The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast
Sara Jolena Wolcott
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Episode 29 - The shift from "paganism" to Christianity in Northern Europe: A Conversation with Prof Carole Cusack
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07/28/23 • 58 min
Prof Carole Cusack, a professor in Religious Studies at The University of Sydney, shares her research on the shift into Christianity and the loss of indigenous European traditions, which were then referred to as "pagan" traditions. We explore some of how Christianity was brought, sometimes violently, to Europe, and the subsequent shifts in spiritual, cultural, political, and geographical imagination. This is immensely significant in understanding subsequent patterns of colonization and Christianization.
1:35 - Introduction to Prof Carole Cusack
2:35 - What got you interested in the early period of medieval history?
7:30 - Conversion then vs Conversion today
17:50 - The parallels between the moment of the Christianization of Europe, and the colonization and attempted Christianization of indigenous peoples around the world in modern times.
33:00 - How much did this shift to Christianity change peoples’ life?
37:28 - “The template for conversion and for conquest and for colonization is a very ancient one.”
51:46 - Suggested resources from Dr. CusackBooks from Dr. Carole Cusack:
The Sacred in Fantastic Fandom
Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements
Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith
The Sacred Tree: Ancient and Medieval Manifestations
Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality
Other resources mentioned on the podcast:
Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context - Karen Louise Jolly
European Paganism - Ken Dowden
Bio of Prof Cusack
Carole M. Cusack is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and English Literature from the University of Sydney in 1998. In 1996, she obtained her PhD in Studies in Religion, and in 2001 she earned her Master of Education (Educational Psychology).
She has published research and books on medieval European religion, modern paganism, alternative spiritualities, etc.
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Episode 39: Mapping the Inner Landscape: A Conversation with Lisa Colón DeLay
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12/28/24 • 70 min
In this episode, Sara Jolena Wolcott and Lisa Colón DeLay have an engaging discussion about the inner landscape, drawing on wisdom from the Desert Fathers and Mothers of early Christianity. They explore how our internal worlds are deeply shaped by cultural influences, trauma, and the dynamics of community.
Lisa shares insights from her book "The Wild Land Within," describing the "eight afflicting thoughts" identified by the Desert Father Evagrius as common challenges on the spiritual journey. The conversation also delves into the rich but often overlooked Coptic Orthodox Christian tradition and the importance of developing personal "rules of life" with spiritual practices.
Throughout, Sara and Lisa emphasize the need to balance an awareness of our wounds and struggles with a remembrance of the blessings, beauty, and sources of safety within our inner landscapes. Their dialogue offers listeners a thoughtful, holistic perspective on navigating the complexities of the soul.
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Episode 38 - Historical Context for Embodied Ethics in the Age of AI
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09/02/24 • 64 min
This episode features a conversation with Sara Jolena Wolcott, Josh Schrei, and Andrew Dunn about history and technology. It was originally part of the Embodied Ethics in The Age of A.I. course offered by the School of Wise Innovation.
Links:
Andrew Murray Dunn
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Josh Schrei
The Emerald Podcast
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Advaya Course
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Episode 35 - Peacemaking and honoring the sacred land: A conversation with Maija West
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04/13/24 • 81 min
Peacemaker, business consultant, and advisor Maija West joins us to talk about her former work as co-founding the Healing and Reconciliation Institute and her journey in honoring the land.
1:34 - Introduction to Maija West and her work at Healing and Reconciliation Institute
23:58 - Tools that help Majia in her work as a facilitator and peacemaker.
27: 58 - Bringing the land in to engage in peacemaking
31:58 - What does it mean to honor sacred land? Sacred Land, Retreat Centers, and indigenous homelands
55:8 - How do you support listening between groups who are not seeing each other?
1:17:14 - What are you remembering?
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Clarification from Maija: At around 43 minutes- I say “at best” is a comanagement agreement, but of course, full land return is a goal for many Nations. What I was meaning, but didn’t say, is that this option can be “best,” if the title to land will not transfer (land return) to a Tribe/Nation, then a co-management agreement can be a strong tool. Especially in California, because some Nations we work with have shared that they would prefer sharing the responsibility with a trusted third-party partner, like a land trust, as long as the written agreement is culturally appropriate and has a strong set of protocols for addressing issues or challenges through peacemaking.
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Episode 36 - Charisma and Education amidst broken stories: A conversation with Dougald Hine
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05/21/24 • 86 min
Author, social entrepreneur and the co-founder of a School Called HOME and The Dark Mountain Project - and a long time friend - Dougald Hine sits down with Sara Jolena Wolcott to talk about (adult) education, which leads to so many other things, because education is connected to so many things.
