Hidden Wisdom

Faith in Christ, spiritual alchemy, manifestation, and Hermetic principles come together in this exploration of spiritual transformation through LDS scripture. In this episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner rethinks what faith means and how it becomes a lived, embodied relationship with truth.

Moving beyond faith as belief alone, Meghan invites us to consider how eternal truth becomes embodied in our emotions, choices, relationships, and everyday lives. Through the spiritual concepts of vibration, frequency, and resonance, she examines the distance between what is true and our present capacity to receive and live that truth.

This conversation explores why spiritual awakening can bring grief, fear, shame, and uncertainty to the surface—and why experiencing difficult emotions does not mean you have failed spiritually. Drawing on spiritual alchemy and the Sacred Spiral, Meghan traces four stages of growth: awakening, transformation, embodiment, and ascension.

She also considers the connection between faith and manifestation, the limitations of positive thinking, and a fresh interpretation of “faith without works is dead.” Through Christ’s pattern of descent, integration, and rebirth, this episode invites you to practice emotional honesty, trust the hidden seasons of spiritual growth, and allow faith to transform how you live, love, and connect with the Divine.

In this episode, we explore:

• Faith as movement toward greater alignment with truth.
• Vibration, frequency, and resonance as lenses for spiritual growth.
• The difference between feeling difficult emotions and being governed by them.
• Spiritual alchemy and the transformation of shame, fear, and control.
• Why manifestation involves more than positive thinking.
• A fresh interpretation of “faith without works is dead.”
• Christ’s pattern of descent, integration, rebirth, and ascension.

Timestamps

• 00:00 — Faith produces evidence
• 00:30 — Welcome and episode overview
• 02:26 — What is faith?
• 04:10 — Truth, light, and intelligence
• 06:59 — Vibration, frequency, and faith
• 10:52 — Your current state of being
• 12:01 — Emotional states and the role of courage
• 15:05 — Resonance and coming into alignment with truth
• 17:17 — Lower emotions: acute feelings vs. chronic patterns
• 20:07 — Descent, healing, and repentance
• 25:25 — Alchemy as transformation of the soul
• 30:01 — Turning fear, shame, grief, and control into truth
• 33:47 — Scripture and the process of spiritual transformation
• 35:00 — The sacred spiral: awakening, transformation, gestation, rebirth
• 38:49 — Manifestation, creation, and the limits of positive thinking
• 42:02 — “Faith without works is dead”
• 43:49 — Christ’s pattern of descent, resurrection, and ascension
• 47:11 — Growing grace for grace
• 48:22 — Final definition of faith and closing reflections
• 50:38 — Wrap-up and invitation to respond

How does this understanding of faith resonate with you? Share your questions and reflections in the comments, and subscribe to Hidden Wisdom for more conversations about Christian mysticism, LDS spirituality, and embodied transformation.

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Larkin Swain left the LDS Church as a teenager and spent years searching for healing, spirituality, and truth. Her journey took her through yoga, meditation, energy work, plant medicine, and eventually ayahuasca—until an unexpected encounter with Jesus Christ changed the direction of her life.

In this episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner sits down with Larkin to explore her remarkable spiritual journey from Utah to Bali and Thailand, through spiritual seeking and a profound conversion to Christ, and eventually back to the LDS faith and the temple.

Larkin shares the dark ayahuasca experience in which she saw Christ on the cross and heard the words, “It is finished.” She describes the prayer that followed months later, the unmistakable peace she experienced the next morning, and why she ultimately began reading the Bible, rediscovered the Book of Mormon, returned to church, and received her temple endowment.

But her story doesn’t end with returning to religion. Meghan and Larkin explore Christian contemplation, embodiment, mysticism, symbolism, ritual, Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother, and what it means to develop a deeply personal relationship with God while participating in a faith tradition.

They also discuss Larkin’s work as host of Sanctuary, a Faith Matters podcast exploring the LDS temple, sacred ritual, symbolism, transformation, and the mystical dimensions of discipleship.

This conversation is for anyone navigating faith transition, spiritual seeking, religious reconstruction, Christian mysticism, LDS temple worship, or the desire to experience God beyond intellectual belief.

