Teachings on the Feminine & the World Soul
Articles & Excerpts
Please note:
In some of the following articles and excerpts, in an effort to maintain continuity and simplicity of text, God, the Great Beloved, is referred to as He. Of course, the Absolute Truth is neither masculine nor feminine. As much as It has a divine masculine side, so It has an awe-inspiring feminine aspect.
A Lover’s Journey: A Story of the Sacred Feminine
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, March 2018
First published in the blog the feminine and the seeds of the future
When I was nineteen I met my teacher, a Russian-born woman in her mid-sixties, recently returned from India where she had been trained by a Sufi master. Four years later, sitting in her small meditation group, I met and fell in love with a young woman recently arrived to London from Israel, who was to become my wife. As an intense young man, focused on meditation and aspiring to realize a formless Truth, the Sufi path unexpectedly opened me to the mystery of the feminine, and to the wonder of love both human and divine, formless and tangible. Read More
Feminine Principles and Social Change: Action Rooted in Spirit
By Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
First published in Kosmos Journal
“The Feminine is the matrix of creation, without her full participation nothing new can be born.” Today we are faced by ongoing ecological devastation, polluted air, rising seas, and the world’s worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II. If we can bear to hear the cry—both of the Earth, exploited through our greed and desires, and of the dispossessed, often war-ravaged and exploited by human traffickers and others—how should we fully respond? Read More
The Sacred Feminine Today
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Published online on The Huffington Post
Today there is a resurgence of interest in the sacred feminine. The immense popularity a few years ago of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code spoke not just to our enjoyment of a good thriller but also to the mystery of the divine feminine in Western culture.... Read More
Feminine Mysteries of Love
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Love is the most powerful force in the universe, and for centuries mystics have understood the transformative potential of divine love. Love draws us back to love, love uncovers love, love makes us whole and love takes us Home. Read More
Making the Way for the Feminine
by Anat Vaughan-Lee
Transcription of a Closing Reflection for the Conference "The Global Peace Initiative for Women" in Jaipur, India, March 2008
My name is Anat and I belong to the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Order of Sufism that came to the West from India on the death of our Sufi Teacher in 1966. It was brought to the West by Irina Tweedie who was the first woman to be trained according to this ancient Sufi tradition. Read More
Working with Oneness
The Contribution of the Feminine
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
This is an excerpt from the final chapter of the book Working with Oneness.
Life is an interconnected whole, and the energy of life flows through the web of connections that link part to part. Read More
The Role of Spirituality in the Healing of the World Community
by Barbara Sargent
of Kalliopeia Foundation
This is a transcript of a presentation on the importance of regular contemplative practice for the healing of the world. Read More
The Loss of the World Soul and its Return
by Anne Baring
Once upon a time, in a past so distant that we have no memory of it, the invisible and visible dimensions of life were imagined and instinctively experienced as a sacred unity. Read More
Spinning the Heart
by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
In the dream the bird is doing something with its beak to the girl’s heart. It is in the heart that the mystery of spiritual conception takes place. This is not the physical heart but what the Sufis call the heart of hearts. Read More
The Moon: Myth & Image
By Jules Cashford
Excerpted from chapter 14 of The Moon: Myth and Image (Cassell Illustrated, 2003) Read More
Seed and the New Year
By Anat Vaughan-Lee
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Woman On the Edge of Time
Interview with Joanna Macy
First published in Inquiring Mind
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