[Magdalen] Morton Kelsey, a mentor in healing

[Susan Hagen]

I loved Other Side of Silence.  I read Companions on the Inner Way, about
spiritual direction, and Encounter with God, in which he seeks to build a
framework in which we can understand man's direct experience of the Holy
Spirit.  I found them both very interesting.

Kelsey and John Sanford were both Christian Jungians who did a lot of work
with dreams and healing.

Susan

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found his book "Christo-psychology" very interesting.  Also, "The Other
> Side of Silence".
> Ginga
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, Sally, I think Morton Kelsey is pretty widely known here, at least
> in
> > Episcopal circles.  He was a priest and the author of a number of books.
> > He also led workshops, and I had the good fortune to attend one at the
> > Church of the Saviour-an ecumenical church--in D.C. He always asked to
> have
> > a woman concelebrate to the Eucharist, and I got to do that at the two
> > services. The thing I remember most is that he requested non-alcoholic
> > wine. The C of S only uses grape juice, so I'm not sure which he ended up
> > using, but we talked about that, and he explained that he always insisted
> > on the non-alcoholic wine, even in Episcopal churches, out of concern for
> > those who might be struggling with addiction.
> >
> > His books include "The Other Side of Silence: Meditation for the
> Twentieth
> > Century" (which I loved), "Dreams: a Way To Listen to God," "Companions
> on
> > the Inner Way: the Art of Spiritual Guidance," "Healing and
> Christianity,"
> > and a number of others. I think his writing was somewhat supplanted by
> > Henry Nouwen's. I remember him as a gentle, kindly man.
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 23, 2015, at 1:02 AM, sally.davies at gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Our church has organised a seminar on healing this week, presented by
> > > Alexanter Venter from the Vineyard Fellowship who does a lot of lay
> > > training in this area.
> > >
> > > We were off to a good start last night - friendly, relaxed presenting
> > > style, and interesting scholarship behind it as far as I can tell with
> my
> > > own limited knowledge.
> > >
> > > He mentioned the difference in worldview between Western and Eastern,
> > > especially in terms of what we can know and whether this is more based
> on
> > > experience/relationship or more in objective knowledge/rationalism.
> > >
> > > For me, it's a very key issue because it comes up all the time in the
> > > course of our work; and as a trained health professional working in a
> > > medical environment but also with an interest in "wholistic"
> > understandings
> > > of health and healing, I feel very caught in the midst of it -
> especially
> > > considering that many of our cultures here in South Africa are very
> much
> > > not in the "Western" mindset.
> > >
> > > I am decidedly not amongst those who will routinely rubbish "Western
> > > rationalism" because I find (in Western contexts at least) that forays
> > into
> > > the other worldview can have unintended and often dangerous
> consequences.
> > > But nor can we dismiss the other framework, not least because it's the
> > > typical framework of all Scripture as well as many Christian Saints and
> > > scholars from that day to this.
> > >
> > > Along the way, the presenter mentioned an American priest called Morton
> > > Kelsey (I think that's the name) whom he credited as a mentor and an
> > > inspiration in the ministry of healing.
> > >
> > > He's also worked alongside John Wimber for a season, which must have
> been
> > > an amazing experience (he did a very funny impression of an
> > > African-American worship leader singing "Cain killed Abel with the leg
> > of a
> > > table" which he'd actually heard during his time in the USA).
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone here knew Morton Kelsey or knew of him?
> > >
> > > Sally D
> >
>



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