About Paul
These posts have information about Paul, as well as more intimate reflections, including links to relevant posts on spirituality, travel and life in Coogee. It also includes posts about museums, arts and culture, books, food and politics. Some of Paul’s favourite posts are shared on this page.
Introducing Paul
Pilgrim, Lightworker, Medium, Meditator, Writer, Foodie, Guide & Coach
Paul McCarthy’s life changed direction when he visited Brasil to acquire a crystal light healing apparatus in 2008. He learned about Spiritism, developed mediumship, learned and then taught meditation and unexpectedly became a pilgrim visiting the world’s holy sites.
Posts about Paul
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What is a crystal light treatment?
A crystal light treatment offers far more than chakra balancing: it is a transformative encounter with colour, quartz, and the…
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Meditation & Healing: A Spiritist Perspective
Paul McCarthy has been a meditator since 1998 and has been facilitating meditation and healing in the Spiritist tradition since…
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What is a “sacred travel” consult?
I offer guidance to advanced souls considering using sacred travel to advance their soul’s growth. This post discusses how I…
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My life in Coogee
A personal portrait of life in Coogee — the morning swims, the art deco streets, the food, and why this…
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35,000 words… not
A picture is worth a thousand words — and these are worth thirty-five thousand. A photo essay from forty years…
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Pilgrim, Lightworker, Medium, Meditator, Writer, Foodie, Guide & Coach
Paul McCarthy’s life changed direction when he visited Brasil to acquire a crystal light healing apparatus in 2008. He learned…
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Bones and holy dust – relics of the saints
Bones, skin and holy dust — the relics of the saints once drew millions of medieval pilgrims across Europe, and…
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I touched the Crown of Thorns
In 2012, I venerated the Crown of Thorns in Notre Dame Cathedral — a relic of the Passion of Jesus…
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Some reading suggestions
Paul McCarthy has written two books about saints that have inspired him (St Ignatius of Loyola and St Francis of…
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Meet me in the library – I love books
Let me introduce myself through my love of books. From novels that survived a flood to saints’ lives, Spiritism, Islamic…
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My pilgrimage to Japan begins in Nagasaki
My Japan pilgrimage begins not where Xavier landed, but in Nagasaki – the Rome of the East, home of the…
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Ending the old and beginning the new with St Francis
New Year in Assisi — a fourth pilgrimage to my spiritual home, deepening connections with St Francis, St Rita, the…
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The pandemic opportunity
This is the most extraordinary time to be alive and the opportunity for growth is extraordinary. Twelve spiritual principles for…
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The perfumed underpass
A stopover in Abu Dhabi — a perfumed underpass, a woman in silver shoes, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (the…
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Doughnuts with an ultra-orthodox Jew
A walking tour of ultra-orthodox Jerusalem with Kitty — bad wigs, long temple curls, charity boxes on every corner, and…
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The doughnut divinity is definitely Jewish
OMG! Jerusalem is life changing — and it has taken me to the point of seriously considering giving up pastry…
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A most extraordinary story…
Eileen O’Connor, Mary MacKillop, Our Lady of Coogee and a chain of synchronicities — the extraordinary story of a saint-in-waiting…
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Returning a “global citizen” after 3.5 years of travel
After 3.5 years of sacred travel across four continents — what changes, what doesn’t, and why coming home feels like…
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A Call to Loreto
Mary’s house in Nazareth, transported by angels to a hilltop in Italy — the history, the saints and the enduring…
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Serapis Bey and the Temple of Luxor
The Temple of Luxor, the Chapel of Serapis and the ascended master Serapis Bey — a profound spiritual encounter. (9…
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Crystal sound healing course
A crystal sound healing training course in Bali — learning to play the bowls, the science behind the sound, and…
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From crystal sound to crystal light …
A long service leave in Sydney leads to a life-changing encounter with a crystal sharmaness and her bowls — and…
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Making love to you is like riding a horse… in Greece
A head injury in Athens leads to guided meditation on Skyros, then the dream of Santorini finally realised — and…
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