Eps. 176 | Unteachable Lessons; Guest, Carl McColman

Carl McColman is a soul friend and a contemplative spiritual teacher and retreat leader who writes about the spiritual life. He is a co-host with Cassidy Hall and Kevin Johnson on the fantastic Encountering Silence podcast. His books published since 2010 relate to contemplative, monastic and mystical Christianity. Today, we converse about his inspiring and quite personal book called “Unteachable Lessons: Why Wisdom Can’t Be Taught (and Why That’s Okay)” Dive in deeper on this episode HERE (Support the program today and unlock extras from many episodes. patreon.com/sparkmymuse)

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[Western] Contemplative Life [SSL136]

Today on Spark My Muse I feature a reading from the book by Dom Cuthbert Butler, “Western Mysticism: Augustine, Gregory, and Bernard on the Contemplation and Contemplative Life” and learn about the four elements of religion.

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Eps 129: Calibrating Your Heart | Guest, Carl McColman

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Today, my guest is author, teacher, retreat leader, podcaster, and Lay Cistercian, Carl McColman.

We talk about his book The Little Books of Christian Mystics: Essential Wisdom of Saints, Seers, and Sages:

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Motivation and 3 Notions of Consciousness [SSL81]

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Soul School – Lesson 35: The Mysteries of Mysticism

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I hear lot of people batting around the terms “mystic”, “mysticism”, and “contemplative” lately, so I thought it might be helpful to speak about what some of these terms and concepts mean and speak about some common misunderstandings too.

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