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Architects of Peace
As Nathaniel Hawthorne said before publishing “The Scarlet Letter” in 1850, I was “the darkest writer of American letters,” but no creator writes because they chose to; writing has chosen you. It’s an emergency, a need in your life. “If you didn’t write, you would be missing something desperately essential.
— Paul Auster
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The wisdom of nature, also identified as the spirit residing in matter and the spirit in our bodies, is, we are told, emerging into consciousness, both collectively and in individuals.
This feminine wisdom has both been neglected and wounded by a patriarchy concerned only with power, control and perfection. In contrast, in the thinking presented here, feminine wisdom focuses on what is, on including all the parts, and on connection.
Men and women alike need to bring into consciousness this feminine source in order to live in relation to the creative energy of life.
This may also occasion the discovery of the creative masculine, in contrast to its destructive forms.
That failing, not only individuals, but human society and the planet will suffer and perhaps destruct…
We need to allow ourselves to drop into an abyss of not knowing, to lose our grip on projects and plans and our inherited frames of reference.
