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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 25 - 17th Sunday in TKOHIN - July 27, 2025

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2025/07/25

17th Sunday in The Kingdom of Heaven is Now time. We talk about haggling with God and the power of the individual to save the world. We mention the relationship between the the exercises of St. Ignatius, and Jung's active imagination. Marci offers several different versions of the Lord’s prayer.Laura wanted to cut the vulnerable story she tells about her dad but she kept it in. The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Please send to Laughing.Mystics@gmail.comWe now have an

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Ep 24 - 16th Sunday TKOHIN, July 20, 2025

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2025/07/18

The 16th Sunday of the Kingdom of Heaven is Now.(If your platform isn't showing hyperlinks for these notes, please let us know! You can also find them on our spotify page.)We dive deep into all three readings. Laura references the book " Abraham : the man and the symbol ; a Jungian interpretation of the biblical story."What Laura forgot, "... the Sages also divided the functions of the angels’ mission into three: to herald the birth of Isaac, to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, and

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Ep 23 - 15th Sunday in TKOHIN, July 13, 2025

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2025/07/11

The 15th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now time. Laura mentions another podcast, This Jungian Life.She also mentions alchemy and this quote -"A fool who persists in his folly will eventually become wise"-William BlakeMarci mentions a prayer from Thomas Merton and this bible quote. Laura quotes from Mary Oliver’s Wild GeeseShe also mentions her work teaching emotional intelligence.We also talk about Matthew Fox and The Cosmic Christ, our overscheduled lives, xenophobia and much

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Ep 22 - 14th Sunday in TKOHIN - July 6, 2025

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2025/07/04

14th Sunday in the Kingdom of Heaven is Now.(Please alert us if you don't see hyperlinks in your show notes!)We discuss the power of home. Laura mentions "nous," a concept she's heard from Ilia Delio. Heavy stuff. "Pierre Teilhard de Chardin saw the emergence of a new type of person with computer technology, an evolution of consciousness that led to a new level of cosmic life, what he called the “noosphere” (from the Greek “nous” or mind). The noosphere is the natural culmination of biological

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Ep 21 - Peter and Paul - June 29, 2025

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2025/06/27

(0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If you are not seeing hyperlinks on your platform, please let us know. Thank you! )In this episode Marci sings a song! We talk about miracles, doubt and faith. A joke from Joseph Campbell (also attributed to Thomas Merton!)And another Campbell quote that made Marci laugh. Laura mentions the noncanonical Gnostic books featuring St. Peter. The Apocalypse of Peter, Letter of Peter to Philip and Apocryphon of James (among others).We mention The Last

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Backstage Bonus -- Marci gets down.....

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2025/06/24

Thank you to Marci for sharing her brilliance with us! FYI- we refer to two weeks because we usually record two episodes at a time....

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Ep 20- Corpus Christi - June 22, 2025

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2025/06/20

Marci shares some of her research on Julian of Norwich.Laura struggles in this episode. We confess: some of the material (latter third) was added later. Lots of poetry in this episode, including a section from Blessing the Bread by Lynn Unger, Marci's poem, Learning Slowly, and Laura’s poem, Take One Bite. Laura mentions the book Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul.The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Please send to

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Ep 19 - Holy Trinity - June 15, 2025

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2025/06/13

Marci talks about her use of different pronouns for God. We reflect on what we learned during a recent talk from Ilia Delio. We mention Teilhard de Chardin (as we often do) and the challenge of using words like “god” or “love." We discuss Jung's concept of “eros” and “logos." And Edinger's thoughts on endurance. We talk about individualism and faith, and the book The Gift and The Serviceberry. "Christ, as a particular concrete manifestation of the Holy Spirit, must die in

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Ep 18 - Pentacost Sunday, June 8, 2025

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2025/06/07

We talk about fire and wind and the sometimes unpredictable power of groups under the religious impulse. We discuss the work and a video of Ilia Delio, outlining her inspirational message. And a juicy quote from her. Laura talks about her ecstatic experiences in prayer. We struggle with the second reading (Romans) and explore the meanings of the word “love.”Marci suggests Mirabai Starr's book Wild Mercy. The Sunday Readings.Thank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Please send to

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Ep 17 - Ascension - June 1, 2025

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2025/05/30

We talk about the problem of “always looking up.” Laura mentions Jungian James Hillman We talk about the the political and economic power of the church. Laura and Marci swim in the deep waters of Hebrews and Atonement theory.[There is a] . . . continued and progressive divine incarnation. Thus man is received and integrated into the divine drama. He seems destined to play a decisive part in it; that is why he must receive the Holy Spirit. I look upon the receiving ofthe Holy Spirit as a highly

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Ep 16- Sixth Sunday of Easter - May 25, 2025

