Turning to Mechtild of Magdeburg

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Welcome to Season 8 of Turning to the Mystics. This season we are turning to the 13th-century German mystic Mechtild of Magdeburg, a Beguine, for spiritual guidance. In this episode, James Finley and Kirsten Oates cover the life and person of Mechtild of Magdeburg and discuss how we can work with her teachings to transform our lives. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about James Finley, visit his faculty profile at the Center for Action and Contemplation here. The transcript for this episode will be available in a few days. The book we will be using this season can be found here. Connect with us: Have a question you'd like Jim or Kirsten to answer about Meister Eckhart? Email us: [email protected] 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!

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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.
0:11.0	And I'm Kirsten Oates.
0:13.0	Welcome to Turning to the Mistakes.
0:23.0	Welcome everyone to season eight of Turning to the Mistakes.
0:28.3	And Jim and I are here together and we're very excited to introduce you to our new
0:32.5	Mystic for season eight. Welcome Jim.
0:36.0	Yes, welcome yes. Good to be back together again.
0:39.0	So I think you've already announced our new Mystic in a previous season but I'll let you introduce
0:44.2	her. Yes, I'll begin by saying that we're kind of entering a new phase in the series of
0:51.0	reflections on these different mystics because up till now each of the mystics we've explored
0:57.0	have been mystics but in very much a part of my life since I was in the monastery.
1:01.0	I was introduced to them there. I've been reading them over the years to give and retreats on them
1:05.2	many times. So now we're beginning mystics that have been very aware of for a long time but
1:12.0	haven't really sat with in that extended way. So with McDowell my contemplative prayer group
1:18.8	is St. Monica's Weed Me Twice a Month and I would give a half hour talk on one of the mystics
1:25.5	then we would do an hour of sitting and walking meditation and so I spent a year with McDowell
1:31.6	and so I spent a year with her and in preparing for this podcast I've been getting re-immersed
1:37.4	back in her again. So I'm kind of on a learning curve also with her getting back into the subtleties
1:43.9	of her guidance that she gives us. So with that said we'll begin as usual with what we know of her
1:51.2	who she was historically to help us understand and appreciate better who she is spiritually.
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