The Mystic Cave

By Brian E Pearson

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Episodes: 174

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An exploration of the soulful terrain on the far side of conventional religion. A sanctuary for seekers.


Episode Date
The Oracle: A Consequential Chapter from "Talking to Trees: A Journey into Soul"
May 24, 2026
Anne Boleyn: Martha Tatarnic's new book says we still need Anne, a revolutionary woman of power and influence.
May 10, 2026
Edge Walkers: Eco-spiritual Director Sarah Lyon and the Call of the Wild
Apr 26, 2026
An Everywhere God: Tami Buroker Explores the Edges of her Christian Faith
Apr 12, 2026
Just Breathe: "Wandering Warrior" Devin Lebrun Finds the Calm at the Heart of Fear
Mar 29, 2026
After Church: How the Pearson Bros, Rob and Ben, Found a Spiritual Path ... Their Way
Mar 15, 2026
“Queen of the Sidestep”: Valerie Koot and the Boundary of Love
Mar 01, 2026
"God is Very Loud Around Me": Could the Future of Religion Look like Andrea Tsugawa?
Feb 15, 2026
A Sustaining Presence: The Reconstructed Spirituality of Sarah Donnelly
Feb 01, 2026
Great Aunt Gladys and the Dakini Sky Walkers
Jan 18, 2026
Wondering Where the Lions Are
Jan 04, 2026
Talking to Trees: A Complimentary Chapter
Jul 20, 2025
Talking to Trees: A Journey into Soul
Jun 08, 2025
Not Business as Usual: Sandy Wiggins' Journey from Board Work to Breath Work
May 25, 2025
There is No 'More': Billy Wynne on "The Empty Path" and the Radical Art of Lessening
May 11, 2025
"The Satisfied Woman": Alanna Kaivalya on Reclaiming the Archetypal Feminine
Apr 27, 2025
Dream Worker: Mary Marsden Guides us Through the Portal of a Dream
Apr 13, 2025
Facing the Forces of Darkness: A Shaman, a Spiritualist, and a Reiki Master on Walking in the Light
Mar 30, 2025
Humanizing Work: Sona Khosla and One Company's Attempt to Put Social Values First
Mar 16, 2025
Lyanda Haupt's "Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit"
Mar 02, 2025
Anam Cara: Barry Foster, Don McLeod and I, on Soulful Friendship
Feb 16, 2025
"Once Upon a Time": Natalie Pepin and Tad Hargrave on the Power of Ancestral Stories
Feb 02, 2025
The Cavewoman Way: Invoking the Wild Woman, with Michelle Rigling
Jan 19, 2025
Understanding Karma: Mordy Levine on Living Like it Matters
Jan 05, 2025
Peia: A Soulful Singer Takes us All the Way Back
Dec 22, 2024
"The Great Search": John Philip Newell and the Spiritual Awakening of our Age
Dec 08, 2024
Soulful Gatherings: Peter Scanlan on the Way of Council
Nov 24, 2024
At the Crossroads: Sarah Arthurs on Earth Advocacy and Religious Faith
Nov 10, 2024
Native Ways: How Elizabeth Buller Page Found her Path by Returning to her Roots
Oct 27, 2024
Bill Plotkin: Soul Initiation and the "small opening into the new day"
Oct 13, 2024
Christian Mystic Cynthia Bourgeault: Living Large in the Imaginal Realm
Sep 29, 2024
Jules Howatt's Soulful Journey from Bruce to Julianna
Sep 15, 2024
Knowing Everything: Kim Chestney and the Power of Intuition
May 19, 2024
Jessica Waite's "The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards:" Inside the Writing of a Blockbuster
May 05, 2024
From "Them" to "Me Too:" How Writing Groups Can Bring out the Writer in Us
Apr 21, 2024
"Writing by Heart:” Meredith Heller on How Poetry Can Lead us Home
Apr 07, 2024
Making Peace with Impermanence: Zen Teacher Ryushin on True Liberation
Mar 24, 2024
The Way of the Shaman: Healer Wade Prpich and a World of Spirit Helpers
Mar 10, 2024
Spirits Ascending: Reiki Master Jan Thompson on the Light We Cannot See
Feb 25, 2024
“How Not to be Afraid:” Gareth Higgins on New Stories for Frightening Times
Feb 11, 2024
Women Catholic Priests: Teresa Hanlon and the Rebirth of Christianity
Jan 28, 2024
Stepping Out: Barry Foster on Soulful Haberdashery
Jan 14, 2024
Will the Angels be Happy: A New Years' Tune
Dec 31, 2023
Christmas in a Car Wash: A Modern Tale
Dec 24, 2023
Vision Quest, Part II, with Vincenzo Falone: Going it Alone
Dec 17, 2023
Vision Quest, Part I, with Vincenzo Falone: Preparing for a Soul Encounter
Dec 03, 2023
The Look of Love: Vickie MacArthur's Life-Altering Encounter with Thich Nhat Hanh
Nov 19, 2023
The Way of the Artist: Janet Handy on our Need to Create
Nov 05, 2023
Psyche and Sex: Kevin Alderson on the Spirituality Behind our Sexuality
Oct 22, 2023
Soul Calling: Celia McBride's Road to Elsewhere
Oct 08, 2023
James Hollis: What Our Souls Ask of Us
Sep 24, 2023
Stephen Jenkinson: The Voice of the Prophet
Sep 10, 2023
Thomas Moore: “The Eloquence of Silence”
May 28, 2023
Whence Wisdom: Filmmaker Darold Black on the Wisdom of Elders
May 14, 2023
Holy Listening: Lois Huey-Heck on the Art of Spiritual Direction
Apr 30, 2023
Easter Poets: Rosemary Griebel, Paul Grindlay and Juleta Severson-Baker
