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Week of
9/16-21/2024:
Hildegard, Matthew’s Mother & Brother,
& the Anti-Christ 9/22/2024 |
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NOTE: With days ticking down to 11/5, Matthew Fox’s urgent new book turns the Anti-Christ archetype into a searing device for understanding the deeper stakes in the 2024 election. - For immediate
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September 16, 2024: “Anti-Christ” as an Archetype Appropriate to our Apocalyptic Times
Over the course of the past nine years, as the media struggles to report on the phenomenon of trumpism, the word
“unprecedented" is often employed. His lies, his crimes, his influence on the highest court of our land, the insurrection… all of it is unprecedented. Matthew proposes that a better term to describe him might be evil. Or antichrist. “Antichrist” is not just an archetype representing the opposite of everything Christ was and is, it is a term specifically used in the book of Revelation to name negative political forces. Artists, including Hildegard of Bingen and Luca Signorelli, have
painted compelling images of the Antichrist. And, on the morning of the debate, Thom Hartmann published an article entitled “Will Donald Trump Reveal Himself Tonight as the Antichrist?“ A week later, he
interviewed Matthew on the topic. |
The day after Trump’s inauguration, people were already punning on how “unprecedented” his regime would be. Photo from the Women’s March in Chicago by bradhoc, January 21, 2017. Wikimedia Commons. |
September 17, 2024: A Healing Dream for a Time of Apocalypse Like Ours
Because of the unprecedented times we are currently living in, Matthew found himself picking up his book The Coming of the Cosmic
Christ. In it he shares a powerful dream he had in which he was told his mother was dying. As his mother’s health was quite fine at the time, Matthew realized the dream was referring to his Earth Mother. This is why Matthew’s most recent book on the Anti-Christ is dedicated to those who are committed to saving our Mother. Yes, our mother is dying—but she is not yet dead. And we can be part of the resurrection and turn apocalypse to revelation if we are willing to do the work, inner and
outer, that is being asked of us today and move beyond denial of the suffering of Mother Earth. September 18, 2024: Hildegard of Bingen’s Feast Day
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September 17th is Hildegard’s Feast Day. She has so much to teach us, that Matthew wrote three books about her. Hildegard was a musician, a poet, a painter, a visionary, and one unafraid to speak with authority to those in power. In one vision, a young woman named Love told her that “the whole creation was formed through love.” Love was the first. She made everything…Love was in eternity and
brought forth, in the beginning of all holiness, all creatures without any admixture of evil.... Hildegard is mentioned often in Matthew’s new book because she painted powerful paintings of both Christ and the Antichrist. Hildegard also celebrates the Divine Feminine: Mary is “Mother of all joy, ground of all being, a glowing, most green, verdant sprout.” |
September 19, 2024: Remembering My Mother and Brother Nat
Matthew shares some memories of his mother and also his recently deceased brother, Nat. Matthew’s mother was ahead of her time. Though she had many children, she was
determined to have balance in her life and set aside two hours for herself everyday. She would read, swim, bicycle, meet with a friend, etc. She was an avid reader, and even though she lost one eye in a car accident, she read until the day she died. Her friends were also important to her, and they were from diverse backgrounds. It was her idea to rent out a room in their house to a local foreign grad student thus giving her family an opportunity to learn that the world is rich and varied.
Regarding Nat, he was a brilliant engineer with 80 patents to his credit. His primary professor was very proud of him and said that Nat was his very best student because “he really did invent something.” September 20, 2024: Formal Launching of New Book: Trump & MAGA as Antichrist
On this day, a formal press release announced Matthew’s most recent book, Trump & the MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election. This is Matthew’s third book on the subject of evil. After viewing the captivating fresco of the Antichrist in Orvieto this summer, Matthew felt compelled to write this book and publish it before this critically important election. Meanwhile, today's antichrist and his henchman tell inflammatory lies about the Haitian immigrant community. Telling lies is one of many traits of the Antichrist. Lies fan the flames of fear and
racism and breed chaos. Let’s make sure he doesn’t return to the White House. |
Progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann interviews Matthew Fox on Trump and the
MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ. Listen HERE. September 21, 2024: Questions Posed about My New Book on Trump, MAGA, Antichrist
Matthew addresses three questions about
his book. 1) Why is the first chapter about Sigmund Freud? Freud was greatly impacted by the same fresco in Orvieto that Matthew was. An entire book was written about the impact that fresco had on him. The book, Freud’s Trip to Orvieto was written by Nicholas Fox Weber, an art historian. 2) I hear that you are redefining MAGA in this book. Yes, the vision of MAGA and the movement’s mastermind may be less about making America great
again and more about making America grotesque again. More lies, more racism, more corruption, more christofascism. 3) What do you mean when you say the opposite of evil is not the good but the Sacred? This means that we cannot have a conversation on evil until we have a conversation on the Sacred. If we are out of touch with the Sacred, we are necessarily out of touch
with how to deal with evil. |
Banner image: Hildegard von Bingen by Karlheinz Oswald. Located at Eibingen Abbey, a community of Benedictine nuns in Eibingen near Rüdesheim in Hesse, Germany. Wikimedia Commons
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Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election
Matthew Fox tells us that he had always shied away from using the term “Anti-Christ” because it was so often used to spread control and fear. However, given today’s
rise of authoritarianism and forces of democracide, ecocide, and christofascism, he turns the tables in this book employing the archetype for the cause of justice, democracy, and a renewed Earth and humanity.
From the Foreword: If there was ever a time, a moment, for examining the archetype of the Antichrist, it is now…Read this book with an open mind. Good and evil are real forces in our world. ~~ Caroline
Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Conversations with the Divine. |
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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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The Coming of the Cosmic Christ: The Healing of Mother Earth and the Birth of a Global Renaissance
In what may be considered the most comprehensive outline of the Christian
paradigm shift of our Age, Matthew Fox eloquently foreshadows the manner in which the spirit of Christ resurrects in terms of the return to an earth-based mysticism, the expression of creativity, mystical sexuality, the respect due the young, the rebirth of effective forms of worship—all of these mirroring the ongoing blessings of Mother Earth and the recovery of Eros, the feminine aspect of the Divine.
“The eighth
wonder of the world…convincing proof that our Western religious tradition does indeed have the depth of imagination to reinvent its faith.” — Brian Swimme, author of The Universe Story and Journey of the Universe. |
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Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen
An introduction to the life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, Illuminations reveals the life and teachings of one of the greatest female artists and intellectuals of the Western Mystical
Tradition. At the age of 42, she began to have visions; these were captured as 36 illuminations–24 of which are recorded in this book along with her commentaries on them.
“If one person deserves credit for the great Hildegard renaissance in our time, it is Matthew Fox.” – Dr Mary Ford-Grabowsky, author of Sacred Voices. |
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In the Beginning There Was Joy: A Cosmic Celebration for Kids of All Ages
The first book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series tells the story of the big bang and how humans fit into the awesome, fantastical,
cosmic picture! With artwork curated from illustrators around the world, this book expresses the joy and wonder of all peoples and cultures, planting seeds of respect, cooperation and hope to work together for the healing of our planet. "This delicious book for children of all ages celebrates joy as the essential truth of
reality." - Andrew Harvey, Author of The Hope and Radical Regeneration "I absolutely LOVED reading this beautiful, creative, stirring story—a charming, whimsical, powerful, parable." -
Robert Holden, Author of Happiness NOW! and Higher Purpose |
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Matthew Fox will make a guest appearance during the Creation Spirituality Communities course, Creation Spirituality in a Time of Apocalypse. He will talk about his new book on the antichrist, which is an apocalyptic archetype. Join Theodore Richards, founder of the Chicago Wisdom Project and editor of the online Magazine/Podcast ReImagining as he takes us through 4 sessions exploring how Creation Spirituality can give birth to new stories during times of upheaval. Dates: Sept 9, 16, 23, 30 from
7-9 PM ET. Cost: $150 per student: In honor of Matthew Fox’s gracious involvement CSC is extending the 25% discounted rate until 9/6/24. USE COUPON CODE APOC25 Register HERE. |
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ConvergenceCoLab hosts Matthew Fox, Margaret Wheatley, and Brian McLaren in an online conversation on “Post-Doom Spirituality," Wednesday, October 16, 6-8:30 PM ET. Register now with an EARLY BIRD rate of $30, HERE. |
Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his two books, In the Beginning There was Joy and The Return of Father Sky, in an Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, Thursday, October 17, 4:00-5:30 pm PT.
Register HERE. |
Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Dei, American Cardinal Burke, and Steve Bannon, former Trump advisor and former Executive Chairman at Breitbart News. He explains how Cardinal Burke and other neofascists in the Catholic Church opposed the Second Vatican Council, which sought to update the Catholic Church. He then explains how both Leonard Leo (co-chairman of the Federalist Society board of directors, who drew up lists of potential conservative judges who were then appointed to the Supreme Court) and
Kevin Roberts from the Heritage Foundation, share a right-wing Catholic ideology. |
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