Podcasts about Evelyn Underhill

In this enlightening episode, Dr. Troy Caldwell, a retired MD psychiatrist and practicing spiritual director, delves into the spiritual theology's spiral path, a model depicting the journey towards spiritual growth and union with God. Discover how this ascending spiral serves as a metaphor for our movement toward divine consciousness and the likeness of Christ. Dr. Caldwell explains the three fundamental stages of this spiritual journey, known as the 'three ways': the purgative, illuminative, and unitive ways. He highlights the trials and triumphs of each stage, drawing from renowned mystical teachings and historical figures in Christianity, such as Evelyn Underhill and St. Teresa of Avila. Engage in a reflection on personal transformations with guests sharing their profound experiences. Hear diverse perspectives, including the once-born mystics who feel an innate connection to the divine from birth. Finally, the conversation touches on how understanding these spiritual stages can enhance our everyday relationships and lead to a deeper acceptance of self and others.

Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic poet and novelist as well as a pacifist and mystic. An only child, she described her early mystical insights as "abrupt experiences of the peaceful, undifferentiated plane of reality—like the 'still desert' of the mystic—in which there was no multiplicity nor need of explanation". The meaning of these experiences became a lifelong quest for understanding and integration and inspired in her much writing and contemplation.This reading is a short selection of pointings taken from the text, 'Mysticism'.

Father Paul tells the story of a teacher of the faith who revitalized the knowledge of Christian mysticism and worship.

Crafting a rhythm of life isn't just about adding more to your schedule—it's about making intentional choices that shape who you're becoming. Inspired by Ruth Haley Barton's question, “How do I want to live so I can be who I want to be?” this episode explores the beauty of setting limits as a doorway to creativity, discernment, and rest. We'll discuss how a rhythm of life can act like a trellis, supporting your growth and flourishing. With insights from spiritual writers like Margaret Guenther and Evelyn Underhill, we'll uncover practical ways to create daily, weekly, and seasonal practices that feel life-giving and sustainable. Join me as we take one small, simple, and gracious step toward cultivating a life that aligns with God's invitations and your deepest desires.

Evelyn Underhill's Practical Mysticism is a timeless and accessible guide to incorporating mystical practices into daily life. Known for her profound insight into spiritual matters, Underhill provides a pathway for seekers to experience a deeper connection to the divine and cultivate inner peace amidst the demands of modern life. In this concise yet profound work, she...

In the first of our new Compendium series, James dives into the words of Evelyn Underhill. Drawing on natural theology, scripture and re-examining belief, he unpicks what she might have to say about the Christian life today.

I'd like to explore the mystical, not as an expert, but a student.  Lately I've been inspired by Evelyn Underhill's insights in her book, Mysticism: A Study in Nature and Development of Spiritual Conscious which I quote in this podcast.  My sense is, that despite the darkness of the age we live in, something of the Absolute wishes to break in, to rearrange our consciousness.  When this happens, the old dream and the young see visions.  What might it look like for modern people, spiritual - religious - not-so-religious, to open up to the possibility of the transcendent, so that our present mode of consciousness, our small egoic frame, might grow?  What if Reality is not what we thought?  The mystics left us a few clues for how to listen and how to be.  

Evening Prayer for Saturday, June 15, 2024 (Eve of The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, or the Third Sunday after Trinity [Proper 6]; Evelyn Underhill, Teacher of the Faith, 1941). Psalm and Scripture readings (60-day Psalter): Psalm 109 Ezekiel 34 Acts 15:22-35 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to access the text for the Daily Office at DailyOffice2019.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyofficepodcast/support

Morning Prayer for Saturday, June 15, 2024 (Proper 5; Evelyn Underhill, Teacher of the Faith, 1941). Psalm and Scripture readings (60-day Psalter): Psalms 108, 110 Joshua 22:7-31 Luke 24:13-53 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to access the text for the Daily Office at DailyOffice2019.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyofficepodcast/support

This summer, we're exploring inspiring voices who found faith in challenging times. Our first spotlight is Evelyn Underhill, a scholar who urged Christians to integrate faith into everyday life. Just like the Athenians who worshipped "unknown gods," we often separate our spiritual and practical lives. But the truth is, God is already present in everything we do. So let's embrace faith in all aspects of our lives!

In the series conclusion, John, Alex, and Allen reveal how God alone is our refuge. We're meant to live within the safety of God, drawing our nourishment from our union with him. Not only believing in God, but living within him. Yet the world constantly pulls us out of this habitat while conditioning us to stay lost. So how do we find our way home? The life of the ordinary mystic will help us get back.Show Notes: In this podcast, John references the books Every Moment Holy (Douglas Kaine McKelvey) and Waiting on God (Andrew Murray) as well as author Evelyn Underhill._______________________________________________Got a podcast question? Let us know at Questions@WildatHeart.orgThere is more.Support the mission or find more on our website: WildAtHeart.org  or on our app.Apple: Wild At Heart AppAndroid: Wild At Heart AppEpisode Number 770Watch on YouTubeMore pauses available in the One Minute Pause app for Apple iOS and Android.Apple: One Minute Pause AppAndroid: One Minute Pause App

Evelyn Underhill (1875 - 1941) was an Anglican and a pioneer in the modern study of mysticism who brought the teachings and writings of early Church mystics to a largely Protestant audience. She was the first woman to lecture to the clergy in the Church of England, and the first woman officially to conduct spiritual retreats for the Church. She was also the first woman to establish ecumenical links between churches and one of the first woman theologians to lecture in English colleges and universities, If you would like to order a copy of Dr. Carlos Eire's new book, "They Flew: A History of the Impossible," you can order a copy HERE (Yale University Press) or HERE (Amazon).If you have any questions, you can email us at christianmysticismpodcast@gmail.com. Your question and the answer may appear in a future episode of the podcast.You can visit our podcast website HERE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic poet and novelist as well as a pacifist and mystic. An only child, she described her early mystical insights as "abrupt experiences of the peaceful, undifferentiated plane of reality—like the 'still desert' of the mystic—in which there was no multiplicity nor need of explanation". The meaning of these experiences became a lifelong quest for understanding and integration and inspired in her much writing and contemplation. This reading is a short selection of pointings taken from the text, 'Mysticism'.

When our lives are stuck, we demand God to change things. It can be frustrating when God doesn't answer our prayers. We then get tempted to retreat, to backslide, rather than wait patiently for the light to come. Evelyn Underhill gives some gentle words of wisdom to help us wait.

"True Religion: An Invitation to Encounter the Living God" by Rev. Jay Sidebotham Drawing from Romans 12:9-21 and Matthew 16:21-28, Rev. Jay Sidebotham's sermon from St. James Parish in Wilmington, NC, dives into the heart of what true religion embodies. Inspired by Evelyn Underhill's candid letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1930s, which emphasized that God should be the center of our religious focus, Rev. Sidebotham suggests that too many view religion as mere routine or ritual. He contrasts this with the teaching of Jesus and insights from Richard Rohr that separate the constructs of religion and the gospel: while religion is the path to encounter God, the gospel is the transformative realization and embrace of God's grace once met. Highlighting the call of Moses, Rev. Sidebotham notes that sacred encounters aren't reserved for mountaintop moments. Instead, they can be found in daily acts of worship, love, giving, and forgiving. Just as Moses' initial willingness to serve ("Here I am") shifted to uncertainty ("Who am I?"), Christians are also reminded of God's assuring promise, "I will be with you." Through the Eucharist, hymns, and everyday interactions, believers are invited to see the world as full of divine possibilities, echoing Barbara Brown Taylor's sentiment that the Earth is abundant with "altars" for worship. Howard Thurman's words remind us that everything has the potential for holiness. In conclusion, Rev. Sidebotham beckons the congregation to reflect on their understanding of true religion, urging them to remain open to encounters with the Living God. Only then can the essence of true religion - an invitation to a deeper relationship with God - truly flourish.

