Hidden Wisdom

Meghan Farner
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Initiating Truth-Seekers in the Mysteries, gently guiding them toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith - without dismantling family or community.  Hidden Wisdom is a podcast for seekers who sense there’s more to faith than meets the eye. Drawing from LDS teachings, Christian mysticism, and universal esoteric principles, Hidden Wisdom bridges the worlds of religion and spirituality, inviting listeners to rediscover the sacred language of symbol and integrate the divine masculine and divine feminine within. The Hidden Wisdom Podcast is part of a larger ecosystem of awakening tools — designed to spark insight, orient your soul, and point you toward deeper practices, community, and guided transformation available through the Hidden Wisdom app and courses.  Hidden Wisdom is hosted by Meghan Farner, mentor and author of “Consider Yourself as Eve: A Guide to Spiritual Development for Women (and the Men Who Love Them.)  Learn more at meghanfarner.com

  1. 1D AGO

    The Hidden History of Early Christianity & Gnosticism, with Maxine Hanks

    What if early Christianity was far more mystical, diverse, and spiritually empowering than we’ve been taught? In this profound conversation, Megan Farner sits down with historian, theologian, and mystic Maxine Hanks to explore the hidden streams of early Christianity, Gnosticism, Sophia wisdom traditions, Mary Magdalene, the divine feminine, and the teachings of the resurrected Christ. Together they discuss the Nag Hammadi texts, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, Valentinian Christianity, and the idea of gnosis as direct experiential knowledge of God. 00:00 – Community updates & retreat  02:20 – Introducing Maxine Hanks  05:52 – Maxine’s spiritual journey  10:09 – Mysticism vs. institutional religion  12:04 – What is Gnosticism?  14:09 – Early Christianity after Jesus  16:10 – The teachings of the resurrected Christ  19:27 – The Gospel of Thomas  23:02 – Jesus, women & the disciples  26:13 – Different early Christian movements  27:40 – The Council of Nicaea  29:44 – The Nag Hammadi discovery  33:00 – Mary Magdalene’s role  36:25 – Core Gnostic beliefs  40:29 – Megan’s rediscovery of Gnosticism  44:00 – Reading scripture mystically  48:51 – The Pleroma & divine fullness  50:15 – The inner church vs. outer church  53:00 – Recommended books & texts  55:21 – The Hymn of the Pearl  58:43 – Reconciling Christian traditions  01:00:18 – Why Gnostic teachings were suppressed  01:02:43 – Direct connection to God  01:05:37 – Ritual, sacraments & transformation  01:09:11 – Archons, archetypes & discernment  01:13:26 – Sophia & divine wisdom  01:18:24 – The Gnostic resurrection  01:20:39 – Symbols, rituals & spiritual maturity Maxine Hanks is a historian and theologian specializing in gender in religion, Mormon studies, Christian liturgy, mysticism, and feminist theology. She is the editor of Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism and has spent decades studying early Christianity, Gnostic traditions, sacramental theology, and the divine feminine. Books, texts, and Scholars Referenced: Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism — Maxine Hanks The Wisdom Jesus — Cynthia Bourgeault The Meaning of Mary Magdalene — Cynthia Bourgeault The Jesus Dynasty — James Tabor  Gospels of Thomas, Philip, Mary, Judas, the Savior Pistis Sophia  Apocryphons of James and John Acts of Thomas  The Hymn of the Pearl  Thunder Perfect Mind  Karen King  Elaine Pagels  Carl Jung  Philo of Alexandria  Valentinus  If you’re ready to move from understanding into lived experience, join me for Parting the Veil Women's Retreat this June near Paragonah.  Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.  Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Join for FREE and enjoy pathway programs, community, expansive library, and more! 🌱 Return to the Garden, + the Priestess Path Programs 🪷  Connect with Meghan

    1h 28m

  2. MAY 5

    Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Prayer: Alignment, Answers & Divine Connection

