Welcome to the Sacred Ground Center! My name is Jonathan Massey. I have a B.A. from Asbury College, M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary, and Certificate in the Art of Spiritual Direction from the Kino Institute of Theology. I pastored United Methodist Churches in Arizona for 16 years and am currently employed as a high school teacher in the Phoenix, Arizona, metro area. I belong to the mystical tradition of Christianity, historically associated with Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Meister Eckhart, Jakob Boehme, the theologians of the Philokalia, Vladimir Lossky, Teilhard de Chardin, Bede Griffiths, John Rossner, Kyriacos Markides, Thomas Moore, Marcus Borg, Jim Marion, Huston Smith, and others. I relate to what Huston Smith once said in a workshop: "Christianity is my main meal; other religions are my supplements." Besides the Bible, I've also been profoundly moved by other world scriptures like the Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Guru Granth Sahib, Tao The Ching and Dhammapada.

Through the years, I've enjoyed fellowship with Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and practitioners of shamanism, and celebrate the contributions we've been able to make to each other's lives. Clement of Alexandria, known as "the first Christian scholar", said something that has become one of the foundation stones in my spiritual life: "The way of truth is one. But into it as into a perennial river, streams flow from all sides." Spiritual psychology and various Native American traditions have also been major influences on my life. I relate strongly to C.G. Jung, Ken Wilber, Frank Lake, Isabel Briggs-Myers, Stanislav Grof, John Sanford, Steven Foster, Morton Kelsey, M. Scott Peck, David Seamands, and many authors in the Twelve-Step Movement. My current thinking owes a great debt to Nicholas Black Elk, Frank Fools Crow, Ed McGaa, Angeles Arrien, and Stephen Buhner. This is some of the background I bring to the work described in these pages. I hope you enjoy my website! You'll find information on my Vision Quests, Spiritual Direction, and Workshops, Retreats & Speaking. I've also included some Testimonials to my work, and information on how to contact me.

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