Caroline Myss
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Average rating: 3.5 of 5
Biting, Sneering Sarcasm Abounds 1 out of 5 stars.
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I've had this CD series since it was released (May 2007), and after listening to the first two CDs--I just couldn't take Caroline's sneering, spiteful rants against her audience.
I've reviewed many of Caroline's books, audios and DVDs and have been a student of her various teachings for almost a decade. So yes, I'm definitely used to her bluntness and questionable "teaching" methods, especially in audio format (it doesn't come out in book form, thankfully).
But the Entering the Castle series stunned me. It just blew me away. I'm sitting there thinking "Oh my God. She's lecturing about mysticism, about closeness with the Divine, about getting rid of so-called 'reptiles'--and then spits out condescending, mean-spirited, belittling, lambasting rants."
After taking careful notes for the first two CDs, I just had to stop. I simply couldn't do it anymore.
So it's been sitting on my shelf all this time. And I'm getting ready to sell it.
As one who has lived a mystic's life since I was a child (it was an archetypal pattern, nothing that my environment fostered--that's for sure), as well as hearing the voice of Jesus since about age 6, I'm quite familiar with mystical visions, voices, revelations and insights.
But this? This stuff sounds like a bitter nun raging against the lack of righteousness among humanity while, at the same time, attempting to teach about the incredible wonder of the Divine, virtues like humility (?!), and intimacy with one's soul. Caroline's God resembles the deity of fundamentalism: angry, capricious, conditional and in need of appeasement.
Your true interior castle is just that: within. And, frankly, no one--not even a supposed mystic--can take you there. You must journey for yourself, exploring each room, appointing it with what matters to you--as well as what scares you--and then confront, accept, and transform what you find there with the aid of Divine strength.
Sorry, but Caroline's offerings are getting worse and worse, especially the audio CDs. If you must, buy her book Interior Castle--but realize that her portrait and experience of Divinity doesn't have to be yours.
For a great audio on Christian mysticism, I recommend Wild at Heart: Radical Teachings of the Christian Mystics by Tessa Bielecki instead.
Blessings,
Janet Boyer - Author of Back in Time Tarot
Editorial Review:
ENTERING THE CASTLE by Caroline Myss is a powerful 8-CD program that will give you a deeply personal, revelatory experience of your soul. What is required is that you “enter your castle” and explore with great intent the contents of your seven mansions and their many rooms. You’ll be introduced to a new spiritual renaissance as Caroline explains the nature of mysticism and its experiences; what it means to be called into mystical service; how to discover your unique gifts, become a channel for grace, and conduct healing at a distanceâand more.
With this richly meaningful and unique audio experience, you’ll learn to express your highest potential with grace, and explore a spiritual life that is as deeply directed within as it is toward the world.
