Hello Fellow Spiritual Traveler
Welcome to Spiritual Traveler Guides. Come along with me and other spiritual travelers as we consciously focus on experiencing the spiritual during our travels. Spiritual Traveler Guides is designed not only to inspire you to embark on spiritual journeys of your own, but to provide the practical guidance and resources that help you incorporate the spiritual and transformative into each journey that you make. Our mission: “Nourishing your soul and spirit wherever you roam…” And remember, not all who wander are lost.
–Mary Montgomery, Writer, Author, Explorer
THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER BLOG
Daddy of the Redwoods
On Sunday, July 23rd, I got a chance to introduce my friend Elaine to Muir Woods and the grandeur of the redwoods. Elaine was my roomie during “The Science of What Connects Us,” the 2017 conference sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) in Oakland,...
The Blessed Mother and Buddha: Spiritual Adventures at Old St. Mary’s
California Spiritual Traveler Journeys: I lit a candle to my namesake on July 19th at Old St. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Chinatown today. I am blessed. That’s the message that I posted on the Spiritual Traveler Guides Facebook Page. I no longer...
The Language of Crows and Other Birds of a Feather
I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, NPR’s TED Radio Hour (online or on your podcast app), the other day when I heard podcast host, Guy Raz, asks evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel why humans are the only ones who developed language. Pagel’s answer: “It...
INSPIRATION
I think you have every right to cherry-pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in God. I think you are free to search for any metaphor whatsoever which will take you across the worldly divide whenever you need to be transported or comforted.
I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.