May 10, 2026: “The Great Mother and Me” Bryan Hackett

About this episode

Bryan Hackett shares his journey of directing prayers to the Great Mother and his experiences with spirituality and silence.

A few years back, Bryan began directing his prayers to the Great Mother, having spent most of his life in Patriarchal religion with prayers directed to ‘Our Father’. Bryan keeps an eye out for synchronicities (in a pagan sense) and will share a story or two. His best practice is to just go out for a few hours of silence to hear what the trees are saying!Music: Susan Peck and Jess Martin, with a Sol Singers sound bath in the foyer before worship.Bryan Hackett is First Unitarian’s Director of Finance & Operations, first joining the staff as our Accountant in November 2022. A lifelong New Mexico native with over 30 years in ministry, Bryan has journeyed into Unitarian Universalism over the last 10 years or so.

People in this episode

Guest: Bryan Hackett

Topics covered

• Great Mother
• Patriarchal religion
• Unitarian Universalism
• spirituality
• silence
• synchronicities

Keywords

• Great Mother
• prayers
• Patriarchal religion
• Unitarian Universalism
• silence
• synchronicities
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: First Unitarian

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