Podcasts about Eleusis

Charles Patti is one of the Co-Founders of Eleusis, a luxury psychedelic immersion center located on the Caribbean isle of St. Vincent and The Grenadines.We learn about the extended state DMT protocol which is actively being administered to guests at the beachfront luxury clinic thanks to a government license, as well as the broader vision guiding the work at Eleusis. This episode is brought to you by Full Canopy Genetics and by Mycogenius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Chris and his wife Paulina fly to the Island country of Saint Vincent, in the West Indies of the Caribbean. They are there to Live Paint and help with Integration at "Eleusis Mind", a legal DMT-X Clinic.Charles Patti is a psychedelic entrepreneur and the co-founder of this Healing Research Center that is now receiving a variety of customers interested in Extended DMT journeys and the healing that comes along with it.Chris has known Charles for like a year now, since he painted a piece at "My Sef Wellness", his Intramuscular Ketamine Clinic in Naples. So in this video they sit down to talk about both of these projects, the intentions behind them, the story of how he ended doing these kinds of offerings, the nature of these medicines and its potential to help elevate the consciousness of the whole planet! Hope you will enjoy it!Website: https://eleusismind.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eleusismind/ https://www.instagram.com/charlesnpatti/This episode is brought to you by:YAK SNACKS. Follow on IG: @yak.snackVibeMedX Shilajit: https://www.vibemedx.com/Positive Creations. www.PositiveCreations.netCome to my Retreats in:ECUADOR: https://lalomitaretreats.com/chris-dy...COSM NY: https://www.cosm.org/calendar/2026-so...EGYPT: https://www.omnichakra.com/egypt

New Realities with Alan Steinfeld Experiencers, Disclosure, and the Consciousness Behind UFO Contact Guests, Meredith Spearman, Holly Ann Wood and Richard Monck Introducing the UAP Experiencer Discussion In this episode of New Realities, Alan Steinfeld presents a UAPedia-sponsored discussion from the latest UAP Con, focused on UFO contact, anomalous experiences, consciousness, and the experiencer community. The panel features Meredith Spearman, Holly Ann Wood, and Richard Monk, each bringing a personal and research-based perspective to the topic. Alan frames the conversation around the challenge of integrating extraordinary experiences into a culture that often rejects or ridicules them, especially when those experiences do not fit ordinary scientific, social, or psychological frameworks. Meredith Spearman on Silence, Initiation, and Witnessing Meredith Spearman shares her childhood contact experience, beginning around age eight, and describes how the encounter dissolved the boundary between observer and observed. She explains that the phenomenon seemed to meet her rather than simply appear before her, creating a mutual and deeply transformative experience. Meredith says the experience ran through family lines, along with a learned silence around it, and that she carried it privately for decades before writing and speaking publicly. She frames contact not as hallucination, but as a form of initiation that can dissolve old identity, force a revision of reality, expand relational awareness, and permanently change a person's understanding of existence. Containers for Extraordinary Experience A major part of Meredith's presentation focuses on the need for social and cultural “containers” to help people integrate experiences that disrupt ordinary reality. She compares modern experiencers to ancient initiates, shamans, mystics, and those who crossed thresholds in traditions such as Eleusis, where ritual, elders, preparation, and community helped turn crisis into transformation. Without such support, she argues, the same experience can leave a person isolated or broken. She also compares experiencer testimony to pain in medicine, saying that even when the cause cannot be proven externally, the lived experience still deserves recognition, compassion, and care. Holly Ann Wood on Contact, Consciousness, and Safe Spaces Holly Ann Wood, known as “That UAP Girl,” shares her own childhood encounter with three orange orbs near the ancient white horse carved into the chalk hills of Wiltshire. She explains that the experience did not feel random or distant, but present, aware, and interactive. Holly emphasizes that UAP encounters are not only scientific questions, but human ones, affecting people psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, and sometimes physically. She argues that experiencers need safe spaces where they can speak without stigma, process what happened, and realize they are not alone, which led her to create Project Nano as a place to discover, discuss, and disclose these experiences. Richard Monk on High Strangeness and Personal Transformation Richard Monk discusses three unusual experiences from his life that he once saw as separate, but later began to understand as connected through the lens of high strangeness. As a child in 1980, he saw a classic saucer-shaped craft near a cloud while a nearby girl did not see it, raising questions about perception, manifestation, and the relationship between witness and phenomenon. He also describes having an imaginary friend named Nicholas as a child and later learning that imaginary companions sometimes appear in the histories of people who report UAP encounters. Finally, he shares a near-death-like experience involving a profound, loving nothingness that later helped him explore consciousness, the pleroma, and the possibility that these events form part of a deeper personal curriculum. Disclosure, Empathy, and a New Reality The panel discussion turns to how experiencers can help society move toward disclosure. Alan, Meredith, Holly, and Richard discuss whether humanity is going through a collective initiation, whether personal disclosure may matter as much as official disclosure, and how the public can learn to acknowledge experiences without needing to fully explain them first. Meredith emphasizes that the empathy question can be answered before the ontological question: even if we cannot prove exactly what happened, we can still recognize that someone experienced something meaningful. The episode closes with UAPedia's presentation of its mission as a trusted UAP knowledge hub, bringing together research, testimony, documents, claims, cases, and experiencer perspectives into a more coherent public resource.

