The Laughing Mystics: An unorthodox journey through the liturgical year

Our Question: When have I "seen God"?We talk of Peter's public speaking style and Stephen Colbert's talks with God. We wonder about modern spiritual metaphors and talk about the famous NASA photo "Earthrise."We imagine how the early church experienced blood and lambs and sacrifice - symbols that are different for us now. We recall memories of moments of revelations and clarity and how these often vanish. The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! You're invited to join our FB community at https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/Need more poetry in your life? Visit Marci's blog and/or subscribe to Laura's new substack and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you periodically. Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio from your phone with a question or comment to [email protected] now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmysticsPlease follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you'll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!pod.link/1799776273New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!For more on Marci Madary visit https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit https://psychescinema.com/Want to support The Laughing Mystics? We now have MERCH! Visit ⁠https://www.zazzle.com/store/laughing_mystics/products(0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the "episode webpage" or our Spotify page.)Music licensed from Artlist#jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology

This week we go back to the basics with our question: What am I being saved from?We mention the Corporal acts of mercy We talk about the powerful beginnings of the early church and reflect on the Quaker tradition. "Quaker” was originally an insulting nickname given toFriends in the 1650s, based on a widespread belief in England, where Quakerism began, that in their worship, when under the influence of the Holy Spirit (or perhaps evil spirits, depending on one‘s point of view), Friends would shakeand quake.  We explore separateness and losing our separation from each other and recall Robert Frost's opinion that, "good fences make good neighbors." We wonder - is salvation “being saved from our seperateness?"We wonder if Thomas' doubts are actually a very active form of seeking God.  The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! You're invited to join our FB community at https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/Need more poetry in your life? Visit Marci's blog and/or subscribe to Laura's new substack and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you periodically. Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio from your phone with a question or comment to [email protected] now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmysticsPlease follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you'll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!pod.link/1799776273New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!For more on Marci Madary visit https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit https://psychescinema.com/Want to support The Laughing Mystics? We now have MERCH! Visit ⁠https://www.zazzle.com/store/laughing_mystics/products(0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the "episode webpage" or our Spotify page.)Music licensed from Artlist#jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology

An Easter episode full of sound-booth surprises. Our question: How do I experience resurrection in my life?Marci references a ⁠famous video regarding perception. ⁠We appreciate this quote from Thomas Merton, spoken at another difficult time in history. “We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time.”We discuss an old Chinese story: "Good Luck Bad Luck." ⁠Marci discovers a powerful metaphor regarding our lack of "object permanence" with God.We explore the gospel story with active imagination: I'm at the threshold to the tomb. what happens next? And where am I at in the story right now?The Sunday Readings⁠Join the community: Facebook group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠⁠⁠⁠Daily Poetry: Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠Marci’s Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Laura’s Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ for your daily dose of verse.Share the mic: Send a voice memo to ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠Rate/review easily: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow + listen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.link/1799776273⁠⁠⁠⁠New episodes drop Thursday mornings.More from Marci Madary: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠More from Laura Lewis-Barr: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.zazzle.com/store/laughing_mystics/products⁠⁠⁠⁠(If your platform hides links, visit the episode webpage or Spotify.) Music licensed from Artlist.#jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology #EasterSunday #Resurrection #ThomasMerton

Our challenging question: How have I betrayed the Divine?Marci offers a pun - joke.We explore a story from ⁠Africa from Michael Meade ⁠about "moving toward the roaring."Laura shares her process for working with dreams and how this influences her reading of scripture. ⁠Here is the process Laura's group uses.⁠⁠We also talk about narrative structure and Campbell's Monomyth. ⁠We circle around the many betrayals in the Passion narrative.  ⁠The Sunday Readings⁠We won't be recording the Triduum this year. Last years episode is ⁠here. Join the community: Facebook group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠⁠⁠Daily Poetry: Visit ⁠⁠⁠Marci’s Blog⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠Laura’s Substack⁠⁠⁠ for your daily dose of verse.Share the mic: Send a voice memo to ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠Rate/review easily: ⁠⁠⁠⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠⁠⁠Follow + listen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.link/1799776273⁠⁠⁠New episodes drop Thursday mornings.More from Marci Madary: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠⁠⁠More from Laura Lewis-Barr: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠⁠⁠Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.zazzle.com/store/laughing_mystics/products⁠⁠⁠(If your platform hides links, visit the episode webpage or Spotify.) Music licensed from Artlist.#jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology #HolyWeek #PassionSunday #MichaelMeade #JosephCampbell

Our question: When or how have I come back from "death?"We talk about the power of imagination as a necessary part of change.We recall what Fr. Richard Rohr said about Paul's use of the word "flesh" and "spirit.""Paul made a most unfortunate choice of the word sarx, translated “flesh,” as the very enemy of pneuma, Spirit (for example, Galatians 5:16-24). Now we would probably translate sarx as “ego” or “small self,” which would be much closer to Paul’s actual meaning. Remember that Christianity is the religion that believes “the Word became flesh” (John 1:13), and Jesus even returned to the “flesh” after the Resurrection (Luke 24:40)—so flesh cannot be bad. If our spirituality is in any way anti-body.Join the community: Facebook group: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠⁠Daily Poetry: Visit ⁠⁠Marci’s Blog⁠⁠ and subscribe to ⁠⁠Laura’s Substack⁠⁠ for your daily dose of verse.Share the mic: Send a voice memo to ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠Rate/review easily: ⁠⁠⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠⁠Follow + listen: ⁠⁠⁠https://pod.link/1799776273⁠⁠New episodes drop Thursday mornings.More from Marci Madary: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠⁠More from Laura Lewis-Barr: ⁠⁠⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠⁠Merch: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.zazzle.com/store/laughing_mystics/products⁠⁠(If your platform hides links, visit the episode webpage or Spotify.) Music licensed from Artlist.#jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology #ThomasMerton #Lazarus#TrueSelfFalseSelf #ContemplativeSpirituality #Enneagram