miles into high mountains to take for teepee’s sake the choicest tree—Lodgepole pine’s perfect … Continue reading

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