THE GUARDIAN OF THE DIVINE FEMININE
by Ton van der Kroon When I am in a buddhist retreat in Monchique, in the south of Portugal, I am intrigued by a portrait of the Dalai Lama. He is one of my great examples and teachers in life.…
Category Connecting the Dots
‘RESTORE THE TEMPLE’
Templar stories, part 1 Two weeks ago Anne and me participated in a wellnessmarket, at the parc at the foot of the Templarcastle in Tomar. We tried to sell some of our books, had nice conversations with visitors and other…
NEW TEMPLATES
When you think you will be twelve and turn out to be thirteen – and the thirteenth leaves the group on Good Friday – you kind of know that you are on a special mission. Especially if the gathering takes…
THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF … SNOWWHITE
by Ton van der Kroon The remake of Disney’s Snow White was recently released. It caused quite a stir on social media. Never before has a children’s film caused so much controversy, anger and resentment. A complete online hate campaign…
SINAI REVISITED
Meeting the goddess of the Sinai: HathorTravelogue Sinai, October 2024 Part 1. Two years ago we organized a great ceremony on Mount Sinai, in the middle of the Sinai desert. About 60 women and 20 men went up the mountain…
the art of pioneering
(Men’s work, Mary Magdalene, light work and the Amazon) Pioneering has fun sides. It is an adventure, like being a detective or adventurer uncovering unknown territories, travelling beyond the boundaries of what is allowed or what should be, entering forbidden…
BRAZIL CALLING…
Travellog, part 1 “Be on august 15th in Manaus. Then the powwow will begin.” That was the message I got from my guides during a meditation a few months ago. Manaus? I objected. ‘ I have never been there. I…
Men’s work: Between Woke and Tate
Two major men’s festivals are taking place this summer; one in Belgium and one in the Netherlands. Where do they stem from? What is the point of them? And what are the risks? A reflection on men’s work, Woke, Andrew…
LA GRANDE DAME
Five years ago, two days after the fire of Notre Dame de Paris, I wrote the text below. A text that is still hauntingly relevant, because it expresses exactly what we worked on last summer and will work on next…
THE POWER OF PICO
“I finally stepped out of the field of the Azores”, Ton said this morning, after his first quiet night since we left the islands. Over the past few days he has been coughing his lungs out, so intensively that it…