“Not an escape from reality
[but] an attempt to look
at reality more honestly.”
At his substack Earth Drama, Christopher Schoenherr writes “essays decoding power, illusion, culture, politics, and the drama of being human.” Earlier today he wrote the following.
For years, Marianne Williamson has been mocked, dismissed, caricatured, and reduced to a collection of labels: crystal lady, orb queen, spiritual guru, New Age candidate. Her critics often assume that because she speaks about love, she must be speaking about something unserious.
But after reading her books Healing the Soul of America and A Politics of Love, I came away with a different conclusion. The most misunderstood thing about Marianne Williamson is not her spirituality. It is her definition of love.
Because in Williamson’s work, love is not an emotion.
It is a way of seeing.
A way of organizing society.
A way of deciding what matters.
A way of deciding who matters.
And ultimately, a way of deciding what civilization is for.
When Williamson talks about love, she is not talking about being nice.
She is not talking about avoiding conflict.
She is not talking about positive thinking.
She is not talking about pretending evil does not exist.
In fact, one of the most striking things about her work is how directly she confronts suffering.
She writes about poverty.
War.
Racism.
Corruption.
Child neglect.
Environmental destruction.
Corporate greed.
Democratic decline.
The politics of love is not an escape from reality.
It is an attempt to look at reality more honestly.
What she is really asking is a deceptively simple question:
What would society look like if human flourishing were the goal?
Not profit.
Not power.
Not partisan victory.
Not endless economic growth for its own sake.
Human flourishing.
The question sounds almost embarrassingly obvious.
Yet once you start asking it, everything changes.
– Christopher Schoenherr
From “Marianne Williamson’s Politics of Love
Has Nothing to Do With Feelings”
Earth Drama
June 14, 2026
From “Marianne Williamson’s Politics of Love
Has Nothing to Do With Feelings”
Earth Drama
June 14, 2026
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Yes, Just Imagine
• Marianne Williamson’s Politics of Love: The Rich Roll Interview (2022)
• Marianne Williamson: We Need an “Expanded Version of What it Means to Be Political”
• “A Very Insightful and Constructive Discussion”
• Marianne Williamson on the Need for “Radical Love” in Responding to Trump’s Dismantling of Democracy
• Marianne Williamson: “We’re Moving Into Totalitarianism”
• Marianne Williamson: Quote of the Day – July 26, 2025
• Marianne Williamson: Quote of the Day – June 20, 2025
• Speaking Truth to Power
• Marianne Williamson on MSNBC’s The Weekend – 1/12/25
• Breaking the Mold: Why Progressives Should Push for Marianne Williamson to Lead the DNC
• Marianne Williamson Is Seeking to Restore Honesty and Integrity to the DNC
• Marianne Williamson Makes Her Case for Being the Next DNC Chair
• Progressive Perspectives on Where Democrats Went Wrong in the 2024 Presidential Election
• “A New Chapter of the Democratic Party Needs to Begin”
• Marianne Williamson: “We’re Living in Very Serious Times and We Need to Be Very Serious People”
• Marianne Williamson: “I Hope I Will Hear Things from Kamala That I Can Full-on Support”
• Marianne Williamson on ABC News Live – 8/20/24
• Voices on the Issues That Really Matter
• Marianne Williamson: “We Must Challenge the Entire System”
• “We Have an Emergency On Our Hands”: Marianne Williamson On the “Freefall” of American Democracy
• Marianne 2024
• Progressive Perspectives on Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Run
• More Progressive Perspectives on Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Run
• Ben Burgis: Quote of the Day – March 10, 2023
• Despite the Undemocratic Antics of the DNC, Marianne Williamson Plans on “Winning the Nomination”
• Marianne Williamson’s Economic Bill of Rights
• Voters, Not the DNC, Should Choose the Nominee
• Marianne Williamson: “Repairing Our Hearts Is Essential to Repairing Our Country”
• Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson Joins NYC’s March to End Fossil Fuels
• Marianne Williamson’s “Radical Idea” of Putting People First
• Marianne Williamson: “We Need to Disrupt the Corrupt”
• “We Are Surging”
• “Let the People Decide”: Marianne Williamson on the DNC’s Efforts to Deny and Suppress the Democratic Process
• The Democrats Challenging Biden
• Bannering for Marianne
• Campaigning for Marianne Williamson in New Hampshire – Day 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
• Marianne Williamson: “I Have Decided to Continue”
• Forever Grateful
• What Marianne Williamson Learned from Running for President
• Marianne Williamson: Playing It Big
• Minnesotans Launch Super Tuesday Push for “Suspended But Not Ended” Candidate Marianne Williamson
• A Welcome Return
• This Super Tuesday, Don’t Be “Uncommitted” . . .
• Super Tuesday in Minnesota
• Marianne Williamson, the Cassandra of U.S. Politics, on the “True State of the Union”
• “This Is the Moment”
• For Marianne Williamson, One Season Passes and Another Begins
• “What I Want to Remember Are the Moments of Love”
• A New Beginning
• Marianne Williamson on What Democrats Need to Do to Inspire Voters and Counter the “Hotbed of Grievances That Donald Trump is Offering”
• Progressive Perspectives on the Crisis in U.S. Electoral Politics
• Yes, Just Imagine
• On This Momentous Day in U.S. Politics, a Visit to the Prayer Tree
• Marianne Williamson: “‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’ Is Not Enough to Win in November”
• Marianne Williamson: “My Gratitude Is as Deep as the Sea”
• Talkin’ ’Bout An Evolution: Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Bid
• Why Marianne Williamson Is a Serious and Credible Presidential Candidate
• Marianne Williamson: Reaching for Higher Ground
• “A Lefty With Soul”: Why Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson Deserves Some Serious Attention
• Marianne Williamson Plans on Sharing Some “Big Truths” on Tonight's Debate Stage
• Friar André Maria: Quote of the Day – June 28, 2019
• Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson: “We’re Living at a Critical Moment in Our Democracy”
• Caitlin Johnstone: “Status Quo Politicians Are Infinitely ‘Weirder’ Than Marianne Williamson”
• Marianne Williamson On What It Will Take to Defeat Donald Trump
• “This Woman Is Going to Win the Nomination”: Matt Taibbi on Marianne Williamson in Iowa
• The Relevance and Vitality of Marianne Williamson’s 2020 Presidential Campaign
• Quote of the Day – November 4, 2019
• Marianne Williamson: “Anything That Will Help People Thrive, I’m Interested In”
• Marianne Williamson and the Power of Politicized Love
• Quote of the Day – December 14, 2019
• Marianne Williamson: “I Am Not Suspending My Candidacy”
• Marianne Williamson on New Day with Christi Paul – 01/04/20
• “A Beautiful Message, So Full of Greatness”
• “I Learned So Much From the Experience”
• Deep Gratitude
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