Larkin Swain is a seeker of heaven and truth, contemplative poet, herbalist, and lifelong student of the healing arts. Raised in Utah County in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she stepped away from the faith at 15 and spent years exploring spirituality and healing practices. While living in Thailand, she experienced a transformative conversion to Jesus Christ that eventually led her back to the LDS faith with a renewed perspective on its doctrine, temple worship, symbolism, and ritual. She is the host of Sanctuary, a Faith Matters podcast exploring the temple, sacred ritual, and spiritual transformation. 

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What if your nervous system is actually a bridge to God? In this episode of Hidden Wisdom, spiritual embodiment coach Christina Beatty explores how embodiment, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, intuition, and self-trust can deepen our connection with God and help us access the wisdom already within us.

Christina shares her personal journey from postpartum depression and a profound moment of surrender to discovering a spirituality rooted in the body rather than something continually sought outside herself. She and the host explore what it actually means to be embodied, why spiritual growth requires us to feel rather than simply intellectualize our emotions, and how learning to discern the body's signals can transform our relationship with ourselves and the divine.

They also dive into the often-overlooked space between death and rebirth: the void, or gestation period, where transformation is integrated before something new can emerge. Christina explains why nervous system regulation doesn't mean remaining calm all the time, how resistance can actually reveal where healing is needed, and why curiosity, presence, prayer, and surrender are powerful embodiment practices.

In this episode, you'll discover how to build greater self-trust, work with resistance instead of bypassing it, reconnect with your intuition, create safety within your nervous system, and approach spiritual awakening as something you embody—not something you escape into.

If you've been navigating spiritual awakening, nervous system healing, a season of transformation, or a desire for a deeper connection with God, this conversation offers a grounded invitation to stop searching outside yourself and begin listening within.

• 00:00 — What embodiment looks like in everyday life
• 00:50 — Welcome and introduction to Christina Beattie
• 01:48 — Christina’s spiritual journey and surrender
• 05:25 — The nervous system as a bridge to God
• 07:42 — Self-trust, religion, and discernment
• 11:32 — Why reconnecting with the body matters
• 15:35 — Defining embodiment
• 17:50 — Simple ways to practice presence
• 19:09 — Regulation, dysregulation, and listening to the body
• 21:56 — Spiritual experiences through embodied awareness
• 29:25 — Death, rebirth, and the gestation phase
• 32:43 — The void, surrender, and co-creation
• 36:50 — Embodiment during seasons of change
• 37:58 — Practical tools: curiosity, resistance, and creating space
• 41:32 — Getting started with embodiment
• 47:42 — Prayer as an embodiment practice
• 48:54 — What surrender reveals about success and transformation
• 53:22 — Where to find Christina and her work

Christina Beatty is a spiritual embodiment coach who guides women home to themselves by helping them reconnect with their bodies, deepen their intuition, build self-trust, and cultivate a more intimate relationship with God. Her work blends nervous system practices, somatic healing, spirituality, and embodiment. Christina also offers one-to-one coaching and readings and hosts The Embodied Truth Podcast. She shares her work on Instagram and offers the Empowered Awakening program. Instagram: @Christina.soulempowered

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If you’re exploring Christian mysticism, mediumship, spiritual gifts, hearing God, spiritual discernment, ancestral healing, Christ-centered spirituality, or the unseen world, this conversation offers a fascinating perspective on developing those gifts while remaining rooted in Christ.

Can Christians be mediums—and can communicating with spirits coexist with faith in Jesus Christ? Christian medium, author, healer, and PhD Jen Basir joins Meghan Farner to explore Christian mediumship, spiritual discernment, hearing the Spirit, ancestors, generational healing, and spiritual gifts.

Jen’s journey into the unseen began unexpectedly. After leaving her career teaching physical therapy, she began studying energy healing through the Emotion Code and Body Code. Then, while practicing muscle testing, a female spirit appeared beside her with a message that changed everything: the point wasn’t getting the muscle testing right—it was learning to listen to the Spirit.

In this conversation, Jen shares how she began seeing spirits and communicating with ancestors, why she believes God eventually called her to offer mediumship sessions, and how she discerns between spiritual influences. Meghan and Jen explore what happens after death, whether ancestors can continue to heal and progress, ministering angels and spiritual guides, generational trauma, communicating with plants and the earth, and the importance of agency in spiritual development.

