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Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

An Embodied Path

Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Delving into Chapters 10 and 11, “The Feminine Incarnation” and “This Is My Body,” from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of the book. The transcript for this episode can be found here. We'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or feedback. To do so, email us at [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 cac.org/podcastsupport 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.

0:09.6

Welcome to season one of another name for everything,

0:12.4

conversations with Richard Rohr, exploring the core themes of his new book, The Universal Christ.

0:18.4

As mentioned previously, this podcast is recorded on the grounds of the Center for Action and Contemplation,

0:24.6

and may contain the quirky sounds of our neighborhood and setting.

0:28.8

We're hosts, Paul Swanson, and Bree Stoner.

0:32.0

We're staff members of the Center for Action and Contemplation,

0:34.9

and students of this contemplative path. Try on our best to live the wisdom of this tradition,

0:40.1

amidst piles of laundry, pleasing the mother-in-law, and the shifting state of our world.

0:45.1

This is the sixth of 12 weekly episodes. Today, we will be discussing chapters 10 and 11,

0:51.5

titled The Feminine Incarnation, and this is my body.

0:56.7

In this conversation, we explore Richard's ideas of creation as the first feminine incarnation of Christ.

1:03.5

Mary, Jesus' mother, as an archetype of that incarnation, and the messy, fleshy reality of being human.

1:11.2

A quick note. In this episode, Richard references the colors of spiral dynamics.

1:16.9

You may already know this, but just in case, spiral dynamics is a system of categorizing human

1:22.1

development and charting psychological and social behavior in evolution. Let's get started.

1:33.6

So Richard, in chapter 9 of the Universal Christ, you kick us off by

1:39.0

letting the world know that you are your mother's favorite child.

1:43.8

Yes. I'm curious, how did you know that, and how did your brothers and sisters respond to you

1:49.5

being the favorite child? How did I know that? You know, my first memory

1:59.6

is recognizing that I could expect my mother's eyes to light up when I entered the room.

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