This is a time for us to step away from the dogmas of the religions of our youth and set our spiritual compass according to our personal values and philosophy as we search for a religion that feeds our souls. Moore says “we need not settle for an off the rack” religion but can discover one that is rooted in our own unique experience. Thomas Moore, Ph.D. was a monk for twelve years, and a university professor. He is a musician and a psychotherapist and lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. He has a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University. He’s the author of Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life (HarperPerennial 1994), The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love (Harper Perennial 1999), Dark Nights of the Soul (Gotham 2005), A Religion of One’s Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World (Gotham 2014) Interview Date: 1/15/2014      Tags: MP3, Thomas Moore, Ph.D., reading tea leaves, Joseph Campbell, marriage, scrying, Thomas Merton, Paul Tillich, community, religion, fellowship, ritual, imagination, soul, dreams, darshan, James Hillman, Emily Dickinson, parenting, two monks crossing the stream story, mystic, Edgar Mitchell, natural magic, rationalism, intuition, sisters of wyrd, fate, destiny, follow your wyrd, follow your bliss, Religion, Spirituality, Arts & Creativity, Personal Transformation, Self Help