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17 Apr 2013

The Miracle of Life : Did it spring from a singularity? Here is a provocative commentary from priest-archaeologist, Fr Eugene Stockton. Eugene poses the question: what if Life – i.e. organic life, the life that led eventually to us – like Creation itself evolved from a singularity? What are the implications of that for science? Or for theology and our spiritual and religious beliefs? I was challenged on the forum the other day for suggesting that the ancient poets and seers who dreamt up our theologies might have a thing or two to teach modern science (if little to teach the "moderns" who want to take theology, religious belief, reason and science back to mindset of humanity around the time of The Council of Trent). In this essay, Fr Eugene might seem to suggest there is some connection between what we're learning from contemporary scientific insight and what was discerned intuitively by some of those ancient seers and writers. ...Brian Coyne, Editor [more]

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06 Sep 2012

The Universal Search for Sophia or Wisdom... A shorter commentary today, but one packed with wisdom. In fact it is all about "Wisdom" and the universal search for this elusive quality. This is from the second appendix to Fr Eugene Stockton's book, The Deep Within: Towards an Archetypal Theology and seeks to bring together some ideas that seem universal across many religions and philosophies in the human quest to better understand ourselves, and the meaning and ultimate objectives of life. ...Brian Coyne, Editor [more]

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15 Aug 2012

Eugene Stockton: What I mean by Archetypal Theology... I was initially hoping to bring you a mini-documentary to introduce Fr Eugene Stockton's book, The Deep Within: Towards an Archetypal Theology but because of some technical hassles and simply finding I am too stretched to do what I'd like to do with the documentary, I've decided today to bring forward Fr Eugene's essay explaining what he means by an Archetypal Theology and why the concept might be important. He is not pretending to advance some "completed theory" or "idea" but wants to open-up a conversation, particularly amongst theologians and other scholars, on a new way of approaching this whole business of understanding the Mystery of the Divine or God. ...Brian Coyne, Editor [more]

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19 Jul 2012

In Search of the Deep Within: A Conversation with Fr Eugene Stockton (Part 2)... In this second conversation with Fr Eugene Stockton to introduce an extended investigation into the theological insights common to all religions, Catholica editor, Brian Coyne, quizes Fr Eugene about the different ways in which the indigenous peoples he has encountered view life and the world in different ways to Western people. [more]

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12 Jul 2012

In Search of the Deep Within: A Conversation with Fr Eugene Stockton (Part 1)... Today we introduce a new and extended investigation to Catholica. The lead commentary today consists of three parts: a written introduction to this "extended investigation" by the editor and publisher of Catholica, Brian Coyne; a short video interview with archeologist and priest, Dr Eugene Stockton, whose work will be central to this investigation, and thirdly an invitation if you would like to join us here in the Blue Mountains later in the year for a social gathering and discussion in physical space where we can meet face-to-face and extend our conversation. [more]