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April 20th: Nikko Jenkins' Appeal Refused (2020) Dangerous individuals who show no sign of rehabilitation should never be released from prison. Yet, it unfortunately happens time and time again. On April 20th 2020 an appeal was rejected in a case involving an incredibly dangerous individual. One who proved time and time again what a danger he was yet was released from prison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikko_Jenkins, https://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jenkins-nikko.htm, https://omaha.com/complete-coverage-nikko-jenkins-convicted-of-4-murders-sentenced-to-death/collection_48429228-a038-11e5-9263-8bc352525845.html, https://vocal.media/criminal/the-crazy-case-of-nikko-jenkins, https://briefly.co.za/facts-lifehacks/celebrities-biographies/118680-who-nikko-jenkins-age-wife-sister-father-interview-execution-date-worth/, https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/nikko-jenkins-most-dangerous-inmate-864822-20231120, https://yen.com.gh/facts-lifehacks/biographies/218749-is-nikko-jenkins-alive-what/, https://www.documentarytube.com/articles/nikko-jenkins-killing-in-the-name-of-god/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dare to Dream with Debbi Dachinger TYLER ELLISON: The Original Creation Formula, Sacred Geometry & ETs Shaping Our Evolutions. Don't miss this download from beyond time! My guest, Tyler Ellison is a magnetic force of ancient magick and modern mysticism. A Metaphysical Magician and Acupuncturist, Tyler fuses the realms of spirit and science, guiding those who seek to unlock the divine power within. As a Certified Instructor of the Universal Healing Dao, he leads his students on journeys of profound transformation, awakening the soul's hidden potential. Widely known for his channeling of RYOKAH, a hybrid ET being from the Sassanian civilization, Tyler also communicates with Egyptian Gods, Goetic spirits, and Archangels. His teachings are an intoxicating blend of esoteric knowledge and cutting-edge energy work, offering those in his presence the keys to master their spiritual essence and access their deepest magick. In Tyler's world, the mystical becomes real, and the extraordinary is within your grasp.

Dare to Dream with Debbi Dachinger TYLER ELLISON: The Original Creation Formula, Sacred Geometry & ETs Shaping Our Evolutions. Don't miss this download from beyond time! My guest, Tyler Ellison is a magnetic force of ancient magick and modern mysticism. A Metaphysical Magician and Acupuncturist, Tyler fuses the realms of spirit and science, guiding those who seek to unlock the divine power within. As a Certified Instructor of the Universal Healing Dao, he leads his students on journeys of profound transformation, awakening the soul's hidden potential. Widely known for his channeling of RYOKAH, a hybrid ET being from the Sassanian civilization, Tyler also communicates with Egyptian Gods, Goetic spirits, and Archangels. His teachings are an intoxicating blend of esoteric knowledge and cutting-edge energy work, offering those in his presence the keys to master their spiritual essence and access their deepest magick. In Tyler's world, the mystical becomes real, and the extraordinary is within your grasp.

Step into the fierce yet loving energy of Sekhmet and reclaim your power. Danielle invites you to explore the courage, self-acceptance, and divine strength embodied by this Egyptian lioness goddess. Through personal stories and sacred transmissions, Danielle and the Guides invite you to recognize your own key moments of transformation, release self-doubt, and deepen your alignment with your highest potential.Whether you are navigating change or seeking greater empowerment, Sekhmet serves as a powerful ally. You'll also be guided through an experience to attune to her energy, strengthen your confidence, and embody the courage needed to fulfill your divine mission.Do not miss these highlights:00:37 - Introduction to the power of Sekhmet and her role in courage, empowerment, and divine connection.02:16 - Danielle shares a personal story of her first life-changing encounter with Sekhmet and its impact on her spiritual journey.04:56 - A deep dive into Sekhmet's energy, including her fierce self-acceptance and healing presence.07:28 - How Sekhmet helps spiritual leaders stand in their power without fear or self-doubt.11:49 - Recognizing signs that you may be resisting your own empowerment and how to step into it fully.16:07 - The significance of Sekhmet statues in Karnak and their role in supporting personal transformation.21:06 - Danielle recounts how Sekhmet played a pivotal role in her life, including a profound moment of divine alignment.23:04 Invitation to connect with Sekhmet through a guided exploration to awaken courage, clear self-doubt, and embrace fierce authenticity.29:42 - Closing reflections on how to integrate Sekhmet's empowerment into everyday life.Resources MentionedJoin the 2025 Heart Opening Journey to Egypt: https://daniellehoffman.com/egypt/Create Quantum Leaps in your Spiritual Mastery with the Ascended Master Playdate: https://daniellehoffman.com/playdate/Purchase your copy of The Temples of Light Book & The Temples of Light Initiation Audio Download: https://daniellehoffman.com/store/cards-books/ For your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with Thoth is an opportunity to access your inner wisdom, infinite possibilities, and to become who it is that you are designed to be, fully realized, and Divine.

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Highlights:1) Was there an Akashic break in Earth's history?2) How and why Sacred Geometry can be used for manifesting?3) The extraterrestrial beings who are playing a significant role with humanity?4) What is the Original Creation Formula?Want to know your galactic ancestry? Unlock your cosmic potential with a FREE Starseed Video and Report!

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Step into the art of manifestation with Danielle as she works with the Magdalene Manifestation Cards, a powerful tool for spiritual leaders to create abundance through love. In this hands-on episode, she explores how to use the cards to shift energy, activate sacred geometry, and align with divine manifestation principles. Whether using a daily single-card spread to set the tone for the day, a two-card spread for balancing masculine and feminine energies, or a re-Source code spread for tangible results, this episode provides insights to deepen your spiritual practice and supercharge your manifestations. This episode is best experienced on our Youtube channel. CLICK HERE to watch the video and create your own energy vortexes for your manifestations!Do not miss these highlights:00:15 - Introduction to the Magdalene Manifestation Cards and how they are designed to manifest rather than predict.03:24 - Demonstration of a daily one-card spread to set the energy for the day and align with higher wisdom.07:28 - Explanation of heart sentience and how the cards integrate intuition, logic, and higher knowing.09:48 - Two-card spread technique for balancing masculine and feminine energies in manifestation.12:26 - How the cards interrupt lower vibrational patterns and shift energy into a higher state.16:07 - The role of sacred geometry in creating an energy vortex for manifestation.19:52 - Deep dive into the re-Source card spread for manifesting measurable physical outcomes.24:27 - Using the cards to amplify divine relationships and align with spiritual partnerships.26:25 - Overview of additional resources, including activation programs and guided meditations.28:21 - How to integrate the Magdalene Codes into daily life for multidimensional abundance.Resources MentionedCreate Abundance Through Love with the Magdalene Manifestation Cards: http://daniellehoffman.com/cards Birthright of Love: Manifest What Matters Most https://daniellehoffman.com/manifesting-what-matters/ Discover the MULTI-D ABUNDANCE METHOD™ with the Magdalene Wealth Codes: https://daniellehoffman.com/magdalene-codes/Vibe into our 2025 Heart Opening Journey to Egypt: https://daniellehoffman.com/egypt/For your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with...

Unlock your next level of spiritual mastery in this transformative episode on embodied ascension. Danielle, along with Thoth and the Council of Light, invite you to evolve your spiritual practices, connect with an aligned community, , and elevate your consciousness to live an extraordinary life. Packed with motivational insights and practical strategies, this episode will inspire you to embrace your unique path, refine your tools, and embody higher states of awareness. And guide you to reimagine your spiritual practices, stay current with energetic shifts, and deeply nourish your energy body.Do not miss these highlights:00:45 - Danielle introduces embodied ascension and the importance of evolving spiritual practices to align with higher states of consciousness.01:50 - Thoth and the Council of Light emphasize how global and personal consciousness has shifted, creating opportunities for greater mastery.03:45 - Insights into aligning with the vibrational changes of the Earth to overcome spiritual plateaus and embrace new practices.08:04 - Guidance on refining outdated spiritual tools and recognizing when it's time to adopt new methods of growth.12:57 - Reflection on the uniqueness of each spiritual journey and how to revisit past practices with a fresh perspective.16:16 - The value of community and connection in accelerating consciousness evolution and nourishing energy bodies.19:45 - The significance of engaging in advanced spiritual practices and maintaining regular energetic nourishment.23:57 - Danielle introduces Ascended Master Playdates as a modern, community-based, and accessible approach to spiritual mastery.27:10 - The role of telepathic and multidimensional communication in fostering an embodied spiritual practice.30:42 - Practical advice on using synchronicity and spontaneity to discover and integrate the most aligned spiritual tools.Resources MentionedJoin the Ascended Mastery Play Date Community - https://daniellehoffman.com/playdateExplore these life changing masterclasses with the Guides at https://danielleramahoffman.com/store/masterclasses/Visionary Heart: Mission Visionary Heart: Divine Relationships Vibe into our 2025 Heart Opening Journey to Egypt: https://daniellehoffman.com/egypt/For your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with Thoth is an opportunity to access your inner wisdom, infinite possibilities, and to become who it is that you are designed to be, fully...

I'm excited to host Charlie Larson at the Virtual Alexandria to discuss his new book, Anubis―Ancient Egypt's Lord of Death and Protection. Let's dive into the mystical world of Anubis, Egypt's original Lord of the Dead. Although his title was later transferred to Osiris, Anubis continued to oversee the afterlife rituals, earning recognition as the inventor of mummification. Discovered within Tutankhamun's tomb, Anubis's shrine highlights his significance in ancient Egyptian culture. Charlie will guide us through Anubis's roles, from death deity to protector, offering modern rituals and practices. We'll also explore the enduring legacy of Anubis and his profound impact on mythology and contemporary spirituality.Get the book:https://amzn.to/3ClR1VXMore on Charlie: https://anubislightandshadow.com/Stream All Astro Gnosis Conferences for the price of one: https://thegodabovegod.com/replay-sophia/The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasisHomepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyteAB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/aeon-byte-gnostic-radio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Investing in spiritual mentorship is a transformative step for those ready to embrace their divine potential and expand their impact. Danielle highlights the importance of prioritizing spiritual growth, aligning with heart wisdom, and recognizing when it's time to say a full-body “yes” to mentorship. She inspires spiritual leaders to see personal evolution as not only a necessity but a pathway to thriving and contributing to global consciousness.Guided by Thoth and the Council of Light, the conversation delves into the power of mentorship to elevate energy, foster alignment, and unlock creative potential. Spiritual leaders are encouraged to trust their inner knowing and view mentorship as an essential investment in both their personal evolution and their broader mission to make a difference in the world.Do not miss these highlights:00:37 - The importance of prioritizing spiritual growth as a necessity for conscious leaders.03:15 - The connection between spiritual evolution and creating both internal alignment and external outcomes.12:45 - The balance of energy (80%) and action (20%) in creating physical and spiritual outcomes.18:30 - Insights on how to use heart wisdom and vibrational recognition to identify aligned spiritual mentorship opportunities.23:29 - The Council of Light discusses the concept of investing in spiritual mentorship as an essential commitment to accelerating consciousness evolution.28:10 - The idea of investment, including not just financial resources but also time, attention, and energy as necessary components.33:40 - The importance of spiritual mentorship in reclaiming creative capacity and stepping fully into one's divine potential, using heart sentience to guide decisions.Resources MentionedExplore these life changing masterclasses with the Guides at https://danielleramahoffman.com/store/masterclasses/ Magdalene Manifestation Cards daniellehoffman.com/cardsBirthright of Love https://daniellehoffman.com/manifesting-what-matters/Visionary Heart Activation https://daniellehoffman.com/visionary-heart/Magdalene Codes Program https://daniellehoffman.com/programs/#mwcDivine Light Activation https://daniellehoffman.com/programs/#dla Vibe into our 2025 Heart Opening Journey to Egypt: https://daniellehoffman.com/egypt/For your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite...

Welcome back for a Sunday episode of the pod! I have found, over the course of my awakening that church is not a building or certain religious tradition but an intellectual and spiritual space in which we acknowledge our own ignorance and actively search for wisdom. This space can be created anywhere, requiring only an authentic desire to learn in order to flourish. In this episode we do some intellectual and spiritual exploration. We talk in depth about the Dead Sea Scrolls, The Book of Enoch, Genesis Chapters 1 & 2 and the possibility that creation stories from around the world are not competitors but different traditions describing the same thing.  Lots of Love

Welcome, history besties and chaos goblins, to a special archived episode of For the Love of History—and trust me, this one is iconic.

Join Danielle as she connects with past travelers who recount their transformative journeys into Egypt. From meditative moments within ancient temples to life-altering spiritual awakenings, each shares how Egypt went beyond being a bucket-list destination to becoming a catalyst for deep inner growth. Egypt's sacred spaces—its pyramids, temples, and the majestic Nile—opened doors to higher consciousness, leaving each traveler forever changed.For those wondering if Egypt is calling them, the answer lies in listening to their heart wisdom. Listen as Killu, Catherine, Robin, Denise and Rita described their experiences not only as a journey through Egypt's ancient history but as an opportunity for personal evolution, accessing higher dimensions of self and spirit. Whether dancing with locals, meditating in the Temple of Philae, or sailing down the Nile, Egypt offers a co-creative energy that beckons those on the path of spiritual leadership to dive deeper into their purpose.Do not miss these highlights:00:45 - Danielle sets the stage for the discussion on Egypt's spiritual significance.03:30 - Thoth and Isis discuss the concept of "heart wisdom" and how Egypt calls individuals to a divine appointment.06:49 - Killu shares how Egypt's energy was transformative, emphasizing the rich, multi-dimensional experience she had, from the ISIS Temple to the Great Pyramid.09:40 - Catherine reflects on the importance of following one's heart wisdom, sharing how each of her Egypt trips deepened her multidimensional understanding.12:14 - Catherine and Danielle discuss the warmth and heart-centeredness of the Egyptian people, recounting the joy of dancing with the locals and forming lasting connections.18:06 - Robin explains how toning and sounding in temples, particularly in the Philae Temple and the Great Pyramid, catalyzed his personal awakening.28:26 - Rita compares Egypt to a three-dimensional, holographic experience, sharing how each moment unfolded like a family reunion with deep spiritual significance.Resources MentionedExplore these life changing masterclasses with the Guides at https://danielleramahoffman.com/store/masterclasses/Visionary Heart: Mission Visionary Heart: Divine Relationships Vibe into our 2025 Heart Opening Journey to Egypthttps://daniellehoffman.com/egypt/For your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with Thoth is an opportunity to access your inner wisdom, infinite possibilities, and to become who it is that you are designed to be, fully realized, and Divine.

In this extensive interview, Jason speaks with Charlie Larson, a teacher, writer, and a practicing pagan and witch, who delves into the themes of personal transformation and the role of deities in modern spirituality. Charlie opens up about their lifelong passion for writing, which has served as an outlet for self-expression through both his childhood struggles and adult experiences. Their journey in language began during a challenging childhood, leading to academic pursuits in linguistics and a career in teaching English as a second language. This foundation laid the groundwork for Charlie's recent project: a book focused on the deity Anubis. Charlie provides a robust overview of Anubis, the Egyptian god often associated with death but whose role encompasses greater complexities. Initially conceived as the god of the dead, Anubis's character evolved over time, especially with the rise of Osiris, leading to a nuanced view of his responsibilities, which include embalming and the weighing of hearts—a pivotal aspect of ancient Egyptian beliefs surrounding the afterlife. Charlie explores theories on Anubis's origins and discusses how these deities were intertwined with the cultural fabric of ancient Egypt, providing context to their relevance in modern spiritual practices. The conversation shifts to the intersection of mythology and personal experience. Charlie describes their unique perspective on Anubis as a guide for navigating personal struggles, particularly during periods of difficulty and transformation. They encourage listeners to view deities like Anubis not merely as ancient figures but as living entities that maintain relevance in contemporary spirituality. This perspective recognizes the ongoing evolution of religious practices and the importance of adapting ancient teachings to modern contexts. Jason highlights the recurring theme of death within both ancient Egyptian spirituality and contemporary society. He critiques American cultural attitudes towards death as taboo, contrasting them with other cultures that embrace a more open relationship with mortality, such as Dia de los Muertos in Mexico. In discussing these differences, Charlie notes a growing trend in the U.S. toward celebrating life rather than solely mourning death, a shift that coincides with a rekindled interest in the spiritual significance of deities like Anubis. As they explore the significance of personal rituals and practices with Anubis, Charlie emphasizes the importance of intention over traditional ceremonial trappings. They advocate for a heartfelt approach to connecting with deities, suggesting that conversations and meditative practices can serve as effective means of establishing relationships with these powerful figures. They also touch upon the dual role of pets, particularly dogs, in providing comfort and protection, drawing parallels between the instinctual bond many people share with their animals and the guiding nature attributed to Anubis. Throughout the interview, both Jason and Charlie reflect on the transformative power of personal adversity and the healing process, underscoring the complex interplay between experiences of loss and the search for meaning in the modern world. Charlie candidly shares their experiences with shadow work, framing it as a journey supported by their connection to Anubis—a relationship that offers comfort and perspective amid life's challenges. The discussion concludes with Charlie sharing insights on how to incorporate the lessons learned from these ancient deities into contemporary spiritual practices. They encourage listeners to explore their own unique connections and to view these relationships as an evolving, living practice rather than a rigid adherence to tradition. The conversation not only provides historical context but also serves as an invitation for individuals to explore their personal spirituality with openness and creativity. Charlie's upcoming book, set to release in early No

Of all the Egyptian Gods it is Ra, the God of the Sun, who is perhaps most well known in the popular imagination. He is said to have voyaged across the sky on his solar barge and then come nightfall descended into the underworld to battle all sorts of monstrous creatures. But Ra is a complicated character. He is often fused with other Egyptian gods and transformed into different solar deities entirely. So who really is he? And where do the tales about him come from?In today's episode of The Ancients - the second in our 5 part series on Egyptian Gods and Goddesses - Tristan Hughes is joined by Egyptologist Campbell Price to unpack to story of Ra and the Sun Gods and explore the deity who the Ancient Egyptians arguably revered most highly.Presented by Tristan Hughes. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. The script writer is Andrew Hulse. The voice actor is Menna Elbezawy The Ancients is a History Hit podcast.Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original TV documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Sign up HERE for 50% off your first 3 months using code ‘ANCIENTS'. https://historyhit.com/subscriptionYou can take part in our listener survey here.

Divination practices have been around since the beginning of humankind and have served as methods to guide us to our higher purposes, connect with spirit, guide us through difficult times and to strengthen our own inner resolve. If you are like us, and you too are beginning your journey into the occult as a baby witch and want to learn and enrich your own practice, this episode might help. While there are many different methods of divination, this episode focuses on Tarot and Oracle Cards/Readings. We'll admit, we didn't know the differences for a long time... but it's never too late to learn. We'll dig into the history of Tarot, the origins, the conspiracy and the evolution to what we know it as today. At inception, tarot cards had absolutely nothing to do with the paranormal or divination... they were instead, a game. Playing cards! Each deck was hand painted and owning a deck symbolized your high status. So how then, did they become a part of divination practice? A conspiracy theory! A frenchman named Antoine Court-de Jabolais linked Tarot cards to the Lost Book of Toth... an ancient Egyptian God linked to wisdom, writing and magic. He theorized that the messages of the Lost Book to Toth were hidden in Tarot Cards. Simultaneously and unknowingly, a man in Paris, Jean-Baptiste Alliette was developing a deck of Tarot cards to utilize for the occult with themes related to the Book of Toth. All alligned with the rise of spiritualism, Tarot cards became common place in mystical and occult practices. While Tarot developed into a form of divination, Oracle has always served as such, but the cards themselves are much more new age than Tarot cards. The first set of Oracle cards were developed by a revered psychic in the early 19th century, Madame Lenormand. Oracle cards are deeply personal, an expression of self, of creativity and of spirit. They vary in imagery, number of cards, shape of cards and meanings. A Traditional set of Tarot Cards consists of 78 cards divided into two groups - the major arcana and the minor arcana. Oracle Cards on the otherhand, have no set number or meaning. Story begins at 00:07:20 We mentioned a couple of specific decks in this episode, they are listed and linked below: Claire Goodchild's Decks Cat Tarot Southern Gothic Oracle Literary Authors Oracle Deck A great source to learn more about Tarot is the App Labryinthos DECK TO NOT BUY! - from listener story - The Occult Tarot (which we will not be linking) We highly recommend that you watch the Video Version on YOUTUBE - you get to see our faces and reactions, catch glimpses of Leia and the photos we reference throughout the episode! Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com Encounters episodes are released every Thursday at 9am PST/12pm EST. Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!  This episode is sponsored by Athena Club, Beam, Rocket Money and Hers. Athena Club's razor is designed with built-in skin guards to help prevent razor burn while being gentle on curves. Show your skin you care and sign up today by going to AthenaClub.com and use promo code TGOG to get 30% off your first Razor Kit order!  Beam's Dream Powder is a science-backed, healthy hot cocoa for sleep with no added sugar. Better sleep has NEVER tasted better. For a limited time, get up to 40% off when you go to shopbeam.com/tgog and use code TGOG at checkout Rocket Money is a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps lower your bills. Stop wasting money on things you don't use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/tgog. Hers is changing women's healthcare, start your free online visit today at forhers.com/TGOG If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you're looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

The legends of Ra and Hathor, of Osiris and Isis, of Anubis and Set have been passed from mouth to ear in Egypt for millennia. They were painted on temple walls, etched on delicate papyrus and discovered at the heart of the pyramids. But who were the Gods of Egypt? How did their myths originate? And from where did the ancient Egyptians believe their Gods came from?On the Ancients this September and October - across five special episodes - join Tristan Hughes to delve into the meaning of these stories and unpack Egypt's mysterious deities. In today's episode he is joined by Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley to kick off the series and explore the origins of the Gods and their enthralling creation story.Presented by Tristan Hughes. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Scriptwriter is Andrew Hulse. Voice Actor is Menna Elbezawy.The Ancients is a History Hit podcast.Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original TV documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Sign up HERE for 50% off your first 3 months using code ‘ANCIENTS'. https://historyhit.com/subscriptionYou can take part in our listener survey here.

