Creation's Paths

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Embark on a transformative journey with 'Creation's Paths,' a podcast that delves into the heart of Creation Spirituality, Druidry, and Christo-pagan Druidcraft. Our quest is to explore the intricate tapestry of the One Life, as we seek to find and follow our Awen. We embrace the living essence of the Divine, celebrating the sacredness in all creation as we connect to the Nwyfre flowing through all things. In each episode, we traverse the mystical ways of Druidry, intertwining them with the inclusive and compassionate teachings of Christo-pagan Druidcraft. We explore with a deep respect for the earth, a commitment to spiritual growth, and a desire to foster unity and understanding across diverse spiritual practices. Join us as we seek to illuminate the spiritual journey, offering insights and reflections that resonate with the soul's longing for connection and meaning. 'Creation's Paths' is a haven for those who yearn to deepen their spiritual understanding, embrace their true selves, and celebrate the love of the Divine that embraces all - irrespective of race, creed, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Subscribe to 'Creation's Paths' and be part of a community that values wisdom, compassion, and the pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. Together, let's proclaim the beauty of existence and the joy of spiritual discovery in every step we take on this sacred journey. www.creationspaths.com

  1. 1D AGO

    Those Who Wait to Deserve Will Never Be Worthy

    Those who wait to deserve will never be worthy. The goalposts always move, because the system was built to keep moving them. Charlie and Brian walk into Yesod, the Sephiroth of foundation, and find the rhythm beneath every real community: gracious giving, gracious receiving, and the covenant that holds when contract fails. Stories from Berkeley, from the inflatable frog in Portland, from the dry aquifers of the Bible Belt, and from the strange company of holy rascals who refuse to wait for permission to live. Some people pray to a God they no longer believe in because they have not yet found language for the God they do. Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer is that language, grown from twenty years of walking the Four Paths. .Creation’s Paths is a Christopagan Creation Spirituality community rooted in the conviction that creation is original blessing, not original sin. If this episode found you at the right moment, you are welcome here. New to Creation’s Paths? Start here: https://www.creationspaths.com/p/start-here The book: Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer https://www.amazon.com/dp/1972869019 Educational resources: https://wisdomscry.com This work is listener and reader supported. If it has been nourishing to you, the most direct way to sustain it is a paid Substack subscription: it keeps the teaching flowing and the community growing. All are welcome here regardless of financial capacity. Spiritual nourishment should flow freely to all who seek it. Become a paid subscriber: Other ways to support: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett Patreon: https://patreon.com/cedorsett Cash App: https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths Find us: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ #Yesod #Covenant #HolyRascals #TreeOfLife #Mysticism #Theology #Christopagan #CreationSpirituality #CreationsPaths 0:00 We Forgot That We Belong to One Another 1:53 Druid Priest of Bridget, Sous-Chef to the Dagda 3:34 Try Pulling Yourself Up by Your Bootstraps 6:09 Edison Had Four Hundred Engineers 9:04 Which Word Would You Erase from English? 11:05 The Whole Phrase We Forgot 13:16 The Church That Laid Hands on Us (Via Positiva) 19:27 Habit, Not Malice (Via Negativa) 29:04 Thirty-Six Hidden Ones Hold the World (Via Creativa) 32:53 You Were Robbing Them of Giving 38:04 Meritocracy Was a Dystopian Satire (Via Transformativa) 41:24 Charity Is Not Covenant 42:51 How Rage Hurts the Cause It Loves 44:59 Everyone Was Welcome There 46:22 Those Who Wait to Deserve Will Never Be Worthy 47:31 A Prayer to Saint Zacchaeus Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

