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World Spirituality with Rev. Paul John Roach

670 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings

Host Paul John Roach and his guests find the mystical core and explore the perennial philosophy amidst the infinite variety of the world’s religions and spiritual traditions. Paul emphasizes the practical application of spiritual wisdom imparted from poets, writers, philosophers, mystics, and scriptures in order to foster a deeper awareness and understanding in our everyday lives. Explore over 650 shows with thought leaders and spiritual teachers. #PaulJohnRoach.com

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Episodes

Creation Spirituality with Matthew Fox

April 12, 2022 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Renowned author and theologian Matthew Fox talks about his latest book, Matthew Fox: Essential Writings on Creation Spirituality.

Liberating Jesus

April 05, 2022 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Mystic, spiritual teacher, and author Leonard Jacobson explores what Jesus would say if he returned today in his book Liberating Jesus.

Seven Years in Occult L.A. with Filmmaker Tamra Lucid

March 29, 2022 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Filmmaker, member of the experimental rock band Lucid Nation, editor, and writer Tamra Lucid shares her incredible story of the occult scene in 1980s Los Angeles and her time spent with esoteric scholar Manly P. Hall.

Using Energy Medicine for Grief with Karen V. Johnson

March 22, 2022 23:00 - 44 minutes - 31.2 MB

Former Army major and energy healer Karen V. Johnson shares how to alchemize grief and loss using energy medicine.

Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert with Erica M. Elliott, M.D.

March 09, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MB

Erica M. Elliott, M.D., talks with Paul about her life among the Navajo people and her work drawing from a wide range of disciplines, both mainstream and alternative.

Kriya Yoga for Self-Discovery

March 02, 2022 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MB

Paul John Roach explores practices for deep states of meditation with author, physician, and wellness practitioner Keith G. Lowenstein, M.D.

What if Jesus Were a Coach? with Michael W. Taylor

February 23, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Texas life coach Michael W. Taylor helps you to kick-start your spiritual journey and self-discovery with his new book, What if Jesus Were a Coach? A former atheist, Michael once had an aversion to organized religion until he undertook extensive research about world religions to determine if God existed or not. Today Michael shares his story with Paul and explains why it’s so important for him to reach others.

Prosperity Meditations with Susan Shumsky

February 16, 2022 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Susan Shumsky, D.D., author, minister, and meditation teacher, talks with Paul about her book Prosperity Meditations, everyday practices to create an abundant life.

Healing the Mind-Virus That Plagues Our World with Paul Levy

February 09, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

In its Native American meaning, wetiko is an evil, cannibalistic spirit that can take over people’s minds, leading to selfishness, greed, and self-destruction. Paul Levy discusses this concept in his new book, Wetiko: Healing the Mind-Virus That Plagues Our World.

Still on Fire with Jan Phillips

February 02, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Paul talks with Jan Phillips, photographer, blogger, traveler, musician, and author of Still on Fire: Field Notes from a Queer Mystic. Her book is a compelling memoir of religious wounding and spiritual healing.

First Nations Crystal Healing with Luke Blue Eagle

January 26, 2022 01:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MB

Luke Blue Eagle started working with crystals at a young age. In 1979 after being contacted by his ancestors, he began a 25-year period of training in the indigenous healing arts with elders from several First Nations in Canada and the United States, including William Commanda of the Algonquin nation, Sun Bear of the Chippewa nation, and OhShinnàh Fastwolf of the Apache nation. He lives in Quebec, Canada.

Extraordinary Awakenings with Steve Taylor, Ph.D.

January 19, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Sometimes life’s greatest challenges can lead to amazing gifts. Paul explores when trauma leads to transformation with writer, poet, spiritual teacher, and professor Steve Taylor, Ph.D.

Love, God, and Everything with Nicolya Christi

January 12, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Nicolya Christi is an author, visionary, and futurist. Nicolya talks with Paul about her work, which is founded on spirituality, metaphysics, philosophy, and psychology. She has developed various psychospiritual maps and models for evolving consciousness and brings unique new theories to the psychological and spiritual domains, all of which are inspired by extensive personal experience in these fields.

