Upcoming Events
This is the only weekend retreat Mirabai will be offering during her Pacific Northwest tour for the release of her new book, Wild Mercy, about the feminine mystic as one who gathers the pain of the world into her arms and transmutes it with "wild mercy"--a merging of fierce courage with the unstoppable forces of forgiveness, compassion, and love. And she is needed now more than ever. "Women across cultural boundaries are rising with our echoing YES in response to the collective call to step up and repair the broken world. We are rooting ourselves in our resounding NO in the face of injustice to our fellow human beings and our Mother Earth."
In this gathering, we will access women mystics across the spiritual traditions, such as Teresa of Ávila, Mary Magdalene, Hildegard of Bingen, Sophia, Sufi saint Rabia, Quan Yin, Kali, and indigenous Mother goddesses while immersing ourselves in group reflections, meditations, evocative writing and image making exercises, and inter-spiritual chanting, weaving these luminous elements into a basket of awakened community. By drinking from the wellspring of women’s wisdom across the spiritual landscape, we carry these living waters into our lives and offer them to a world thirsty for the Divine Feminine.
In this gathering, we will access women mystics across the spiritual traditions, such as Teresa of Ávila, Mary Magdalene, Hildegard of Bingen, Sophia, Sufi saint Rabia, Quan Yin, Kali, and indigenous Mother goddesses while immersing ourselves in group reflections, meditations, evocative writing and image making exercises, and inter-spiritual chanting, weaving these luminous elements into a basket of awakened community. By drinking from the wellspring of women’s wisdom across the spiritual landscape, we carry these living waters into our lives and offer them to a world thirsty for the Divine Feminine.
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Mirabai Starr, award-winning author, writes creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature and is known for making timeless wisdom accessible to contemporary seekers in an effort to promote peace and justice. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice, the transformational power of grief and loss, and inter-spiritual dialogue. Mirabai lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico. http://mirabaistarr.com
Wild Mercy will be released Spring, 2019. Book Talk and Signing at Fairhaven Village Books, March 21, 7 pm. |
Past Events
Celebrating with Community
Maher Ashram Fundraiser with Sr. Lucy Kurien
Bellingham, WA
Maher Ashram Fundraiser with Sr. Lucy Kurien
Bellingham, WA