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My Favourite Mystic AJ Langley
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- Geschiedenis
AJ Langley speaks with scholars about their favourite mystic, why they love mysticism as a subject, and the weird and wonderful world of mystical experiences.
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My Favourite Mystic 55: Lee Irwin on Black Elk/Heȟáka Sápa
AJ Langley is joined by Lee Irwin to talk about the Lakota mystic and healer Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk). We talk about the difference between Native and Christian conceptions of visionary experiences, embodied spiritual practices, and the importance of acting on visions for the benefit of community.
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My Favourite Mystic 54: Barbara Newman on Charles Williams
CW: non-consensual/coercive relationships
On this episode Barbara Newman tells host AJ Langley all about her guilty pleasure, the
poet, novelist, theologian and literary critic, Charles Williams (1886-1945). We talk about coinherence, charisma, energy harvesting rituals, Dante and Beatrice, and Barbara's love for
Taliessin through Logres.
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My Favourite Mystic 53: Rowan Wilson on Walter Hilton
Rowan Wilson joins AJ Langley to celebrate the works of Walter Hilton (d. 1396). We talk about the moral stakes of a life in the world, the existence of devotional guides as proof that devotion wasn't always easy, and the importance of a good night's sleep.
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My Favourite Mystic 52: Genevieve Caufield on Dorothea of Montau
Genevieve Caufield joins the podcast to speak about the Prussian anchoress and visionary Dorothea of Montau (1347-1394). We talk about the joys of having two "lives" (neither of which say mush about her life), replacing her heart with a fiery lump of flesh, and declarations of orthodoxy.
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My Favourite Mystic 51: Maria Oen on Birgitta of Sweden
And we are back! On this episode Maria Oen talks about her long-lasting interest in the mystic, saint, and founder of the Bridgettines, Birgitta of Sweden (d. 1373). We talk about her time in Italy, her high-status connections, her insistence that the Pope return to Rome, and her duties as the Virgin Mary's daughter-in-law.
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My Favourite Mystic 50: Andrew Kraebel on Richard Rolle
Andrew Kraebel (@hermitofhampole) joins the podcast for our second episode on the fourteenth-century English mystic, hermit, and religious writer Richard Rolle (c. 1300-1349). We talk about translating Rolle's writing, his poetry, his writing for women, and the importance of the whole person to the mystical experience.
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