    49 min

  2. MAY 5

    The Blessing Is Already on Your Doorstep

    You are already the diamond. The light has been coming in for years, refracting through every sorrow, every question, every practice, and you have been waiting for a piece of paper to tell you it was real. This episode explores Hod, the Sephiroth of Splendor, and asks what it actually means to receive: not as passive absorption but as the active, creative act that turns tradition into a living third thing. Charlie and Brian walk through the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality to name the difference between obedience culture and genuine receptivity, and close with an embodied practice and blessing for the diamond heart. You left the institution but not the longing. Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer is for everyone who still feels the sacred moving through the world and wants a language worthy of that feeling. Creation’s Paths is a Christopagan Creation Spirituality community rooted in the conviction that creation is original blessing, not original sin. If this episode found you at the right moment, you are welcome here. New to Creation’s Paths? Start here: https://www.creationspaths.com/p/start-here The book: Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer https://www.amazon.com/dp/1972869019 Educational resources: https://wisdomscry.com This work is listener and reader supported. If it has been nourishing to you, the most direct way to sustain it is a paid Substack subscription: it keeps the teaching flowing and the community growing. All are welcome here regardless of financial capacity. Spiritual nourishment should flow freely to all who seek it. Become a paid subscriber: Other ways to support: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett Patreon: https://patreon.com/cedorsett Cash App: https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths Find us: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ 0:00 The Certificate I Was Waiting For3:29 Hod: The Sephirah of Splendor5:32 Systems That Train You to Wait9:05 The Soul Is an Instrument That Must Be Played13:20 When Receiving Closes Into Control16:18 You Are Already the Diamond (Via Positiva)17:53 One Plus One Equals Three19:46 Clearing Ground Before the Seed (Via Negativa)27:04 Nobody Gets Lego to Stare at the Bricks (Via Creativa)35:31 Radiate It Out (Via Transformativa)36:45 Practice: Receive and Send39:22 Blessed Are Those with the Diamond Heart Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

    40 min

  3. APR 28

    The Last Thing I See Every Night Is Her Smile

    The last thing Charlie sees every night before turning out the light is St. Sarah's face smiling from a painting on the altar across the room. And somewhere deep inside, that courage smiles back. Then morning comes. And somehow, you get up and go back into the daily struggle. This week on Creation's Paths, Charlie and Brian walk with Netzach: the energy on the Tree of Life that keeps things moving forward, the green drive that refuses to stop. They follow the Four Paths through dandelions breaking concrete, ships with no rudder finding shore, and three little birds singing so loud on the windowsill you'd think an alarm was going off. What's wanting to be born in us right now is not a strategy for surviving empire. It's something older, smaller, and far more stubborn than that. Matthew Fox calls it 1+1=3: one tradition meeting one life makes a third thing no one expected. Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer is that third thing and an invitation to find yours. Creation’s Paths is a Christopagan Creation Spirituality community rooted in the conviction that creation is original blessing, not original sin. If this episode found you at the right moment, you are welcome here. New to Creation’s Paths? Start here: https://www.creationspaths.com/p/start-here The book: Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer https://www.amazon.com/dp/1972869019 Educational resources: https://wisdomscry.com This work is listener and reader supported. If it has been nourishing to you, the most direct way to sustain it is a paid Substack subscription: it keeps the teaching flowing and the community growing. All are welcome here regardless of financial capacity. Spiritual nourishment should flow freely to all who seek it. Become a paid subscriber: Other ways to support: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett Patreon: https://patreon.com/cedorsett Cash App: https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths Find us: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ #Netzach #BlackMadonna #TreeOfLife #ViaNegativa #ViaPositiva #Christian #Mysticism #Spirituality #Christopagan #CreationSpirituality #CreationsPaths Chapters: 0:00 She Came to Shore With No Rudder2:50 What It Takes to Keep Moving4:09 The Narrow Place7:50 Sitting With the Dark Until It Greens13:44 Dandelions Break Concrete19:04 Three Little Birds on the Windowsill22:28 Self-Love Is Not Small27:48 This Week’s Practice Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

