The Different Drummer

Sunday, January 24, 2021 In this polarized world, especially our fractured country, we need symbols of healing and balance. We hear our leaders and public officials calling for unity, but their divisive actions belie their words. We are living in Crazy Town, but we can find meaning in films like, “The Tree of Life”, that ….  Read More

Sunday, January 17, 2021 A friend of mine recently wrote a blog post called, “Crazy Town”. As I read it, I marveled at the clarity of her description. It touched something deep within me. “That’s it”, I thought. “That’s been my life’s path.” At around the same time, I watched a movie based on the ….  Read More

December 21, 2020 Saturday, December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day The Christmas/ Solstice season is the most mystical time of the year. December 21, Winter Solstice, is the shortest day of the year with the longest hours of darkness before the light begins to return to the Wheel of the Year. Diana Ferguson, ….  Read More

Sunday, November 15, 2020 No matter what you think of President Trump, demon or savior, he has led one of the greatest populace movements of modern times: the “Deplorables.” There are many misconceptions about the “Deplorables.” Since they comprise half of the US population, and I consider myself to be one of them, I would ….  Read More

Saturday, October 24, 2020 I LOVE HALLOWEEN! It’s the Celtic New Year, a night of the year filled with mysticism and folklore when “the veil between the worlds” clears and the Ancients claim we can connect with the Unknown. It’s a night for old fashioned scary movies (not the slasher kind), putting a log on ….  Read More

Sunday, October 11, 2020 Here is a task not for the faint of heart. It may be that you have to acquire a few grey hairs in order to consider it. Or a few personal successes in order to endure it. Or a strong belief in a Being greater than yourself of which you are ….  Read More

Sunday, September 27,2020 In August, a new movie premiered called “Fatima”. It depicts the 1917 Portuguese miracle from the perspective of Lucia, the oldest child who experienced the Apparition at Fatima. To fully appreciate the significance of the movie, an appreciation of the historical context of the Fatima Apparition should be considered. At that time, ….  Read More

“But don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.” Saturday, September 12, 2020 Last night I started watching a series on Netflix. It’s called “The Gift” and it takes place in present day Turkey. It is about the resurgence of the feminine in a patriarchal culture in which women can no longer remain pregnant ….  Read More

Maybe the best way to understand the “99%” of Kabbalah is to compare it to a Jungian concept: Synchronicity – Synchronicity is “the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.” 1 (Oxford Languages) Last week, my daughter called and told me that she planted a cactus for me ….  Read More

Saturday, August 29, 2020 It was not until my late 50’s that I became aware of the spiritual tradition of the Kabbalah. I began to study with a group in Woodland Hills, CA., who examine the teachings of Rav Berg. Kabbalah originated 2,000 years ago with the writing of the Zohar by Rabbi Shimon bar ….  Read More