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Our Times as an Age of Reckoning |
Will our times be remembered as an Age of Reckoning? That may be the case and the reckoning that is occurring may begin to explain why so much is breaking down and not working today in government and politics, in religion and
society as a whole. |
The rise of authoritarianism is an obvious sign of our times. Just this week Sweden has a new right wing government—yes Sweden, the land of progress and the future
in most of our minds. | |
Italy has a new leader, a young woman who is by most definitions a fascist (this is what my Italian friends tell me). Seventy-four million Americans voted for President Trump in the last election and a sizable number of his followers are running for election in the fall on the basis of his “Big Lie” that he won the election—even though 60 courts as well as his own
attorney general poo-poohed the idea. Hundreds of new laws in states around the country that restrict voting rights are based on that same Big Lie. |
| Then there is religion. Pope Francis did a rather unprecedented thing in papal history when he traveled to Canada to apologize at several different sites to the indigenous peoples |
there for the horrors inflicted on them by Catholic schools that kidnapped their children (something the state and also other religions also engaged in and not just in Canada but in the US also). Yet he has not apologized for canonizing an inquisitor turned mission-builder who enslaved Native peoples in the missions of California. And has not yet chosen to burn the notorious papal bulls (three of them under two popes) of the late 15th century that effectively gave a carte blanche and a push to Catholic kings and queens of Europe to go raid Africa for
slaves and the “new world” for treasures because they were not “part of the Christian empire.” |
Empires along with religions are being re-evaluated at this time. The spotlight on
the death of Queen Elizabeth is part of that reckoning. It is true that England was the first empire to end slavery and between 1808 and 1860 more than 2000 English lost their lives at sea, freeing slaves with the West Africa Squadron. | Then-Prince Charles expressed sorrow for the enduring impact of British colonialism and slavery, and support for Commonwealth member nations’ self-determination at a 2022
climate summit in Rwanda. Sky News Australia |
Yet the fierceness of England’s heyday as empire—which it took a saint, Mahama Gandhi, to overthrow in India–can be measured by the deep resentment still in that land. Other places, including Ireland, still carry their scars and trauma. To be continued. |
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Queries for Contemplation Do you sense a Great Reckoning occurring in human consciousness today? How can that be turned to good and not more hatred and division? |
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened
treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we can do about them.
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a better vision and
depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science. A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the new Physics | |
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