Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

Turn of the century Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke continues to inspire with his intensely mystical, lyrical poems and letters. When a poet or artist expresses universal longings and truths with beauty and love, it is a call to each heart, in fellowship with all...
Bushido: The Katana

Bushido: The Katana

The katana was only to be owned and used by a Samurai warrior and anyone else found to possess one would be killed instantly. It was said that the katana of the Samurai was as precious to him as his soul. The sword is a universal symbol of physical, moral, and...
Bushido: The Eight Precepts

Bushido: The Eight Precepts

Ethical teachings such as the virtues of the Buddhist Eightfold Path and the precepts of Bushido can help inspire us to live a noble life. “Bu-Shi-Do translates as Military-Knight-Ways, the ways which fighting nobles should observe in their daily lives as well as in...
Bushido: The Way of the Samurai

Bushido: The Way of the Samurai

Bushido: The Way of One Who Serves The Samurai were a professional class of warrior in Japan for hundreds of years. They  embodied and observed Bushido, ‘the way of one who serves’. Bushido, like the chivalry of knighthood, is the ethical code by which the...
Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words

Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words

Jehanne d’Arc was a simple peasant living in 13th century France during the Hundred Years War. As a young girl she had visions of Archangel Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret telling her that she was chosen by God to help overthrow the English and bring...
The Three Aspects of Christ

The Three Aspects of Christ

Christ is a universal cosmic force, that can be intimately born within sufficiently prepared individuals, and which manifested in profound glory in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.   Historical Christ Jesus of Nazareth is one of three aspect of the Christ. Jesus of...
On Music and Poetry

On Music and Poetry

“Music is a divine influence which stirs the heart to seek God: those who listen to it spiritually attain unto God, and those who listen to it sensually fall into unbelief.”-Dhu l’Nun the Egyptian   “The art of healing cures the body, but the art of poetry cures...
The Zodiac

The Zodiac

Astrology is based on the study of the zodiac, a celestial wheel of twelve constellations of stars that appears to rotate around the Earth. From the Earth’s perspective, the zodiac creates a backdrop for the orbit of the planets of our solar system. and the...