A Mapmaker for the Soul (Cynthia Bourgeault)
\u201cWe are in a time where everything that we think we have taken for granted in terms of human achievement, human conscience, human goodness are being turned upside down. To reclaim them, you know, to reclaim them is an act of courage, personally, but also depends to an extent on having a roadmap broad enough and receptive enough to receive the help that's coming to us from a wider world that we're not even aware of anymore, for which this planet is, in its own funky way, the eye of the needle. There's something really precious and really painful, really difficult about our walk here, and everybody knows it, but we can reach for hope.\u201d\nSo says Cynthia Bourgeault, an Episcopalian priest and modern day mystic, who is one of the most fascinating thinkers on the planet today. She has written many, many books\u2014books that have re-ordered my understanding of the world and what we\u2019re all doing here. Her book on Mary Magdalene\u2014The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity\u2014reconceived the way I understood early Christianity, and then The Wisdom Jesus, The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three, and the Eye of the Heart have each brought me deeper into an understanding of consciousness. Ultimately, Cynthia is a map-maker\u2014a map-maker who can put context around experience and point us toward where we all need to go. While she leads retreats and lectures, in her earlier life, Cynthia was a student and then a colleague of Father Thomas Keating, the founder of the Centering Prayer movement\u2014Cynthia worked intently with this pioneering tradition, which seeks to unite wisdom traditions and teachers from across the globe. Cynthia is an emeritus faculty member at Richard Rohr\u2019s Center for Action and Contemplation. Her mind is complex, so listen closely\u2014she is incredible.\n\nMORE FROM CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT:\nEye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm\nThe Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind\u2014A New Perspective on Christ and His Message\nThe Holy Trinity and the Law of Three: Discovering the Radical Truth at the Heart of Christianity\nThe Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity\nCynthia\u2019s Website\nThe Center for Action and Contemplation\n \nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\n \n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices