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April 2019

April 23, 2019
Since I have written about witchcraft and neopaganism — both books and posts on this...
April 22, 2019
Note from Carl: Today's guest post is by Phileena Heuertz, and is an excerpt from...
April 19, 2019
Over the past month I have written several posts about Centering Prayer and contemplation, all...
April 14, 2019
A Meditation for Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud,...
April 13, 2019
Alleluia! Lent is almost over! In just a few days to come we will journey...
April 08, 2019
This is the third of a series of blog posts in response to a lengthy...
April 02, 2019
Recently on social I media I offered this observation: My online friend James Ishmael Ford,...
April 01, 2019
Asheville, NC is one of my favorite places in the world. Beautiful mountains, a thriving...

March 2019

March 26, 2019
Last week on this blog I posted a detailed email I received from a reader...
March 22, 2019
I received the following email from a reader. I'm editing it slightly for the purpose...
March 22, 2019
On the day before my 58th birthday, a man who was just a few weeks...
March 08, 2019
In August 2015 I had the opportunity to record a series of videos in front...
March 08, 2019
Mysticism is a notoriously squirrelly word to try to define. In The Big Book of Christian...
March 04, 2019
Today's guest post is by Jon M. Sweeney, author of numerous books including The Pope's...
March 02, 2019
A reader of this blog wrote to ask me this question: How does Centering Prayer...

February 2019

February 28, 2019
Update: Sorry, friends, the sale is over. But I hope you'll still consider this book...
February 26, 2019
My dear friends, it's time to announce a new book that's coming out this fall....
February 23, 2019
Twice this month, the lesser-known English mystic Walter Hilton has shown up on this blog....
February 20, 2019
A reader of one of my previous blog posts sent me this question via Facebook...
February 17, 2019
The other day I wrote a post about a dream I had back in the...
February 14, 2019
One night in a dream I found myself near the Ballston Metro station in Arlington,...
February 11, 2019
I believe that anyone who is serious about embracing the Christian contemplative path needs some form...
February 08, 2019
Christianity has a long history of contemplative practice. But many scholars and spiritual teachers within...
February 05, 2019
N.B. I wrote the first draft of this post about a year ago, at a...
February 02, 2019
Today is the feast of the presentation. It’s also traditionally known as Candlemas; it was...

January 2019

January 31, 2019
About ten miles or so from Thomas Merton Square in Louisville, KY — the street...
January 30, 2019
A friend on Facebook named Stephanie posed this question to me: Hello Carl, I am...
January 26, 2019
  One of this blog's patrons named Aaron asked, in response to my post Nonduality...
January 21, 2019
I know, I know — a blog post about new years' resolutions several weeks after...
January 17, 2019
Sometimes people will ask me if "contemplation" and "mysticism" are synonyms. I admit: I often...
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