Mary Magdalene

You could be forgiven for presuming anointing are ancient forgotten rituals that do not hold power in our world. But did you watch the coronation of King Charles in 2023? The whole ceremony was televised apart from one moment: the anointing. This anointing ritual, also known as the Act of Consecration, was so sacred it…

Most of us take access to an education for granted. We expect doors to open for us if we seek it. We know that we can enter a Church or a university and be allowed to receive the same education as males. We see an open book and a woman leaning over it and we…

Western culture does not do well with death. We no longer have rituals and practises to support the grieving. We seem to find the whole idea of death uncomfortable, living in denial of our own essential mortality. In ancient times all the way into the nineteenth century, death was a visible reality. With death rates…