{"podcast":{"title":"LET'S GET METAPHYSICAL","slug":"let-s-get-metaphysical-7021402","podcast_index_feed_id":7021402,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fadfccf8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sam-cross3","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41989710/41989710-1731073533469-74ebb6e85be44.jpg","author":"Sam Cross","episode_count":50,"summary":"THE podcast for the Cosmically Curious. Sam Cross is a Claircognizant spiritual mentor, author, and artist who lives by the philosophy \"seek, and you will find.\" Sam explores spirituality at the intersections of deconstructing religion / patriarchy / capitalism, social justice, personal growth, and discovering that \"science\" is mysticism plus statistics. Sam is the author of THE ART OF BEING LIGHT, a hand-illustrated memoir of spiritual awakening. She publishes essays on spirituality and culture for her Substack, QUEERITUALITY. 👇 For more, visit 👇 www.crosssam.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T20:19:23.002406+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-get-metaphysical-7021402"},"episode":{"title":"42. Jesus' Mysticism (and misreading the Bible).","slug":"42-jesus-mysticism-and-misreading-the-bible","published_at":"2025-12-04T14:22:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-get-metaphysical-7021402/42-jesus-mysticism-and-misreading-the-bible","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-get-metaphysical-7021402","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sam-cross3/episodes/42--Jesus-Mysticism-and-misreading-the-Bible-e3brdl6","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fadfccf8/podcast/play/112096358/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-3%2F413694018-44100-2-72f8b0d6ec5b1.mp3","summary":"What if everything you were taught about the Bible was shaped by patriarchy, politics, and mistranslation? Sam returns from finishing The Art of Being Light to unravel: How a multicultural, multi-author mystical anthology became treated as a literal rulebook Why Jesus’ teachings only make sense through the lens of Eastern mysticism The chakra-healing and energy work hidden in plain sight How mistranslating “God” as a man reprogrammed an entire civilization The erasure of Mary Magdalene and feminine frequency The real reason Western society feels spiritually hollow (and how all of this points to our conscious evolution) This episode asks the question: Did leaders misunderstand the Bible — or deliberately reshape it? ⭐ Sam's book, THE ART OF BEING LIGHT , is out now! ⭐ 📚 Links to all formats on StanStore . 📚 Sam Cross is an author and spiritual guide who illustrates timeless spiritual truth. Her mission is to help humans remember they are magic through healing from the last 5000 years of history, and embracing the return of their divine light. Follow Sam on ⁠TikTok⁠ , ⁠ Instagram⁠ , and Substack: ⁠Queerituality⁠ .","meta_description":"What if everything you were taught about the Bible was shaped by patriarchy, politics, and mistranslation? Sam returns from finishing The Art of Being Lig…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2122,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/let-s-get-metaphysical-7021402/episodes/42-jesus-mysticism-and-misreading-the-bible/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-get-metaphysical-7021402/42-jesus-mysticism-and-misreading-the-bible.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}