Episodes by Circa

Nicholas of Cusa discovered that recognizing the boundary of human understanding freed him to live faithfully, bridging the divine mystery with purposeful action.

How a grief-broken warrior and a visionary peacemaker planted an idea that grew into the foundation of modern shared sovereignty.

In this episode, Harmonia remembers Guru Ravidas, a 15th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement whose hymns defied caste, and revealed the sacred in work itself.

Harmonia explores Moray, the Inca agricultural laboratory near Cusco, where science, spirit, and reciprocity were never three things but one.

A Rajput king abandons his throne to become a wandering monk, and discovers the treasure was never outside himself.

This episode explores how Chökyi Drönma claimed spiritual authority despite royal expectations and patriarchal limits, showing how authenticity, courage, and inner calling can reshape both personal destiny and religious history.

Jan Hus refused to recant what he knew to be true. Six centuries later his gift to humanity --- that conscience cannot be surrendered to corrupt power --- is still compounding.

Christine de Pizan built a library of words defending women's dignity when every authority said she was wrong.

Lal Ded, 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poet, whose vakhs on the sacred dignity of every soul shaped a valley and seeded a revolution.

How a Brahmin teacher in medieval Varanasi gave a blessing in the dark --- and followed it forward into history.

Harmonia steps into the quiet cell of Julian of Norwich-a medieval anchoress who lived through plague, famine, war and more

A reflection on the Yarsan tradition, its origins around Sultan Sahak, and the quiet strength of faith that survives without institutions or power.

John Wycliffe asked who gets to stand between a soul and what it reaches for. Mother Teresa lived the answer.

Ibn Khaldun's revolutionary theory of social cohesion (asabiyyah) explains civilizational cycles and offers tools for understanding how today's crises are calling forth unprecedented human unity.

A 14th-century Rhine valley healing community shows how people find each other and hold each other up when institutions fail.

An exploration of how medieval devotion to the Fourteen Holy Saints preserved humanity and hope amid relentless suffering.

Gregory Palamas defended the reality of direct encounter with the divine against those who insisted God could only be approached through intellect and doctrine.

Medieval Rhineland mystics discovered an interior freedom no plague or institution could touch --- and their insight speaks directly to the attention economy today.

A reflection on Marguerite Porete and the courage to remain truthful when safety requires denial.

Harmonia remembers Meister Eckhart, the 13th-14th century Dominican friar whose sermons invited ordinary people to discover God in the stillness of their own souls.

Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari transformed Islamic spirituality with his Book of Wisdom, rescuing the inner life from legalism with 261 timeless aphorisms.

Abraham Abulafia believed every soul could touch the divine directly --- and paid dearly for saying so in 13th-century Spain.

This episode explores how Bhai Mardana’s music and companionship helped shape a spiritual movement, revealing how friendship, humility, and shared purpose can still carry transformative truth into the modern world.

Nichiren wrote hundreds of personal letters from exile --- and Harmonia uses them to explore what we lose when we lose the art of the letter.

Mechthild of Magdeburg saw divine love as an endless stream flowing to every soul---a vision that helped shape our modern understanding of inherent human dignity.