    Want to make prayer more meaningful, powerful, and spiritually alive? In this episode of Hidden Wisdom, Megan Farner explores a deeper approach to prayer centered on divine alignment, receptivity, healing, and co-creation with God. If prayer has felt repetitive, dry, or unanswered, this conversation offers a transformative new lens. Learn how posture, gratitude, visualization, asking better questions, spiritual gifts, and meditative stillness can help you receive clearer answers and a stronger connection to the divine. Megan also explores symbolism in the prayer circle, faith as creation, repentance as healing, and how to move beyond checklist prayers into a living spiritual practice. Whether you’re seeking answers, peace, healing, or a closer relationship with God, this episode offers practical tools to deepen your prayer life. #prayer #howtopray #spiritualgrowth #faith #christianpodcast #meditation #healing #divineguidance #personaldevelopment #hiddenwisdom Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to Hidden Wisdom  00:58 Why this episode on prayer matters  01:59 How to make prayer more meaningful  06:31 Entering divine presence through prayer  07:21 Traditional prayer vs spiritually mature prayer  08:19 Prayer as alignment with God  09:29 Faith, creation, masculine & feminine energy  11:25 Repentance as healing false beliefs  13:07 Prayer as a womb space for transformation  14:16 Does prayer require a certain posture?  18:11 Why closing your eyes can deepen prayer  22:54 “Enter into thy closet” symbolism explained  25:21 Rethinking how we address God  27:22 Correct understanding of God & faith  29:48 A powerful alternative Lord’s Prayer  33:30 Activities you can do during prayer  35:51 Gratitude as spiritual frequency  40:40 Asking better questions in prayer  44:12 Self-forgiveness and healing  47:52 Ask, seek, knock explained  49:38 How answers to prayer actually come  51:35 Spiritual gifts and receiving revelation  54:06 Should we pray for others?  58:07 Symbolism of the prayer circle  01:02:14 Building a meditative prayer practice  01:04:25 Prayer transforms your inner world  01:07:28 Final encouragement Receive $100 off Parting the Veil registration with code MOTHER100  Subscribe to the Hidden Wisdom App for $9 with code MOTHER100  Navigating the Church Q&A Event: May 14th, 7 PM Mountain Time  If you’re ready to move from understanding into lived experience, join me for Parting the Veil Women's Retreat this June near Paragonah.  Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.  Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Join for FREE and enjoy pathway programs, community, expansive library, and more! 🌱 Return to the Garden, + the Priestess Path Programs 🪷  Connect with Meghan

    1h 9m

  3. MAY 1

    Becoming a Temple | House of Learning | Course Conclusion

    In this final episode of House of Learning: Understanding the Doctrine of the Temple, Meghan Farner and Cory Jensen conclude the course by sharing three essential keys for becoming a living temple of God and applying the principles of spiritual transformation in everyday life. Building on the example of the Brother of Jared and the temple pattern explored throughout the series, this lesson focuses on how seekers can actively engage revelation, discern truth from deception, and patiently walk the lifelong path of spiritual growth with Jesus Christ. You’ll learn: ✨ Why seeking personal revelation is essential for spiritual transformation  ✨ How God teaches individuals uniquely and personally  ✨ How to discern Satan’s half-truths and avoid spiritual deception  ✨ Why scripture patterns protect against confusion and false guidance  ✨ How spiritual growth unfolds through seasons, patience, and trust  ✨ Why becoming a temple is a lifelong process, not a one-time event  ✨ How relationship with Christ anchors all spiritual development  ✨ Why grace and effort work together in real discipleship  ✨ How to remain faithful, hopeful, and grounded during spiritual maturation This episode also offers personal testimony, practical counsel, and encouragement for seekers who desire deeper intimacy with God, greater discernment, and authentic spiritual embodiment.  If you’ve ever wondered how to move beyond spiritual theory into lived transformation, how to walk daily with Christ, or how to become a dwelling place for God’s presence, this closing lesson offers clarity, reassurance, and inspiration. 🌿 This episode concludes a 17-week course exploring the symbolic and transformational meaning of the temple.  🌿 For guided reflection, journaling tools, deeper study resources, and community conversation, explore the Hidden Wisdom app (link below). ⚠️ This content reflects personal spiritual study and interpretation. Viewers are encouraged to seek personal revelation, honor sacred covenants, and engage with discernment. If you’re ready to move from understanding into lived experience, join me for Parting the Veil Women's Retreat this June near Paragonah.  Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.  Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Join for FREE and enjoy pathway programs, community, expansive library, and more! 🌱 Return to the Garden, + the Priestess Path Programs 🪷  Connect with Meghan