How are DMT experiences neurologically different to hallucinations? How does DMT alter the world modelling of our brains? What evidence is there that the brain is receiving information on DMT rather than modelling it?In this episode we have the extraordinary neuroscience of DMT to discuss, one of the most powerful mind altering substances on the planet. We discuss the history of research into its effects; relevant neuroscience; research into the mystical experiences it induces; the statistical significance of repeated, highly specific yet unearthly places and entities reported by experiencers across eras and cultures; experiments that extend the DMT experience for longer periods of time; the metaphysical implications if any; and finally we consider the mind bending possibility that the otherworldly creatures and realities experiencers repeatedly encounter could be actual realities connecting with our brains via DMT.Fortunately to navigate these mysterious results and ideas, we have chemist, computational neuroscientist and author Andrew Gallimore as our guide. Gallimore has written 16 scientific papers and three books including, “Reality Switch Technologies: Psychedelics as Tools for the Discovery and Exploration of New Worlds”, “Alien Information Theory: Psychedelic Drug Technologies and the Cosmic Game”, and his brand new book, “Death By Astonishment, confronting the mystery of the world's strangest drug” which we'll be focussing on in this episode.What we discuss:00:00 Intro.08:30 How DMT binds to the brain.09:50 Receptors are like a cell's perception organs.14:25 The cascading of electrical patterns across neurones.16:50 The big differences between DMT and 5meoDMT.18:50 Hierarchical structure of model processing. Wilder Penfield, 1950's.26:20 Primary visual cortex stimulated even with eyes closed - fMRI DMT research.32:20 Hallucinating schizophrenics don't have the same activity in the primary visual cortex.34:25 Evidence that DMT users are accessing information rather than hallucinating.42:50 DMT forms and entities are not like the terrestrial biosphere.50:00 High DMT levels in neo-natal rats.52:30 Sasha Shulgin - Chemist inventor of 230 psychedelics.59:30 Mystical experiences and their effects.01:09:00 The default mode network and self/other distinction. 01:14:00 Extended state DMT intravenously - experiments.01:19.00 Mental health applications of DMT.01:25:30 Is DMT a communication technology?01:28:26 The science of ayahuasca brew recipes. 01:32:30 The possibility that non-human intelligence is the source of these experiences.01:38:00 Common messages and themes in DMT experiences.01:40:00 Similarities between DMT and non-human entity experiences?01:48:00 A cosmic game - Andrew's metaphysical model.01:53:00 Can we test these information theoretic approaches?References:Andrew Gallimore, “Death by Astonishment, Confronting the Mystery of the World's Strangest Drug”.Andrea Alamia, Chris Timmermann et al, “DMT alters cortical travelling waves"Jordi Riba et al.- “Effects of the South American psychoactive beverage ayahuasca on regional brain electrical activity”David Lawrence - DMT Entity quantitive study, CC interview.Stephen Szára - Hungarian chemist DMT experimentsDavid Foulkes - Children's dreams evolve in complexity as they get older.Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin - Chemist, inventor of 230 psychedelics.Mystical Experience and improved mental health meta analysisExtended State DMTx - NoonauticsPsychelic retreat centre - Eleusis

