Grail Country

Aug 24 2024 79 ep. 83 mins 6

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Christian esotericism, mysticism, and theology

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Space God! with JD Lyonhart

Aug 24 2024 66 mins

I welcome theologian @JDLyonhart back to the channel to discuss his latest book, Space God. JD was previously on Grail Country discussing his book on the Trinity, Monothreeism. His newest book explores the idea of Divine Space proposed by the Cambridge Platonist Henry Moore, which influenced Sir Isaac Newton. While not committing himself to Moore's position, he explores how

Why I am a Christian Again with James Taylor Foreman

Jul 27 2024 87 mins

James is a writer doing outstanding work on his substack The Metaphor. We sat down to talk about life, his spiritual journey and his writing. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

Jordan Hall Part 1

May 14 2024 48 mins

Jordan Hall wanders into Grail Country. We talk about RPGs, Freedom, Love and Creativity. Look for the second part soon.

John Vervaeke: On the Path of the Hermit

May 01 2024 57 mins

Dr. John Vervaeke was gracious enough to accept my invitation to talk about his relationship to Hermes and we explored the path of the Hermit and the challenge of synthesis together.

Where's the Meta?

Apr 27 2024 103 mins

I invited Brendan Graham Dempsey onto Grail Country to talk about his vision for Metamodernism. I think Brendan and I will have to talk again, because this conversation was really just getting started when real life interrupted it and I had to cut it short. I found Brendan to be an excellent conversation partner, and I look forward to future conversations. You can find Brendan

Bulgakov's Spiritual Diary

Jan 05 2024 118 mins

Fr. Mark Roosien and Robert De La Noval, translators of Bulgakov's Spiritual Diary joined me for a typically free flowing Grail Country conversation that sticks mostly to Bulgakov and their own stories but does veer into NDEs, spiritual senses, and psychedelics.

Child In The Midst: On The Childlikeness of God with Rafe Kelley

Dec 11 2023 112 mins

Shari and I are joined by Rafe Kelley of https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ to talk about the Childlikeness of God and the theology of play. Rafe is not a Christian, but I think his work brings people to a place of connecting to the God MacDonald talks about in his Unspoken Sermon, Child in the Midst.

Evolution, Creation and New Creation

Nov 14 2023 103 mins

Sam, Jordan and I discuss Evolution and how to deal with it as persons of faith. I used some proactive statements from Tomberg's Meditations On the Tarot Letter VI as a springboard for the conversation. We intended to purse this dialogue further.

Meditations On The Divine Comedy, Inferno Canto VII

Nov 06 2023 85 mins

Shari and I continue our series. Ted was unable to join this time. More guests are coming in the near future though, stay tuned.

Meditations On The Divine Comedy: Inferno Canto VI

Oct 22 2023 97 mins

Ted is back with us after a walking pilgrimage in Oklahoma. This was my favorite episode to date, there is bonus poetry, including one of my own.