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4/11/2025

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It is not unlike Hildegard’s painting of Satan with “poisoned arrows in his mouth” who sends a “very evil flame” and “poison” into the four corners of the universe. The poison is endless, every day brings more moral stench. 

The abandonment of Ukraine to the wiles of a country that invaded them three years ago; the precedent it sets for other small countries vulnerable to a larger country and its military ambitions; the abandonment of 

“The Mystical Body Taming the Devil.” Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias

NATO after 80 years of more or less keeping the peace; the naked blank check to Israel to do what it wants to the people of Gaza; the rounding up of people in America, admitting sending one to a prison in El Salvador by mistake but refusing to bring him home; the explosion of tariffs sending shock waves into the world and American economic system, setting the table for a world recession; the efforts to gut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, all programs to help the most vulnerable among us; the killing of USAID; the compulsion to give billionaires and successful giant corporations tax breaks on a permanent basis; and this recent headline: “The US ends lifesaving food aid for millions. The World Food Program calls it a ‘death sentence.’”

As global food programs are cancelled, slashed funds for local programs leave food banks nationwide wanting just as thousands of U.S. families face lost incomes and rising grocery prices. 13WHAM ABC News

What is being said in that recent headline? The Trump regime has ended funding to UN World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and eleven other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization

and officials who spoke to the Associated Press.*

One notice abruptly pulled US funding for a program with strong support in Congress that had sent young Afghan women overseas for schooling, since the Taliban prohibits women’s education. The program is run by Texas A&M University. If these young women return to Afghanistan, their lives will be in danger. 

Other contracts terminated included Save the Children and the UN Population Fund, which provided mental health services and other care to women and children at al Hol refugee camp in Syria. A total of $111 million for bread and other daily food to 1.5 million people in Syria was dropped. 

The projects were being cancelled “for the convenience of the US Government” and at the direction of Jeremy Lewin, a top lieutenant at Elon Musk’s DOGE appointed to oversee the elimination of USAID programs. This seems to sound a lot like the agenda and value system we have unmasked in our past two DMs recounting Musk and his DOGE project.

Rachel Maddow covers the flailing and failing policies of the conscienceless Drumpenführer regime: tariffs, international food aid, Social Security, and on and on. Politicus Media.

But there is good news too, that Hildegard also paints in her story of how Satan or Evil works. We shall discuss that in tomorrow’s DM.

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* Ellen Knickmeyer, Samy Magdy, and David Biller, “The US ends lifesaving food aid for millions. The World Food Program calls it a ‘death sentence.’” AP News, April 8, 2025.

See Matthew Fox, Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen, pp. 132-135.  And plate 20.

See Matthew Fox, Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ.

And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society.

And Fox, The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine.

And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the World.

And Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice.

Banner Image: Six masked DHS agents detain 30-year-old Tufts University Ph.D. student and Fullbright Scholar Rümeysa Öztürk on her way to break her Ramadan fast, March 30, 2025. Wikimedia Commons.

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Queries for Contemplation

Do you derive strength to fight the good fight from Hildegard’s drawings that name Evil? Does the fact that our ancestors also wrestled with Evil empower you to carry on?

Recommended Reading

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.

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. 

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Order the audiobook HERE for immediate download.

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

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

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.

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

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

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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 in a new 6-month program of mystical wisdom for a new world: Activate your spiritual awakening with the mystics Say “yes” to life & the beauty, goodness & potential it offers Awaken your inner mystic & prophet for deeper awakening Nurture the life-giving qualities of your humanity By Application only - apply HERE Register for a free information session HERE

Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, Wrestling with the Prophets: Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat.

Thursday, May 15, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT.

Register HERE.

Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, Letters to Pope Francis: Rebuilding  a Church with Justice and Compassion, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, July 17, 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

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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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