What if everything you believed about hard work and success was actually holding you back? In this episode, we unravel the complicated web of "illusion lies"—those deceptive beliefs that can trip you up on your journey to manifesting what truly matters to your mission. We'll guide you through the stages of manifestation, spotlighting the crucial "manifest stage" where many give up too soon. With insights from the Magdalene Manifestation card deck, we'll show you how becoming an extraordinary receiver can open new doors, making it possible to receive more without adding extra effort. Shifting your perception to align with your deepest aspirations is key, and we're here to help you navigate that process effectively.Our deep dive into common misconceptions reveals how the myths surrounding hard work and visibility keep many from achieving true success. We share real-life examples from clients who've overcome these hurdles, illustrating how aligning your internal beliefs with your external actions can amplify your results. It's about more than just doing the work; it's about understanding and aligning with what genuinely matters to you. With key takeaways on integrating support into your journey and recognizing the power of aligned actions, this episode promises to transform the way you approach your highest vision. Do not miss these highlights:00:37 - Danielle does a reading from the Magdalene Manifestation Card Deck03:40 - The biggest breakdown of the manifest stage is quitting before your desire comes into fruition.05:41 - Illusion Lie #1 - Manifesting what society deems important, rather than what matters most to you.12:15 - Illusion Lie #2 - The Manifestation of “Stuff” is the destination, reward or prize. 14:06 - Illusion Lie #3 - It's your hard work (overworking to make up for a lack of alignment) or your devoted meditation/energy (which can verge on the edge of wishful thinking) that creates your results. 15:56 - Illusion Lie #4 - If I am abundant (financially, physically, relationship, time, successful with my contribution) “Will I be safe being this visible?”.21:56 - Common patterns of distraction from desired outcomes, such as creating something new instead of taking action towards income growth or publishing a book.26:27 - Unconscious energies and beliefs can hinder spiritual growth, even with inner work.Resources MentionedEnroll now in our next Masterclass - Birthright of Love: Manifest What Matters Most - https://daniellehoffman.com/manifesting-what-matters/ Order your copy of the Magdalene Manifestation Cards - daniellehoffman.com/cardsFor your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with Thoth is an opportunity to access your inner wisdom, infinite...

Back in 2011, Wales would be shocked to learn that for the previous 14 years, an actual cause for Satanic Panic had existed in the quaint little town of Kidwelly. A cult based on the occult teachings of Aleister Crowley had hidden in plain sight, and their occult rituals too often involved having sex with children....Merch and more: www.badmagicproductions.com Timesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious PrivateFacebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch-related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast.Sign up through Patreon, and for $5 a month, you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. And you get the download link for my secret standup album, Feel the Heat.

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I am bringing my Edinburgh Fringe “lecture with funny bits” about the history of mining to London on October 9th and 10th to the Museum of Comedy. Please come if you fancy a bit of “learning and laughter”. The Edinburgh link is here. And the London link is here.Let's start with an overview of gold demand as it currently stands.Never mind central banks, investment banks, or private investors—almost 50% of annual gold demand comes from the jewellery industry. It is, by some margin, the single largely buyer of gold. Another 23% is investment demand, and 21%—last year at least—came from central banks. Just 6% of demand is industrial (excluding jewellery, of course).Jewellery, investment, and central bank demand have all been increasing in recent years. However, a change in macroeconomic circumstances could easily mean, for example, that central banks become net sellers. It's not like it hasn't happened before. But, while de-dollarisation remains a growing theme, I do not see that as likely for several years at least. Similarly, investment demand could easily shrink. Jewellery demand is more constant, and it increases when people feel rich and decreases when they don't.Gold's main use has always been and will always be to store and display wealth—in other words, investment and jewellery. Technological demand is rather at the margin, but might we see demand growth there? Let's investigate. Interestingly, one huge potential increase in demand will come, ironically perhaps since that is where gold came from, at the final frontier in outer space.At the Final Frontier - Also On Your PhoneBoth silver and copper are better conductors of electricity than gold, but gold is more resistant to corrosion and oxidation. Therefore, it finds considerable use in electronics as a coating, especially where long-term stability is important. It is used to cover connectors, switches, and relay contacts; in printed circuit boards, microprocessors, and memory chips. This resistance means it finds considerable use in both aerospace and outer space, where it is used to coat satellite components and spacecraft. It can reflect infrared radiation and protect craft from overheating—especially important in the wild temperature fluctuations of outer space. It is also used in the heat shields which protect sensitive equipment from high temperatures during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The umbilical cord that binds an astronaut to their spacecraft is plated with gold. The visors of astronaut helmets are plated with gold to protect their eyes from harmful ultraviolet radiation. The MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) instrument, which forms part of NASA's Mars exploration programme, is plated with gold. Its purpose is to create oxygen from carbon dioxide, effectively replicating the role of plants on Earth, so that a human mission to Mars can one day take place.Ultimately, gold's permanence is the fundamental reason for its use. You need durable materials. When you send a spacecraft to outer space, you can't repair it. This usage is not yet significant enough to radically alter gold demand, but that could change, and quite dramatically so, as space exploration increases.At the 2022 Olympics in Tokyo, the metals to make the medals came from a recycling initiative. The Japanese handed in nearly 80,000 tonnes of electrical gadgets, including laptops, digital cameras, gaming devices and 6 million phones. The appliances yielded 32kg/1,000 ounces of gold and 3,500 kg/113,000 ounces of silver. There is, I learn, about eighty times as much gold in one tonne of cellphones than there is a typical tonne of rock at a gold mine. Increased high tech means increased gold demand, but perhaps not enough to effect the price.Optics and Other High Tech UsesGold's reflective properties, combined with its stability, mean it finds use in optics—in lenses and mirrors, especially space telescopes, to reflect infrared light. Gold plates the mirrors of the celebrated James Webb telescope, the largest optical telescope in space, to optimise the mirrors' function, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. For example, the first stars, the formation of the first galaxies, and the detailed atmospheric characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets.There is a Canadian company, Totenpass, which has been developing some interesting gold tech, also related to gold's longevity: “a permanent digital storage drive constructed from solid gold that requires no energy and has no movable parts. Digital data is written onto the drive by way of a proprietary light-diffraction process which imprints images, documents, and other files that can be stored as either human readable without the aid of computers or machine-readable with the employment of a smartphone. This technology allows for the permanent storage of precious digital data, thereby eliminating any future dependence on the internet and the vast amounts of energy required presently to store content. By consequence, this technology will empower both individuals and corporations to decentralize, preserve and fully control their precious digital data once and forever.” Here, it seems, is a very modern application for the extraordinary permanence of gold.If you are interested in buying gold, check out my recent report. I have a feeling it is going to come in very handy.My recommended bullion dealer is the Pure Gold Company.Gold is being used increasingly in nanotechnology. Gold nanoparticles are used in photonics (the science of light waves), especially in the development of light-based technologies for imaging and sensors. Gold's inertness makes it an excellent material for nanoparticles used as catalysts in various chemical reactions. For instance, gold nanoparticles are employed in the oxidation of carbon monoxide in air purification systems. Researchers are also exploring gold's potential as a catalyst to improve renewable energy efficiency and solar cells. Again, its conductivity and resistance to oxidation make it ideal for nanoscale electronic components.Gold is like the sun: it can kill but it can cureAs for the medical industry, gold and healing have a long, intertwined history. Gold was associated with the sun gods who bestowed health and vitality, or “helped the body produce vitamin D,” as we might put it today. (More and more health benefits from vitamin D are being discovered today, especially bone health and immune function). The Egyptian God of the Sun, Ra, the giver of life, was made of gold. Gold was the flesh of the gods. It symbolised health as well as eternal life. Apollo, the Greek God of the Sun, was often depicted with gold, and he was also the God of Healing, and father of Asclepius, the god of medicine.Gold nanoparticles are used today in medical diagnostics and treatments, including targeted drug delivery and cancer therapy, because they can be easily detected and manipulated. Additionally, gold's biocompatibility ensures it does not provoke an immune response, making it suitable for use in various biomedical applications. In 2013, researchers found that gold nanoparticles reduced the ability of HIV to reproduce and infect new cells.It is becoming one of the weapons in the battle against malaria. Of the hundreds of millions of malaria tests sold each year, many contain gold: gold nanoparticles bind with specific malaria antigens, which help quick and accurate detection of the disease. The test results can be ready in 15 minutes.Golden BuildingsGold nanoparticles also find use in occasional building materials to enhance strength and thermal regulation. Coating glass with gold can reflect the sun's heat in summer while bouncing internal heat back into rooms in winter, resulting in substantial energy savings. It is corrosion resistant too, which increases longevity.But the main reason for its use in building is opulence. On the facades of buildings, gold will give your building unique and striking appeal. Toronto's Royal Bank Plaza, the Grand Lisboa hotel and casino in Macau, and Al Yaqoub Tower in Dubai are all notable examples, as is Trump International Hotel and Tower in Las Vegas: its gleaming gold-tinted glass makes it stand out even on the Las Vegas Strip. The golden domed St. Michael's Cathedral in Kiev is also a stunning example. To use gold on a roof or facade is extravagant but perhaps not as extravagant as you might think: an ounce of gold will cover up to 1,000 square feet (90 square metres) in gold plate and it brings substantial savings. Internally, gold also finds occasional decorative use: gilded furniture, fixtures and wall decorations, such as seen at the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, which makes extensive use of gold leaf in its interior design.ConclusionAll in all, exciting stuff, but none of this demand will be enough to significantly affect the price of gold. In most cases, we are talking about plate and nanoparticles. If every roof were to be coated in gold as part of some green energy initiative ordered by the government, or space travel were suddenly to get extremely popular, then I might change my mind, but neither scenario is imminent. The main source of gold demand will be what demand has always been: as a store and display of value. Jewellery and investment, in other words.Until next time,Charlie Morris is one of my closest mates and he writes what I think is one of the best investment newsletters out there, in fact a suite of them. I urge you to sign up for a free trial. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Can joy and play accelerate your spiritual journey? Discover the transformative power of joy, pleasure, and playfulness as we embark on a radiant adventure to embody our highest selves. Danielle begins the episode with a vibrant card pull from the Magdalene Manifestation deck, setting a luminous tone for the journey ahead. Listen as she shares personal reflections from her trip to Egypt that underscored the significance of impeccable self-care, joy, and rejuvenation in manifesting our deepest desires. Delve into the creation of sacred bodies of work and the synchronicities that guide your spiritual path, exploring how aligning with your divine missions and engaging in community-driven practices can profoundly elevate your consciousness.Thoth and the Council of Light join to discuss the meditative journeys to the Temple of Luxor, revealing the temple's cosmic reflections and the embodiment of your highest self. Through this sacred encounter, they emphasize the role of joy and pleasure in spiritual advancement, utilizing the joy ray and solar ray to cultivate presence and enhance our health, wealth, and happiness. Listen in and learn how joy as a frequency can transform your life, and be inspired to join us in co-creating Ascended Masters playdates for spontaneous, joyful experiences that elevate consciousness. Do not miss these highlights:01:12 - Uncovering the Embodied Radiance card from the Magdalene Manifestation Deck.04:01 - Discovering an embodied spiritual way where your everyday life is your playground for enlightenment and ascension.09:03 - How playdates offer a live example of applying Council of Light book teachings to embody your highest self and navigate changing times.12:31 - Thoth and the Council of Light share about the higher purpose of enhancing joy for health, wealth, and happiness.15:00 - How joy and pleasure are tied to spiritual advancement.17:23 - The higher purpose of Ascended Masters playdates in being part of the community, and to rest, renew and revitalize.24:57 - Discovering the bliss that exists in each and every now moment.Resources mentionedFor your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! To join Danielle and the Guides LIVE at an upcoming Ascended Masters Playdate check out our Visionary Heart Activation at https://daniellehoffman.com/visionary-heart/. Your seat at a future Ascended Masters Playdate is included as a juicy bonus!About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with Thoth is an opportunity to access your inner wisdom, infinite possibilities, and to become who it is that you are designed to be, fully realized, and Divine. https://danielleramahoffman.com/Instagram: @danielleramahoffmanOn...

On Thursday September 29th, 2022 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will review and discuss our new book (magazine actually) titled Hermetic Yoga for the Golden Dawn. Which we have just published and is now available on Amazon. This document is a spin-off from our Hermetic Yoga books which are familiar to most members and regular listeners. But for newbies lets review: The O.T.A. and the Church of the Hermetic Sciences have developed (we like to say recovered) a straight-line, seven sphere Tantric Yoga chakra system similar to the Hindu version but laid out Western style with Saturn at the top and the Moon at the bottom in Solar system order. The last survival of this was the Golden Dawn's Middle Pillar exercise for drawing down the Light into the body. We started by bringing down The Flaming Sword from the Book of Revelation and activating Da'ath the phantom sphere in the Golden Dawn's secret Eleven Sphere Tree design. Using other secrets from the old Cypher Manuscript we created a unique full seven chakra system within the Golden Dawn universe, with ancient Egyptian Gods and Rosicrucian Angels. So stay with us and we'll walk you through it. 

Adam creates a hypnosis session to help a client experience a metaphorical rebirth that uses ancient Egypt and the Egyptian god Osiris to facilitate the rebirth in an ancient pyramid. A different session to help you feel like your starting a new chapter and wiping the slate of the past clean.  Coming Soon - The Hypnotists's Secret Circle: Adam will soon be launching a new low-cost membership to access his entire hypnosis archive without the intro, outro, and explanation and an exclusive community only for members. In the meantime you can secure a free sleep download here: https://tr.ee/MCuZqKPnEg  Adam Cox is one of the world's most innovative hypnotists and is known for being the hypnotherapist of choice for Celebrities, CEO's and even Royalty. To book a free 30-minute consultation call to consider working with Adam go to: https://go.oncehub.com/AdamCox Adam's rates for hypnotherapy in pounds and US dollars are here: https://www.adamcox.co.uk/hypnotherapist.html  You can contact Adam at adam@adamcox.co.uk Further information on Adam is here: https://linktr.ee/AdamCoxOfficial  Tags: Adam Cox, the hypnotist, NLP, asmr, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotist, stress, sleep, worry, meditation, guided meditation, hypnotism, anxiety, hypnosis for pain, rebirth hypnosis, Osiris hypnosis, regeneration hypnosis, 

Uncover the secrets of commanding premium fees and embrace the delicious concept of 'Yummy Money.' This episode is all about aligning your financial gains with your life's mission and recognizing that abundance flows from an infinite source. Danielle explores the transformative power of creator consciousness and how stepping into this mindset can manifest extraordinary results in both your personal and professional life. Join Thoth and the Council of Light as they explore empowerment, abundance, and the energetic exchange at the heart of financial transactions. Through the lens of self-love and collective collaboration, you can come to see money as a transformative tool for consciousness and crafted with care, it becomes an extension of your highest aspirations.Do not miss these highlights:00:29 - Commanding premium fees and manifesting abundance through an energy vortex.02:57 - A look at the Manifest Stage that your legacy work moves through.04:24 - Recognizing source of money as infinite and shifting focus from self to client.09:02 - Aligning your being with your doing.13:44 - Mastering manifestation skills for consistent results.16:03 - The importance of connecting your now moment to your inspired vision for manifestation.18:39 - How premium programs support transformation and command higher fees.21:17 - Pro-tips on commanding premium fees from a multi-abundance perspective.24:30 - Thoth and the Council discuss loving oneself, the neutrality of money and encourage the alignment of being and doing for manifestation.Resources MentionedDiscover the Magdalene Manifestation Cards with Bonus Yummy Money Workshop DanielleHoffman.com/cardsExplore these life changing masterclasses with the Guides at https://danielleramahoffman.com/store/masterclasses/Visionary Heart: Mission Visionary Heart: Divine Relationships For your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with Thoth is an opportunity to access your inner wisdom, infinite possibilities, and to become who it is that you are designed to be, fully realized, and Divine. https://danielleramahoffman.com/Instagram: @danielleramahoffmanOn Facebook:Personal https://www.facebook.com/DanielleRamaHoffman1 Page: https://www.facebook.com/DanielleRamaHoffmanOfficial/ On Twitter:...

