The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers Daily Meditations
with Matthew Fox |
Be sure
to catch Matthew's newest social media channel on Bluesky! |
Imam Muhsin Hendricks & Other
Spiritual Warriors Among Us 2/20/2025 |
As the impacts of the new regime ripple out, learn the deeper stakes involved. Get your copy of Trump & the MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election today! Choose your format in the book block below. |
Speaking of our “spiritual warriorhood,” another example entered the news this week when the world’s “first openly gay Imam” was shot to death in South Africa. Muhsin Hendricks, 57 years old, ran a mosque in Cape Town as a safe haven for gay and other marginalized Muslims. |
In a documentary in 2022, when asked about the threats he faced, he responded this way: “The need to be authentic was greater than the fear to die.” How like this statement is to that of MLK Jr. who was asked one day how he could march in Skokie, Illinois knowing
that |
“Muhsin Hendricks: The World’s First Openly Gay Imam Killed in South Africa.” The
Indian Express offers a memorial to his life and legacy. |
people wanted to kill him. He replied: “One must love something more than the fear of death if he is going to live.” Muhsin Hendricks championed interfaith dialogue and the need to address mental health and trauma issues faced by LGBTQ+ individuals within religious communities. Hearing of his murder, one
gay Nigerian said, “He’s a mentor to many queer Muslins in Africa especially in Nigeria, because of religious extremism…I’m still in shock and devastated.” A parallel story is unfolding as now dozens of competent and experienced civil servants in the DOJ and other departments are quitting the current administration rather
than violate the oaths they made to the Constitution. Exiting one’s work can be a kind of “death” and they are demonstrating moral courage by choosing that over servile obedience. |
Michael Popok of Legal AF examines senior DOJ prosecutors’ resignation rather than violate their Constitutional oaths at 47’s demand, as Jack Smith and hundreds of former prosecutors lend their support to the DOJ officials under attack. | Every Republican representative and senator could take a lesson from these people who are leaving their jobs because of conscience, that is to
say, because they believe in something more than the fear of death, death being defined as “losing one’s job.” |
Where is the conscience in these legislators as they sit by and watch the environmental laws being ripped up? As they listen to immigrants being called “rapists and murderers”? As they watch the richest man in the world, with the president’s approval, remove American aid to some of the poorest people in the world and food destined to feed them rotting in ships because USAID had been halted? And being deprived of AIDS medicine and more? In other
words, as they watch murder going on in our name? Where are these congress people when they watch the Constitution of the United States being ripped up before their eyes? And lies spewing out of the mouths of the current co-presidents of the United States on a daily
basis? |
We know where they are. Cowering in a corner because they don’t want to be primaried by people even more to the right (i.e. more fascist) than they are. Such cowardice, such moral timidity in a time of crisis by people who talk |
|
differently in the cloak room than they do in front of cameras, are a disgrace to their profession. And to their claims to love this country. Much less, this planet. Character matters. And many of them love to wrap themselves in so-called religious clothing. But they worship false
gods. Antichrist, not Christ. They are rendering America not “great again,” but “grotesque again.” Meister Eckhart: “God is the denial of denial.” |
See Matthew Fox, Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ.
And Fox, The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine.
And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society.
And Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion.
And Fox, Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior For Our Times.
And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth.
Banner Image: Senate Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries bewails Democrats’ lack of leverage in a Republican-controlled Congress. Screenshot from CSPAN
recording, 2/7/2025. | For a list of organizations helping those affected by the devastating LA wildfires, please see this article from ABCNews HERE and the evolving AltadenaStrong hub page HERE. |
Responses are welcomed. To add your comment, or read other comments and enter into dialog, please click HERE to go to our website and scroll down to the Comments field. |
Queries for Contemplation |
Do you see a parallel between leaving your job because of conscience and overcoming the fear of death? Do the choices of Muhsin Hendricks and Dr. King inspire you to live your life more fully and bravely and thus call on the spiritual warrior in you? |
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. For immediate access to Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election, order the e-book with 10 full-color prints from Amazon HERE. To get a print-on-demand paperback copy with black & white images, order from Amazon HERE or IUniverse HERE. To receive a limited-edition, full-color paperback copy, order from MatthewFox.org HERE. Order the audiobook HERE for immediate download. |
|
The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine
To awaken what Fox calls “the sacred masculine,” he unearths ten metaphors,
or archetypes, ranging from the Green Man, an ancient pagan symbol of our fundamental relationship with nature, to the Spiritual Warrior….These timeless archetypes can inspire men to pursue their higher calling to connect to their deepest selves and to reinvent the world.
