Saturday, June 25, 2011

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #25 - 25JUN11

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • The Mystical Positivist (Stuart Goodnick) discusses some of the transformational aspects of his recent health crisis.
  • A discussion with Nicholas Egan, Ph.D. Nicholas Egan studies closely with several Lamas from the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and has been a practicing Buddhist for more than 15 years. He has lived in Nepal studying Buddhism and Tibetan language, and continues to lead pilgrimages throughout Asia. Nicholas has recently completed a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

More information about Nick Egan's work and interests can be found at:

Saturday, June 18, 2011

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #24 - 18JUN11

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • A discussion with Jim Wilson, poet and Many Rivers co-founder, on the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. This year is the 400th Anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. Considered by many to the crown jewel of English literature, it has exerted, and continues to exert a pervasive influence on the English speaking world. There are countless expressions we use every day that come from the KJB: 'the skin of our teeth', 'apple of your eye', 'woe is me', 'render unto Caesar', 'holier than thou', 'nothing new under the sun', 'scapegoat', 'a law unto themselves', 'my brother's keeper', and many others. In a sense we are all still speaking in the manner of the King James Bible. The evening will discuss how the KJB was created, how it has come to exert such a wide influence, and will celebrate its 400 year presence.
  • Jim Wilson is a former Buddhist monk, former prison chaplain, and continues his spiritual quest in the Quaker tradition. He spends much of his free time writing poetry.

More information about Jim Wilson's work and interests can be found at:

Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #23 - 04JUN11

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • A broadcast of a public talk by Stuart Goodnick called, "The Mystical Positivist," given at Many Rivers Books and Tea on March 31st, 2011. This talk offers a discussion of this new media project and the paradoxical meaning of the term Mystical Positivism. The Mystical Positivist perspective can be controversial; it presents a challenge to many of the comfortable attitudes in the New Age and contemporary spiritual scene, which often depict an overly romantic picture of spiritual transformation while ignoring the gritty substrate underlying genuine Work on Self. The thesis of Mystical Positivism is that rationality is in no way the antithesis of deep mystical experience; in fact, it is a necessary ally

More information about Many Rivers Books and Tea can be found at: