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The Quest for the Grail

October 24, 2023 5:57 am Published by Comments Off on The Quest for the Grail Interview begins @ 9:25 Father Richard Rohr explores his experiences with men and men’s work. Growing up in a Catholic...

Invocation & Sophia Cycles

July 16, 2023 10:37 am Published by Comments Off on Invocation & Sophia Cycles Interview begins @ 4:00 In this episode, we explore the enriching journey of Bea Gonzalez, an accomplished novelist and facilitator...

The Eloquence of Silence

July 16, 2023 10:33 am Published by Comments Off on The Eloquence of Silence Interview begins @ 3:29 Join us for a profound exploration of spiritual emptiness with Thomas Moore. Our conversation traverses the...

Ligare: Psychedelic Christians

May 7, 2023 4:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Ligare: Psychedelic Christians Interview begins @ 6:02 In this episode of The Sacred Speak podcast, we explore the potential of the Christian church...

Magic in the Modern World

April 19, 2023 1:48 pm Published by Comments Off on Magic in the Modern World Interview begins @ 6:17 In this episode of The Sacred Speaks, we delve into the multifaceted world of magic, exploring...

The Superhumanities

March 26, 2023 1:36 pm Published by Comments Off on The Superhumanities Interview begins @ 5:00 Scholars who investigate paranormal, religious, philosophical, metaphysical, and other similar topics fall under the umbrella of...

The Universal Christ

February 19, 2023 4:26 pm Published by Comments Off on The Universal Christ Interview begins @ 4:06 Richard Rohr is a Franciscan friar, spiritual teacher, and founder of the Center for Action and...

Jung’s Red Book For Our Time

February 13, 2023 1:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Jung’s Red Book For Our Time Interview begins @ 4:43 The Red Book, also known as Liber Novus, is a manuscript created by Carl Jung between...

Coming down from the mountaintop

January 3, 2023 12:14 pm Published by Comments Off on Coming down from the mountaintop Interview begins @ 8:08 Today Dr. Miles Neale and Dr. John explore “ego death”, and a few issues with this...

Psychotherapy, Religion & Fairytales

January 3, 2023 11:52 am Published by Comments Off on Psychotherapy, Religion & Fairytales Conversation starts @ 4:31 We begin our conversation exploring José’s background, and with the likes of Dr. Andew Samuels and...

Ecstatic Experience in the Ancient World

January 3, 2023 11:28 am Published by Comments Off on Ecstatic Experience in the Ancient World Conversation starts @ 6:29 “Ecstasy, trance, and soul flight … these powerful and potentially transformative elements of ancient experience have...

Medicine, Mushrooms & Herbs

July 28, 2022 4:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Medicine, Mushrooms & Herbs Conversation starts 5:45 Growing up within a family lineage of community herbalists and healers, Dr. Hobbs leads us through his...

Decoding Jung’s Metaphysics

February 24, 2022 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Decoding Jung’s Metaphysics Conversation starts 8:36 We begin by exploring Dr. Kastrup’s history with Jung and philosophers in the 19th and 20th centuries...

Esalen: America & The Religion of No Religion

January 26, 2022 12:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Esalen: America & The Religion of No Religion Conversation starts @ 8:15 What happens when the place where expansive, meaningful, transcendental, and just simply weird conversations becomes just...

Gradual Awakening, Jung & Psychedelics

January 26, 2022 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Gradual Awakening, Jung & Psychedelics Conversation starts @ 5:38 Dr. Miles Neale offers us his breadth of knowledge about psychology, Buddhism, suffering, and psychedelics. We...

Tantra, Tibetan Buddhism & Shamanism

October 8, 2021 8:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Tantra, Tibetan Buddhism & Shamanism Conversation starts at: 5:05 In this episode Dr. Price interviews Dr. Claire Villarreal. Claire is an expert in teaching Tibetan...

Jung & Shamanism In Dialogue

October 8, 2021 4:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Jung & Shamanism In Dialogue Conversation starts at: 6:57 Dr. Price and Dr. Smith begin the conversation with the definition of shamanism, and continue with...

