Mirabai says that she lives for beauty and that writing fills her cup as does reading literary fiction and poetry. The Sacred Feminine and the wisdom of the mystics across the spiritual traditions infuse her life with clarity and meaning. We talk about her work as a modern mystic, former professor, speaker, leader and author across traditions. We explore the teachings in her book Wild Mercy and at the end of our interview, we include a snippet from her book signing and reading at Book Passage in Corte Madera where she spoke about her latest book Ordinary Mysticism.
She is a daughter of the counter-culture, born in New York to secular Jewish parents who rejected the patriarchy of institutionalized religion. Intellectual artists and advocates of social justice and environmental responsibility, her family was active in the anti-war protest movement of the Vietnam era. Her life changed after a childhood road trip through the jungles of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, where they lived for many months on an isolated Caribbean beach, and ended in the mountains of Taos, New Mexico where she lives to this day.
She was an adjunct professor of Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years. Her emphasis has always been on making connections between the perennial teachings found at the heart of all the world's spiritual paths, in an effort to promote peace and justice. Mirabai speaks and teaches nationally and internationally on the teachings of the mystics and contemplative practice, and the transformational power of grief and loss.
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