Does the Creation Spirituality Tradition have core beliefs?
The Creation Spirituality Tradition has articulated core beliefs. These are evidenced by the ten principles of Creation Spirituality, and the writings of Matthew Fox. Ø Does the Creation Spirituality Tradition have myths and stories? The Creation Spirituality Tradition starts with the cosmic creation story. Because it draws upon the wisdom of indigenous cultures it is informed by these stories as well. The wisdom teachings of the world’s great religions and especially the stories of the mystics also provide teaching stories. For example: In 1273, while celebrating the Eucharist in the chapel of St. Nicholas on December 6, Thomas Aquinas had an experience that rendered him mute. The only words he spoke after that were as follows: “such things have been revealed to me that all that I have written seems to me as so much straw.” This story gives pause to many students of the Creation Spirituality Tradition, since Thomas Aquinas’s writing are among some of the most beautiful in the Creation
