by Phoebe Hoffman | Mar 1, 2025 | News
(Above) Halimah at her home in Kalimantan Fond Memories of Halimah by Rayma Norton Halimah and I got to know each other after we began serving together 2 years ago as Subud PNW Regional Helpers. Halimah’s laugh came easily and she brought a lightness to the work that...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Feb 22, 2025 | News
Above: Underground Mouse, watercolor, by Roberta Hoffman Notes From the Underground Musings from the SICA-USA Board By Jim O’Halloran and Fayra Teeters This week’s article is a continuation of the musings initiated last week by Lawrence Pevec: “Does a bottle know the...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Feb 15, 2025 | News
Does a bottle know the quality of the wine it contains? Musing Around by Lawrence Pevec After about seven years (age seven to fourteen) of Pentecostal Christian indoctrination mostly with no evident results, I decided it was all a hyped fraud and I stopped...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Feb 8, 2025 | News
Passing the Torch in Subud by Lusijah Marx I attended my first World Congress in Toronto over 45 years ago. I was so inspired by the experience of being with people from all over the world doing Latin and sharing culture. I loved the latihans with hundreds of people...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Feb 1, 2025 | News
Above: Winter in America (Again Front Cover Winter in America(Again Poets Respond to the 2024 Election by Paul Nelson It’s a book that goes beyond the word popular every 8 years or so, that being “resistance.” Winter in America (Again is a book of mostly poetry...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 25, 2025 | News
Passing the Torch: the Subud Legacy Musings by Benedict Herrman, Alexandra Boyer, and Leana McClellan One Perspective on the Future of Subud There is concern amongst some of us about the future of our spiritual path, as many of us are graying and in our 70s, 80s, and...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 18, 2025 | News
Benjamin Waumett 1982 – 2024 By Victor Waumett Our beautiful son, Benjamin Wuamett, passed on Oct. 26, 2024 just at the start of night. He would have been forty-three years old in December. There’s a Memorial singalong January 24 at Mississippi Studios, Portland, Ore....
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 10, 2025 | News
Here is a piece lovingly sent to us by Mahomed Raidhan and kindly forwarded by Harlan Moore, Ruslan’s son. I always found Ruslan inspiring and humbling. Ruslan edited numerous books. Here is a link:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18963224.Ruslan_MooreRuslan left...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 3, 2025 | News
Above: Underground Mouse, watercolor, by Roberta Hoffman Notes from the Underground Musings from the SICA Board: Passing the Torch Assembled by Fayra Teeters This month’s Musings focuses on the notion of Passing the Torch, projecting the Subud and Cultural legacy...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Dec 20, 2024 | News
New Subud International Cultural Organization gets rolling. Lawrence Pevec SICA-USA representative to SICA The Subud International Cultural Association is starting a new, four-year term with the Annual General Meeting scheduled for January 2025. The former SICA...