In this episode we join pioneering psychedelic neuroscientist Andrew Gallimore (Website | X | Instagram | Substack) to probe the bewildering high-dimensional horizons of DMT research and their implications for our understanding of consciousness and the structure of reality.In his book Death by Astonishment, Gallimore argues DMT expands the brain's “representational reach,” enabling perception of high-dimensional structures and apparent interaction with non-human “intelligent agents,” challenging standard accounts that treat the experience as mere hallucination, dreams, or Jungian archetypes. What new shapes will we—and our sciences—take as we integrate the intense strangeness of these experiences? How do we even begin to practice “truly psychedelic” science? And what insights might we be able to bring “home” to the Flatland where we spend most of our waking lives?Andrew has talked about this work in many, many other venues (his conversations with Jesse Michels and Danny Jones were especially good), so I wanted to carry the conversation into fresh terrain. Consider this episode the “200 level course”, or at least my best attempt ask a brilliant and provocative researcher some very complicated questions.Over our two hours together we discussed neuroimaging findings that challenge the “dream” and “archetype” interpretations of DMT phenomenology, how criticality and noise in complex systems inform our understanding of the psychedelic experience, and the methodological problems inherent in studying ontologically shocking experiences while maintaining scientific rigor. We also probed the philosophical implications of DMT research—such as the possibility that consciousness is more fundamental than matter—and the possible connections between DMT hyperspace and life in an era of advanced technology. Andrew also gave some context on the Noonautics research non-profit its partnership with the newly-launched Eleusis facility, a carefully-crafted venue for extended-state DMT work. But perhaps my favorite part of this conversation was spent in speculation, about how science and even language might evolve to meet the challenges presented by the ineffable high-dimensional reality that DMT reveals to us.✨ Like/Subscribe/Comment where you listen! YouTube • Spotify • Apple Podcasts✨ Become a member for our reading group, community calls, and years of members-only recordings — including the excellent raps we had recently on Alexander Douglas and Wendell Berry.✨ Become a founding member to access my online courses, including Jurassic Worlding and How To Live In The Future.✨ Browse and buy all of the books we discuss on the show at Bookshop.org✨ Music: “Scalar Reconfigurations” & “City of Jewels”✨ Contact me to collaborate or hire me as a consultantChapters00:00:00 Intro00:08:15 Gallimore's Origin Story00:13:00 DMT as a Technology00:20:01 “Entities” & Methodological Problems00:29:06 World Models and EEG Clues00:36:57 Why The Psychedelic State is Not a Dream00:44:11 Noise, Criticality, and New Order00:47:50 The Temperature-Noise Motif00:52:47 Metabolism & Dimensionality00:53:47 The Cortex & Representational Reach00:57:44 Do We Need New Language to Study The DMT Realm?01:00:45 Is There Only The Subject?01:09:31 Psychedelic Science As Altered Observation01:17:34 DMTx & Eleusis Plans01:21:55 The Future of Transdimensional Research01:31:44 A Call for HumilityCited WorksNeural correlates of the DMT experience assessed with multivariate EEGby Christopher Timmerman et al.The Overfitted Brainby Erik HoelThe evolution of syntactic communicationby Martin Nowak et al.The Transcension Hypothesisby John SmartMiguel Fuentes & Marco Buongiorno Nardelli on Music, Emergence, and Societyfor Complexity PodcastAncient Extinction Events, Apocalyptic Cults, and DMT Entitieswith Michael on The Danny Jones PodcastOther MentionsStephen SzáraNick SandDonald HoffmanKarl FristonJordi RibaDavid ChalmersWilliam BurroughsJohn LillyPhil DickTerence McKennaRobert Anton WilsonJohn D. BarrowMentioned & Related Podcast Episodes This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe

This week's returning podcast guest is my friend Aepril Schaile, who is an astrologer, performance artist, dancer, poet and mythologist. Aepril Schaile is a neurodivergent poet, dancer, performance artist, astrologer and mythologist living in Co. Sligo, Ireland. She works with Persephone and the Eleusinian Mysteries as devotional practice, artistic research, and living mythology. A pilgrim to Eleusis, she guides meditative and oracular creative journeys rooted in Jungian and archetypal psychology. Recently, she has performed at the Cairde Festival's Wandering Voices in Sligo, A Tide of Ghosts at the University of Copenhagen. Her poems are forthcoming or have appeared in Oscail and Coven Poetry Journal. Aepril holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art.In this episode we speak about the Persephone: Entering Living Mystery (Spring authentic voice initiation). Around the Spring Equinox, the ancient Mysteries honored Persephone's return from the depths of the earth. Her movement between worlds revealed a profound truth: life continually renews itself through cycles of descent, listening, and emergence.Within each of us there is a similar mystery: a place where creativity, instinct, intuition, and soul voice gather beneath the surface. Through meditation, divination, and intuitive writing practices, we will explore the regenerative current that moves through both psyche and body: the place where vulnerability becomes creative power and authentic voice is felt and heard.Read more and join here: https://www.aeprilsastrology.com/store/p68/Persephonelivingmystery.html Check out Aepril and her work in the links below.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeprilsastrology YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AeprilsastrologyWebsite: http://www.aeprilschaile.com/Astrology Website: https://www.aeprilsastrology.com/#/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aeprilraven/Visit Law of Positivism:https://www.instagram.com/lawofpositivism/Website: https://www.lawofpositivism.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawofpositivism/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/lawofpositivismTikTok: www.tiktok.com/@lawofpositivism 

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¿Qué misterios encierra el mito de Perséfone? ¿Qué representa su descenso al inframundo y su regreso a la luz? En este nuevo capítulo de El Libro Rojo, nos acompaña Silvia Tarragó para explorar la voz silenciada de la diosa y las raíces femeninas del mito. Hablamos de Deméter y los misterios de Eleusis, del rapto y la transformación, de la triada koré y de otras diosas del inframundo. Un viaje simbólico por el descenso, la muerte y el renacer del alma, pero también una reflexión sobre el poder del mito para devolvernos a nuestra parte más profunda y luminosa.

Today we're back talking about the infamous mystery cult for Persephone and Demeter - the Eleusinian Mysteries! Who can join this mystery cult, why were the ancient peoples celebrating and what are our thoughts on the discussion of reconstruction of mystery cults?Chapters:(0:00) Introduction(2:10) The Eleusinian Mysteries(23:50) Reconstructing Mystery Cults (Modern Practice)(30:00) Connecting to Eleusis in the Modern Day(51:39) Dionysus, Antonius, and Rome

In this episode of What Are the Girls Doing?, the girls address recent backlash and stand firmly in their work and scholarship… again. We talk through what it means to be in our Persephone era, from the historical and artistic significance of Kore statues to the creation and meaning behind our recreated Persephone artwork.We also offers a preview of next week's discussion on Eleusis and mystery cults in the ancient world. CHAPTERSOur Persephone era (0:00)Addressing the “backlash” (3:07)The Duality of Persephone and Women (33:11)Preview of Eleusis (46:18)Which mystery cult would you be in? (50:02)

This episode examines what the ancients believed were the entrances to Hades. We're also taking a look at Homer's Odyssey and reviewing the scholarly debate over whether the journey points to the Acheron River or Lake Avernus as the entrance to the underworld the Odysseus entered. We also are exploring necromancy, prophecy, and the sacred cave at Eleusis.CHAPTERS(0:00) Topic introduction, ancient crushes, and sources(9:12) The Acheron, Hades, and Persephone(20:12) Lake Avernus(25:45) Which one is the actual entrance to Hades?(32:35) The underworld entrance at Eleusis(38:53) Spots are open for Greece 2026