In this podcast, Thomas Czech, Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a lineage of remarkable contributions on RNA, ribozyme, and telomeres, discuss why RNA is so incredibly versatile.Video snippet from our conversation. Full videos of all Ground Truths podcasts can be seen on YouTube here. The audios are also available on Apple and Spotify.Transcript with links to the audio and external linksEric Topol (00:07):Well, hello, this is Eric Topol from Ground Truths, and it's really a delight for me to welcome Tom Cech who just wrote a book, the Catalyst, and who is a Nobel laureate for his work in RNA. And is at the University of Colorado Boulder as an extraordinary chemist and welcome Tom.Tom Cech (00:32):Eric, I'm really pleased to be here.The RNA GuyEric Topol (00:35):Well, I just thoroughly enjoyed your book, and I wanted to start out, if I could, with a quote, which gets us right off the story here, and let me just get to it here. You say, “the DNA guy would need to become an RNA guy. Though I didn't realize it at the time, jumping ship would turn out to be the most momentous decision in my life.” Can you elaborate a bit on that?Tom Cech (01:09):As a graduate student at Berkeley, I was studying DNA and chromosomes. I thought that DNA was king and really somewhat belittled the people in the lab next door who were working on RNA, I thought it was real sort of second fiddle material. Of course, when RNA is acting just as a message, which is an important function, a critical function in all life on earth, but still, it's a function that's subservient to DNA. It's just copying the message that's already written in the playbook of DNA. But little did I know that the wonders of RNA were going to excite me and really the whole world in unimaginable ways.Eric Topol (02:00):Well, they sure have, and you've lit up the world well before you had your Nobel Prize in 1989 was Sid Altman with ribozyme. And I think one of the things that struck me, which are so compelling in the book as I think people might know, it's divided in two sections. The first is much more on the biology, and the second is much more on the applications and how it's changing the world. We'll get into it particularly in medicine, but the interesting differentiation from DNA, which is the one trick pony, as you said, all it does is store stuff. And then the incredible versatility of RNA as you discovered as a catalyst, that challenging dogma, that proteins are supposed to be the only enzymes. And here you found RNA was one, but also so much more with respect to genome editing and what we're going to get into here. So I thought what we might get into is the fact that you kind of went into the scum of the pond with this organism, which by the way, you make a great case for the importance of basic science towards the end of the book. But can you tell us about how you, and then of course, many others got into the Tetrahymena thermophila, which I don't know that much about that organism.Tom Cech (03:34):Yeah, it's related to Tetrahymena is related to paramecium, which is probably more commonly known because it's an even larger single celled animal. And therefore, in an inexpensive grade school microscope, kids can look through and see these ciliated protozoa swimming around on a glass slide. But I first learned about them when I was a postdoc at MIT and I would drive down to Joe Gall's lab at Yale University where Liz Blackburn was a postdoc at the time, and they were all studying Tetrahymena. It has the remarkable feature that it has 10,000 identical copies of a particular gene and for a higher organism, one that has its DNA in the nucleus and does its protein synthesis in the cytoplasm. Typically, each gene's present in two copies, one from mom, one from dad. And if you're a biochemist, which I am having lots of stuff is a real advantage. So 10,000 copies of a particular gene pumping out RNA copies all the time was a huge experimental advantage. And that's what I started working on when I started my own lab at Boulder.Eric Topol (04:59):Well, and that's where, I guess the title of the book, the Catalyst ultimately, that grew into your discovery, right?Tom Cech (05:08):Well, at one level, yes, but I also think that the catalyst in a more general conversational sense means just facilitating life in this case. So RNA does much more than just serve as a biocatalyst or a message, and we'll get into that with genome editing and with telomerase as well.The Big Bang and 11 Nobel Prizes on RNA since 2000Eric Topol (05:32):Yes, and I should note that as you did early in the book, that there's been an 11 Nobel prize awardees since 2000 for RNA work. And in fact, we just had Venki who I know you know very well as our last podcast. And prior to that, Kati Karikó, Jennifer Doudna who worked in your lab, and the long list of people working RNA in the younger crowd like David Liu and Fyodor Urnov and just so many others, we need to have an RNA series because it's just exploding. And that one makes me take you back for a moment to 2007. And when I was reading the book, it came back to me about the Economist cover. You may recall almost exactly 17 years ago. It was called the Biology's Big Bang – Unravelling the secrets of RNA. And in that, there was a notable quote from that article. Let me just get to that. And it says, “it is probably no exaggeration to say that biology is now undergoing its neutron moment.”(06:52):This is 17 years ago. “For more than half a century the fundamental story of living things has been a tale of the interplay between genes, in the form of DNA, and proteins, which is genes encode and which do the donkey work of keeping living organisms living. The past couple of years, 17 years ago, however, has seen the rise and rise of a third type of molecule, called RNA.” Okay, so that was 2007. It's pretty extraordinary. And now of course we're talking about the century of biology. So can you kind of put these last 17 years in perspective and where we're headed?Tom Cech (07:34):Well, Eric, of course, this didn't all happen in one moment. It wasn't just one big bang. And the scientific community has been really entranced with the wonders of RNA since the 1960s when everyone was trying to figure out how messenger RNA stored the genetic code. But the general public has been really kept in the dark about this, I think. And as scientists, were partially to blame for not reaching out and sharing what we have found with them in a way that's more understandable. The DNA, the general public's very comfortable with, it's the stuff of our heredity. We know about genetic diseases, about tracing our ancestry, about solving crimes with DNA evidence. We even say things like it's in my DNA to mean that it's really fundamental to us. But I think that RNA has been sort of kept in the closet, and now with the mRNA vaccines against Covid-19, at least everyone's heard of RNA. And I think that that sort of allowed me to put my foot in the door and say, hey, if you were curious about the mRNA vaccines, I have some more stories for you that you might be really interested in.RNA vs RNAEric Topol (09:02):Yeah, well, we'll get to that. Maybe we should get to that now because it is so striking the RNA versus RNA chapter in your book, and basically the story of how this RNA virus SARS-CoV-2 led to a pandemic and it was fought largely through the first at scale mRNA nanoparticle vaccine package. Now, that takes us back to some seminal work of being able to find, giving an mRNA to a person without inciting massive amount of inflammation and the substitution of pseudouridine or uridine in order to do that. Does that really get rid of all the inflammation? Because obviously, as you know, there's been some negativism about mRNA vaccines for that and also for the potential of not having as much immune cell long term activation. Maybe you could speak to that.Tom Cech (10:03):Sure. So the discovery by Kati Karikó and Drew Weissman of the pseudouridine substitution certainly went a long way towards damping down the immune response, the inflammatory response that one naturally gets with an RNA injection. And the reason for that is that our bodies are tuned to be on the lookout for foreign RNA because so many viruses don't even mess with DNA at all. They just have a genome made of RNA. And so, RNA replicating itself is a danger sign. It means that our immune system should be on the lookout for this. And so, in the case of the vaccination, it's really very useful to dampen this down. A lot of people thought that this might make the mRNA vaccines strange or foreign or sort of a drug rather than a natural substance. But in fact, modified nucleotides, nucleotides being the building blocks of RNA, so these modified building blocks such as pseudoU, are in fact found in natural RNAs more in some than in others. And there are about 200 modified versions of the RNA building blocks found in cells. So it's really not an unusual modification or something that's all that foreign, but it was very useful for the vaccines. Now your other question Eric had to do with the, what was your other question, Eric?Eric Topol (11:51):No, when you use mRNA, which is such an extraordinary way to get the spike protein in a controlled way, exposed without the virus to people, and it saved millions of lives throughout the pandemic. But the other question is compared to other vaccine constructs, there's a question of does it give us long term protective immunity, particularly with T cells, both CD8 cytotoxic, maybe also CD4, as I know immunology is not your main area of interest, but that's been a rub that's been put out there, that it isn't just a weaning of immunity from the virus, but also perhaps that the vaccines themselves are not as good for that purpose. Any thoughts on that?Tom Cech (12:43):Well, so my main thought on that is that this is a property of the virus more than of the vaccine. And respiratory viruses are notoriously hard to get long-term immunity. I mean, look at the flu virus. We have to have annual flu shots. If this were like measles, which is a very different kind of virus, one flu shot would protect you against at least that strain of flu for the rest of your life. So I think the bad rap here is not the vaccine's fault nearly as much as it's the nature of respiratory viruses.RNA And Aging Eric Topol (13:27):No, that's extremely helpful. Now, let me switch to an area that's really fascinating, and you've worked quite a bit on the telomerase story because this is, as you know, being pursued quite a bit, has thought, not just because telomeres might indicate something about biologic aging, but maybe they could help us get to an anti-aging remedy or whatever you want to call it. I'm not sure if you call it a treatment, but tell us about this important enzyme, the role of the RNA building telomeres. And maybe you could also connect that with what a lot of people might not be familiar with, at least from years ago when they learned about it, the Hayflick limit.Tom Cech (14:22):Yes. Well, Liz Blackburn and Carol Greider got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of telomerase along with Jack Szostak who did important initial work on that system. And what it does is, is it uses an RNA as a template to extend the ends of human chromosomes, and this allows the cell to keep dividing without end. It gives the cell immortality. Now, when I say immortality, people get very excited, but I'm talking about immortality at the cellular level, not for the whole organism. And in the absence of a mechanism to build out the ends of our chromosomes, the telomeres being the end of the chromosome are incompletely replicated with each cell division. And so, they shrink over time, and when they get critically short, they signal the cell to stop dividing. This is what is called the Hayflick limit, first discovered by Leonard Hayflick in Philadelphia.(15:43):And he, through his careful observations on cells, growing human cells growing in Petri dishes, saw that they could divide about 50 times and then they wouldn't die. They would just enter a state called senescence. They would change shape, they would change their metabolism, but they would importantly quit dividing. And so, we now see this as a useful feature of human biology that this protects us from getting cancer because one of the hallmarks of cancer is immortality of the tumor cells. And so, if you're wishing for your telomeres to be long and your cells to keep dividing, you have to a little bit be careful what you wish for because this is one foot in the door for cancer formation.Eric Topol (16:45):Yeah, I mean, the point is that it seems like the body and the cell is smart to put these cells into the senescent state so they can't divide anymore. And one of the points you made in the book that I think is worth noting is that 90% of cancers have the telomerase, how do you say it?Tom Cech (17:07):Telomerase.Eric Topol (17:08):Yeah, reactivate.Tom Cech (17:09):Right.Eric Topol (17:10):That's not a good sign.Tom Cech (17:12):Right. And there are efforts to try to target telomerase enzyme for therapeutic purposes, although again, it's tricky because we do have stem cells in our bodies, which are the exception to the Hayflick limit rule. They do still have telomerase, they still have to keep dividing, maybe not as rapidly as a cancer cell, but they still keep dividing. And this is critical for the replenishment of certain worn out tissues in our such as skin cells, such as many of our blood cells, which may live only 30 days before they poop out. That's a scientific term for needing to be replenished, right?Eric Topol (18:07):Yeah. Well, that gets me to the everybody's, now I got the buzz about anti-aging, and whether it's senolytics to get rid of these senescent cells or whether it's to rejuvenate the stem cells that are exhausted or work on telomeres, all of these seem to connect with a potential or higher risk of cancer. I wonder what your thoughts are as we go forward using these various biologic constructs to be able to influence the whole organism, the whole human body aging process.Tom Cech (18:47):Yes. My view, and others may disagree is that aging is not an affliction. It's not a disease. It's not something that we should try to cure, but what we should work on is having a healthy life into our senior years. And perhaps you and I are two examples of people who are at that stage of our life. And what we would really like is to achieve, is to be able to be active and useful to society and to our families for a long period of time. So using the information about telomerase, for example, to help our stem cells stay healthy until we are, until we're ready to cash it in. And for that matter on the other side of the coin, to try to inhibit the telomerase in cancer because cancer, as we all know, is a disease of aging, right? There are young people who get cancer, but if you look at the statistics, it's really heavily weighted towards people who've been around a long time because mutations accumulate and other damage to cells that would normally protect against cancer accumulates. And so, we have to target both the degradation of our stem cells, but also the occurrence of cancer, particularly in the more senior population. And knowing more about RNA is really helpful in that regard.RNA DrugsEric Topol (20:29):Yeah. Well, one of the things that comes across throughout the book is versatility of RNA. In fact, you only I think, mentioned somewhere around 12 or 14 of these different RNAs that have a million different shapes, and there's so many other names of different types of RNAs. It's really quite extraordinary. But one of the big classes of RNAs has really hit it. In fact, this week there are two new interfering RNAs that are having extraordinary effects reported in the New England Journal on all the lipids, abnormal triglycerides and LDL cholesterol, APOC3. And can you talk to us about this interfering the small interfering RNAs and how they become, you've mentioned in the book over 400 RNAs are in the clinic now.Tom Cech (21:21):Yeah, so the 400 of course is beyond just the siRNAs, but these, again, a wonderful story about how fundamental science done just to understand how nature works without any particular expectation of a medical spinoff, often can have the most phenomenal and transformative effects on medicine. And this is one of those examples. It came from a roundworm, which is about the size of an eyelash, which a scientist named Sydney Brenner in England had suggested would be a great experimental organism because the entire animal has only about a thousand cells, and it's transparent so we can look at, see where the cells are, we can watch the worm develop. And what Andy Fire and Craig Mello found in this experimental worm was that double-stranded RNA, you think about DNA is being double-stranded and RNA as being single stranded. But in this case, it was an unusual case where the RNA was forming a double helix, and these little pieces of double helical RNA could turn off the expression of genes in the worm.(22:54):And that seemed remarkable and powerful. But as often happens in biology, at least for those of us who believe in evolution, what goes for the worm goes for the human as well. So a number of scientists quickly found that the same process was going on in the human body as a natural way of regulating the expression of our genes, which means how much of a particular gene product is actually going to be made in a particular cell. But not only was it a natural process, but you could introduce chemically synthesized double helical RNAs. There are only 23 base pairs, 23 units of RNA long, so they're pretty easy to chemically synthesize. And that once these are introduced into a human, the machinery that's already there grabs hold of them and can be used to turn off the expression of a disease causing RNA or the gene makes a messenger RNA, and then this double-stranded RNA can suppress its action. So this has become the main company that is known for doing this is Alnylam in Boston, Cambridge. And they have made quite a few successful products based on this technology.Eric Topol (24:33):Oh, absolutely. Not just for amyloidosis, but as I mentioned these, they even have a drug that's being tested now, as you know that you could take once or twice a year to manage your blood pressure. Wouldn't that be something instead of a pill every day? And then of course, all these others that are not just from Alnylam, but other companies I wasn't even familiar with for managing lipids, which is taking us well beyond statins and these, so-called PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies, so it's really blossoming. Now, the other group of RNA drugs are antisense drugs, and it seemed like they took forever to warm up, and then finally they hit. And can you distinguish the antisense versus the siRNA therapeutics?Tom Cech (25:21):Yes, in a real general sense, there's some similarity as well as some differences, but the antisense, what are called oligonucleotides, whoa, that's a big word, but oligo just means a few, right? And nucleotides is just the building blocks of nucleic acid. So you have a string of a few of these. And again, it's the power of RNA that it is so good at specifically base pairing only with matching sequences. So if you want to match with a G in a target messenger RNA, you put a C in the antisense because G pairs with C, if you want to put an A, if want to match with an A, you put a U in the antisense because A and U form a base pair U is the RNA equivalent of T and DNA, but they have the same coding capacity. So any school kid can write out on a notepad or on their laptop what the sequence would have to be of an antisense RNA to specifically pair with a particular mRNA.(26:43):And this has been, there's a company in your neck of the woods in the San Diego area. It started out with the name Isis that turned out to be the wrong Egyptian God to name your company after, so they're now known as Ionis. Hopefully that name will be around for a while. But they've been very successful in modifying these antisense RNAs or nucleic acids so that they are stable in the body long enough so that they can pair with and thereby inhibit the expression of particular target RNAs. So it has both similarities and differences from the siRNAs, but the common denominator is RNA is great stuff.RNA and Genome EditingEric Topol (27:39):Well, you have taken that to in catalyst, the catalyst, you've proven that without a doubt and you and so many other extraordinary scientists over the years, cumulatively. Now, another way to interfere with genes is editing. And of course, you have a whole chapter devoted to not just well CRISPR, but the whole genome editing field. And by the way, I should note that I forgot because I had read the Codebreaker and we recently spoke Jennifer Doudna and I, that she was in your lab as a postdoc and you made some wonderful comments about her. I don't know if you want to reflect about having Jennifer, did you know that she was going to do some great things in her career?Tom Cech (28:24):Oh, there was no question about it, Eric. She had been a star graduate student at Harvard, had published a series of breathtaking papers in magazines such as Science and Nature already as a graduate student. She won a Markey fellowship to come to Colorado. She chose a very ambitious project trying to determine the molecular structures of folded RNA molecules. We only had one example at the time, and that was the transfer RNA, which is involved in protein synthesis. And here she was trying these catalytic RNAs, which we had discovered, which were much larger than tRNA and was making great progress, which she finished off as an assistant professor at Yale. So what the general public may not know was that in scientific, in the scientific realm, she was already highly appreciated and much awarded before she even heard anything about CRISPR.Eric Topol (29:38):Right. No, it was a great line you have describing her, “she had an uncanny talent for designing just the right experiment to test any hypothesis, and she possessed more energy and drive than any scientist I'd ever met.” That's pretty powerful. Now getting into CRISPR, the one thing, it's amazing in just a decade to see basically the discovery of this natural system to then be approved by FDA for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia. However, the way it exists today, it's very primitive. It's not actually fixing the gene that's responsible, it's doing a workaround plan. It's got double strand breaks in the DNA. And obviously there's better ways of editing, which are going to obviously involve RNA epigenetic editing, if you will as well. What is your sense about the future of genome editing?Tom Cech (30:36):Yeah, absolutely, Eric. It is primitive right now. These initial therapies are way too expensive as well to make them broadly applicable to the entire, even in a relatively wealthy country like the United States, we need to drive the cost down. We need to get them to work, we need to get the process of introducing them into the CRISPR machinery into the human body to be less tedious and less time consuming. But you've got to start somewhere. And considering that the Charpentier and Doudna Nobel Prize winning discovery was in 2012, which is only a dozen years ago, this is remarkable progress. More typically, it takes 30 years from a basic science discovery to get a medical product with about a 1% chance of it ever happening. And so, this is clearly a robust RNA driven machine. And so, I think the future is bright. We can talk about that some more, but I don't want to leave RNA out of this conversation, Eric. So what's cool about CRISPR is its incredible specificity. Think of the human genome as a million pages of text file on your computer, a million page PDF, and now CRISPR can find one sentence out of that million pages that matches, and that's because it's using RNA, again, the power of RNA to form AU and GC base pairs to locate just one site in our whole DNA, sit down there and direct this Cas9 enzyme to cut the DNA at that site and start the repair process that actually does the gene editing.Eric Topol (32:41):Yeah, it's pretty remarkable. And the fact that it can be so precise and it's going to get even more precise over time in terms of the repair efforts that are needed to get it back to an ideal state. Now, the other thing I wanted to get into with you a bit is on the ribosome, because that applies to antibiotics and as you call it, the mothership. And I love this metaphor that you had about the ribosome, and in the book, “the ribosome is your turntable, the mRNA is the vinyl LP record, and the protein is the music you hear when you lower the needle.” Tell us more about the ribosome and the role of antibiotics.Tom Cech (33:35):So do you think today's young people will understand that metaphor?Eric Topol (33:40):Oh, they probably will. They're making a comeback. These records are making a comeback.Tom Cech (33:44):Okay. Yes, so this is a good analogy in that the ribosome is so versatile it's able to play any music that you feed at the right messenger RNA to make the music being the protein. So you can have in the human body, we have tens of thousands of different messenger RNAs. Each one threads through the same ribosome and spills out the production of whatever protein matches that mRNA. And so that's pretty remarkable. And what Harry Noller at UC Santa Cruz and later the crystallographers Venki Ramakrishnan, Tom Steitz, Ada Yonath proved really through their studies was that this is an RNA machine. It was hard to figure that out because the ribosome has three RNAs and it has dozens of proteins as well. So for a long time people thought it must be one of those proteins that was the heart and soul of the record player, so to speak.RNA and Antibiotics(34:57):And it turned out that it was the RNA. And so, when therefore these scientists, including Venki who you just talked to, looked at where these antibiotics docked on the ribosome, they found that they were blocking the key functional parts of the RNA. So it was really, the antibiotics knew what they were doing long before we knew what they were doing. They were talking to and obstructing the action of the ribosomal RNA. Why is this a good thing for us? Because bacterial ribosomes are just enough different from human ribosomes that there are drugs that will dock to the bacterial ribosomal RNA, throw a monkey wrench into the machine, prevent it from working, but the human ribosomes go on pretty much unfazed.Eric Topol (36:00):Yeah, no, the backbone of our antibiotics relies on this. So I think people need to understand about the two subunits, the large and the small and this mothership, and you illuminate that so really well in the book. That also brings me to phage bacteria phage, and we haven't seen that really enter the clinic in a significant way, but there seems to be a great opportunity. What's your view about that?Tom Cech (36:30):This is an idea that goes way back because since bacteria have their own viruses which do not infect human cells, why not repurpose those into little therapeutic entities that could kill, for example, what would we want to kill? Well, maybe tuberculosis has been very resistant to drugs, right? There are drug resistant strains of TB, yes, of TB, tuberculosis, and especially in immunocompromised individuals, this bug runs rampant. And so, I don't know the status of that. It's been challenging, and this is the way that biomedicine works, is that for every 10 good ideas, and I would say phage therapy for bacterial disease is a good idea. For every 10 such ideas, one of them ends up being practical. And the other nine, maybe somebody else will come along and find a way to make it work, but it hasn't been a big breakthrough yet.RNA, Aptamers and ProteinsEric Topol (37:54):Yeah, no, it's really interesting. And we'll see. It may still be in store. What about aptamers? Tell us a little bit more about those, because they have been getting used a lot in sorting out the important plasma proteins as therapies. What are aptamers and what do you see as the future in that regard?Tom Cech (38:17):Right. Well, in fact, aptamers are a big deal in Boulder because Larry Gold in town was one of the discoverers has a company making aptamers to recognize proteins. Jack Szostak now at University of Chicago has played a big role. And also at your own institution, Jerry Joyce, your president is a big aptamer guy. And you can evolution, normally we think about it as happening out in the environment, but it turns out you can also make it work in the laboratory. You can make it work much faster in the laboratory because you can set up test tube experiments where molecules are being challenged to perform a particular task, like for example, binding to a protein to inactivate it. And if you make a large community of RNA molecules randomly, 99.999% of them aren't going to know how to do this. What are the odds? Very low.(39:30):But just by luck, there will be an occasional molecule of RNA that folds up into a shape that actually fits into the proteins active sighting throws a monkey wrench into the works. Okay, so now that's one in a billion. How are you going to find that guy? Well, this is where the polymerase chain reaction, the same one we use for the COVID-19 tests for infection comes into play. Because if you can now isolate this needle in a haystack and use PCR to amplify it and make a whole handful of it, now you've got a whole handful of molecules which are much better at binding this protein than the starting molecule. And now you can go through this cycle several times to enrich for these, maybe mutagen it a little bit more to give it a little more diversity. We all know diversity is good, so you put a little more diversity into the population and now you find some guy that's really good at recognizing some disease causing protein. So this is the, so-called aptamer story, and they have been used therapeutically with some success, but diagnostically certainly they are extremely useful. And it's another area where we've had success and the future could hold even more success.Eric Topol (41:06):I think what you're bringing up is so important because the ability to screen that tens of thousands of plasma proteins in a person and coming up with as Tony Wyss-Coray did with the organ clocks, and this is using the SomaLogic technology, and so much is going on now to get us not just the polygenic risk scores, but also these proteomic scores to compliment that at our orthogonal, if you will, to understand risk of people for diseases so we can prevent them, which is fulfilling a dream we've never actually achieved so far.Tom Cech (41:44):Eric, just for full disclosure, I'm on the scientific advisory board of SomaLogic in Boulder. I should disclose that.Eric Topol (41:50):Well, that was smart. They needed to have you, so thank you for mentioning that. Now, before I wrap up, well, another area that is a favorite of mine is citizen science. And you mentioned in the book a project because the million shapes of RNA and how it can fold with all hairpin terms turns and double stranded and whatever you name it, that there was this project eteRNA that was using citizen scientists to characterize and understand folding of RNA. Can you tell us about that?RNA Folding and Citizen ScienceTom Cech (42:27):So my friend Rhiju Das, who's a professor at Stanford University, sort of adopted what had been done with protein folding by one of his former mentors, David Baker in Seattle, and had repurposed this for RNA folding. So the idea is to come up with a goal, a target for the community. Can you design an RNA that will fold up to look like a four pointed cross or a five pointed star? And it turned out that, so they made it into a contest and they had tens of thousands of people playing these games and coming up with some remarkable solutions. But then they got a little bit more practical, said, okay, that was fun, but can we have the community design something like a mRNA for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to make maybe a more stable vaccine? And quite remarkably, the community of many of whom are just gamers who really don't know much about what RNA does, were able to find some solutions. They weren't enormous breakthroughs, but they got a several fold, several hundred percent increase in stability of the RNA by making it fold more tightly. So I just find it to be a fascinating approach to science. Somebody of my generation would never think of this, but I think for today's generation, it's great when citizens can become involved in research at that level.Eric Topol (44:19):Oh, I think it's extraordinary. And of course, there are other projects folded and others that have exemplified this ability for people with no background in science to contribute in a meaningful way, and they really enjoy, it's like solving a puzzle. The last point is kind of the beginning, the origin of life, and you make a pretty strong case, Tom, that it was RNA. You don't say it definitively, but maybe you can say it here.RNA and the Origin of LifeTom Cech (44:50):Well, Eric, the origin of life happening almost 4 billion years ago on our primitive planet is sort of a historical question. I mean, if you really want to know what happened then, well, we don't have any video surveillance of those moments. So scientists hate to ever say never, but it's hard to sort of believe how we would ever know for sure. So what Leslie Orgel at the Salk Institute next to you taught me when I was a starting assistant professor is even though we'll never know for sure, if we can recapitulate in the laboratory plausible events that could have happened, and if they make sense chemically and biologically, then that's pretty satisfying, even if we can never be absolutely sure. That's what a number of scientists have done in this field is to show that RNA is sort of a, that all the chemistry sort of points to RNA as being something that could have been made under prebiotic conditions and could have folded up into a way that could solve the greatest of all chicken and egg problems, which came first, the informational molecule to pass down to the next generation or the active molecule that could copy that information.(46:32):So now that we know that RNA has both of those abilities, maybe at the beginning there was just this RNA world RNA copying itself, and then proteins came along later, and then DNA probably much more recently as a useful but a little bit boring of genetic information, right?Eric Topol (46:59):Yeah. Well, that goes back to that cover of the Economist 17 years ago, the Big Bang, and you got me convinced that this is a pretty strong story and candidate. Now what a fun chance to discuss all this with you in an extraordinary book, Tom. Did I miss anything that you want to bring up?Tom Cech (47:21):Eric, I just wanted to say that I not only appreciate our conversation, but I also appreciate all you are doing to bring science to the non-scientist public. I think people like me who have taught a lot of freshmen in chemistry, general chemistry, sort of think that that's the level that we need to aim at. But I think that those kids have had science in high school year after year. We need to aim at the parents of those college freshmen who are intelligent, who are intellectually curious, but have not had science courses in a long time. And so, I'm really joining with you in trying to avoid jargon as much as possible. Use simple language, use analogies and metaphors, and try to share the excitement of what we're doing in the laboratory with the populace.Eric Topol (48:25):Well, you sure did that it was palpable. And I thought about it when I read the book about how lucky it would be to be a freshman at the University of Boulder and be having you as the professor. My goodness. Well, thank you so much. This has been so much fun, Tom, and I hope everybody's going to get out there and read the Catalyst to get all the things that we didn't even get a chance to dive into. But this has been great and look forward to future interactions with you.Tom Cech (48:53):Take care, Eric.*********************Thanks for listening or reading this edition of Ground Truths.Please share this podcast with your friends and network. That tells me you found it informative and makes the effort in doing these worthwhile.All Ground Truths newsletters and podcast are free. Voluntary paid subscriptions all go to support Scripps Research. 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Exopolitics Today Week in Review with Dr Michael Salla – June 1, 2024  Topics Ancient Egyptian Gods were Extraterrestrials According to leading QHHT practitioner It's the 25th anniversary of The Thirteenth Floor. Ancient Gods & ETs Among Us Today – The Exopolitical Implications - New Webinar - June 15, 2024. A transcript of an interview a 25-year CIA agent gave a couple of years ago about his contact with Mantid/Tall Gray ET is now available. The evidence of ancient Reptilian species walking and living among humanity spans multiple national cultures. Col Karl Nell on the reality of non-human intelligence visiting Earth and interacting with humanity. Extraterrestrial Contact in Washington and Hawaii A forensic image expert has conducted a frame-by-frame analysis of the 2023 Las Vegas alien sighting & concluded the tall beings are genuine. Only a few months to go before GSIC-2024 - JP will be appearing as a presenter. Total signatories to Artemis Accords rises to 42 with Peru & Slovakia joining. First Annual Space Piracy Conference Scheduled for February 2025 Congressman Robert Garcia is offering 3 UFO amendments to the NDAA for 2025. These stories and more in Exopolitics Today – The Week in Review Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/michaelsalla --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exopoliticstoday/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exopoliticstoday/support

