The Laughing Mystics: An unorthodox journey through the liturgical year – Details, episodes & analysis

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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2nd Sunday of Advent - John the Baptist!

Our question: What events in my life have helped separate the wheat and the chaff within me.

The Hebrew word for "fear" in "fear of the Lord," such as in Isaiah, is typically 𝑦𝑖𝑟𝑎ℎ (יִרְאָה), which translates to a sense of reverence, awe, and profound respect, rather than terror. 

Laura mentions the free newsletter "Believing " from the New York Times.

The Sunday Readings

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We ask ourselves (and you) this question: "What is my unique calling, how am I to serve the world?"

Laura mentions the book, Paradoxical Thinking and  

a great article about the prophet Habakkuk and his infrequent appearance in the church calendar. Marci offers a wonderful metaphor of faith and flying a kite and she mentions Father Richard Rohr's book,  Everything Belongs.

The Sunday Readings

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Our question today (based on the readings). "What are my attitudes toward wealth?'

We talk about the work of sociologist Brene Brown and the film, MountainHead. We explore the juicy story of Lazarus and the rich man, and much more!

The Sunday Readings -The 26th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time

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25th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time. We wrestle with some very tough readings!

A question we ask ourselves and you: What are my attitudes toward authority, wealth, and the systems we live under?

Marci mentions her poem found in this publication. ⁠Unruly Catholic Feminists: Prose, Poetry, and the Future of the Faith ⁠

 We mention Brian Swimme and the "Story of the Universe," the evolution of the world and of justice.

 Also, Kohlberg's levels of ethics, Ilia Delio's noosphere,

and the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

The Sunday Readings

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Laura is starting a new product - practicing symbolic thinking using fairy tale stop motion films in a Monthly Film Club.

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For more on Marci Madary visit https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/

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We start with a juicy question : what "inner" puzzle am I working on these days?

Then we puzzle through a reading about biting snakes, ingratitude, and looking at what scares us.

We talk of Richard Schwartz, - The Founder of Internal Family Systems . (Laura accidentally says Stephen Schwartz -- the creator of Godspell).

We grapple with John 3:16.

Marci tells a bad joke. And much more!

The Sunday Readings

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Laura is starting a new product - practicing symbolic thinking using fairy tale stop motion films in a Monthly Film Club.

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For more on Marci Madary visit https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/

For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit https://psychescinema.com/

23rd Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time. Lots of laughter as we tackle some very tough readings.

We ask ourselves (and you) this question: "What tempts me in my daily life? What is hard for me to renounce or let go of?"

 "If it is true that the ability to be puzzled is the beginningof wisdom, then this truth is a sad commentary on the wisdom of modern man. Whatever the merits of our high degree of literary and universal education, wehave lost the gift for being puzzled."

----Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm 

We mention this quote from Thomas Merton: “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”

Laura was searching for this this part of Rumi's poem, The Great Wagon.

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there."

Laura quotes Erich Neumann on a provocative message in the Psyche and Eros myth

Marci tells the story of St. Francis, his father, and the Bishop.

And much more!!

The Sunday Readings

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Laura is starting a new product - practicing symbolic thinking using fairy tale stop motion films in a Monthly Film Club.

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For more on Marci Madary visit https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/

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22nd Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time. We explore the Hebrew word for humility.

Excerpts quoted from this site. “How am I using the Divine gifts that have been given to me? Am I reaching my own potential for greatness?”

This sentiment is powerfully encapsulated in the Hebrew word for humility, anavah. While the English word humility originates from the Latin, humilis, meaning meekness or lowliness,  anavah stems from the word anu, meaning “to respond.”

Also found this lovely quote related to this concept. “Every person should have two pockets. In one pocket should be a piece of paper saying: ‘I am but dust and ashes.’ When one is feeling too proud, reach into this pocket and take out this paper and read it. In the other pocket should be a piece of paper saying: ‘For my sake was the world created.’ When one is feeling disheartened and lowly, reach into this pocket and take this paper out and read it. We are each the joining of two worlds. We are fashioned from clay, but our spirit is the breath of Adonai.”

(Tales of The Hasidim Later Masters, Martin Buber, p.249-50)

Marci uses the word theophonies -

1. a visible manifestation to humankind of God or a god."the great theophany of Sinai"

The Sunday Readings

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21st Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time.

We talk about the challenge of diversity and ask the question, “Who makes me uncomfortable?”

We explore the idea that we are all fugitives in a strange land and the integration of all parts in the Kingdom.

We talk about the power of discipline to create strength through practice.

Laura mentions her longing for a loving community and uses the Greek word agape.

We mention the author of Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarrisa Pinkola Estes. And much more!

The Sunday Readings

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A juicy episode! We talk about the symbolism Jeremiah and the cistern. 

We mention the movement of an ancient Sicilian symbol and Celtic knots

We explore addiction to suffering and the danger of numbing out to the problems of the world, and "Midwest nice”

 Laura mentions alchemy and the stage of Calcinatio.

The Sunday Readings

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For more on Marci Madary visit https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/

For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit https://psychescinema.com/