{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 241: Demystifying Mysticism | A Conversation with Kathryn Knight Sonntag","description":"Was Joseph Smith a mystic? Searching for the term \u2018mysticism\u2019 on the Church website yields, \u201cSee: False Doctrine, Sorcery, Superstitions; Traditions of Men.\u201d So it\u2019s no wonder many church members haven\u2019t thought much about mysticism\u2014the role it may have played in Joseph\u2019s experience, or how it might inform their own everyday lives or transform their spiritual practices. But poet Kathryn Knight Sonntag describes it differently: \u201cTrusting the groundless ground, trusting that the darkness or the chaos or the unknown place actually is deeply full of knowing and love and purpose. And that it\u2019s ultimately the path into apotheosis. It\u2019s ultimately where we begin that journey of becoming divine.\u201d In Episode 241, Kathryn joins Susan and Cynthia to explore the concept of mysticism. What might it look like for Latter-day Saints to step off the prescribed map and onto the sacred ground of our own lives in pursuit of personal encounters with God? ","author_name":"At Last She Said It","author_url":"http:\/\/www.atlastshesaidit.org","html":"