Christian contemplative spirituality got forgotten for about three hundred years, after Brother Lawrence's famous teachings in the 1600s. The person who brought it back and set the stage for a whole new era of Christian spirituality--and people like Richard Rohr and Thomas Merton--was an unlikely candidate, an upper-middle-class British woman named Evelyn Underhill. Dave Schmelzer starts with a brief overview of this remarkable woman and then interviews Underhill's most accomplished biographer, Dana Greene.Mentioned on this podcast:Evelyn Underhill: Artist of the Infinite Life, by Dana GreeneThe Spiritual Life, by Evelyn UnderhillDana Greene's website: danagreene.orgTo receive the Evelyn Underhill newsletter, go to evelynunderhill.org 

Evening Prayer for Thursday, June 15, 2023 (Proper 5; Evelyn Underhill, Teacher of the Faith, 1941). Psalm and Scripture readings (60-day Psalter): Psalm 109 Ezekiel 34 Acts 15:22-35 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to access the text for Morning Prayer at DailyOffice2019.com.⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyofficepodcast/support

Morning Prayer for Thursday, June 15, 2023 (Proper 5; Evelyn Underhill, Teacher of the Faith, 1941). Psalm and Scripture readings (60-day Psalter): Psalms 108, 110 Joshua 22:7-31 Luke 24:13-53 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to access the text for Morning Prayer at DailyOffice2019.com.⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyofficepodcast/support

We're honored to learn from Dr. Terri Daniel (https://danieldirect.net/) about her academic work on toxic theology as a contributing factor in complicated mourning and work as an interfaith chaplain. Topics covered: 01:17 The Conference on Death, Grief & Belief 03:17 Toxic Theology as a Contributing Factor in Complicated Grief (Or Mourning) 05:22 The Atheist Purity Test 08:24 Complicated Grief in Relation to Toxic Theology 09:18 Dark Night of the Soul & Questioning God 12:00 Dealing with trauma (and feeling like God is not pleased with us) 12:30 Example of toxic theology in Christian movies 13:29 Interfaith chaplaincy and supporting hospice clients 17:45 Fowler's Stages of Faith Development 20:05 Religious Critique of Fowler's Stages of Faith Development 21:00 Evelyn Underhill's 5 Stages of Mysticism & The Exodus Story 22:12 The Exodus Myth: Enslaved to Ego & Mystical Union 23:19 Fowler's Stages, Managing Grief, and Religious Coping Scales 25:32 Making Meaning of Loss 27:54 When trauma leads to a faith deconstruction 31:13 Counseling those who are deconstructing (and need help processing trauma) 41:37 Why would a loving God ordain or allow traumatic events 46:49 How to become an interfaith chaplain & clinical pastoral education programs You can watch the full episode on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/u16GxV82Vy4). Dr. Terri Daniel is an inter-spiritual hospice chaplain, end-of-life educator, and grief counselor certified in death, dying and bereavement by the Association of Death Education and Counseling and in trauma support by the International Association of Trauma Professionals. She conducts workshops throughout the U.S. and is an adjunct instructor in thanatology and chaplaincy at Marian University, the University of Maryland and the Graduate Theological Union. She is also the founder of The Conference on Death, Grief and Belief, and the Ask Doctor Death podcast. Over the years Terri has helped hundreds of people learn to live, die and grieve more consciously. Her work is acclaimed by hospice professionals, spiritual seekers, counselors, theologians, and academics worldwide. Learn more by checking Dr. Terri Daniel's books, resources and conferences. (https://danieldirect.net/) You can read a summary of this blog and get links to video clips here: https://www.mikedelgado.org/podcast/toxic-theology/

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Have the great Christian saints, over millennia, been in agreement about some central points and practices if we hope to continue our growth? One scholar says they have been indeed. Dave Schmelzer runs down some key points of interest, not least the happy surprise that, if we keep at this, our reward will be an overflowing playfulness in our lives. Mentioned on this podcast:Jason M. Baxter's book An Introduction to Christian Mysticism; Recovering the Wildness of Spiritual LifePete Holmes on not knowingSome mystics who come up: Hildegard of Bingen, Gregory of Nyssa, Meister Eckhart, Thomas Merton, Evagrius, Nicholas of Cusa, Pseudo-Dionysius, Augustine, Francis of Assisi, John Ruusbroec, Evelyn Underhill, C.S. Lewis

In this episode:I explore the idea of everyday asceticism, the art of setting limits for ourselves in order to stand more firmly and authentically in our lives. Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) Or: Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https://digitaljung.substack.com/)For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:Americans Must Say 'No'  from 'CG Jung Speaking' edited by William McGuire S2, Ep. 17: Recovering The Spirit: The Seven Ravens, pt. 2 S3, Ep. 3: Receiving One's True Name S3, Ep. 4: Imagining Our Proper Life-Task 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life'  by Jason E. Smith 'A Dwelling Place For Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar 'The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety' by Alan Watts The Fisherman and His Wife from 'Grimms' Tales For Young and Old' 'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill 'Thoughts in Solitude' by Thomas MertonLike this podcast?Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites:Apple PodcastsSpotifyPodchaserOr, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below)Music:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Support the show

Gesprek met Jean-Jacques Suurmond aan de hand van het door hem vertaalde en bewerkte boek van Evelyn Underhill "Mystiek, Hoe God werkt in de mens". Een uitgave van uitgevrij Skandalon in Middelburg (https://www.skandalon.nl/shop/theologie-cultuur/601-mystiek-verschijnt-najaar-2022.html) Van hun site: Hoe is God werkzaam in mensen? Aan de hand van de ervaring van de grote mystici schetst Evelyn Underhill de fasen van de mystieke weg. Die loopt van ontwaken, loutering, verlichting en de donkere nacht van de ziel, tot de eenheid met God. Dit boek uit 1911 is hét standaardwerk op het gebied van de spiritualiteit; het inspireerde belangrijke schrijvers als C.S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot en Thomas Merton. Voor het eerst verschijnt het nu in het Nederlands. Levendig belicht Underhill vele aspecten van de mystieke weg: van twijfel tot extase, van inkeer tot betrokkenheid op de wereld. Elk mens, zo laat ze zien, is in principe een mysticus. In de relatie met God wordt de hele persoon meegenomen en vernieuwd. Mystieke inspiratie is het geheim van creativiteit, ook op artistiek en wetenschappelijk gebied. Het boek is aangevuld met de inzichten van tientallen moderne mystici, zoals Etty Hillesum, Titus Brandsma, Dag Hammarskjöld en Christian Wiman.

Robyn Wrigley-Carr returns to the Renovaré Podcast to talk with Nate about Evelyn Underhill—the 20th century author, spiritual director and retreat leader—and about Baron Friedrich Von Hügel, whose spiritual direction transformed Evelyn's life with God.Show Notes[2:15] Here's a quote from Eugene Peterson: “The most extensive and inviting introduction … a brilliantly written book.” How did it feel to have read that about your book?[3:49] Could you tell me what is a baron and who is said Baron that was so impactful on Evelyn's life, and on Eugene's too?[6:56] What were [Von Hügel's] health issues?[8:59] Why did [Von Hügel] only want to see [Evelyn Underhill] twice a year?[ ] What would you say were some of the key components in [Evelyn Underhill's] own formation?[ ] Who were some of these folks that were influencing [Evelyn]?[ ] I find it helpful to hear [Baron Von Hügel] doing spiritual direction in a very different way than we think of it... What would you say were some of Evelyn Underhill's contributions to the discipline of spiritual direction?[ ] What about [Evelyn's] life inspires you?Resources The Spiritual Formation of Evelyn Underhill, by Robyn Wrigley-Carr Evelyn Underhill's Prayer Book, by Robyn Wrigley-Carr

In season 4, Jordan and Luci are exploring contemporary saints from around the globe. Join them to hear discussions of history, weird facts, and even some advice for today's Christian feminists who are trying to pick up where these awesome church mothers left off. If you're enjoying expanding your ideas about Jesus, feminism, progressive Christianity, bad ass Bible ladies, the Episcopal Church, or anything else we've been talking about, get in contact! Email: twofeminists@gmail.com

Day 200 Today's Reading: 2 Timothy 4 Let me give you an apostle Paul timeline. Paul's conversion is in Acts 9 around AD 34. Second Timothy is his last letter and that is in AD 67. He writes it thirty-three years after the day he met Jesus. Paul's entrance into the ministry is in Acts 13, in AD 48—fourteen years after his salvation experience on the road to Damascus. So he has been preaching and in full-time ministry for about two decades. Now two verses before he is about to pen his last words ever, he throws in a sentence of mystery: “Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus” (2 Timothy 4:20). Paul couldn't leave well enough alone. He has to say something in regards to sickness and Christians. Only someone who has been in ministry for as long as the apostle can throw that sentence in his final letter. The Trophimus mystery is the mystery every Christian battles: why are people still sick when Jesus heals? At some point in our lives we have asked those questions either for ourselves or others. Paul's seven words leave us hanging, longing for the answer: But Trophimus I left sick at Miletus. The man who God used to bring healing to people's lives leaves a seven-year companion sick in Miletus. Paul has healed people in Acts 14, 19, 20, and 28, but not 2 Timothy 4. Paul heals others, but Trophimus he leaves sick. It doesn't seem to make sense. Everyone he heals in the book of Acts he does not know personally, but Trophimus he does. So why has he left this one sick at Miletus? There is much speculation but no definitive answer. Some say divine chastisement. Some say he might not have had faith to be healed. And some put it on Paul: “Paul healed in Lystra and cast out demons in Philippi and wrought miracles in Ephesus but he failed with Trophimus.” We do not know the answer. Paul does a lot. But I like knowing that Paul's track record isn't perfect. There is a sick guy in Miletus. Whatever the answer is, there are times we must leave Trophimus sick at Miletus. We may win many to Christ but not everyone. There is always one. There are scores of answered prayers but there are some for whom God says no, and the prayer is like Trophimus, left without an answer. Miletus is one spot on the map where a man was not healed. We will have our Miletus too. I am rather glad for Trophimus here in the Bible. I am helped by the fact that we don't have this unbroken record of successes and that everything Paul did was a success. I could not keep up with that. The great Baptist preacher Vance Havner said we must “leave room for Trophimus, allow for a Miletus to be somewhere along your journey.” Some days are sick days. Some days are “I blew it” days. “One of the reasons why mature people stop growing and learning,” says John Gardner, “is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.” Because someone didn't get healed doesn't mean we stop praying for people. Just because they did not respond the right way when we shared Jesus with them doesn't mean we stop telling people the Good News. I'm glad Trophimus is in the Bible. And we need to remember that Trophimus being left sick in Miletus does not diminish Paul or his work or his character. Former figure skating Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton and his wife, Tracie, have four children, including two adopted from Haiti. While he was pursuing his success as a skater, he once said he dropped out of church involvement and started what he jokingly called “The Church of Scott.” But through the love of his wife and other Christians, he came to a sincere faith in Christ. Rooted in his faith, Hamilton had an interesting take on dealing with personal sin and failure. In a 2018 New York Times interview, Hamilton said: “I calculated once how many times I fell during my skating career—41,600 times. But I got up all 41,600 times. That's the muscle you have to build in you—the one that reminds you to just get up.” Trophimus in 2 Timothy 4 is a mystery. I really do think Paul prayed for his friend and believed for his friend's healing. But Trophimus was not healed. And that's okay, because I'm okay with having spots in my Christian walk with mystery. Evelyn Underhill said it like this: “If the Reality of God was small enough to be grasped, it would not be great enough to be adored.” I think God leaves mystery moments in our faith walk, which means mystery in our faith walk doesn't have to necessarily bring doubt but it can inspire adoration. Doubt comes when we feel as though we are owed an explanation. Adoration comes when we realize we are involved with Someone way bigger than we are. Let's adore Him even in the mystery.