    21 min

  4. APR 28

    How to Escape Scarcity Mindset and Create True Abundance | Greg Denning

    How do you break free from scarcity mindset, self-sabotage, and limiting beliefs? In this powerful episode of Hidden Wisdom, Megan Farner sits down with Greg Denning to explore abundance, agency, alignment, family leadership, spiritual maturity, and what it truly means to live an extraordinary life. Greg shares his journey from poverty and hardship at age 16 to building a thriving family, business, and life of freedom. Together they unpack how false identities keep people stuck, why results don’t lie, how words shape reality, and what God may truly want for us beyond blind obedience. If you’ve ever felt trapped, limited, spiritually frustrated, or ready for more—this conversation will challenge and inspire you. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to Greg Denning 01:30 Greg’s difficult childhood and leaving home at 16 03:15 A life-changing encounter with God 04:42 Mission experience and discovering purpose through teaching 05:43 God, abundance, and breaking scarcity beliefs 07:30 How victim mentality keeps people poor and stuck 10:16 Why money isn’t evil—and why abundance matters 11:30 How scarcity mindset gets programmed into us 15:27 Identity, ego, and false beliefs 17:37 Nothing changes until you change 20:06 Alignment: the secret to getting what you want 23:50 Why hypocrisy blocks spiritual growth 27:02 Start here: do what you say you’ll do 30:22 The power of words to shape reality 33:29 Why conformity kills courage 35:26 God exists outside the boxes 40:27 Facing the abyss and spiritual maturity 43:03 Does God really want obedience? 46:28 Becoming who you truly are 48:08 Results don’t lie: the fruit of alignment 52:08 Practical steps to build an abundant life 55:06 Where to connect with Greg 57:53 The “upper fringe” idea and spiritual special forces 01:00:19 Closing thoughts Greg Denning is a family lifestyle and business consultant, speaker, coach, and author focused on helping parents and entrepreneurs build extraordinary family lives. He and his wife Rachel have been married for 25 years, raised seven children, traveled to over 60 countries, and built a location-independent business. Greg is the founder of Formidable Family Man and co-creator of Extraordinary Family Life. Formidable Family Men: FormidableFamilyMen.com Extraordinary Family Life: ExtraordinaryFamilyLife.com Greg’s Podcast: Formidable Family Man Greg & Rachel’s Podcast: Extraordinary Family Life Resources & References Books Mentioned: Outwitting the Devil — Napoleon Hill The Science of Getting Rich — Wallace D. Wattles Religionless Christianity — Eric Metaxas Letter to the American Church — Eric Metaxas My Descent Into Death The Genius of Jesus Thinkers Mentioned: Carl Jung Wayne Dyer Francis Bacon Henry David Thoreau Dietrich Bonhoeffer If you’re ready to move from understanding into lived experience, join me for Parting the Veil Women's Retreat this June near Paragonah.  Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.  Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Join for FREE and enjoy pathway programs, community, expansive library, and more! 🌱 Return to the Garden, + the Priestess Path Programs 🪷  Connect with Meghan

    1h 2m

  5. APR 24

    A Scriptural Archetype: The Brother of Jared | House of Learning | Lesson 15

    In this episode of House of Learning: Understanding the Doctrine of the Temple, Meghan Farner and Cory Jensen explore the Brother of Jared as a powerful scriptural archetype for what it truly means to become a living temple of God. Drawing from the Book of Ether, this lesson reveals how the Brother of Jared’s life mirrors the temple pattern of spiritual progression, covenant relationship, revelation, repentance, sacrifice, faith, and ultimately piercing the veil to encounter Jesus Christ. Viewers are invited to see scripture not merely as history, but as a living map for spiritual transformation and divine intimacy. You’ll learn: ✨ Why becoming the temple goes far beyond outward religious behavior  ✨ How the Brother of Jared’s journey mirrors the temple endowment pattern  ✨ How discernment, intercession, repentance, and obedience shape spiritual maturity  ✨ Why revelation requires initiative, asking, seeking, and knocking  ✨ How faith grows through real spiritual wrestling and trust  ✨ What it means to pierce the veil of unbelief  ✨ How divine light transforms the soul from within  ✨ Why Christ reveals Himself to those who pursue Him  ✨ How your own life story reflects sacred spiritual archetypes This episode also explores how the Book of Mormon functions as a temple text and why the stories preserved in scripture invite every seeker into personal encounter, transformation, and embodied discipleship.  AScripturalArchetype_TheBrother… If you’ve ever wondered how scripture connects to your spiritual journey, what it means to become a temple, or how to experience deeper personal revelation and intimacy with Christ, this lesson offers profound insight and encouragement. 🌿 This episode is part of a 17-week course releasing weekly on YouTube.  🌿 For guided reflection, journaling tools, deeper study resources, and community conversation, explore the Hidden Wisdom app (link below). ⚠️ This content reflects personal spiritual study and interpretation. Viewers are encouraged to seek personal revelation, honor sacred covenants, and engage with discernment. If you’re ready to move from understanding into lived experience, join me for Parting the Veil Women's Retreat this June near Paragonah.  Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.  Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Join for FREE and enjoy pathway programs, community, expansive library, and more! 🌱 Return to the Garden, + the Priestess Path Programs 🪷  Connect with Meghan

