Spiritual Gardening

I had the honor to have Martin Bunzl on the podcast this past week. He taught Philosophy for 40 years at Rutgers University. We discussed his new book, “Thinking While Walking: Reflections on the Pacific Crest Trail” along with several other topics extending from the subject of litter to the social forces that influence our relationship with nature. We touched on subjects such as removing CO2 from the environment, genetically engineered foods, energy consumption and climate change that is...

I have special guest Sadhu Dah join me in this episode of Spiritual Gardening. Sadhu Dah is a student of the Theravada lineage under Master Pong Sak and Master Thanaphol Pakdee, he has years of experience and training with inner door secrets of Thai Buddhist Magick. He has had the privilege of studying under Rinpoches and Lamas from the Bonpo Tibetan lineage and is a formal student in the Mao Shan sect of Taoism. We discuss a variety of topics awareness, exorcisms, spiritual growth, the...

Is the rapture about to happen? Media and news outlet use Fear, uncertainty, and doubt in their reporting? Censorship in a Pagan Facebook community? Say it isn’t so! I talk about these things in today’s episode. Hope everyone is doing well, the fish pond is going to well so far. Feel free to leave a comment below (visit the website at www.spiritualgardening.net) or reach out on the Spiritual Gardening Facebook Page. You can also reach out to me via email at spiritualgardening@fastmail.comand...

I’m relatively new to podcasting and one of the things I am especially new to is having guests. My first guest was The Existential Ginger, which went very well. If anything, my lack of preparation was apparent. I never gave much thought about screening guests beforehand, which would fall under common sense. So, in this episode I talk about the interview that went badly, all the things I have been busy with, I touch on other things such as existential crisis’s, Bob Ross, and the right to...

Just a quick check-in to wish everyone a blessed Beltane. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe during these crazy times. There is more stuff that I am working on that is on the way, so be on the lookout for that. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualgardening/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spiritualgardening/support

In this episode I have on my first guest, Charisse from her own podcast The Existential Ginger, which you should most definitely check out. We talked about quite a few topics in the hour-long episode but did focus a lot about her leaving the Mormon church. She has an episode titled “My Existential Crisis” on her podcast where she discusses in depth her story about her leaving the Mormonism and Christianity altogether. My focus was to discuss what she currently beliefs and what stayed the...

Today, March 17th, marks the Christian holiday of St. Patrick’s Day which marks his death back in the 5th century. St. Patrick’s Day honors the patron saint of Ireland whose real name is Maewyn Succat. He is named St. Patrick because that’s the name of the place where he was buried. Christians in Ireland have celebrated this as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. However, the history of St. Patrick isn’t so great for many Pagans, many who protest or don’t acknowledge the holiday at...

In this episode I discuss whether God, or any deity, expects to be worshiped and if so, just how far do we take it. I had come across a YouTube video that appeared to ask this question, but it became more about mocking Christians than actually answering the question itself. I also took a look at an article on Learning Religions that made some distinctions about worshiping different deities and how worshiping the wrong way might be a “buzzkill” for the deity that you worship. I also bring up...

In this episode I talk about the wheel of the year and the upcoming Sabbat (festival) Ostara. Ostara occurs on March 21 on the vernal equinox and is celebrated by many Pagans. I also talk about some of my experiences with anxiety and depressions and how it stunts you spiritual growth and some of the things I have done to help overcome anxiety and depression. Explicit...

I thought it would be relevant to talk about Dr. Seuss briefly because people are quite upset about it. Seems that people fall into one of two camps. That is some are happy that the publisher has pulled the books in question while others are quite upset and don’t get what all the fuss is all about. It might seem strange to find someone like Dr. Seuss being racist at all, however, you have to understand that at the time Seuss was publishing his books culture was very different. It was...

This is the very first episode of Spiritual Gardening. I introduce myself and explain why I decided to do a podcast (and have no previous experience doing anything of the sort). I also discuss an article on Psychology Today titled "Why People Believe in a God?" Sources: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/201808/why-do-people-believe-in-god Music Credits: Ether Vox by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7014-ether-vox Shades of Spring by Kevin...

I came across an interesting term, panpsychism, thought I would research it and do an episode about it. It is one of those things that is sort of difficult to wrap your head around if you have an analytical mind like myself. I also talk a little bit about magic, smudging to be honest, and my (tiny bit of) experience with magic. It does seem that there is something to the power of intention and well, the smell of sage is nice as...

Welcome to Spiritual Gardening, a podcast about discovering your spiritual path. I'll be discussing topics about religion, my personal experiences with spirituality and religion. I began my spiritual journey at the end of 2019. Religion and spirituality often just got the back burner in my life and I began feeling that it was something that needed to take more focus in my life. I got the idea to do a podcast to discuss things related to spirituality, religion and philosophical topics. I felt...