Humans are at their core incurably religious. We come with a hole in our spiritual being and that is how we know that we were created to worship God and to know Him. Worship is an essential just as oxygen and food. The fall and sin corrupted God's creation. Every day you see blogs and Ted talks that tell us how to find meaning and value in our lives. They tell us what things we are supposed to regard as precious and what to live for.When you speak with people who have bought into an idol you wonder if it's working for them. Do they look at peace? Are they truly satisfied? Does it answer those life questions of eternal security? Any time we revere something as god it costs us something. Is that cost worth it? In other words, if their god is money, they sacrifice family, integrity, etc – is this worth it? One might be serving the god of food, education, or healthcare. Their god may be a cause for humanity. Does it have the ultimate cure? Can one put their hope and trust in it?For some people it is their dogma of evolution that is their god. But will nature naturally work itself into higher and higher levels of complexity? How did nature get this power? Some believe that every religion ultimately leads to god. Some think that all morality is equal. The bottom line is that when your life is submitted to an idol in place of the true and living God, you have shrunk everything down to something you can explain. The God of the Bible is unexplainable. Evelyn Underhill said, “If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.”The God of the Bible is not received simply through explanation but requires revelation. We are surrounded by idols. Are you provoked when you see people in bondage to idols? Jesus was provoked when he saw idols in us. He did not give up on us or write us off, but instead revealed His great unconditional love to us by going to the cross and dying for your sins and mine. That revelation of the death, burial and resurrection has given us eternal hope, and it now compels us to share with those who are in bondage to the idols and idolatry of the devil.

James Tunney, LLM, is an Irish barrister who has lectured on legal matters throughout the world. He is a poet, a scholar, and author of The Mystery of the Trapped Light: Mystical Thoughts in the Dark Age of Scientism plus The Mystical Accord: Sutras to Suit Our Times, Lines for Spiritual Evolution; also Empire of … Continue reading "Evelyn Underhill and Mysticism with James Tunney"

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (Wednesday after Trinity Sunday; Evelyn Underhill, Teacher of the Faith, 1941). Psalm and Scripture readings (2-year lectionary; 60-day Psalter): Psalms 108-110 Ezekiel 34 Acts 15:22-35 Click here to access the text for Morning Prayer at DailyOffice2019.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dailyofficepodcast/support

“God is always coming to us in “the Sacrament of the Present Moment.” Pay attention to now. God's presence is always in the present. Now. There will be “thin places” where God breaks through to you, often mysteriously, in here-and-now. Pay attention to now.” Br. Curtis Almquist celebrates the teaching of Evelyn Underhill and, along with her, encourages us to pay attention to the here-and-now.

This is a sermon I delivered at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Newtown, PA. For a permanent link to this and other sermons, please go to therevtreysthoughts.blogspot.com

Today we discuss a beautiful quote from the great Catholic writer Evelyn Underhill. She reminds us that the call into deeper prayer and silence is a precious and necessary way to buffer ourselves from the noice and chaos of the world that surrounds us. Grab your free access to my awesome resource for Catholic teachers right here: https://cf.onecatholicteacher.com/oct-opt-in (https://cf.onecatholicteacher.com/oct-opt-in) Find out about booking Jonathan to come and speak at your school or event https://cf.onecatholicteacher.com/catholic-speaking (https://cf.onecatholicteacher.com/catholic-speaking)

In this episode:We begin to read through the tale The Seven Ravens and to explore the challenges of reconciling the different sides of our nature.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:'Memories, Dreams, Reflections'  by C.G. Jung'Mysticism: The Preeminent Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness' by Evelyn UnderhillThe Seven Ravens, Grimms' Fairy Tales'Practical Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill'Ego and Archetype' by Edward EdingerThe Development of the Personality from 'Collected Works, vol. 17' by C.G. Jung'Living an Examined Life' by James Hollis'I Asked For Wonder,' An Anthology of Writings from Abraham Joshua HeschelLike this podcast?Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites:Apple PodcastsSpotifyPodchaser...or support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below)Music:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/digitaljung)

Author Robyn Wrigley-Carr joins Nathan on this week's episode to discuss Evelyn Underhill's Prayer Book.Show Notes Who was Evelyn Underhill? Tell me a little bit about her prayer book prior to your visit to the retreat house. I'm hearing joy. Was it a joyful process for you? She does something bold, taking a prayer from some great Saint and adding her own lines, making her own contribution to it. I found that really special to get to have both people's prayers together. Could you speculate what Evelyn might want people to do with this book? One of the things I found exciting is that, a number of the people's prayers that she quotes I knew the names, but there were a bunch of them I don't. And you give a little description of them at the end, and I thought, “New friends to explore!” Do you keep a prayer book? I've been collecting prayers for years, my own and others. And I love the idea of curating your own collection, that they all mean something to you.  Resources Evelyn Underhill's Prayer Book, by Robin Wrigley Carr The Spiritual Formation of Evelyn Underhill, by Robin Wrigley-Carr Music of Eternity: Meditations for Advent with Evelyn Underhill, by Robyn Wrigley-Carr The Letters of Evelyn Underhill, edited by Charles Williams Letters from Baron Friedrich von Hügel to a Niece, by Friedrich von Hügel Pleshy Retreat House

In this episode:We talk about the value of letting things happen and why Jung felt it was essential for the task of individuation.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:'The Integration of the Personality' by C.G. Jung.'Tao Te Ching,' Translated by Richard Wilhelm.'Some keep the Sabbath going to Church' by Emily Dickinson.'The Spiritual Life' by Evelyn Underhill. 'The Wisdom of Insecurity' by Alan Watts.'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason E. Smith.'The Cloud of Unknowing.''Lost' by David Wagoner.'Oceans' by Juan Ramón Jiménez.'Love in the Void,' a collection of writings by Simone Weil.'Encounters with the Soul' by Barbara Hannah.'Visions Seminars' by C.G. JungTransformation Symbolism in the Mass  from 'Collected Works, vol. 11' by C.G. Jung.Like this podcast?Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites:Apple PodcastsSpotifyPodchaserMusic:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Evelyn Underhill does a great job of explaining the stages of spiritual development. In this episode, I'll explain the 5 stages AND how they connect to the 7 levels of awareness. Evaluate where you are and what your next step is and if you're at a plateau or not. If you're relatively new to the podcast, GO HERE to our search engine and input "7 Levels" to access our previous lessons on awareness. Enjoy! Michelle@GrowBy1.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/michelle-burkhard/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelle-burkhard/support