They also explore a deeper question: How do we develop spiritual gifts without allowing fear—or even the gifts themselves—to distract us from God?

• 00:00 Opening quote: learning to listen to the spirit
• 00:07 Show introduction
• 01:16 Introducing Jen Besire
• 01:47 Jen’s path to faith, marriage, and a career change
• 05:00 First experience seeing a spirit
• 06:33 From energy healing to mediumship
• 08:13 Different ways of receiving spiritual guidance
• 10:28 Physical sensations, empathy, and boundaries
• 12:09 Ancestors, healing, and generational patterns
• 15:23 Progression after death and meeting Jesus
• 17:39 Spirit guides and Jen’s guide, Theodore
• 19:17 How Jen’s mediumship sessions work
• 20:25 Staying clear and grounded in spiritual work
• 22:32 An ancestor’s transformation after death
• 25:12 Discernment and connecting with spirits without fear
• 28:01 Communicating with plants, trees, and the earth
• 30:12 Agency, abundance, and asking bigger
• 32:29 Releasing fear and learning to trust
• 35:18 Giving, generosity, and the flow of money
• 37:58 A message for the audience: blessing the places around us
• 40:36 Words, water, food, and intentional blessing
• 44:22 Where to find Jen and her work
• 45:25 Closing reflections and outro

About Jen Basir

Jen Basir is a PhD, Christian medium, author, and healer who worked and taught as a physical therapist for 23 years before feeling called by God to a different path in 2014. Her work focuses on helping clients come into Christ, heal generational trauma, develop spiritual understanding, and create lives of greater freedom. Her practice incorporates energy healing, mediumship, spiritual transformation, and the intuitive gifts she has developed through her own healing and faith journey.

Website: https://drjenbessire.com/
Community: https://drjenbessire.com//group
Podcast/YouTube: Spirit Stories: Conversations with the Unseen

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If you are navigating Mormon faith transition, LDS faith crisis, religious trauma, mixed-faith relationships, faith expansion, spiritual awakening, or healing after high-demand religion, this conversation offers a compassionate framework for growing without needing to erase where you came from.

What happens when a Mormon faith crisis becomes an invitation to spiritual growth rather than the end of faith? Licensed therapist and Latter Day Struggles host Valerie Hamaker joins Meghan Farner to explore faith expansion, religious trauma, spiritual authority, the true self, patriarchy, and how to build a deeper relationship with God after inherited beliefs begin to change.

Valerie shares her journey from deeply committed Latter-day Saint life—including serving a mission, graduating from BYU, temple marriage, Relief Society leadership, and working as an LDS Church preferred mental health provider—to eventually resigning from the Church after being called to a disciplinary council.

Rather than framing faith transition as simple deconstruction, Valerie and Meghan explore a model of transcendence and inclusion: allowing beliefs and identities that no longer serve us to change while honoring the experiences, wisdom, and spiritual foundations that helped us grow.

They discuss why a faith crisis can feel like death, the movement from externally sourced authority toward inner spiritual discernment, and the importance of rediscovering the true divine self beneath inherited identities, shame, perfectionism, and fear.

The conversation also examines transactional images of God, masculine and feminine expressions of divinity, developmental stages of faith, healthy versus dominator hierarchies, religious shame, mysticism, and the possibility of finding a more direct experience of the divine.

Timestamps

• 00:00 - Spiritual Autonomy After Faith Change
• 00:39 - Hidden Wisdom: Faith Renovation and Spiritual Discernment
• 01:20 - Meet Valerie Hamaker, Therapist and Faith Expansion Coach
• 02:24 - From Devout Mormon Life to Counseling and Healing Work
• 05:44 - Starting the Latter-day Struggles Podcast
• 07:36 - Healing, Integration, and Personal Spiritual Authority
• 09:16 - Leaving the LDS Church and Resisting Religious Control
• 13:21 - Staying Connected to Mormon Community After Resignation
• 14:38 - Faith Expansion Through Transcendence and Inclusion
• 18:14 - Discernment, the True Self, and Inner Spiritual Trust
• 22:11 - Divine Wholeness, Masculine and Feminine Spirituality
• 25:07 - Reframing Atonement, Shame, and Healing
• 27:15 - Faith Crisis as Death, Rebirth, and Personal Growth
• 32:21 - Healing Harmful God Images and Transactional Theology
• 37:07 - Patriarchy, Hierarchy, and Compassionate Spiritual Development
• 41:55 - Mysticism, Symbolism, and Direct Experience of the Divine
• 45:18 - Finding Spiritual Possibility Beyond Traditional Mormonism
• 48:01 - There Is More: Hope for Faith Expansion
• 49:02 - Valerie Hamaker’s Faith Healing Groups and Resources
• 50:13 - Hidden Wisdom Closing Invitation

Valerie Hamaker is a licensed therapist and certified coach specializing in faith expansion, mixed-faith relationships, and recovery from high-demand religion. She is the creator and host of the Latter Day Struggles podcast, where she combines clinical expertise with lived experience to help people navigate the psychological, relational, and spiritual challenges that accompany changing belief systems. Valerie also offers coaching, online courses, live events, faith-expansion groups, and other resources for individuals and couples seeking support beyond traditional religious frameworks.

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What do divine feminine and masculine energy have to do with Jesus Christ, the gospel, and becoming one? In this deep dive, Meghan Farner explores: What is divine feminine energy? What is healthy divine masculine energy? And how can balancing masculine and feminine transform our understanding of repentance, healing, and spiritual growth?

Drawing from Restoration scripture, ancient wisdom traditions, temple symbolism, and Christian mysticism, Meghan explores the law of polarity (or opposition) and the ancient “law of gender”—which she reframes as the law of masculine and feminine, or the law of creation.

Rather than treating masculine and feminine as simple opposites—or equating feminine with women and masculine with men—Meghan proposes that each person carries both. The feminine represents creativity, intuition, receptivity, transformation, divine connection, and the full spectrum of possibility. The masculine brings orientation, boundaries, stability, intentionality, protection, and execution.

What happens when these energies become wounded or distorted? And what might change when the divine feminine and masculine are healed and brought into inner union?

This episode connects these ideas to the natural man and true divine self, repentance and metanoia, Jesus Christ as an embodiment of masculine and feminine wholeness, LDS temple symbolism, becoming Zion, and the Gospel of Thomas teaching to “make the two one.”

Could becoming one in Christ begin with reconciling what has been divided within ourselves?

00:00 - Hidden Wisdom Welcome and Divine Masculine & Feminine Introduction

04:20 - Is Divine Feminine and Masculine the Key to Living the Gospel?

05:58 - Hermetic Laws: Polarity, Gender, and Spiritual Growth

06:31 - The Law of Opposition: Why Opposites Create Wholeness

08:06 - The Law of Creation: Masculine and Feminine Beyond Polarity

10:16 - Masculine and Feminine Energies in Every Person

13:37 - Feminine Energy: Intuition, Creativity, Vision, and Transformation

15:43 - Masculine Energy: Boundaries, Execution, Stability, and Safety

18:53 - Healthy and Unhealthy Feminine Energy: Responsiveness vs. Reactivity

22:20 - Healthy and Unhealthy Masculine Energy: Orientation vs. Control

25:29 - Full Spectrum Feminine Energy and Grounded Masculine Focus

28:54 - Healing the Natural Man Through Inner Masculine and Feminine Balance

30:11 - Healthy Feminine Energy: Abundance, Beauty, Trust, and Rebirth

33:12 - Healthy Masculine Energy: Purpose, Integrity, and Spiritual Direction

35:45 - The Natural Man and the True Divine Self

38:32 - Jesus Christ as the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine Archetype

40:49 - Inner Marriage, Oneness in Christ, and Becoming Zion

42:44 - Temple Symbolism and the Union of Masculine and Feminine

43:24 - Gospel of Thomas, Metanoia, and the Path to Wholeness

46:57 - Becoming Sons and Daughters of God: Closing Reflection

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What happens when a culture loses its relationship with the Divine Mother? Meghan Farner and Jocelyn Pedersen explore the Heavenly Mother wound—and how spiritual motherlessness may be showing up in our relationships, religions, and cultural conflicts.

Rather than reducing today’s tensions between men and women to feminism versus patriarchy, Meghan and Jocelyn ask what might be underneath them. What happens when the feminine is feared, diminished, or disconnected from divinity? And how might reclaiming Heavenly Mother change the way we understand both feminine and masculine spiritual identity?

