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The Laughing Mystics: An unorthodox journey through the liturgical year

Laura Lewis-Barr - Marci Madary

Good friends Marci Madary & Laura Lewis-Barr bring differing perspectives to the Sunday readings of the liturgical calendar. Each week Marci shares her mystical Christian insights & infectious laughter with Laura, who ponders what Carl Jung & Joseph Campbell might say about these scriptures. Unscripted & lively, Laura & Marci offer as many questions as answers as to how Depth Psychology & Christianity might come together. New episodes every Thursday! 🙏Please 🙏

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Ep 45 - 3rd Sunday of Advent - Eyes see, ears hear!...

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2025/12/11

We start with a gorgeous poem from Marci. Our question is: what is a memory of seeing the splendor, the glory of God? Laura talks about the term Jung used for this – the “numinous” which comes from numinosum – Rudolf Otto’s term (in his Idea of the Holy) for the inexpressible, mysterious, terrifying, directly experienced and pertaining only to the divinity.Marci mentions experiments of putting monitors on plants and recording their “song.” We explore how dreamwork can help bring sight to my own

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Ep 44 - 2nd Sunday of Advent - John the Baptist!

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2025/12/04

2nd Sunday of Advent - John the Baptist! Our question: What events in my life have helped separate the wheat and the chaff within me. The Hebrew word for "fear" in "fear of the Lord," such as in Isaiah, is typically 𝑦𝑖𝑟𝑎ℎ (יִרְאָה), which translates to a sense of reverence, awe, and profound respect, rather than terror. The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio

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Ep 43- First Sunday of Advent - Stay Awake! November...

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2025/11/27

Season Two! First Sunday of Advent.Our question: What helps me stay awake or what puts me to sleep spiritually/psychologically? Marci recommends the book, Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor, and quotes Anthony De Mello.A quote from Parker Palmer, via Fr. Rohr."Thomas Merton claimed that “There is in all visible things … a hidden wholeness.” But back in the human world—where we are less self-revealing than jack pines—Merton’s words can, at times, sound like wishful thinking. Afraid

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Ep 42 - Kings and Queens - November 23, 2025

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2025/11/20

The Feast of Christ the King. Question: Who is someone I trust and admire enough that I’d be their subject and honor them as a King in my world. Laura mentions mythologist Michael Meade and his Living Myth podcast. We talk of Joseph Campbell and an ancient practice of sacrificing the King. Laura also mentions another podcast, including ⁠The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. We explore the power of changing the genders in the second reading. We mention: Jungian Marion Woodman and her quote about the

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Ep 41 - 33rd Sunday in TKOHIN - November 16, 2025

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2025/11/13

The 33rd Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time. Question: "How do I know that I'm on the right side of history?" And "If I could join Paul and write letters to the Churches in America, what would I say?"We dip into politics. We mention the metaphor of the purifying fire found in both scripture and in the medieval practice of alchemy. We again mention Teihard de Chardin and the evolution of consciousness.We mention historian Heather Cox Richardson and her daily podcast that explores daily life

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Ep 40 - Temples and Basilicas - November 9, 2025

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2025/11/06

Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.Questions we ask each other (and you): What is your favorite memory of a sacred space? If you were going to be a sacred space, what space might represent your soul?We talk about the "living water" and a story that Carl Jung often told. Also Jung's exploration of his own psyche through architecture. Laura mention's Ezra Klein's book, Abundance.The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Bring your voice

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Ep 39 - Feast of All Souls - November 2, 2025

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2025/10/30

Our question today is: What happens after we die? We talk about heaven and hell, The Day of the Dead and skull faces. We visit Ilia Delio's website for several juicy quotes. Here and here. And also this quote to chew on: " "A person is a center of consciousness expressed in a particular matrix of matter, as if the entire universe (if indeed consciousness is the stuff of the universe) is compacted into this particular material form. In this respect, every person is the universe aware of

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Ep 38 - 30th Sunday in TKOHIN - October 26, 2025

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2025/10/24

30th Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time. We ask ourselves (and you) several questions: What does it mean for me to repent? What was a moment of conversion in my life? We wonder about how Paul forgave himself and integrated his own conversion experience after being struck down in Damascus. Here is one possible timeline of events. We talk about prayer, the "Way of the Pilgrim" and his prayer, and prayer mantras.We explore the paradoxical nature of parables and compare them to dreams. The

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Ep 37 - 29th Sunday in TKOHIN - October 19, 2025

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2025/10/17

29th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time. Question we ask ourselves: "When the Son of Man comes, what faith will he find in me?"We talk about what posture we take in the world and what is the best "posture" to fight evil or unconsciousness?Jung's answer to "will the world survive?" "As he did so often, Jung saw the individual as the key to the future: If there are enough individuals who are conscious, who recognize the reality of the opposites, who have

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Ep 36 - 28th Sunday in TKOHIN, October 12, 2025

