{"id":23974,"date":"2020-11-18T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=23974"},"modified":"2020-11-18T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T12:28:09","slug":"the-spiral-staircase-ssl172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/the-spiral-staircase-ssl172\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spiral Staircase [SSL172]"},"content":{"rendered":"Today, I&#8217;m featuring excerpts on belief and compassion from the memoir by noted religious historian Karen Armstrong <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/15826\/9780385721271\"><strong><i>The\u00a0Spiral Staircase: My\u00a0Climb Out of Darkness .<\/i><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Get access to my notes and other links for this\u00a0<span style=\"caret-color: #008000;\">episode<\/span>\u00a0at the support page here: <\/span><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/ssl172-spiral-43862194\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/43388956<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n\n<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Listen now<\/span><\/strong> with the AUDIO PLAYER:\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FSSL172_TheSpiralStaircase.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-spiral-staircase-ssl172%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/SSL172_TheSpiralStaircase.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=23974-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/SSL172_TheSpiralStaircase.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"SSL172_TheSpiralStaircase.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 14:44 &#8212; 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