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Four decades of conversations, profiles and recognition.

Why this matters now

These conversations trace how mystical insight can become a practical response to a world in crisis.

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IN THE PRESS: RECENT

  • OMTimes Magazine

    Andrew Harvey: The Magdalene Revolution

    7 March 2026Interview

    Why restoring Mary Magdalene to the heart of Christian mysticism could spark a movement for equality and healing.

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  • TalkRadio.NYC · The Conscious Consultant Hour with Sam Liebowitz

    The Magdalene Revolution with Andrew Harvey

    1 July 2026Radio

    Mary Magdalene as Jesus’s equal partner, the sacred feminine and the meaning of today’s crises.

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  • innercalling podcast

    EP73: Andrew Harvey on Mary Magdalene & the Sacred Feminine

    4 September 2026Podcast

    A conversation on Mary Magdalene and the sacred feminine.

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  • Spirituality & Practice

    The Magdalene Revolution

    2026Excerpt

    An excerpt from The Magdalene Revolution, Andrew’s newest book.

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  • Trinity Church Wall Street

    Rumi: Poetry, God, and Love

    April 2024Talk

    Andrew on the healing, wild and gorgeous world of Rumi.

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  • Embodied Philosophy

    Andrew Harvey on Sacred Activism and Radical Regeneration (#140)

    October 2021Podcast

    The global crisis as a spiritual turning point, and how to become a sacred activist.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF PRESS

  • Spirit Matters Talk

    Andrew Harvey

    June 2016Podcast

    Mystical experience and its link with social activism.

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  • Buddha at the Gas Pump

    #329: Andrew Harvey

    January 2016Video interview

    An interview with Rick Archer on mystical experience and Sacred Activism.

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  • Sounds True · Insights at the Edge with Tami Simon

    Evolutionary Mysticism

    June 2010Podcast

    Andrew in conversation with Tami Simon about evolutionary mysticism.

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  • The Sun magazine

    The Ordinary Decency of the Heart

    May 2008Interview

    Andrew Lawler interviews Andrew on why contemplation must become action.

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  • Chronogram

    Forever Young

    October 2007Profile

    Joseph Dalton profiles Andrew on Rumi ahead of the poet’s 800th birthday symposium at Kripalu.

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  • CBC Radio · Tapestry

    Rumi: Poet Laureate of the Planet Earth

    September 2007Radio

    A Tapestry conversation on Rumi with Andrew Harvey and Coleman Barks.

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  • Bard College

    The Mystical Revolution

    February 2004Press release

    Bard College announces a seminar series with Andrew Harvey.

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  • Spirituality & Practice

    Recovering the Divine Feminine

    July 1999Review

    A review of Andrew’s New Dimensions Radio interview on the divine feminine.

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  • BBC

    The Making of a Modern Mystic

    1993Film

    A documentary profile of Andrew’s life and spiritual inquiry.

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RECOGNITION

  • Named #33 in Watkins’ 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People (2012)
  • Nominated for the Templeton Prize (2012)
  • Nautilus Silver Award for The Hope (2011)
  • Benjamin Franklin Award and Mind Body Spirit Award for Mary’s Vineyard
  • Christmas Humphreys Award for A Journey in Ladakh
  • Youngest-ever Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford

Profiles & Reference

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SHORT BIO

Andrew Harvey is an author, scholar, poet and teacher of Sacred Activism. Born in south India in 1952, he became the youngest-ever Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His work explores Rumi, Christian mysticism and the sacred feminine, joining inner transformation with action. He directs the Institute for Sacred Activism; his newest book is The Magdalene Revolution (2026).

LONG BIO

Andrew Harvey is an author, scholar, poet and teacher whose work brings the world’s mystical traditions into dialogue with the crises of our time. Born in Coimbatore, south India, in 1952, he won a history scholarship to Oxford and, at twenty-one, became the youngest-ever Fellow of All Souls College. Returning to India in 1977 began a spiritual journey that led to Bodhisattva vows in Ladakh, a decade of study of Rumi in Paris with Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch, and a meeting with Father Bede Griffiths in 1992. He has written, translated or edited more than thirty books, including A Journey in Ladakh, The Hope and The Magdalene Revolution (2026). He has taught at Oxford, Cornell, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the California Institute of Integral Studies. He directs the Institute for Sacred Activism, joining mystical inquiry with practical service, justice and the protection of the earth.

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