About this episode
John Mabry is a United Church of Christ pastor and is the Director of the Spiritual Direction Program at Chaplaincy Institute. He is the lead singer of 2 bands in the Bay area and is the author of many novels and books on theology, spirituality, and spiritual guidance. In this episode, Eric and John discuss his book, Soul Journeys: Christian Spirituality and Shamanism as Pathways for Wholeness and Understanding But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, John Mabry and I Discuss Shamanism, Spirituality, and … His book, Soul Journeys: Christian Spirituality and Shamanism as Pathways for Wholeness and Understanding How life is messy for everyone and how we’re not seeing everyone’s entire picture His Shamanic journey experience of finding wisdom and healing The upper, middle, and lower worlds as part of a shamanic journey His spirit animal, the panther How practice and training our imagination can form relationships with spiritual realities The importance of leaving room for mystery How our culture reinforces that only what can be measured and explained is real Using the word trust rather than believe His morning practice of imaginative prayer His exploration into the different spiritual traditions and finding where his heart lives John Mabry Links: John’s Website Facebook Calm App: The app designed to help you ease stress and get the best sleep of your life through meditations and sleep stories. Join the 85 million people around the world who use Calm to get better sleep. Get 40% off a Calm Premium Subscription (a limited time offer!) by going to www.calm.com/wolf If you enjoyed this conversation with John Mabry, you might also enjoy these other episodes: How Perception Creates Reality with John Perkins Gregg Swanson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices