“Good man,” said a young disciple to Abbot Pastor, “my heart is filled with love for the world, and my soul is pure from the temptations of the evil one. What is my next step?” The abbot asked the disciple to accompany him to visit a sick person in need of final anointing. After consoling … Read more
In nature, nothing is static, there is always a change that is manifested in a rhythmic alternation of cycles of activity and passivity, light and darkness, good and bad. As Pharaoh’s dream of seven fat and seven skinny cows tells us, after a period of fertility comes a drought, after activity, growth, and development comes … Read more
Jacob Boehme (1575 – 1624), a German mystic and philosopher, was born into a humble rural Lutheran family near the city of Görlitz, right on the border with Poland. Despite having no formal education, he gained the ability to see to the core of things with the eyes of his soul through a series of … Read more