In this episode we're discussing Set, the Egyptian God of Chaos. The story of Set's attempt at usurping his brother's throne and subsequent battle with his nephew Horus is as dark and disturbing as mythology gets.

Suzanne Spooner discusses startling information about Ancient Egypt, Gods, and extraterrestrials she has received from thousands of clients in her Quantum Healing Hypnoses Technique (QHHT) practice. She concludes that the Egyptian gods were, in fact, extraterrestrials visiting humanity from different star systems with the intent of helping human evolution. Spooner believes that the pyramids were built by off-world visitors such as Thoth (aka Jehuti) who designed them for several complimentary functions, including human ascension. In her second Expolitics Interview with Dr. Michael Salla, Spooner discusses her recent Egypt Tour in which he participated and the implications of her QHHT data in understanding the true role of extraterrestrials in human history. Furthermore, she discusses the role of space arks in assisting with past planetary contingencies and what lies ahead for humanity as we enter into uncertain times. Finally, she discusses the important role being played by Donald Trump in awakening humanity despite his many personal character flaws. Suzanne Spooner's website is: suzannespooner.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exopoliticstoday/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exopoliticstoday/support

This week we take a look at the Figura Obscura Anubis and Bastet two pack which was released by the Four Horsemen last weekend. Rich takes us through the the Egyptian God family tree and then Mal rounds out the episode with one of his best one liners ever. https://www.patreon.com/TheEuroLegionsPodcasthttps://linktr.ee/theeurolegionspodcastmythic legions toy collecting fantasy cosmic legions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Explore the art of slowing down and aligning with your highest purpose to overcome the cycle of overdoing. Drawing insights from the Magdalene Manifestation card deck, Danielle shares how the concepts of Sublime Time and Radiant Energy can guide you to achieve our goals with joy and vitality. Reflect on the importance of sustainable practices, not only within your work in the transformational industry but also in your personal life, and learn the significance of discerning when to say 'yes' or 'no' to prevent burnout and maintain your energy. Thoth and the Council of Light discuss this pivotal time wherein the collective consciousness is leaning toward awakening and rebalancing. They invite us to consider the implications of technological advancements and their role in increasing stress and the necessity for spiritual evolution to shift from survival mode to a state of co-creation and abundance. Embrace the profound inner and outer shifts needed to forge a legacy that resonates with your true essence, and get inspired to join the wave of conscious leaders contributing to this monumental shift.Do not miss these highlights:00:15 - The importance of aligning with opulent vitality and saying no to draining activities.03:52 - Having a solid foundation on the physical plane to support multifaceted creativity and ascension.05:56 - The fear of missing something when you do not have the proper structure or processes in place. 11:09 - The physical manifestations that overdoing can bring forth.15:39 - The impact of technology on personal growth and the need for innovative solutions.18:01 - Moving from fear-based survival to neutral, multi-dimensional self.21:33 - Aligning energy with sovereignty, discernment, and essentialism to stop overwhelming situations.27:43 - The importance of aligning with one's higher self and vision for maximum impact.32:32 - Resources for individuals to deepen their spiritual evolution and aligned projects.Resources MentionedGo HERE to learn more about the Visionary Heart & Birthright of Love Activations. Live Summit https://daniellehoffman.com/expert-series/For your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with Thoth is an opportunity to access your inner wisdom, infinite possibilities, and to become who it is that you are designed to be, fully realized, and Divine. https://danielleramahoffman.com/Instagram: @danielleramahoffmanOn Facebook:Personal...

In this episode, we look at the judgment that came upon the Egyptian gods through the ten plagues. We look at how the judgment was not just against Pharaoh but against their idols and really their entire system of mythology. We look at each plague to see which idol it was in judgment of and how that judgment affected the Egyptian people and society. We also look at the separation God made between their people and His people. Lastly we look at what we can learn from this for our own day as it relates to all the idols our culture has set up and worshipped.

A single book or a well-crafted summit can skyrocket your influence and authority in your field…if you're willing to embark on the transformational journey that's required. Danielle will take you on a journey through her personal experiences, unraveling the profound effect of Magdalene Manifestation Cards in enhancing leadership and guiding you through Creator Consciousness. Confront the discomfort and fear that comes with stepping into the spotlight and the logistics of marshaling resources, all while emphasizing the importance of surrounding yourself with a cadre of seasoned professionals. This isn't just about being seen—it's about being seen and supported in a way that allows your vision to thrive. Danielle illuminates how endeavors such as authoring a book or hosting a summit can serve as powerful catalysts for stabilizing and expanding your influence. The challenges of feeling overextended and the risks of diluting your vision to meet others' expectations are laid bare, alongside strategies to connect with higher guidance for leading your vision with conviction. Embrace the lessons of exponential consciousness and learn how to navigate through the channel stage of embodiment to rise above fears, with wisdom from Thoth and the Council of Light. This episode is an invitation to step into your divine blueprint for success and to authentically amplify your expert status, all by tapping into the universal principles that weave through our existence. Explore how you can shine in your unique brilliance and lead with transformative impact.Do not miss these highlights:00:15 - Vibrational visibility amplified through Magdalene Manifestation Cards on becoming the go-to expert.04:20 - The importance of channeling one's highest creation and following that heart sentience to bring visions into the world.06:46 - Partnering with higher guidance to powerfully lead one's vision.11:05 - Trusting one's inner power and communication skills to lead and expand one's legacy work.13:21 - Utilizing a book and summit double as tools for exponential expansion and stabilization.19:40 - The importance of standing out in a sea of voices through unique offerings and divine appointments.25:24 - Thoth and the Council of Light share about unlocking universal principles and codes within for exponential consciousness, authentic visibility and leadership energy. Resources MentionedCheck out our past summits HEREGo HERE to learn more about the Visionary Heart & Birthright of Love Activations. CLICK HERE to learn more about Fully Realized Leader Academy.For your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest! About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions...

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Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York.     In Today's Show Is mortal sin the same as a grave sin or different? What is a mortal sin and how do these concepts relate to something like abortion if an abortive mother truly didn't understand the dire consequences of what she was doing at the time? Can you please comment on Catholic schools that have unbaptized children attending from families that pay full tuition but refuse to truly practice the faith? Have those schools lost sight of the mission? My friend, a fallen-away Catholic, passed away and was buried without a proper burial service. Is this improper, and am I allowed to attend? What can I do? I don't know if my dad was being serious or not, but he claims that soda does not break the eucharistic fast. I say it does because it's not water or juice. What's the “correct” answer? Is it of any value to pray a 33 day consecration for another person who is away from the faith? I'm Agnostic. Can I receive the Holy Eucharist? If the Church is causing a delay in receiving the sacrament of Reconciliation due to their schedule, isn't it necessary for that individual to obtain the protection and healing from the Eucharist - from Jesus? Is it sinful (or at least morally unacceptable) to borrow some money without permission? In the Guardian Angel prayer, what does "rule mean? In the Old Testament, the prophets like Job say they saw God. I thought that no one saw God? My husband and I try to get milk fresh from local farmers but they often want us to pick up the milk & pay on a Sunday. My husband feels this is OK, but I am concerned that it isn't right to do it on a Sunday. Any thoughts? Am I correct in my assumption that it would be inappropriate for one to show up to a church after Mass in possession of an Egyptian God relic or a facsimile of such? And, could one's doing something like this be attributed to a poor Catholic education?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Have you ever felt trapped by your own success, uncertain about how to elevate your work and life to a level that not only excites you but also serves as your lasting legacy? This episode will act as your navigator through the uncharted territories of personal and professional growth, guiding you from excellence to a profound legacy. Through real-life examples, Danielle will illuminate the 5 stages that will help you stabilize your vision. Discover how the stages of Clarity, Activate, Manifest, Embody, and Legacy can help you make those exponential leaps forward. We also explore how aligning with Source can streamline your path to a prosperous legacy business, achieving financial abundance without the cost of your well-being. Tune in for an episode that's not just a revelation but a revolution, empowering you to transform your work into a masterpiece that stands the test of time.Do not miss these highlights:00:37 - An outline of the framework for the five stages to manifest legacy work and life.05:42 - Stage One: Clarity. Looking inward and upward for clarity is crucial, with a focus on tapping into inner knowing and gaining higher guidance to reconnect with one's true purpose and legacy.14:33 - Stage Two: Activate. Channeling your Higher Self guidance to overcome resistance stemming from unresolved trauma or limiting beliefs.20:15 - Stage Three: Manifest. Aligning action with being in the manifest stage to avoid quitting before vision is actualized.31:13 - Stage Four: Embody. Partner with higher guidance to powerfully lead vision, make aligned decisions, and expand exponentially.37:13 - Stage Five: Legacy. You move out of being pulled in so many directions and are expanding your capacity to contribute at the highest level.44:23 - The importance of self-awareness and alignment with one's highest power to create a successful legacy business. Which stage are you currently at?Resources MentionedFeeling called to go deeper with the guides and Danielle? Reach out to find out more about our Highest Contribution Audit and Academy. https://daniellehoffman.com/programs/#hcaFor your free gift, visit http://DanielleRamaHoffman.com/gift for INSTANT ACCESS to The Spiritual Leader's Treasure Chest!About the Host:Danielle Hoffman is a 3x best-selling author, international channel, and legacy-work coach to thousands around the world. She is the co-creator (with her business partner and guide Thoth) of the Multi-D Abundance Method™️, Divine Light Activation, and the Ascended Master Academy, where her specialty is leading coaches, healers, mentors, and spiritual teachers to embody their Divine self and create their UNIQUE legacy body of work (book, program, irresistible content) with Source to add $100k+ to their bottom line anytime they choose.Thoth, the Egyptian God of infinite wisdom, architecture, scribe, and keeper of the Akashic Records is Danielle's business partner, friend, and co-facilitator of Divine Transmissions offerings, programs, and products. Connecting directly with Thoth is an opportunity to access your inner wisdom, infinite possibilities, and to become who it is that you are designed to be, fully realized, and Divine. https://danielleramahoffman.com/Instagram: @danielleramahoffmanOn Facebook:Personal https://www.facebook.com/DanielleRamaHoffman1 Page:...

Welcome back to Not A Bomb podcast! This is the show where we re-examine some of the biggest bombs in cinematic history and see if they deserve a second chance. In this episode, we discuss a film with nine-foot Egyptian Gods played by generic white people who bleed gold and turn into Voltron-like robots. Yes, you read that sentence correctly. Our little podcast finally tackles 2016's fantasy action film - Gods of Egypt. This one…well…is a head-scratcher. For one, it's directed by Alex Proyas, an individual responsible for classics such as The Crow and Dark City. But he has Knowing in his filmography. Secondly, the film is penned by the duo known for Dracula Untold, The Last Witch Hunter, and Morbius. Not really a winning combination. Maybe against all odds, this one will be something watchable…right, right? Download and find out! Gods of Egypt is directed by Alex Proyas and stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Elodie Yung, Courtney Eaton, Rufus Sewell, and Geoffrey Rush.If you want to leave feedback or suggest a movie bomb, please drop us a line at NotABombPod@gmail.com or Contact Us - here. Also, if you like what you hear, leave a review on Apple Podcast or wherever you listen to the show.Cast: Brad, Troy

Unleash the Secrets of Kemetic Alchemy: A Journey Through Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Dive into the captivating world of Kemetic Alchemy, the ancient Egyptian practice that went far beyond turning lead into gold! In today's episode, we explore the three pillars of this fascinating pursuit: Cosmology & Creation: Unravel the divine blueprint of the universe and understand how alchemists mimicked the act of creation through sacred rituals and symbols. Medicine & Pharmacology: Discover the secrets of powerful elixirs and remedies crafted from medicinal plants and minerals, and learn how the human body was seen as a microcosm of the cosmos. Spiritual & Religious Connection: Witness the quest for immortality and oneness with the divine, and delve into the symbolic use of death and rebirth motifs in alchemical practices. Get ready to be captivated by: Intriguing historical facts and insights Engaging storytelling and relatable explanations Connections to modern holistic practices and spiritual philosophies But we're not stopping there! We want to hear YOUR thoughts on this fascinating topic. So, here are two interactive poll questions for you to ponder: Poll 1: Which aspect of Kemetic Alchemy sparked your curiosity the most? A) The divine blueprint of the universe and creation stories B) The secrets of ancient elixirs and remedies C) The spiritual and religious connections to achieving immortality Poll 2: If you could create your own Kemetic elixir, what would it be for? A) Enhanced health and longevity B) Increased creativity and wisdom C) Deeper connection to the universe and spirit Share your answers on the B.H. Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Voicemail Message Board and join the conversation! Let's unravel the mysteries of Kemetic Alchemy together and unlock its potential for personal growth and transformation. Remember to use these captivating hashtags to spread the word: #KemeticAlchemy #AncientEgyptSecrets #HolisticHealing #SpiritualTransformation Don't miss out on this enlightening journey! Tune in now and get ready to be amazed! #KemeticElixirs, #AncientEgyptianMedicine, #BodyAsMicrocosm, #HealingThroughAlchemy, #SecretsOfKyphi, Holistic Health Secrets and Life-Sales Strategies with Grandpa Bill Nourish Your Soul, Boost Your Business: The BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Experience Website: https://www.7kmetals.com/grandpabill Website:https://www.myctfo.com/index.html YouTube: Bill Holt@billholt8792 Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/bill.sales.524 Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/bradybrodyboy12/ Voicemail Message Board: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsales Disclaimer:This podcast site content is provided for informational purposes only, and does not intend to substitute professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. JOIN US EVERY TUESDAY AT 6PM. EST. https://freedomsnap.org/Seth/ BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Virtual Mall Patriot Supply Link:  ⁠⁠https://mypatriotsupply.com/?rfsn=5615494.137cb6⁠⁠ Health Ranger Link: ⁠⁠https://www.healthrangerstore.com/?⁠⁠rfsn=301296.96452b2&utm_source=HR_Affiliate&utm_campaign=14708&utm_affiliate=301296⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Healer.com⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.HealerCBD.com/?ref=11⁠ Thoth: Unmasking the Egyptian God of Wisdom, Magic, and the Cosmos Journey Through the Halls of Wisdom: Unveiling the Secrets of Thoth From Hieroglyphs to Higher Consciousness: Demystifying the Power of Thoth The Ibis and the Eye: A Modern Guide to Navigating Thoth's Labyrinth of Knowledge Become a Scribe of your own Story: Rituals and Practices for Connecting with Thoth Remember, the journey into Thoth's mysteries is a lifelong adventure. Embrace the curiosity, the exploration, and the ever-unfolding layers of wisdom that await. As you delve deeper, may his divine knowledge illuminate your path and guide you towards a life of purpose, understanding, and transformation. #Thoth, #EgyptianGods, #Wisdom, #Magic, #BHSalesKennel #KelpHolisticHealingHour, #TheGoldenOnes, #ThePathToOneness, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsales/message

