mysticism
Psychedelic salon looks to the possibility of sacred healing
By Kathryn Post — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — Against a backdrop of incense and multicolored lights, speakers shared how their lives had been transformed by plant medicine.
With ‘Christian cannabis,’ a pastor is promoting the spiritual side of marijuana
By Diana Kruzman — March 29, 2022
(RNS) — Craig Gross believes he can convince Christians to give getting high a try.
New book explores how Desmond Tutu’s Christian mysticism helped unite a nation
By Yonat Shimron — April 14, 2021
(RNS) — In his new book, ‘Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South Africa’s Confessor,’ Michael Battle delves into the ways Tutu’s religious formation shaped a vision that helped topple apartheid and unite a riven nation.
Keeping the mystic, messianic faith of Star Wars’ Skywalkers
By Bob Smietana — December 13, 2019
(RNS) — It’s time once more to tell the old familiar story, set on the outskirts of an ancient and powerful empire, of a child born of a virgin and destined to save the world.
How India’s youth are taking to a path shown by a 15th century mystic
By Kalpana Jain — November 13, 2019
VARANASI, India (RNS) — As Indian millennials chart their own spiritual paths they are leading a revival of the teachings of a mystic who wrote couplets on the nature of the divine and criticized any form of orthodoxy.
Behind Weird Christian Twitter, millennials bent on rebelliously orthodox belief
By Tara Isabella Burton — November 8, 2019
(RNS) — Weird Christianity may still be a fringe identity, but it gets at a much bigger question about the future of Christianity in an increasingly fragmented, irreligious age.
In Mexico, modern witches celebrate ancient rites of spring
By Irving Cabrera Torres — March 27, 2019
CATEMACO, Mexico (RNS) — Sorcerers, witches, healers and spiritual guides appeared the first Friday of March as they have for almost 50 years in this small town in southern Mexico.
Omid Safi’s ‘Radical Love’ recenters Sufi poetry within Islam
By Aysha Khan — June 11, 2018
(RNS) — Omid Safi's new book 'Radical Love' offers a reminder to Muslims and non-Muslims alike: You can't divorce Rumi's mystical poetry from Islam.
How Yo-Yo Ma became God
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 24, 2018
I witnessed the great cellist engaged in an act of Jewish mysticism. Really.
What is the ‘Enneagram,’ and why are Christians suddenly so enamored by it?
By Jonathan Merritt — September 5, 2017
Everything you wanted to know about the Enneagram but are afraid to ask.
Sufism, the mystical practice of Islam, takes root in the City of Angels
By Priyadarshini Sen — March 30, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) Islam is like the bark of a tree and Sufism its sap or inner essence, says a Southern California Sufi.
Rob Bell’s ‘Everything Is Spiritual’ tour explores the evolution of the universe
By Jesse James DeConto — July 28, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Rob Bell maps Christian faith onto modern evolutionary science, quoting New Age healing champion Deepak Chopra, Sufi mystic Rumi and Catholic theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- an amalgamation sure to rile some in the evangelical crowd that made him famous.
Barbara Ehrenreich on atheism, mysticism, and ‘Women in Secularism’
By Chris Stedman — May 16, 2014
"Living With a Wild God" author and "Women in Secularism" speaker Barbara Ehrenreich talks with RNS about reconciling mystical experiences with atheism, sexism among nontheists, and why atheism alone is not enough.
Little-known Swedenborg gets fresh look in new book
By Annalisa Musarra — April 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) What do famous thinkers such as William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Luther King Jr. and Helen Keller have in common? They were all influenced by a little-known Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian named Emanuel Swedenborg. By Annalisa Musarra.
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