In this profound episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner is joined by Nekesha Burrell, who shares how her near-death experience (NDE) transformed her relationship with God, fear, and consciousness itself.

Raised in a strict Christian environment and exposed to multiple faith traditions, Nekesha describes the journey from religious fear and survival mode into direct knowing of God beyond limitation. She explores breath as consciousness, intuition as divine guidance, and why peace—not fear—is the true signal of alignment with God.

Together, Meghan and Nekesha discuss religious conditioning, spiritual gifts, embodiment, feminine wisdom, emotional regulation, and why spiritual evolution is not rebellion—but expansion. This episode invites listeners to release fear-based faith, trust their inner knowing, and experience God as an ever-expanding presence rather than a confined doctrine.

• 00:00 – 01:45 | Welcome and introduction to Nekesha Burrell
• 01:45 – 03:35 | Nekesha describes life before her NDE: fear, survival mode, and hypervigilance
• 03:35 – 06:05 | Growing up Christian across many denominations and faith traditions
• 06:05 – 08:20 | Fear of God, fear of hell, and religious judgment in childhood
• 08:20 – 09:55 | “I wasn’t rebelling—I was evolving”: leaving limitation, not God
• 09:55 – 12:40 | Graduating from believing in God to knowing God
• 12:40 – 14:55 | God as an ocean, humans as vessels — the water bottle analogy
• 14:55 – 17:15 | Intuition, peace, and living without spiritual gatekeepers
• 17:15 – 20:10 | Trusting God through chaos: waves, surrender, and fear
• 20:10 – 22:30 | God doesn’t choose sides; humans are meant to add light
• 22:30 – 25:15 | Breath as consciousness and spiritual responsibility
• 25:15 – 27:40 | “We practice dying every night”: sleep as surrender
• 27:40 – 29:50 | Nekesha’s NDE: creation space, manifestation, and returning to the body
• 29:50 – 32:20 | “I am not a body with a soul—I am a soul in a body”
• 32:20 – 34:20 | Expansiveness of the soul and intuitive nudges
• 34:20 – 36:20 | Spiritual gifts, fear of deception, and religious conditioning
• 36:20 – 38:40 | How fear blocks spiritual perception
• 38:40 – 42:15 | Mind vs body: emotions as truth signals
• 42:15 – 45:00 | Healing trauma through feeling, choice, and self-love
• 45:00 – 47:10 | Boundaries, truth-telling, and reclaiming personal power
• 47:10 – 49:40 | Feminine wisdom, intuition, and embodiment
• 49:40 – 52:15 | Choosing peace over fear and expanding without guilt
• 52:15 – 55:

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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In this first episode of House of Learning: Understanding the Doctrine of the Temple, Meghan Farner and Cory Jensen introduce five powerful paradigm shifts that radically transform how we understand temple worship, spiritual growth, and our relationship with Jesus Christ.

This episode explores:

✨ Why you are literally meant to become the temple of God
✨ How the temple endowment is not historical reenactment, but a symbolic map of your own spiritual journey
✨ Why ordinances are symbolic of real spiritual experiences of grace and transformation
✨ How every element of the temple ultimately testifies of Christ
✨ The profound possibility of returning to the presence of Jesus Christ in mortality

Rather than approaching the temple as a checklist of religious compliance, this course invites you into a living, experiential relationship with God — where the temple becomes a blueprint for spiritual maturity, identity, embodiment, and divine intimacy.

If you’ve ever felt that the temple holds deeper meaning than you were taught…
If you desire a more personal relationship with Christ…
If you are ready to engage scripture and symbolism with spiritual discernment…
This series is for you.

New episodes release weekly for 17 weeks.

🌿 For deeper study tools, guided reflections, journaling, and community, explore the Hidden Wisdom app: meghanfarner.com/app

⚠️ This content represents spiritual interpretation and lived experience. Viewers are encouraged to seek personal revelation, honor sacred covenants, and engage with discernment.

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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In this expansive episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner is joined by Phil McLemore for a deep exploration of the Perennial Philosophy—the timeless spiritual truth underlying all authentic religious traditions. Together, they discuss Christ not only as a historical figure, but as a universal pattern of consciousness revealed across mysticism, scripture, and lived spiritual experience.

This conversation bridges Christianity, Eastern wisdom, esoteric theology, and personal revelation, inviting listeners to move beyond dogma and into direct knowing. Phil and Meghan explore awakening, symbolic language, the limits of literalism, and what it means to truly “have eyes to see and ears to hear” in the modern spiritual journey.

This episode is for seekers who feel called to unity, depth, and spiritual maturity, and who sense that truth is larger—and more beautiful remembering—than any single tradition.

00:00 – 02:10 | Opening reflections and introduction to the episode’s theme

02:10 – 04:30 | Introducing Phil McLemore and his background in perennial wisdom

04:30 – 07:45 | What is the Perennial Philosophy? One truth, many expressions

07:45 – 11:20 | Why religions differ on the surface but agree at the mystical core

11:20 – 14:40 | Christ as a pattern of consciousness, not only a historical figure

14:40 – 18:05 | Symbolism vs. literalism in scripture and spiritual language

18:05 – 21:30 | “Eyes to see, ears to hear” — awakening beyond the ego mind

21:30 – 25:10 | Mysticism across traditions: Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and more

25:10 – 28:40 | Why fear-based religion resists mystical knowing

28:40 – 32:20 | The role of ego, identity, and surrender in spiritual awakening

32:20 – 36:00 | The Christ path as transformation, death, and rebirth

36:00 – 39:30 | Unity consciousness and the illusion of separation

39:30 – 43:10 | How perennial wisdom heals religious trauma and division

43:10 – 46:45 | Moving from belief to embodied knowing

46:45 – 50:20 | Practical integration: living from awakened awareness

50:20 – 53:00 | Final reflections on truth, humility, and spiritual maturity

53:00 – 54:30 | Closing thoughts and invitation to deeper inquiry

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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In this first episode of Hidden Wisdom for 2026, Meghan introduces the core framework behind the podcast’s direction: living the mysteries. Drawing from ancient traditions, Christian mysticism, symbolism, archetype, and scripture, this episode explains the difference between exoteric religion and esoteric wisdom, and why both are essential for true spiritual maturity.

Meghan explores the soul’s journey as a process of repeated death and rebirth, the movement from head knowledge to embodied wisdom, and the transformation that occurs when inner false identities are released. This episode addresses spiritual development, deconstruction, shadow work, repentance, grace, and theosis, all framed within a Christ-centered path.

Listeners are invited to develop “eyes to see,” reclaim personal spiritual authority, and understand how religion can prepare us for deeper, inward communion with God rather than replace it.

This foundational episode sets the tone for Hidden Wisdom in 2026 and offers a grounded, Christ-rooted approach to esoteric spirituality, divine law, and living a transformed life.

Specific Timestamps

00:00–03:20 | Welcome to 2026 and the purpose of the episode
03:20–06:50 | Defining “Living the Mysteries” and hidden wisdom
06:50–10:45 | Exoteric knowledge: structure, law, and spiritual childhood
10:45–14:20 | Esoteric wisdom: heart knowledge, embodiment, and maturity
14:20–17:55 | The soul’s journey as sanctification and transformation
17:55–21:40 | Theosis, remembering the true self, and unity with God
21:40–25:10 | Asking real questions and beginning spiritual awakening
25:10–28:20 | Death, deconstruction, shadow work, and ego surrender
28:20–33:30 | Grace, rebirth, spiritual gifts, and ancient mystery traditions
33:30–37:25 | Religion vs. spirituality: the bullseye model of truth
37:25–41:20 | Masculine and feminine dynamics in religion and mysticism
41:20–44:50 | Why the esoteric feels dangerous and misunderstood
44:50–48:15 | Pendulum swings, spiritual ego, and imbalance
48:15–51:35 | Light and dark sides of spiritual distortion
51:35–55:40 | Christ as anchor, guide, and archetype of the journey
55:40–59:35 | Introducing esoteric Mormonism
59:35–01:02:55 | Scripture, authority, embodiment, and personal revelation
01:02:55–01:06:55 | Divine feminine, polarity, and perennial wisdom
01:06:55–01:10:10 | Practical steps to begin living the mysteries
01:10:10–End | Direction of Hidden Wisdom in 2026 and closing invitation

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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In this extended episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner offers a courageous and deeply grounded exploration of what it truly means to call the Bible “the Word of God.” Drawing from history, theology, mysticism, and personal discernment, Meghan invites listeners to approach scripture—especially the Old Testament—not as an inerrant divine transcript, but as a profoundly human record of humanity wrestling with God.