1:27 - Introduction to Dougald Hine
5:04 - When you know society has run to the end of its own story.... A question from a friend and student
16:19 - On education and carrying a message
21:38 - Education, Religion, and learning from what comes before us
42:17 - Learning and unlearning as adults
58:53 - Ethical Dilemmas in running our own schools
1:14:00 - Divestment and disinvestment in culture and place
1:21:51 - “Our world has not always been made for us and yet we do / we are actively part of creating what's arising”
Dougald Hine:
Website
Dark Mountain
Dougald's new book: At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All the Other Emergencies
Dougald's book: At Work in the Ruins: Finding our place in the time of science, climate change, pandemics, and all the other emergencies
Further Adventures in Regrowing A Living Culture: A five-week online series
with Dougald Hine start of May 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Learn more
a school called HOME
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Episode 34 - The Goddess of the Dawn and Reckonings with Time(s)
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03/30/24 • 53 min
In this special easter episode, we look at the curious intersections of a Goddess of the Dawn, the turning point of the Christian calendar and cosmovision, and the way in which time itself was reconceptualized in early medieval Europe, with reverberations and implications for today.
This is an audio essay, not a conversation, and it picks up on threads from some of our earlier work around circular time, the transition into Christianity in Europe, ecclesiastical history, and our ongoing inquiry into the eco-spiritualities necessary to both interpret, respond to, and find faithfulness in the midst of a changing climate.
Article Version: The Goddess of the Dawn and Reckonings with Time(s)
Written by Sara Jolena Wolcott:
Lady Pancakes the Rabbit and related Spring Metaphors... Between metaphors and reality: suggestions for Seasonal Inquiry
References mentioned in this podcast include:
Bede, The Reckoning of Time
CS Lewis - The Discarded Image, an introduction to medieval and renaissance literature
Goddess of the Dawn podcast by Fairfolk
George Musser - The Paradox of Time: Why it can't stop, and must
The ReMembering Course - Registrations are accepted through April 8.
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Episode 20 - Mortality, Rest, and a Spiritual Lens on Climate Change: a conversation with Ben Yosua-Davis
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11/16/22 • 62 min
Ben Yosua-Davis, Director of Applied Research, The BTS Center, sat down with hostess Sara Jolena Wolcott to talk about some of the learnings from their learning community, which is asking questions from a spiritual lens towards a climate changed world. We start with death, which is a critical element of any kind of ecological and spiritual framework, and move into some of the different aspects of learning that the BTS learning community, representing seven different organizations in the northeast, is exploring and finding.
00:45 - Ben's introduction, What is the BTS Center; the BTS center as a parable
4:21 - The question of endings as the beginning of theological education
7:03 - What does it mean for an organization to die well?
10:54 - The role of applied research in the BTS center
14:00 - The danger of the (ongoing) "savior" mentality
18:38 - The word "Apocalypse" and the various unveilings of our times
20:52 - The critical importance of creating space in organizations
21:38 - What have you been learning in the co-learning community?
31:33 - The importance of rest for organizations, as well as individuals
42:00 - Organizations are not machines but are living ecologies needing tending
55:24 - What are you ReMembering?
BTS Center offers a variety of (mostly free) programming and various offerings to spiritual leaders engaging with a climate-changed world. Check out their Climate Changed Podcast, which Ben hosts.
Ben Yosua-Davis serves on The BTS Center staff team as Director of Applied Research. For five seasons, Ben produced and hosted a podcast called “Reports from the Spiritual Frontier" which chronicled the day-to-day lives of leaders innovating new forms of spiritual community. Previously, he lived in Haverhill, MA, where he co-planted a new church called The Vine, one of the earliest mainline missional church expressions, which gathered in homes and coffee shops. Ben is a Maine native and now lives on Chebeague Island, Maine, with his family. When not spending time with his family, he directs the community chorus and delivers tins of cookies to unsuspecting neighbors.
If you liked this podcast, don't forget to leave us a high review, and please consider listening to more episodes of the ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast!
Listen to Climate Changed podcast hosted by Nicole Diroff and Ben Yosua-Davis.
Learn more about The BTS center by checking out their website.
Check out Ben's Facebook author page.
Follow The BTS Center on Instagram and Facebook.
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Episode 24 - Lifting Up Culture Doctors: A conversation with Nina Simons
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01/18/23 • 75 min
Nina Simons, Co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer of Bioneers and the author of, Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership, joins hostess Sara Jolena Wolcott to discuss the healing work of bringing people together and leaning into feminine leadership. Of the many titles that she has been given, "culture doctor," is one of her own favorites, and it seems to fit many of the women leaders whom she has learned from and with over her decades of working to weave together ideas, people, and actions for a more compassionate and ecologically sound world.
1:13 - Introductions
3:33 - How do we create 'connective tissues' between people, ideas, and various forms of dismembering?
