Could your creativity, your grief, and your longing for justice all be forms of prayer?

Mystics have long spoken of the via positiva—the path of wonder—and the via negativa—the path through darkness and letting go. Matthew Fox expands this ancient wisdom with two more: the via creativa, where our creativity becomes prayer, and the via transformativa, where compassion fuels justice and renewal.

Together, these four paths form a map of the spiritual life—guiding us through joy, grief, imagination, and courageous action. In this session, Fox draws on voices like Hildegard, Eckhart, and Julian of Norwich alongside indigenous wisdom and contemporary science, showing how the fourfold way is both deeply rooted and urgently relevant for our time.

Come discover how beauty, loss, creativity, and justice are not separate journeys, but one integrated path into the heart of Divine love.

Speaker bio: 

Matthew Fox is a spiritual theologian, an Episcopal priest and an activist for gender justice and eco-
justice. He has written over 42 books that have been translated into 78 languages. As founder of the
University of Creation Spirituality in California and The Cosmic Mass, he conducts dozens of workshops
each year and is a visiting scholar at the Academy for the Love of Learning. He is the recipient of many
awards including: The Abbey Courage of Conscience Peace Award. Recent projects include Order of the
Sacred Earth and Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox as well as The Cosmic Mass. For further
information go to: www.matthewfox.org. www.dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org