by Kate Joyner | Jun 17, 2022 | Magic, Eros, Love, Surrender
My partner is an engineer. I’m a mystic. In the brilliance of his mind I see his capacity to work out the mechanics of the world of the tangible. (Without his brilliance I don’t know if I’d survive in the physical)l. He’s a genius at making with the beauty of his...
by Kate Joyner | May 18, 2022 | Eros, Love, Surrender
Last Sunday I went to church. I had just finished delivering a weekend program to 58 participants and it was holy fire. Spending the weekend bringing an avid group of willing folk into direct conversations with the Soul is like nothing else. When we finished the call...
by Kate Joyner | May 11, 2022 | Creativity, Love, Surrender
I don’t think there is anything as vulnerable as becoming an artist. When I say artist, I don’t mean solely a performing artist, I mean stepping into anything that is of your own creation. When we birth creation, we become the bridge between this world...
by Kate Joyner | Feb 28, 2022 | Love, Longing, Surrender
Last night I was at the local church listening to the choir. I found myself being unexpectedly moved by the chorus of voices emanating a kind of communion with holy. The song about Mary birthing her son, Jesus, had me weeping, along with the song about a wishing well...
by Kate Joyner | Jan 19, 2022 | Eroticism, Eros, Love, Magic, Surrender
Sometimes, when I dare utter the words ‘Feminine Eros’ in any of my conversations, I can quite intuitively pick up on a contraction with the field of the collective. To talk about the particular nuances of a woman’s turn on to life creates an archaic repulsion,...
by Kate Joyner | Dec 17, 2021 | Eros, Eroticism, Love, Surrender
I’ve been hanging out with the Myth of Psyche and Eros recently as I’ve been studying at Martin Shaw’s school of myth. The myth describes the journey to ecstasy. The inner marriage required to arrive at the heavenly descent onto earth. Psyche, the soul, has to go...