7:00 - The spark of bringing people together
17:14 to 24:20 - What does it mean to be a culture doctor?
28:56 - Balancing the masculine and sacred feminine
34:44 - Can the skill of weaving be taught?
35:43 - The importance of stepping aside with grace
40:00 - What has Nina learned from being of service to the BIPOC community?
44:34 - How white folks in leadership can support indigenous leadership
53:00 - Lifting up leaders/culture doctors
1:06:57 - The greatest gifts that Nina can offer
Nina's socials:
Website
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Nina's book:
Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership
Bioneers' socials:
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Episode 18 - Untangling "Manifesting": a conversation with Katherine Newell Okojie
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10/15/22 • 61 min
This conversation starts with ritual and craft. Then we move into Katherine's background in The New Thought Movement, a movement behind the philosophy "your thought can change your reality." We delve into some of the history of the New Thought Movement and its ramifications on a society that emphasizes that "you can become anything" while at the same time ignoring societal injustice, systemic injustice, the gifts of sickness and suffering, and various forms of limits to growth. Interwoven in our conversation, Katherine shares pieces of her spiritual journey away from focusing on "manifesting" and towards become a witchy person living in an already enchanted world.
This podcast is recorded in Autumn of 2022.
Beginnings - first offerings; rituals as embodied practice
6:57 - The New Thought Movement: the backdrop of 'manifesting'
13:00 - "Vibrating at the frequency of health" - New Thought Moves across the country
15:00 - Prosperity Gospel
20:00 - Acknowledging the power of the New Thought Movement and the limitations and 5-step affirmative prayer
23:30 - Relationship between New Thought and New Age
29:00 - Incompleteness and challenges of "manifest your vision" philosophies
33:00 - The importance of knowing where we come from and how this shifts our visions
41:38 - Initial restating of some of the main insights that have arisen in our conversation
44:00 - Learning with and alongside suffering
48:00: The importance of engaging with anger; a ritual for anger
55:00 - Mars in Retrograde, and the firey parts of ourselves
Ending with appreciation, remembering, the importance of going into the depth of who we are
Further links:
Katherine works with individuals, teams, and organizations. She is highly responsive to people reaching out to her! You can learn more about her work crafting rituals at www.katherinenewell.com.
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Episode 9 - Bless the Dark; A conversation with Rev. Rhetta Morgan
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02/26/22 • 63 min
In this episode, spiritual activist, singing healer, and interfaith minister Reverend Rhetta Morgan shares music, poetry, and conversation with Reverend Sara Jolena Wolcott . On the even of the winter solstice, we enter the dark, meandering in its many meanings.
Some key points:
1:39 - Introduction of Rev Rhetta Morgan
2:20 - Sara and Rhetta recite and sing Rilke’s poem on darkness; they let themselves wonder and wander around Rilke's insights.
11:55 - Rhetta’ shares some of her work and insights about the Dark
14:50 - The (false?) dichotomy between the light and the dark
23:00 - What have we projected onto the dark? Colonization and racial injustice
31:50 - The testimony to the multiplicity and the wonder that is possible in the dark.
53:40 - How do we engage with darkness differently? Practices
58:09 - We acknowledge the power of Circular Time Calendars for helping us engage more deeply with darkness
If you've enjoyed this podcast, here are some other offerings that might be of interest....
Another episode with Rev. Rhetta Morgan and Midwife Krystina Friedlander
Rhetta's upcoming in person retreat at Pendle Hill, just outside of Philadelphia, USA, on Feb 4-6, Blessing Darkness
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Rev Rhetta's bio
Reverend Rhetta Morgan is a singing healer, spiritual activist, and interfaith minister who has been gathering tools for healing and inspiration for over 40 years. Through her gifts of prayer, poetry, facilitation, and sermonizing she cultivates hope and nurtures connection in her community as a pathway back to belonging and wholeness. As a facilitator and coach, Rhetta is known for her ability to support others to be bold, heal their self-limiting beliefs, and integrate their internal healing with their social movement work. This support is essential to cultivate the powerful spiritual activism that is needed in these times.
As an active facilitator in the Philadelphia region and beyond, Reverend Rhetta currently works with the Unitarian Universalist National Ministers Association, the Center for Contemporary Mysticism, the People of the Global Majority in the Outdoors, Nature, and Environment and more. She also founded and leads the Ecclesia Spirit Interfaith Community as well as Ritual for Change Makers, an 8-month program for activists seeking to renew their spiritual connection to the transcendent and to land.
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The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast currently has 43 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Society & Culture, Spirituality, Ecology, Religion & Spirituality, Environment, Podcasts and Education.
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The episode title 'Episode 29 - The shift from "paganism" to Christianity in Northern Europe: A Conversation with Prof Carole Cusack' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast is 62 minutes.
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