What Is Our Role in 2022?

January 05, 2022 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MB

Join Rev. Paul John Roach to explore what our role is in 2022.

How to Be: A Monk and a Journalist Reflect on Living and Dying

December 15, 2021 01:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MB

Author, journalist, and poet Judith Valente and Trappist monk Brother Paul Quenon reflect on living and dying, purpose and prayer, and forgiveness and friendship with their new book, How to Be.

Letting Go of Nothing with Peter Russell

December 08, 2021 01:00 - 54 minutes

Relax your mind and discover the wonder of your true nature with author, speaker, and leading thinker in consciousness and contemporary spirituality Peter Russell.

Letting Go of Nothing with Peter Russell

December 08, 2021 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Relax your mind and discover the wonder of your true nature with author, speaker, and leading thinker in consciousness and contemporary spirituality Peter Russell.

The Illusion of Life and Death: Mind, Consciousness, and Eternal Being

December 01, 2021 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Clare Goldsberry—journalist, author, and writer for Quest magazine—shares her new book, The Illusion of Life and Death.

Breakthrough! A Complete Guide for Getting Unstuck and Realizing Your Dreams

November 24, 2021 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Hear from Unity minister, author, and spiritual coach Victoria Loveland-Coen about her book Breakthrough!

Animal Medicine

November 17, 2021 01:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MB

Discover the curanderismo guide to shape-shifting, journeying, and connecting with animal allies with shaman and author Erika Buenaflor, J.D.

The Inner Work of Age

November 02, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MB

Learn how to shift from role to soul with retired psychotherapist, editor for Jeremy P. Tarcher publishing, and columnist Connie Zweig, Ph.D.

Rituals of the Soul with Kori Hahn

October 19, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Discover how to use the eight ancient principles of yoga to create a modern and meaningful life with yoga and meditation teacher Kori Hahn.

Our African Unconscious with Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D.

October 12, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D., discusses his latest book, Our African Unconscious: The Black Origins of Mysticism and Psychology. Bynum is the author of several books of poetry and the winner of the national Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award for Chronicles of the Pig & Other Delusions. He is also the recipient of the Abraham Maslow Award from the American Psychological Association.

The Ecology of Self with Blake Hestir, Ph.D.

October 05, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MB

How to stay connected and flourish in difficult and divisive times with Texas Christian University philosophy professor, meditation teacher, and author Blake Hestir, Ph.D.

Yasodhara and the Buddha with Vanessa R. Sasson

September 28, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Religious studies professor Vanessa R. Sasson combines the spirit of fiction with Indian mythology and in-depth academic research to present the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman: Yasodhara, the Buddha’s wife.

Being Better with Kai Whiting

September 21, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Paul talks with the author of Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living In, Kai Whiting. Get practical answers to the urgent moral questions of our time from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism.

The World Is My Country with Filmmaker Arthur Kanegis

September 14, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Hear about the fascinating true story of daring, controversial, and decades-ahead-of-his time “World Citizen No. 1” Garry Davis. Paul Roach talks with filmmaker and director of The World Is My Country Arthur Kanegis.

The Art of Stopping with David Kundtz

September 07, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Learn how to be still when you have to keep going with author, speaker, and marriage and family therapist David Kundtz.

Becoming an Empowered Empath with Wendy De Rosa

August 24, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MB

Discover how to clear energy, set boundaries, and embody your intuitive powers with Wendy De Rosa, author and founder of the School of Intuitive Studies .

The Full Spirit Workout with Kate Eckman

August 10, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Take the full spirit workout—a 10-step system to shed your self-doubt, strengthen your spiritual core, and create a fun and fulfilling life—with author, leadership coach, and mindfulness expert Kate Eckman.

Unconditional Self-Love with Regina Louise

August 03, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Bootstrap your way to unconditional self-love. Find kick-ass strategies that grant permission for a new and dynamic life with author, teacher, and speaker Regina Louise.