    25 min

  6. APR 21

    Spirit Guides, Angels and Divine Communication: How to Receive Messages from God, with Michael McAdams

    Can you really hear messages from God, angels, or spirit guides? In this episode of Hidden Wisdom, Michael McAdams shares powerful experiences of spiritual communication, intuitive guidance, and messages received from beyond the physical realm. Explore how intuition works, how to discern divine guidance from your own thoughts, and how anyone can develop the ability to receive spiritual insight. From real-life stories to practical tools, this conversation bridges faith, intuition, and direct spiritual experience. If you've ever felt guided, protected, or nudged by something greater—this episode will help you understand and trust it. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to Michael McAdams  01:19 Spiritual Upbringing & Early Questions  03:05 Discovering Intuition & Psychic Abilities  04:58 Learning to Trust Spiritual Guidance  05:48 His Mother’s Spiritual Gift & Messages  08:44 How to Receive Messages (Practical Method)  10:12 Protection, Intention & Discernment  11:14 Distinguishing Your Thoughts vs. Incoming Guidance  13:35 The Spiritual Realm Explained  14:21 Powerful Message from Spirit (Confirmation)  17:44 Why These Messages Feel Personal  20:27 Message from Higher Spirit Teachers  21:08 Surrender, Trust & Letting Go  23:19 Who Are Spirit Guides?  24:12 The Structure of the Spiritual Realm  25:51 Belief vs. Knowing (Spiritual Authority)  26:55 Wisdom Through Experience  28:42 The Power of Intention  29:01 Do We All Have Spirit Guides?  31:20 Real-Life Example of Divine Guidance  32:31 How Spirit Guides Interact with Us  34:49 Rethinking Heaven, Hell & Judgment  37:22 Recommended Spiritual Resources  40:05 What Makes This Message Unique  41:02 Learning to Trust Yourself  43:29 Walking with God Through Life  45:12 “Greatness in Spirit” Message  49:08 What God’s Voice Feels Like  50:10 How to Start Receiving Guidance  52:48 Final Thoughts & Where to Find Michael Michael McAdams is a lifelong spiritual seeker and author of An Angel Told Me So, a collection of messages received through his mother over more than two decades. Raised in a deeply religious Pentecostal environment, Michael’s journey led him to explore broader spiritual truths, intuitive development, and communication with spirit teachers. Through his work, he aims to help others awaken their own ability to receive guidance and deepen their connection with the divine. Links:  Spirit Speaks Website  Book: An Angel Told Me So (available via website)#SpiritualAwakening #DivineGuidance #SpiritGuides #Intuition #FaithJourney #HearGod #SpiritualGrowth #HiddenWisdom #Angels #Consciousness #InnerVoice #SpiritualTruth #EnergyHealing If you’re ready to move from understanding into lived experience, join me for Parting the Veil Women's Retreat this June near Paragonah.  Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.  Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Join for FREE and enjoy pathway programs, community, expansive library, and more! 🌱 Return to the Garden, + the Priestess Path Programs 🪷  Connect with Meghan

    56 min

  7. APR 17

    Christ as King of Kings | House of Learning | Lesson 14

    In this episode of House of Learning: Understanding the Doctrine of the Temple, Meghan Farner and Cory Jensen explore Jesus Christ as the King of Kings and how temple symbolism testifies of the immeasurable price He paid to redeem humanity. This lesson examines the ancient concept of the “king’s ransom,” covenant accountability, and how former temple penalties symbolically testified of Christ’s suffering, sacrifice, mercy, and ultimate triumph over spiritual and physical death. Viewers are invited to see covenant not only as blessing and responsibility, but also as a sacred system that reveals the cost of redemption and the depth of Christ’s love. You’ll learn: ✨ What the “king’s ransom” reveals about Christ’s atoning sacrifice  ✨ How covenant penalties symbolized justice, accountability, and mercy  ✨ The spiritual meaning of Christ suffering both physical and spiritual death  ✨ Why mercy can only extend after justice is fulfilled  ✨ How the absence of final penalties symbolizes victory and exaltation  ✨ The deeper symbolism of garment marks and covenant wounds  ✨ How justice and mercy are reconciled through Christ’s sacrifice  ✨ The balance of divine masculine and feminine in covenant theology  ✨ How the veil represents reconciliation, healing, and union with Christ This episode also explores how the marks of the garment and veil can be understood as symbols of Christ’s wounds, covenant union, and the transformative embrace of the Atonement.  If you’ve ever wondered how the temple testifies of Jesus Christ, what covenant symbolism truly means, or how Christ’s sacrifice operates spiritually in your own life, this lesson offers deep clarity, reverence, and spiritual insight. 🌿 This episode is part of a 17-week course releasing weekly on YouTube.  🌿 For guided reflection, journaling tools, deeper study resources, and community conversation, explore the Hidden Wisdom app (link below). ⚠️ This content reflects personal spiritual study and interpretation. Viewers are encouraged to seek personal revelation, honor sacred covenants, and engage with discernment. If you’re ready to move from understanding into lived experience, join me for Parting the Veil Women's Retreat this June near Paragonah.  Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.  Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Join for FREE and enjoy pathway programs, community, expansive library, and more! 🌱 Return to the Garden, + the Priestess Path Programs 🪷  Connect with Meghan