This week we come at technology sideways with help from hyperspace explorer Carl Hayden Smith, Associate Professor of Media at the University of East London (Talks & Papers), Founder of The Museum of Consciousness at New College, University of Oxford , co-founder of the Cyberdelic Nexus, Director at Noonautics and head of Context Engineering at Eleusis.✨ Carl is currently teaching a course on Apocalyptic Hyperhumanism with Layman Pascal at Cadell Last's Philosophy Portal! More info and enrollment here.✨ Our next Humans On The Loop members hangout is this Sunday January 18th at 10:00 am Mountain Time! Calendar invite coming soon for subscribers.✨ All of the unedited, unreleased episodes are available to founding members here.✨ Show Links• Dig into nine years of mind-expanding conversations• Browse the books we discuss on the show at Bookshop.org• Learn more about the Humans On The Loop project and its goals• Explore the Google Notebook for How To Live In The Future, my five-week science and philosophy course at Weirdosphere• Contact me if you have burning questions✨ MentionsMax CooperHunter S. ThompsonDoug Rushkoff Friedrich NietzscheAndrew GallimoreJohn VervaekeK. Allado-McDowellDale PendellJoël de RosnayJoshua DiCaglioCharles EisensteinFred TurnerMark ZuckerbergMichael DouglasRichard BartlettGordon White This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe

She helped Jason win the Golden Fleece, betrayed her own family, and became one of the most feared figures in Greek myth. Medea's name has echoed through the ancient world for over two millennia, a byword for passion and revenge but was she really a villain?In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by acclaimed classicist and bestselling author Natalie Haynes to unravel the full story of Medea. From her origins in distant Colchis on the edge of the Greek imagination to her unforgettable portrayal in Euripides' tragedy, they explore how the ancient Greeks understood Medea, why her vengeance shocked audiences, and whether she was ever truly the villain of her own story?MOREJason and the ArgonautsListen on AppleListen on SpotifyMedusaListen on AppleListen on SpotifyWatch this episode on our NEW YouTube channel: @TheAncientsPodcastPresented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music courtesy of Epidemic SoundsThe Ancients is a History Hit podcast.Sign up to History Hit to watch Natalie Haynes new two-part documentary Divine Fury - Demeter and Persephone. Natalie unravels the story of Persephone's abduction and Demeter's fierce response. Filmed across Athens, Eleusis and beyond, the film traces how the myth was transformed into the Eleusinian mysteries, one of the most profound and secretive experiences of the ancient world.Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textA new year invites new rhythms, and the kitchen is one of the most powerful places to begin. In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore how to start — or refresh — a kitchen witchery practice rooted in green magic, balance, and everyday life.They discuss why kitchen witchery and green witchcraft are inseparable paths, how perfection and rigid planning can block magical flow, and why the hearth has always been the energetic heart of the home. From cooking with seasonal ingredients to working with what's already in your spice cabinet, this conversation offers grounded ways to make magic sustainable, nourishing, and intuitive.You'll also learn how food connects us to cycles — the moon, the body, the land — and why honoring ingredients through use, reuse, and gratitude matters deeply in the craft. The episode closes with a simple cinnamon–apple tea or simmer pot practice you can make right away using common kitchen ingredients.January 6 – January 27 | Tuesdays at 7 PM EST | Live via ZoomLearn to handcraft blends for cooking, herbalism, ritual, and hands-on spellwork into a month-long journey where your kitchen becomes a place of power, healing, and everyday enchantment. A short, spoken invitation calling women who feel the Dark Goddess stirring to step into embodied power through a nine week initiatory journey with ancient goddesses. Learn more at elysewelles.com/redthread. Have you felt the call of the Oracle? This May, join me in Greece to walk Delphi, Eleusis, Aphrodite's Springs, and the Temple of Artemis. Be anointed in sacred waters and experience the prophecy still alive in the land. Learn more at elysewelles.com/2026Immersives. The Rebel Mystic Coven is my heart-crafted teaching circle in South-Central Pennsylvania—a sanctuary where curiosity meets mystery and seekers kindle their inner fire. As an Eclectic Coven, we explore a variety of topics and areas of study to help build our awareness, deepen our practices, and develop understanding. 

✨Em um mundo onde a terra e o divino se entrelaçam, há uma deusa cuja tristeza moldou as estações e cuja alegria fez os campos florescerem. Ela é Deméter, a senhora dos grãos, a mãe que enfrentou o abismo para resgatar sua filha, Perséfone.

Ever feel like droughts, rising costs, or feed shortages are always threatening your ranch's future? I get it—and so does this week's guest, who's engineering innovative solutions for resilient, sustainable animal agriculture.In this episode, Harry Duran sits down with Joaquin Gonzalez, Chief Expansion Officer at Eleusis Feed, an expert in agricultural engineering with deep roots (literally) in ranching and hydroponic fodder systems. Raised on a ranch near Santiago and backed by a career spanning Chile, Colorado, and now Texas, Joaquin Gonzalez brings a wealth of hands-on experience and entrepreneurial spirit to revolutionize how livestock are fed.This conversation dives into the power of hydroponic fodder systems as a game-changer for ranchers and farmers battling water scarcity, price hikes, and traditional feed limitations. Joaquin Gonzalez unpacks why modular container farms aren't always the answer at scale, and shares how Eleusis Feed's industrial solutions offer flexibility for both small and massive operations, empowering producers in drought-prone regions to ensure feed—and food—security all year long.Beyond the nuts and bolts of fodder systems, you'll hear stories from Joaquin Gonzalez's lifelong obsession with horses, lessons learned from engineering trial and error, and the realities of transitioning from South America to the U.S. Discover what it really takes to convince traditional ranchers to embrace innovation, and get inspired by the impact of sustainable practices on animal health, water conservation, and rural livelihoods.If you're ready to learn how vertical farming can safeguard your operation and secure the future of animal agriculture, tune in to this episode now—this one's packed with practical insights and the passion to match. Listen and get equipped to grow smarter today!Thanks to Our SponsorsCEA Summit East - https://indoor.ag/cea-summit-east-2025/Indoor AgCon - https://indoor.ag/Key Takeaways00:06:42 Tackling Chile's Drought and the Quest for Sustainable Fodder00:13:01 Engineering Solutions: Container Farms and Overcoming Mold00:19:22 Barley Fodder for All: From Horses to Giraffes00:25:29 Scaling Up: Industrial Hydroponic Fodder Systems00:32:09 Educating Ranchers and Challenging Traditions00:38:18 Entrepreneurship, Moving to Austin, and Staying MotivatedTweetable Quotes"At the end, you have to have horses, you have to have a trainer and all this stuff, and it was something that from there I transitioned to another sport because it was too expensive. Being one of seven, it wasn't something that I was the only one obsessed with horses and stuff, so I pushed that dream aside and focused on other sports. But then after college, I picked it up again, started riding again, won another championship, and it was everything about having a horse and having a train with feed and all this stuff that gets complicated over time. That is something I have in my heart—at some point, I will do it for sure.""The containerized solution that we could put together was able to produce 850 pounds a day, which, if you look at the industry, you can feed 30 cows, 35 horses, and stuff like that. I was talking to many ranchers that had 200 head of cattle, so for that you need eight containers. Putting one container next to another at some point doesn't make sense—maybe two is okay, three you start to think about, no, because every container has its own system, its own way of farming. At the end, we were looking for something more industrial.""With a fodder system, you use about 95% less water than traditional farm. We're here to help those places, especially...

We're re-releasing this powerful conversation with one of my best friends, Layla Martin, as we prepare for our next pilgrimage to Greece in Spring 2026. This episode kicks off our Priestess Pilgrimage series — a journey into the mysteries, medicines, and feminine technologies that shaped entire civilizations. In Part 1, Layla and I explore what it meant to walk as a priestess, why words like witch and oracle were once titles of honor, and how ancient rituals using breath, trance, plants, and embodied worship were designed to help humans experience the divine directly. We also share why tens of thousands of people once traveled to Eleusis to transform their relationship with death — and why those same technologies are rising again now. If you've ever felt the pull toward deeper remembrance, this episode is a doorway. In this episode, we explore: •The true meaning of “High Priestess” — beyond trend, beyond aesthetic •Why the ancient “witch” was simply the wise woman and spiritual leader • How Eleusis became the epicenter of direct divine experience • The connection between plant medicine and early mystical Christianity • Why embodied spirituality threatens systems of control • The Persephone descent as a map for healing and power • How reclamation impacts love, sex, creativity, body image & sovereignty • The very real, very human moments of pilgrimage (including the porta potty initiation) Key Moments: [00:01] High priestesses & the origins of plant medicine as sacrament [00:56] Why Emily & Layla created their own priestess pilgrimage [02:40] Witch, wise woman, priestess — reclaiming the lineage [05:06] What it means to hold spiritual authority in your own body [07:02] How patriarchy severed women from the divine [08:05] The “religion with no name” — nature, cosmos, direct experience [09:41] The Eleusinian Mysteries & dying before you die [12:01] The ingredients, codes & hidden teachings of the Kaikion [15:11] Plant medicine, sovereignty & why it threatened empire [17:18] The psychological impact of remembering your divinity [20:03] Inside the descent myth of Persephone & Demeter [23:52] The moment the pilgrimage became hilariously human Layla Martin — Founder of the VITA Method, teacher of Tantra, sexuality, emotional mastery, and spiritual awakening. Instagram: @thelaylamartin Learn more: laylamartin.com Join the Upcoming Pilgrimage to Greece — Spring 2026 If you feel the call of Eleusis, the mysteries, or this lineage…Emily is opening the next pilgrimage to Greece in Spring 2026. Submit your refundable deposit to secure your spot to apply, this ensures you're among the first considered when applications open. Learn More: zivameditation.com/pages/nextlevel More from Emily & Ziva: • Join Ziva Magic: zivameditation.com/pages/zivamagic • Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com •Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com •Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com • Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation •Visit upgradedformulas.com/emily and use code EMILY for 20% off everything at UpgradedFormulas.com These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your healthcare provider if pregnant/nursing, on medication, or have a medical condition.

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Despite the humiliation at Eleusis in 167 and the troubles in Judea, Antiochus organizes an enormous festival in Daphne to rival the games of Lucius Aemilius Paulus in Amphipolis, showcasing the prosperity of the empire that looked as strong as it ever had before. He would follow this celebration with an anabasis into the Upper Satrapies, but would die in Iran in November 164, and the dynasty would begin on a dark path towards its eventual decline. Episode Notes: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/109-the-seleucid-empire-a-sinful-root/) Episode Transcript: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/109-the-seleucid-empire-a-sinful-root-episode-transcript.pdf) Family Tree - Seleucus IV to Antiochus IV (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/reign-of-seleucus-iv-to-antiochus-iv.pdf) Social Media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod) Facebook (www.facebook.com/hellenisticagepodcast/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hellenistic_age_podcast/) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/hellenisticagepodcast) Show Merchandise: Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/HellenisticAgePod) Redbubble (https://www.redbubble.com/people/HellenisticPod/shop?asc=u) Donations: Patreon (https://patreon.com/TheHellenisticAgePodcast) Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/hellenisticagepodcast) Amazon Book Wish List (https://tinyurl.com/vfw6ask)

The Best Kept Secret In History An exploration of Eleusis, and the God Like superpower that awaits you on the other side of ego death and rebirth. There's an old story buried in the soil of Eleusis. It's not the kind of story that fades over time, but the type that lingers, and seems to remind you as you remember it, an echo of hmmm, of ancient residue that's still inside your bones. It speaks of mortals transforming into Gods and of a mysterious ceremony so powerful it was kept secret for nearly two thousand years. At its heart, it exposes a different relationship with the concept of death. Not in the physical sense. The symbolic kind. The kind you don't walk away from as the same person. ►Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy: Instagram: / drjcdoornick   Facebook:  / makessensepodcast   YouTube:  / drjcdoornick     MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast: This podcast covers topics that expand human consciousness and performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is a subjective and acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast - You will find a "Follow" button top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week.  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec  Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster with 10 times retention from Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon   OUR SPONSORS:  Makes Sense Academy: A private mastermind and psychologically safe environment full of the Mindset and Action steps that will help you begin to thrive. The Makes Sense Academy. https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about  The Sati Experience: A retreat designed for the married couple that truly loves one another yet wants to take their love to that higher magical level. Relax, reestablish, and renew your love at the Sati Experience. https://www.satiexperience.com 

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Desde los misterios de Mitra, pasando por Eleusis, libros prohibidos, el sufismo, hasta la masonería o la Cábala, la historia del esoterismo ha impregnado la forma de pensar y de pensarse en España desde antiguo. En este capítulo, acompañados por David Suárez, recorremos los principales misterios ocultos de la historia esotérica de España. Historia del esoterismo en España. Producción: Informa Radio. Dirección: Blanca Martín. Subdirector Antonio Sanz Colaboradores: Javier Hernández Sinde, Fermín Mayorga, Jaime Barrientos y David Gaitero. Entrevista a David Suárez, sobre su libro Historia del esoterismo en España de la Editorial Almuzara.

