Crossing the Bridge Between Rationality and Religion, hosted by Cedric Speyer and DeeAnna Nagel, in conversation with Kyriacos C. Markides

Our December guest is a renowned author of books with fascinating firsthand accounts of Christian mysticism within the Orthodox tradition. Originally a sociology professor, Markides’ own journey led from academic agnosticism and skepticism to faith and spiritual practice. His personal field research and observations over thirty years included living with Christian mystics, hermits, and saints. In this episode, we take a closer look at our collective crossroads; a critical point in evolutionary history when the rational, mechanistic model can no longer be sustained, yet a new vision of reality has not fully emerged. Beyond the breakdown of social structures and the rise of entrenched fundamentalist reactions, the best of science and the best of religious wisdom traditions can converge, leading to integral, holistic breakthroughs. Scientific studies related to death itself, the evidence on nonlocality of mind, and shamanic states of consciousness, all contribute to bridging the gap between science and spirituality.

First trilogy:

1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16287.The_Magus_of_Strovolos

2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16295.Homage_to_the_Sun

3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132642.Fire_in_the_Heart

Second trilogy:

1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82989.The_Mountain_of_Silence

2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/433860.Gifts_of_the_Desert

3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12748357-inner-river

Related website: https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/7030/riding-with-the-lion

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Cultivating Embodied Spirituality: Being Fully Human, hosted by Cedric Speyer and DeeAnna Nagel, in conversation with Austyn Wells

It is a truism for those ‘on the path’ that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience. We are not a body with a soul; we are an eternal soul, an infinite Self, inhabiting a temporary body. Yet we find ourselves at an ‘in-between’ position in relation to this earthly experience, navigating life/death, heaven/earth, inner/outer, seen/unseen. As a spiritual medium and ‘soul gardener’, our November Soul Portals guest guides spiritual seekers in the process of uniting the dichotomies of worldly life, nurturing their intuition, reclaiming their whole heart, and communing with the divine. In this episode, we will explore how grief counseling, spirit communication, hypnotherapy and regression, indigenous medicine, shamanism, and energy exercises, all contribute to aligning everyday life with one’s deepest soul-based wisdom.

Podcast-related book | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38744765-soul-conversations

Website | https://austynwells.com/

Drama Triangle Resource | https://karpmandramatriangle.com/dt_article_only.html

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Payback Mentality or Peace of Mind: Beyond Retaliation, hosted by Cedric Speyer and DeeAnna Nagel, in conversation with David Richo

Our October guest has explored many aspects of psychospiritual development with integrative mastery. He draws on Christian and Buddhist teachings, Jungian psychology, wisdom traditions, and years of therapeutic expertise, applying psychological and spiritual principles to ground level human challenges. In this episode of Soul Portals, we get to know more about David Richo’s own journey and take a close look at the subject of his upcoming book: alternatives to retaliation in personal relationships. The dynamics of a ‘tit-for-tat’ attitude are offset by the kind of self-awareness and skillful means it takes to practice emotionally nonviolent ways of handling disputes, offenses, and personal hurts.

Podcast-related book | Books | Dave Richo

Website | www.davericho.com

Ho’oponopono Prayer https://www.inwardboundnetwork.com/meditation-blog/hooponopono

DeeAnna's Blog post (referred to in the podcast) The Soul I Know: Pure, Whole, and Ever-Aware

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What can therapists learn about cultural humility by listening to the lived experience of global workers? In this conversation, we explore the evolving landscape of global mission work — where building relationships takes precedence over exercising influence, and mutuality replaces hierarchy. Our guests coach global workers through all the challenges and transitions involved. The Benson’s own story offers us a model of cultural humility. How do we as helping professionals accompany others from different cultures with their prevailing world views? What are some of the cultural barriers and bridges? Our guests represent ‘best practices’ in transmitting their values with a high degree of cross-cultural sensitivity.

Ken & Carolyn Benson Website | www.missionprep.ca | www.more.outreach.ca

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The Enneagram is a widely used, multi-dimensional therapeutic tool revealing the core issues of nine different personality types. Yet beyond the typologies pertaining to increased self-awareness, it is a path of self-knowledge highlighting what matters most on an authentic psychospiritual journey. In this episode of Soul Portals, we will explore the inner territory of soul growth with a view to the Enneagram roots of specific deep-seated identifications. Since “every problem contains the seed of its own solution”, each type’s ‘fixation’ also holds the potential for the emergence of one’s essential nature or ‘true self’.

Podcast-related book | The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up: Find Your Path, Face Your Shadow, Discover Your True Self

Website | www.cpenneagram.com

YouTube | Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy

Instagram | cpenneagram

Facebook | Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy

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Our June Soul Portals guest is the author of The Psychology of Spirituality, which is a comprehensive exploration of the interface between the two domains, that in turn informs best practices. Spiritually integrated practitioners seek to explore the ways in which spirituality, religion, and the search for meaning influence their own lives and the lives of their clients. It is based on the premise that a sense of the sacred has always been a primary attribute of human nature and a major positive force in the lives of many people. Spirituality is therefore fully woven into human experience and is part of the therapeutic process whether we attend to it or not. It represents the quest for the transcendent and the deeply human desire to experience something of ultimate value.

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In our last Soul Portals episode, we investigated how individual therapy gains a much broader scope when the existential and philosophical issues we all grapple with are included in the process. This month we welcome a guest whose healing practices actively link our inner wisdom and intuition with the needs of collective consciousness and global evolution. We will find out how Kate, as a multi-modal intuitive guide, tends to the soul retrieval of ancestral lineages, while aligning personal therapeutic growth with what’s essential for the soul work of the world at large.

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Kate Graham

Website: http://www.heartsfrontier.com/

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shamanicoraclekate

In this episode of Soul Portals, we are honoured to have a guest steeped in existential psychology who understands that the walls of the therapy room cannot just contain case histoires and ‘evidence based’ clinical interventions. Emmy van Deurzen has helped expand the scope of individual practice by reuniting the therapeutic quest with perennial concerns of humankind. Our current global crises obviously need ‘treatment’ as much as any individual might. Social, political, moral, and spiritual issues are embedded if not embodied in the client’s personhood. Emmy being no exception, shares how she has not kept her personal history and emotional life apart from the professional domain. The paradoxes, dilemmas, and dichotomies of life are common to us all (e.g. solitude/companionship, safety/adventure, stability/change). Our podcast conversation will explore how personal struggles and collective pathfinding on a troubled planet are inextricably woven together in this very human journey we all share.

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