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

The 16th Sunday of the Kingdom of Heaven is Now.

We dive deep into all three readings. Laura references the book " Abraham : the man and the symbol ; a Jungian interpretation of the biblical story."

What Laura forgot, "... the Sages also divided the functions of the angels’ mission into three: to herald the birth of Isaac, to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, and to heal Abraham. "One more quote from the book, “In the heat of the day” the sun is at its apogee. Midday heat, especially in the Middle East, can affect one’s wakefulness. Perhaps Abraham dozed off as he sat at the door of his tent, and entered a hypnagogic state. At the same time, his psychic receptiveness increased, as often happens when one is half awake and half asleep. In this state, a different consciousness may emerge—the greater, broader, and clearer consciousness of a great vision. Many cultures symbolize this consciousness of and receptiveness to the divinity by a depiction of the sun at its zenith, generating extreme heat."

We have a lengthy discussion of the story of Martha and Mary, “martyr syndrome” and wonder: could we all be Mary?

Marci offers some wonderful stories about of St. Francis including Francis' visit to the Sultan.

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The 15th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time.

Laura mentions another podcast, This Jungian Life.

She also mentions alchemy and this quote -"A fool who persists in his folly will eventually become wise"

-William Blake

Marci mentions a prayer from Thomas Merton and this bible quote.

Laura quotes from Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese

She also mentions her work teaching emotional intelligence.

We also talk about Matthew Fox and The Cosmic Christ,  

our overscheduled lives, xenophobia and much more.

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14th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now.

We discuss the power of home. Laura mentions "nous," a concept she's heard from Ilia Delio. Heavy stuff.

"Pierre Teilhard de Chardin saw the emergence of a new type of person with computer technology, an evolution of consciousness that led to a new level of cosmic life, what he called the “noosphere” (from the Greek “nous” or mind). The noosphere is the natural culmination of biological evolution, an organic whole, now on the level of thought, destined for some type of superconvergence and unification."

-- Ilia Delio.

 Also the important concept of Inflation. (Jungian term).

[Inflation] should not be interpreted as … conscious self-aggrandizement. Such is far from being the rule. In general we are not directly conscious of this condition at all, but can at best infer its existence indirectly from the symptoms. These include the reactions of our immediate environment. Inflation magnifies the blind spot in the eye. [“The Self,” CW 9ii, par. 44.] -- from Daryl Sharp’s Jung Lexicon

Another mention of the book, The Gift, by Lewis Hyde

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In this episode Marci sings a song! We talk about miracles, doubt and faith.  

A joke from Joseph Campbell (also attributed to Thomas Merton!)

And another Campbell quote that made Marci laugh.  

Laura mentions the noncanonical Gnostic books featuring St. Peter. The Apocalypse of Peter, Letter of Peter to Philip and Apocryphon of James (among others).

We mention The Last Temptation of Christ film

And Laura tells the story behind her no-budget feature film, Cloistered Honey. On Amazon Prime.

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We have lots of laughter in each episode but we pick out one to open the episode with. Here we have the opening to our episode on the readings from the 4th Sunday of Easter.

We laugh a lot in each episode and we usually pick out one moment as a "teaser." Here's one - Laura telling an old joke from Joseph Campbell (Thomas Merton also gave a version of this). Marci and I also took soem soundbooth photos....

Thank you to Marci for sharing her brilliance with us! FYI- we refer to two weeks because we usually record two episodes at a time....

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Marci shares some of her research on Julian of Norwich.

Laura struggles in this episode. We confess: some of the material (latter third) was added later.

Lots of poetry in this episode, including a section from Blessing the Bread by Lynn Unger, Marci's poem, Learning Slowly, and Laura’s poem, Take One Bite.

Laura mentions the book Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul.

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Marci talks about her use of different pronouns for God.

We reflect on what we learned during a recent talk from Ilia Delio.

We mention Teilhard de Chardin (as we often do) and the challenge of using words like “god” or “love."

 We discuss Jung's concept of “eros” and “logos." And Edinger's thoughts on endurance.

We talk about individualism and faith, and the book The Gift and The Serviceberry.

"Christ, as a particular concrete manifestation of the Holy Spirit, must die in order for the disciples to develop an individual relation to the Holy Spirit, that is, the projection must be withdrawn. This is the 'very important step forward beyond Christocentrism.'"

--Edward Edinger quoting Carl Jung - from "The Christian Archetype"

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We talk about fire and wind and the sometimes unpredictable power of groups under the religious impulse.

We discuss the work and a video of Ilia Delio, outlining her inspirational message. And a juicy quote from her.

Laura  talks about her ecstatic experiences in prayer.

We  struggle with the second reading (Romans) and explore the meanings of the word “love.”

Marci suggests Mirabai Starr's book Wild Mercy.

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