16: Python at the Threshold

16: Python at the Threshold

Although the spirit of Python isn’t the only sentinel stationed on a threshold, it’s the one we usually recognise first. It’s a constrictor: it tries to squeeze us so tightly we feel forced to surrender to its agenda. Its goal is to block us so we’re never able to...
10: Two Kinds of Spiritual Thresholds

10: Two Kinds of Spiritual Thresholds

There are two main words for threshold in Hebrew. One relates to an ordinary entrance: good, blessed and essentially holy. The other describes a doorway that is defiled, unholy and treacherous. The first word, ‘kaph’, is the ordinary threshold. I introduced ‘kaph’ in...