    31 min

  4. APR 21

    Beauty: The Center That Holds

    We are living in a time that wants to drain the color out of everything: from politics to consumption culture to the slow accumulation of fear. Charlie and Brian walk the Four Paths through a single question: what actually holds the center when things fall apart? The answer is not optimism. It is beauty understood as the cosmological balance point of the Tree of Life, the dwelling place of the Cosmic Christ, and the practice that elevates the divine sparks still burning inside the broken shells of the world. This episode is pastoral, practical, and quietly insurgent. It moves from Via Positiva awe through the klippot and nitzotzot of Via Negativa, into the gemilut chesed and brachot of Via Creativa, and arrives at Via Transformativa in time to talk about dancing at protests and why a movement that cannot dance has already lost its way. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get your copy here —> Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer Creation’s Paths is a Christopagan Creation Spirituality community rooted in the conviction that creation is original blessing, not original sin. If this episode found you at the right moment, you are welcome here. New to Creation’s Paths? Start here: https://www.creationspaths.com/p/start-here The book: Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer https://www.amazon.com/dp/1972869019 Educational resources: https://wisdomscry.com This work is listener and reader supported. If it has been nourishing to you, the most direct way to sustain it is a paid Substack subscription: it keeps the teaching flowing and the community growing. All are welcome here regardless of financial capacity. Spiritual nourishment should flow freely to all who seek it. Become a paid subscriber: Other ways to support: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett Patreon: https://patreon.com/cedorsett Cash App: https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths Find us: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ #ViaPositiva #TikkunOlam #CosmicChrist #Tiphareth #FourPaths #SpiritualResistance #DefiantJoy #FaithAndBeauty #Geburah #Christopagan #CreationSpirituality #CreationsPaths Chapters: 00:00 The Story That Started Everything01:31 Yeats and the World Right Now03:29 Introduction / What Beauty Actually Is05:28 The Gray Haze — What’s Being Done to Us08:22 Beauty, Artemis, and the Blue Marble10:42 Via Positiva — Beauty as the First Path11:14 Tiphareth: Beauty at the Heart of the Tree of Life13:57 The Cosmic Christ Lives in Beauty16:00 Via Negativa — The kelipot and the Divine Sparks18:05 Tikkun Olam: Elevating the Sparks21:58 Releasing the Shell, Lifting the Light22:59 Via Creativa — Making Beauty in the World23:35 Gemilut Chesed: Bestowing Loving Kindness26:22 Brachot: The Practice of a Hundred Blessings28:24 Via Transformativa — Defiant Joy as Resistance31:53 This Week’s Practice: Blessed Is Life34:00 Closing Blessing Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

    35 min
  5. The Strong Heart: What Fear Takes and Courage Restores

    APR 14

    The Strong Heart: What Fear Takes and Courage Restores

    We're living in an Isaiah 5:20 moment: good called evil, evil called good, and a whole lot of broken people performing strength so the rest of us will feel powerless. This episode walks the Four Paths through the theology of Geburah: what communal, weight-sharing strength actually looks like; how Pachad, the projecting fear, corrupts it from within; what courage, the strong heart, wants to be born in us right now; and how we build the real thing together. Creation’s Paths is a Christopagan Creation Spirituality community rooted in the conviction that creation is original blessing, not original sin. If this episode found you at the right moment, you are welcome here. New to Creation’s Paths? Start here: https://www.creationspaths.com/p/start-here The book: Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer https://www.amazon.com/dp/1972869019 Educational resources: https://wisdomscry.com This work is listener and reader supported. If it has been nourishing to you, the most direct way to sustain it is a paid Substack subscription: it keeps the teaching flowing and the community growing. All are welcome here regardless of financial capacity. Spiritual nourishment should flow freely to all who seek it. Become a paid subscriber: Other ways to support: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett Patreon: https://patreon.com/cedorsett Cash App: https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths Find us: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ #Geburah #StrongHeart #KabbalahAndChristianity #SpiritualFormation #CourageAndFaith #PropheticTheology #Christopagan #CreationSpirituality #CreationsPaths Chapters: 0:00 — You’re Not Crazy: Strength in a World Turned Upside Down Cut point: “I feel like we have to start today by saying you’re not crazy.” ~2:00 — Welcome + Book Announcement Cut point: “Hello everybody. My name is Charlie.” ~4:00 — Strength That Demands Loyalty Over Truth Is Already Crumbling Cut point: “All right. Let’s just get into it now, shall we?” ~11:00 — Via Positiva: The Arch and the Weight We Share Cut point: “So let’s walk this idea of strength through the four paths” ~15:00 — Via Negativa: Geburah, Pachad, and the Fear That Robs Us Cut point: “As we turn over to the Via Negativa, to the second path, and start asking ourselves — what do we have to let go of? The answer is fear.” ~23:00 — Via Creativa: Courage Is the Strong Heart Being Born Cut point: “So as we turn to the Via Creativa and ask ourselves, well, what wants to be born within us at this moment” ~31:00 — Via Transformativa: Building Real Communities of Strength Cut point: “As we move on to the Via Transformativa, the fourth path, we ask ourselves — so what change do we actually bring to the world?” ~35:00 — Practice: A Meditation on the Strong Heart Cut point: “So hopefully that gives you a good firm rooting in what strength actually is. But if you wanna feel that, if you wanna experience it, not just think about it, I wanna offer a little practice for you.” ~39:00 — Closing Prayer to Archangel Michael Cut point: “I’d like to just say a little prayer to the Archangel Michael” Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

