"I cannot teach you how to pray in words" By Kahlil Gibran You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance. For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether? And if it…
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The Mystical Life of Rabia al Basri
The Mystical Life of the Sufi Saint Rabia al Basri Rabia al Basri is one of the first female Sufi Poets who helped to leave rich teaching of Divine love through her mystical poetry. She was considered a Muslim saint and Sufi mystic, Rabi’a al-Basri was born around 717 CE in Basra, in present-day Iraq.She…
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Collyridianism, the Virgin Mary and the Divine Feminine
Collyridianism, the Virgin Mary and the Divine Feminine Collyridianism was an obscure Christian movement considered heretical by the Catholic Church. Its followers apparently worshiped the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, like a goddess. Catholic theologians argued that Collyridians went beyond the Marian orthodoxy line of Catholicism and became idolaters. The primary source of information on…
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The Spiritual Significance of Lent
The Spiritual Significance of Lent Lent is the time for trimming the soul and scrapping the sludge off a life turned slipshod. The period is about taking stock of time, even religious time. Lent is about exercising the control that enables us to say no to ourselves so that when life turns hard of its…
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