Spirit Matters

A Saint and the Antichrist with Matthew Fox

The prolific and provocative priest, Matthew Fox, returns to Spirit Matters to speak about two totally different but strangely relate new books. Fr. Fox earned a doctora

Perennial Wisdom Revisited and Reloaded with Dana Sawyer

Dana Sawyer is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and World Religions at the Maine College of Art & Design and the author of biographies of both Aldous Huxley and Huston Sm

The Heart of Wisdom with Michael Schauch

This episode's guest is Michael Schauch . Michael is an alpinist—meaning he climbs high mountains—and an award-winning author who, in his words, “lives to explore the dep

God of Love Revisited with Mirabai Starr

Mirabai Starr returns for her third visit to Spirit Matters. Mirabai is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature

Embodying the Goddess with Cynthia Abulafia

Cynthia Abulafia is an author, an academic, and a devotee of the Goddess. She is, in her words, committed to giving language to the divine feminine and restoring the expe

Love in the Bible with Rabbi Rami Shapiro

Rabbi Rami Shapiro is our returning champion. This is his third appearance on Spirit Matters (fourth if you count the time he interviewed me about Karmic Relief). Rami is

All That Jazz with Ed Sarath

If you've ever contemplated the link between spirituality and music, or between consciousness and musical improvisation, this is the episode for you. My guest is Ed Sar

College Chaplaincy with Vineet Chander and Monica Sanford

A Hindu Chaplain and a Buddhist Chaplain walk into the Spirit Matters podcast ... and talk about counseling today's generation of students. Vineet Chander graduated fro

Infinite Awakening with Stephan Bodian

Stephan Bodian studied and practiced for many years with masters in the nondual wisdom traditions of Zen, Dzogchen-Mahamudra, and Advaita Vedanta, and in 2001 received au

The Way of the Sant with Anantanand Rambachan

Anantanand Rambachan is an eminent scholar of religion, currently Emeritus Professor of Religion at Saint Olaf College in Minnesota. He has also served as Visiting Profes

Loving the Fire with Deborah Santana

Deborah Santana is an author, activist, philanthropist, and business leader dedicated to peace, justice, and women’s empowerment. The founder of the nonprofit, Do a Littl

Mindful Democracy with Jeremy Engels

Jeremy David Engels is the liberal arts endowed Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, the co-founder of Yoga Lab, and a longtime mi

No-Try Meditation with Peter Russell

Peter Russell is a long-time contributor to our understanding of spirituality,  consciousness, meditation, and related matters, who believes "the critical challenge of to

No-BS Mindfulness with Oneika Mays

Oneika Mays is a yoga and meditation teacher who was formerly the mindfulness coach at Rikers Island Correctional Facility in New York. With roots in Buddhist and Yogic t

The Magdalene Revolution with Andrew Harvey

One of our favorite guests, ⁠Andrew Harvey⁠, returns to Spirit Matters. A leading voice for inclusive, universal, spiritual wisdom, Andrew is an internationally acclaimed

Spirituality and High Sensitivity with Elaine Aron

Elaine Aron is a clinical and research psychologist who received her advanced training at Pacific Graduate Institute and the Jung Institute in San Francisco. Her research

The Science of Magic with Dean Radin

Dean Radin is chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), an associated distinguished professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the c

Practicing Safe Zen with Julie Nelson

Julie Nelson has been practicing Zen Buddhism for more than 20 years. Along the way, she was deemed accomplished enough and dedicated enough to become a teacher in the So

Messages from Ram Dass on Harmony and Wholeness, with Parvati Markus

Parvati Markus is a developmental editor who has been midwifing spiritually oriented non-fiction books and memoirs going back to her early friendship with the late spirit

Exploring the Holy Trinity with Robert Jonas

Robert A. Jonas is a a multifaceted spiritual practitioner and teacher: psychotherapist, a Christian mystic, a leader in Buddhist-Christian dialogue, an environmental act