WILLIAM BLOOM: THE POWER OF THE NEW SPIRITUALITYWilliam Bloom, PhD. is Britain’s leading author and educator in the mind-body-spirit field with over thirty years of practical experience, research and teaching in modern spirituality. He is founder and co-director of The Foundation for Holistic Spirituality and the Spiritual Companions project.
FAITH BEYOND BELIEF, WITH MARGARET JOHNSTONMargaret Placentra Johnston has spent most of her life helping people see better. Literally. A practicing optometrist, she examined eyes in Springfield, VA for twenty-five years before detecting the need to offer clearer vision of a different kind, on a larger scale.
DR. BETTINA SCHMIDT ON AFRO-CARRIBEAN RELIGIONS AND SPIRIT RITUALSDr. Bettina Schmidt is senior lecturer in the study of religions at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. A prolific writer and editor, her areas of expertise include Afro-Caribbean religions, spirit rituals, the presence of St. Patrick in Haitian vodou, and much more.
THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY, WITH DR. JAMES S. CUTSINGERDr. James S. Cutsinger is Professor of Theology and Religious Thought at the University of South Carolina and a widely recognized authority on the Sophia Perennis and perennialist school of comparative religious thought. He is also deeply interested in the theology and spirituality of the Christian East, which we explore in this engaging hour.
RELIGION AND ECOLOGY, WITH DR. JOHN GRIMDr. John Grim is co-founder and co-director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, along with Mary Evelyn Tucker. His published works include: The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing among the Ojibway Indians, and Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The InterBeing of Cosmology and Community.
THE SPIRITUALITY OF RECOVERYCaer speaks with Jim LaPierre, LCSW, a Recovery Ally and addictions counselor specializing in assisting people in recovery – whether from drugs, alcohol, trauma, depression, or anxiety – to overcome obstacles and improve their quality of life.
AN HOUR WITH THE CREATOR OF KWANZAADr. Maulana Karenga is professor and chair of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is widely recognized as the creator of Kwanzaa, an African American and Pan-African holiday celebrated throughout the world.
SR. MIRIAM MACGILLIS OF GENESIS FARMJoin Caer for a talk with Sr. Miriam MacGillis, co-founder of Genesis Farm, a 200 acre farm in New Jersey rooted in a belief that the Universe, Earth, and all reality are permeated by the presence and power of the ultimate Holy Mystery…
KAREN VORBECK WILLIAMS ON WITCHCRAFT IN NEW ENGLANDJoin Caer in a conversation with Karen Vorbeck Williams, award-winning author of My Enemy’s Tears: The Witch of Northampton — a novel inspired by her ancestor in 17th century New England. Karen grew up hearing the stories about her ancestor, Mary Bliss Parsons, who was indicted, imprisoned and tried for witchcraft in 1675. For 20 years Karen researched the truth...
LIVING IN THE SUPERMIND, WITH MAURIE PRESSMAN MDMaurie D. Pressman, M.D. is the Medical Director and Founder of the Pressman Center for Mind/Body Wellness in Philadelphia. Dr. Pressman has studied the potential of the human mind and soul, exploring the connections between traditional psychiatry and holistic-spiritual psychotherapy.