I fell in-love with my guest today on the path, literally, in Sainte Baume last year. We found each other by way of Meggan Watterson’s House of Mary, and it was during one of our hikes to Mary’s cave that our love for story, writing and holding space came together in a desire we shared, and this desire came to fruition in May of this year as we co-created and hosted our first “Writing the Heroine’s Journey” pilgrimage in Sainte Baume. For me, it was a delight to spend time with Catherine again, to be sitting at the table with other ‘real’ writers and a celebrity one guiding the magical journey of story…in a place that I feel is the most sacred of all…it was and still is a pinch-me moment in time.

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Today’s conversation is a selfish endeavor, I’ve asked here.

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I fell in-love with my guest for this episode between the covers of her book In Secret and Shadows. There are many, many books on the subject of the Cathar, gnostics, and Mary Magdalene in the South of France (and I've read most of them), but I read Janet's book from start to finish the minute it landed in my hands. And, it was the book that inspired my solo pilgrimage into Cathar country last year.

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Join us as we explore the path as pilgrims, seekers, and lovers of curiosity, early Christian wisdom, and of France.

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Janet Renu Pullen is an author, psychotherapist, practitioner of Kripalu Yoga and lifelong spiritual seeker. For over 40 years, her life work has been deeply rooted in self-inquiry, mindfulness and a search for truth. An enlightening experience at a mysterious medieval ruin deep in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains of Southern France where Christian heretics were burned at the stake ignited an unexpected mystical adventure. Fueled by the questions, who were these heretics and what secrets of theirs were silenced in the flames, she set off on a quest for answers.

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Janet’s debut book, In Secret and Shadows: Discovering Light in the South of France, invites readers into a powerful journey of personal transformation set against the backdrop of the historical persecution of the Cathar in the South of France. Her forthcoming book, Starry Fields of the Holy Grail, carries readers with her on a continuing quest for truth along the ancient Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Her unexpected initiation along the Camino forces her to confront her fears, unprocessed traumas and false beliefs which leads to a mystical encounter with the lost heart of Christianity, Mary Magdalene.

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Currently Janet lives in New Jersey with her family. She frequently returns to France often leading mystical tours to places that continue to preserve sacred history.

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I fell in-love with my guest for this episode instantly, and I knew in this moment that I wanted to have this (and I hope many more) heart-to-heart conversation with her about being a modern Mystic, about her poetry, and about being in the world deeply. Taking action when we fall in-love is my invitation to you through this project of Sacred Paris.

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Please join me for this episode of allowing yourself to feel and be more deeply in the world, through the eyes of a modern Mystic poet.

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Alcina Ribeiro Hamdi was born in 1985, in the heart of the Swiss mountains. After a brief stint at university in Barcelona, where she studied translation and interpreting, she chose to step away from academia to explore alternative and mystical therapies, seeking a holistic understanding of human resilience. For her, both inner and outer exploration, through deep introspection and travel, nurtures a heightened awareness in writing.

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She co-founded Éditions À l’Envers, immersing her hands in ink to print exquisite art books using intaglio techniques. After some years, she paused her publishing activities to embark on a long journey, which became the seed for a project of spoken-word videos and poetry, as well as various writings. The publishing house was later reborn as Éditions Larguer les Amarres.

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She has published three poetry collections, froissée, followed by aurore and qualia, and is now launching a series of spoken texts. The first release served as a test and is available on Spotify and other platforms. She has also created an online course, La Poésie comme Voie Mystique, which explores poetry as a mystical path.

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To Connect More Deeply with Alcina:

https://www.alcinaribeirohamdi.ch

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https://www.hopp.bio/alcina-ribeiro-hamdi

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3w7VSpcMTjwICY9cJIiFgT

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Thank you for listening...until next time, may you find the sacred in everything you do.

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