Outlander Soul

For the final episode of this season, we go deeper into some listener feedback, looking specifically at recent episodes and hearing what you think! We consider various questions and comments that have come in to us as well as talk about what we're reading and watching right now that is giving us joy and energy. Kick back and join us!

We love our listeners and we love hearing from you! We’ve built quite a community over the last few seasons and in these final two episodes of this season, we read through listener feedback, questions and comments as well as consider the impact Outlander continues to have on each of us.

One of the things we here at Outlander Soul love about Outlander is....well...the religion and various in ways in which faith is depicted in the lives of the characters. This is the second in a two-part series where we're exploring the multiplicity of ways in which faith and religion is exhibited, both for good and ill. Join us!

One of the things we here at Outlander Soul love about Outlander is....well...the religion and various in ways in which faith is depicted in the lives of the characters. Over the next two episodes, we'll explore the multiplicity of ways in which faith and religion is exhibited, both for good and ill. Join us and explore!

What is a sacrament and where do we see it in Outlander? A sacrament is a rite or ritual or event in which grace is imparted, where the extraordinary comes to us through the ordinary. In this episode, Terry and Jayme explore the wealth of sacramentality in the Outlander series, looking particularly at marriage, confession, communion, baptism, last rites for the dying, and holy taking orders.

Outlander creates a mythic universe in the same way that Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars does. There is magic and bad guys, and while sometimes there is terrible sacrifice, ultimately, the universe finds balance. So in this episode, we look at the various purposes of sacrifice, the recurring themes of sacrifice in Outlander - primarily around ritual, war, and honor - and what that means for the series and us.

We often talk about prophets and prophecy in terms of being able to tell the future, and since Outlander is a time travel story, the use of 'prophecy' language is pretty common. But what else is there that we can see in the series that links to how we understand it in a spiritual, religious, or theological sense? Have a listen and explore with us!

What is the dream and what is reality? In this episode, Jayme and Terry explore the many different types of dreams we see in the Outlander series, including nightmares, dreams of the dead and/or gone, symbolic dreams, and prescient dreams to name a few. We all know dreams can be interpreted in lots of ways and we explore how Outlander uses dreams to shape the story and reality in its world.

Strap on your boots - we're headed to the underworld! We're joined for another episode by our dear friend and fellow fan, Outcandour! In this episode, we make some connections between the Outlander epic and Greek epics and mythology, drawing out themes, and considering parallels and contrasts between the stories we know and love.

We're all now in Droughtlander again and WE'RE BACK with a new season of podcast episodes!! We kick off the new season talking about the most recent season of the Outlander TV show with our dear friend and fellow fan, Outcandour! Join us to review the season as a whole, what stood out to us, and what we can learn from it.

This is going to be a busy year in Outlander! We've got the new TV series starting 16 Feb 2020, Herself is *hopefully* finishing the newest book, and we've got a new podcast season in the works for you! We wanted to update you on a few developments and do a bit of fan-girling over the new TV season, which looks SO GOOD!! We look forward to being with you again very soon!

We love our listeners! We’re back for the second part of our season finale where Jayme and Terry respond to further listener feedback! This time, we delve into further conversation about sexual violence, mercy, vengeance, justice, and touch a bit on the theme of colonization in Outlander. Plus, we field a few suggestions given by listeners for future episodes, which we’ll be considering for Season 4! One of our dear listeners, Marilyn Pukkila, shared this quote with us via email with which we end this episode. It comes from Sheldon Kopp’s "If You See the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!': “We must learn to love in the absence of illusion. We must try to live a just life in an unjust world. We must be willing to go on caring even when     we are helpless to change things. Our best may not be good enough. Still it will have to do. I’m not o.k.  You’re not o.k.  And that’s o.k.” Hang in there, dear listeners! We’ll be back with new episodes in February 2020!

We love our listeners! For the final 2 episodes of this season, Terry and Jayme responding to listener feedback, exploring the questions asked, and looking ahead to season 4! So for this episode, we delve into further conversation about romance, friendship, and folk/fairy tales.

We're back with a new episode where we talk about things that go bump in the night! A Scottish prayer reads: 'From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!' In this episode, we talk about ghosts, spirits, the paranormal, and otherworldly in Outlander - just in time for Samhaim and All Hallow's Eve (Halloween). Enjoy!

We’re pulling together new episodes for you to finish off Season 3, but in the meantime, we’d like to invite you to revisit this earlier episode from Season 2 where we think and talk about Jamie's spiritual life and Celtic Spirituality. In this episode we introduce Celtic spirituality and its origins and theological foundations. Then we apply that to Outlander, looking at Jamie's interior life and prayers as an embodiment of Celtic spirituality.

We’re pulling together new episodes for you to finish off Season 3, but in the meantime, we’d like to invite you to revisit an earlier episode from Season 1 where we think and talk about Claire’s spiritual growth. As a central character, Claire's experience shapes the tone of the Outlander series. In this episode, Jayme and Terry discuss how Claire's inner life and spirituality change and mature over the course of the series and we set the stage for looking at other characters and their own spiritualities in future episodes.

We were guests at the Wild Goose Festival 2019, and hosted a live podcast episode centered on the topic of what it means to read fiction as sacred text, and specifically what it means to read Outlander as a sacred text. Join us for a conversation with a live audience and delve into the idea that we are the stories we tell ourselves!

We're back with part 2 with our wonderful guest (and listener) Dr Amy Davis, a film/media scholar based at the University of Hull in the UK. We continue our talk and share with you all you wanted to know but didn't about the ways in which Outlander resonates with and differs from classic fairy tales and works as a feminist fairy tale itself.

Outlander! Fairy Tales! Feminism! We're delighted to have our wonderful guest (and listener) Dr Amy Davis, a film/media scholar based at the University of Hull in the UK, on the podcast over the next 2 episodes! In this episode, we talk about the ways in which Outlander resonates with and differs from classic fairy tales and works as a feminist fairy tale itself.

The last episode was Part 1 where we started the conversation on vengeance and justice, and then quickly realised we also needed to talk about forgiveness and mercy too. So, we keep it going with Part 2, where we continue our discussion related to Jamie and Black Jack, Murtagh and the Duke of Sandringham, Wee Ian as a man of violence and Arch Bug's vengeance, Claire and Laoghaire, Claire and Jamie and Faith..... the list goes on and on. Enjoy!