The Tao Te Ching and the Divine Feminine

July 27, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Author, professor, and Episcopal priest Rosemarie Anderson, Ph.D., talks about her new translation of and commentary on Lao Tzu’s great masterpiece.

Opening to Grief with Claire B. Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson

July 13, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

The authors of Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace join the show—social worker, lay Buddhist chaplain, and author Claire B. Willis and photographer, filmmaker, and storyteller Marnie Crawford Samuelson.

Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief

July 06, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Learn how to reclaim and activate joy and caring in the face of loss with author and speaker Emily Thiroux Threatt.

Chakra Healing Therapy with Glen Park

June 29, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Discover how to awaken spiritual energies and heal emotional wounds with teacher and healer Glen Park.

When It’s Time to Say Goodbye to a Beloved Pet

June 22, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Get help in preparing for the transition of your beloved pet with author and animal bereavement specialist Angela Garner.

Transcendent Leadership with Richard Anderson

June 15, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Author, coach, and spiritual teacher Richard Anderson discusses the eight dimensions of awakened leadership to help live a more successful life.

A Story of Karma with Michael Schauch

June 08, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MB

Find love and truth in the lost valley of the Himalayas with Michael Schauch, whose journey transformed his life. Michael shares the story of his expedition to northern Nepal, into a remote valley that had been closed off to outsiders for decades.

Vibrational Sound Healing with Erica Longdon

June 01, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

Metaphysician, radio host, writer, and healer Erica Longdon shares her knowledge of sonic vitamins using tuning forks, singing bowls, chakra chants, angelic vibrations, and other sound therapies.

Where Wonder Lives with Fabiana Fondevila

May 25, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37.3 MB

Explore practices for cultivating the sacred in your daily life with author, storyteller, and teacher Fabiana Fondevila.

Blue-Collar Spirituality with Michael McMorrow

May 18, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Paul discusses finding a God that works with Religious Science minister Michael McMorrow.

This Life Is Yours with Linda Martella-Whitsett

May 11, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 38 MB

Discover your power, claim your wholeness, and heal your life with author and vice president of Unity Prayer Ministry Linda Martella-Whitsett and Unity student Alicia Whitsett.

Contemplative Studies with Mark Dennis and Max Sklansky

May 04, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37.4 MB

Mark Dennis, Ph.D., and Max Sklansky discuss with Paul John Roach the burgeoning interest in contemplative studies and practices among young people today.

An Hour with Tim Freke

April 20, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37.4 MB

Pioneering philosopher, spiritual teacher, and prolific author Tim Freke discusses waking up to lucid living. Tim’s work combines evolutionary science and deep spirituality to offer a visionary, new understanding of the nature of reality and the purpose of life.

Choosing to Evolve with Charles Gaby

April 13, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 38 MB

Are you ready to wake up to a new kind of freedom? Charles Gaby explains how to break through long-held beliefs and habits and evolve into a deeper understanding of ourselves.

The Hidden Power of Emotions with Melanie Dean, Ph.D.

April 06, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37.3 MB

Melanie Dean, Ph.D., talks with Rev. Paul John Roach about how to activate your energy field and transform your life.

The Hidden Power of Emotions with Melanie Dean, Ph.D.

April 06, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes

Melanie Dean, Ph.D., talks with Rev. Paul John Roach about how to activate your energy field and transform your life.

Into the Nothing

March 30, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 35.3 MB

A spiritual autobiography with mystic Gabriel Cousens, M.D., who will take us on a journey through yoga, Kabbalah, and Native American spirituality into the six foundations and the seven-fold peace.

The Gospel According to H.L. Hix

March 23, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 38 MB

A new telling of the Gospel of Jesus using multiple sources by award-winning poet, critic, and author H.L. Hix, Ph.D.

Shamanic Mysteries of Peru

March 16, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 38 MB

The heart wisdom of the high Andes with teachers and authors Vera Lopez and Linda Star Wolf, Ph.D.

Books

The Meaning of Life
2 Episodes
Happily Ever After
1 Episode
Point of Origin
1 Episode
The White House
1 Episode