by Richard Stromer | Feb 28, 2020 | Gilgamesh, Quest, Spiritual Development, Spirituality
For countless generations, storytellers have described life as a metaphorical Journey beginning with the mystery of our birth and ending with the mystery of our death. In between these two great mysteries, we encounter all manner of experience which we weave into an...
by Richard Stromer | Jan 31, 2020 | Personal Mythology, Personal Religion, Spirituality
While a growing number of Americans say they feel alienated from organized religion, a sizeable and increasing number are also expressing a desire for spiritual sustenance outside of traditional religious denominations. This trend suggests that even though many...
by Richard Stromer | Jun 30, 2019 | Happiness, Spiritual Development, Spirituality
“We hold these truths to be self–evident, That all men are created equal, That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” How many of us, I wonder, learned those...
by Richard Stromer | May 24, 2019 | Calling, Hero's Journey, Joseph Campbell, Paul Tillich, Spirituality, Ultimate Concern
I first became interested in the idea of “hearing a call” through the work of the mythologist Joseph Campbell. Probably the most famous aspect of Campbell’s work concerns the archetypal pattern of transformation he named the “Hero’s Journey.” It was this concept,...
by Richard Stromer | Apr 19, 2019 | Archetypes, Biblical Myths, Christianity, Easter, Judaism, Passover, Spirituality
Once again we come back to that time of year when Jews celebrate Passover — the liberation of the ancient Hebrews from bondage in Egypt — and Christians celebrate Easter — the resurrection of the crucified Jesus. For Jews, the celebration of Passover...
by Richard Stromer | Jun 16, 2018 | Spirituality
In the past — and not far back in time — religion was mostly a fixed feature of people’s lives. By and large, we tended to practice the same faith tradition as our parents and relatively few people questioned what they had been taught to believe....
