Laura Lewis-Barr, Jungian Artist - Marci Madary DMin, Educator, Spiritual Director

The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter

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The Laughing Mystics: Explore Christianity and Depth Psychology through weekly scripture reflections and lively conversations between friends. Each week, Marci shares her Christian perspective and infectious laughter, while Laura offers insights from Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell. Together, they also explore the profound ideas of Ilia Delio, Richard Rohr, and other evolutionary thinkers of psychology and theology. This happy pair offer as many questions as answers. They invite listeners to reflect on mystery, faith, doubt, spirituality, and personal growth.

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Laura Lewis-Barr, Jungian Artist - Marci Madary DMin, Educator, Spiritual Director

Episodes

Ep 5 - Second Sunday in Lent - March 16 2025 14.03.2025 42:14

We talk about the power of imagination, we wonder about the history of Gnosticism. https://earlychristianhistory.net/gnostic.html Laura mentions the book- The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World https://tinyurl.com/y3yex6m4 and we talk about "The Transfiguration" a Song by Sufjan Stevens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDnmO4cTUGc Thank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Plea...

Ep 4 - First Sunday of Lent- March 9, 2025 07.03.2025 40:29

Still recording in stereo. That will soon change! Laura revisits the idea of "left and right hands" from last week's gospel. Letting her artistic gifts be given from the left hand means that she may not know what happens to them next. Marci offers many mystical moments. Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10 , Romans 10:8-13 , ⁠⁠ Luke 4:1-13 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030925.cfm Soul, if you w...

Ep 3 - Official Launch! Ash Wednesday - March 5, 2025 03.03.2025 44:10

This is our official launch, so that we can start in a season (Lent). This was our first attempt at recording (some was put into our trailer episode). We are in stereo (but that will end). Laura enters a steep learning curve in the recording/editing process. Marci makes some confessions in this episode! She also creates the SIN slot machine analogy. Readings: Joel 2:12-18, 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2,...

Ep 2 - 8th Sunday in the “Kingdom of Heaven is Now" March 2, 2025 28.02.2025 39:36

8th Sunday in the “Kingdom of Heaven is Now" (aka Ordinary Time) Keeping to our "beginners mind" mindset, Marci and Laura explore the Johari window (and "blindspot tees") http://tiny.cc/6ez9001 http://tiny.cc/sdz9001 Themes of the vessel being cooked, also found in alchemy http://tiny.cc/qgz9001 and Marci's "good fruit test." And another mention of Ilia Delio...

Ep 1 - The Real Story behind "Turn the Other Cheek" - Feb. 23,2025 21.02.2025 40:06

7th Sunday in the “Kingdom of Heaven is Now" (aka Ordinary Time) Marci and Laura explore the challenging passage “turn the other cheek," with great scholarship from https://www.trinitycoatesville.org/sermons/turning-the-other-cheek-2/ We also discuss Julian of Norwich, the musical Les Misérables, and we mention the ideas of Ilia Delio https://christogenesis.org/about/ilia-delio/ Reading...

Introducing The Laughing Mystics 10.01.2025 14:57

Marci Madary and Laura Lewis-Barr welcome you with an introduction to The Laughing Mystics podcast. We introduce ourselves, our style, and our format -- with our frequent laughter, affection, and curiosity. Questions/Comments? Write us at - Laughing. Mystics@gmail.comFor more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit Psychescinema.comFor more on Marci Madary visit Insideoutspirituality.comOur official launch will...