This episode examines biblical authorship, political and cultural influences, polytheism in ancient Israel, the suppression of the divine feminine, and the role of ego, power, and hierarchy in shaping scripture. Meghan introduces the four levels of Hebrew interpretation, demonstrates how symbolic and mystical readings restore depth and coherence, and reframes troubling biblical narratives as invitations to inner transformation rather than external obedience.

Ultimately, this episode is a call to spiritual maturity: to trust Christ, cultivate discernment, and allow God—not institutions—to be your primary tutor. For anyone studying the Bible this year, navigating faith transitions, or seeking a lived experience of the Divine beyond fear, this conversation offers clarity, permission, and profound hope.

00:00 – 02:40 | Introduction and why this topic matters now

02:40 – 04:00 | Why the Old Testament creates tension and confusion

04:00 – 06:45 | Personal discernment and direct relationship with God

06:45 – 09:45 | Projection, ego, and humans creating God in their image

09:45 – 12:45 | The Bible as a human record—not divine dictation

12:45 – 15:30 | Violence, fear, and misattributed divine commands

15:30 – 18:15 | Ancient Israel’s polytheism and the divine council

18:15 – 21:40 | Spiritual evolution and changing views of God

21:40 – 24:45 | Political power, Rome, and biblical curation

24:45 – 27:30 | Loss of feminine wisdom and oral tradition

27:30 – 30:45 | Asherah, goddess suppression, and missing feminine imagery

30:45 – 34:15 | Excluded texts and erased mystical traditions

34:15 – 37:00 | Four levels of Hebrew interpretation

37:00 – 40:15 | Symbolism as the language of scripture

40:15 – 43:00 | Cain and Abel as inner allegory

43:00 – 46:30 | Discernment, humility, and spiritual maturity

46:30 – 50:45 | Translation bias and priesthood hierarchy

50:45 – 55:30 | Christ revealing the true character of God

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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In this final episode of 2025, Meghan reflects on her four-year journey through second coming prophecy, symbolism, and the rediscovery of the Divine Feminine. What began as a study of last-days events has evolved into a deeper realization: Zion’s redemption and the rise of the Divine Feminine are inseparable.

Drawing from LDS canon, apocryphal texts like The Gospel of the Beloved Companion, ancient traditions, temple symbolism, and universal archetypes, Meghan shows how the feminine principles of intuition, relationship, heart-centered wisdom, and spiritual authority have always been woven into prophecy.

She explores Mary Magdalene as “the tower,” Zion as the bride, the birthing symbolism of the new heaven and new earth, and the ways masculine and feminine partnership create the spiritual maturity required for Christ’s return.

This episode dives deep into:
• the parable of the tower
• the true meaning of Magdalene
• the feminine role in death, rebirth, and the millennium
• Zion as a feminine state of being
• the partnership of masculine and feminine energies
• global prophetic traditions pointing to feminine renewal

A powerful close to the year and an invitation to reclaim the feminine in your own spiritual path.

Timestamps

00:00–02:00 | Closing the year and reflecting on the podcast journey
02:00–05:00 | Moving from prophecy study into the Divine Feminine
05:00–07:00 | Asking deep spiritual questions before you’re ready
07:00–12:00 | Parable of the Tower and its prophetic meaning
12:00–15:00 | Magdalene as “the tower” and her true identity
15:00–18:30 | The tower as feminine presence and spiritual being
18:30–23:00 | Two feminine archetypes: virgin and fallen daughter
23:00–25:00 | Feminine principles as prerequisites for Zion
25:00–30:00 | Zion, Jerusalem, and the Bride symbolism
30:00–33:00 | Birthing the new heaven and new earth
33:00–39:00 | Isaiah’s five birth metaphors
39:00–43:00 | Zion as unified heart and mind
43:00–50:00 | Global traditions confirming the feminine archetype
50:00–56:00 | How to rebuild the tower within ourselves
56:00–60:00 | Zion as a state of being and the return of Enoch
60:00–End | Closing reflection and blessing for the new year

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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In this special Christmas episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan is joined by scholar and author Donna Nielsen for a breathtaking exploration of Mother Mary’s true identity, her lineage, her temple upbringing, and the ancient traditions that honor her far beyond the biblical text.