In this episode:We look at the value of the symbol and the transformative function that it holds for our psychological lives.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:“Symbols … are always grounded in the unconscious archetype, but their manifest forms are moulded by the ideas acquired by the conscious mind. ..." ~ C.G. Jung, from Symbols of Transformation in 'Collected Works, vol. 5.'"[Symptoms are ] an attempt of the self-regulating psychic system to restore the balance, in no way different from the function of dreams – only rather more forceful and drastic.” ~ C.G. Jung from The Tavistock Lectures in 'Collected Works, vol. 18.'Discussion of "Symbolic Attitude" from Psychological Types in 'Collected Works, vol. 6.'Shakuntala, adapted from 'The Dance of Shiva and Other Tales from India' by Oroon Ghosh.“We are amphibious creatures..." ~ Evelyn Underhill in "Mysticism: The Preeminent Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness.'“With the coming of consciousness, cultural and psychological values began to compete with the purely biological aims of unconscious functioning.” ~ M. Esther Harding in 'Psychic Energy: Its Source and Its Transformation.'“A symbol is a function of relationship between our human consciousness and that which is symbolized.” from 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.'“Strangest of all is the ease with which the vision is lost..." ~ Kathleen Raine, quoted in 'Beauty: The Invisible Embrace' by John O'Donohue.Like this podcast?Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites:PodchaserApple PodcastsMusic:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Ep 17: Find Your Nursing Soulmate- Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, HWNC-BC Highlights“One of the great joys in this profession of Nursing is having found like-minded soulmates. As I continue, one of the joys is tapping in with like-minded brothers and sisters, finding those special few that…I can put an idea out there and they won't think I'm crazy.”Find a soulmate, who will listen to you, who appreciates what you share, and who will take the time to ask you questions. This is who will keep you steady.Explore who you are and what your purpose is. Get clear on your core values.It is a privilege to listen to the story of a patient.Consider writing down all your ideas, then once a month, lay them all out in a mind map. You will see the threads that connect your small threads and ideas into one larger idea.Emotional resilience is learning how to downregulate and be in touch with emotions.Evelyn Underhill's 5 phases of mysticism and why Florence Nightingale is a 19th century mystic.We don't have to have all the pieces; we just need to begin.Why having a soft front and a strong back coupled with grounded self-practices helps us stay in the essence of compassion and empathy and not fall into sympathy and pity.Nurse Coaches don't have to fix anything.How one step can contribute to the long vision of Nurse Coaching and bigger ideas like the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.One goal Barbie is working towards now and why she put her red handled 5 pound weights on her desk.Links from Podcast Interview17 Sustainable Development Goals United NationsAmerican Association of Critical Care NursesDossey and Dossey WebsiteEvelyn Underhill MysticismFlorence Nightingale's voice recorded in July 1890 by Thomas Alva Edison's assistant in LondonHealthy People Healthy NationHealthy Nurse Healthy NationIntegrative Health and Wellness Assessment ToolIntegrative Nurse Coach AssociationIntegrative Nurse Coach AcademyNightingale Initiative for Global HealthTheory of Integral Nursing

In this episode:We discuss the importance of art for human life and the central place it holds for living a symbolic life.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:“What if there were a living agency beyond our everyday human world — something even more purposeful than electrons?  ..." ~ C.G. Jung, from Psychology and Literature in 'Collected Works, vol. 15.''Homo Aestheticus' by Ellen DissanayakeDiscussion of "psychological or personalistic art" and "visionary art" in Jung's Psychology and Literature.Episode 1: What is the Symbolic Life?"Everything is banal, everything is 'nothing but'; and that is the reason why people are neurotic.” ~ C.G. Jung from The Symbolic Life in 'Collected Works, vol. 18.'“Under these conditions one tends to follow whatever gives off the strongest signal, which is usually filtered through the prism of desire...." ~ Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life."The artist appeals to that part of our being… which is a gift and not an acquisition — and, therefore, more permanently enduring...." ~ Joseph Conrad quoted in 'The Gift' by Lewis Hyde.“There are very few changes at life's heart. That is why great literature, however ancient, always moves us and is always understood. It has to do with the unchanging heart of life.”~ Evelyn Underhill from The Inside of Life in 'Collected Papers of Evelyn Underhill.' “Whoever speaks in primordial images speaks with a thousand voices...” ~ C.G. Jung from On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry in  'Collected Works, vol. 15.'Discussion of "The Vital Circle" in 'The Rhythm of Being' by Raimon Panikkar.“The meaning of life is to build a life as if it were a work of art.” ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel from 'I Asked For Wonder.'“We must not forget that only a very few people are artists in life; that the art of life is the most distinguished and rarest of all the arts. Whoever succeeded in draining the whole cup with grace?” ~ C.G. Jung from The Stages of Life in 'Collected Works, vol. 8.'"[We are] perhaps laying an infinitesimal grain in the scales of humanity's soul...." ~ C.G. Jung from The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16.'Music:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Saint Evelyn Underhill was an English theologian and author, whose most important work was Mysticism, published in 1911. She wrote extensively on the topic of Christian mysticism, and made it a point to write for the common man in accessible language, and thus her works were very popular with the public. She also wrote novels and poetry, was an activist for the pacifist cause, and was much in demand as a speaker on religious topics. 

In this episode:We finish our reading of the tale, Old Sultan, and discuss the importance of limits in the discovery and expression of our true selves.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:"In an era which has concentrated exclusively upon extension of living space and increase of rational knowledge at all costs, it is a supreme challenge to ask man to become conscious of his uniqueness and his limitation. Uniqueness and limitation are synonymous.” ~ C.G. Jung from 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections.'Episode 32: Embracing Change, Old Sultan, pt. 1“The complete expression of everything of which we are capable — the whole psychological zoo living within us, as well as the embryonic beginnings of artist, statesman or saint — means chaos, not character...." ~ Evelyn Underhill in 'The Spiritual Life.'Old Sultan from 'Grimms' Tales,' translated by Margaret Hunt.“Fidelity to the law of one's own being is a trust in this law, a loyal perseverance and confident hope; in short, an attitude such as a religious man should have towards God.” ~ C.G. Jung from The Development of the Personality in 'Collected Works, vol. 17.'Episode 29: The Art of Reflection“Becoming conscious means continual renunciation because it is an ever-deepening concentration.” ~ C.G. Jung in 'Selected Letters of C.G. Jung, 1909 - 1961.''The Archetypal Symbolism of Animals' by Barbara Hannah.“Distant ends, religious, moral, and artistic interests, may become as relevant to us as our concern for food.” ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel in 'Man Is Not Alone.'“To develop one's personality is indeed an unpopular undertaking, a deviation that is highly uncongenial to the herd.” ~ C.G. Jung from The Development of the Personality in 'Collected Works, vol. 17.'“The truly free individual is free only to the extent of their own self mastery.” ~ Steven Pressfield in 'The War of Art.'“All your power, all your resolution is needed if you are to succeed in this adventure: there must be no frittering of energy, no mixture of motives....” ~ Evelyn Underhill in 'Practical Mysticism.'Music:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

In this episode:We explore Jung's thoughts about the capacity for reflection and why he sees it as an essential component of our humanity.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:"'Reflection' should be understood not simply as an act of thought, but rather as an attitude. It is a privilege born of human freedom in contradistinction to the compulsion of natural law...." ~ C.G. Jung from A Psychological Approach to the Dogma of the Trinity (footnote, par. 235) in 'Collected Works, vol. 11.'"It cannot be denied that our current age is a distracted one." ~ 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.'Episode 27: Working With Your DreamsDiscussion of bios and zoê in The Experience of God: Icons of the Mystery by Raimon Panikkar.Discussion of events and experiences in Healing Fiction by James Hillman.“[Human] instincts are not all harmoniously arranged, they are perpetually jostling each other out of the way. The ancients were optimistic enough to see this struggle, not as a chaotic muddle. But as aspiring to some higher order.” ~ C.G. Jung from  The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16.' *"[It is] indeed wonderful to see how human beings, besides their life in the concrete, always live a second life in the abstract...." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer in 'The World as Will and Representation.' *"The object can only be to make the soul more creative, more effective, more useful to God..." ~ Evelyn Underhill in 'Concerning the Inner Life.'"[One] must offer a ransom in place of oneself, that is, one must bring forth values which are an equivalent substitute for one's absence in the collective personal sphere." ~ C.G. Jung from Adaptation, Individuation, Collectivity in 'Collected Works, vol. 18.' *“the profoundest night of non-being...” ~ C.G. Jung in 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections.'"The destiny of the universe passes in and through us — once the us, of course, has been purified of all that is 'our' private property. We are not isolated beings. [We] bear the burden, the responsibility, but also the joy and the beauty of the universe." ~ Raimon Panikkar in 'The Rhythm of Being.' **Some quotes have been adapted to reflect gender neutral language. There has been no change made to the essential meaning of those quotes.Music:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

AJ Langley speaks to Jane Shaw about the mystic, writer, and spiritual advisor, Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941). We talk about her quest for authentic spirituality, her letters of spiritual advise (which are very funny and worth a read), her work as a retreat leader, and her ability to find a balance between spiritual and domestic life. Jane Shaw is Professor of the History of Religion and Principal of Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford (@HMCOxford). For more from Jane on Evelyn Underhill, you can read her book, Pioneers of Modern Spirituality: The neglected Anglican innovators of a 'spiritual but not religious' age (2017). Follow us on Twitter: My Favourite Mystic: @myfavmystic AJ Langley: @medievalmystics

Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill, [1911], Mysticism and Symbolism. In our study of theology we saw the Christian mystic adopting

Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill, [1911], Mysticism and Symbolism. In our study of theology we saw the Christian mystic adopting

Hello everyone and welcome to Root Tap Radio; the Green Witch's podcast to all things flora, fauna, and spiritual. I am your host, Bree, and every week we'll cover topics to help feed you in knowledge and in spirit. Merry Meet witches and friends! I hope you've been having a wonderful week and taking good care of yourself since we last talked and had a wonderful Sabbat. This week we talk the pros and cons of herb dehydrating methods, herbs that bring you money luck and can cure your coughs, and chat about Evelyn Underhill. Settle in, grab a drink, and let's talk! Evelyn Underhill books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/112836.Evelyn_Underhill Thank you all so much for tuning in! You can follow me on social media at root_tap_radio on IG, Facebook, and Twitter, check out my website at roottapradio.wixsite.com/mysite, or you can write me at roottap_radio@yahoo.com. I'd love to hear from you! I hope you have a beautiful week ahead and until next time, merry part my friends

