Turning to Emily Dickinson

Welcome to Season 14 of Turning to the Mystics.

This season we are turning to the poetry of Emily Dickinson for spiritual guidance. In today's episode, James Finley and Kirsten Oates cover the life and person of Emily and discuss how we can work with her ideas to transform our lives.

Resources:

• Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about James Finley, visit his faculty profile ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.
• The transcript for this episode can be found here.⁠
• The books we will be using this season are:
  • The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Edited by Thomas H. Johnson, which can be found ⁠here.⁠
  • Emily Dickinson by Cynthia Griffin Wolf, which can be found ⁠here.

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December 3, 2026.

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