Consciousness, Death, Meaning & Spirituality

October 7, 2021 10:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Consciousness, Death, Meaning & Spirituality We begin this conversation acknowledging the dynamic between biological reductionism and mystical experience within the ever-growing field of psychedelic assisted...

The Book of Revelation & Answer to Job

October 7, 2021 10:00 pm Published by Comments Off on The Book of Revelation & Answer to Job We begin the interview by exploring Mark’s work as a translator and the artfulness of translation by grounding our discussion...

The Road to Eleusis; The Myth of Christ

June 22, 2021 6:00 pm Published by Comments Off on The Road to Eleusis; The Myth of Christ Dr. Carl Ruck and I begin our conversation discussing the book The Road to Eleusis, wherein “the classist” Dr. Ruck...

Sacred Knowledge

June 22, 2021 10:00 am Published by Comments Off on Sacred Knowledge What is a religious experience? Really. How does one define a religious event? Why do we keep reading from figures...

The Immortality Key

June 22, 2021 10:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Immortality Key In this episode, John interviews Brian Muraresku, author of New York Times Bestseller, The Immortality Key: The Secret History of...

Music & Spirit

March 6, 2021 6:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Music & Spirit Music offers one of the most potent spiritual metaphors that exists, and Patrick Summers, the artistic and music director of...

Culture & Religious Practice

March 6, 2021 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Culture & Religious Practice Dr. Lurhmann, professor and psychological anthropologist at Stanford University, begins our conversation defining the term culture. She answers the question:...

Poetry & Power

March 6, 2021 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Poetry & Power Deborah holds the honorable position as the poet laureate of Houston nominated by Mayor Sylvester Turner, and her presence is...

Creativity Through Music

March 6, 2021 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Creativity Through Music A week or so before recording this episode I asked Justin if he would lead a poetry workshop during the...

Emotions of Math

March 6, 2021 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Emotions of Math Dr. Ferrari, one of the trailblazers of nanotechnology, the current President Designate of the European Research Council of the E.U.,...

Reinventing The Sacred

March 6, 2021 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Reinventing The Sacred Dr. Kauffman, theoretical biologist, complex systems researcher, author of six books and numerous papers, begins the conversation recalling the ancient...

Holy Envy

March 6, 2021 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Holy Envy In this episode, Episcopal priest, Barbara Brown Taylor, and John explore the ideas that she has been working through in...

Psychology & Religion

February 9, 2021 12:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Psychology & Religion In today’s episode, Pittman unpacks the definition of religion and broadens the traditional limiting assumptions many immediately experience in relationship...

The Flip

February 9, 2021 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Flip This podcast episode explores the stories that help us understand our reality, our place in that reality, and how humans...

The Mind-Body Problems

February 11, 2020 10:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Mind-Body Problems The title of the John Horgan’s book, The Mind-Body Problems, with the addition of the “s”articulates the core of the...

The Gnostic New Age

February 11, 2020 3:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Gnostic New Age We begin this conversation with Dr. April DeConick’s first exposure to Gnostic literature when she was a young student, without...

Minding The Self

February 10, 2020 1:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Minding The Self We begin our conversation with Dr. Stein explaining initiation and “The Spirit of the Depths,” as the dance between reason...

Spiritual Medicine

February 10, 2020 12:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Spiritual Medicine After struggling through depression during medical school, Dr. Joseph Tafur was introduced to peyote by a friend who was researching...

Genesis & Jewish Mysticism

February 10, 2020 12:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Genesis & Jewish Mysticism Many people make mystical claims about their worldview, but few can articulate their view in the way similar to Rabbi...

Psychological Type

February 10, 2020 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Psychological Type The discussion today centers on Dr. John Beebe’s ideas about psychological types as inspired by Jung’s understanding and articulation of...

Culture & Religion

February 10, 2020 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Culture & Religion How does a young man growing up in an “under resourced” community make sense of the mystical experiences that began...

Love

December 3, 2019 1:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Love This conversation does not begin with any theory; it begins with racism, violence, and fear – all within the first...

Living Consciousness

December 3, 2019 1:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Living Consciousness In today’s episode Dr. Bill Barnard and John explore some of the fundamental definitions and aspects of consciousness and the...

