'I am only interested in a faith that has "passed through" the fires of atheism, the blaze of modernity, and the critical scrutiny of psychoanalysis and science. What survives after all else has been burnt away...after conventional forms have been melted down...is the only kind of faith that resonates with the spiritual needs of our extraordinary time'
I simply don't agree, that spirituality is about the mundane. Worship and celebration of the mundane? Good lord, *why?!* What's divinely ordained against passion, enthusiasm, transcendence, dancing, quests, and adventures? I don't recall any such message from God, "Thou shalt be boring." Was Gandalf just a little too busy, to be wise?
A book on community, with lots of deep ecology materials, and an awesome table of contents. Classic Damanhur reasoning: "If you deal with spirituality, you also have to deal with politics; otherwise you lack what is needed to carry these aspects into society."