The word GOD is not one I associate with the Leftish New Statesman. A friend passed an old copy onto me. And there to my surprise and even shock there was this word on the cover in enormous letters…GOD. The … Read More
I watched with horror day after day as the equalising Arab Spring turned into a whole range of unforeseen results, I think a lot about religion v. spirituality and religion v. secularism. Occupation of public space in a peaceful way … Read More
I was talking to a friend about the way so many of us are on journeys or paths that are in some way moving towards greater equality. Liberals and progressives have always hoped for this. Yet more and more of … Read More
How come the right often do so much better at ‘spiritual’ inspiration’? In France they have Joan of Arc, in Greece ‘The Golden Dawn.’ Isn’t it time that the left developed a spirituality of its own. Many progressives are often … Read More
In his History of the World TV series Andrew Marr described the 20th Century as THE AGE OF EXTREMES. Is it ridiculously optimistic to think that the 21st Century could be THE AGE OF EQUALISING? There does seem to be … Read More
I’ve spent my life fascinated with opposites. Perhaps this is because I was born early on Jan.1st facing the old year and the new at the same time, like Janus. Opposites are so basic to our thinking and yet often … Read More
This was the title of a recent discussion at St. James’s Piccadilly between Revd. Lucy Winkett and Malcolm Stern, Founder of Alternatives. Lucy talked of her own very uplifting ‘spiritual’ experiences within Christianity while acknowledging that a lot of religion … Read More
A friend recently commented on my book ‘Deep Equality’. She said that it was really inspiring around spirituality and progressive politics, but there was no ‘being’ to worship. Well, I’m not exactly a worshipping kind of person, hierarchies aren’t my … Read More
Jocelyn Chaplin is an experienced psychotherapist (soul healer), and spiritual teacher with a particular interest in planetary transformation. We are going through a time of deep crisis and opportunity when the old paradigms of hierarchy, domination and competition are being … Read More
