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Colin Frangicetto returns to the mind meld!
This week, we return to the seductive hall of mirrors that is the UFO / UAP phenomenon. We riff on the tension between disinformation and disclosure, the mind-blowing revelations from whistleblower, Jake Barber, the documentary Mirage Men and much more.
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Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, and University of Toronto Professor, John Vervaeke returns to the mind meld.
In this one, we muse about John's surprising encounter with higher intelligence and how it changed his life. More specifically, John encountered a being he believes to be his personal daimon or guide. We also riff on the ancient wisdom of Platonism, the mind, the future of the meaning crisis, and the dualistic paradox we're all stuck in.
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Author, seeker, and my Monroe Institute roommate, Adam Butler enters the mind meld!
In this one, Adam and I share stories from our Gateway retreat at the Monroe Institute. We cover more curiosities from the declassified Gateway Process report, including "non-corporeal energy forms," and how the practice overlaps with both modern science and the world's mystical traditions.
We also muse about the mystery of psychoactive molecules and how they saved Adam's life.
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What if you could prove to yourself that you're more than your physical body? I don't mean just intellectually, I mean experiencing it. As some of you know, I recently attended a Gateway retreat at the Monroe Institute, and it really may given me that knowing. But we can't talk about my experience without taking a deep dive. So, in this transmission, we'll do just that. We'll meet Monroe himself, encounter psychic spies, explore the declassified Gateway Process report and much more.
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Psychiatrist, author, and seeker, Dr. Rick Strassman MD returns to the mind meld!
We muse about the hyper novelty of DMT, from the scientific to the spiritual. Rick shares several personal life-altering mystical experiences that he previously kept private. We also speculate about the role of endogenous DMT in the brain, the nature of consciousness, and mystical experiences. Check out Dr. Strassman's books, including his latest, My Altered States.
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Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld!
Erick and I riff on the drone situation and the UFO phenomenon. In particular, we reflect on the importance of Carl Jung's prescient book, Flying Saucers, a Modern Myth of Things Seen In the Skies. Erick also shares lessons from an intense psychedelic medicine experience. Other topics include reincarnation, NDEs, my experiences at Monroe Institute, and more.
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Author of Initiation Into Dream Mysteries and seeker, Sarah Janes enters the mind meld!
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Sarah Janes specializes in the ancient history and culture of dreaming. Sarah has been a practicing lucid dreamer and consciousness explorer for decades and has traced esoteric dreaming techniques back to ancient Greece and Egypt. She's actively trying to revive said techniques and uncover their lost wisdom. We also muse about mystery initiations, like the Eleusinian mysteries, and much more.
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Philosopher of consciousness, Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, Ph.D Returns!
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In this one, we muse about consciousness, the illusion of physical reality, non-human intelligence, the UFO / UAP phenomenon, esoteric states of consciousness, high weirdness, and much more.
Bernardo's latest book, Analytic Idealism In a Nutshell is out now.
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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.
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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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