Together they explore the loss of the Divine Feminine, the deeper meaning of spiritual motherhood, masculine surrender and vulnerability, and Christ as a pattern of integration rather than hierarchy. They also consider creation and gestation as sacred symbols, feminine spiritual authority, women as mirrors and initiators, and the role of both masculine and feminine in the journey toward wholeness.

This conversation invites us beyond the battle between masculine and feminine and toward something deeper: the restoration and integration of both.

00:00 - The Divine Feminine and Our Cultural Moment
 04:22 - Why Are We Seeing a Backlash Against Women?
 09:17 - When Feminism and Patriarchy Both Miss the Point
 14:37 - The Heavenly Mother Wound: A Motherless Culture
 21:01 - Why the Feminine Is Feared
 23:22 - Who Is the Divine Mother?
 30:20 - Discovering Heavenly Mother
 32:33 - The Divine Feminine in Christ
 38:10 - Creation, Gestation, and the Feminine Pattern
 44:03 - Spiritual Rebirth and Returning to the Mother
 48:32 - Feminine Authority, Anointing, and Christ
 52:29 - Mary Magdalene and the Hidden Feminine
 56:20 - Masculine Healing: Surrendering the False Self
 62:12 - Shame, Vulnerability, and Becoming Whole
 64:19 - Women as Mirrors and Spiritual Initiators
 68:02 - Reclaiming the Feminine Without Creating Division

Reclaiming the Woman in the Wilderness Retreat - September 11-12 - Lehi, UT 

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Meghan Farner introduces Rob Nielsen, an educator and writer whose book, Jesus the Stoic Sage, explores the overlap between Stoic philosophy and the teachings of Jesus.

 This episode asks a practical question: how do we tell the difference between inherited assumptions and actual truth, and how can that clarity help us grow spiritually without collapsing our sense of faith or self?

We discuss philosophy as a wisdom tradition, the Stoic view of virtue, conscience, desire, and the body, and how Jesus’ teachings often emphasize inner transformation over outward performance. The conversation keeps returning to one central idea: embodied wisdom is not just something you believe, but something you practice.

Key topics:
In this episode, Rob Nielsen shares why he began studying Koine Greek and Latin to get closer to original texts and strip away translation baggage.

Philosophy as love of wisdom - not abstract arguing, but a tradition aimed at helping people live well and build better communities.

Stoicism and religion - the overlap is less about labels and more about what is ultimately good, true, and worthy of trust.

Symbols and teaching tools - both philosophy and scripture use images, stories, and metaphors to teach truths people may not yet be ready to receive directly.

The soul, psyche, and will - the conversation reframes the inner life as the part of us that perceives, chooses, and develops beyond the body.

Stoic emotional intelligence - Stoicism is not about suppressing feelings, but about understanding impressions, desires, aversions, and responses.

Repentance as metanoia - repentance is presented as a change in thinking, not just a behavior adjustment.

The importance of virtue - the Stoic virtues of wisdom, justice, courage, and self-control are contrasted with living as a slave to impulses or external approval.

Authority versus truth - Rob and Meghan unpack the limits of appealing to authority alone, including the Euthyphro dilemma.

Jesus as teacher of transformation - the focus is on actions, motives, and embodiment, not just belief or religious affiliation.

The body as ethically indifferent - the body is valuable as an instrument, but not inherently good or bad in Stoic terms.

Pure motives and embodied alignment - the widow’s mite, the fig tree, and other examples are used to show that what matters is not appearance, but fruit.

Timestamps:
(00:00) Hidden Wisdom’s mission and today’s focus on faith renovation

(00:58) Introducing Rob Nielsen and his book, Jesus the Stoic Sage

(02:14) How Koine Greek, Latin, and curiosity led Rob to comparative philosophy

(04:04) What philosophy really means as a love of wisdom

(06:53) Philosophy, religion, and the search for ultimate concerns

(09:36) Symbols, myth, and universal teaching patterns

(13:41) Why this conversation matters for spiritual seekers

(14:38) Psyche, soul, will, and the inner self

(17:23) What the Stoics actually meant by “stoic”

