Spirit Matters

Today's diverse and abundant spiritual landscape offers enormous opportunity for learning and growth. Here, author, spiritual counselor, and public speaker Philip Goldberg draws on more than 50 years of experience to host conversations that can help you make sense of it all and transform your life. You’ll meet teachers, scholars, and experts from a range of traditions (and no tradition), some who are well-known, others who should be well known, all with wisdom to impart. The aim is to help you expand your awareness and deepen your practices as you move along your chosen path.

Note: Both Phil and Spirit Matters itself are members of the Association for Spiritual Integrity and pledge to abide by its Honor Code of Ethics and Good Practice. Interview guests are expected to uphold similar standards; those who are proven to exploit or abuse will not be platformed.

Spirituality
Religion & Spirituality
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The Art of Magical Surrender with Kute Blackson
Kute Blackson, author of the inspiring new book, The Magic of Surrender, describes how surrender, properly understood and applied, can lead to freedom, strength, and spiritual riches
60 min
102
Learning From the Mystics and From the Pain of...
Exploring deep and powerful spiritual lessons from the Christian mystics with Mirabai Starr.
59 min
103
The Art of Spiritual Fiction with Arielle Ford
Arielle Ford talks with Phil about her new novel, The Love Thief
59 min
104
Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground with Ra...
Psychologist Rachel Harris, author of Listening to Ayahuasca, joins us to discuss her fascinating new book, Swimming in the Sacred
57 min
105
Finding Divinity in Poetry and Prose with Mark ...
Philip Goldberg welcomes renowned spiritual teacher, poet, storyteller, and prolific author, Mark Nepo.
61 min
106
The Heart and Soul of Spiritual Memoirs with R...
In this conversation, Richard Lischer -- an ordained Lutheran minister and a professor at Duke Divinity School -- discusses his book, Our Hearts are Restless: The Art of the Spiritual Memoir
54 min
107
Digging Into the Wisdom of Vedanta with Swami ...
Vedanta represents the core teachings of what we call Hinduism. Philip welcomes Swami Sarvapriyananda
57 min
108
The Alchemy of Devotional Music with Jai Uttal
World Music pioneer and leading kirtan artist Jai Uttal joins us for a probing conversation about the spiritual value of music
56 min
109
Learn About the Brahma Kumaris and Raja Yoga w...
Phil talks with Gayatri Naraine has served as the United Nations representative of the Brahma Kumaris, a worldwide spiritual organization founded in India in 1937 since 1980.
56 min
110
Opening to Original Blessing with Matthew Fox
A treasure trove of insights from eminent theologian Matthew Fox
62 min
111
The Life and Legacy of Swami Vivekananda with ...
Guest Oxford historian Ruth Harris, explores Vivekananda's fascinating life
62 min
112
Exploring Spiritual Ethics and Integrity with ...
Phil welcomes co-founders of the Association for Spiritual Integrity, Jac O'Keeffe and Rick Archer
61 min
113
Yoga at Kripalu with Stephen Cope and Robert M...
A lively conversation with Robert Mulhall, CEO of The Kripalu Center for Yoga, and Stephen Cope, author, psychologist, and longtime Scholar in Residence at Kripalu.
62 min
114
Sacred Activism with Andrew Harvey
A penetrating conversation with the passionate and prolific expert on the world’s mystical traditions, Andrew Harvey.
61 min
115
Awakening the Love of It with Sally Kempton
Phil talks with renowned spiritual teacher Sally Kempton, author of Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga and Meditation for the Love of It
60 min
116
Exploring Perennial Wisdom with Rabbi Rami Shapiro
In this episode, the interspiritual rabbi Rami Shapiro shows us the transformational value of exploring traditions other than our own.
53 min
117
Life, Spirituality, and Buddhist Principles: A ...
In this first episode of the new Spirit Matters, we have a far-ranging, illuminating, and practical conversation with the renowned scholar of Buddhism, Robert Thurman.
59 min