"She opened her eyes upon a world still natural, but no longer illusory; since it was perceived to be illuminated by the Uncreated Light. She knew then the beauty, the majesty, the divinity of the living World of Becoming which holds in its meshes every living thing. Reality came forth to her, since her eyes were cleansed to see It, not from some strange far-off and spiritual country, but gently, from the very heart of things." Mysticism, Evelyn Underhill

In this episode:We complete our read through of the story, The White Snake, and uncover the stages involved in the work of bringing our creative potential to life.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:The White Snake from 'Grimms' Household Tales,' translated by Margaret Hunt. Episode 14: Serving the Inner Life, pt. 1 Episode 15: Serving the Inner Life, pt. 2"laying an infinitesimal grain on the scales of humanity's soul...” ~ C.G. Jung in 'The Practice of Psychotherapy, CW16.''Just as the Winged Energy of Delight' by Rainer Maria RilkeEpisode 2: Noise and the Inner Life"We should not squander our time with all kinds of things — although they may be important and pleasant — which do not constitute wisdom, do not bring salvation, and do not allow for joy to appear." ~ Raimon Panikkar in 'A Dwelling Place for Wisdom.' 'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason E. Smith"Incarnate scraps of hope, courage, determination..." ~ Evelyn Underhill in 'The House of the Soul.' "Not a victory is gained, not a deed of faithfulness or courage is done, except upon a maybe..." ~ William James in 'Is Life Worth Living?'Music:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Welcome to Day 1553 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomPatience With Ourselves – Daily WisdomWelcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! Wisdom is the final frontier in gaining true knowledge. Our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, seek out discernment and insights, and boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend; this is Gramps; thanks for coming along on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Today is Day 1553 of our Trek, and it's time for your daily snippet of wisdom, which includes an inspirational quote along with some wise words from Gramps for today's trek. If you apply the words you hear today, over time, it will help you become healthy, wealthy, and wise as you continue your daily trek of life. So let's jump right in with today's nugget: Today's quote is from Evelyn Underhill, and it is:  Patience with ourselves is a duty for Christians and the only humility. For it means patience with a growing creature whom God has taken in hand and whose completion he will effect in his own time and way.  Patience With Ourselves It happens so often; we become impatient and frustrated with others, because we are impatient and frustrated with ourselves. We need to realize that we are still imperfect in our current earthly state as an imager of God. We need to show patience with ourselves and others because we are a growing creature whom God has taken in His hands, and if we follow His Word and the precepts found therein, we will become more and more like Jesus Christ, who was a perfect imager of God. God is perfecting us in His own time and way, not according to our schedule. In this new year, we need to resolve to accept our shortcomings and the shortcomings of everyone we meet and interact with.  God's timing is perfect, and he is willing to accept our imperfections because He sees us as we are in Christ. When we do stumble and fail, which we will, we can still go boldly before God's throne and receive mercy and find grace to help us when we need it most. Consider this also when you are frustrated and impatient with others. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%204%3A14%2D16&version=NLT (Hebrews 4:14-16)  So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. As you ponder this nugget of wisdom for yourself, I would ask you to please encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along on Monday for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.' If you would like to listen to any of our past 1552 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are all available at Wisdom-Trek.com.  I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day will be downloaded to you automatically. Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly, I am your friend as I serve you through this Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal each day. As we take this Trek of life together, let us always: Live Abundantly (Fully) Love Unconditionally Listen Intentionally Learn Continuously Lend to others Generously Lead with Integrity Leave a Living Legacy Each Day I am Guthrie Chamberlain….reminding you to 'Keep Moving Forward,' ‘Enjoy your Journey,' and ‘Create a Great Day…Everyday'! See you on Monday for more daily wisdom!

In this episode:We look at two different kinds of thinking and explore how each influences our experience of ourselves and the world around us.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJungFor more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available now from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:"Do we ever understand what we think? We only understand that kind of thinking which is a mere equation, from which nothing comes out but what we have put in..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'The Stages of Life' in Collected Works, vol. 8"Directed thinking is the working of the intellect in which one takes a quantity of information and operates on it..." ~ Jason Smith from 'Religious but Not Religious.'Episode 5: The Living Symbol"The meaning of life is not exhaustively explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered by a bank account." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Man and His Symbols.'"I know that this is a world of imagination and vision. I see everything I paint in this world, but everybody does not see alike." ~ William Blake, quoted in 'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill.“To think of me is sweeter than honey, to possess me sweeter than the honeycomb. Whoever feeds on me will hunger for more, whoever drinks from me will thirst for more.” ~ Sirach 24:20-21 (Revised English Bible)Music:"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Can you gaze upon something you love without a running mental commentary? Evelyn Underhill, in her writing about contemplation, implores us to experience Reality without labels or frames. Instead, we immerse ourselves in loving the object of contemplation, such as an animal or flower. This immersion not only connects us to the object, but also to the rest of the world.

What do we do when we encounter something beautiful? We might want to take a picture or compare it with other things. We shower it with excessive rhetoric rather than experience beauty for what it is. This is a call for mysticism, or experiencing reality untainted. Evelyn Underhill’s “Practical Mysticism” calls us towards mysticism.

In this episode:We discuss the psyche’s affinity for religious expression and it’s meaning for the experience of our own psychological depths.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJungFor more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available now from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:“I do not, however, hold myself responsible for the fact that man has, everywhere and always, spontaneously developed religious forms of expression..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Modern Man in Search of a Soul.'"the farthest star and the mud at your feet are a family." ~ Mary Oliver from 'Upstream.'Episode 3: The Healing Factor"A thorough knowledge of the spiritual history of man [is] indispensable..." ~ C.G. Jung from Collected Works, vol. 11.O Servant, where dost thou seek Me?' by Kabir from 'Songs of Kabir' (translated by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill)."Our creed is, like music, a translation of the unutterable into a form of expression." ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel from Man Is Not Alone. "One must never forget, psychology is only a stammering stopgap measure, so that one is able to talk about life at all." ~ C.G. Jung from 'On Psychological and Visionary Art.'Music:"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

A Classic Mystical Practice as Taught by Evelyn Underhill

In this episode:We discuss what Carl Jung called “the decisive question”: the need for a relationship with the infinite.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJungFor more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available now from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:"The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not?" ~ C.G. Jung from 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections'"Without a direct link to the transcendent, we're just one member of a series, replaceable by any other individual of the same species; we lose our uniqueness and with that our dignity." ~ Raimon Panikkar from 'The Rhythm of Being'"An authentic awareness of that which is." ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel from 'Man is Not Alone'“The surface-glamour of existence,” ~ William James in 'Is Life Worth Living?'"I do not care whether the consciousness be that of artist or musician" ~ Evelyn Underhill from 'Mysticism'"It is to vigor rather than to comfort that you are called..." ~ Evelyn Underhill from Practical MysticismMusic:"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

How an unsettling dream, and a conversation with a friend, brought me one summer to read the book that changed my life — by introducing me to the mystical dimension of Christianity.

Hoy nos vamos poner un poco técnicos. Mientras estamos estudiamos ingles aprendemos diferentes tipos de verbos de forma inconsciente. No sabemos el nombre exacto de estos verbos, pero si sabemos sus usos. Así que hoy estaremos hablando de los  ocho 8 tipos de verbos mas comunes en ingles.  Frase del día, quote of the day: We spend most of our lives conjugating 3 verbs: to want, to have, and to do.  – Evelyn Underhill Una interesante forma de ver a la vida. Pasamos la mayor parte de nuestra vida conjugando 3 verbos: querer, tener y hacer. - Evelyn Underhill. Tres verbos que sacan a relucir la naturaleza materialista de del ser humano.Aunque esto también se puede ver de diferente forma. Podemos  querer ser mejores, tener las habilidades para serlos y hacer lo mejor con lo que tenemos._________________________▶▶Recuerda suscribirte y dejarnos un review en Apple podcast: Apple podcast                                        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐▶▶ Únete a nuestro club de inglés en Telegram: Aquí. ▶▶Saludanos con un  mensaje de voz y deja  cualquier duda que tengas acerca de algún tema en inglés y te responderemos: Aquí. ▶▶Síguenos en instagram: Aquí. ⁣▶▶Síguenos en Facebook: Aquí. ▶▶Comparte este podcast en facebook: Facebook__________________________Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/englishwayrd)

The Christian Nerd Podcast is back and hooked on a feeling. Scott starts the show by talking about his busy birthday party weekend. Guardians of the Galaxy was released six years ago, so Scott looks back on the movie in I See You MCU. And in Jesus Time, Scott looks at an excerpt from a book by Evelyn Underhill and what it has to say about pursuing God's will. Show Notes Intro - 0:00 “That's a fake laugh.” “It's real.” I See You MCU - 7:19 First Guardians of the Galaxy trailer Jesus Time - 16:21 A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants Psalm 37:4 Goodbye - 24:07 Be sure to check out The Christian Nerd Like The Christian Nerd on Facebook Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a comment Or use our RSS Feed to subscribe: http://thechristiannerd.libsyn.com/rss Follow The Christian Nerd on Twitter Follow Scott on Twitter Support The Christian Nerd on Patreon Email Scott at Scott@TheChristianNerd.com to get added to The Octagon. Thanks to Nick for The Christian Nerd theme music.

