White Crane Journal #56: Pilgrimage
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White Crane Journal #56 Spring 2003 The previous issue of White Crane featured articles on Gay Priests, dealing both with the "priest-pedophilia" scandal and, more importantly, with the natural "priesthood" of gay men.
Issue #55: Gay Priests
Feature Section: PILGRIMAGE
The Art of Pilgrimage David Frechter
Travel and adventure as spirit journey
At Journey's End Stephen McDonnell
a meditation on the meaning of pilgrimage in a spiritual context
A Pilgrimage Balance Janesonan account by Zuni Mountain Sanctuary steward Balance about his recent journey to the west
Zuni Mountain Sanctuary Events
schedule of events summer '03
The Road to Parnassus Robert Samson, D.D.
an autobiographical account of an HIV+ man receiving a kidney transplant, transmogrified into a tale of karmic meaning. A beautiful story.
Counting Blessings Mark Abramson
a train trip across the California Sierras and into memory and soul
Journeying Bo Young
a remarkable psychedelic journey in the South American jungle
Montserrat! Dan Bredemannon visiting sacred spaces:
But there are times in life when, for reasons that are not entirely clear, you are compelled to leave your house and go somewhere not for business or for fun, but because your soul calls for it.
Statues That Cry Jim VenturaA Journey Beyond Religion
A Piece of Skin: From despair to Despair Dennis Paddie
the life and hard times of closeted homosexual traveloguist Bruce Chatwin
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Look at Enlightenment This Way
topazjay
Every moment of awareness you experience, whether in formal meditation or just by becoming aware of your mind and body while shopping in a grocery store, is a candle you've lit. The candle never burns down or goes out but you leave it behind all the same.
So you light more candles, once again perhaps in formal meditation or by being fully aware while driving down the road or cleaning house. Finally, with plenty of practice you realize that you no longer need to actively seek awareness. It becomes part of your natural tendencies.
You look back on the road you've been travelling and you see thousands of these candles, those moments of "enlightenment" and they're all burning and making a great light. All these moments together constitute enlightenment.
This is Tantra at its simplest and most basic, making your everyday life the driving force behind your spiritual unfoldment.
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Pilgrimage To Creation: Residencies for 2003
Bro. Johannes Zinzendorf
Opportunities for summer living in Pennsylvania. Check out their website The Hermitage
About the Near Future of White Crane Journal
Toby Johnson
A change of editors is in store
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Bodhisattva Watch
The Two Wings of the Bodhisattva
When we open to the pain of our world what we discover is our interconnectedness. And as we open to our mutual belonging, we feel the suffering. We don't shut it out. So compassion and wisdom belong together, empowering each other. They are the two wings of the bodhisattva.
Joanna Macy
Joseph Campbell
In his final conversation with Bill Moyers, Campbell quoted Karlfried Graf Dürckheim: "When you're on a journey, and the end keeps getting further and further away, then you realize that the real end is the journey."
Joe went on to say, "The Navaho have that wonderful image of what they call the pollen path. Pollen is the life source. The pollen path is the path to the center. The Navaho say, 'Oh, beauty before me, beauty behind me, beauty to the right of me, beauty to the left of me, beauty above me, beauty below me, I'm on the pollen path.'"
Moyers answered, "Eden was not. Eden will be."
Joe rejoined, "Eden is. The Kingdom of the Father is spread upon the earth, and men do not see it."
The Power of Myth, p. 230
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----Lots of books this issue----
Arousal: by Dr. Michael J. Bader Ralphe Wiggins
Gay Warrior by F. Jim Fickey and Gary S. Grimm John R. Stowe
Queering Christ by Robert E. Goss Toby Johnson
Homosexuality in French History & Culture ed by Jeffrey Merrick and Michael Sibalis Steven LaVigne
The Big Book of Misunderstanding by Jim Gladstone Steven LaVigne
The Flesh of the Word by Richard A. Rosato Toby Johnson
Secular Wholeness by David Cortesi
Tantra for Gay Men by Bruce Anderson
Yoga & the Path of the Urban Mystic by Darren John Main
The Gay Herman Melville Reader ed. Ken Schellenberg
A Personal Enlightenment by Greg Kasperek
Simple Grace by Malcolm Boyd
Summer Island & other memories by adambenhur
Catland by David Garrett Izzo
Creativity by Fr. Matthew Fox R.A. Horne
Skipping Towards Gomorrah by Dan Savage
Jodi: The Greatest Love Story by Richard Brodsky
No More Fat Bears by Penn Collins
2003 Lambda Literary Award Nominees in Spirituality
Courage to Love: Liturgies for the LGBT Community by Geoffrey Duncan, The Pilgrim Press
Found Tribe: Jewish Coming Out Stories by Lawrence Schimel, Sherman Asher
Lover's Legends: The Gay Greek Myths by Andrew Calimach, Haiduk Press
Queer Jews by Caryn Aviv and David Shneer, Routledge
Queering Christ by Robert E. Goss, Pilgrim Press
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