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Aug 2021
39m 29s

John Mabry on Shamanism and Spirituality

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About this episode

John Mabry is a United Church of Christ pastor and is the Director of the Spiritual Direction Program at Chaplaincy Institute. He is the lead singer of 2 bands in the Bay area and is the author of many novels and books on theology, spirituality, and spiritual guidance. 

In this episode, Eric and John discuss his book, Soul Journeys: Christian Spirituality and Shamanism as Pathways for Wholeness and Understanding

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In This Interview, John Mabry and I Discuss Shamanism, Spirituality, and …

  • His book, Soul Journeys: Christian Spirituality and Shamanism as Pathways for Wholeness and Understanding
  • How life is messy for everyone and how we’re not seeing everyone’s entire picture
  • His Shamanic journey experience of finding wisdom and healing
  • The upper, middle, and lower worlds as part of a shamanic journey
  • His spirit animal, the panther
  • How practice and training our imagination can form relationships with spiritual realities
  • The importance of leaving room for mystery
  • How our culture reinforces that only what can be measured and explained is real
  • Using the word trust rather than believe
  • His morning practice of imaginative prayer
  • His exploration into the different spiritual traditions and finding where his heart lives

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