Following up (sort of?) on this, we’re reading The Four #VisionQuests of #Jesus by #StevenCharleston as an interlude book in #EfM this week. I’ve found it to be a fascinating read that truly speaks to me (which makes me uncomfortable because I am a product of the #WASP culture that has all but eliminated the #NativeAmerican & #FirstNations people from this continent & I can’t help wondering if this is some kind of cultural appropriation on my part).
I’m in #TheWilderness chapter & the comments regarding self & #Community are particularly striking. Especially since community seems to be in short supply these days. When we forget to be #generous & #merciful we stop being a community. Our #faith & identity suffers. Native Americans know this. “Losing the ‘we’ to only become an ‘I’ was worse than death. It meant becoming a non-human. It was to be consigned to an eternal limbo from which there was no escape in either life or death.” (p. 102) Is this where we are headed?
The archetype of the Antichrist has been mostly invoked by fundamentalist Christians. This book turns the tables by holding it up to help name the current battle of democracy vs. theocracy and of lovers of the Earth vs. deniers of climate change in our time. This powerful archety
POR QUÉ DEBEMOS ESCUCHAR DE NUEVO EL DISCURSO DE CHAPLIN CONTRA EL FASCISMO
Las palabras de ‘El gran dictador’, pronunciadas por Chaplin, son un antídoto contra el rebrote de extremismos imperante.
Artículo de Luis Meyer @ethicmag #defendingdemocracy #nonazis #charleschaplin #thegreatdictator #geraldinechaplin #socialdemocracy #equality #merciful #compassion