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To Be a Mystic | from The Grounded Soul
by Rev. Marcella Velandia Ciccotelli, M. Div, M. A. Ed, Doctoral Student (Eco-theology)
A Christian mystic is someone who is comfortable with the "mystery" of God, embracing the unknowable aspects of the divine while seeking a deep, personal union with God through spiritual practices. They accept that not everything about God can be fully understood or explained. It seems if we find ways to sit with mystery, we would have more peace. So maybe this is that place? Let’s journey together.
Episodes
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Ep. 12 | Scripting Your Mind When Life Gets Heavy: Meditation for Suicide Awareness Month
When your mind begins to spiral or drift into painful places, simply telling your brain to "stop" rarely works—it needs somewhere else to go. In this compassionate episode, we explore the practice of sacred memorization as a grounding tool for anxiety, physical discomfort, and mental overwhelm....
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Episode 11: Grounding in Family Stories
Episode Overview & Show Notes In this episode of To Be a Mystic, we explore how sacred mysteries are embodied in the everyday—through intuition, conscious awareness, and the people who hold us steady when the wind is cold. Drawing from Howard Thurman’s 1980 Spelman College commencement address…
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Episode 10: Solstice Blessings: Sharing Joy Part I
As we cross the threshold of the summer solstice, this episode is an intimate invitation to slow down, breathe, and ground yourself in the living energy of the natural world. Through a series of sensory reflections, we explore what it means to be fully present to the small miracles around us—from...
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Walking in Spirit: Finding Thin Places in the Everyday (Episode #9)
In this episode, we explore what it means to step out of the frantic rush of daily life and anchor ourselves in the present moment. We dive into the profound practice of constant, minute-by-minute awareness - treating our routine tasks not as distractions, but as living invitations to connect…
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Roots of Compassion: Cultivating Loving Kindness
In this episode, we return to a recording from 2025—a gentle Loving Kindness (Metta) meditation. At its heart, this practice is about widening our circle of compassion, starting with ourselves and extending outward to the world around us. Whether you are seeking a moment of stillness in a busy…
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Finding the Quiet Frequency: A Trial in Sacred Listening (Episode #7)
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." — Annie Dillard What happens when we realize our phone is leading our Soul? In this episode, Marcella tells the story of her "wild experiment"—a 100-day journey that started with deleting a favorite app and ended with finding a sacred...
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Mini-pod: Milestones, Mail & Winter Sun
How do we find harmony when the world feels fractured? In this "Mini-Pod," Rev. Marcella Ciccotelli shares a celebration of community milestones and a practical tool for spiritual regulation during the grey Ohio winter. In this episode: The Milestone: Celebrating 1,400 downloads and the power…
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Episode 6: Tree hugging, Seminary and the Socially Anxious
What happens when your "star word" contradicts your fear? In this special Epiphany episode, I’m sharing a story I’ve never told in detail: my first year of seminary, hiding in my car during lunch breaks, and the moment a yellow paper star changed the trajectory of my life. We talk about: The...
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Silver Maples and the Longest Night (Solstice 2025)
Today is the Winter Solstice—the 'Season of Stories.' It is also my podcast’s 1st anniversary and my grandfather’s birthday. In this special episode, I’m traveling back to a farm in Putnam County, Ohio, to an orange hammock stretched between two silver maples. Join me as we explore the 'cocoon'…
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Episode 4: The Mycelial Mystery: Connected in the Soil of God
Podcast Summary: The Mycelial Mystery: Connected in the Soil of God Description: In a world that prizes the "self-made" individual, what if the deepest truth of our faith is found not in our isolation, but in our radical connection? Join us this week as we delve into the Mycelial Mystery—a...
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Episode 3: Wilderness Moments (Lent 1)
Where is God in our wilderness moments?
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Welcoming Prayer
After a year of praying and leaning on what is known as the Welcoming Prayer within the teachings of Thomas Keating, Pastor Marcella discusses its beauty its difficulty and its mysterious way of moving us closer to God. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):...
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Blue Christmas Reading and Prayer
An abbreviated version of Blue Christmas 2024, which we had planned at The Meadow of Ottawa. This is such an important service to be present for one another. This recording won’t do it justice, yet there is much hope in hearing these readings. May you enjoy this first podcast episode.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A Christian mystic is someone who is comfortable with the "mystery" of God, embracing the unknowable aspects of the divine while seeking a deep, personal union with God through spiritual practices. They accept that not everything about God can be fully understood or explained. It seems if we find ways to sit with mystery, we would have more peace. So maybe this is that place? Let’s journey together.
HOSTED BY
Rev. Marcella Velandia Ciccotelli, M. Div, M. A. Ed, Doctoral Student (Eco-theology)
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A Christian mystic is someone who is comfortable with the "mystery" of God, embracing the unknowable aspects of the divine while seeking a deep, personal union with God through spiritual practices. They accept that not everything about God can be fully understood or explained. It seems if we find...
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