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Philosopher and author, Dr. Timothy Owen Desmond, Ph.D returns!
In this brain-melting transmission, we highlight the surprising connections between two ancient classics: Plato's Republic and Euripides' Bacchae.
Desmond believes he's uncovered hidden esoteric teachings that unite the two works, which have profound implications for the nature of reality.
Desmond also posits that Nietzsche hinted at these teachings in his celebrated work, The Birth of Tragedy.
Chart of relationships between Bacchae and Republic
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Seeker and creator behind Area 52, Chris Ramsay enters the mind meld!
In this one, we react to and riff on this month's eventful UFO / UAP-related news: The Immaculate Constellation whistleblower leak, the recent congressional hearings, which Chris attended personally, and more. We also debrief my profound experience at Monroe institute where I underwent a profound Gateway Experience retreat.
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I feel like I'm being pulled into a portal of novelty and high weirdness. It's an interesting time in the macro and the micro-- I'm about to leave for my gateway process retreat at the Monroe Institute, I've been invited to go sky-watching with Ryan Bledsoe, UFO hearings just happened, let's talk about it!
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UFO and Paranormal experiencer, seeker and son of Chris Bledsoe, Ryan Bledsoe enters the mind meld!
Ryan Bledsoe and his family have been ground zero for all manner of high weirdness for nearly 20 years. Ryan's life has been completely transformed as a result-- He left the religion he grew up in, his ideas about reality changed, and he (and his family) have been investigated by numerous intelligence agencies.
In this one, we riff on Ryan and his family's experiences, disinformation, the esoteric and why Ryan believes UFOs are a spiritual phenomenon.
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Esoteric scholar and host of the Secret History of Western Esotericism podcast, Earl Fontainelle, PhD enters the mind meld!
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Earl Fontainelle is a researcher specializing in the religious and philosophic thought of late antiquity. He's especially interested in platonism, hermeticism, and Greco-Roman spirituality and philosophy, in general. In this mind meld, we cover a lot of territory: Mysterious pre-socratic healer-seers who regularly partook in soul flight, ideas about the soul and subtle bodies in antiquity, ancient accounts of communing with non-human intelligence (gods, goddesses, daimones, etc), hermetic and platonic rebirth into an immortal nous (consciousness) body, and more!
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Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld!
In this one, we riff around the practical, psychological and esoteric layers of what Carl Jung called individuation: The process of becoming a psychologically distinct and whole individual. In short, the art of discovering and living one's purpose in life. We also muse about individuation's direct connection to a more overtly mystical and ancient concept, the personal daimon, and much more.
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MJDorian of the Creative Codex podcast returns!
In this one, we riff on the multidimensional influence of what Carl Jung called the shadow archetype. Its influence reaches far beyond individual psyches. You’ll find it in myths, fairytales, groups and even the collective psyche of humanity.
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Biological Anthropologist and author of Identified Flying Objects and The Extratempestrial Model, Dr. Michael Masters enters the mind meld!
In this one, Dr. Masters lays out the case for the "extratempestrial model" — The idea that the the UFO / UAP phenomenon is, at least in part, humans from the future. Dr. Michael P. Masters is Professor of Biological Anthropology at Montana Technological University. He received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from The Ohio State University where he specialized in hominin evolutionary anatomy, archaeology, and biomedicine.
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Contemplative Psychologist and seeker, Dr. John Churchill enters the mind meld!
John Churchill is a truly eclectic and multimodal thinker. He's a long-time student and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, Integral philosophy, psychology, western esotericism, and more.
In this one, we riff on lost ancient psycho-technologies, the evolution of consciousness (both individual and collective), connections between eastern and western wisdom traditions, and more.
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Physicist, engineer, author, and philosopher of consciousness, Federico Faggin enters the mind meld!
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Early in his career, Federico invented the microprocessor for Intel. He went on to have a multi-decade, highly successful career in tech. After a bout of existential depression and an unexpected mystical experience, Federico became enamored with the nature of consciousness. Nearly 20 years of research and experimentation later, he went on to develop and publish his own theory of consciousness.
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Seeker and creator behind Area 52, Chris Ramsay enters the mind meld!
On his new channel, Area 52, Chris explores some of life's biggest mysteries: Remote viewing, out of body experiences, the UFO phenomenon, and more.
In this one, we riff on Chris' deep dive into remote viewing and his time at the infamous Monroe Institute where he was initiated into the mysterious Gateway Process. We also muse about the nature of consciousness, reality, and much more.
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Depth Psychology psychotherapist and author, Simon Yugler enters the mind meld!
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In this one, we riff on the unique power of depth psychology, taking the soul seriously, the importance of visionary exploration, archetypes, the shadow, Carl Jung and more.
Preorder Simon's book, Psychedelics and the Soul, A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology and Cultural Repair
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Author and scholar of the mystical, Dr. Jeffery Kripal enters the mind meld!
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Jeff has been researching and writing about high-weirdness, mystical experiences, the UFO phenomena, near-death experiences, and more for decades.
He's the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. Jeff is the author of numerous books including The Flip, The Super Humanities and his latest, How To Think Impossibly About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else.
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Philosopher, professor, and author, Dr. Gregory Shaw enters the mind meld!
Gregory Shaw is the author of Theurgy and the Soul the Neoplatonism of Iamblichus, and his latest, Hellenic Tantra. He's a world-renowned expert on Neoplatonism, particularly the mysterious philosopher-sage, Iamblichus of Chalcis. Unlike his Platonic predecessors (apparently), Iamblichus engaged heavily in ritual esoteric practices. The heart of said practices were mysterious rites known as “theurgy.” A Greek word that translates to something like "god-working."
