{"id":5117,"date":"2015-12-15T23:15:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T23:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/?p=11161?"},"modified":"2021-06-23T15:37:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:37:01","slug":"mirabai-starr-caravan-of-no-despair","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/mirabai-starr-caravan-of-no-despair\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirabai Starr: Caravan of No Despair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mirabai Starr is an author and teacher best known for her well-regarded translations of Christian mystics such as Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint Francis of Assisi. Her most recent work with Sounds True is Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of of Loss and Transformation. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Mirabai and Tami Simon talk about \u201cthe dark night of the soul\u201d and how this intense experience is essential to the spiritual path. 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