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2025/10/10

28th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time. We ask ourselves: "What is my faith around “being healed?”We talk about the bubbles we travel in - economic, spiritual, or political. Also, Do I prefer to swim in the shallow water or the deep?We drift into the deep waters of the Adam and Eve story. We talk of the Felix culpa -- Latin for “happy fault.” It comes from a line in the Exsultet, an ancient hymn sung during the Easter Vigil.The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! Questions

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Ep 35 - 27th Sunday in TKOHIN - October 5, 2025

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2025/10/03

We ask ourselves (and you) this question: "What is my unique calling, how am I to serve the world?"Laura mentions the book, Paradoxical Thinking and a great article about the prophet Habakkuk and his infrequent appearance in the church calendar. Marci offers a wonderful metaphor of faith and flying a kite and she mentions Father Richard Rohr's book, Everything Belongs.The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like

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Ep 34 - 26th Sunday in TKOHIN- September 28, 2025

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2025/09/26

Our question today (based on the readings). "What are my attitudes toward wealth?' We talk about the work of sociologist Brene Brown and the film, MountainHead. We explore the juicy story of Lazarus and the rich man, and much more!The Sunday Readings -The 26th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now timeThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio from your phone with a question or comment to

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Ep 33 - 25th Sunday in TKOHIN- September 21, 2025

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2025/09/19

25th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time. We wrestle with some very tough readings!A question we ask ourselves and you: What are my attitudes toward authority, wealth, and the systems we live under? Marci mentions her poem found in this publication. ⁠Unruly Catholic Feminists: Prose, Poetry, and the Future of the Faith ⁠ We mention Brian Swimme and the "Story of the Universe," the evolution of the world and of justice. Also, Kohlberg's levels of ethics, Ilia Delio's

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Ep 32 - The Holy Cross - September 14, 2025

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2025/09/12

We start with a juicy question : what "inner" puzzle am I working on these days? Then we puzzle through a reading about biting snakes, ingratitude, and looking at what scares us. We talk of Richard Schwartz, - The Founder of Internal Family Systems . (Laura accidentally says Stephen Schwartz -- the creator of Godspell). We grapple with John 3:16. Marci tells a bad joke. And much more! The Sunday Readings(0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the

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Ep 31 - 23rd Sunday in TKOHIN, September 7, 2025

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2025/09/05

23rd Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time. Lots of laughter as we tackle some very tough readings. We ask ourselves (and you) this question: "What tempts me in my daily life? What is hard for me to renounce or let go of?" "If it is true that the ability to be puzzled is the beginningof wisdom, then this truth is a sad commentary on the wisdom of modern man. Whatever the merits of our high degree of literary and universal education, wehave lost the gift for being puzzled."

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EP 30 - 22nd Sunday in TKOHIN, August 31, 2025

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2025/08/29

22nd Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time. We explore the Hebrew word for humility.Excerpts quoted from this site. “How am I using the Divine gifts that have been given to me? Am I reaching my own potential for greatness?”This sentiment is powerfully encapsulated in the Hebrew word for humility, anavah. While the English word humility originates from the Latin, humilis, meaning meekness or lowliness, anavah stems from the word anu, meaning “to respond.”Also found this lovely quote related to

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Ep 29 -21st Sunday in TKOHIN - August 24, 2025

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2025/08/22

21st Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now Time. We talk about the challenge of diversity and ask the question, “Who makes me uncomfortable?”We explore the idea that we are all fugitives in a strange land and the integration of all parts in the Kingdom. We talk about the power of discipline to create strength through practice. Laura mentions her longing for a loving community and uses the Greek word agape.We mention the author of Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarrisa Pinkola Estes. And much more

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Ep 28 - 20th Sunday in TKOHIN, August 17, 2025

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2025/08/15

A juicy episode! We talk about the symbolism Jeremiah and the cistern. We mention the movement of an ancient Sicilian symbol and Celtic knotsWe explore addiction to suffering and the danger of numbing out to the problems of the world, and "Midwest nice” Laura mentions alchemy and the stage of Calcinatio.The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Or bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you. Send an audio from your phone with a question

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Ep 27 - 19th Sunday in TKOHIN, August 10, 2025

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2025/08/08

19th Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now. Lots of great people and resources named in this episode:Laura mentions Jungian Marie Louise Von Franz several times. Marci mentions Greek philosophy's focus on knowledge, justice, and the good. We talk about 3 books by Karen Armstrong. We mention mythologist Michael Meade, and poet Mary Oliver, and "Interior Castle" by Teresa of Avila. Laura tells a story from Joseph Campbell. Questions we ask each other and you in this episode: --What

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Ep 26 - 18th Sunday in TKOHIN, August, 1, 2025

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2025/08/01

We talk about the Death Cafe movement. Marci sings! We explore worry habits, choice, whirlpools, lessons in fairy tales, and the book, Teilhard de Chardin Seven Stages of Suffering.Laura tells an old story of "Rabbi Hockum."The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Please send to Laughing.Mystics@gmail.comWe now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmysticsPlease follow us to be alerted for new

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