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Explore Rachel's unique perspective on spirituality and strategy with Lesley. Discover the role of tarot reading, using your intuition in making fulfilling life choices, and how a grounded approach to fear aids decision-making and balancing life's various pursuits. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Rachel's journey on spirituality through tarot and shamanismWhy trust your intuition in making fulfilling career choices.How to strengthen your 'intuition muscle' with regular practice.Learn the power of 'allowing' in life's journey.Discover how digital detoxes can spur creativity.Episode References/Links:Follow Rachel on IGThe Totem Readings WebsiteThe Skeptical Shaman PodcastGuest Bio:Known as “The Skeptical Shaman”, Rachel White is an unusual spiritual practitioner. Blending more than 25 years of high-level corporate innovation and strategy experience with a deep knowledge of the world of woo, Rachel is making waves with the “crystal hippy people” with her fresh, pragmatic take on spiritual development. Rachel is the host of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, the Owner of TOTEM Readings—her Austin, TX-based spiritual practice-- the author and publisher of the TOTEM Tarot Deck, and the purveyor of TOTEM Flower Essences on her TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy Shop. She is also the author of the TOTEM Readings Substack, an engaging community that challenges preconceived notions of what it means to “be spiritual”. Rachel is married to her Chef husband, Bradford, and they take care of their wolf-dog in beautiful Austin, TX. In her spare time, she maintains her organic garden, “researches” micro-dosing, and writes all about the mystical and esoteric.  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. Get your free Athletic Greens 1 year supply of Vitamin D3+K2 and 5 free travel packsGet your discount for some Toe Sox using the code: LESLEY Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesFollow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebook LinkedInEpisode Transcript:Rachel White 0:00 It's not get a crystal ball out and control your entire future. It's the understanding that through doing things you will learn experientially and that you'll be able to incorporate that and hone things or even if you test hypothesis and it's faulty. You've learned something that's a successful experiment.Lesley Logan 0:18 Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 1:00 All right, Be It Babes. I'm excited. Okay, so I really, I'll be honest, I was like, okay, a skeptical Shaman. I'm a little skeptical about a skeptical Shaman. What does that mean? Are they really skeptical? Are they and they are they being Rachel, why our guest today? I feel first of all, there are so many. There's never been anything that's random. The this the timing of this, this woman being women in our lives and your ears right now. It's really cool. And she said so many gems that have everything to apply that to your life that are not necessarily around tarot, or astrology, or any of that stuff. And so what I whether you have are like someone who's like, oh, a shaman and like that's a turn off for you. Stop, keep listening. She is awesome. She we talked about the journey for her switching careers. We talked about the journey and like being a small business owner in having to make decisions that like not everyone's gonna like, and also intuition and allowing, and there's some stuff on digital detox in there. So this is a really great episode, get your notepads out, have some fun. And then also make sure you check out all of her amazing things, if any of these things intrigue you because I am as soon as I get off this I am. So here is Rachel White. Lesley Logan 2:21 All right, Be It babe. I'm actually really excited and intrigued by today's guest. I'm not gonna lie. There are certain things I've dabbled in as a one woo girl in this world, and I do have some crystals. But I also like to think of myself as like pretty logical about some things. And I, I do have some tarot cards, but I also am like, okay, but like, and so when today's guests came across my plate I was like, oh, well, I've always been a little skeptical about a shaman. So why not have Rachel White the skeptical shaman in our, in our group today? So will you tell everyone who you are and what you do?Rachel White 2:57 Of course, yeah. And it's funny because people see skepticism as inherently in opposition to spirituality, but I don't and I think what how you just described yourself is, personally what I perceive most people are, and they're very underserved by the crystal hippie people and I also have crystals. But you know, there's a certain archetype. So yeah, I'm Rachel White. I own a spiritual practice called Totem Readings. And I have a new podcast called the skeptical Shaman. And the whole basis of the show is conversations with all different kinds of people, cynics, skeptics, true believers, different faith systems, you know, some of them seemingly quite crazy. Like I had a Catholic exorcist on, I thought that was an interesting discussion. Because to me, curiosity and skepticism are like they're two sides of the of the discernment coin. You don't get anywhere without being curious. And as a part of curiosity, you're like, and what's in that? What's this? And what really is that? And most people prefer to navigate life that way. And yet, when you enter the world of Woo, sometimes people make you feel like it's very binary. Like it's all or nothing, you know, and it's just not the case. I'm glad you're doing it the way you're doing it. Lesley Logan 4:14 Thank you. I'm always here for the affirmations. Those are my love language. But I, I think I love that you point that out because so I live in Las Vegas, which I think is a really interesting place to live. It's got lots of little there's something for everybody here for sure on any side of any coin, but I remember going to this one event, and going they were speaking in a language that I heard the words I heard them they are all words that are like in my English vocabulary, but the order in which they were coming out I was like, What are they saying? And I kind of just felt like, it's like but I I love breathwork I love my crystals. I love a new moon. I don't understand what you're saying and I was like maybe this isn't my place or I think it your to your point like sometimes some places are very it's very binary. You're all in or you're not? And I'm like, no, no, I still have to go into my world where I pay mortgage. The credit card doesn't care if Mercury's in retrograde.Rachel White 5:10 If a teacher, a spiritual teacher, a coach, anybody is working with you, but they're not empowering you to make it pragmatically actionable in your life, and making your life better, whatever that looks like, they're not really doing much for you. It's a bunch of gobbledygook and what you just described as something that's referred to as word salad, just so you know. And it's designed to make people feel kind of stupid, like maybe they don't understand. And it's a disempowering, gatekeeping mechanism a lot of the time and I spent over two decades in corporate outsourcing and real estate, by the way, as I was working on totally off the side of my desk, and this one, I'm going to say next holds true for business, for corporate, for spirituality. If someone can't explain something to you, and human scaling, words you understand it, it's a bit of a red flag, they may not understand it, they might be trying to spin you out and like snake charm you or they want to sound really smart. And they want to condescend to you, because most people that are good communicators, they just cut to the chase, you understand them. Lesley Logan 6:12 Yeah. Okay. Love you and that for all of that. So, I want to go back to like, first of all, because you just said you were in real estate, and you were doing on site. How did you get into this? Did it find you? Were you like, yeah, like, what, what was the what was like, I'm ready to leave the corporate world. How did that go?Rachel White 6:32 So I was like, most people I know who are legitimate psychics, mediums, whatever you want to call it. And by the way, don't get hung up on all that it really kind of doesn't matter. I was very psychic. And then I pushed that to the side became a pretty smug atheist. Right? So I just like logic, I like things that make sense. And a lot of what I saw in religion, so I grew up Catholic was like, very tail nonsense thinking it just, you know, they were using a lot of thought-terminating cliches, and no one was using a lot of critical thinking. So I, you kind of threw the baby out with the bathwater. And then I had an experience that sent me into exploration mode, because the whole point of like, if you're curious, and you're skeptical, you have to let in new data, even if that new data's Woo, that's a part of it. And I was like, I have to reframe things I was wrong. Right, I have to add new stuff to my repertoire. So I studied it, studied it, and then started just doing it off the side of my desk seeing clients on weekends, I'd always read tarot cards. So that was sort of the first thing I brought in, to my practice, which people don't think of is classically shamanic. But it is divination is a part of it. And then in March of 2020, transitioned to doing this work full time and it's funny, corporate real estate is not doing well. And it's one of those areas where intuition should serve you. And I just saw the writing on the wall, like and it wasn't just COVID trust me, it's not just office spaces and people working from home, there's a whole bunch of things going on. And it would have been misery the last three years, I think. And so, you know, fault like pulled tarot cards or kept getting the death card, which is not bad. By the way, it just means like, let it go. It's dead. Everybody tells you you're dead. It's time to lie down. And it's scary as a rational person to I have moments less so now. But like last year, I'd be in the backyard go like, Oh my god, I make my living. I'm a tarot card reader. Like, what did I do? You know, and you'll have those little, and they go real fast. And they leave as quickly as they came. But it's a wild experience. Yeah.Lesley Logan 8:35 Yeah, I understand that I am. There's like, certain times in my life, I can tell when I truly listened, like to the intuition to these like, like, I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. But I do feel like the more we listen to our intuition, the more psycho we all are, you know, we just often don't want to or, or a lot, we, we pull ourselves out the way we tend to talk ourselves out of that intuition. Maybe someone told you, you know, you were wrong sometimes. And but the reason why we even live in Las Vegas right now, is because of one of those moments in 2020 when someone said something, and my gut said something and I was like, oh, it's time to move. And if you hadn't, if we hadn't moved then I while I'm sure we would have done something else amazing. We would not be exactly where we are today. Because we could a month later we could not live in the neighborhood that we're in right now. We couldn't have afforded it. We couldn't have made that switch as I'm a Pilates instructor. Like, you know, when you're like when you like, strip away all the things that make us who we are, you're like, and the title of this thing that I do is not something that people would think is a reliable, right.Rachel White 9:42 But what is the reliable job now? And that was the other reason I transitioned. So most of my clients are like high functioning executives, business owners, lawyers, professionals, you know, whatever it is, and there's so much turmoil and churn in the workforce across industries. geographies I have clients all over the world. And the new thing, I had a client, she works at a very prestigious technology company and is quite high up there. She said, I understand now that the side hustle is the hedge against the market. And for her, she's an astrologer really. And she's like, it would have seemed insane to me a couple of years ago. And now I'm like, that somehow feels more steady than even where I am. Because there's no more rules. By the way, her coworker was let go via email giving birth on maternity leave, which is illegal, you know, labor law wise, they don't care anymore.Lesley Logan 10:35 They're like, well then fight us in court, because that's probably cheaper. Rachel White 10:37 And she's a top performer just won a big award. And it didn't matter. Because it's not it's not a meritocracy up is down. It's a lot of chaos. So what I would say to people is the myth of the steady, reliable, safe job, it's not safe anymore. Number one, you know, doesn't mean you have to be crazy, like me and do what I do for a living. But getting into something that is a passion, even if it's just a hobby for a while getting certifications, exploring other things, developing skills, listening to your intuition in those areas. It's it's a really smart move, actually.Lesley Logan 11:12 Yeah, yeah. I love that. Thank you for sharing that. And we don't have to go off on this tangent. But I was talking with a girlfriend of mine, we both bought a house in the same year. And the amount of proof like, I was like, buying your first house is like the hardest thing you've ever done when you work for yourself. And I'm like, I've been working for myself for 15 years, excuse me, bank. If anyone can prove they can make money and be consistent look at me, I there's no guarantee that if I had a regular job, I would still have it for all of those 15 years, no way. But every single day, the bank's like, oh, we prefer the person who's working for a company, this person who's working for themselves, and it's, it can be infuriating, and frustrating. And luckily for me on most days, it lights a fire under my ass. But like, let me just show you, let me just prove you a difference. Not that they're paying attention. But I'm like, let me just prove you that you don't know what you're talking about. Because I can bet on myself every single day, when I can't bet on an employer that I've had.Rachel White 12:10 You can't anymore and part of the work of developing intuition and getting to know yourself that way. Because I do think it's sort of a perishable skill up to a point, like my husband's a chef, right? And if he doesn't cook, if he's not doing these on plus, and practicing his knife skills they dull. And I do think like using intuition and developing that muscle memory with it throughout life so that you're ready for those moments, you're ready for like the buying of the home and that challenge or you're ready for the corporate layoff or whatever the crazy thing is that's coming. It's not the first time you're like, doing a gut check.Lesley Logan 12:50 Yeah, okay. So yeah, can I ask you? Because I'm sure our listeners, my listeners, like they're like nodding. And they're like, okay, but as the perfectionist and overachievers we tend to attract on this show, what are some signs that they is their intuition that's talking to them and not like someone else's story that they've picked up?Rachel White 13:10 Right? Yeah, the the number one thing I do, and this might not be for everybody, but there might be a version of this, anyone listening to this convert this two year thing? I pull a tarot card. And tarot doesn't tell me what to do. It doesn't tell anyone what to do. And you know, I have my own deck and all of that. And even then I go, No, it's meant to facilitate your own work. And I will pull a single card in the morning for several days at a time, if I'm handling sort of a situation or assessing options. And I go to look for the consistency in the theme. And what it triggers in me like my you know, when you take standardized tests, they always tell you their first answer you think of is usually the right one. Yeah. And I take that direction. And then the other thing, the second layer of that is how much of this is fear. And frankly, using logic. So like, let's say, let's say I stay where I'm working, right? Let's follow that thought exercise all the way through. How much am I in control? Like how much safer is this really, and getting really objective about it, even writing it down on paper, really thinking through it. And then the third layer, which is a little bit more shamanic, because we're disturbed people is, you know, one day I'm gonna die. And that's sort of it seems morose. But it's actually a great way to prioritize what you're doing and what's fear versus what is excitement and how to assess all that. And I can honestly say, I'm 40 right now. I'm gonna have, at least on my trajectory right now, probably very few regrets in terms of, you know, I don't think I'm gonna feel like I didn't take risks that were meaningful, if that makes sense. And just doing like, letting yourself do things. I know so many people go, well, I wish I could write a book, but I have a job and I'm like, everybody's got a job. I got a job. You can still write a book. You can like these things. You can do them. It It's okay. But I'm also not one of those people. You know, there's so many life coaches that say crazy shit. And one of the things I'll hear from people is they go well, I was told that if I don't quit my job, the universe won't give me my next thing. And I'm like, no, no, no make money until you figure it out. What are you talking about? Yeah, that doesn't show up when you just empty your calendar.Lesley Logan 15:21 Yeah, no.Rachel White 15:22 That's wild. Lesley Logan 15:23 Yeah. Yeah, I, I, you know, that like, leap, and the net will appear. And I was like, I like, yeah, there are some things like I do joke that like, I do a lot of things. Like I'm on a, like a roller coaster. And I'm doing it scared like I cuz yeah, I don't know, the other side of things. But I remember like, I think it was Brene Brown, or somebody she was talking to said, I hate that line. I kind of think of it like, what would I would I be willing to do this, even if the net didn't appear? And like, that's kind of an easy, because it's like, if I'm not willing to do it, if the net doesn't appear, maybe, maybe I'm not there yet. But if I'm like, you know, I gotta do it anyway, no matter what happens, that's something I have to experience, then you know, you're not going to live your life with with, with regret.Rachel White 16:07 And that's a passion. And that's intentional. But people being like, I don't know what it is yet. But as long as I got this job paying me money, I'm not going to find out. I'm like, I don't know that. That's how the scavenger hunt works. Right? So there's a happy medium. And, you know, I started a podcast, and as you know, it costs money. No, yeah. Right. You have to have a little bit of faith that something works out. The biggest predictor for me is just do I want to do it right now. It's because I touch that intuition muscle a lot. And I go, I call it like, which five, you get which five of that stuff. And every time I've just done it, and it has that almost a somatic physical feeling to it. It always works out. And so if you practice this, you'll learn and you get more comfortable. And generally speaking, people are good at something, they can recreate that success. You know, if they're successful in a relationship, and then, you know, something happens, they can have another great relationship. Same with businesses. Yeah. creative projects. Lesley Logan 17:04 Yeah, I agree. And I think like, even when I'm just hearing you say is like, you the questions you ask yourself, when you pull a card, these are things like, is, anyway, you can do it as a journaling thing, you can do it as like a talking to yourself thing, but it's kind of like it's not, it's getting like a 30,000 foot view, and being a little bit more cynical around yourself versus like, like, it's not talking to another friend to get your intuition. It's being with yourself to get your intuition muscle. Rachel White 17:34 Listening to the fear, you know, one of the gifts of like, tarot or a lot of these modalities is you'll pull a card, in my case, it was the death card. And at the time, my, my deck was a prototype deck. This is my version of the death card, which is Anubis, it's the Egyptian God of death. And I, I would tell myself, like, okay, that's really interesting, that's a big card, and you don't judge it, you just kind of sit with it. And people can journal or I always like to see how the day goes, how I'm feeling what I'm noticing around me, and there was a massive reorganization at work, they were trying to get acquired by another big company I used to work for before that. And so you'll, you'll pull the card, and it might seem silly in a vacuum, right? That little noise in your head will be like, well, it's just a random card. And then you observe what's manifesting in reality, and you okay, that's not that random writing's on the wall. And, you know, using it as, as a means of getting access to your own spiritual data, is how I look at that. And, you know, pulling a card at the beginning of the day, even when you're not in a situation, living your day, coming back and looking at it, and reflecting on how that manifested for me. So you build your own language with cards, or runes, or whatever you want to use, it doesn't really matter.Lesley Logan 18:43 I mean, I think like, it kind of goes even into the idea of like, we see evidence for which we believe to be true all the time. You know, like, if we want to our goal, our whole brain is like, Let me prove myself right. All right. And so what it sounds like you're doing is like, in a way of, like, deliberate intuition is just is like kind of putting a piece of evidence out there and then allowing the day to unfold and just seeing how we interact with evidence or how that like, what is it coming back to and then reflecting on the end of the day, I can't think of a better way to come up with your like, develop your intuition muscle or spend time with yourself. Because I feel like you get to end up being through your day more present as opposed to the day happened to you. Rachel White 19:23 And it's not a bunch of work. It's not you know, doing DMT in Bali, or like, you know, it's a minimal requirement because most of the people I work with and myself we're busy, and I'm not one of those people where you have to like give an arm and a leg and do all this crazy. It's because it's like a diet. If it's not sustainable you're gonna have a hard time. Yeah. And it's in the sustaining of it where you're really going to get that that value right. And yeah, pulling a card Carl Jung love taro and my deck is very archetypal and Yang Yin and he would use it with his clients a bit like a Rorschach but around archetypes and a way of just getting you out of your own myopic nonsense and going like, Oh, that's interesting. I don't understand that. And then living your dang going. I totally understand that now. Yeah, I understand why that showed up. Yeah. And then next time, maybe a year from then you pull a card and you go, I know what's gonna happen today. Yeah. And you have that confidence. And it's rooted in. I mean, it's not a scientific experiment, right? But it's like, a little bit of a control experiment. You can run in your own life, you have a hypothesis, and you test it.Lesley Logan 20:27 Yeah. Okay. So I'm kind of now I want to know, at what point does somebody go I need? I need a skeptical Shaman. I need it. Like, how? Why? Like, like, because because you do have cards. So I could just use your cards, like, at what point in my life? I need someone like you in my actual life regularly? Or is it? Is it just a moment in time? Rachel White 20:51 I'm sort of notorious for not wanting people that come back a lot. And so I took my time building my practice on purpose, because I set certain intentions. And one of them was I don't want to be one of those people who's like, I need to see you every week. Yeah, the cards stay the same. I had a client push on it during COVID. And finally was like, You know what, it's fine. Come back in. Because just a few months after reading, I usually tell people to wait like eight, nine, twelve months. There's other stuff you can do. There's stuff you can do on your own, right. But for a Tarot reading, it's a snapshot for quite a quite a bit. And she came in with all the same cards, and they just slightly moved and she had had a picture and she goes, now I know why you didn't want me to come in. I said, I don't want to take your money twice for the same information. And also as a practitioner, no offense, it's boring. To tell you the same story. I like to meet with people when the tectonic plates have shifted, and there's something new and that's fun work. So a lot of people reach out when they're at a bit of a crossroads. Not like an intense one always but just like I don't know, I have a job. I don't love it, or I got laid off. But I don't know what I want to do. I don't want to get back in the same industry or maybe I had a breakup but I'm meeting people it's not clicking. Some people really want to go deeper into the spiritual work like soul's purpose. You know, what's my sort of mission for being here spiritually? So I do like Akashic Record, work and some channeling work and we get their their guides in, which is a little bit more of a shamany thing versus just a straight up you know, telepathic clairvoyant, psychic thing. I always joke that I, I stay out of the way, I'm just a broker, and other people come to the meeting. That's sort of how it works. And so yeah, and from my practice, I work with what I call, it's sort of a joke, but it's accurate, the spiritually homeless, like, they know there's something going on, they've had experiences, but also they're not they're not buying everybody's bullshit all the time. And, and so they want someone who's just going to kind of talk straight to them. And who's going to say, I don't know, sometimes like my if my, just yesterday, someone asked me a question. I had a big event here at my place in Austin. And I said, I don't I don't know they go, What do you mean? You don't know. I said, I honestly, I don't know the answer to that question. It's interesting. Yeah. And she was so like, taken aback. Like was willing to say, I don't know, just honest. I love knows everything. That's crazy.Lesley Logan 23:08 I love that though. Like every, like, there are certain things you've said, I'm like, thank God she's not a cult leader, okay, okay.Rachel White 23:14 I don't ever want that kind of pressure. I'm the least likely to be a cult leader. I'm so funny. To