Dialogue 2: The Ascent of Mount Carmel

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This is the second dialogue that focuses on the mystic, St. John of the Cross. In this episode, Jim and Kirsten discuss Session 2, which covered The Ascent of Mount Carmel. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  The transcript for this episode 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
0:08.3	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 another dialogue with Jim Finley
0:27.0	on St. John of the Cross, our current mystic
0:32.0	on Turning to the Mistakes. Welcome Jim.
0:35.0	Thank you.
0:36.0	I'd be back with you.
0:38.0	Good to be with you very, very much.
0:40.0	Well, I listened to session two. It's beautiful.
0:42.0	And there are a lot of wonderful quotes from John of the Cross
0:47.0	in the lexio you offered.
0:51.0	And people will be able to read those in the show notes.
0:54.0	I've copied a few of them myself.
0:57.0	I wanted to start by asking you about what seems to be arising
1:03.0	as the meta theme of what St. John of the Cross is trying to teach us.
1:07.0	And what I'm hearing is that he's trying to help us understand
1:13.0	the infinite love of God as a direct experience.
1:18.0	Yes. Yes. That's a good place to start.
1:22.0	So one of those themes in all of this is that
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