Carl McColman

04/09/2026

A Mystical To-Do List (Click to read on Substack)

None of this is required. All of it may be helpful.

02/09/2026

My Three Podcasts (Click to read on Substack)

Ways for us to be connected in the audio world

02/09/2026

"But with these “special opportunity” pitches, that second email always included a price tag: I was being asked to pay for a service that a legitimate book club would offer for free." https://www.carlmccolman.net/p/a-scam-aimed-at-authors?utm_campaign=a-scam-aimed-at-authors-by-carl-mccolman&utm_medium=social_link&utm_source=missinglettr-facebook

01/09/2026

So very honored to be featured in today’s email blast from the Wild Goose Festival! What’s even better is how they described me: “a feral contemplative who will tell you mysticism is supposed to be fun.” I feel truly seen. Hope to see YOU at the Wild Goose Festival, happening in just a couple of days!

31/08/2026

A Different Humanity (Click to read on Substack)

We each express our humanness in a unique way. This, apparently, is by design.

28/08/2026

Prayer as attentiveness, humility and resolve (Click to read on Substack)

Advice for spiritual writers actually works for all contemplatives.

26/08/2026

A Valuable Resource (Click to read on Substack)

A contemplative mind (and heart) is a means for meeting life with curiosity and compassion

24/08/2026

Mysticism and Deconstruction (Click to read on Substack)

Contemplatives have been opening up the paradoxes of the spiritual life for centuries

22/08/2026

Inherently Endowed With Everything (Click to read on Substack)

Mystical liberation is not attained so much as it is accepted...

20/08/2026

Seven Contemplative Affirmations (Click to read on Substack)

Words to support your deepening interior silence.