    25 min

  8. APR 14

    The Beatitudes as a Map of Spiritual Ascension (You’ve Never Heard This Before), with Cory Jensen

    What if the Beatitudes aren’t just a list of virtues—but a roadmap for spiritual transformation? In this episode of Hidden Wisdom, Megan Farner and Cory Jensen explore the Beatitudes as a powerful pattern of ascension—moving from spiritual awakening, through transformation, and ultimately into union with God. This conversation reveals how Christ’s teachings outline a step-by-step inner journey: emptying the false, receiving truth, becoming whole, and embodying divine love. You’ll learn how concepts like being “poor in spirit,” “meek,” and “pure in heart” are not just moral ideals—but stages in a deeply transformative process. Plus, a profound discussion on what it really means to become a peacemaker—and why that can only happen after inner healing and alignment. If you’ve ever felt like there’s more depth to Jesus’ teachings than you’ve been taught, this episode will open your eyes. 00:00 Introduction & Retreat Announcement  02:50 Reframing the Beatitudes: More Than Virtues  05:30 The Pattern of Ascension in Scripture  09:20 Internal Transformation vs Religious Busyness  11:30 Poor in Spirit: Awakening to Need  14:30 Mourning & Reconnection with God  18:45 Meekness: Surrendering Control  20:50 The Three Stages of Transformation Explained  21:00 Hungering for Righteousness  23:30 Receiving & Extending Mercy  26:50 Pure in Heart: Inner Unity & Integrity  28:40 Becoming a Peacemaker (What It REALLY Means)  31:30 Can You Skip Steps to Be a Peacemaker?  33:00 Heart at War vs Heart at Peace  34:20 Seeing Others Through God’s Eyes  37:20 Persecution & Spiritual Mission  41:20 Temple Symbolism & Ascension Pattern  46:00 Beatitudes vs Jacob’s “Woes” (Contrast Pattern)  56:40 The Two Paths: Ascension vs Descent  58:30 Ask, Seek, Knock: The Invitation to All  01:00:00 The Journey Never Ends Resources & References The Wisdom Jesus by Cynthia Bourgeault The Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute  The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7)  2 Nephi 9 (Jacob’s discourse comparison) If you’re ready to move from understanding into lived experience, join me for Parting the Veil Women's Retreat this June near Paragonah.  Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community.  Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Join for FREE and enjoy pathway programs, community, expansive library, and more! 🌱 Return to the Garden, + the Priestess Path Programs 🪷  Connect with Meghan

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Initiating Truth-Seekers in the Mysteries, gently guiding them toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith - without dismantling family or community.  Hidden Wisdom is a podcast for seekers who sense there’s more to faith than meets the eye. Drawing from LDS teachings, Christian mysticism, and universal esoteric principles, Hidden Wisdom bridges the worlds of religion and spirituality, inviting listeners to rediscover the sacred language of symbol and integrate the divine masculine and divine feminine within. The Hidden Wisdom Podcast is part of a larger ecosystem of awakening tools — designed to spark insight, orient your soul, and point you toward deeper practices, community, and guided transformation available through the Hidden Wisdom app and courses.  Hidden Wisdom is hosted by Meghan Farner, mentor and author of “Consider Yourself as Eve: A Guide to Spiritual Development for Women (and the Men Who Love Them.)  Learn more at meghanfarner.com

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  • Creator
    Meghan Farner
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    250
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Hidden Wisdom, by Meghan Farner LLC.
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    Hidden Wisdom

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