the point of clients are like, hey, what about this? And like, I don't know, did you Google it? I get so exhausted with that. And I don't need that kind of attention. It would drive me nuts. I was a people manager in corporate. I'm good on that experience for the rest of my life. I mean, I like people as individuals. I love those little sessions, you know, the event, you know, hanging out with my friends who were practitioners was great. Yeah. But it's i that is an interesting psychology.Lesley Logan 23:47 I know. That is I but I, but I hear you because like, so I used to be a teacher trainer for like new teachers and Pilates. And I really at the time, I really wanted to be that like, I really wanted to have that experience. I saw something I mostly wanted to recreate a better experience for every other teacher, because my first time was not right. And then after about six years of that, I was like, you know, I'm good on that. Like, they ask a lot of questions. And you do need to have an answer because they are new. And they yes, they need that. And I got to a place where I'm like, I I don't I don't want to have to be that for you. I really want you to be able to like grow and bloom and so now I have a mentorship which took me I dragged my feet and I team and my coach was like you people want this from you. They want to learn from you. You've had an exposure, I decided with one of Joe's Pilates clients. So I'm one of the few people out there who is close to the source supplies that that it's out there and I'm not crazy. So and I'm kind and I'm me. So I dragged my feet because I was like, Well, I don't want it to be like it's this way. This is the answer. I really want and I really want people to be able to come and explore the infirmary question that I have and then integrate it the way they want. And that was interesting. So I feel really good about that. But sometimes people have signed up and they're like, Well, can you just tell me the answer? And I'm like, so it's not black or white. There's actually, what do you think of it? And it's so interesting, because like, people can want you to be that for them. And you're like, No, no, I'm really good. I think can be hard, because of course, I want them to get the experience that they want to have. But I can't be the control for them. They have to figure that out themselves. Rachel White 25:30 Right. And you're actually doing the ethical thing, but it is a harder stone. And it's funny, my joke all the time I sell against myself constantly, right? Yesterday, someone said, your your spiritual transformation coaching program, it sounds really fun. I said, Oh, it's it's not fun. It's spiritual transformation. And three of my clients that are in the program right now, and it's all individual work, but I do it like at the same time, we're here and they started laughing. And the woman was, well, they look really happy. I go, Yeah, but that's like, crazy happy. So that's another, you know, this is disruptive work. Ultimately, it's very good for you. But it's, it's not a spa. And you know, and what's funny is people will be intrigued by that. And then I don't have to manage weird expectations that were off pace or whatever, you know, spiritual work, you're gonna see some things and feel some things that are that are really intense, you know, and not all the time. But like, if that's you dipping your toe, and there's a bit of that at the front end. Yeah, for sure. And we're not all like vending machines, have answers, right? Like, there's a thing in our culture of like, I put the dollar bill in, and I push F-six to get theLesley Logan 26:39 twig. I do that. If you are listening to it. That means you're too young for this podcast. Rachel White 26:45 Oh, yeah. And you probably eat healthy, and I used to be a garbage. I was a raccoon I would eat out of vending machines all the time. Oh, yeah.Lesley Logan 26:53 Are you kidding? I mean, I grew up poor. And I feel likeRachel White 26:56 me too.Lesley Logan 26:59 So yeah, I love that you brought that up? Because I do. It's funny. It's not. I feel like it's just generations of like, just get the right answers so that you like because it would be embarrassing. You'd embarrass the family. If you're wrong. You're embarrassing yourself if you're wrong. It's it's a failure if you don't have it right the first time. And I feel like only in the last like, seven years of my life maybe really five have I really understood that. It's like, it's actually really cool if I get the wrong answer. And in my business, of course, I want to make money, I got bills to pay, we got this mortgage now. But we learned so much more from the things that didn't go right in a project than we do when they like, like we had an event do so fucking amazing in May of 2020. So that's why we bought this house we like literally made a downpayment in a weekend. It's what entrepreneurs dream of right? And we have never recreated it. And I in trying to recreate it, we've learned so much. But from that I'm like luck and prepper like preparation met opportunity at that time people and may have wanted the information I had. And so the timing of what I did was exactly right. I couldn't have done it. If I wasn't prepared, of course, but we couldn't, there, you can't just recreate that, that extreme moment, you have to you learn more from the mistakes. Rachel White 28:19 And it's funny because you know, coming from corporate, I was an innovation director. And, you know, when you study innovation, you realize a lot of it can never be recreated. And it doesn't mean you're failing. And sometimes you can have the best idea, and everything lines up and nobody signs up. And other times you could have kind of a throwaway thing that just boom, and then other things come from it. And it's not an indication of your personal failure or achievement one way or the other always like being prepared, being organized, being professional, that's those are the variables you can control. So those should always be controlled, but the rest of it part of it is allowing. And that's a really hard thing for high functioning driven people. And I'm one of those I'm a workaholic. Um, it what it really is, is a false illusion of control. Like if I work enough, somehow I can control things you can't like, you don't think about it consciously that way. But that's really what it is, and being honest with yourself about it. And one of the reasons we had this event, I didn't charge anyone anything, it was a party, literally like you're invited my house. We're going to feed you My husband's a chef, here's some drinks, we make drinks out of the flower essence mother's because I make flower essences and had a party. And people were like, well, why are you doing this? There's like it's Equinox. And you know, tomorrow's Yom Kippur? We're happy Yom Kippur or whatever. Like, yeah, because it needed to happen. I don't know why. Yeah, and we'll see. Right. So I'm learning to like shake, move energy, like move chi sometimes just for the sake of moving it. Lesley Logan 29:53 Okay, so I love everything you just said there. I can't wait for Brad. My husband will listen to this and then we're going to talk about you on the next episode.Rachel White 30:01 (inaudible) to Brad's, by the way.Lesley Logan 30:02 I saw that I saw that, yeah, and my loves to cook. He's not an act like not an actual chef, but like, loves to cook. And so He's a chef in our household because I'm not cooking. But I love that you brought up allowing, and I'm wondering, like, can you go into that a little bit more? Because I do think that that's something that especially the women Listen, this podcast probably need to do more of I think we all probably need to, but Rachel White 30:28 I need to do more of it, too. Lesley Logan 30:30 So yeah, what are you doing to allow more because I,Rachel White 30:34 The big thing, my big case study that gave me permission to do more of it was the flower essence project, which wasn't a flower essence project. Initially, it was COVID lockdowns in Chicago, Chef husband at home. You know, in Chicago, you're not a house, there's not a yard and you're at the time we weren't allowed to go to parks, right? You don't have a large game.Lesley Logan 30:56 was in LA at the time. There you go. 500 square foot apartment. So I know your life. And we could not go outside.Rachel White 31:03 But I had so where we lived, we had a private balcony and a private roof deck because we were on the top floor. And you got that with our unit and you paid for it. But we were busy. We never used it. And then I had a meditation center in Oak Park, like, right to the west, where we lived in the west loop that had a private roof deck. And I said to my husband, you know, I gotta get outside. I'm gonna freak, I'm gonna freak out then. So let's plant some flowers. Let's do something. And it literally just came like that attached to nothing else. So we did that. And then because I'm kind of an asshole, and I can't just have a hobbyist, like, we should make flower essences. You know, there's things that I buy and that we take and, and so he's a chef, and we're like on Google, you know, making our being busy. Did it and then I was like, you know, I wonder what it would look like if I put like a totem label, literally just pure sort of play. I kind of gave them out as gifts to my friends. They loved them. And then my husband was like, You need to make these and sell them. And so I started doing it. And then I had a client a really good friend of mine, Claire shout out to Claire was like you gotta get on Etsy. I was like, I don't know, Etsy, isn't it like macro? She's like, No, no, no, no. And she's an artist, and he's doing tremendous work on there. And so I did, and it's a huge part of my business now. And then I studied herbalism and I got certified herbalism. And then you learn all kinds of other stuff. And I'm telling you, that was just all allowing, I didn't sit down and go my body, my my body of work, my business needs another product. And here's why. And I ran the numbers and I have an Excel spreadsheet about there was none of that in and it's turned a profit the first month. And I didn't know that. I had no idea. And but you know, it's intuition matched with by the way work. You should see the house there are 10s of 1000s of bottles. My friends who stayed with me were like, are you okay? mentally? And they're like, No, people make these with yours. Like, now I listen to a lot of podcasts. Yeah, just hand bottle out and they were like, holy shit. Lesley Logan 33:06 Yeah, I love that you brought up that like, you kind of just you put like almost like one foot in front the other like, yeah, I got outside.Rachel White 33:14 I like wow, I liked learning.Lesley Logan 33:16 Yeah. And you you didn't try to control like what the flowers were going to represent before no landed them. And I think that that's something very hard for I'm I call myself a recovering perfectionist overachiever. Because i not i don't think i think recovered would mean I mean, perfect, perfect about it. But I think that the best things come from I'm just going to try this out. And yeah, too often either people in your life go well, what are you how you make money off that that'll never make any money? Or you do this? What about your kids? What about this? And it's like, you have to turn their dial off and just kind of like go okay, who am I I may have to protect my hobby or protect my curiosities for a little bit to be mine. Because we, yes, everything does cost money and everything. We do need to make more money in this world than we ever had to make to be part of it. But you're not allowing when you try to micromanage what it is before it starts.Rachel White 34:13 And don't listen to the well meaning morons. When I started totosLesley Logan 34:18 Rachel, I hope you have a shirt like that.Rachel White 34:21 I got you wouldn't believe how mean people who were who I know liked me and were supportive of me were because they thought it was a disaster. Right? And I had a friend I asked her if she wanted to design the logo, because I didn't end up going with her for obvious reasons. You'll hear in a second. She was like, you know, this is crazy. And you're never going to be successful. You're never gonna be able to do it. And literally, I'm not making that up. It was that like, specific and intense. And then I did it and then she was like, oh, and I was like, right. You know, if they couldn't do it, maybe they don't see it because they're not connected to that they're not supposed to be manifesting that stuff here. They have their own thing to do. and just giving yourself permission to do and by the way, in corporate in tech, the mantra of innovation is fail small, fail early fail often. It's not never fail. It's not get a crystal ball out and control your entire future. It's the understanding that through doing things, you will learn experientially, and that you'll be able to incorporate that and hone things. Or even if you test hypothesis, and it's faulty. You've learned something that's a successful experiment. Right? Yes, you and just converting it, whatever you learn into something of value. And the other thing I would say, though, is when you work like this, you do have to work. Yeah, there's no playing around and then not putting an elbow grease, you know? Yeah.Lesley Logan 35:43 Yeah, it's true. I mean, that's the that's the hardest part. I think a lot of people will look at other people, they'll look at you or they'll look at me and go, Oh, must be so easy. Or they just like,Rachel White 35:53 because I have I've never worked harder and I've never had a worst boss. And it's me.Lesley Logan 35:59 I do think I'm kinder than my worst worst bosses, but I can't part of myself. But it's so funny because I we have flashcards which I like, are like tarot cards for Pilates exercises, really. That's how I mean, as a classical teacher, they have an order. But I also tell people, like just pick up cards pull card out. And if you can't do that exercise, like turn it around and see what other exercises involved in there. And one of the hardest things was not creating the actual card. And I'm sure even for you with I don't know, I don't wanna put words in my mouth. But like for the taro part, is like actually getting the production of the cards like trying to get somebody in 2020 to print the cards, the way I wanted, with the quality materials I wanted, and to ship them to people. Rachel White 36:41 Yeah, I know. And someone gave me a really hard time I got invited to this book event and the lady. She's brilliant. She's a, like a writing coach, publishing coach helps people get on TED talks, stuff like that. She's very successful. And she's like, Rachel, I was on the day for self publishing, because that's what we did. And so my guess is when you publish on Amazon, they're evil. I'm like, hey, it was in the middle of COVID. I'm my only employee it was with my money. Are you kidding me? Right now? You're that's the thing you're gonna pick you with? Yeah, it was a miracle that we got it done. Yeah. Yeah. And they're not the publisher. I'm the publisher. It's just on their platform. Lesley Logan 37:21 Well, and, and also, guess what, guys, I also am on Amazon, you want to know why? Because people will trust Amazon? Over my website. Rachel White 37:25 Yeah, it's easy for them. And I knew I was going to be moving to Texas, I couldn't physically manage the inventory. Like there are pragmatic concerns. And you know, it's that whole, like, there's always something someone out there is going to be on and they, if nothing else, I will ask everyone to start if you can kindly educate people on what it's like to have a small business or to be running a p&l in another larger business there. I think sometimes people to your point, they really lack compassion for you, in a lot of ways.Lesley Logan 38:03 Yeah. Yeah. And I, I, it's so it's, it's so tricky, because you want to like pick and choose your battles, but also like, yeah, you know, we have, I think we need to get to a point where we stop judging people for the tools that they're using to get their message out there. Because unfortunately, like, when you're a small business, there are so many expenses that you don't even think about, when you get started, there are money for the newsletter you're sending money for. So it's really, you know, sometimes you have to and then you, you can, once you get things up and you get to test it, you get to see like, what is the feedback? Was this a good idea? What's this, then you can actually like, take it to another place. You know, it's so important that we just have a little bit more compassion for small businesses and also understand like, there are also avenues out there that just allow us to get our message out there faster. And sometimes we have to use it, especially when you're small. Rachel White 38:59 I mean, I wasn't going to Epstein's Island all the time I got on the flight logs. I just published something on COVID. And so yeah, nuances is important, too. Yeah.Lesley Logan 39:11 Okay, Rachel, I want to ask, like, what are you excited about right now? Like, what is something that you're really excited to be working on?Rachel White 39:18 Oh, well, the the big, big thing I have to say is the podcast. And, you know, this was another thing I did just because I wanted to have discussions with people and share them. Because so much of what I do for a living is I talked to really interesting people in a really intimate, meaningful way. Like there's no small talk in a client session. With totem, and that's not just me, that's people come they want to talk about their life's purpose or, you know, they they're just very honest and vulnerable. And so, it occurred to me like I know a lot of interesting people, and I want people to hear this. Yeah. And so I've been doing interviews for season two, and it's been really fun and I am clients do it because I'm like, You're interesting. They're like, No, I'm not. I'm really, I'm like, that's enough of this. Everybody's interesting, right then working on that. And it's funny because I don't have a producer, my best friend Roger does the audio editing and I sent him like a couple 100 bucks, every episode or something, I don't even keep track of it. And people go like, well, you must be like, making so much money. I was like, Oh, my God, no, that's not how podcasts work. And they're like, don't you have sponsors? And like, do you want to be sponsored? Be a sponsor, I'd love to talk to you about that. But it's the joy of just doing the thing and seeing that you had an idea. I'm sure you had this feeling too. And then it's actually out there. It's actually happening. People listen to it. It's so exciting. Yeah, it feels so good. So I'm really focused on that. We're going to make another deck actually a flower medicine deck, because of all the flower essences and herbalism. I just, it's the time projects like that you really need block of time. Lesley Logan 40:56 And yeah, we can we can talk offline about like the time I set up, because I have the decks that I did, there's six months total. And I really thought I could knock out to a year. And we are we're at one year, folks. And the reality is, is not because I can't make the time. I'm not even like these are not even spiritual things. These are like things I already have a lot of the content made, I just have to repurpose it. But it is it's been in that brain space and focusing and it takes now between all the man hours, when we when I stopped counting the man hours, it's usually around four or 500 man hours, like between human hours of like my time, and editors time, all this stuff. And so it's just being able to set everything else aside, which means this podcast has to be recorded in advanced so that I don't have to do podcasting. And my, my filming for my other thing, I'd have to be on that one. That's my one project at the moment. And so it does they take time, but I so I hear you, we have some systems in place that make it easier for me. And even then it shaved off like I don't know, 100 hours, which is not nothing but the (inaudible).Rachel White 42:01 Well, the other thing is while you're in pure creation on a project like that, unless you have a book deal, which I've been averse to, because of the degree of control. Yeah, I gotta have an Aquarius moon, I don't like being told what to do I have a vision I'm a little tyrannical about creativity is I'm going to I don't get paid during that time. And I have to pay to print it and publish it. And so you, you know, you can create all you want, but not you can't do that. And then expect everything else to strike along. I always say to people, when you say yes to everything without realizing you're also saying no to things you're not even thinking about. Yes, there's it's not infinite. You have to prioritize, right? Yes, yeah. So I use all of November in December for this kind of work. I don't do any coaching work. I limit client sessions, and I slow down as the world gets darker and quieter. And I just do stuff like that every year.Lesley Logan 42:58 I'm excited for your next deck. Take your time.Rachel White 43:01 Thank you. I want it to be nice. We want to make it nice.Lesley Logan 43:05 Yeah. And yeah. And also, you know, especially with things like that, they're there. You can't control the creativity either. So like, you also don't want to force it or rush it or put it on some sort of timeline. Rachel White 43:19 Every cards vision board and setup, I did that in two days, and I'm not on Adderall. This is all natural. This is just crazy. Lesley Logan 43:29 When you're in the flow, it's through. You don't need Adderall. Alright, we're gonna take a brief break, we're gonna find out where people can find you. Follow you work with you, and get your cards. Thank you. Rachel White 43:39 Yeah, so you can find me at totem, reach on Instagram. Be prepared to be disappointed. I'm passive aggressive about social media. And totem readings.com. Just send me an email. All my info is on the website.Lesley Logan 43:53 Awesome. And that's where you get your cards or everything is on to it.Rachel White 43:58 It's on Amazon. It's the totem tarot deck. And then the skeptical shaman is Apple, Spotify, Google anywhere you listen to podcasts and season two starts the first week in October here. Perfect.Lesley Logan 44:08 We will link all of that in our show notes. So make sure it's everywhere. I'm already intrigued by your higher deck of cards. We'll be heading Amazon up next. Before I let you go, you've given us like so much awesome advice. I feel like there's been some great gems in there. But I always like to ask you Well, this bold, executable intrinsic or target advice people can take to be it till they see it. What do you have for us?Rachel White 44:30 My big one that I'm doing right now because I also need help is I am taking a very strict digital detox one day a week from everything television, phone, computer screen. And for me, what that does is I get I get very clear on what matters. It lowers that cortisol. It lowers the fear and just the I'm very addicted to busyness and noise like I could listen to 18 podcasts a day. You know what I mean? I love consuming noise and Creating noise in my own way. And so I've been doing that and what happens on those days is miraculous, you'll have the big business idea. So you don't have to grind. It's like a, it's a retreat to move forward. And you know, if you have goals or anything else, just taking that time, it seems counterintuitive, but you get there faster. You really do. A lot of us when we're working, working, working, you're not thinking as deeply as you think you are. You're just not You're not seeing certain things. It's actually a business imperative. I've decided I have to do that for my business. Lesley Logan 45:35 Yeah, I love that. Oh, digital detox. I love it. I have been putting my phone on grayscale at night. And I don't take it off grayscale until I like start making it like after breakfast because then it's like, because what happens is inevitably, you open up an app and you start working. And I am like you I could just, I love what I do. I could just keep doing it. But it's like I really, I my best days I noticed are because the grayscale comes off later in the day. So as soon as comes off, and it's those beautiful colors. And you can see what app that is you start going there. So I I really like it and a whole day Lou, I'm gonna see how I can do I'm gonna challenge myself at the time this episode (inaudible). Rachel White 46:17 Intermittent fasting, it really is, it's a great way to reset. And I have better ideas. When I'm not just doing what I'm not in tactical execution. And I don't have the discipline to not tactically execute. Yeah, unless it's all shut off, so.Lesley Logan 46:33 One more thing on this when I travel internationally, like I used to, I would never pay the phone company to let me use my phone internationally. Like there's Wi-Fi if I need it, I'll get Wi Fi like it's, you know, where am I going? And a recent trip to Poland, I was annoying my husband and come with me. Another trick is helplessness they'll because they'll say he'll be the one that gets to work. And so I'm like, Of course I can be safe because like he's, he's good. Yes. But I realized that because my phone worked in between being at a hotel or the Conference Center. I was struggling to be as present as I could just walking down these beautiful streets I hadn't been in and I was like, oh, it's because my phone works. And I can get a text message and I can get this and I'm like, Okay, we're just going to go on airplane mode. Yeah, intentionally so that we can like be present. So I thank you for sharing that. Thank you for all of this. I am so excited about what you're doing. You're everything. I wanted to be in the tarot shaman world. Like it's so fun to be like, Oh, I can have some crystals and do logic. Thank you so much, Rachel. Thank you, everyone. How are you going to use these tips in your life? When are you going to go on a digital detox and also what were your favorite parts about this make sure you tag Rachel tag Viet pods we can share it and until next time, be it till you see it. That's all I got for this episode of the B until you see it podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the beat pod on Instagram. 