Archive for February, 2008

Eros, Saint Valentine, and the search for the magical Other

Posted by Soul's Code on 14 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Love & Relationships (families included), Sacred Days

Angela Brown “tu lips”This is the one day of the year in our secular society where a celibate Catholic gets top-billing, marquee treatment. There were probably three saints called Valentine, one of whom history says is entombed in Rome’s catacombs.

But the origin […]

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Ash Wednesday and the ghost in you

Posted by Soul's Code on 06 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Addiction, Sacred Days, Rites & Role models, Confessions

No, we don’t mean our favorite song by the Psychedelic Furs, which was given a short second life a couple of years ago by the Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore vehicle 50 First Dates. But now that we brought it up, did you ever […]

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PEAK EXPERIENCE: You are stardust . . .

Posted by Soul's Code on 06 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Peak Experiences, Sacred Days, Rites & Role models, Confessions

If spiritual growth is about stripping down the ego, the Imposition of Ashes on the first day of Lent is a powerful and public ritual of liberation

I did confession (Ash Wednesday) and received the imposition of ashes. I’ve never felt so stripped naked in public […]

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