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Disruptive women re-forming tradition
Christmas

Disruptive women re-forming tradition

Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 by Sande Ramage

Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland and lifelong Catholic, is religiously disruptive. She says that people are tired of ‘old men trying to beat the drum of obedience, being obedient to teaching that is long past its sell-by date and…

Mary the Creatrix
Christmas

Mary the Creatrix

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by Sande Ramage

If I was producing a nativity play, I’d pick a young black American woman called Orpah to play Mary. You probably know her as Oprah Winfrey through her television talk shows, Oprah and Oprah Soul Sundays. Vanity Fair magazine said…

The soulfulness of boots, books and Bluck
Church

The soulfulness of boots, books and Bluck

Posted on December 14, 2020December 17, 2020 by Sande Ramage

You might not immediately associate RM Williams’ boots with soul but for me they’re a potent symbol of the need to be grounded. To prioritise soulfulness over spiritual flights of fancy. Trading in my old pair was something of a…

Nothing out there, but..
Creative Arts

Nothing out there, but..

Posted on December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 by Sande Ramage

What humans mean by Godde is always up for debate from an intellectual perspective. But that’s not all there is to it. Our own intuitive experience is essential in this process of meaning making. In that process, questions about the…

Sacred space: in memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 1948-2020
Faith

Sacred space: in memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 1948-2020

Posted on November 8, 2020November 15, 2020 by Sande Ramage

Racing into my Sunday morning dance exercise class my head was focused on the death of Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Competing for space was the news that Biden was now President of the United States and Aotearoa has sworn in…

Soul archaeology: redoing the jigsaw puzzle
Dreams

Soul archaeology: redoing the jigsaw puzzle

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 by Sande Ramage

When my mum said not to rush into things, I suspect she didn’t mean leaving 58 years between one piano lesson and another. But life slips away. One minute I’m a timid eight year old petrified of my teacher and…

mother mary: hidden in plain sight
Creative Arts

mother mary: hidden in plain sight

Posted on July 26, 2020December 21, 2020 by Sande Ramage

mother marycardinal creatorhidden in plain sightbirthing magnificencebeyond assumption mother marysensual symbolembodied energywith just one kissdivinity is revealed mother maryblessed creatorsubmissive, neverin birthing splendourreflects her Self The bible can seem pretty dry and unreadable. All that tiny print crammed onto hundreds…

A slow dawning Easter yarn in COVID time
Death and Dying

A slow dawning Easter yarn in COVID time

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by Sande Ramage

On resurrection morning, Kate glanced at the crumpled grave clothes and cautiously opened the door of her tomb. The sun shone; new life beckoned but did she have what it took? The descent to the tomb began on the Ides…

COVID 19: time to listen to our fear
Death and Dying

COVID 19: time to listen to our fear

Posted on March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 by Sande Ramage

Kali the Labrador, my closest living being, is in COVID19 lockdown with me. She’s the leader here because, like her wolf ancestors, she lives out of instinct, attuned to unseen forces and energies. But if I pay attention, she gives…

Activism, spirituality and the kingdom within
Death and Dying

Activism, spirituality and the kingdom within

Posted on January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 by Sande Ramage

‘What have you done while Australia burns?’ yelled teen activist Izzy Raj-Seppings. ‘What have you done while your people can’t breathe,’ she continued, well wound up in front of thousands of Sydneysiders protesting climate change and wanting rid of their…

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  • Much of Jung’s criticism of both religious and medical therapy, therefore, was grounded in his conviction that the modern healing arts and the mainstream Western Christian tradition had severed themselves from the healing, that is whole-making, energies of the psyche. John P. Dourley
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