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Toni wrote:

> My ecumenism however did not go as far as Fox's.

> I drew the line at witches

> and most pagan stuff....not because it wasn't

> interesting reading, but

> because it was just too big a jump. One cannot

> in my mind go from monotheism

> to pagan....or let me say it this way....

> Although I believe G-d is

> Existence, and we are all outpressings of that existence,

I like the image of humanity as an outpressing of the divine. I'd have

to say that Wicca's not my cup of tea either, although I met Starhawk

at a Creation Spirituality retreat and attended her class, because I

had read her SPIRAL DANCE and very much liked some things about it. I

enjoyed that experience.

> I find sitting

> around a campfire fun but not spiritual.

I'd have to disagree with that one, but I grew up attending summer

church camps where the evening campfire was the spiritual highlight of

each day :-)

> I still experience a personal G-d. I

> am also much too old to think witchcraft is a fun thing for me...it

> isn't.Nor is shamanism my cup of tea,I would sooner have gone East

> and

> become a Buddhist. Now they have some terrific practices and ideas.

What I like about Fox's idea of " deep ecumenism " is that we can look

outside at other spiritual traditions and find wisdom there. Makes me

stretch, I like that.

> So when Creation Spirituality went overboard on all that,

> I decided to

> cancel my subscription. I still read Fox

> because my theology is much

> like his, and I too found I had to leave Holy Mother

> Church. They were

> delighted in my neck of the woods, but Ratzinger

> didn't boot me out. If I

> had known he would someday be Pope i would have

> run not walked to the

> nearest exit. Now the charismatic renewal was a fine experience for

> me...almost until the end, but that didn't make me popular with the

> bishop either.

You still might find Fox's ONE RIVER, MANY WELLS interesting to read...

> It isn't ecumenism we need to be concerned with, in my opinion, but

> combating fundamentalism before it tears this nation apart.

>

> Anyway, what did you do with Fox that got your

> picture in the magazine?

Not a picture, actually. They published a poem of mine. The magazine

CREATION was my introduction to Fox. The first issue showed up

on my desk. I never knew how it got there or who was responsible for

giving it to me, but it connected me with his work which was very

helpful for me at that time.

Bruce