Theodore Richards
@theocosmosophia.bsky.social
Author of 8 books. Philosopher, poet, educator, professor, husband, father. Founder of The Chicago Wisdom Project and ReImagine Consulting & Coaching.
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“What Happened to Icarus,” my next book, is now available for pre-order: www.wayfarerbookstore.com/product/what...
I’m teaching a new course through Creation Spirituality Communities. Learn more here: www.cscommunities.org/reimagine1
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November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’m teaching a new course through Creation Spirituality Communities. Learn more here: www.cscommunities.org/reimagine1
#reimagine
#CreationSpirituality
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New article in Wayfarer Magazine (an excerpt from What Happened to Icarus) @wayfarermagazine.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New article in Wayfarer Magazine (an excerpt from What Happened to Icarus) @wayfarermagazine.bsky.social
“What Happened to Icarus,” my next book, is now available for pre-order: www.wayfarerbookstore.com/product/what...
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“What Happened to Icarus,” my next book, is now available for pre-order: www.wayfarerbookstore.com/product/what...
The latest excerpt from my next book, “What Happened to Icarus,” is available here in Wayfarer Magazine. Read the article “Mozambique” here: www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/mozambique...
October 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The latest excerpt from my next book, “What Happened to Icarus,” is available here in Wayfarer Magazine. Read the article “Mozambique” here: www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/mozambique...
“If we do not take seriously the deep, psychic processes at work, we will be doomed. To think that something like the holocaust cannot happen here is to ignore ... history and, most importantly, what’s really going on with the human psyche"
Read: open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
Read: open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
October 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“If we do not take seriously the deep, psychic processes at work, we will be doomed. To think that something like the holocaust cannot happen here is to ignore ... history and, most importantly, what’s really going on with the human psyche"
Read: open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
Read: open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
Blackhawk helicopters flying over the the south side of Chicago. We are under siege.
October 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Blackhawk helicopters flying over the the south side of Chicago. We are under siege.
Here’s another excerpt from my next book, “What happened to Icarus.” It’s a story about mentorship and community—and about what endures when memories fade. www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/sue?r=18kv...
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Here’s another excerpt from my next book, “What happened to Icarus.” It’s a story about mentorship and community—and about what endures when memories fade. www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/sue?r=18kv...
Read the new issue of @wayfarermagazine.bsky.social here: open.substack.com/pub/wayfarer...
Wayfarer Magazine Issue 43 Print Edition
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September 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Read the new issue of @wayfarermagazine.bsky.social here: open.substack.com/pub/wayfarer...
The following article, “The Two-inch Glass,” is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, “What Happened to Icarus.”
It’s about borders & barriers, freedom & imprisonment, and a visit to Cook County Jail.
www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/the-two-in...
It’s about borders & barriers, freedom & imprisonment, and a visit to Cook County Jail.
www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/the-two-in...
The Two-Inch Glass
An Essay by Theodore Richards
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September 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The following article, “The Two-inch Glass,” is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, “What Happened to Icarus.”
It’s about borders & barriers, freedom & imprisonment, and a visit to Cook County Jail.
www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/the-two-in...
It’s about borders & barriers, freedom & imprisonment, and a visit to Cook County Jail.
www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/the-two-in...
If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?
Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages
By Tyler Austin Harper
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages
By Tyler Austin Harper
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?
Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages
www.theatlantic.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?
Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages
By Tyler Austin Harper
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages
By Tyler Austin Harper
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
I was recently interviewed for The Wayfarer’s series, UNCHARTED
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August 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I was recently interviewed for The Wayfarer’s series, UNCHARTED
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This is piece, entitled “Death Bed”, published in Wayfarer Magazine, is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, “What Happened to Icarus.” It’s a chapter about what happens when death becomes the only possible subject of conversation.
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Death Bed
An Essay by Theodore Richards
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August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is piece, entitled “Death Bed”, published in Wayfarer Magazine, is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, “What Happened to Icarus.” It’s a chapter about what happens when death becomes the only possible subject of conversation.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
My favorite part of the air & water show coming to Chicago every summer is how it reminds me why we have no money for schools, healthcare, the arts, or feeding the hungry. Money for war but can’t feed the poor.
August 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My favorite part of the air & water show coming to Chicago every summer is how it reminds me why we have no money for schools, healthcare, the arts, or feeding the hungry. Money for war but can’t feed the poor.
Reposted by Theodore Richards
“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”
RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)
RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)
July 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”
RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)
RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)
An excerpt from my next book, What Happened to Icarus. www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/youve-done...
You’ve Done This Before
An Essay by Theodore Richards
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July 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
An excerpt from my next book, What Happened to Icarus. www.wayfarermagazine.com/p/youve-done...
“We think that our purpose is to make it always bright and sunny, to numb the pain, to fix the broken things. But repair is something different. Repair is the antidote to despair.” Read here: open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
July 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“We think that our purpose is to make it always bright and sunny, to numb the pain, to fix the broken things. But repair is something different. Repair is the antidote to despair.” Read here: open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
Honoring interdependence and community today, not celebrating independence (or the nation-state). open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
It’s Over
An Argument for Giving Up on the United States of America
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July 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Honoring interdependence and community today, not celebrating independence (or the nation-state). open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
“IBUKUN Hip-Hop Arts and Culture Festival is a one-of-a-kind cultural celebration that brings together music, conversation, fashion, art, and community under one roof on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago”
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July 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“IBUKUN Hip-Hop Arts and Culture Festival is a one-of-a-kind cultural celebration that brings together music, conversation, fashion, art, and community under one roof on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago”
www.ibukunfest.com
www.ibukunfest.com
My publisher used Caravaggio’s “The Conversion on the Way to Damascus” for the cover of my novel “The Conversions.” I saw the original for the first time here in Rome at the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo. @wayfarerbooks.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My publisher used Caravaggio’s “The Conversion on the Way to Damascus” for the cover of my novel “The Conversions.” I saw the original for the first time here in Rome at the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo. @wayfarerbooks.bsky.social
There is a story
Written on my daughter’s body
In languages I don’t speak…
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Written on my daughter’s body
In languages I don’t speak…
Read more on Substack:
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June 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
There is a story
Written on my daughter’s body
In languages I don’t speak…
Read more on Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
Written on my daughter’s body
In languages I don’t speak…
Read more on Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/theocosm...
Thanks to my friend Kofi Ademola for all the good work he does and his contribution to this conversation: news.wttw.com/2025/05/21/5...
5 Years Later, How George Floyd’s Murder Has Impacted Police-Community Relations
Nationwide protests erupted in the summer of 2020, a so-called racial reckoning, shortly after a video of the killing surfaced online. Residents took to the streets demanding systemic change to polici...
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May 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thanks to my friend Kofi Ademola for all the good work he does and his contribution to this conversation: news.wttw.com/2025/05/21/5...