
The Spirits in Poetry - A Spiritual Podcast
This podcast explores the spiritual elements and properties of healing through the art of poetry. This podcast also features poetry written by the host Jorge Quintana.
Episodes
57 episodes
A Farewell
My time running The Spirits in Poetry has come to an end. There comes a time when we have to learn to let go and this is one of them. My 2024 has started with death as my dog transitioned to the spiritual world eleven days ago. And yet, life ke...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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5:58

Protecting Yourself in a Chaotic World
This episode explores the importance of guarding yourself during this time where the world is in a chaotic place. This episode deconstructs the concept of guarding both physically and spiritually as well as different ways you can protect yourse...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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20:20

The Nature of God
This episode is a conversation about the unknowable; I am just a drop of water contemplating the ocean I am a part of. Whether you call this infiniteness "God," "Creator," "Dao," "The All," etc. it is clear that we are a part of it and it is ve...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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18:30

The More We Learn, The Less We Know
My apologies for stepping away from the podcast for longer than intended!This episode is a short summary on the knowledge my heart and soul have learned during this time. Part of this comes from stepping away from the spiritual path and...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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19:02

Taking Risks
This episode explores the importance of taking risks when it comes to performers. As artists we are always hitting wall and blockages. How do we reenergize ourselves and keep our performances/art fresh?Tune in and find out!
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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21:58

Spiritual Reset
After a hiatus of several months, The Spirits in Poetry is back with a talk on spiritual reset. Sometimes we hit a point in our growth where we need to restart our journey from a beginning. We take everything we've learned and we let our minds ...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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26:34

The Weight of Ambition
This episode deals with ambition and the advantages and consequences of cultivating it and allowing it to fill our lives. The truth is that in a capitalist world, we need ambition not just to thrive but to survive. In a world with limited...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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18:18

Managing Disappointment
Have you been feeling disappointment? Have you failed to reach goals that you've made for yourself and are currently sitting with the bitter feeling of failure?This episode is for those of you who have been wondering how to manage your ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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18:45

A Dissection of Manifestation
This episode breaks down the art of manifestation and why humans are fixated on the concept of materializing their inner desires. This episode is a flow of consciousness as I discuss my own experiences with manifestation as well as a key piece ...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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21:37

A Discussion on Fear, Frustration, & Failure
This episode is a candid discussion reflecting on these recent months and the air of chaos that has filled them. This episode covers CERN and their particle accelerator, the fear of failure, frustration over our lives, and the way we can find a...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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22:11

Finding Meaning in a Decaying World
This episode deals with one central question: Does our life have meaning? To answer this question we look at three philosophies which struggle with this answer. The first is Nihilism, which says that life is meaningless. Nihilism h...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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28:36

False Prophets
This episode deconstructs the term "False Prophet" and its implication given the rise of spiritual content on sites like Instagram and Tik Tok. It has been said that the time of prophets is over, and in this episode we cover what is meant by th...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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22:27

The Spirit of Combat
This episode features a guest who is both warrior and healer Anthony Perez. As a boxer and a nurse Anthony shares his experience on this unique path and gives his perspective on humanity, combat, and mental discipline. This episode...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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51:38

A Year of Eclipses
The year of 2022 has 4 eclipses happening during the calendar year: 2 partial solar eclipses and 2 total lunar eclipses. This episode discusses the astrological significance of these eclipses while also exploring the numerological significance ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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25:09

Reflections on Growth & Frustration
In this episode I reflect on my recent growth and the ways I have become dependent on consistent advancement in my life. Sometimes growth can become addicting and when this happens, frustration surfaces: frustration over where we want to be vs....
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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20:17

Embracing Darkness
This episode is titled Embracing Darkness because it's centered around the fact that sometimes 'love and light' as a motivating factor is not enough. As human beings we hold within us a dual nature, one of lightness and one of heaviness. And ye...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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23:40

Finding Your Spiritual Purpose
This episode is dedicated to answering the question: How do we find our spiritual purpose?Over the course of the podcast I have answered this question in several ways, many times around the theme: follow your heart. But this episode exp...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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23:05

The Middle Path: Letting Go of the Past
This episode is centered around depolarization and walking the middle path and how it ties into the theme of this year: letting go of the past. The context for this episode include: The High Priestess Tarot card and the Kabbalah Tr...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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28:48

Self Worth & Selling Your Soul
The first episode of season 4 is dedicated to a talk on the importance of valuing ourselves and the love, work, and meaning which we put out into the world. This episode discusses the origin of the Faustian Pact with the legend of ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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23:28

Season 4 Trailer: Season of Free Thoughts
Greetings to you all! The Spirits in Poetry will return Sunday March 13th. This fourth season is dedicated to Free Thoughts where I will challenge myself as a host to explore topics in a way I have not before: without a scrip...
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1:47

Death & The Perfect Ending
The final episode of Season 3: Living Through Poetry is in and in this episode we further our discussion of poetry by talking about what makes a poem's ending good versus what makes it fall flat. This episode covers Instagram Poetry Syndrome wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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22:39

Human Destiny & Evolution
The penultimate episode of season 3 is dedicated to the path of the artist/human and how we evolve as time progresses. This episode is approached from the argument that human destiny is to evolve. And because of this, the artist mu...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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11:34

Humanity & The Oral Tradition
This episode begins with the origin of poetry: the oral tradition, the way humans have preserved art, history, law, and truth. This podcast has covered the power of the word, but this time we expand on this concept by addressing the historical ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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16:04

Editing, Analysis, & Self Understanding
This episode breaks down the editing/analysis process of writing poetry. Are you the kind of poet that drafts non stop in pursuit of the perfect poem? Or have you forsaken perfection in your artistic workflow?I share my own editing/anal...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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14:09