Apr 16, 2023
Men Talking: Marv Westwood on the Modern Male
Apr 02, 2023
The Soul's Instrument: Jennifer Mason on the Human Voice
Mar 19, 2023
'Circles of Rhythm': Julien Lepage on the Call of the Drum
Mar 05, 2023
Wild Yoga: Rebecca Wildbear on an Embodied Way of Being
Feb 19, 2023
The Soul of Wall Street: Howard Fischer on Investing in the Planet
Feb 05, 2023
Old Souls: Judy Steiert on Conscious and Positive Aging
Jan 22, 2023
Beyond Hope: Jodi Lammiman on the Challenges of Eco-Grief
Jan 08, 2023
A Wreath on the Door: A Christmas Story in Real Time
Dec 25, 2022
Romancing the Moon: Inside a "Soulcraft Intensive," as shared with Liz Wiltzen
Dec 11, 2022
Paying Attention: John Griffith on a Spiritual Practice of His Own
Nov 27, 2022
Inward Journey, Outward Journey: Liz Rees on the Way of Contemplation
Nov 13, 2022
Sacred Rites: Sarah Kerr on the Transformative Power of Ritual
Oct 30, 2022
Ties That Bind: Janet Handy on the Good, the Bad, and the Cosmic of Belonging
Oct 16, 2022
Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Richard Osler on Poetry as Prayer
Oct 02, 2022
Secular Spirituality: Exploring Thomas Moore's "A Religion of One's Own"
Sep 18, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 6, Part III--Homeward Bound
Jul 01, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 6, Part II--Rock Bottom
Jul 01, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 6, Part I--"You Go Home Now"
Jul 01, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 5, Part III--All the Way Down
Jun 30, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 5, Part II--The Messiah's Cellist
Jun 30, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 5, Part I--Christmas Redux
Jun 30, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 4, Part III--"To Suffer”
Jun 29, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 4, Part II--New Challenges
Jun 29, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 4, Part I--New Friends
Jun 29, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 3, Part III--New Beginnings
Jun 28, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 3, Part II--West Coast Wake
Jun 28, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 3, Part I--Strange New World
Jun 28, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 2, Part III--All the Way
Jun 27, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 2, Part II--No Turning Back
Jun 27, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 2, Part I--On the Road
Jun 27, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 1, Part III--Outta Dodge
Jun 26, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 1, Part II--Losing Everything
Jun 26, 2022
PASSIONTIDE: Chapter 1, Part I--Something Happening
Jun 26, 2022
Soul Encounter: Doug Van Houten on Becoming our Natural Selves
Jun 12, 2022
Desert Spirituality: Richard LeSueur on the Hidden Wisdom of the Wild Places
May 29, 2022
Getting Lost: Michael Trotta on the Art of Being in Nature
May 15, 2022
Into the Wild: Ageing, Nature, and a Horse Named Jackson
May 01, 2022
Raising Hope: Poet Juleta Severson-Baker on the Power of Words
Apr 17, 2022
Getting Free: Mitch T's Escape from Drugs, Gangs and Crime
Apr 03, 2022
'The Secret Tribe': Social Activist Jan Handy on Recovering from Child Abuse
Mar 20, 2022
'Brain Betrayal': Mental Health Advocate Allan Cooper on Finding a New Life with Bipolar Disorder
Mar 06, 2022
'She Persisted': Artist and Writer Louise Gallagher on Surviving an Abusive Relationship
Feb 20, 2022
Lent: A Lamentation for the Season of Sin
Feb 06, 2022
Into the Mystic: Christian Contemplative Arthur Aghajanian
Jan 23, 2022
Tracking Yes: A Conversation with Liz Wiltzen
Jan 08, 2022
The Christmas Story You Never Heard: A Conversation with Nick Coates
Dec 26, 2021
The Way of Wisdom: A Conversation with Don McLeod
Dec 12, 2021
Radical Wholeness: A Conversation with Philip Shepherd
Nov 28, 2021
The Life-Changing Power of Story: A Conversation with Michael Trotta
Nov 14, 2021
Success is a Mytho-Logical Quest: Storyteller Michael Trotta
Oct 31, 2021
And in the End: Some Personal Reflections on Death and Dying
Oct 17, 2021
A Lamp Unto our Feet: A Conversation with Spiritualist Jane Fleming
Oct 10, 2021
In the Beginning: A Conversation with Margot McKinnon, PhD
Oct 03, 2021
Shall We Gather at the River: A Conversation with Sarah Kerr
Sep 26, 2021
Ghost of 'Boy Meets Girl': A Conversation with Jessica Waite
Sep 19, 2021
At the End of the Line: A Conversation with Tara Livingston
Sep 12, 2021
What We Did on our Summer Vacations
Sep 05, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: One Degree of Separation
Aug 29, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: The Great Cedar Lake Land Claims Race
Aug 26, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Powers and Principalities
Aug 22, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Jim Thompson's Seder
Aug 19, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Where Your Treasure Is
Aug 15, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Weddings 'R' Us
Aug 12, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Words
Aug 08, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Forgiveness
Aug 05, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A Prayer Stool for Paul
Aug 01, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Brotherly Love
Jul 29, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Chicken Soup
Jul 25, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Sweet Regret
Jul 22, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: The Return of William Trelawny
Jul 18, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Pulling Up Tares
Jul 15, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Bud Blakelock's Bequest
Jul 11, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Mr. Briggs Goes to Church
Jul 08, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: The Rise and Fall of Arthur Pitfield
Jul 04, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Gravity
Jul 01, 2021
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: Country Kitchens
Jun 27, 2021
John Pentland, part 2: A Spirituality for All
Jun 20, 2021
John Pentland, part 1: A New Kind of Church
Jun 13, 2021
Derwyn Costinak, part 2: A Mysterious God
Jun 06, 2021
Derwyn Costinak, part 1: Long Way from Home
May 30, 2021
Tara Livingston, part 2: A New Community
May 23, 2021
Tara Livingston, part 1: It Takes a Village
May 16, 2021
LOST RITES: Interview with the Author
May 09, 2021
LOST RITES: Epilogue
May 02, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 15, Part 3: One Last Good-bye
Apr 30, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 15, Part 2: New Jerusalem
Apr 25, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 15, Part 1: Beginning of the End
Apr 23, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 14, Part 2: Big God, or Small?
Apr 18, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 14, Part 1: Blessed Here and Now
Apr 16, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 13, Part 2: New Life
Apr 11, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 13, Part 1: Soul Work
Apr 09, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 12, Part 2: Rising Up
Apr 04, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 12, Part 1: Risking Everything
Apr 02, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 11, Part 2: Battening Down the Hatches
Mar 28, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 11, Part 1: Once More Into the Breach
Mar 26, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 10, Part 2: Foggy Seas
Mar 21, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 10, Part 1: Working Sabbatical
Mar 19, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 9, Part 2: Back into the Fire
Mar 14, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 9, Part 1: Work, Rest, and Play
Mar 12, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 8, Part 2: No Way Out
Mar 07, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 8, Part 1: Life in the Fast Lane
Mar 05, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 7, Part 2: Priest in the House
Feb 28, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 7, Part 1: Only Human
Feb 26, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 6, Part 2: Becoming Whole
Feb 21, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 6, Part 1: Student-in-Charge
Feb 19, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 5, Part 3: Access Denied
Feb 14, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 5, Part 2: Sirens' Call
Feb 13, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 5, Part 1: Hogwarts and All
Feb 12, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 4, Part 2: The Assurance of Things Hoped For
Feb 07, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 4, Part 1: A Path Less Narrow
Feb 05, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 3, Part 2: All for Jesus
Jan 31, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 3, Part 1: Into the Crucible
Jan 29, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 2, Part 2: With a Little Help from my Friends
Jan 24, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 2, Part 1: Living in a (Suburban) War Zone
Jan 22, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 1, Part 2: Growing Pains
Jan 10, 2021
LOST RITES, Chapter 1, Part 1: High Calling, Humble Start
Jan 07, 2021
LOST RITES: Prologue
Jan 05, 2021
Burying the Dead
Jan 05, 2021