Veterans

Today Harry Patch, the last surviving British “Tommy” to fight in World War One, died at age 111. He’d been a machine-gunner in 1917.  A week earlier the previous oldest survivor died, at 113.
This has special poignancy for me because today is St James’ Day, the day on which 68 years earlier my father had [...]

The Magician Archetype

As I continue to investigate the Magician archetype it seems as if there may be several levels of Magician. Some people seem to start life with so much more than the rest of us. More opportunity, more contacts, more genius… it’s humbling. And truly there are some people, very able and wonderful, who [...]

Video Updates

Baptist de Pape has produced a couple of rather fun videos in which we talk about the Magician and the way of the open heart.  You can see them on Youtube or by going to the Youtube page right here - much simpler, I think you’ll agree.
In many ways they take the ideas of The [...]

And end to war?

Human beings like war. We must do, because we’re always doing it.
So let’s ask the obvious question: what is it we like about it. Like a dangerous drug, if we can discover exactly why people use it we can sort out a way to encourage them to stop using it.
I think I may [...]

As tasks unfold

Have you ever had the experience of starting a project, completing it, and then realizing that all the time there was another sub-text that was at work that you hadn’t recognized?  Now, if you have time and opportunity, that can be delightful.  You go back and do the task again, refreshing it, so to speak, [...]

What to do when the heart is closed

Lately Baptist de Pape, Han Koorneefe, Lilou Mace and others have been corresponding with me about this particular topic.  It’s been fascinating!  The same questions sometimes come back to us, though. Here’s one: If one of our life-tasks is to try and keep an open heart (and I have every reason to believe this is [...]

Video Interviews, and Soul Work

I’ve been doing some video interviews with Baptist de Pape today, as he moves into the next stage of producing his movie, ‘The Powerful Wisdom of the Heart’.  I’m honored to be included, and I’m also so very delighted to talk with Baptist about things that are very dear to my, well, Heart.
Baptist is a [...]

Date Movies

The Guardian (www.guardian.co.uk) - one of the better British newspapers - had a recent column on ‘the Date Movie’, and what people thought about the idea. Since we’re talking about England, here, some of the responses and anecdotes were hilarious, in a dry, understated way….
The point was a good one, though: there seems to [...]

Do Try This at Home

One of the things I do when I work with groups is I ask people to try out a few writing exercises, just to see where they may take them.  Here’s one that may prove interesting.
Take a moment and recall all the times you caused your parents trouble.  There must have been a few.  Whether [...]

Is it just me…?

Is it just me or do I detect that things are beginning to shift in the world? I’ve recently had some wonderful conversations with Dutch film-maker Baptist de Pape , composer Han Kooreneefe and with Lilou Mace. The theme in each case had to do with keeping our minds and our hearts open, [...]