(20:13) Thoughts, feelings, impressions, and emotional response

(23:04) Repentance, healing, and subconscious triggers

(25:27) Metanoia as a change in the way you think

(28:00) Reason, conscience, and the “two or three witnesses” idea

(30:24) Desire, aversion, and what blocks perception of truth

(33:10) Virtue, excellence, and why the highest good matters

(35:06) Socrates, Euthyphro, and the limits of authority

(39:06) Why poking assumptions makes people uncomfortable

(41:01) The journey inward and the temple as the self

(43:09) The Stoic view of the body as ethically indifferent

(47:00) Hypocrisy, masks, and the importance of matching words with action

(48:54) Fruit, alignment, and what reveals what is truly good

(50:10) “Actions outshine words” and the sacramental pattern of embodiment

(52:23) Questioning inherited images of God through the lens of fruit

(54:16) Whether Jesus may have known Stoic ideas

(56:37) Tradition as inherited material that must be tested

(58:33) Why Jesus was not teaching passive obedience

(61:09) Trial, error, and experimenting upon truth

(62:28) The Stoic discipline of assent

(64:22) Desire, organization, and misplacing what is actually good

(65:17) The widow’s mite and pure motives

(66:45) What Rob gained from reading Jesus through Stoicism

(69:13) Meghan’s closing reflection on the book as an initiation to practice

(70:48) Closing invitation to the Hidden Wisdom app and community support

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In this episode, Meghan Farner speaks with Sherri Worth about rediscovering the divine feminine, specifically Heavenly Mother, within LDS faith and scripture. They explore how symbols, archetypes, and ancient texts reveal her presence and significance, encouraging a deeper, lived experience of the divine that nourishes faith and restores a vital aspect of spiritual identity.

In this episode: 

• The importance of moving beyond information to embodying spiritual truths
• How personal motherhood deepens understanding and relationship with Heavenly Mother
• The symbolism of Heavenly Mother in ancient texts and modern LDS teachings
• The connection between Heavenly Mother and Holy Spirit, and their joint role in creation
• The influence of ancient archetypes and symbols, like weaving and the tree of life
• The historical suppression of the divine feminine and efforts to obscure symbols
• Practical ways to recognize Heavenly Mother's presence through symbols and scripture
• Resources and tools to deepen your relationship and awareness of Heavenly Mother 

Timestamps: 

00:00 - Moving from information to embodiment in spiritual journeys
 02:17 - The global restoration of the divine feminine and its importance for LDS women
 04:00 - Sherri's story: motherhood, trauma, and seeking Heavenly Mother
 06:39 - How recognizing Heavenly Mother in scripture brought comfort and significance
 08:52 - Impact of knowing Heavenly Mother on mothering and self-worth
 10:12 - Heavenly Mother as the Holy Spirit: ancient texts and scriptures
 11:38 - The symbolism of wisdom, unity, and divine motherhood in Proverbs and Psalms
 12:37 - Textual evidence supporting Heavenly Mother as the Holy Spirit
 14:03 - Symbols of Heavenly Mother in prayer and personal experience
 15:23 - Recognizing Heavenly Mother through her symbols, names, and archetypes
 16:53 - The importance of studying her names in original languages and scriptures
 17:50 - The effort to obscure Heavenly Mother through cultural and political power plays
 19:27 - Historical reforms aimed at consolidating power and erasing maternal symbols
 21:50 - The meaning of the Tree of Life as Heavenly Mother and the symbolism in the Book of Mormon
 24:16 - The veiling of the divine feminine and the ongoing unveiling in current times
 26:10 - Woven archetypes of Heavenly Mother across cultures, from native mythology to Egypt
 31:16 - Recognizing her in biblical figures like Deborah, Miriam, and Eve
 33:00 - Exploring divine archetypes in the Song of Solomon and Queen of Sheba
 34:11 - Patterns of divine femininity that illuminate personal faith and relationships
 35:56 - Embodying Heavenly Mother’s qualities and recognizing her in our bodies and experiences
 37:02 - The importance of cultivating relationship and recognizing her close presence
 38:34 - Seeing her as the closest and most intimate aspect of ourselves and the cosmos
 39:03 - How her presence is woven through the natural world, like Earth and water symbols
 40:41 - The role of symbols and archetypes in understanding and connecting with her
 42:24 - Resources available for deepening your recognition of Heavenly Mother
 43:24 - Supporting others in understanding her significance and sharing these truths
 44:56 - The invitation to explore ancient wisdom and recognize eternal divine femininity in everyday life

Resources & Links: 

• Mother in Heaven - Official Website
• Book: Heavenly Mother and the Holy Spirit by Victor Worth

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• Instagram

This episode invites you to see the divine feminine not as a distant or obscure concept but as an intimate, personal presence woven into scripture, symbols, and archetypes — a divine mother who longs to be known, loved, and understood by her children.

