2024: Liberation and Death

Every year, as some of you know, I choose a word to focus on, as a way of experiencing whatever may happen during this turn of the wheel, and I calculate the Tarot card that symbolizes this part of my spiritual journey. A couple of days ago I wrote about my Tarot card of 2023…

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About Doubt – Conversation with Sr. Rita Woehlcke

As you know, my dear friend Sr. Rita is undergoing chemo for cancer, a disease she calls her “Wisdom Companion.” She has written, and continues to write, about the wisdom she is receiving as she is on this journey. You can read her essays on this blog. Just look in the search engine. The other…

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Mother of Sorrows – the Universal Dark Mother

I was fascinated by my friend, Sr. Rita’s, take on Jesus’s mother, Mary, which she wrote about here. Two things struck me most – first, her resistance to what she called the 1950s version of Mary: all pastels and rosy cheeks and purity so complete as to be bloodless; and second, her reminder that Mary,…

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About Mary – Conversation with Sr. Rita Woehlcke

As you know, my dear friend Sr. Rita is undergoing chemo for cancer, a disease she calls her “Wisdom Companion.” She has written, and continues to write, about the wisdom she is receiving as she is on this journey. You can read her essays on this blog. Just look in the search engine. The other…

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Submission and Surrender – Wisdom Companion #7

Hello everyone, this is the latest news and wisdom from Sr Rita, who is on a journey with cancer. You will find the six previous “Wisdom Companion” pieces from Sr. Rita by searching this site. First, thank you for all your prayers, healing energy, light, card, and good wishes. I am convinced that it’s boosting…

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