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2025/05/23

We talk about controversies in the early church and today. Marci offers a great exercise for listening deeply to others. We explore following literal laws of the church vs. the law of love. We talk about Laura’s love of rocks and her gift of petoskey stones. Marci recommends "Ordinary Mysticism :Your Life as Sacred Ground" By Mirabai Starr"Christ, as a particular concrete manifestation of the Holy Spirit, must die in order for the disciples to develop an individual relation to the Holy Spirit,

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Ep 15 - Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 18, 2025

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2025/05/16

A thought-provoking and joyful discussion. 20% more laughter in this episode!We talk about the apostle Barnabas and his Epistle, and the Gnostic Bible. Also the conflict of opposites and quotes by Edward Edinger and Carl JungWe explore the connotations of the word "glory" as well as the Jungian terms, inflation and conjunctio (from Jung's study of alchemy). We reflect on brokenness and share more personal stories as part of our own "Acts of the Apostles."The Sunday ReadingsThank you for listening

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Ep 14 - Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2025

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2025/05/09

Laura and Marci talk about faith. Laura offers this quote by Carl Jung. Also this quote, talking about the Apocalypse. Christ was the first attempt of the God-image to incarnate and transform itself. Now, the second time around, humanity as a whole and not just one person is going to be the subject of that process. God is going to incarnate in humanity as a whole....Edward Edinger, from his book- Archetype of the Apocalypse.Marci mentions the Healthy minds app We talk about childhood religious

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Ep 13 - Third Sunday of Easter, May 4, 2025

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2025/05/02

A happy conversation. We talk about the change in consciousness within the early Christians. We explore the concept of the "Second Coming." Marci reads this poem - Antiphon for Divine Wisdom By Hildegard of Bingen, Translated By Barbara NewmanSophia!you of the whirling wings,circling encompassingenergy of God:you quicken the world in your clasp.One wing soars in heavenone wing sweeps the earthand the third flies all around us.Praise to Sophia!Let all the earth praise her!The Sunday

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Ep 12 - Bonus reflections after Holy Week

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2025/04/28

Laura reflects on her powerful and unexpected experience of Holy Week.She recalls the scene/joke from the Tony award-winning musical "Passing Strange." (Great musical - with adult language and themes) We talk about the forms of worship, from traditional to modern and the effects they produce. Joseph Campbell had strong opinions on this. "....they've translated the Mass out of ritual language and into a language that has a lot of domestic associations. The Latin of the Mass was a

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Ep 11 - Second Sunday of Easter, April 27, 2025

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2025/04/25

We talk about Thomas as the "literal man," "wounded healers," the value of our woundedness, healing vs. cures, and what does it mean "to believe."Mandala like paintings of the Book of Revelation.Also the work of Robert J. Schreiter and his book The Ministry of ReconciliationMarci mentions this video about Christ in all things. The mystical paintings of Fra Angelico.Link to the readings.Thank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Please send to

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Episode 10 - Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025

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2025/04/18

We discuss the Easter readings. Laura imagines the scene and wonders- would you go into the tomb or wait outside? Marci reads her poem, "Sneaky Jesus" and she recalls Mary Oliver's poem, "The Summer Day."Link for the Sunday Readings "The imitation of Christ, then, is participating in the suffering and joys of the world, all the while seeing through them the radiance of the divine presence."--Joseph CampbellThank you for listening! Questions? Comments? Please send to

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The Triduum - Reflections on Holy Thursday, Good...

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2025/04/14

Marci shares her excitement and knowledge of the 3 holy days of the Triduum. Our original discussion was 1 hour and 20 minutes, now down to 46 minutes. Laura runs out of steam at the end. Please forgive the shortened Easter vigil description. Holy Thursday Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041725-Supper.cfmGood Friday Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041825.cfmEaster Vigil Readings : https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041925.cfmWe spent much of our history arguing

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Ep 9a - Palm Sunday Part 1 -- 3 readings- April 13, 2025

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2025/04/11

This was a tough episode for many reasons. Moving into the Passion is hard and Laura struggles to have the courage to share her perspectives on it. Palm Sunday has 4 readings. Here we cover the first three. The next episode is our reading of the Passion and the third episode is our discussion of it. Thank you for sharing this journey with us!Readings: Procession with Palms – Gospel Mk 11:1-10, Is 50:4-7, Phil 2:6-11https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032424.cfm “All the gods, all the heavens, all

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Ep 9c - Palm Sunday Part 3 - Reflecting on the Passion

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2025/04/11

We continue on the journey of the Passion. Reflecting on how the media portrays it and our own ability to witness suffering. "Another aspect of the Gethsemane image that it emphasizes the fact that suffering is a crucial part of the process. The important part is to accept the suffering one encounters. You know we all have the deeply ingrained infantile notion that we’re supposed to be happy. That’s not true. We are supposed to suffer. If you attach any psychological credence to what I’m

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