Spirituality, Soul, Religion

Modern society has invited us to develop views of life passages and identity that once were dictated by religious leaders.

A sense of being interconnected with all beings and part of a universe that is alive and communicative is an increasing influence in how possibilities are viewed.

Still organized religion and spirituality dialogue and conflict in modern western cultures. The history of these conflicts provides roots for present expressions.

Catholism — the 1960s reforms of Vatican; contemporary Catholics

Feminist Sprituality — Goddess beliefs and Creatrix

Cathars

Black Madonna

Humanism — the dominance of the human spirit

Earth-based spiritualities, indigenous beliefs, witchcraft in the United States