Though no one knows exactly what these practices were, there is a great deal we do know thanks to Iamblichus' extant writings and scholars like Shaw.
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Journalist and Author of The UFO Paradox, Keith Thompson enters the mind meld!
Keith has been surfing the UFO / UAP phenomenon and related rabbit holes for decades. He's developed a unique, sophisticated, multifaceted way of approaching this mystery that ranges from journalistic and empirical to mythopoetic and esoteric. His books Angels and Aliens and The UFO Paradox are available now.
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Psychologist and author, Dr. Emma Seppala enters the mind meld! In this one, we riff on the mystery of intuition, remote viewing, the power of breath-work and meditation, and much more.
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Emma is the author of The Happiness Track and her latest book, Sovereign. A psychologist and research scientist by training, her expertise is the science of happiness, emotional intelligence, and social connection. She currently lectures at Yale and has published research on breath work, compassion & meditation.
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Consciousness explorer, author of The Bigger Picture and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom Alexander Beiner returns to the mind meld!
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In this one, Alex shares more wisdom from his experience in a groundbreaking study at Imperial College London. In it, he was given extended-state, high-dose, intravenous DMT multiple times. His experiences, as you may have heard in our previous conversation, were alien and profound.
In this one, we riff more on the philosophical implications of the experience through a number of lenses. What does the experience tell us about reality, psychology, and meaning-making? What do mind-melting experiences like these mean for the future of spirituality?
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Philosopher, Scientist, Author and mystic, Dr. Tom Cheetham enters the mind meld.
Like nearly all of my favorite thinkers, Tom holds multiple kinds of wisdom. He has a rigorous academic background in philosophy and science. He even spent years as a biology and environmental studies professor. But, even with all of that technical expertise, Tom still thirsted for something more, something beyond the material. That something more arrived in the form of mythopoetic geniuses like author and psychologist, James Hillman, Carl Jung and, especially, philosopher and author Henry Corbin. The above wizarding triad led Tom to a decades-long on-going obsession with understanding the visionary, and the imaginal. The realm Corbin called the "mundus imaginalis."
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Professor, philosopher and best-selling author, Richard Tarnas Ph.D returns mind meld!
Richard is the author of Passion of the Western Mind and Cosmos and Psyche. He served as program director at the iconic Esalen Institute for a decade where he rubbed shoulders with great minds like Joesph Campbell, Terence McKenna, Ram Dass, Alan Watts, James Hillman, Stan Grof, and many more. Tarnas has an encyclopedic knowledge of history, philosophy, and spiritual traditions.
In this one, we continue our conversation about the crucial role of Platonism, Jung, depth psychology and the romantics in sense-making. Grappling with the modern meaning crisis. Developing a felt sense of the sacred in everyday life. The importance of initiation and altered states. The need for archetypal fluency, synchronicity, and much more.
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Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld!
In this one, Erick and I riff about the practical and psychospiritual aspects of Plato's cave. We also discuss potential links between the cave allegory and Jung's individuation process. Other points of musing include lessons from the creative path, insights from Erick's five-day darkness retreat, esoteric buddhism and more!
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Neuroscientist and DMT researcher and author, Dr. Andrew Gallimore returns to the mind meld!
In this one, we dive deep on visionary molecules like DMT. Is it possible that it opens your brain up to alien communication or even other realms? What do these experiences of high-strangeness tell us about consciousness?
We also riff on the incredible DMTx (extended-state) studies coming out of Imperial College London, the unbelievable research on the horizon, and much more.
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave is a powerful tale. Not only is it one of the oldest versions of what, today, we'd call the "matrix" or "simulation" scenario, it's the most practical, prescient, and esoteric. In fact, Plato's cave and the Republic at-large contain occulted layers of meaning that scholars are still discovering and debating about to this day. In this transmission, we'll summarize the tale and do a deep dive into its more esoteric, often missed layers of wisdom.
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Host of the Creative Codex podcast, MjDorian returns!
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This week, we explore the psychology, philosophy, and esoteric history of Tarot.
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According to legend, the Tarot may reach back as far as ancient Egypt. Origins aside, the Tarot orbits numerous fascinating historical figures and events. Its archetypal symbolism is incredibly deep and is carefully tailored around major elements of western esotericism. Some of which stretch back to Neoplatonist geniuses like Proclus.
And, oh yeah, there's even a wizard battle or two in this episode!
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Psychiatrist, Judy Tsafrir MD enters the mind meld!
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Judy Tsafrir is one of those rare beings with both a rigorous conventional education and a deeply spiritual perspective. After a spiritual awakening in her late 40s, doctor Tsafrir began to integrate spiritual practices into her life and her medical practice in a multitude of ways. She has developed a multidimensional approach to healing that seeks to put the soul back into psyche.
In this mind meld we riff on the synchronicity that connected us, the power of ritual, Carl Jung, the strengths and weaknesses of conventional psychoanalysis, the power of visionary states, and more.
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Author and seeker, Cory Allen returns to the mind meld! Grab Cory's new book, Brave New You here.
In this one, we riff on the importance of seeing through your own personal simulation, your own reality tunnel, as author, Robert Anton Wilson called it. We also muse about the importance of consciousness exploration in the spirit of Robert Anton Wilson. Other topics include -- The hidden nature of reality, the power of investigating your own mind through meditation, altered-states, creativity and risk-taking.
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