Dialogue 3: A Love That Binds

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

This is the third dialogue session that focuses on the Beguine mystic, Mechthild of Magdeburg. James Finley and Kirsten Oates talk about the third session which focused on passages from Mechthild of Magdeburg's book The Flowing Light of the Godhead. Resources: The transcript for this episode can be found here. The book we will be using this season, The Flowing Light of the Godhead, can be found here. Connect with us: Have a question you'd like Jim or Kirsten to answer about Mechthild of Magdeburg? Email us: [email protected] or leave us voicemail. Questions for this season will only be accepted until October 30th, 2023. This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/ Thank you!

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.1	To learn more, visit caac.org.
0:08.3	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.2	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:24.3	Welcome, everyone, to Season 8 of Turning to the Mystics,
0:28.3	where we've been turning to the German Mystic,
0:30.7	MacTillde of Magdeburg, a student of Eckerts.
0:34.6	And I'm here with Jim, and we're going to talk together about Jim's third session.
0:42.6	And so, welcome, Jim.
0:44.1	Thank you. Yes. Thank you, Prada.
0:47.6	We continue going with MacTillde.
0:49.3	She's such a beautiful Mystic to study.
0:51.8	So...
0:52.6	Yes. And I absolutely loved the third session.
0:56.4	And I read along with the text, and I was curious, you chose three different parts of the book
1:03.0	and pulled them together for that episode.
1:05.0	I was wondering what the thread is there.
1:08.3	Yes. My sense is this, of course, in the whole series of Turning to the Mystics,
1:13.4	we're really not studying the thought of any Mystic.
1:17.4	You know, for example, if we would do St. John of the Cross,
1:19.8	when I did the Contemplative Prayer, you would say Monica's,
1:22.6	I spent a year on one Mystic.
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