During this time of Advent - of darkness and winter in the northern hemisphere - our bodies are inclined to hibernate. We curl up by the hearth and wait, attentive to the life pregnant in the darkness.

During such a season, what does it mean to give birth to the Holy?

In this episode, we are joined by author and bestselling author, Christine Valters Paintner. Together we dive into:

🔸 Why Mary has so many names

🔹 Christine’s favorite name of Mary at this season in her life (it may surprise you!)

🔸 How Christine ended up the abbess of an online monastery

🔹How her love for Jungian thought intersects with her Catholic spirituality

🔸 How the passing of her own mother birthed a book on Mary

🔹Mary as warrior (an image in stark contrast to the placid woman in blue we usually see!)

🔸 What was Hildegard’s favorite name for Mary, and what it has to do with the divine spark!

Join us for a delightful conversation about Christine’s latest book, Birthing the Holy. And coming in January, her full Masterclass on the wildly versatile Hildegard in our Women Mystics School! Join us at womenmystics.org.

Christine Valters Paintner is the abbess of an online monastery called for Abbey of the Arts, which offers classes and resources on contemplative practice and creative expression. A poet, spiritual director, and part-time hermit, she now resides in Galway, Ireland, with her husband, John.

Her several books include Earth, Our Original Monastery; The Artist’s Rule; The Soul’s Slow Ripening; Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire; The Wisdom of the Body; and her latest, Birthing the Holy.

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