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Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Let's face it the New Testament probably calls Jesus God (or god) a couple of times and so do early Christian authors in the second century. However, no one offers much of an explanation for what they mean by the title. Did early Christians think Jesus was God because he represented Yahweh? Did they think he was God because he shared the same eternal being as the Father? Did they think he was a god because that's just what they would call any immortalized human who lived in heaven? In this presentation I focus on the question from the perspective of Greco-Roman theology. Drawing on the work of David Litwa, Andrew Perriman, Barry Blackburn, and tons of ancient sources I seek to show how Mediterranean converts to Christianity would have perceived Jesus based on their cultural and religious assumptions. This presentation is from the 3rd Unitarian Christian Alliance Conference on October 20, 2023 in Springfield, OH. Here is the original pdf of this paper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Z3QbQ7dHc —— Links —— See more scholarly articles by Sean Finnegan Get the transcript of this episode Support Restitutio by donating here Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan?  Read his bio here Introduction When early Christian authors called Jesus “god” (or “God”) what did they mean?[1] Modern apologists routinely point to pre-Nicene quotations in order to prove that early Christians always believed in the deity of Christ, by which they mean that he is of the same substance (homoousios) as the Father. However, most historians agree that Christians before the fourth century simply didn't have the cognitive categories available yet to think of Christ in Nicene or Chalcedonian ways. If this consensus is correct, it behooves us to consider other options for defining what early Christian authors meant. The obvious place to go to get an answer to our initial question is the New Testament. However, as is well known, the handful of instances in which authors unambiguously applied god (θεός) to Christ are fraught with textual uncertainty, grammatical ambiguity, and hermeneutical elasticity.[2]  What's more, granting that these contested texts[3] all call Jesus “god” provides little insight into what they might mean by that phrase. Turning to the second century, the earliest handful of texts that say Jesus is god are likewise textually uncertain or terse.[4] We must wait until the second half of the second century and beyond to have more helpful material to examine. We know that in the meanwhile some Christians were saying Jesus was god. What did they mean? One promising approach is to analyze biblical texts that call others gods. We find helpful parallels with the word god (אֱלֹהִים) applied to Moses (Exod 7.1; 4.16), judges (Exod 21.6; 22.8-9), kings (Is 9.6; Ps 45.6), the divine council (Ps 82.1, 6), and angels (Ps 8.6). These are texts in which God imbues his agents with his authority to represent him in some way. This rare though significant way of calling a representative “god,” continues in the NT with Jesus' clever defense to his accusers in John 10.34-36. Lexicons[5] have long recognized this “Hebraistic” usage and recent study tools such as the New English Translation (NET)[6] and the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary[7] also note this phenomenon. But, even if this agency perspective is the most natural reading of texts like Heb 1.8, later Christians, apart from one or two exceptions appear to be ignorant of this usage.[8] This interpretation was likely a casualty of the so-called parting of the ways whereby Christianity transitioned from a second-temple-Jewish movement to a Gentile-majority religion. As such, to grasp what early postapostolic Christians believed, we must turn our attention elsewhere. Michael Bird is right when he says, “Christian discourses about deity belong incontrovertibly in the Greco-Roman context because it provided the cultural encyclopedia that, in diverse ways, shaped the early church's Christological conceptuality and vocabulary.”[9] Learning Greco-Roman theology is not only important because that was the context in which early Christians wrote, but also because from the late first century onward, most of our Christian authors converted from that worldview. Rather than talking about the Hellenization of Christianity, we should begin by asking how Hellenists experienced Christianization. In other words, Greco-Roman beliefs about the gods were the default lens through which converts first saw Christ. In order to explore how Greco-Roman theology shaped what people believed about Jesus as god, we do well to begin by asking how they defined a god. Andrew Perriman offers a helpful starting point. “The gods,” he writes, “are mostly understood as corporeal beings, blessed with immortality, larger, more beautiful, and more powerful than their mortal analogues.”[10] Furthermore, there were lots of them! The sublunar realm was, in the words of Paula Fredriksen, “a god-congested place.”[11] What's more, “[S]harp lines and clearly demarcated boundaries between divinity and humanity were lacking."[12] Gods could appear as people and people could ascend to become gods. Comprehending what Greco-Roman people believed about gods coming down and humans going up will occupy the first part of this paper. Only once we've adjusted our thinking to their culture, will we walk through key moments in the life of Jesus of Nazareth to hear the story with ancient Mediterranean ears. Lastly, we'll consider the evidence from sources that think of Jesus in Greco-Roman categories. Bringing this all together we'll enumerate the primary ways to interpret the phrase “Jesus is god” available to Christians in the pre-Nicene period. Gods Coming Down and Humans Going Up The idea that a god would visit someone is not as unusual as it first sounds. We find plenty of examples of Yahweh himself or non-human representatives visiting people in the Hebrew Bible.[13] One psalmist even referred to angels or “heavenly beings” (ESV) as אֱלֹהִים (gods).[14] The Greco-Roman world too told stories about divine entities coming down to interact with people. Euripides tells about the time Zeus forced the god Apollo to become a human servant in the house of Admetus, performing menial labor as punishment for killing the Cyclopes (Alcestis 1). Baucis and Philemon offered hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury when they appeared in human form (Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.26-34). In Homer's Odyssey onlookers warn Antinous for flinging a stool against a stranger since “the gods do take on the look of strangers dropping in from abroad”[15] (17.534-9). Because they believed the boundary between the divine realm and the Earth was so permeable, Mediterranean people were always on guard for an encounter with a god in disguise. In addition to gods coming down, in special circumstances, humans could ascend and become gods too. Diodorus of Sicily demarcated two types of gods: those who are “eternal and imperishable, such as the sun and the moon” and “the other gods…terrestrial beings who attained to immortal honour”[16] (The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian 6.1). By some accounts, even the Olympian gods, including Kronos and Uranus were once mortal men.[17] Among humans who could become divine, we find several distinguishable categories, including heroes, miracle workers, and rulers. We'll look at each briefly before considering how the story of Jesus would resonate with those holding a Greco-Roman worldview. Deified Heroes Cornutus the Stoic said, “[T]he ancients called heroes those who were so strong in body and soul that they seemed to be part of a divine race.” (Greek Theology 31)[18] At first this statement appears to be a mere simile, but he goes on to say of Heracles (Hercules), the Greek hero par excellence, “his services had earned him apotheosis” (ibid.). Apotheosis (or deification) is the process by which a human ascends into the divine realm. Beyond Heracles and his feats of strength, other exceptional individuals became deified for various reasons. Amphiarus was a seer who died in the battle at Thebes. After opening a chasm in the earth to swallow him in battle, “Zeus made him immortal”[19] (Apollodorus, Library of Greek Mythology 3.6). Pausanias says the custom of the inhabitants of Oropos was to drop coins into Amphiarus' spring “because this is where they say Amphiarus rose up as a god”[20] (Guide to Greece 1.34). Likewise, Strabo speaks about a shrine for Calchas, a deceased diviner from the Trojan war (Homer, Illiad 1.79-84), “where those consulting the oracle sacrifice a black ram to the dead and sleep in its hide”[21] (Strabo, Geography 6.3.9). Though the great majority of the dead were locked away in the lower world of Hades, leading a shadowy pitiful existence, the exceptional few could visit or speak from beyond the grave. Lastly, there was Zoroaster the Persian prophet who, according to Dio Chrysostom, was enveloped by fire while he meditated upon a mountain. He was unharmed and gave advice on how to properly make offerings to the gods (Dio Chrysostom, Discourses 36.40). The Psuedo-Clementine Homilies include a story about a lightning bolt striking and killing Zoroaster. After his devotees buried his body, they built a temple on the site, thinking that “his soul had been sent for by lightning” and they “worshipped him as a god”[22] (Homily 9.5.2). Thus, a hero could have extraordinary strength, foresight, or closeness to the gods resulting in apotheosis and ongoing worship and communication. Deified Miracle Workers Beyond heroes, Greco-Roman people loved to tell stories about deified miracle workers. Twice Orpheus rescued a ship from a storm by praying to the gods (Diodorus of Sicily 4.43.1f; 48.5f). After his death, surviving inscriptions indicate that he both received worship and was regarded as a god in several cities.[23] Epimenides “fell asleep in a cave for fifty-seven years”[24] (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.109). He also predicted a ten-year period of reprieve from Persian attack in Athens (Plato Laws 1.642D-E). Plato called him a divine man (θεῖος ἀνήρ) (ibid.) and Diogenes talked of Cretans sacrificing to him as a god (Diogenes, Lives 1.114). Iamblichus said Pythagoras was the son of Apollo and a mortal woman (Life of Pythagoras 2). Nonetheless, the soul of Pythagoras enjoyed multiple lives, having originally been “sent to mankind from the empire of Apollo”[25] (Life 2). Diogenes and Lucian enumerate the lives the pre-existent Pythagoras led, including Aethalides, Euphorbus, Hermotimus, and Pyrrhus (Diogenes, Life of Pythagoras 4; Lucian, The Cock 16-20). Hermes had granted Pythagoras the gift of “perpetual transmigration of his soul”[26] so he could remember his lives while living or dead (Diogenes, Life 4). Ancient sources are replete with Pythagorean miracle stories.[27] Porphyry mentions several, including taming a bear, persuading an ox to stop eating beans, and accurately predicting a catch of fish (Life of Pythagoras 23-25). Porphyry said Pythagoras accurately predicted earthquakes and “chased away a pestilence, suppressed violent winds and hail, [and] calmed storms on rivers and on seas” (Life 29).[28] Such miracles, argued the Pythagoreans made Pythagoras “a being superior to man, and not to a mere man” (Iamblichus, Life 28).[29] Iamblichus lays out the views of Pythagoras' followers, including that he was a god, a philanthropic daemon, the Pythian, the Hyperborean Apollo, a Paeon, a daemon inhabiting the moon, or an Olympian god (Life 6). Another pre-Socratic philosopher was Empedocles who studied under Pythagoras. To him sources attribute several miracles, including stopping a damaging wind, restoring the wind, bringing dry weather, causing it to rain, and even bringing someone back from Hades (Diogenes, Lives 8.59).[30] Diogenes records an incident in which Empedocles put a woman into a trance for thirty days before sending her away alive (8.61). He also includes a poem in which Empedocles says, “I am a deathless god, no longer mortal, I go among you honored by all, as is right”[31] (8.62). Asclepius was a son of the god Apollo and a human woman (Cornutus, Greek Theology 33). He was known for healing people from diseases and injuries (Pindar, Pythian 3.47-50). “[H]e invented any medicine he wished for the sick, and raised up the dead”[32] (Pausanias, Guide to Greece 2.26.4). However, as Diodorus relates, Hades complained to Zeus on account of Asclepius' diminishing his realm, which resulted in Zeus zapping Asclepius with a thunderbolt, killing him (4.71.2-3). Nevertheless, Asclepius later ascended into heaven to become a god (Hyginus, Fables 224; Cicero, Nature of the Gods 2.62).[33] Apollonius of Tyana was a famous first century miracle worker. According to Philostratus' account, the locals of Tyana regard Apollonius to be the son of Zeus (Life 1.6). Apollonius predicted many events, interpreted dreams, and knew private facts about people. He rebuked and ridiculed a demon, causing it to flee, shrieking as it went (Life 2.4).[34] He even once stopped a funeral procession and raised the deceased to life (Life 4.45). What's more he knew every human language (Life 1.19) and could understand what sparrows chirped to each other (Life 4.3). Once he instantaneously transported himself from Smyrna to Ephesus (Life 4.10). He claimed knowledge of his previous incarnation as the captain of an Egyptian ship (Life 3.23) and, in the end, Apollonius entered the temple of Athena and vanished, ascending from earth into heaven to the sound of a choir singing (Life 8.30). We have plenty of literary evidence that contemporaries and those who lived later regarded him as a divine man (Letters 48.3)[35] or godlike (ἰσόθεος) (Letters 44.1) or even just a god (θεός) (Life 5.24). Deified Rulers Our last category of deified humans to consider before seeing how this all relates to Jesus is rulers. Egyptians, as indicated from the hieroglyphs left in the pyramids, believed their deceased kings to enjoy afterlives as gods. They could become star gods or even hunt and consume other gods to absorb their powers.[36] The famous Macedonian conqueror, Alexander the Great, carried himself as a god towards the Persians though Plutarch opines, “[he] was not at all vain or deluded but rather used belief in his divinity to enslave others”[37] (Life of Alexander 28). This worship continued after his death, especially in Alexandria where Ptolemy built a tomb and established a priesthood to conduct religious honors to the deified ruler. Even the emperor Trajan offered a sacrifice to the spirit of Alexander (Cassius Dio, Roman History 68.30). Another interesting example is Antiochus I of Comagene who called himself “Antiochus the just [and] manifest god, friend of the Romans [and] friend of the Greeks.”[38] His tomb boasted four colossal figures seated on thrones: Zeus, Heracles, Apollo, and himself. The message was clear: Antiochus I wanted his subjects to recognize his place among the gods after death. Of course, the most relevant rulers for the Christian era were the Roman emperors. The first official Roman emperor Augustus deified his predecessor, Julius Caesar, celebrating his apotheosis with games (Suetonius, Life of Julius Caesar 88). Only five years after Augustus died, eastern inhabitants of the Roman Empire at Priene happily declared “the birthday of the god Augustus” (ἡ γενέθλιος ἡμέρα τοῦ θεοῦ)[39] to be the start of their provincial year. By the time of Tacitus, a century after Augustus died, the wealthy in Rome had statues of the first emperor in their gardens for worship (Annals 1.73). The Roman historian Appian explained that the Romans regularly deify emperors at death “provided he has not been a despot or a disgrace”[40] (The Civil Wars 2.148).  In other words, deification was the default setting for deceased emperors. Pliny the Younger lays it on pretty thick when he describes the process. He says Nero deified Claudius to expose him; Titus deified Vespasian and Domitian so he could be the son and brother of gods. However, Trajan deified Nerva because he genuinely believed him to be more than a human (Panegyric 11). In our little survey, we've seen three main categories of deified humans: heroes, miracle workers, and good rulers. These “conceptions of deity,” writes David Litwa, “were part of the “preunderstanding” of Hellenistic culture.”[41] He continues: If actual cases of deification were rare, traditions of deification were not. They were the stuff of heroic epic, lyric song, ancient mythology, cultic hymns, Hellenistic novels, and popular plays all over the first-century Mediterranean world. Such discourses were part of mainstream, urban culture to which most early Christians belonged. If Christians were socialized in predominantly Greco-Roman environments, it is no surprise that they employed and adapted common traits of deities and deified men to exalt their lord to divine status.[42] Now that we've attuned our thinking to Mediterranean sensibilities about gods coming down in the shape of humans and humans experiencing apotheosis to permanently dwell as gods in the divine realm, our ears are attuned to hear the story of Jesus with Greco-Roman ears. Hearing the Story of Jesus with Greco-Roman Ears How would second or third century inhabitants of the Roman empire have categorized Jesus? Taking my cue from Litwa's treatment in Iesus Deus, I'll briefly work through Jesus' conception, transfiguration, miracles, resurrection, and ascension. Miraculous Conception Although set within the context of Jewish messianism, Christ's miraculous birth would have resonated differently with Greco-Roman people. Stories of gods coming down and having intercourse with women are common in classical literature. That these stories made sense of why certain individuals were so exceptional is obvious. For example, Origen related a story about Apollo impregnating Amphictione who then gave birth to Plato (Against Celsus 1.37). Though Mary's conception did not come about through intercourse with a divine visitor, the fact that Jesus had no human father would call to mind divine sonship like Pythagoras or Asclepius. Celsus pointed out that the ancients “attributed a divine origin to Perseus, and Amphion, and Aeacus, and Minos” (Origen, Against Celsus 1.67). Philostratus records a story of the Egyptian god Proteus saying to Apollonius' mother that she would give birth to himself (Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.4). Since people were primed to connect miraculous origins with divinity, typical hearers of the birth narratives of Matthew or Luke would likely think that this baby might be either be a descended god or a man destined to ascend to become a god. Miracles and Healing As we've seen, Jesus' miracles would not have sounded unbelievable or even unprecedent to Mediterranean people. Like Jesus, Orpheus and Empedocles calmed storms, rescuing ships. Though Jesus provided miraculous guidance on how to catch fish, Pythagoras foretold the number of fish in a great catch. After the fishermen painstakingly counted them all, they were astounded that when they threw them back in, they were still alive (Porphyry, Life 23-25). Jesus' ability to foretell the future, know people's thoughts, and cast out demons all find parallels in Apollonius of Tyana. As for resurrecting the dead, we have the stories of Empedocles, Asclepius, and Apollonius. The last of which even stopped a funeral procession to raise the dead, calling to mind Jesus' deeds in Luke 7.11-17. When Lycaonians witnessed Paul's healing of a man crippled from birth, they cried out, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men” (Acts 14.11). Another time when no harm befell Paul after a poisonous snake bit him on Malta, Gentile onlookers concluded “he was a god” (Acts 28.6). Barry Blackburn makes the following observation: [I]n view of the tendency, most clearly seen in the Epimenidean, Pythagorean, and Apollonian traditions, to correlate impressive miracle-working with divine status, one may justifiably conclude that the evangelical miracle traditions would have helped numerous gentile Christians to arrive at and maintain belief in Jesus' divine status.[43] Transfiguration Ancient Mediterranean inhabitants believed that the gods occasionally came down disguised as people. Only when gods revealed their inner brilliant natures could people know that they weren't mere humans. After his ship grounded on the sands of Krisa, Apollo leaped from the ship emitting flashes of fire “like a star in the middle of day…his radiance shot to heaven”[44] (Homeric Hymns, Hymn to Apollo 440). Likewise, Aphrodite appeared in shining garments, brighter than a fire and shimmering like the moon (Hymn to Aphrodite 85-89). When Demeter appeared to Metaneira, she initially looked like an old woman, but she transformed herself before her. “Casting old age away…a delightful perfume spread…a radiance shone out far from the goddess' immortal flesh…and the solid-made house was filled with a light like the lightning-flash”[45] (Hymn to Demeter 275-280). Homer wrote about Odysseus' transformation at the golden wand of Athena in which his clothes became clean, he became taller, and his skin looked younger. His son, Telemachus cried out, “Surely you are some god who rules the vaulting skies”[46] (Odyssey 16.206). Each time the observers conclude the transfigured person is a god. Resurrection & Ascension In defending the resurrection of Jesus, Theophilus of Antioch said, “[Y]ou believe that Hercules, who burned himself, lives; and that Aesculapius [Asclepius], who was struck with lightning, was raised”[47] (Autolycus 1.13). Although Hercules' physical body burnt, his transformed pneumatic body continued on as the poet Callimachus said, “under a Phrygian oak his limbs had been deified”[48] (Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 159). Others thought Hercules ascended to heaven in his burnt body, which Asclepius subsequently healed (Lucian, Dialogue of the Gods 13). After his ascent, Diodorus relates how the people first sacrificed to him “as to a hero” then in Athens they began to honor him “with sacrifices like as to a god”[49] (The Historical Library 4.39). As for Asclepius, his ascension resulted in his deification as Cyprian said, “Aesculapius is struck by lightning, that he may rise into a god”[50] (On the Vanity of Idols 2). Romulus too “was torn to pieces by the hands of a hundred senators”[51] and after death ascended into heaven and received worship (Arnobius, Against the Heathen 1.41). Livy tells of how Romulus was “carried up on high by a whirlwind” and that immediately afterward “every man present hailed him as a god and son of a god”[52] (The Early History of Rome 1.16). As we can see from these three cases—Hercules, Asclepius, and Romulus—ascent into heaven was a common way of talking about deification. For Cicero, this was an obvious fact. People “who conferred outstanding benefits were translated to heaven through their fame and our gratitude”[53] (Nature 2.62). Consequently, Jesus' own resurrection and ascension would have triggered Gentiles to intuit his divinity. Commenting on the appearance of the immortalized Christ to the eleven in Galilee, Wendy Cotter said, “It is fair to say that the scene found in [Mat] 28:16-20 would be understood by a Greco-Roman audience, Jew or Gentile, as an apotheosis of Jesus.”[54] Although I beg to differ with Cotter's whole cloth inclusion of Jews here, it's hard to see how else non-Jews would have regarded the risen Christ. Litwa adds Rev 1.13-16 “[W]here he [Jesus] appears with all the accoutrements of the divine: a shining face, an overwhelming voice, luminescent clothing, and so on.”[55] In this brief survey we've seen that several key events in the story of Jesus told in the Gospels would have caused Greco-Roman hearers to intuit deity, including his divine conception, miracles, healing ministry, transfiguration, resurrection, and ascension. In their original context of second temple Judaism, these very same incidents would have resonated quite differently. His divine conception authenticated Jesus as the second Adam (Luke 3.38; Rom 5.14; 1 Cor 15.45) and God's Davidic son (2 Sam 7.14; Ps 2.7; Lk 1.32, 35). If Matthew or Luke wanted readers to understand that Jesus was divine based on his conception and birth, they failed to make such intentions explicit in the text. Rather, the birth narratives appear to have a much more modest aim—to persuade readers that Jesus had a credible claim to be Israel's messiah. His miracles show that “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power…for God was with him” (Acts 10.38; cf. Jn 3.2; 10.32, 38). Rather than concluding Jesus to be a god, Jewish witnesses to his healing of a paralyzed man “glorified God, who had given such authority to men” (Mat 9.8). Over and over, especially in the Gospel of John, Jesus directs people's attention to his Father who was doing the works in and through him (Jn 5.19, 30; 8.28; 12.49; 14.10). Seeing Jesus raise someone from the dead suggested to his original Jewish audience that “a great prophet has arisen among us” (Lk 7.16). The transfiguration, in its original setting, is an eschatological vision not a divine epiphany. Placement in the synoptic Gospels just after Jesus' promise that some there would not die before seeing the kingdom come sets the hermeneutical frame. “The transfiguration,” says William Lane, “was a momentary, but real (and witnessed) manifestation of Jesus' sovereign power which pointed beyond itself to the Parousia, when he will come ‘with power and glory.'”[56] If eschatology is the foreground, the background for the transfiguration was Moses' ascent of Sinai when he also encountered God and became radiant.[57] Viewed from the lenses of Moses' ascent and the eschaton, the transfiguration of Jesus is about his identity as God's definitive chosen ruler, not about any kind of innate divinity. Lastly, the resurrection and ascension validated Jesus' messianic claims to be the ruler of the age to come (Acts 17.31; Rom 1.4). Rather than concluding Jesus was deity, early Jewish Christians concluded these events showed that “God has made him both Lord and Christ” (Acts 2.36). The interpretative backgrounds for Jesus' ascension were not stories about Heracles, Asclepius, or Romulus. No, the key oracle that framed the Israelite understanding was the messianic psalm in which Yahweh told David's Lord to “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool” (Psalm 110.1). The idea is of a temporary sojourn in heaven until exercising the authority of his scepter to rule over earth from Zion. Once again, the biblical texts remain completely silent about deification. But even if the original meanings of Jesus' birth, ministry, transfiguration, resurrection, and ascension have messianic overtones when interpreted within the Jewish milieu, these same stories began to communicate various ideas of deity to Gentile converts in the generations that followed. We find little snippets from historical sources beginning in the second century and growing with time. Evidence of Belief in Jesus' as a Greco-Roman Deity To begin with, we have two non-Christian instances where Romans regarded Jesus as a deity within typical Greco-Roman categories. The first comes to us from Tertullian and Eusebius who mention an intriguing story about Tiberius' request to the Roman senate to deify Christ. Convinced by “intelligence from Palestine of events which had clearly shown the truth of Christ's divinity”[58] Tiberius proposed the matter to the senate (Apology 5). Eusebius adds that Tiberius learned that “many believed him to be a god in rising from the dead”[59] (Church History 2.2). As expected, the senate rejected the proposal. I mention this story, not because I can establish its historicity, but because it portrays how Tiberius would have thought about Jesus if he had heard about his miracles and resurrection. Another important incident is from one of the governor Pliny the Younger's letters to the emperor Trajan. Having investigated some people accused of Christianity, he found “they had met regularly before dawn on a fixed day to chant verses alternately amongst themselves in honour of Christ as if to a god”[60] (Letter 96). To an outside imperial observer like Pliny, the Christians believed in a man who had performed miracles, defeated death, and now lived in heaven. Calling him a god was just the natural way of talking about such a person. Pliny would not have thought Jesus was superior to the deified Roman emperors much less Zeus or the Olympic gods. If he believed in Jesus at all, he would have regarded him as another Mediterranean prophet who escaped Hades to enjoy apotheosis. Another interesting text to consider is the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. This apocryphal text tells the story of Jesus' childhood between the ages of five and twelve. Jesus is impetuous, powerful, and brilliant. Unsure to conclude that Jesus was “either god or angel,”[61] his teacher remands him to Joseph's custody (7). Later, a crowd of onlookers ponders whether the child is a god or a heavenly messenger after he raises an infant from the dead (17). A year later Jesus raised a construction man who had fallen to his death back to life (18). Once again, the crowd asked if the child was from heaven. Although some historians are quick to assume the lofty conceptions of Justin and his successors about the logos were commonplace in the early Christianity, Litwa points out, “The spell of the Logos could only bewitch a very small circle of Christian elites… In IGT, we find a Jesus who is divine according to different canons, the canons of popular Mediterranean theology.”[62] Another important though often overlooked scholarly group of Christians in the second century was led by a certain Theodotus of Byzantium.[63] Typically referred to by their heresiological label “Theodotians,” these dynamic monarchians lived in Rome and claimed that they held to the original Christology before it had been corrupted under Bishop Zephyrinus (Eusebius, Church History 5.28). Theodotus believed in the virgin birth, but not in his pre-existence or that he was god/God (Pseudo-Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies 7.35.1-2; 10.23.1-2). He thought that Jesus was not able to perform any miracles until his baptism when he received the Christ/Spirit. Pseudo-Hippolytus goes on to say, “But they do not want him to have become a god when the Spirit descended. Others say that he became a god after he rose from the dead.”[64] This last tantalizing remark implies that the Theodotians could affirm Jesus as a god after his resurrection though they denied his pre-existence. Although strict unitarians, they could regard Jesus as a god in that he was an ascended immortalized being who lived in heaven—not equal to the Father, but far superior to all humans on earth. Justin Martyr presents another interesting case to consider. Thoroughly acquainted with Greco-Roman literature and especially the philosophy of Plato, Justin sees Christ as a god whom the Father begot before all other creatures. He calls him “son, or wisdom, or angel, or god, or lord, or word”[65] (Dialogue with Trypho 61).  For Justin Christ is “at the same time angel and god and lord and man”[66] (59). Jesus was “of old the Word, appearing at one time in the form of fire, at another under the guise of incorporeal beings, but now, at the will of God, after becoming man for mankind”[67] (First Apology 63). In fact, Justin is quite comfortable to compare Christ to deified heroes and emperors. He says, “[W]e propose nothing new or different from that which you say about the so-called sons of Jupiter [Zeus] by your respected writers… And what about the emperors who die among you, whom you think worthy to be deified?”[68] (21). He readily accepts the parallels with Mercury, Perseus, Asclepius, Bacchus, and Hercules, but argues that Jesus is superior to them (22).[69] Nevertheless, he considered Jesus to be in “a place second to the unchanging and eternal God”[70] (13). The Father is “the Most True God” whereas the Son is he “who came forth from Him”[71] (6). Even as lates as Origen, Greco-Roman concepts of deity persist. In responding to Celsus' claim that no god or son of God has ever come down, Origen responds by stating such a statement would overthrow the stories of Pythian Apollo, Asclepius, and the other gods who descended (Against Celsus 5.2). My point here is not to say Origen believed in all the old myths, but to show how Origen reached for these stories as analogies to explain the incarnation of the logos. When Celsus argued that he would rather believe in the deity of Asclepius, Dionysus, and Hercules than Christ, Origen responded with a moral rather than ontological argument (3.42). He asks how these gods have improved the characters of anyone. Origen admits Celsus' argument “which places the forenamed individuals upon an equality with Jesus” might have force, however in light of the disreputable behavior of these gods, “how could you any longer say, with any show of reason, that these men, on putting aside their mortal body, became gods rather than Jesus?”[72] (3.42). Origen's Christology is far too broad and complicated to cover here. Undoubtedly, his work on eternal generation laid the foundation on which fourth century Christians could build homoousion Christology. Nevertheless, he retained some of the earlier subordinationist impulses of his forebearers. In his book On Prayer, he rebukes praying to Jesus as a crude error, instead advocating prayer to God alone (10). In his Commentary on John he repeatedly asserts that the Father is greater than his logos (1.40; 2.6; 6.23). Thus, Origen is a theologian on the seam of the times. He's both a subordinationist and a believer in the Son's eternal and divine ontology. Now, I want to be careful here. I'm not saying that all early Christians believed Jesus was a deified man like Asclepius or a descended god like Apollo or a reincarnated soul like Pythagoras. More often than not, thinking Christians whose works survive until today tended to eschew the parallels, simultaneously elevating Christ as high as possible while demoting the gods to mere demons. Still, Litwa is inciteful when he writes: It seems likely that early Christians shared the widespread cultural assumption that a resurrected, immortalized being was worthy of worship and thus divine. …Nonetheless there is a difference…Jesus, it appears, was never honored as an independent deity. Rather, he was always worshiped as Yahweh's subordinate. Naturally Heracles and Asclepius were Zeus' subordinates, but they were also members of a larger divine family. Jesus does not enter a pantheon but assumes a distinctive status as God's chief agent and plenipotentiary. It is this status that, to Christian insiders, placed Jesus in a category far above the likes of Heracles, Romulus, and Asclepius who were in turn demoted to the rank of δαίμονες [daimons].[73] Conclusion I began by asking the question, "What did early Christians mean by saying Jesus is god?" We noted that the ancient idea of agency (Jesus is God/god because he represents Yahweh), though present in Hebrew and Christian scripture, didn't play much of a role in how Gentile Christians thought about Jesus. Or if it did, those texts did not survive. By the time we enter the postapostolic era, a majority of Christianity was Gentile and little communication occurred with the Jewish Christians that survived in the East. As such, we turned our attention to Greco-Roman theology to tune our ears to hear the story of Jesus the way they would have. We learned about their multifaceted array of divinities. We saw that gods can come down and take the form of humans and humans can go up and take the form of gods. We found evidence for this kind of thinking in both non-Christian and Christian sources in the second and third centuries. Now it is time to return to the question I began with: “When early Christian authors called Jesus “god” what did they mean?” We saw that the idea of a deified man was present in the non-Christian witnesses of Tiberius and Pliny but made scant appearance in our Christian literature except for the Theodotians. As for the idea that a god came down to become a man, we found evidence in The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Justin, and Origen.[74] Of course, we find a spectrum within this view, from Justin's designation of Jesus as a second god to Origen's more philosophically nuanced understanding. Still, it's worth noting as R. P. C. Hanson observed that, “With the exception of Athanasius virtually every theologian, East and West, accepted some form of subordinationism at least up to the year 355.”[75] Whether any Christians before Alexander and Athanasius of Alexandria held to the sophisticated idea of consubstantiality depends on showing evidence of the belief that the Son was coequal, coeternal, and coessential with the Father prior to Nicea. (Readers interested in the case for this view should consult Michael Bird's Jesus among the Gods in which he attempted the extraordinary feat of finding proto-Nicene Christology in the first two centuries, a task typically associated with maverick apologists not peer-reviewed historians.) In conclusion, the answer to our driving question about the meaning of “Jesus as god” is that the answer depends on whom we ask. If we ask the Theodotians, Jesus is a god because that's just what one calls an immortalized man who lives in heaven.[76] If we ask those holding a docetic Christology, the answer is that a god came down in appearance as a man. If we ask a logos subordinationist, they'll tell us that Jesus existed as the god through whom the supreme God created the universe before he became a human being. If we ask Tertullian, Jesus is god because he derives his substance from the Father, though he has a lesser portion of divinity.[77] If we ask Athanasius, he'll wax eloquent about how Jesus is of the same substance as the Father equal in status and eternality. The bottom line is that there was not one answer to this question prior to the fourth century. Answers depend on whom we ask and when they lived. Still, we can't help but wonder about the more tantalizing question of development. Which Christology was first and which ones evolved under social, intellectual, and political pressures? In the quest to specify the various stages of development in the Christologies of the ante-Nicene period, this Greco-Roman perspective may just provide the missing link between the reserved and limited way that the NT applies theos to Jesus in the first century and the homoousian view that eventually garnered imperial support in the fourth century. How easy would it have been for fresh converts from the Greco-Roman world to unintentionally mishear the story of Jesus? How easy would it have been for them to fit Jesus into their own categories of descended gods and ascended humans? With the unmooring of Gentile Christianity from its Jewish heritage, is it any wonder that Christologies began to drift out to sea? Now I'm not suggesting that all Christians went through a steady development from a human Jesus to a pre-existent Christ, to an eternal God the Son, to the Chalcedonian hypostatic union. 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End Notes [1] For the remainder of this paper, I will use the lower case “god” for all references to deity outside of Yahweh, the Father of Christ. I do this because all our ancient texts lack capitalization and our modern capitalization rules imply a theology that is anachronistic and unhelpful for the present inquiry. [2] Christopher Kaiser wrote, “Explicit references to Jesus as ‘God' in the New Testament are very few, and even those few are generally plagued with uncertainties of either text or interpretation.” Christopher B. Kaiser, The Doctrine of God: A Historical Survey (London: Marshall Morgan & Scott, 1982), 29. Other scholars such as Raymond Brown (Jesus: God and Man), Jason David BeDuhn (Truth in Translation), and Brian Wright (“Jesus as θεός: A Textual Examination” in Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament) have expressed similar sentiments. [3] John 20.28; Hebrews 1.8; Titus 2.13; 2 Peter 1.1; Romans 9.5; and 1 John 5.20. [4] See Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians 12.2 where a manuscript difference determines whether or not Polycarp called Jesus god or lord. Textual corruption is most acute in Igantius' corpus. Although it's been common to dismiss the long recension as an “Arian” corruption, claiming the middle recension to be as pure and uncontaminated as freshly fallen snow upon which a foot has never trodden, such an uncritical view is beginning to give way to more honest analysis. See Paul Gilliam III's Ignatius of Antioch and the Arian Controversy (Leiden: Brill, 2017) for a recent treatment of Christological corruption in the middle recension. [5] See the entries for  אֱלֹהִיםand θεός in the Hebrew Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT), the Brown Driver Briggs Lexicon (BDB), Eerdmans Dictionary, Kohlenberger/Mounce Concise Hebrew-Aramaic Dictionary of the Old Testament, the Bauer Danker Arndt Gingrich Lexicon (BDAG), Friberg Greek Lexicon, and Thayer's Greek Lexicon. [6] See notes on Is 9.6 and Ps 45.6. [7] ZIBBC: “In what sense can the king be called “god”? By virtue of his divine appointment, the king in the ancient Near East stood before his subjects as a representative of the divine realm. …In fact, the term “gods“ (ʾelōhı̂m) is used of priests who functioned as judges in the Israelite temple judicial system (Ex. 21:6; 22:8-9; see comments on 58:1; 82:6-7).” John W. Hilber, “Psalms,” in The Minor Prophets, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, vol. 5 of Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Old Testament. ed. John H. Walton (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009), 358. [8] Around a.d. 340, Aphrahat of Persia advised his fellow Christians to reply to Jewish critics who questioned why “You call a human being ‘God'” (Demonstrations 17.1). He said, “For the honored name of the divinity is granted event ot rightoues human beings, when they are worthy of being called by it…[W]hen he chose Moses, his friend and his beloved…he called him “god.” …We call him God, just as he named Moses with his own name…The name of the divinity was granted for great honor in the world. To whom he wishes, God appoints it” (17.3, 4, 5). Aphrahat, The Demonstrations, trans., Ellen Muehlberger, vol. 3, The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge, 2022), 213-15. In the Clementine Recognitions we find a brief mention of the concept:  “Therefore the name God is applied in three ways: either because he to whom it is given is truly God, or because he is the servant of him who is truly; and for the honour of the sender, that his authority may be full, he that is sent is called by the name of him who sends, as is often done in respect of angels: for when they appear to a man, if he is a wise and intelligent man, he asks the name of him who appears to him, that he may acknowledge at once the honour of the sent, and the authority of the sender” (2.42). Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions, trans., Thomas Smith, vol. 8, Ante Nicene Fathers (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003). [9] Michael F. Bird, Jesus among the Gods (Waco, TX: Baylor, 2022), 13. [10] Andrew Perriman, In the Form of a God, Studies in Early Christology, ed. David Capes Michael Bird, and Scott Harrower (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022), 130. [11] Paula Fredriksen, "How High Can Early High Christology Be?," in Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, ed. Matthew V. Novenson, vol. 180 (Leiden: Brill, 2020), 296, 99. [12] ibid. [13] See Gen 18.1; Ex 3.2; 24.11; Is 6.1; Ezk 1.28. [14] Compare the Masoretic Text of Psalm 8.6 to the Septuagint and Hebrews 2.7. [15] Homer, The Odyssey, trans., Robert Fagles (New York, NY: Penguin, 1997), 370. [16] Diodorus Siculus, The Historical Library, trans., Charles Henry Oldfather, vol. 1 (Sophron Editor, 2017), 340. [17] Uranus met death at the brutal hands of his own son, Kronos who emasculated him and let bleed out, resulting in his deification (Eusebius, Preparation for the Gospel 1.10). Later on, after suffering a fatal disease, Kronos himself experienced deification, becoming the planet Saturn (ibid.). Zeus married Hera and they produced Osiris (Dionysus), Isis (Demeter), Typhon, Apollo, and Aphrodite (ibid. 2.1). [18] Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, Greek Theology, trans., George Boys-Stones, Greek Theology, Fragments, and Testimonia (Atlanta, GA: SBL, 2018), 123. [19] Apollodorus, The Library of Greek Mythology, trans., Robin Hard (Oxford, UK: Oxford, 1998), 111. [20] Pausanias, Guide to Greece, trans., Peter Levi (London, UK: Penguin, 1979), 98. [21] Strabo, The Geography, trans., Duane W. Roller (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge, 2020), 281. [22] Psuedo-Clement, Homilies, trans., Peter Peterson, vol. 8, Ante-Nicene Fathers (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1897). Greek: “αὐτὸν δὲ ὡς θεὸν ἐθρήσκευσαν” from Jacques Paul Migne, Patrologia Graeca, taken from Accordance (PSCLEMH-T), OakTree Software, Inc., 2018, Version 1.1. [23] See Barry Blackburn, Theios Aner and the Markan Miracle Traditions (Tübingen, Germany: J. C. B. Mohr, 1991), 32. [24] Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, trans., Pamela Mensch (New York, NY: Oxford, 2020), 39. [25] Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras, trans., Thomas Taylor, Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras (Delhi, IN: Zinc Read, 2023), 2. [26] Diogenes Laertius, Life of Pythagoras, trans., Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library (Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1988), 142. [27] See the list in Blackburn, 39. He corroborates miracle stories from Diogenus Laertius, Iamblichus, Apollonius, Nicomachus, and Philostratus. [28] Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras, trans., Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library (Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1988), 128-9. [29] Iamblichus,  68. [30] What I call “resurrection” refers to the phrase, “Thou shalt bring back from Hades a dead man's strength.” Diogenes Laertius 8.2.59, trans. R. D. Hicks. [31] Laertius, "Lives of the Eminent Philosophers," 306. Two stories of his deification survive: in one Empedocles disappears in the middle of the night after hearing an extremely loud voice calling his name. After this the people concluded that they should sacrifice to him since he had become a god (8.68). In the other account, Empedocles climbs Etna and leaps into the fiery volcanic crater “to strengthen the rumor that he had become a god” (8.69). [32] Pausanias,  192. Sextus Empiricus says Asclepius raised up people who had died at Thebes as well as raising up the dead body of Tyndaros (Against the Professors 1.261). [33] Cicero adds that the Arcadians worship Asclepius (Nature 3.57). [34] In another instance, he confronted and cast out a demon from a licentious young man (Life 4.20). [35] The phrase is “περὶ ἐμοῦ καὶ θεοῖς εἴρηται ὡς περὶ θείου ἀνδρὸς.” Philostratus, Letters of Apollonius, vol. 458, Loeb Classical Library (Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 2006). [36] See George Hart, The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, 2nd ed. (Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2005), 3. [37] Plutarch, Life of Alexander, trans., Ian Scott-Kilvert and Timothy E. Duff, The Age of Alexander (London, UK: Penguin, 2011), 311. Arrian includes a story about Anaxarchus advocating paying divine honors to Alexander through prostration. The Macedonians refused but the Persian members of his entourage “rose from their seats and one by one grovelled on the floor before the King.” Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander, trans., Aubrey De Sélincourt (London, UK: Penguin, 1971), 222. [38] Translation my own from “Ἀντίοχος ὁ Θεὸς Δίκαιος Ἐπιφανὴς Φιλορωμαῖος Φιλέλλην.” Inscription at Nemrut Dağ, accessible at https://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras/display.php?page=cimrm32. See also https://zeugma.packhum.org/pdfs/v1ch09.pdf. [39] Greek taken from W. Dittenberger, Orientis Graecae Inscriptiones Selectae, vol. 2 (Hildesheim: Olms, 1960), 48-60. Of particular note is the definite article before θεός. They didn't celebrate the birthday of a god, but the birthday of the god. [40] Appian, The Civil Wars, trans., John Carter (London, UK: Penguin, 1996), 149. [41] M. David Litwa, Iesus Deus (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014), 20. [42] ibid. [43] Blackburn, 92-3. [44] The Homeric Hymns, trans., Michael Crudden (New York, NY: Oxford, 2008), 38. [45] "The Homeric Hymns," 14. [46] Homer,  344. [47] Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus, trans., Marcus Dods, vol. 2, Ante-Nicene Fathers (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001). [48] Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis, trans., Susan A. Stephens, Callimachus: The Hymns (New York, NY: Oxford, 2015), 119. [49] Siculus,  234. [50] Cyprian, Treatise 6: On the Vanity of Idols, trans., Ernest Wallis, vol. 5, Ante-Nicene Fathers (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995). [51] Arnobius, Against the Heathen, trans., Hamilton Bryce and Hugh Campbell, vol. 6, Ante-Nicene Fathers (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995). [52] Livy, The Early History of Rome, trans., Aubrey De Sélincourt (London, UK: Penguin, 2002), 49. [53] Cicero, The Nature of the Gods, trans., Patrick Gerard Walsh (Oxford, UK: Oxford, 2008), 69. [54] Wendy Cotter, "Greco-Roman Apotheosis Traditions and the Resurrection Appearances in Matthew," in The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study, ed. David E. Aune (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001), 149. [55] Litwa, 170. [56] William L. Lane, The Gospel of Mark, Nicnt, ed. F. F. Bruce Ned B. Stonehouse, and Gordon D. Fee (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1974). [57] “Recent commentators have stressed that the best background for understanding the Markan transfiguration is the story of Moses' ascent up Mount Sinai (Exod. 24 and 34).” Litwa, 123. [58] Tertullian, Apology, trans. S. Thelwall, vol. 3, Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003). [59] Eusebius, The Church History, trans. Paul L. Maier (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007), 54. [60] Pliny the Younger, The Letters of the Younger Pliny, trans., Betty Radice (London: Penguin, 1969), 294. [61] Pseudo-Thomas, Infancy Gospel of Thomas, trans., James Orr (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1903), 25. [62] Litwa, 83. [63] For sources on Theodotus, see Pseduo-Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies 7.35.1-2; 10.23.1-2; Pseudo-Tertullian, Against All Heresies 8.2; Eusebius, Church History 5.28. [64] Pseudo-Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies, trans., David Litwa (Atlanta, GA: SBL, 2016), 571. [65] I took the liberty to decapitalize these appellatives. Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, trans. Thomas B. Falls (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2003), 244. [66] Justin Martyr, 241. (Altered, see previous footnote.) [67] Justin Martyr, 102. [68] Justin Martyr, 56-7. [69] Arnobius makes a similar argument in Against the Heathen 1.38-39 “Is he not worthy to be called a god by us and felt to be a god on account of the favor or such great benefits? For if you have enrolled Liber among the gods because he discovered the use of wine, and Ceres the use of bread, Aesculapius the use of medicines, Minerva the use of oil, Triptolemus plowing, and Hercules because he conquered and restrained beasts, thieves, and the many-headed hydra…So then, ought we not to consider Christ a god, and to bestow upon him all the worship due to his divinity?” Translation from Litwa, 105. [70] Justin Martyr, 46. [71] Justin Martyr, 39. [72] Origen, Against Celsus, trans. Frederick Crombie, vol. 4, The Ante-Nicene Fathers (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003). [73] Litwa, 173. [74] I could easily multiply examples of this by looking at Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, and many others. [75] The obvious exception to Hanson's statement were thinkers like Sabellius and Praxeas who believed that the Father himself came down as a human being. R. P. C. Hanson, Search for a Christian Doctrine of God (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2007), xix. [76] Interestingly, even some of the biblical unitarians of the period were comfortable with calling Jesus god, though they limited his divinity to his post-resurrection life. [77] Tertullian writes, “[T]he Father is not the same as the Son, since they differ one from the other in the mode of their being. For the Father is the entire substance, but the Son is a derivation and portion of the whole, as He Himself acknowledges: “My Father is greater than I.” In the Psalm His inferiority is described as being “a little lower than the angels.” Thus the Father is distinct from the Son, being greater than the Son” (Against Praxeas 9). Tertullian, Against Praxeas, trans., Holmes, vol. 3, Ante Nice Fathers (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003).

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