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RT @nick_routledge: @CarlMcColman "The great secret of erotic love—which all true lovers instinctively know—is that 'agape' is in essence transfigured desire. There are not two loves, one 'agape-based' and the other 'eros-based'...” - Cynthia Bourgeault

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @Sophiologist_ Bourgeault's meditation on Mouravieff's 'Fifth Way' (in 'The Meaning of Mary Magdalene' and 'Love is Stronger than Death') describing conscious love as practiced in partnership as the purest and most sublime realization of the Christian sapiential path, is quite compelling, too.Quoted by@Sophiologist_ Bourgeault's meditation on Mouravieff's 'Fifth Way' (in 'The Meaning of Mary Magdalene' and 'Love is Stronger than Death') describing conscious love as practiced in partnership as the purest and most sublime realization of the Christian sapiential path, is quite compelling, too.Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @TheaEuryphaessa 1/ Lucky you! A related aside: some years ago I went searching, across wisdom traditions, for celebration of the sacred erotic, in word and image. Yes, of course there are exceptions but, for the most part, I encountered a shocking dearth. So then, a theme in my art, a while...Quoted by@TheaEuryphaessa 1/ Lucky you! A related aside: some years ago I went searching, across wisdom traditions, for celebration of the sacred erotic, in word and image. Yes, of course there are exceptions but, for the most part, I encountered a shocking dearth. So then, a theme in my art, a while...Quoted by@KarlBarthVEVO Proverbs.