The Woman Who Was Heard Across an Ocean

María de Jesús de Ágreda
About this Episode
Though she never left her cell, Mara de Jess de greda became a spiritual presence across cultures, continents, and centuries.
circa
1640

The Wager

Blaise Pascal
About this Episode
Blaise Pascal's wager invites us to live as if love is real---even in a world where certainty has faded and old religious forms no longer hold.
circa
1654

John Amos Comenius

John Amos Comenius
About this Episode
John Amos Comenius championed universal education for all children while in exile, planting seeds that grew into modern schooling and global learning infrastructure.
circa
1658

The Ground Beneath Your Feet

Nicolas Steno
About this Episode
Nicolas Steno founded modern geology and modeled how science and spiritual inquiry can illuminate different layers of the same reality.
circa
1669

The Man Who Disappeared Into the Work

Jacques Bertot
About this Episode
Jacques Bertot shaped Madame Guyon and a chain of mystics across Europe by teaching interior surrender --- and leaving his name off the cover.
circa
1675