Listening to Ayahuasca

December 3, 2019 12:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Listening to Ayahuasca In this episode of The Sacred Speaks, John Price speaks with Dr. Rachel Harris about her book, Listening To Ayahuasca,...

Music Therapy; Music as Therapy

December 3, 2019 12:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Music Therapy; Music as Therapy In this episode, John Price speaks with music therapist, Jennifer Townsend, about music and music therapy. We discuss the definition...

Irreverent Reverence in Religion

December 3, 2019 12:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Irreverent Reverence in Religion This episode begins with Matthew and I exploring his history growing up with the fundamentalist wing of religion in Christianity....

Matter & Psyche

April 12, 2019 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Matter & Psyche The discussion begins with a question about duality in the structure of human consciousness (up/down, sacred/profane, subject/object, yin/yang, psyche/soma). Gary...

Science, Religion, Power & Love

April 12, 2019 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Science, Religion, Power & Love As a scientist, Tom’s insight into religion and psychology balances his worldview given that he matriculated through both the sciences...

Initiation, Liberation & The Journey

April 12, 2019 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Initiation, Liberation & The Journey This conversation favors the irrational over the rational. Kate has made it her mission, both in her professional life and...

Spiritual Business

April 12, 2019 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Spiritual Business In this episode, Henry Richardson, owner, and CEO of DEFINE body and mind, and I sit down to explore how...

Religion & Psychology

April 12, 2019 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Religion & Psychology This conversation explores the research into religion. Ken began his academic search when he started to ask deeper question about...

The Body, The Unconscious, Life & Death

January 12, 2019 5:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Body, The Unconscious, Life & Death This conversation explores some of the basic foundations for depth psychology; in particular, how paying attention to the body provides...

The Divine, Mindfulness & Interpretation

January 12, 2019 5:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Divine, Mindfulness & Interpretation Rabbi Sholklapper may speak and read enough languages to make anyone jealous. This multi-lingual blessing allows him the unique gift...

Tibetan Meditation & Spiritual Practice

January 12, 2019 5:00 am Published by Comments Off on Tibetan Meditation & Spiritual Practice In this episode, Alejandro’s knowledge provides a guide rail down into the parts of meditation that are not just about...

Transcendental Meditation

December 6, 2018 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Transcendental Meditation 14: Transcendental Meditation. A conversation with Bob Roth. We begin our conversation with Bob joking that, as a young boy...

Buddhism, Psychology & Culture

December 6, 2018 11:00 am Published by Comments Off on Buddhism, Psychology & Culture Harvey is a psychotherapist and a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, who received the title of Lama, Vajra Master from his...

Hope & Despair

September 15, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Hope & Despair Robert speaks with eloquence as he grounds his research (me-search) in his personal story, a story that has a sobering...

Consciousness, Culture & Parenting

September 11, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Consciousness, Culture & Parenting Dr. Shefali explains that her primary entry point into the world of connecting with and teaching parenting is through her...

Sex, Sexuality & The Sacred

September 10, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Sex, Sexuality & The Sacred We begin by agreeing that as two “keepers of stories” we often find people sharing with us their private experiences,...

The Body & Consciousness

September 10, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Body & Consciousness Michael works as a Rolfer and therefore works with the body every day, and as he states, “we are not...

Music, Sexuality & The Sacred

September 10, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Music, Sexuality & The Sacred The discussion begins with Rodney’s musical biography starting at the age of 9, this early interest in music then transforms...

Spiritual But Not Religious

June 26, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Spiritual But Not Religious Bill provides an autobiographical landscape of his early training and matriculation. Following his history, we begin exploring the limitations of...

Psyche & The Sacred

June 26, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Psyche & The Sacred Today’s conversation begins with Dr. Corbett’s analysis of the limitations of an exclusively biological mode of treating psychological issues. Lionel...

Nice Try Harvey

June 26, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on Nice Try Harvey 8: Trauma, Doubt, & Gold. A conversation with James Derkits In this week’s podcast, Episcopal priest James Derkits and I...

A Life Worth Living

May 2, 2018 4:00 am Published by Comments Off on A Life Worth Living Episode 4: A life worth living. A conversation with James Hollis In this episode, Jim and I discuss how elements...