James Hillman affirms our mystical connections with animals and reflects on their importance in our lives.
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Book Excerpt: The Force of Character and the Lasting Life
James Hillman assesses long life as a laboratory for character development.
Book Excerpt: Kinds of Power
James Hillman speaks to the beauty of repetition in our lives.
Book Excerpt: The Soul’s Code
An exceprt from James Hillman about love.
Feature Film Review: God’s Land
An exploration of the spiritual challenges of membership in a religious cult that is obsessed with the end of the world and an escape to paradise.
Documentary Film Review: My Reincarnation
An unusual and enlightening documentary about Tibetan Buddhism, impermanence, a popular spiritual master and his son, who has been designated as the reincarnation of a famous lama.
Animated Film Review: Puss in Boots
A razzle-dazzle animated feature about an outlaw cat who dances flamenco and is a survivor able to handle all challenges before him.
Feature Film Review: Janie Jones
Abigail Breslin in a shining performance as the responsible one in a father-daughter reunion.
Feature Film Review: In Time
A winning and thought-provoking sci-fi thriller set in the future that taps into some of the most troubling inequities and problems of our era, the lack of time.
Feature Film Review: Anonymous
An intriguing look at Tudor England and the Bard who caught the spirit of the times and the heights and depths of the human adventure.
Book Excerpt: Less Is More
Mina Parker on love as an active verb that provides a high return of investment.
Book Excerpt: How to Pray Without Talking to God
Linda Martella-Whitsett with a revision of The Knots Prayer to be used as an affirmative prayer.
Book Review: How to Pray Without Talking to God
Traditional notions about God and prayer reframed by a Unity Church minister.
Book Review: The Other Face of God
A strong case for seeing refugees as spiritual teachers.
Book Review: The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred
A collection of quotations for the spiritual journey.
Book Review: Thrive Foods
A cogent case for the nutritional value of a plant-based diet which also does the least amount of damage to the environment.
Book Review: Science and Religion in Quest of Truth
The continuing dialogue between science and religion as a way of acknowledging both as truth-seeking endeavors.
Book Excerpt: The Krishnamurti Reader
J. Krishnamurti on how great beauty leads to respectful silence.
Book Review: The Krishnamurti Reader
A top-drawer collection of observations on the art of living.
Book Review: The Novice
A parable about a woman who endures hardship and loves her enemies.