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In this episode, Meghan Farner and Julie Dean explore the profound concept of the sacred spiral—a framework that encapsulates the cyclical nature of spiritual evolution. Discover how understanding and embracing these phases can deepen your journey of transformation, healing, and self-awareness.

Key Topics - 
- The idea of the sacred spiral as a process of continuous transformation involving change, healing, and repentance
- The importance of cycles in nature, spirituality, and personal growth, including the roles of life, death, and rebirth
- The hidden fourth phase—gestation—that bridges death and rebirth, and its significance in spiritual evolution
- How the universal framework described by Meghan integrates principles from various religious and esoteric traditions
- The four phases: life (summer), death (winter), gestation, and rebirth, and their emotional and spiritual associations
- The archetypes and divine feminine symbols associated with each phase, such as Hecate, Kali, and Nut
- Practical ways to support oneself through each phase, including shadow work, embodiment, and community
- The importance of patience, receptivity, and humility during the liminal gestation period
- How recognizing these patterns in ourselves and the collective can bring peace, clarity, and alignment
- The call to embody these cycles in everyday life, nurturing our bodies, minds, and spirits

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introducing the sacred spiral framework for transformation

00:27 - Meghan shares her recent insights on spiritual patterns and divine wisdom

01:51 - Announcements about Return to the Garden mentorship and Hidden Wisdom app updates

02:49 - Exploring the universal principles of cycles seen in nature and religion

04:44 - Understanding the roles of three, four, and hidden fourth phases in spiritual models

07:01 - The realization that the missing phase is the gestation period—its purpose and importance

09:20 - How the sacred spiral maps onto stages of faith and spiritual development

10:46 - Detailing the first phase: life—summer, outward action, and productivity

12:07 - The cultural conditioning around the life phase and its utility

13:06 - The misconception that light and dark are good versus evil

14:20 - Summertime as the garden of Eden, abundance, and external growth

16:07 - Moving from external to internal focus in the spiritual journey

17:04 - The challenge of staying in the life phase and the necessity of growth beyond it

18:28 - Recognizing the universal application of these cycles across fields and beliefs

19:23 - How living in the life phase fosters ego and dissonance; the need for humility

20:22 - Supporting growth by embracing humility and the full cycle

22:08 - The second phase: death—fear, loss, paradigm shifts, and collective transformations

24:29 - Engaging grief and loss consciously to support subsequent rebirth

25:51 - Archetypes of death: Hecate, Kali, and the importance of honoring endings

27:42 - The tendency to revert prematurely to earlier phases, avoiding true death

28:39 - Navigating disillusionment and disconnection with divine or spiritual truths

30:07 - The necessity of grief, surrender, and divine timing in death

31:58 - The third phase: gestation—the dark, silent, creative womb of transformation

33:49 - Embracing the unknown and trusting in divine weaving during the liminal space

36:17 - The significance of vulnerability, shadow work, and embodiment in gestation

39:49 - Recognizing the liminal space as fertile ground for new life

42:39 - The womb as a sacred space of creation, weaving spirit and matter

45:34 - Reframing disconnection as divine incubation and divine support in silence

49:15 - Archetypes of womb space: Nut, and the collective awakening to feminine wisdom

52:34 - The seasonal analogy of winter—rest, surrender, and preparation for growth

55:04 - Receptivity, patience, and trusting the process amidst heaviness

58:15 - The final phase: rebirth—new beginnings, growth, and childlike curiosity

62:17 - Recognizing that infants start small, requiring care and patience

66:19 - Practical tools: breath work, sensuality, and movement to support embodiment

67:45 - The importance of ongoing curiosity and gentle nurturing after rebirth

70:25 - The ongoing cycle; rebirth as a continual process of learning and unfolding

73:37 - The role of community, mentorship, and collective feminine archetypes in supporting the spiral

75:30 - Embodying the pattern in everyday life to foster collective healing and transformation

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