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.

“Gate, Gate, Paragate…”

Cynthia Bourgeault | January 28, 2018

“Gate, Gate, Paragate…” “Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone utterly beyond…” We used to chant this ancient Hindu Chant in our small contemplative circle in Snowmass, Colorado, back in the early […]

“What Enneagram Type is Cynthia?”

Cynthia Bourgeault | November 20, 2017

For almost thirty years the standing joke has been “What enneagram type is Cynthia?” Leading teachers in all the various schools have typed me variously (frequently categorically) as a Four, […]

Cynthia Bourgeault

“Gate, Gate, Paragate…”

“What Enneagram Type is Cynthia?”

Healing the Elephant in the Womb (Part 7)

Fullness of Life: A brief poetic interlude before the final run-up on a conclusion (Part 6)

Teilhard, the Personal, and The Developmental Soul (Part 5)

The Developmental Soul (Part 4)

When Does “Life” Begin? (Part 3)

Non-identification and Enlightened Action

Abortion, Pro-Life, and the Secular State: A Modest Proposal (Part 2)

“A Surprising Ecumenism…” (Part 1)