The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter

5th Sunday in (extra)ordinary time. Our question: what is my unique light to share with the world?

Marci as a trickster.

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” - Joseph Campbell

We talk about a ⁠midrash⁠ - a ⁠story of Joseph and his brothers. ⁠

Laura mentions the⁠ Natural Sprituality Conference⁠ and her work with the ⁠fairy tale, The Girl Without Hands.⁠

We share some recent comments from listeners. Thank you to all those who have left us comments.

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4th Sunday in Extra-ordinary Time. Our question: What is a shadowy reaction in me that might come up when I do "good works?"

We talk about St. Augustine's thoughts on the Beatitudes and ⁠quote this post. ⁠ Another beautiful essay on this is -- ⁠St. Augustine on the Esoteric Meaning of the Beatitudes.⁠

THANK YOU to our listener, Jackie ,who designed our new logo. We love it!

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⁠Laura recommends the Natural Sprituality Conference⁠⁠.

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Daily Poetry: Visit ⁠Marci’s Blog⁠ and subscribe to ⁠Laura’s Substack⁠ for your daily dose of verse.

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3rd Sunday in the new church year. Our question to you: What is a memory of "seeing the light" or a moment of conversion in the world or in myself?

We talk of unity and division in the church and the symbols of fish, fishing, nets, and deep waters. Laura shares her ⁠dream of a fish.⁠

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New episodes drop Thursday mornings.

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More from Laura Lewis-Barr: ⁠⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠

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2nd Sunday in "extra-ordinary time." Our question: what is my current "growing edge," spiritually?

Here are links from our wide-ranging conversation.

Laura quotes and mentions Lewis Hyde's - A Primer for Forgetting.

We talk of the photo of the earth taken from space that Joseph Campbell found inspiring.

And the inspiring TV series from Carl Sagan (1980)

And the wonderful film, using Teilhard's prayer, The slow work of God.

The beginnings of Quakerism. The Catholic Worker House in LaCrosse, WI.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Parker Palmer and Michael Morwood

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Laura is leading a workshop next month at the "Natural Spirituality Conference" which highlights how God speaks through dreams and dream like stories. Attendees are invited into small groups that explore their night time dreams together throughout the weekend. Info at nsrgathering.org/conference.html

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Readings for The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Our question: What old teaching about God/holiness has been upended/changed in me?

Marci mentions  Holy Envy by Barbara Brown Taylor. And also Rumi and Hafiz.

Laura talks about the 6 Day War, ⁠rebirthing⁠,

and Rene Girard’s mimetic theory.

This Sunday's Readings

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The Epiphany of the Lord. Our Question: When have I found God in an unexpected place?

We talk about Rene Girard and evolving past a scapegoat mentality.

Marci loves this youtube video from Richard Rohr.

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The Feast of the Holy Family. We gear up for some challenging readings.

We start with asking for a memory of honoring family. (We also acknowledge that sometimes honoring family is best from a distance. )

We explore the biblical instructions to "obey" or to "be submissive" and the revolutionary message that was implicit in these readings - based on the world at the time.

We mention the elderly "nuns on the run," recently in the news, who challenged such orders.

We discuss symbolic meanings of Egypt and our own inner Herods.

Marci recommends a video -- https://www.theworkofthepeople.com/the-slow-work-of-god

And much more!

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The Christmas story from Luke and a challenging Christmas Blessing.

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. Happy Holidays to all!

Our question: What is being conceived in me, my inner self, right now?

Re: the first reading - Ahaz was the twelfth king of Judah, reigning in Jerusalem from approximately 732 to 716 BC. He is often remembered for his idolatrous practices and political alliances that led Judah away from the worship of Yahweh

Also, in Hebrew, 'almah (עַלְמָה) primarily means a young woman, maiden, or girl of marriageable age, implying she is youthful and potentially unmarried, but not exclusively a virgin.

We explore the metaphor of a "virgin mindset" and what gets in the way of being open to the divine? How is God being birthed in me?

Laura mentions the apocryphal story of the birth of Melchizedek.

Quotes from Fr. Richard Rohr here and here.

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We start with a gorgeous poem from Marci.

Our question is: what is a memory of seeing the splendor, the glory of God?

Laura talks about the term Jung used for this – the “numinous” which comes from numinosum – Rudolf Otto’s term (in his Idea of the Holy) for the inexpressible, mysterious, terrifying, directly experienced and pertaining only to the divinity.

Marci mentions experiments of putting monitors on plants and recording their “song.”

We explore how dreamwork can help bring sight to my own psychological/spiritual blindness.

Laura mentions the Jungian Marie Louise Von Franz and the I Ching, a symbolic tool for understanding the flow of life.

We ask ourselves: what would it mean to live with the same commitment as John the Baptist?

Sunday Readings

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