“Every man on this planet should read this book — not to mention every woman who wants to understand the struggles, often unconscious, that
shape the men they know.” — Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of The Left Hand of God |
|
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 |
|
A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
In A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew
Fox delivers a profound exploration of the meaning and practice of compassion. Establishing a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing, Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence which is the substratum of all compassionate activity.
“Well worth our
deepest consideration…Puts compassion into its proper focus after centuries of neglect.” –The Catholic Register |
|
Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior For Our Time
While Matthew Fox recognizes that Meister Eckhart has influenced thinkers throughout history, he also wants to introduce Eckhart to
today’s activists addressing contemporary crises. Toward that end, Fox creates dialogues between Eckhart and Carl Jung, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabbi Heschel, Black Elk, Karl Marx, Rumi, Adrienne Rich, Dorothee Soelle, David Korten, Anita Roddick, Lily Yeh, M.C. Richards, and many others.
“Matthew Fox is perhaps the greatest writer on Meister Eckhart that has ever existed. (He) has successfully bridged a gap between
Eckhart as a shamanistic personality and Eckhart as a post-modern mentor to the Inter-faith movement, to reveal just how cosmic Eckhart really is, and how remarkably relevant to today’s religious crisis! ” — Steven
Herrmann, Author of Spiritual Democracy: The Wisdom of Early American Visionaries for the Journey Forward
|
|
Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth
Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality and in South
American Liberation Theology. Creation Spirituality challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just Creator.
“A watershed theological work that offers a common ground for religious seekers and activists of all stripes.” — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality
and Practice.
“I am reading Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth by Matt Fox. He is one that fills my heart and mind for new life in spite of so much that is violent in our world.” ~ Sister Dorothy Stang. |
|
The Return of Father Sky: A Cosmic Mystery for Kids of All Ages
The second book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series, The Return of Father Sky helps boys and girls to celebrate a new
relationship with the masculine by way of Father Sky, whose return excites joy and wonder and possibility that enlarge the soul to welcome others and all creation. Written in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-like style, this full-color, beautifully illustrated book, written by world- renowned theologian Matthew Fox weaves together modern science and classic spirituality in a whimsical, entertaining format to illustrate important truths to readers aged 4 and up. 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. |
|
UPCOMING EVENTS See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE |
Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, February 20, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. |
As we enter this Lenten season—a time of reflection, reckoning, and renewal—we find ourselves at a crossroads unlike any other in recent history. Join Matthew Fox and fellow thought-leaders and activists Andrew Harvey, Mirabai Starr, Yvette Flunder, Adam Bucko, and Cameron Trimble in From Darkness
to Dawn: Spiritual Courage and Political Action in the Age of MAGA, a 4-part series of transformational conversations, exploring the deep spiritual roots of this political moment and uncovering pathways toward collective action, resilience, and renewal. Tuesdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25, 4-5:30 pm PT. Enroll HERE. Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, March 20, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. MONTHLY: Join Matthew Fox and Skylar Wilson of the Order of the Sacred Earth in a free virtual meeting for connection and networking with other mystic warriors. Last Tuesday of every month, 4:00-5:00pm PT.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88665302478
Meeting ID: 886 6530 2478 Learn more at www.orderofthesacredearth.org |
Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Matthew was recently interviewed by Sandie Sedgbeer on her program “What is Going OM,” about his book, “Trump and the MAGA Movement as AntiChrist.” Watch or listen HERE. |
|
Inspired by this post? Share your insights on BlueSky, Instagram, Universeodon, or Facebook using the hashtag #RevDrMatthewFox and tag Matt with @RevDrMatthewFox FOLLOW MATTHEW FOX: |
|
|
|
