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The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter

Laura Lewis-Barr, Jungian Artist - Marci Madary DMin, Educator, Spiritual Director
The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter
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  • The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter

    Naming and Renaming - 21st Sunday

    20/08/2026 | 40 mins.
    (81) Our Question: What unlocks the Kingdom of Heaven for you (me)?

    The Community Fridge Project: Community-run fridges for anyone in need.

    Details about the Sacrament of Reconciliation

    Vatican II document about how Catholicism views other religions: Nostra Aetate

    Edward Edinger's books:
    The Bible and the Psyche
    Ego and Self: The Old Testament Prophets From Isaiah to Malachi
    Transformation of the God-Image: An Elucidation of Jung's Answer to Job
    The Sunday Readings⁠

    Curious about the Enneagram?? Marci is leading an online ⁠introduction to the Enneagram ⁠in September through the Franciscan Spirituality Center!

    Thank you for listening! You're invited to join our FB community at ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Need more poetry in your life? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Marci's blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠and/or ⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to Laura's new substack ⁠⁠⁠⁠and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you periodically.

    Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio or video from your phone with a question, reflection, or comment to ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Laughing.Mystics@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

    We now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! ⁠⁠⁠⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Please follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you'll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!
    ⁠⁠⁠⁠pod.link/1799776273⁠⁠⁠⁠

    New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!
    For more on Marci Madary visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠
    For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    (0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the "episode webpage" or our Spotify page.)
    Music licensed from Artlist

    #jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology
  • The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter

    God and Dog - 20th Sunday

    13/08/2026 | 46 mins.
    (80) Our Question: How do I feel about laws? Am I comfortable breaking any laws?

    Laughing Mystics is a podcast loved by Progressive Christianity!
     
    Kohlberg’s seven stages of moral development
     
    Thomas Merton book: Opening the Bible

    Einstein's idea of spooky science and quantum mechanics
     
    We wonder about healing vs. cures and Anointing of the Sick

    The Sunday Readings

    Curious about the Enneagram? Marci is leading an online introduction to the Enneagram in September through the Franciscan Spirituality Center!

    Thank you for listening! You're invited to join our FB community at ⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠⁠⁠

    Need more poetry in your life? ⁠⁠⁠Visit Marci's blog ⁠⁠⁠and/or ⁠⁠⁠subscribe to Laura's new substack ⁠⁠⁠and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you periodically.

    Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio or video from your phone with a question, reflection, or comment to ⁠⁠⁠ Laughing.Mystics@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

    We now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! ⁠⁠⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠⁠⁠

    Please follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you'll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!
    ⁠⁠⁠pod.link/1799776273⁠⁠⁠

    New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!
    For more on Marci Madary visit ⁠⁠⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠⁠⁠
    For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit ⁠⁠⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠⁠⁠

    (0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the "episode webpage" or our Spotify page.)
    Music licensed from Artlist

    #jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology
  • The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter

    Sink or Swim - 19th Sunday

    06/08/2026 | 38 mins.
    (79) Our question: What are my associations with storms or being in deep water?
    Thomas Keating's thoughts on silence.
    Thomas Merton's thoughts on silence.
    A mystery that we chew on - From Sean J. McGrath on Psychology and the Cross podcast. McGrath explores the common idea of Jesus as one of the symbols of the Self that Jung explored. I'm still capitalizing the word to show that it is different than our regular conception of the ego/self . "...I think that what we see in the Christian revelation of the Christ is that Christ is not primarily a symbol of the Self; he’s a symbol of God. He’s a symbol of God, and the God is not the Self. The Self, then, we’d have to say, from a Christian perspective, that unconscious center of the soul, the Self is an image of God. And Jung says as much, he says, it’s imago dei, it’s an image of God. We have that in Genesis. And so it points toward God. But Christ doesn’t simply express the human reality; he does that, of course, but he also expresses the divine reality. We get both."

    Sunday Readings
    Thank you for listening! You're invited to join our FB community at ⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠⁠

    Need more poetry in your life? ⁠⁠Visit Marci's blog ⁠⁠and/or ⁠⁠subscribe to Laura's new substack ⁠⁠and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you periodically.

    Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio or video from your phone with a question, reflection, or comment to ⁠⁠ Laughing.Mystics@gmail.com⁠⁠

    We now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! ⁠⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠⁠

    Please follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you'll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!
    ⁠⁠pod.link/1799776273⁠⁠

    New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!
    For more on Marci Madary visit ⁠⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠⁠
    For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit ⁠⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠⁠

    (0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the "episode webpage" or our Spotify page.)
    Music licensed from Artlist

    #jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology
  • The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter

    Take, Bless, Break, Give - 18th Sunday

    30/07/2026 | 31 mins.
    (78)
    "What in my life fails to satisfy me?"

    More about virtues

    There are four verbs in the reading that correspond to the Eucharistic prayers in the Catholic Mass: take, bless, break, and give. It can be thought of as a way to live.

    Megan McKenna, who's a scripture scholar, has a book called Not Counting Women and Children, Neglected Stories from the Bible.

    The Sunday Readings

    Thank you for listening! You're invited to join our FB community at ⁠ https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠

    Need more poetry in your life? ⁠Visit Marci's blog ⁠and/or ⁠subscribe to Laura's new substack ⁠and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you periodically.

    Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio or video from your phone with a question, reflection, or comment to ⁠ Laughing.Mystics@gmail.com⁠

    We now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! ⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠

    Please follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you'll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!
    ⁠pod.link/1799776273⁠

    New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!
    For more on Marci Madary visit ⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠
    For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit ⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠

    (0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the "episode webpage" or our Spotify page.)
    Music licensed from Artlist

    #jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology
  • The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter

    What do I want? --17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    23/07/2026 | 41 mins.
    (77) Our question: What do I want?

     Thomas Moore (Author of Care of the Soul):
    "We must look at our deepest longings and cravings, eventhe messy ones, not as errors to be cured, but as the soul desperately crying out for what it needs to feel alive."
     
    We talk about dreamwork. If you are curious. Here is a link to a dream dictionary, to help understand the layers of meaning in a dream.

     American psychologist Carl Rogers

    The Sunday Readings.

    Thank you for listening! You're invited to join our FB community at ⁠ https://www.facebook.com/laughingmystics/⁠

    Need more poetry in your life? ⁠Visit Marci's blog ⁠and/or ⁠subscribe to Laura's new substack ⁠and receive one of her fresh poems delivered to you periodically.

    Questions? Comments? Bring your voice to the conversation. We'd like to SHARE THE MIC with you! Send an audio or video from your phone with a question, reflection, or comment to ⁠ Laughing.Mystics@gmail.com⁠

    We now have an easier way for you to leave a review or rating, using this link! ⁠RateThisPodcast.com/thelaughingmystics⁠

    Please follow us to be alerted for new episodes. We hope you'll share this passion project with others, write a review, or rate/like our podcast on your favorite platform!
    ⁠pod.link/1799776273⁠

    New episodes now released on Thursday mornings!
    For more on Marci Madary visit ⁠https://www.insideoutspirituality.com/⁠
    For more on Laura Lewis-Barr visit ⁠https://psychescinema.com/⁠

    Want to support The Laughing Mystics? We now have MERCH! Visit ⁠⁠https://www.zazzle.com/store/laughing_mystics/products⁠

    (0ur show notes are always filled with many links. If your platform doesn't show them, visit the "episode webpage" or our Spotify page.)
    Music licensed from Artlist

    #jungianpsychology #depthpsychology #richardrohr #progressivechristianity #jungianwisdom #mysticalchristianity #religioustext #transpersonalpsychology
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About The Laughing Mystics: Jungian Psychology, Christian Spirituality, and Laughter
The Laughing Mystics: Explore Christianity and Depth Psychology through weekly scripture reflections and lively conversations between friends. Each week, Marci shares her Christian perspective and infectious laughter, while Laura offers insights from Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell. Together, they also explore the profound ideas of Ilia Delio, Richard Rohr, and other evolutionary thinkers of psychology and theology. This happy pair offer as many questions as answers. They invite listeners to reflect on mystery, faith, doubt, spirituality, and personal growth.
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