Category Archives: Spirit

Body of Wisdom

Posted on May 26, 2013 by jenny

This came to me on facebook.  I ordered the book and it is well worth having!! There are women who understand how ceremony works. They come with an intention. …The intention is set out at a cellular level of the … Continue reading →

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Wild and Precious Life

Posted on April 17, 2013 by jenny

(Written in August 2005) I was thinking about the line from Mary Oliver: “what will you do with your one wild and precious life?” and how it always makes me feel bad, like I have wasted mine.  Well, have I … Continue reading →

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Happy Egg’n’Bunny Day!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by jenny

In April of 1965, I was in the village of Naoussa on the Island of Paros for Holy Week.  We went there because a Greek friend (who spoke good English) would be visiting her brother, who was the doctor in … Continue reading →

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If I were Pope

Posted on March 30, 2013 by jenny

Read this today in Jan Phillips book and was so delighted by it that I had to share it. If I Were Pope If I were pope I’d proclaim the end of my infallibility and banish the word sin from … Continue reading →

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More from Jan Phillips

Posted on March 6, 2013 by jenny

Found some great writing in the Rowe newspaper for Spring 2012.  This is what sent me on a search for Jan Phillips and buying her book.  These excerpts are from No Ordinary Time — The Rise of Spiritual Intelligence and … Continue reading →

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Jan Phillips: What is Dying to be Born?

Posted on March 1, 2013 by jenny

Someone asked me what I thought was dying to be born. Homo sapiens, I said. Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man or knowing man) is dying to be born into the next iteration—the homo sentiens, perhaps. Homo sapiens knows, and homo … Continue reading →

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How I Got to Stonehenge Again

Posted on February 28, 2013 by jenny

I was in my thirties.  It didn’t look like I was going to get married, and I wanted to settle down in Brunswick, Maine, where I had some friends.  I’m lucky enough to be able to live on the money … Continue reading →

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How I Got to Stonehenge

Posted on February 27, 2013 by jenny

I was a senior at Wellesley College.  I was taking a modern architecture course, and we had to do a paper on a building.  My parents knew someone who owned a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  When I called … Continue reading →

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When Did You Stop Dancing?

Posted on January 12, 2013 by jenny

“In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited or depressed, they would ask one of four questions:  When did you stop dancing?  When did you stop singing?  When did you stop being … Continue reading →

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New Mantra

Posted on January 10, 2013 by jenny

The most important question a person can ask is, “Is the Universe a friendly place?” Albert Einstein The friend who asked me if I was holding on to my misery told me “I think you are doing amazing work to … Continue reading →

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