Special Edition: Why Do We Love Mystery Novels?
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Vanessa Zoltan is joined by friend and mentor Dr. Stephanie Paulsell to discuss the appeal of mystery novels and their relationship to religion.
If you're interested in joining Stephanie and Casper on the Agatha Christie pilgrimage, you can learn more at commongroundpilgrimages.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Harry Potter in the Sacred Text is made possible for you to listen to by the Fetzer Institute. |
| 0:06.0 | The Fetzer Institute offers spiritual solutions for social problems. |
| 0:10.0 | They are offering a new vision informed by both the spiritual and scientific ways of knowing, |
| 0:16.0 | and we are so grateful for their support. |
| 0:18.0 | Learn more at fetzer.org. |
| 0:20.0 | Hi, it's fantastic. grateful for their support. Learn more at fetzer.org. |
| 0:29.8 | Hi, it's Vanessa. I'm sure you missed me. I'm a delight. Now, I won't drop in here a lot with announcements, but we wanted to drop in and let you know something because two people |
| 0:35.9 | who you love are leading a pilgrimage. |
| 0:38.9 | Casper Terkyle and Stephanie Paul Sel are leading an Agatha Christie pilgrimage this fall |
| 0:45.7 | on the theme of mystery. |
| 0:47.4 | And I had a little conversation with Stephanie about this theme and this text. |
| 0:53.4 | And you all like sacred reading texts through themes with Casper and Stephanie. |
| 0:58.4 | So it felt rude just because we're not making new episodes to not tell you about this. |
| 1:03.7 | So enjoy this little conversation with me and Stephanie. |
| 1:08.0 | And you can learn more about the pilgrimage at commongroundpilgramages.com. |
| 1:15.1 | Hi, Stephanie. |
| 1:18.1 | Hey, Vanessa. |
| 1:19.7 | I'm so excited to have you here today. |
| 1:24.1 | So first, I just want to start off. |
| 1:25.9 | What is your relationship to the genre of mystery? |
| 1:31.3 | Well, like a lot of people when I was maybe in high school, I just read voraciously all of Agatha |
| 1:40.6 | Christie's mysteries. And I've always had a complicated relationship with mysteries, |
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