Dialogue 4: The Dark Night

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This is the fourth dialogue that focuses on the mystic, St. John of the Cross. In this episode, Jim and Kirsten discuss Session 5, which covered The Dark Night. Next week, we'll release a bonus talk on the Dark Night with Jim looking at it through two passages. 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 Mistiffs
0:23.0	Welcome everyone to our dialogue on session 5
0:28.0	Turning to the Mistiffs
0:30.0	Jim, good to be with you
0:32.0	Good to be with you
0:34.0	So in session 5 you did something a little different
0:37.0	You didn't do your normal lexio
0:39.0	In fact there was no text from John on the cross in the episode
0:43.0	You did more of a meditative reflection
0:47.0	Could you just talk us through
0:49.0	Why you went in that direction?
0:51.0	Yes, yes
0:53.0	You know there's a previous session
0:56.0	The chapter was so deeply poetic
1:01.0	We thought it would be better if you and I went through it together as a dialogue
1:05.0	Because the goal here is to make these teachings as accessible and understandable as possible
1:12.0	So with that in mind
1:14.0	With the dark night I thought it would really be helpful
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