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The Bad News Continues and
The Good News Stirs 3/19/2025 |
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! Choose your format in the book block below. |
The Bad News continues. Non-stop it seems. Each day brings an onslaught against anything resembling healthy democracy. |
More insults to our allies, whether Canada, Mexico, or Europe. Attacks on the free press. The world’s richest man saying no one has died by his closing of USAID when in fact children are dying from not getting their AIDS medicine and millions of others are dying and will die from decisions being made at home and abroad. |
Arrest of green card holder Mahmoud Khalil by plain-clothes agents while his 8-months pregnant wife Noor Abdalla videos the seizure and tries to get answers. ACLU |
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much to lament. And much to stand up and protest and go to court about. And much to reform in the opposition party. One headline tells us that “Project 2025 Honcho Raves About Trump’s First Two Months Back in Office: ‘Way beyond my Wildest Dreams.’” The article recalls how during the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump insisted over and
over again, that Project 2025 had nothing to do with him or his campaign and the project’s director, Paul Dans, was pushed out as a scapegoat. But the last laugh goes to Dans who says: We had hoped, those of us who worked putting together Project 2025, that the next conservative president would seize the day, but Trump is seizing
every minute of every hour.* In my book on Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ, published during the election, I recall the history of the archetype of the antichrist to name Evil. This history includes artists such as saint and doctor of the Church, Hildegard of Bingen, and sixteenth century artist Luca
Signorelli (whose major fresco in the Orvieto Cathedral caught the attention of Sigmund Freud in a big way) as well as theologians like Martin Luther and others. |
Demonstrators protest Project 2025 outside Heritage Foundation | NBC4
Washington | I warned that the lies that Trump had nothing to do with Project 2025 were themselves signs of the antichrist which is always identified with lies– Satan is known as “the father of lies.” Aquinas teaches that truth and justice go together. Lies and injustice also go
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In the book I propose that MAGA means “Make America Grotesque Again.” What is happening before our eyes is grotesque. Presidents and congresspeople who took an oath to defend the Constitution are engaged in dismantling democracy and the three levels of government that guard it. It is “grotesque” that the push is on to give the richest corporations and individuals $4.5 trillion tax breaks on the back of the weakest in society. The safety net for the poor, the sick, the disabled, the hungry, the old is being shattered. Beyond grotesque. Work of the antichrist archetype in our midst. And the dismantling of EPA and protections for Mother Earth herself? What about future generations of humans and of all the wonderful species we share the planet with? What about our grandchildren and great grandchildren? It is grotesque and beyond grotesque. Christofascism and Christian nationalism invoke Christ’s name to kill democracy as we know it in America. How grotesque is that? I cite The New Republic that Project 2025 is “a remarkably detailed guide to turning the United States into a fascist’s paradise.” |
And the war on Palestinians in Gaza goes on, even after 50,000 have already lost their lives. The Good News? Resistance is happening in the streets, congressional townhalls, in (some) of the media and parts of Congress and in courtrooms. Spiritual |
“Don’t agonize – organize!” says Robert Reich. Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more. |
warriorhood is stirring in citizens waking up to what is afoot. Moral outrage at lies and injustice is palpable, and fires are being lit in the hearts and minds of many. The divine spark and divine “I am” in every person is catching fire. Time is short. |
SIGN THE PLEDGE: Boycott pro-Trump corporations for Lent this year. Faithful America. * Sarah Rumpf, “Project 2025 Honcho Raves About Trump’s First Two Months Back in Office: ‘Way Beyond My Wildest Dreams,’” Mediaite, March 17, 2025.
See Fox, Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ, pp. 51-84.
And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society.
And Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with
Social Justice
And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth.
And Fox, “Spiritual Warriorhood,” in Fox, One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths, pp. 404-422.
Banner Image: Meticulous retribution: “Deconstruction of BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA along 16th between H and I Street, NW, Washington DC on Monday afternoon, 10 March 2025.” Photo by Elvert Barnes Photography on Flickr. |
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Queries for Contemplation |
Are you taking care of yourself in these dark times and grounding yourself in your divine “I am” at the same time that you are resisting in whatever ways your moral imagination and fire in your belly and conscience tell you to do? Are you finding allies to assist you and build community with? |
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. |
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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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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
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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. |
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One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths
Matthew Fox calls on all the world traditions for their wisdom and their inspiration in a work that is far more
than a list of theological position papers but a new way to pray—to meditate in a global spiritual context on the wisdom all our traditions share. Fox chooses 18 themes that are foundational to any spirituality and demonstrates how all the world spiritual traditions offer wisdom about each.“Reading One River, Many Wells is like entering the rich silence of a masterfully directed retreat. As you read this text, you reflect, you pray, you embrace Divinity. Truly no words can fully
express my respect and awe for this magnificent contribution to contemporary spirituality.” –Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit |
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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. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE |
The Mysticism of Christ: Experiencing the Sacred Teachings of Jesus for Spiritual Awakening, a free video event with Matthew Fox, Tuesday March 18 at 12 noon PT. Register for free HERE. (Replay of Saturday's video.) |
This Lent—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. |
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Join Matthew Fox as he offers a guest lecture in the Creation Spirituality Communities course “Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: An Exploration of Evil” led by instructor Carolyn Million. Wednesdays, March 12– April 16, 4-6 pm PT. Register 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. |
Join Matthew Fox for a lecture and Q&A on Earth and Community Healing in a Time of Crisis: The Need for Ritual,” hosted by the Florida Interfaith Climate Actions Network, at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg, FL. Friday, March 21, 7 pm ET. Register HERE. |
Join Matthew Fox, Skylar Wilson, and the Climate Action Assembly in celebrating a Cosmic Mass on "Our Sacred Earth," hosted by the Florida Interfaith Climate Actions Network in St. Petersburg, FL. Saturday and Sunday, March 22 and 23. Fri. 7:00pm ET. Fox talks on the Need and Power of
Ritual
Sat. 9:00am ET. Climate Action Assembly - Trinity Lutheran Church – Preparing for the Cosmic Mass Sun. 2:00pm ET. St. Petersburg Coliseum - The Cosmic Mass: Our Sacred Earth Register HERE. |
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| Join Matthew Fox for three lecture and
Q&A sessions on “Angels & Science, Today & Yesterday,“ with special guest appearances by Rupert Sheldrake. Hosted by WisdomFeed. |
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. |
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