The Sacred Speaks
Join depth psychotherapist and Jungian scholar Dr. John W. Price in an ongoing exploration of the mysteries that stir beneath the surface of ordinary life. Through wide-ranging conversations with experts, artists, scholars, saints, and skeptics, this podcast uncovers the symbolic, spiritual, and psychological layers hidden in plain sight.
Rooted in the understanding that life itself initiates us, The Sacred Speaks explores how our experiences—grief, wonder, rupture, longing—are invitations to grow, transform, and show up more fully in the world. At its core, the project asks: What if consciousness is always speaking to us—through dreams, synchronicities, crises, or beauty—beckoning us into a deeper, more expansive relationship with ourselves and the mystery we live within?
Episodes
128 episodes
116: Henry Shukman - Zen Teacher, Poet, Author of "Original Love"
📌Make sure to check out Henry’s book “Original Love” https://henryshukman.com/writing/original-love📌Also check out the meditation app “The Way”
118: Richard Rohr - The Tears of Things
Check out Richard Rohr’s latest book, The Tears of Things, where he explores the wisdom of the prophets and the realities of social sin.In this episode of The Sacred Speaks, I sit down with Father Richard Rohr—one of the most respected ...
Episode 1: A conversation with Jeffrey Kripal
In this episode, Jeff and I discuss the nature of religion and secularism. We explore the need for culture to create a more generous science that includes experiences that are currently outside of the boundaries of the modern sciences. We define t...
Episode 2: The Imagination. A conversation with Sean Fitzpatrick
Have you ever wondered if someone can help you understand ways to think about the wild and, at times, frightening fantasies that we all experience throughout our lives (and sometimes on a daily basis)? Do we have fantasies, or do they have us? In ...
Episode 3: Self-formation and daily practices. A conversation with Niki Clements
Niki is an expert on the ascetic John Cassian and the French philosopher Michel Foucault. In this episode Niki and I discuss her newest book, Sites of the Ascetic Self. Niki is most interested in daily practices of discipline that can help and ena...
Episode 4: A Life Worth Living. A Conversation with James Hollis
Episode 4: A life worth living. A conversation with James Hollis In this episode, Jim and I discuss how elements of his personal history positioned his interest in depth psychology specifically and learning in general. Jim defines depth psychology...
6: Spiritual but not Religious. A Conversation with William Parsons.
Bill provides an autobiographical landscape of his early training and matriculation. Following his history, we begin exploring the limitations of the various therapeutic worldviews. We discuss how psychology and religion have been interwoven, spec...
7: Psyche and The Sacred. A conversation with Lionel Corbett.
Today’s conversation begins with Dr. Corbett’s analysis of the limitations of an exclusively biological mode of treating psychological issues. Lionel reframes one’s relationship to emotional symptoms away from the traditional models of modern psyc...
8: Nice try Harvey. A conversation with James Derkits
8: Trauma, Doubt, & Gold. A conversation with James Derkits In this week's podcast, Episcopal priest James Derkits and I explore the human need for community as expressed through the way the South Texas island town, Port Aransas, responds to the d...
Episode 5: Religion and Psychology. A conversation with Pittman McGehee
Episode 5: Religion and Psychology. A conversation with Pittman McGeheeIn today’s episode, Pittman unpacks the definition of religion and broadens the traditional limiting assumptions many immediately experience in relation to religion. We discuss...
9: Sex, sexuality, & The Sacred. A conversation with Christina Antonyan
We begin by agreeing that as two “keepers of stories” we often find people sharing with us their private experiences, ones that they often do not share with others. Therefore, we are both in a confident position to make certain characterizations a...
10: The Body and Consciousness. A conversation with Michael McIver.
Michael works as a Rolfer and therefore works with the body every day, and as he states, “we are not properly introduced to our bodies in this culture.” He designates most of the hours of each day touching people, and the underlying philosophy may...
11: Music, Sexuality, & The Sacred. A conversation with Rodney Waters.
The discussion begins with Rodney’s musical biography starting at the age of 9, this early interest in music then transforms into a life calling by the age of 11. Currently, he is in training as a Jungian analyst, and therefore he speaks eloquentl...
12: Consciousness, Culture, & Parenting. A conversation with Shefali Tsabary
Dr. Shefali explains that her primary entry point into the world of connecting with and teaching parenting is through her desire to expand the consciousness of each person. She explains that because the beginning stages of parenting so often creat...
13: Hope and Despair. A conversation with Robert Hilliker
Robert speaks with eloquence as he grounds his research (me-search) in his personal story, a story that has a sobering way of articulating both the academic and the particular dynamic between, hope and despair, his subject of study. Robert has eme...
14: Transcendental Meditation. A conversation with Bob Roth.
14: Transcendental Meditation. A conversation with Bob Roth. We begin our conversation with Bob joking that, as a young boy growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, he knew he was a Democrat before he knew he was Jewish. Bob was de...
15: Buddhism, Psychology, & Culture. A conversation with Harvey Aronson.
Harvey is a psychotherapist and a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, who received the title of Lama, Vajra Master from his teacher in 2010 and in a teaching context is known as Lama Namgyal Dorje. Dr. Aronson’s academic and spiritual path place...
16: Philosophy, Psychology, & Human Development. A conversation with David Cross.
This episode of the podcast begins with Dr. Cross discussing how his history influences the work that he has been doing with families and children “from hard places” for almost 40 years. This conversation explores David’s philosophical orientat...
19: Tibetan meditation and spiritual practice. A conversation with Alejandro Chaoul
In this episode, Alejandro’s knowledge provides a guide rail down into the parts of meditation that are not just about feeling calm and blissful, but the meditation that brings the “gunk” to the surface so that one can be more present with it, ...
18: The Divine, Mindfulness, & Interpretation. A conversation with Rabbi Ariel Sholklapper
Rabbi Sholklapper may speak and read enough languages to make anyone jealous. This multi-lingual blessing allows him the unique gift of investigating ancient religious texts to deconstruct them and explore meaning lost over the passing of time ...
17: The Body, The Unconscious, Life, & Death. A conversation with Nanine Ewing
This conversation explores some of the basic foundations for depth psychology; in particular, how paying attention to the body provides a ground for any individual to come to know their intuitive center point. Dr. Nanine Ewing surveys the body ...
20: Matter and Psyche. A conversation with J. Gary Sparks
The discussion begins with a question about duality in the structure of human consciousness (up/down, sacred/profane, subject/object, yin/yang, psyche/soma). Gary maintains a longstanding interest in explorations of matter and psyche. His book ...
21: Science, Religion, Power, & Love. A conversation with Tom Cheetham
As a scientist, Tom’s insight into religion and psychology balances his worldview given that he matriculated through both the sciences and philosophy. He says, that as soon as he began to see the world through a hand-lens, he was sold on physic...
22. Initiation, Liberation, & The Journey. A conversation with Kate Burns
This conversation favors the irrational over the rational. Kate has made it her mission, both in her professional life and personal life to study the pathways on which people travel through their lives. She states, “The paths that people are ca...
23: Spiritual Business. A conversation with Henry Richardson.
In this episode, Henry Richardson, owner, and CEO of DEFINE body and mind, and I sit down to explore how to run what he refers to as a “spiritual business.” He uses terms such as “appreciative inquiry” and speaks of breathing life into not only...