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Find out what “pathfinders to the country of the soul” can teach us about our own journeys to find meaning. “The great spiritual personalities revealed in history are but supreme instances of a searching self-adjustment and of a way of life, always accessible to love and courage, which all men may in some sense undertake.”Evelyn Underhill 

In this episode I define and explore the meaning of nonduality or non-dualism as perceived from a Christian perspective. Referencing Christian contemplatives like Richard Rohr and Evelyn Underhill, I make the case that non-duality is the core of the Christian faith, going back to the very beginnings of Christianity. It is not theology. It is not philosophy. It is an experiential and intuitive awareness of union with God, Christ, and all there is. I then explore how it is related to Christian theology and my own Christian experience.

On this day we remember author Evelyn Underhill, a scholar of medieval mystics, and Johannes Tauler, a medieval German mystic from the 14th century. Our reading is "There Comes a Galley Laden" by Tauler. We’re proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.

Critical turn #1 On a deep dark night in a deep dark wood, something strange happened over at the Imperfect Buddha podcast. Was it a moment of folly? Was it a moment of genuine madness? It remains to be seen. But one thing is for sure is that a critical turn took place and in good company too. For in that deep dark wood there was a gathering and a fire and those who turned up were Samuel Beckett, Peter Sloterdjik, Francois Laruelle, and Evelyn Underhill. Animal presences could also be heard amongst the trees and in the undergrowth, whilst the fire crackled away providing the warmth that would stimulate a rather atypical exploration of recent themes to appear on the podcast. This is the first of perhaps many critical turns, or, if it is deemed a forest fire like disaster by listeners and critics, it may be consumed as a one-off event, just like a Tibetan sand painting. As I have been saying for several episodes now, the creative and the critical are great bedfellows and this is my expression of a meeting between the two. There are strange sound effects, music, disembodied voices and narration. For the more practically minded, what I do is lay out a number of principles for guiding a sort of critical engagement with Buddhism, Buddhist materials, and practice materials more broadly beyond spirituality. I also reflect on the topic of mysticism which came up in my conversation with Ken and Hokai. This is in fact the intention for future critical turns, to pick up on and addressed issues left over from conversations with guests, identify unanswered questions, and make links to broader issues covered in the life time of the podcast. This may also produce interesting material to explore with future guests. It is an experiment, so it may or may not work. Feedback will hopefully be worthwhile and indicate the direction that further critical turns take. Prepare yourselves, expect the unexpected, and try not to take it all too seriously. Comments, complaints, suggestions, corrections, pledges of large sums of money, can all be made at the usual places. Enjoy the show! Links O'Connell Coaching: https://oconnellcoaching.com Post-Traditional Buddhism: https://posttraditionalbuddhism.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/imperfectbuddha Twitter: https://twitter.com/Imperfectbuddha

Critical turn #1 On a deep dark night in a deep dark wood, something strange happened over at the Imperfect Buddha podcast. Was it a moment of folly? Was it a moment of genuine madness? It remains to be seen. But one thing is for sure is that a critical turn took place and in good company too. For in that deep dark wood there was a gathering and a fire and those who turned up were Samuel Beckett, Peter Sloterdjik, Francois Laruelle, and Evelyn Underhill. Animal presences could also be heard amongst the trees and in the undergrowth, whilst the fire crackled away providing the warmth that would stimulate a rather atypical exploration of recent themes to appear on the podcast. This is the first of perhaps many critical turns, or, if it is deemed a forest fire like disaster by listeners and critics, it may be consumed as a one-off event, just like a Tibetan sand painting. As I have been saying for several episodes now, the creative and the critical are great bedfellows and this is my expression of a meeting between the two. There are strange sound effects, music, disembodied voices and narration. For the more practically minded, what I do is lay out a number of principles for guiding a sort of critical engagement with Buddhism, Buddhist materials, and practice materials more broadly beyond spirituality. I also reflect on the topic of mysticism which came up in my conversation with Ken and Hokai. This is in fact the intention for future critical turns, to pick up on and addressed issues left over from conversations with guests, identify unanswered questions, and make links to broader issues covered in the life time of the podcast. This may also produce interesting material to explore with future guests. It is an experiment, so it may or may not work. Feedback will hopefully be worthwhile and indicate the direction that further critical turns take. Prepare yourselves, expect the unexpected, and try not to take it all too seriously. Comments, complaints, suggestions, corrections, pledges of large sums of money, can all be made at the usual places. Enjoy the show! Matthew O'Connell is a life coach and the host of the The Imperfect Buddha podcast. You can find The Imperfect Buddha on Facebook and Twitter (@imperfectbuddha). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the Tao of Christ, and I am Marshall Davis. This is a place for Christians who suspect that spiritual truth is bigger than the forms of Christianity that dominate the American religious landscape. This is also a place for non-Christians to hear a different take on Christianity. God has been speaking since the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago, long before there were human beings, written scriptures and religious traditions. In this podcast I will be exploring that wider revelation. I will be interpreting books like the Chinese classic the Tao te Ching from a Christian perspective. I will explore the mystical roots of Christianity, which Jesus called the Kingdom of God, which church historian Evelyn Underhill called the Unitive Life and which I refer to as nonduality or union with God. Along the way we will also listen to the critique of religion by atheists and humanists. In their own way these champions of reason and science are spiritual teachers also.The Chinese word Tao means the Way, which is how Jesus referred to himself, saying, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” It is what the Gospel of John calls the Logos, or the Word, when he writes: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” According to the Book of Acts the earliest Christians called their spiritual path simply “the Way.” This podcast is about this ancient and primordial Way. This is the Tao of Christ.This episode includes an introduction to the podcast and chapters 1-21 of my book "The Tao of Christ: A Christian Version of the Tao of Christ."

