Mystics Almanac

Series produced by KVNF

Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Navigating Life with Science and Soul 

The Mystic’s Almanac is a weekly 5-minute radio column that offers listeners inspiration to navigate their daily lives.

The stories are gleaned from real-life experience. Rather than preaching or offering advice, these stories celebrate the wisdom embodied in the daily lives of ordinary people.
Stories have the power to move the heart while enlightening the mind. Judith Boice has the ear to hear these stories, from her own and others’ lives, and brings them to life in compelling tales for radio listeners. Like an almanac, the episodes cover a wide variety of topics, e.g. ending a marriage, recovering from cancer, walking with a holy man around a sacred mountain in India, and collecting heirloom seeds. Although some of the episodes play out against the backdrop of “exotic” locations, most are gleaned from the stuff of daily life, where all true mysteries reside.

“The Mystic’s Almanac is perfect for busy people who want depth. I remember the episodes–they come back to mind again and again through the week. They are (nourishing) fast food for the soul.”
~K. Luiten, Kaui, Hawaii Hide full description

The stories are gleaned from real-life experience. Rather than preaching or offering advice, these stories celebrate the wisdom embodied in the daily lives of ordinary people.Stories have the power to move the heart while enlightening the mind. Judith Boice has the ear to hear these stories, from her own and others’ lives, and brings them to life in compelling tales for radio listeners. Like an almanac, the episodes cover a wide variety of topics, e.g. ending a marriage, recovering from cancer, walking with a holy man around a sacred mountain in India, and collecting heirloom seeds. Although some of the episodes play out against the backdrop of “exotic” locations, most are gleaned from the stuff of daily life, where all true mysteries reside.“The Mystic’s Almanac is perfect for busy... Show full description


90 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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A pair of owls hooting in the dawn are harbingers of death and awakening.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:07
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A friend writing her autobiography realizes her life is more fiction than fact.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:38
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Autumn equinox is a fleeting moment of balance, in a seasonal current that moves at breakneck speed.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:22
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How often do I unwittingly add to the debris that already challenges the flow of my life?

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
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I struggle to teach my boys to be cautious around strangers, and trust the world.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:27
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Laghunasadh, the beginning of the harvest, is a time to assess the "crops" I have planted this year.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
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John, with his Cockney accent and rough humor, is a camouflaged guerilla healer.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:14
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Jimmy, a local Scottish man who became a regular visitor in the Findhorn garden, taught me most about communication.

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Wilderness brings me close to what is focused, awake, and joyful.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:39
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"Slow play," e.g. playing catch and digging in the garden, develops the brain in ways television cannot.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:38
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Little League baseball offers training in a field of dreams

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:27
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My father's nearing death reminds me that death is omnipresent, the defining dance of life.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:15
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In the wilderness of Haleakala, hot water is a gift fit for the Gods.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:03
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Mothering takes many forms, many guises

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
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Are "natural disasters" really planetary "healing crises"?

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 05:19
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I've exchanged my Super Mom cloak for a Good Enough Mom sweatshirt.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
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I know I am in the maelstrom of transformation when I dream about snakes.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 05:05
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Spring winds scour the land and dance in my soul.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 05:46
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Insurance, by its nature, is meant to support sickness and disaster, NOT health.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:54
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I have a more intimate relationship with fire because of the woodburning stove

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:05