    41 min
  6. When the Kin-dom Appears Among Us Discussion

    APR 7

    When the Kin-dom Appears Among Us Discussion

    Jesus preached the gospel of the Kin-dom. Not a kingdom of domination and accumulated power, but a realm of kinship, mutual care, right relationship, and life lived in abundance together. In this closing conversation of the Kin-dom Rising series, Charlie and Brian ask what that actually looks like when it shows up in ordinary life. They trace the long argument between those who said the Kin-dom is here now and those who found it more convenient to push it off into the far future. They talk about anxiety, Babylon, meaning, the beatitudes, casseroles from neighbors, and what it means to savor life rather than consume it. This is theology from the inside, two people who have been practicing this faith for decades, thinking out loud together about what it asks of us and what it offers in return. Creation’s Paths is a Christopagan Creation Spirituality community rooted in the conviction that creation is original blessing, not original sin. If this episode found you at the right moment, you are welcome here. New to Creation’s Paths? Start here: https://www.creationspaths.com/p/start-here The book: Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer https://www.amazon.com/dp/1972869019 Educational resources: https://wisdomscry.com This work is listener and reader supported. If it has been nourishing to you, the most direct way to sustain it is a paid Substack subscription: it keeps the teaching flowing and the community growing. All are welcome here regardless of financial capacity. Spiritual nourishment should flow freely to all who seek it. Become a paid subscriber: Other ways to support: Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett Patreon: https://patreon.com/cedorsett Cash App: https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths Find us: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ #KinDomOfGod #BabylonAndTheKinDom #SavorNotConsume #JesusTeachings #PresentKingdom #ChristianMysticism #ProgressiveChristianity #Christopagan #CreationSpirituality #CreationsPaths Chapters: 00:00 Opening Reflection: The Kingdom vs. Imperial Power01:16 Announcements: Church of the Oak & Upcoming Series02:05 Book Announcement: Creation’s Paths05:09 Announcement: The Risen Gospel of Jesus (Easter Series)06:21 What Is the Kin-dom? Defining the Kingdom of Jesus07:05 Is the Kingdom Now or Later? The Pelagius vs. Augustine Debate10:33 The Kingdom as a State of Mind: Heaven, Hell, and How You Live24:45 Babylon Is Always in the Room: Anxiety and the Kingdom25:39 Savoring vs. Consuming: Reclaiming Life from Babylon’s Mindset31:02 Closing Reflections & Series Wrap-Up32:56 Closing Prayer Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

