Cynthia Bourgeault

Cynthia Bourgeault is an Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader. She is the original creator of the Wisdom School and has been organizing and teaching schools since 1999. Founding director of the British Columbia-based Contemplative Society and the Aspen Wisdom School, she has now returned home to the East Coast to divide her time between Wisdom teaching, writing, and solitude at her small hermitage on Eagle Island in Maine. To find out what Cynthia's up to, you can view her master teaching calendar.

A Personal Invitation from Cynthia Bourgeault

Cynthia Bourgeault | January 8, 2020

Dear Wisdom Friends, Our FOURTH annual Maine Wisdom InGathering is now officially open for registration. The dates are May 30 through June 5, 2020. Mark it on your calendar! Once […]

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Is The Imaginal Realm Real?

Cynthia Bourgeault | December 3, 2018

Part 3 of a three-part blog series by Cynthia Bourgeault. See below for links to the full series. ***** I cannot emphasize strongly enough that the word imaginal does not […]

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“Where” is The Imaginal Realm Located?

Cynthia Bourgeault | November 18, 2018
Liquid Sky

Part 2 of a three-part blog series by Cynthia Bourgeault. See below for links to the full series.   Traditional metaphysical maps based on “the great chain of being” will […]

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Introducing the Imaginal

Cynthia Bourgeault | November 13, 2018

Part 1 of a three-part blog series by Cynthia Bourgeault. See below for links to the full series.   As many of you know, I have been breaking ground on […]

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“WHUR WE COME FROM…”

Cynthia Bourgeault | February 26, 2018

“Teachers of contemplative Christianity, who acknowledged the limitations of human knowledge and the inconstant nature of human sentiment, instead encouraged a commitment to practice. A scripturally grounded commitment to practice […]

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