Dialogue 1: Chapter 10, The Long Text

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This is the first dialogue that focuses on the mystic, Julian of Norwich. In this episode, Jim and Kirsten discuss Session 1 where Jim talks about Chapter 10 from The Long Text. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  For the transcript for this podcast can be found here. The book being used for this season can be found here. Connect with us: We also produce other podcasts you might enjoy. To learn more about them and our other offerings, visit cac.org 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
0:04.2	to learn more, visit caac.org.
0:08.4	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.0	And I'm Kirsten Oates.
0:13.0	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:22.9	Welcome everyone to season six of Turning to the Mystics,
0:27.4	where we're turning to the 14th century Mystic, Julian of Norwich,
0:33.3	and her book Showings.
0:36.9	So welcome, Jim.
0:38.6	Yes, good start up again.
0:40.5	That's wonderful.
0:41.6	Good to have our first dialogue.
0:44.0	Today we're reflecting on your first talk on Julian's book Showings.
0:50.1	And I just wanted a little help, a little reminder of
0:56.8	this book and what it is that it's focused on unpacking a vision she had.
1:05.0	Yes, as a young woman, she was critically ill near a death
1:12.3	and viewed of our Christian life.
1:16.0	They called the priest to administer the last rights.
1:19.6	And as he's holding up the crucifix in this near death kind of ecstatic,
1:24.7	she had an extat one into kind of an ecstasy and saw these very vivid images
1:30.4	of Jesus dying on the cross.
1:34.0	And she saw that it was given to her to understand the cross as love.
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