Paul Goodberg
Paul Goodberg, 1942–
Paul Goodberg is a traditional healer, mystic and teacher whose work is rooted in a lifetime of spiritual practice and service.
His teaching is experiential rather than theoretical. Through the natural world, the invisible world, healing, sacred places and acts of service, he invites us into a direct relationship with what he calls the sacred.
His books and the teachings preserved on this website developed alongside one another. Together they document a body of work concerned with mystical awareness, healing, reciprocity with the natural world and service to others and to the Earth.
A Silent Transmission
Join me in this evocation of sacred presence from the healing tradition of St. Paul the Hermit. This silent transmission was recorded at a retreat in 2014.
Explore the Work
There is no required order for exploring this website. Different sections offer different ways into Paul’s teaching and healing work.
Healing and Direct Experience
Healing Gifts
Recorded healing experiences intended to support grounding, calm, awareness and relationship with the natural world.
Sacred Relics and Icons
A companion to the Healing Gifts, offering recorded encounters with sacred relics, icons and structures.
Earth Healings
Remote healings offered in response to natural disasters and other forms of mass trauma.
The Natural World as a Gateway to the Sacred
The Old Grove Teaching
A journey into mystical awareness through the natural world as a doorway to the sacred.
Short Teachings
Short videos on listening, relationship with the natural world, the soul and the sacred.
The Mysteries of the Sacred
The Invisible World
A more advanced and esoteric exploration of the invisible world.
Paul intended The Old Grove Teaching and The Invisible World to be used together. Together they form what he described as a complete teaching about the mysteries of the sacred.
Paul’s Talks and Teachings
Workshop Talks
Selected talks from week-long teachings and retreats.
Public Talks
Talks given to public audiences on healing, service, mystical experience and relationship with the natural world.
Books and Writings
Paul’s books and this website developed alongside one another.
Publications
Explore Activist Mysticism, What Wants to Be Known and Into The Eye Of God.
Blog
Paul’s writings on his books, teaching, healing work, the natural world and the continuing development of this website.
A Complete Statement
Paul wrote that this website began in 2011 and evolved alongside his published books.
In 2026, Paul wrote: “This year I finally completed the site. It is now a complete statement.”
The pages, recordings, writings and books preserved here offer different ways of encountering that work.