When You’re Not Feelin’ It A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli at Foundry UMC, June 24, 2018, the fifth Sunday after Pentecost. A Tempo sermon series. Texts: Isaiah 55:8-13, James 5:7-8   Every Sunday I extend the same words of welcome at the beginning of worship. Among those words are these: “No matter what you feel or don’t feel today…”  Sometimes, I adjust to say “No matter what you feel or if you’re just not feelin’ it today…” you’re invited to come and be met by God who knows you, loves you, and wants to be closer to you.   A phrase that’s used these days for experiencing lots of emotions is “having all the feels.” For many over the past couple of weeks, the most prevalent “feels” have been rage, disappointment, and heartbreak as the stories of thousands of children separated from their parents at our border have come into the public consciousness.  Part of the tragedy here is that migrant children have been suffering at our borders for a long time.  Using this suffering as a deterrent to coming to the U.S. is new (through the “zero-tolerance” policy), but for years the horrendous violence and poverty in countries like Honduras and Guatemala have meant that children—both accompanied by a parent and unaccompanied—have arrived on our southern borders seeking a better life, a place of safety, and have not always found what they were seeking.  Our failure as a nation—and across administrations—to mend our broken immigration system and to invest in a humane program to consistently care for children and families in a way in line with our core values has meant that trauma is added to trauma for vulnerable members of our human family.  This most recent horror takes that to new heights, the only possible benefit being that it’s opened the eyes of many to this suffering being inflicted in our name and may have the effect of spurring some substantive change through public pressure.  Of course, it’s hard to believe that will actually happen when we’ve seen other violence done to children yield no such change.  And, of course, the suffering of immigrants and asylum-seekers is but one of many instances of profound pain in our world.    Sometimes in the face of such overwhelming pain and struggle, we are drawn more closely to God, seeking solace, guidance, courage, and inspiration. Other times, we may be left feeling distant from God, as in a dry and weary land.  Sometimes we may feel energized by the opportunity to serve and to be in community with God’s people at church, to organize and strategize, to vent in safe space and to seek ways to engage in acts of sacred resistance.  Other times, we may not find energy at all—not to worship, not to serve, not to engage, not to pray.  Sometimes, we’re just not feelin’ God or church.   And that response can happen for so many reasons.  Sometimes it may be due to what’s happening in the world. Other times, we may feel uninspired or aggravated by what is happening in our church—to what other people are doing, to what is being said or sung or prayed or how things are being managed or organized.  Other times, it may be our own stuff that leaves us feeling untouched, unmoved… like “meh.”  That is, we may be exhausted, overwhelmed, distracted… And there may be times when we are simply in a season of spiritual “dryness.”  This is a common experience, even for famous Christians!  In 2007, a collection of Mother Theresa’s private writings[i] was published revealing that she’d suffered for most of her adult life with spiritual dryness. She didn’t feel God’s presence at all.   And that is the worst kind of “not feelin’ it.” To want to feel that Christ is near, to want to feel Spirit’s love and power, to want to feel the comfort and care of God our Father and Mother, and to not feel any of it…that is difficult and painful.  The revelation of (now) Saint Theresa’s spiritual suffering came as a shock to many since her public life of self-giving service to the destitute and dying in Kolkata was so steady, so constant; her daily practice of spending hours in prayer is the stuff of legend.    And it is there we receive the core message of today.  Saint Theresa just kept serving. She just kept praying. She just kept bringing herself to be before the One Who Is even when she didn’t feel anything.  //   Both our scripture texts today employ images of planting and harvest. James writes, “The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient.” And in Isaiah we hear God promise: “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”  When we are in a moment or a season of spiritual drought, we are encouraged to be patient.  And we are given assurance that our patient waiting will not ultimately be in vain.  We don’t know God’s thoughts or God’s full purpose, but we are assured that God’s word is poured out and is potent.  In the beginning, our story goes, God spoke and the whole world was created.  God’s word—eternally spoken—God’s word of love and justice and peace and mercy and restoration is like water, life-giving and life-sustaining.    I imagine Saint Theresa… continuing to show up, putting herself in the flow of God’s grace, in the flow of God’s word, through service, worship, sacrament, and prayer.  Not necessarily feeling God’s presence or power, but patiently attending to those practices that put her in proximity to the word and work of God.  I have read that Saint Theresa’s presence was powerful, that love and light was felt when she was in the room.  Evidently, even though she may have not been feeling God’s presence, God’s love and light were made manifest through her.  You see, God’s word accomplishes that for which it is purposed…   When we’re not feelin’ it, it remains so important to continue to show up.  If you are in a season when you feel you’ve lost faith, then show up in worship and let the church hold faith for you and hold you! If you’re feeling cynical, show up at a service project and observe the commitment and hope in action of others. If you’re fed up with the fact that the church isn’t all it’s supposed to be and are thinking the whole organized religion thing is a waste of time, then show up and really look in this or any congregation and see where love and reconciliation and hope and restoration and joy and justice really do happen in ways large and small. I think that some folks believe that if they’re not feeling something they think they’re supposed to feel, then something is wrong with them or something is wrong with the church.  What I want to suggest is that sometimes, just like many of our spiritual ancestors, you just won’t be feelin’ it that day or even for a long while. And no matter what you feel or don’t feel, you are welcome, you are encouraged, to come and at just be in the midst of the gathered body and the music and the prayers and the words and scriptures and to be reminded that just because you’re not feelin’ it doesn’t mean that God is not present and working for good in the world…   If you struggle to pray because it seems like nothing is happening and no one is there, just keep showing up and allowing the word of God—through scripture or a prayer book or a song or a poem—to be in your mind.  A dear friend, Dr. Ann Jervis, a teacher of New Testament and an Anglican Priest, once shared how, in her daily praying of the Hours—the morning, midday, evening, and night prayers from the Book of Common Prayer, she would sometimes feel deeply moved, but other times, she’d just “get through it.”  Sometimes, she said, she just went through the motions, read the Psalms, recited the prayers, and the rest, without feelin’ it at all.  But, she said, the feeling is not what it’s about. It’s about making yourself available.  It’s about showing up.     Spiritual master Evelyn Underhill writes, “Intellect and feeling are not wholly in our control.  They fluctuate from day to day, from hour to hour; they are dependent on many delicate adjustments. Sometimes we are mentally dull, sometimes we are emotionally flat.  On such occasions it is notoriously useless to try to beat ourselves up to a froth: to make ourselves think more deeply or make ourselves care more intensely.  If the worth of our prayer life depended upon the maintenance of a constant high level of feeling or understanding, we would be in a dangerous place.  Though these often seem to fail us, the reigning will remains.  Even when our heart is cold and our mind is dim, prayer is still possible to us…The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward [God] steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer.”[ii]  This is what my friend Ann was saying.  And I witnessed a quality of being in Ann that communicated a spiritual groundedness that can only be the fruit of a deep, sustained practice of being in the flow of God’s grace.   I’m not suggesting that showing up through attending to spiritual practices and holy habits will automatically restore to you what is missing; it certainly doesn’t solve the tragedies in our lives and in our world.  But the long record of God’s people through history affirms that God can and does bring new life out of the dry places.  And, I don’t know about you, but I find that sometimes when I am in a dry and thirsty season and manage to get myself into a space shared between friends over a cup of coffee, or the space of a classroom, a mission gathering, or a sanctuary—sometimes, when I least expect it, something happens in that sacred space that feels like water seeping deep within me to touch seeds of hope, courage, wonder, and love I didn’t remember were there.  In those moments, I might cry, I might laugh, I might shout, I might grow silent and still, I might discover a new resolve to act or to serve.  In those moments—perhaps you know what I mean—I find myself thinking, “The Lord is near…” And—sometimes only for a moment—I’m no longer thirsty…and it’s enough.           [i] https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Teresa-Private-Writings-Calcutta/dp/0307589234 [ii] Evelyn Underhill, Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals & Groups, Richard J. Foster & James Bryan Smith, eds. (HarperSanFrancisco, 1993), 115.

We love poetry — and we find that, of all literary forms, poetry seems to most quickly and assuredly bring the attentive reader to the threshold of silence. "Poets all see silence as sacred ground," notes Kevin, "because it's from the silence the poems come." Together we muse on how poetry puts us in touch with our bodies, our intuition, and how the relationship between poetry and silence is, perhaps, just the same as the relationship between silence and sound that forms the foundation of music. Much like musicians use notes, poets are the composers of words. They pay such attention to the space between. More then we do in typical writing, typical everyday language, they heed the mystery, they listen to the offbeat, and they use it. They know how to harness it, they know how to hold it open-handed... it's I would dare to say closer to silence then any other writing is. — Cassidy Hall Because we are all "poetry geeks" pretty much just as much as we are "silence geeks," we joke that trying to create a podcast about poetry should take us 200 hours (or more). So this week's episode is just a check-in, a snapshot of where our journey with poetry has taken us at least for now. From Mary Oliver's earthy reflection written in response to a cancer diagnosis, to Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska's playful consideration of how the experience of the mind or soul has an "embodied" or "natural" dimension, to the more ethereal or even transcendent perspective of Evelyn Underhill, the poems we consider in this episode dance between matter and spirit, between consciousness and mystery, between wonder and doubt and insight. And while none of these poems are specifically "about" silence, they all usher us into that place where word and silence kiss. Silence is embodied, and yet silence is paradoxically also immaterial... To encounter silence implies materiality. — Carl McColman Some of the poets, authors and resources mentioned in this episode: Mary Oliver, Devotions Thomas Merton, Collected Poems Irene Zimmerman, Incarnation Mary Oliver, Thirst Mary Oliver, Blue Horses John Keats, Complete Poems Wisława Szymborska, Map: Collected and Last Poems Karl Rahner, Foundations of Christian Faith Thomas Aquinas, Selected Writings Evelyn Underhill, Immanence Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions Maggie Ross, The Fire of Your Life Patrick Shen (dir.), In Pursuit of Silence Jan Richardson, Circle of Grace John O'Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us Willis Barnstone, tr., The Poems of Jesus Christ Bonnie Thurston, Practicing Silence May Sarton, Halfway to Silence May Sarton, The Silence Now Jane Hirshfield, Nine Gates Edna St. Vincent Millay, Collected Poems Rumi, The Essential Rumi Silence isn't a fleeing from the world, it's a fleeing to the world. It's actually getting out of your ideas about the world, and actually showing up and being present in the world. — Kevin Johnson Episode 18: Silence and Poetry Hosted by: Carl McColman With: Cassidy Hall, Kevin Johnson Date Recorded: April 10, 2018

We love poetry — and we find that, of all literary forms, poetry seems to most quickly and assuredly bring the attentive reader to the threshold of silence. "Poets all see silence as sacred ground," notes Kevin, "because it's from the silence the poems come." Together we muse on how poetry puts us in touch with our bodies, our intuition, and how the relationship between poetry and silence is, perhaps, just the same as the relationship between silence and sound that forms the foundation of music. Much like musicians use notes, poets are the composers of words. They pay such attention to the space between. More then we do in typical writing, typical everyday language, they heed the mystery, they listen to the offbeat, and they use it. They know how to harness it, they know how to hold it open-handed... it's I would dare to say closer to silence then any other writing is. — Cassidy Hall Because we are all "poetry geeks" pretty much just as much as we are "silence geeks," we joke that trying to create a podcast about poetry should take us 200 hours (or more). So this week's episode is just a check-in, a snapshot of where our journey with poetry has taken us at least for now. From Mary Oliver's earthy reflection written in response to a cancer diagnosis, to Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska's playful consideration of how the experience of the mind or soul has an "embodied" or "natural" dimension, to the more ethereal or even transcendent perspective of Evelyn Underhill, the poems we consider in this episode dance between matter and spirit, between consciousness and mystery, between wonder and doubt and insight. And while none of these poems are specifically "about" silence, they all usher us into that place where word and silence kiss. Silence is embodied, and yet silence is paradoxically also immaterial... To encounter silence implies materiality. — Carl McColman Some of the poets, authors and resources mentioned in this episode: Mary Oliver, Devotions Thomas Merton, Collected Poems Irene Zimmerman, Incarnation Mary Oliver, Thirst Mary Oliver, Blue Horses John Keats, Complete Poems Wisława Szymborska, Map: Collected and Last Poems Karl Rahner, Foundations of Christian Faith Thomas Aquinas, Selected Writings Evelyn Underhill, Immanence Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions Maggie Ross, The Fire of Your Life Patrick Shen (dir.), In Pursuit of Silence Jan Richardson, Circle of Grace John O'Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us Willis Barnstone, tr., The Poems of Jesus Christ Bonnie Thurston, Practicing Silence May Sarton, Halfway to Silence May Sarton, The Silence Now Jane Hirshfield, Nine Gates Edna St. Vincent Millay, Collected Poems Rumi, The Essential Rumi Silence isn't a fleeing from the world, it's a fleeing to the world. It's actually getting out of your ideas about the world, and actually showing up and being present in the world. — Kevin Johnson Episode 18: Silence and Poetry Hosted by: Carl McColman With: Cassidy Hall, Kevin Johnson Date Recorded: April 10, 2018

