Every religious tradition refers to light when referencing the sacred. Like wind, fire, earth, and water, light is such an elemental feature of human experience that it is bound to appear in our expressions of Spirit. In Greek mythology, light is a symbol of power in the form of Zeus’ lighting bolt staff. In the Abrahamic traditions, the the Creator creates light as part of the beginnings of all things. In the Christian tradition, Jesus self-identifies as the Light of the World. In popular theology, it is common to understand death as a return to the Light.
Mystics Series: Thomas Merton
In this EHoP Mystics Series video, Christine Luna Munger lectures on the life and wisdom teachings of Thomas Merton. How did the mystics who came in the generations before us carve out a path for us? How have figures like Thomas Merton—scholar, poet, mystic, contemplative activist—shaped the ground we are all walking on? This lecture… Read more
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