    34 min
  7. Unmasking Babylon Discussion

    MAR 24

    Unmasking Babylon Discussion

    Babylon is often imagined as something distant, a system somewhere else, run by someone else. But what happens when we begin to see how its patterns show up close to home, in the ways we treat others and ourselves? This episode invites a deeper awareness of dehumanization, not to accuse, but to help us recognize and respond with clarity and care. Thank you for Liking and Subscribing to this podcast Thank you for sharing this episode with your loved ones, friends and community Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. Read the full article here: Read the Labor Force Article here: https://www.ms.now/business-culture/300000-black-women-left-labor-force-3-months-s-not-coincidence-rcna219355 Thank you for Tips / Donations: * https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett * https://patreon.com/cedorsett * https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths * Substack: https://www.creationspaths.com/ New to The Seraphic Grove learn more For Educational Resource: https://wisdomscry.com Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer Social Connections: * BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com * Threads https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths * Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ #BabylonSystem #Dehumanization #SpiritualDiscernment #ChristianTheology #EmpireCritique #FaithAndCulture #Christopagan #CreationSpirituality #CreationsPaths Chapters: 00:00 Introduction: The Fall of Babylon03:04 Babylon’s Commodification: People and Souls04:23 Historical Context: The Book of Revelation07:19 Labor as Commodity: The Modern Workforce09:35 Unjust Laws: Ancient Problem, Modern Reality12:17 How We Form Moral and Ethical Judgments15:15 Ethics, Morality, and Law: Understanding the Differences21:07 Can You Legislate Morality?25:37 Honor, Integrity, and Compassion: Living in Right Relationship29:40 The Silversmiths of Ephesus: Faith and Livelihood30:38 Fear as Babylon’s Foundation33:19 Recognizing Division and Manufactured Fear33:55 Closing: All Shall Be Well Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

    36 min
  8. When God Allows the Sword: Empire, Love, and the Misuse of Romans 13 Discussion

    MAR 17

    When God Allows the Sword: Empire, Love, and the Misuse of Romans 13 Discussion

    Romans 13 has long been used to sanctify authority, but what happens when we read it in the light of love, context, and the wider witness of scripture? This episode explores how sacred texts are turned into tools of control and how they can be reclaimed as invitations into discernment. Beneath the debate is a deeper question about power, obedience, and the kind of world we are actually called to build. Read the full article: Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. Thank you for Tips / Donations: * https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett * https://patreon.com/cedorsett * https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths * Substack: https://www.creationspaths.com/ New to The Seraphic Grove learn more For Educational Resource: https://wisdomscry.com Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer Social Connections: * BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com * Threads https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths * Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ #Romans13 #BibleInterpretation #ChristianNonviolence #Theology #Jesus #Christianity #Christopagan #CreationSpirituality #CreationsPaths Chapters: 00:00 Introduction: The Self-Sealing Circle00:22 Romans 13 & Acts 5:29 - The Contradiction03:34 The Problem of Biblical Inerrancy05:38 Creation Spirituality’s Chorus of Voices07:48 Understanding Romans 13 in Context08:33 Paul’s Imminent Expectation08:57 Chapter & Verse: A Medieval Invention10:07 Historical Misuse of Romans 1311:10 Rome’s Failure & Paul’s Sarcasm18:07 Historical Context: Revolt Era Rome20:50 Paul’s Maturity & Wise Action21:40 Future Bible Study Possibilities23:01 The Yo-Yo Between Two Passages26:40 Modern World vs. Paul’s World31:03 God Is Not Partisan32:16 Conclusion & Closing Prayer Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

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Embark on a transformative journey with 'Creation's Paths,' a podcast that delves into the heart of Creation Spirituality, Druidry, and Christo-pagan Druidcraft. Our quest is to explore the intricate tapestry of the One Life, as we seek to find and follow our Awen. We embrace the living essence of the Divine, celebrating the sacredness in all creation as we connect to the Nwyfre flowing through all things. In each episode, we traverse the mystical ways of Druidry, intertwining them with the inclusive and compassionate teachings of Christo-pagan Druidcraft. We explore with a deep respect for the earth, a commitment to spiritual growth, and a desire to foster unity and understanding across diverse spiritual practices. Join us as we seek to illuminate the spiritual journey, offering insights and reflections that resonate with the soul's longing for connection and meaning. 'Creation's Paths' is a haven for those who yearn to deepen their spiritual understanding, embrace their true selves, and celebrate the love of the Divine that embraces all - irrespective of race, creed, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Subscribe to 'Creation's Paths' and be part of a community that values wisdom, compassion, and the pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. Together, let's proclaim the beauty of existence and the joy of spiritual discovery in every step we take on this sacred journey. www.creationspaths.com

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