Drawing from Christian apocrypha, Islamic scripture, German folktales, early temple traditions, Renaissance iconography, and Middle Eastern lineage records, Donna reveals a side of Mary rarely talked about. This is a beautiful, expansive, and deeply reverent journey into Mary’s life and mission—the perfect Christmas episode for anyone wanting deeper spiritual understanding.

00:00–04:00 | Introduction
04:00–06:00 | Protestant vs. Catholic Mary
06:00–13:00 | How stories honor real people without always being factual
13:00–16:00 | Maternal lineage
16:00–27:00 | Prophecy of the tree, branch, flower, and fruit of light
27:00–29:00 | Story of Anna and Joachim
29:00–32:00 | Early childhood portrayals of Mary
32:00–35:00 | Temple customs, Mary’s purity traditions, and symbolic upbringing
35:00–38:00 | Presentation of Mary at the temple: Christian and Muslim narratives
38:00–40:00 | Mary’s weaving
40:00–43:00 | Annunciation symbolism
43:00–46:00 | Women at wells
46:00–48:00 | Mary entering the Holy of Holies
48:00–50:00 | Oldest image of Mary
50:00–53:00 | Mary in Islam
53:00–56:00 | Islamic art and symbolism
56:00–59:00 | Mary the New Eve
59:00–01:03:00 | Nativity traditions
01:03:00–01:06:00 | The three Marys
01:06:00–01:10:00 | Dormition, Assumption, and ancient beliefs about Mary’s death
01:10:00–01:12:00 | Mary in Latter-day Saint tradition and limited portrayal
01:12:00–01:16:00 | Mary as the Virgin in the Book of Mormon
01:16:00–01:19:00 | Virgin: meanings beyond sexuality
01:19:00–01:23:00 | Colors, flowers, fruits, and symbolic art of Mary
01:23:00–01:28:00 | Shell and pearl symbolism
01:28:00–01:32:00 | Medieval chants and Mary’s collaborative role with Christ
01:32:00–End | Closing symbolism: milk, blood, tears, and divine compassion

Additional Resources:

The Protoevangelium of James - Reading by Meghan Farner

Holy Child Jesus by Donna Nielsen

Learn more at donna-connections.blogspot.com

Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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In this powerful episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan sits down with author and educator Jocelyn Pedersen to explore her groundbreaking new book All Things in One: Reuniting Religion with the Woman in the Wilderness.

00:00–01:30 | Introduction and Jocelyn’s background
01:30–03:00 | Jocelyn’s new book and its long journey
03:00–05:00 | How her book builds on deeper mysteries of the gospel
05:00–07:00 | Why fears and veils block spiritual expansion
07:00–09:50 | Bridging individual spirituality and collective religion
09:50–11:10 | Christ’s use of global traditions and symbols
11:10–13:00 | Why symbolic and esoteric learning matters
13:00–16:00 | Addressing fear, deception, and misconceptions about “going off the deep end”
16:00–19:20 | Rethinking sin, repentance, and constant course correction
19:20–23:00 | How distrust and fear relate to the Divine Feminine
23:00–25:20 | Pentagram, symbolism, and the feminine archetype
25:20–27:20 | Trauma-based fears and why we cling to boxes
27:20–29:30 | The parable of the talents as an invitation to seek truth
29:30–31:40 | Fear categories: power, control, esteem, safety
31:40–34:20 | The illusion of control and the feminine unknown
34:20–36:40 | True feminine courage: surrender, trust, and letting go
36:40–39:20 | Jocelyn’s personal story of healing and surrender
39:20–41:40 | The feminine principle of trust and divine heldness
41:40–44:59 | Role of the Divine Masculine and partnership
44:59–48:40 | Structural masculine vs. fluid feminine: finding balance
48:40–52:20 | “Ladies first” and the biblical pattern of feminine condescension
52:20–53:40 | Learning the dance of masculine and feminine within
53:40–56:10 | Why we fear women—and why that must heal
56:10–57:30 | Jocelyn’s women’s event and book release
57:30–End | Closing thoughts and upcoming gathering

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Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth.

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