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ASSISI PILGRIMAGE: Journey to the Heart of St. Francis & St. Clare (11 CD set) - live recording
Recorded at a Wisdom School in Assisi Italy,
August 6-13, 2010
Cynthia Bourgeault is joined by Ward Bauman and Susanne Olin in an exploration of the lives of Saint Francis and Saint Clare. In this seven day Wisdom School held in Assisi Italy, Francis and Clare are presented as “models for conscious love.” An exploration of sacred artifacts and historical sites of Assisi, 'The City of God', is also included. The teaching explores surrender, embodiment, immolation, and salvation showing how they work together to create a sustained force of love in our lives. The teaching further explores the inner meaning of the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as an embodiment of the Wisdom Way. As we come to know the true heart of Francis and Clare, new light is shed upon early Christian thought regarding our bodies, human sexuality, renunciation, and the natural world. Contemplative Compline with chant and instruction in grounding practices is also included.
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The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity
"It is light bursting over the waters beneath a heavy clouded sky-- it is a woman speaking out into the clear air after the heart's years of secret conversing--it is, as David Whyte once said; The opening of eyes long closed--deep seeing into the true image at the core and resolving back to our origin. I sense an energetic symbiosis of your mind and hers until I am not sure who is speaking and that is the amazing anamnesis you have achieved. The book is magnificent; another writing to live on- to love through"
- Rev. Robert Pynn, poet and Dean Emeritus of the Anglican Cathedral, Calgary, Alberta
Read a review from The National Catholic Reporter.
Click HERE for a wonderful book review of The Meaning of Mary Magdalene from Victoria-based writer and spiritual teacher, Dr. David Benner
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Featured Presentations and Interviews with
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault:
New Zealand journal features Cynthia in article entitled "A Deeper Communion"
Cynthia shares her thoughts on the vital role of meditation and an evolving model of church with Michael Fitzsimmons for the New Zealand-based Tui Moto journal.
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Audio Interview with Tami Simon: Encountering the Wisdom Jesus
Sounds True founder and interviewer Tami Simon recently spoke with Cynthia about kenosis and Jesus’ life understood as a sacrament, the Welcoming Practice, and a number of other enlightening topics.
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Listen to Cynthia's beautiful and bold sermon delivered on Palm Sunday:
As Cynthia starts her sermon she refers to the congregation having just heard the traditional reading of the passion narrative, and invites us to consider an alternative message - one that places the mystery of love at the center of the Easter story. (Recorded April 17, 2011 at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, BC Canada)
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"Being" Mary Magdalene - A young woman shares her profound and personal experience of being touched by the Magdalenic energy while "being Mary" at a recent anointing service with Cynthia:
"As the entire congregation chanted over and over in beautiful melody, it felt obvious that opening as love requires no knowledge of scripture, no baptism, no earning of anything, especially worthiness. It didn’t matter that I don’t know the full story of Mary Magdalene because I was not doing anything. All that was required of me was to open in love."
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Listen to Cynthia's radio interview discussing The Meaning of Mary Magdalene:
Jean Feraca from Wisconsin Public Radio, interviews Cynthia about her newest book.
As Cynthia asserts in the conversation, "to reclaim Mary Magdalene is to reclaim Christianity." (Recorded April 27, 2011)
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Cynthia speaks on Mystics and Contemplatives as Visionaries and Prophets:
In this new percolation of the spirit that is often being called nowadays “The Emerging Church,” Cynthia suggests it is the mystics and contemplatives who will emerge as the prophets and visionaries— because their contemplative practice makes this evolution virtually inescapable. (Recorded at the Lenten Noon Forum at St. John the Divine in Victoria, BC Canada, March 23, 2011)
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Listen to Cynthia's presentation on Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening: An Ancient Contemplative Practice for Our Own Time:
Listen to Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault speaking at Washington National Cathedral, May 2010 on the ancient path of Christian meditation, as it has been adapted for the twenty-first century. Click HERE to download or listen to this MP3 recorded presentation.
Video interview with Cynthia Bourgeault discussing religion and spirituality:
Watch an interview from The Life Divine as Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault explores religion and spirituality, and specifically Christianity and the Christ as an awakened one, inspiring our own awakening.
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Audio interview with Ken Wilber:
Ken Wilber from Integral Life talks with Cynthia about her book The Meaning of Mary Magdalene.
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Gwyneth Paltrow interviews Cynthia for her newsletter:
Q: What is this book about?
A: Obviously, it’s about Mary Magdalene, but in her three interlocking roles as apostle, intimate friend of Jesus, and purveyor of sacred Wisdom. The point of my book is that you can’t separate these roles, as people have been trying to do for centuries. And when you put all the pieces back together into a single person, what emerges is not only an astonishing new portrait of Mary Magdalene, but an astonishing new portrait of Christianity as well: a portrait that promises healing and forgiveness for Christianity’s notorious wounds in the areas of human intimacy and relationships, and a bold new Christian vision of enlightened consciousness.
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Audio Interview with Cynthia Bourgeault and David Riordan:
Integral Life is exploring the Future of Christianity with a myriad of Progressive Christian teachers and philosophers including Ken Wilber, Thomas Keating, Cynthia Bourgeault, Richard Rohr and many more.
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Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault on YouTube
The Ways of the Heart: Kenosis, Abundance, Singleness Recorded on September 3, 2011, at Second Congregational Church in Greenfield, MA. (Produced and edited by Robert A. Jonas, Ed.D., www.emptybell.org)
Part 1 - Overview of the foundations and method of Centering Prayer (51:24)
Part 2 - Attention of the heart (54:20)
Part 3 - Putting the mind in the heart (55:34)
Part 4 - A chant and Q&A (18:20)
Shalem Institute Director interviews Cynthia on The Meaning of Mary Magdalene
Carole Crumley, Shalem's Senior Program Director talks with Cynthia about Mary Magdalene in relation to her three primary roles as apostle, intimate friend of Jesus, and purveyor of wisdom. When these three roles are put together the implications for Christianity are profound and transformative. (Recorded on November 14, 2010)
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Seeking the Divine host interviews Cynthia on The Meaning of Mary Magdalene
Dr. Patricia Ann Hill from Seeking The Divine TV show interviews Cynthia on "The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity". Click HERE to access this YouTube video.
You can access the full hour-long interview HERE.
Seeking the Divine host interviews Cynthia on The Wisdom Way of Knowing
Dr. Patricia Ann Hill from Seeking The Divine TV show interviews Cynthia on "The Wisdom Way of Knowing". Cynthia discusses her understanding of the meaning of Wisdom, including the differences between information, knowledge and Wisdom, and Wisdom as an integration of mind, body, and spirit.
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You can access the full hour-long interview HERE.
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