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Dr. Annette Hulefeld, has been a psychotherapist, grief support specialist, and spiritual mentor for over thirty-five years. After receiving her doctorate in ministry, her mission in life shifted to help birth the paradigm of the Divine Feminine and to bridge the worlds of psychology and spirituality through ancient wisdom teachings, tarot readings, sacred principles based on natal charts, dreams, and sacred conversations on embodied mysticism. Annette’s immersion into shamanism and indigenous rituals over the years, allows her to travel between the seen and unseen dimensions, weaving Spirit into every facet of daily life.

In 2019, she published her spiritual autobiography entitled: Rooted in the Stars, Planted on the Earth: One Woman’s Path to Embodied Mysticism.

It is available on: https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Stars-Planted-Earth-Mysticism/dp/1610660757

Further information on Annette can be found on her website:  www.annettehulefeld.com

Side note: you'll notice the outro music is missing. This is intentional. The conversation ended on such a beautiful note that we hope you sit, receive and contemplate this breathtaking conversation! There's more to come...see you online! 

Welcome to ICN's series on Everyday Mystics! On this podcast Luke interviews Annie Spade. This is a lively conversation that drops quite a few gems of wisdom - enjoy! 

Annie Spade's bio:

Annie Spade is Founder-Director of Montessori School of the Epiphany in Austin, Texas. Over her four decades with young children, Annie has been specially-focused on nurturing the child’s spiritual capacities - guided by her early training in The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. As an active Catholic over several decades, she participated in a wide variety of ministries and initiatives. Today, her Christian faith undergirds work with Gender Equity and Reconciliation, as an admin for the 10K member Teilhard de Chardin Group on Facebook, and partnering with a network of organizations to honor the diversity of the human family and foster healing of the Earth with all her inhabitants.

(Reminder: these are remote recordings, usually over ZOOM and not in a studio. As a result, audio quality can contain skips and glitches. Thankfully the content is not compromised!)

Friends of ICN,

Welcome to a (new) series in which we explore everyday mysticism from everyday mystics! Some may think that a mystic is someone who lives in a cave or in the clouds—but most of us know that being a mystic is not something that takes us out of living in the world, but more deeply into and through the regular circumstances of “everyday” life.

These are stories of those who are living an embodied mysticism, integrated into life as usual, but far from ordinary!

(And, don't worry...Luke, Paul and David will continue to interview and explore important themes and practices through the ICN lens - stay tuned!!)

On this week's podcast, ICN interviews Elias Kruger! Transhumanism is already a fascinating subject and Elias is here to not only provide an excellent definition for it but also provide a theological (and practical) framework in our emerging relationship with it!

Elias' Bio: Blessed stardust, husband, father, writer, data scientist and amateur composter, Elias lives and breathes in the intersection of spirituality, technology, and humanity. When he is not doing AI theology, he enjoys spending afternoons with friends and evenings with family including a weekly date with his wife.

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See you online!

www.integralchristiannetwork.org 

In this episode Paul, Luke and David explore the meaning and value of acknowledging and deepening our relationship to spirit guides - the divine "messengers" (or, presences) mentioned in the Christian scriptures who are available to encourage, communicate and augment our relationship to God, self and others.  

Here is a link to the meditation practice (led by Paul) mentioned on this podcast:

https://soundcloud.com/user-298383406/meeting-your-spirit-guides 

https://www.integralchristiannetwork.org 

Stay tuned for a new ICN event coming up in October! See you online!

We thoroughly enjoyed this interview with Rollie! His transmission of love, compassion and wisdom is evident throughout the whole hour...we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!!

This lively conversation on Stages of Development was an absolute blast to record and we hope you enjoy it as well!! 

We move through the stages from Warrior to Integral and provide several examples of how it might look - socially, religiously, personally, etc. We rabbit-trail on a few occasions but they were great looking rabbits! One of us even starts preaching at the end, so tread wisely! 

* Please pardon my (David's) sincere gushing over Paul's book and it's influence on me :-) I couldn't help it! 

We hope you enjoy the discussion. See you online!

https://www.integralchristiannetwork.org 

If you are familiar with the Harry Potter universe you'll remember the phrase, "I open at the close." Well, here we are at the end putting out a helpful starter course for Gebser!

In this episode, we explore basic Gebser-language and Gebserian thought as it applies to ICN practices. We talk about the various Worldviews and give lived examples of them (Magic, Mythic, Rationalistic, etc) from our own lives. And while this conversation is for the beginner it is also a good refresher for those who work with Gebserian philosophy and process. We hope you find it helpful and stimulating!

See you online!

https://www.integralchristiannetwork.org

If you are familiar with the Harry Potter universe you'll remember the phrase, "I open at the close." Well, here we are at the end putting out a helpful starter course for Gebser! 

In this episode, we explore basic Gebser language and Gebserian thought as it applies to ICN practices. We talk about the various Worldviews and give lived examples of them (Magic, Mythic, Rationalistic, etc) from our own lives. And while this conversation is for the beginner it is also a good refresher for those who work with Gebserian philosophy and process. We hope you find it helpful and stimulating!

See you online! 

https://www.integralchristiannetwork.org 

ICN is very excited to bring this interview with mystic, author, and Episcopal priest Cynthia Bourgeault!

This conversation between Paul Smith, Luke Healy and Cynthia centers on Jean Gebser's seminal work. This discussion weaves in and out many themes and threads of thought(s) and response, covering important territory. 

(An important note: while it helps to be aware of Gebser and his work to listen to this podcast it is not absolutely necessary...no doubt you will fully appreciate the transmission of wisdom and the enjoyment of lively conversation!)

12:57 - Finding Gebser ("You don’t find books, they find you.”)

25 - Embodying wisdom in tumultuous times

34:37 - Cynthia's thoughts on Gebser and G.I.Gurdjieff 

40:17 - Paul discusses other embodiment practices and Whole Body Mystical Awakening

46:11 - Features of Western non-duality 

52:30 - Moving Integral to the personal (2nd-person spirituality and spirit guides/presences, co-inherence!, I/it? Or I/thou.)  

1:02:41 - Gebser and the Christ-mystery, Christ-teachers and the unfolding of human history

1:12:28 - Healing work from Cynthia's and Paul's perspectives

1:25:42 - Final thoughts 

(Please note that this recorded remotely over ZOOM so there are some digital quirks and jumps. But we hope the content will make up for any inadequacies in the quality of audio.)

Thanks again for listening! Please look for us online and join the conversation at integralchristiannetwork.org