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The
Spiritual Message of The Matrix
May
16, 2003
Why
We Dream
Dreaming experts Allan Hobson and Rosalind Cartwright
Daniel
Matt: Kabbalah Expert
March 3, 2004
Matt is a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Center
for Jewish Studies, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley,
Calif. He taught at the Graduate Theological Union for
nearly 20 years. He's translated the new book The Zohar:
Pritzker, Vol. 1. His other published works include
God and the Big Bang and Varieties of Mystical Nothingness:
Jewish, Christian, and Buddhist.
People's taste in books indicates the kind of dreams
they have, one of the largest studies into the phenomenon
has shown.
Book
Taste Linked To Dreams
from the BBC, June 2002
People's taste in books indicates the kind of dreams
they have, one of the largest studies into the phenomenon
has shown.
Read
associated BBC article
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to BBC home page
The
End of the Wild
- Part 2
from the CBC, broadcast on IDEAS, May 29, 2002
Anthropologist Wade Davis has traveled the world from
Haiti to Borneo
researching how sacred plants are used in native cultures.
In this
two-part series, Wade Davis speaks about how indigenous
peoples can teach us lessons about the riches found in
both the spirit and material worlds. (54:20)
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to CBC home page
Haunted
House, Haunted Mind
- Part 3
from the CBC, broadcast on IDEAS, October 30,
1998
Journey along the trail of illusion and hallucination,
using new scientific tools to chart the shadows cast
by human perception. Pass through a
landscape inhabited by ghostly sounds, enigmatic visions,
and things that
go bump in the day. (54:25)
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to CBC home page
Teresa
of Avila
from the CBC, broadcast on Tapestry, March 7,
1999
A portrait of the 16th century nun and mystic.
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to CBC home page
A
Journey into Dreamtime
from the CBC, broadcast on Tapestry, April 25,
1999
This show introduces a Canadian adventurer who spent
years with Australian aborigines, learning their mesmerizing
music and sacred chants. It's music that helps transport
them into their spiritual world, a doorway into another
dimension.
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to CBC home page
A
Pilgrim's Soul
from the CBC, broadcast on Tapestry, May 2, 1999
Hardeep
Dahliwal describes herself as an unlikely pilgrim. Though
not a Hindu, she was one of ten million souls who journeyed
to India in 1998 to the holy city of Haridwar for the
last great Hindu pilgrimage of this century: the Kumbh
Mela. It's the largest gathering of people in the world,
so big that it can be spotted from a satellite. Hardeep
Dahliwal returned home to Canada with a documentary account
of her trip
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to CBC home page
Mothers of the Spirit
from the CBC, broadcast on Tapestry, May 9, 1999
Canadian
author Lucinda Vardey on the tough and practical spirituality
of women, and the difference their energy makes in our
lives.
Vardey has spent years reflecting on the power of prayer,
and the sustaining influence this discipline has on the
spiritual life. Through
her experience of yoga, meditation and sacred ritual,
Vardey has developed her own personal practice of prayer.
She has also studied the prayer lives of other women,
those who are already recognized as saints, as well the
less celebrated.
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to CBC home page
To
Be A Pilgrim
from the CBC, broadcast on Tapestry, August 15,
1999
Writer and traveller Phil Cousineau has been finding ways
to make what he calls soulful journeys in the midst of
our bustling modern world. His
latest book is called "The Art of Pilgrimage: The
Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred."
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to CBC home page
Meditation
in Monks Mapped
from
the BBC
A short interview with the author of Why God Won't Go
Away, look at neurological changes that happen in mystical
experience.
Russian New Age Spirituality
from All Things Considered, Monday, October
5, 1998
In this time of financial turmoil and political chaos,
many Russians are turning back to traditional Russian
spirituality. New Age mystics are drawing on traditions
of the old Russian Orthodox Church. NPR 's Michele Kelemen
visits a Moscow tea house and a shop catering to spiritual
and religious needs called "The Inward Path."
(6:30)
Shamanism
in Siberia
from Morning Edition, Wednesday, August 18,
1999
Michele Keleman reports on an old religious ritual in
Siberia called shamanism. A Shaman, who is considered
a spiritual leader, healer and prophet, performs a cleansing
ceremony on a young woman in an attempt to bring her
closer to her roots. (5:47)
Hypnosis
from All Things Considered, Thursday, August
3, 2000
Hypnosis is often thought to be a gimmick, not a real
state of mind. But a new study uses P-E-T scans to test
the theory that hypnosis actually has a biological basis.
NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports. (4:00)
Jewish
Meditation
from All Things Considered, Thursday, April
20, 2000
There is a growing meditation movement among Jews. Some
base the practice on Buddhist meditation. Others interpret
find roots in the mystical side of Judaism. NPR's Laura
Sydell visited two Jewish meditation centers as they
prepared for the meditative side of Passover. (7:30)
Sufi
Music
from All Things Considered, Monday, February
1, 1999
Banning Eyre reviews a two CD set called Sufi Soul:
Echoes of Paradise. The Sufis are Islamic mystics; and
this compilation features their devotional music, both
instrumental and vocal, and is packaged with an excellent
booklet of information and color photographs. Echoes
du Paradis: Sufi Soul was produced in
Germany by Network Media, catalog number 26-982. It
is available in this country through Harmonium Mundi,
310-478-1311. (4:00)
Isaac
Newton & Alchemy
from All Things Considered, Saturday, May 2,
1998
Daniel speaks with Michael White, author of Isaac Newton,
The Last Sorcerer (Addison-Wesley, 1998), a biography
of the great scientist which reveals some little known
secrets about how he spent much of his time. White says
that Newton was a deeply religious man and that he actually
discovered several of his most
revolutionary scientific theories while practicing the
mystical art of alchemy. (9:00)
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