An Experiential Meditation on Evelyn Underhill's 5 Stages Of Awakening. What is life like after awakening? What are some of the signposts of this process and the shifts of spirit that happen along the way? The stages, while laid out in the most helpful model I've seen, are still only that, a model. They are not set in stone, nor is it essential to locate yourself in the exact phase: growth is rarely linear. Drawing on the tradition Benedictine model of Christian mysticism [1. Purgatio 2. Illuminatio 3. Unitio], Underhill expanded the Holy Road home to God into five territories that usually overlap:1. Awakening2. The Purgative Way3. The Illuminative Way4. The Dark Night Of The Soul5. The Unitive WayHer writings in her masterpiece work, Mysticism, utilize quotes from the saints and mystics of the past to illustrate the shifts and turns in consciousness that occur as our inner being awakens to the Presence of God everywhere all the time here NOW. Ultimately, it is a journey where Grace takes over our individual egos, and The Holy Spirit wakes up to Itself within us. We are only the vessels in which the transpersonal God makes Himself manifest in this earthly domain. Contemplative Light offers a course on the traditional Christian meditative practices:1. Lection Devina2. Centering Prayer3. Igantian Exercises4. The Jesus Prayer5. Christian Meditation Our course on contemplative practices can be found here.https://contemplativelight.teachable.com/p/contemplative-practice/?preview=logged_outContemplative Light is a community of interfaith spiritual teachers rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition providing resources for the healing of persons. This includes resources for:-Contemplative Practitioners: courses, study guides, training materials, articles, podcasts, and lessons on silent prayer and meditation for beginning and experienced contemplatives.-Contemplative Community: to connect, grow, learn from, and support each other on this journey-Resources for Healing Professionals: clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, spiritual directors, and mental health professionals open to the spiritual aspect of the healing processWe provide contemplative coaching at: https://www.contemplativelight.com/contemplative-coaching-page/Support the show (https://contemplativelight.org/)

The hosts discuss the stages of Christian Mysticism, using the models of early Desert Father John Cassian and 20th Century Anglican writer Evelyn Underhill. This episode is rich in explaining some of the traditional models used in the mystical tradition that has always been in Christianity, throughout history, even if not often discussed in churches. The hosts also often candid feedback as to how (and if) these models apply to the modern Westerner trying to balance contemplative life with a hyper-stimulated socio-economic culture. If you like these kinds of topics but prefer written content, we have an extensive blog at www.contemplativelight.comSupport the show (https://contemplativelight.org/)

‘What Richard Foster and Dallas Willard were to my generation – prime tour guides to the spiritual life – I hope and believe Carl McColman will be for the next generation. If you don’t know about him and his work, you should.' - Brian D. McLaren Have you ever had a dream that shook you to your core? Or been given a book at the exact time you needed it? I know I have and if either of those ring true for you, you will raise your pint glass and cheer with what your ears are hearing from my guest today, Carl McColman. Carl McColman is an author, blogger, speaker and Lay Cistercian. Carl also has a contagious laugh. I’m sure you’ll hear my own laughter deepen and extend with each one of Carl’s delightful guffaws. But back to Carl’s work...Carl has written numerous books  including Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints and Sages, Befriending Silence, Answering the Contemplative Call and The Big Book of Christian Mysticism. You can also find his writing on Patheos, in The Huffington Post, and Contemplative Journal. In our conversation here, Carl and I dive into the various meanings of the word ‘contemplative’, how a dream at the age of 18 inspired a friend to give him a copy of Evelyn Underhill’s classic book Mysticism, how his image of the Divine changed and deepened in the midst of loss, and the humbling and difficult work of loving our enemies. You can learn more about Carl at carlmccolman.net. Twitter: @CarlMcColman Facebook: @CarlMcColman

For the first Invitation Podcast interview, Josh sits down with his spiritual director, Joseph Byrd OLF. As with any conversation with Joseph, prepare yourself to hang on tight to the dynamic spiritual ‘flow' of this conversation. Topics covered are prayer, suffering, waking to God as if from a dream, music, prison outreach, CS Lewis, Dallas Willard, Teilhard de Chardin, St. Ignatius, St. Francis of Assisi, Isaac of Nineveh, Evelyn Underhill and more. Most importantly, this discussion demonstrates the rich spiritual friendship between Josh and Joseph that spills over into their two years of going to the EC Brooks Correctional Facility in Muskegon MI to train a group of inmates to become spiritual directors. For more information on Joseph visit: zionholland.com/joseph-page Upcoming: Conversation #2 with worship leader/songwriter, Brad Kilman.

Troy Watson talks about Stages 5 and 6 of the spiritual development process based on the works of Janet Hagberg, M. Scott Peck, James Fowler, Evelyn Underhill, St. John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila and others.

I will share my thoughts on the mystic path and practical mysticism. I will reference the works of F.C. Happold and Evelyn Underhill. Find out how mystics can pay the bills.

Troy Watson gives an overview of various roadmaps of spiritual development found in the New Testament and in the writings of St. John Climacus, St. Theresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, Evelyn Underhill, Carl Jung, James Fowler, M. Scott Peck and Ken Wilber.

John Daido Loori, Roshi abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery in NY and well-known Buddhist author, joins us to discuss the history and development of his teaching, especially with regards to the key role that Art plays in Zen practice. Naropa University teacher Robert Spellman joins us as guest host to ask Daido Roshi about the 8 gates of zen, Roshi’s training with Minor White, the difference between Western and Eastern forms of art, how the wildness of nature relates to Buddha-Nature, and ethical issues of taking responsibility for one’s state of mind and their art work. This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, Everything Arises in the Mind of the Yogi. Episode Links: Mysticism – by Evelyn Underhill ( http://bit.ly/aQOOs ) Zen Mountain Monastary ( http://www.mro.org/zmm/ ) Robert Spellman ( http://www.robertspellman.com ) Minor White ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_White ) The Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training ( http://bit.ly/11HmaQ )

Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the fi

REFLECTION QUOTES “Freedom is when you have the desire, the ability, and the opportunity to do what will leave you with no regrets forever.” ~John Piper, contemporary theologian and author “If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped.” ~Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941), English novelist “I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers. It isn't just that I don't believe in God and, naturally, I hope that I'm right in my belief. It's that I hope there is no God! I don't want there to be a God; I don't want the universe to be like that.” ~Thomas Nagel, professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University “Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.” ~Tom Stoppard, Academy Award winning screenwriter “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” ~John 1:1 “Heaven and earth will pass away but my word will not pass away.” ~Jesus in Matthew 24:35 SERMON PASSAGE Psalm 119:89-96 (NASB) 81My soul languishes for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. 82My eyes fail with longing for Your word, While I say, “When will You comfort me?” 83Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. 84How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me? 85The arrogant have dug pits for me, Men who are not in accord with Your law. 86All Your commandments are faithful; They have persecuted me with a lie; help me! 87They almost destroyed me on earth, But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts. 88Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. 89Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. 90Your faithfulness continues throughout all generations; You established the earth, and it stands. 91They stand this day according to Your ordinances, For all things are Your servants. 92If Your law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction. 93I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me. 94I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts. 95The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I shall diligently consider Your testimonies. 96I have seen a limit to all perfection; Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

A time of desperation leads the Psalmist to discover that God works through difficult situations to “weave new threads of love.” Our God, who is a “Weaver of Love,” invites us to join in the weaving, knitting together to co-create with God a more compassionate community. Sources: Reading from Susan S. Jorgensen & Susan S. Izard from Knitting into the Mystery, 65-66. Reading of Cathleen O’Meara Murtha’s “Prayer for Healing” from Knitting into the Mystery, 116. Adapted reading from Janet Bristow’s “Ariadne’s Blessing” from Knitting into the Mystery, 121. Reading from Pamela Cooper-White from “Shared Wisdom” from Pray for One Another (Weavings), 31. Reading from Evelyn Underhill from Essential Writings, 39. Scripture: Psalm 139