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Good Friday 2024
Democracy died in Gaza.Buried under the rubblealongside the childrentheir homes bombeddreams shattered.Love crucified. International law died in Gaza.Nailed to the crossalongside human rightswomen’s rightschildren’s rights.Starved to death with the childrenshell-shocked and orphaned. Justice died in Gaza.Buried under the rubbleunderneath the relentless bombardment of propagandaand blatant lies.Wearing a crown of thorns.A mockery of righteousness. A sword…
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One Pilgrimage, Two Sisters
It was a cold, brisk April dawn as I entered the church. This was to be my fifth pilgrimage to Monte Camera Sanctuary from the Church of Santa Maria Assunta. Located in the hills, about five miles from the tiny Italian village of Pieve di Compresseto in Umbria, this sanctuary is devoted to Mary. Since…
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Assagioli’s Russian and Ukrainian Contacts
Today is Roberto Assagioli’s 136th birthday. So I thought this might be a good time to explore what we know about his time in Russia and his relationship with a Ukrainian couple whom he knew in Rome. Assagioli’s Trip to Russia in 1911 We have Assagioli’s own account of his visit to Russia in 1911.[i]…
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A Glimpse of Infinity
After graduating from the University of California Berkeley in 1987, I moved to Fukuyama, Japan—about 400 miles south of Tokyo—to teach English. People often ask why I decided to go to Japan, but the reality is that Japan chose me. At that time, I longed to take a year off and travel abroad. Having applied…
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Assagioli’s New Year Message
While poking around Assagioli’s online archives, searching for the words “peace” and “pace”, I came across an Italian newspaper clipping published precisely fifty years ago on New Years Day. The year was 1974, and this would be the last New Years Day Assagioli would experience as he would die on 23 August that same year…
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