 Interspritual Mystic:Â
Embody timeless wisdom traditions in your everyday life
with Mirabai Starr
Sunday, August 23, 2026 • Free Online Event
11am to 12:30pm Pacific / 2pm to 3:30pm Eastern
Free Live Gathering with recording available
Glimpse the face of the Divine across the landscape of the human spirit, and honor the wellsprings of wisdom from which these life-giving teachings arise.
 You Were Born With This Kind of HeartÂ
Do you have the kind of heart that flies open in the presence of the sacred wherever you encounter it?
Maybe your soul says an equally enthusiastic yes to Hindu kirtan and Buddhist meditation, to the poetry of the Christian mystics and the Tao Te Ching, to the peace of the Jewish Sabbath and ecstatic Sufi prayers.
Somewhere along the way, did someone well-meaning tell you that if you were serious about awakening you had to pick one to the exclusion of all others?
The mystics of every tradition remind us that all loving paths lead us home to love, and that we were born to cultivate intimacy with the Divine within and beyond all the world's great wisdom ways.
Your longing was never the problem. Your longing is the invitation.
"The world's great wisdom traditions are like a giant garden of the spirit, every flower and weed, each species of tree and blooming grass a unique and glorious example of the Beloved's beauty. Like bees, we draw nectar from them all."
— Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
 What We'll Explore TogetherÂ
In our time together we gather with the mystics and mystical teachings that celebrate holy longing and affirm the teachings of peace and justice alive at the heart of every wisdom tradition.
As we wander among the sacred archetypes and transformational practices available to us, we honor the wellsprings from which these life-giving teachings arise, and pay homage to the cultures and the lands that keep them alive.
This is not a survey of world religions. It is an affirmation of the impulse that already moves in you, and a practical apprenticeship in living it.
Our ninety minutes will hold:
A teaching on the interspiritual heart
Mirabai offers what she has learned across decades of practice and study: why your capacity to recognize the living presence of love in many traditions is not spiritual dabbling but an evolutionary movement in the human soul. We'll speak to the distinction between interspiritual and interfaith, and to the difference between skimming a tradition and deepening into it.
Writing as a spiritual practice
We'll receive a poem and write together to a prompt.
Time in circle
We'll gather to share what surfaced and explore how this wisdom meets your actual life: your kitchen, your grief, your work, your relationships, the errand you run for an elderly neighbor.
Your questions
There will be room for whatever questions are stirring before we close.
 Honoring the WellspringsÂ
Some say that drawing from many traditions is inherently shallow. We dare to believe that you can have a genuine and transformational encounter with the sacred across the spiritual landscape.
We glimpse the face of the Divine across the spectrum of the human spirit, and honor the wellsprings of wisdom from which these life-giving teachings arise.
We'll explore this together with tenderness.
This Gathering Is for You If...Â
- You are thirsty for a direct encounter with the Divine and curious about how to cultivate it
- You feel drawn to more than one tradition and have wondered if that is possible
- You want mystical wisdom that shows up in your ordinary days, not only on the cushion
- You long to engage the world's wisdom ways with reverence and responsibility
- You'd like the company of others who are walking this way too
Your Guide:
 Mirabai StarrÂ
Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author, internationally beloved spiritual guide, and translator of the mystics. For twenty years she taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico, bringing the wisdom of the mystics into the classroom and into everyday life.
Her latest book, Ordinary Mysticism, invites readers to find holiness in the mess of daily life. She is also the author of Wild Mercy and Caravan of No Despair, and her acclaimed translations include Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and Julian of Norwich.
 What Wild Heart Travelers Are SayingÂ
"As a mystic-in-training, it can be difficult to find a spiritual community I resonate with 100% since our practices can pull from many religious traditions at once. I've been searching for my community for quite some time... I appreciate her respect for religious traditions while moving beyond some of their limitations, and her holistic approach to everyday life as sacred."
— Ashley M.
"I had some insights: that it's okay, it's perfect if I am inspired by more than one spiritual tradition. That it's okay if sometimes I am messy or emotional. That my fire is sane, is sacred."
— Isabelle
"Mystics are not from just 'long ago' but are interwoven within the fabric of my life daily and are the core of my spiritual self."
— PattiJoy
 The DetailsÂ
When: Sunday, August 23, 2026, 11am to 12:30pm Pacific (2pm to 3:30pm Eastern)
Where: Live on Zoom
Cost: Free
Replay: The gathering is recorded. The replay is available to registered participants through August 27th. Registration is required to receive it, so do sign up even if you can't join us live.
Community: A private Facebook circle opens for registered participants August 22 through 24. Come meet fellow travelers, share what stirs, and linger with us a little after we close.
What to bring: Something to write with, and something to write in.
 Come As You AreÂ
You are every bit as qualified to have a direct experience of the sacred as Teresa of Avila or Rumi.
Come reclaim your own mystical birthrightÂ
"You remember and forget and remember again: beckoned with a thousand names, limited by none, the God you love is One."
