The Mystic Cave

By Brian E Pearson

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Episodes: 163

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

Episode Date
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