Support the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_USBuy Grow kit: https://modernmushroomcultivation.com/This Band willl Blow your Mind! Codex Serafini: https://codexserafini.bandcamp.com/album/the-imprecation-of-animaThe Alchemy of AshesI. The DescentThey said the road was paved in gold,but I found only dust—dust in my lungs, dust in my veins,dust in the ruins of the gods I once believed in.The stars collapsed like dying prophets,whispering riddles to the blind.I clawed through the wreckage of my former self,searching for the bones of meaning,but meaning had been set aflame,and the smoke spelled my name in tongues I'd forgotten.O fool of the waking world,O dreamer in a land of steel!Did you think the fire would spare you?Did you think the night would kneel?II. The CrucibleThere is a moment in every exilewhen the wind stops wailing,when silence presses like a lover's palm against your mouth—and you understand.Not with words, not with reason,but with the marrow of your bones,with the ache that only grief can conjure.The old world burns, the new one writhes,and somewhere between death and dawn,you learn to dance in the cinders.They call it madness, they call it sin,but Kesey called it the edge,Leary called it the key,and Morrison screamed it from the rooftopsuntil the night swallowed his voice.We have been here before,in the temples of Eleusis,in the deserts of the prophets,in the painted haze of acid visions—standing at the threshold of annihilation,laughing because we finally see.III. The RebirthLet them come with their chains, their rules, their fear—I have walked through the fire, and I am not the same.I am forged in the wreckage, baptized in the void,a child of ruin, a son of the storm.O city of sleeping minds,O kingdom of glass and smoke!You cannot hold me, you cannot name me,I have carved my own gospel into the skin of the sky.For I have seen the sacred spiral,the ouroboros coiled in eternity's palm.I have watched death weep into the river,only to rise again,only to rise again,only to rise again.And so I rise—not in chains, not in fear,but in the name of all who bled before me,all who dared to whisper to the abyssand heard it whisper back:You were never broken.You were only becoming. Support the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_USCheck out our YouTube:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPzfOaFtA1hF8UhnuvOQnTgKcIYPI9Ni9&si=Jgg9ATGwzhzdmjkgGrow your own:https://modernmushroomcultivation.com/This Band Will Blow Your Mind: Codex Serafinihttps://codexserafini.bandcamp.com/album/the-imprecation-of-anima

War over Coele Syria breaks out yet again. With the death of Cleopatra I, her three very young children (Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII, and Cleopatra II) are raised to the throne by their ambitious ministers Eulaios and Lenaios, who lead campaign of reconquest against Antiochus IV Epiphanes. It turns into a disaster, with the Syrian king launching two successful invasions into Egypt and besieging Alexandria. It seems the Ptolemaic kingdom is on the verge of collapse and Antiochus poised to be master of Egypt... that is unless the Roman Republic has something to say about it. Episode Notes: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/106-the-sixth-syrian-war-and-day-of-eleusis/) Episode Transcript: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/105-the-sixth-syrian-war-and-day-of-eleusis.pdf) Social Media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod) Facebook (www.facebook.com/hellenisticagepodcast/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hellenistic_age_podcast/) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/hellenisticagepodcast) Show Merchandise: Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/HellenisticAgePod) Redbubble (https://www.redbubble.com/people/HellenisticPod/shop?asc=u) Donations: Patreon (https://patreon.com/TheHellenisticAgePodcast) Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/hellenisticagepodcast) Amazon Book Wish List (https://tinyurl.com/vfw6ask)

fWotD Episode 2794: George E. Mylonas Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Saturday, 28 December 2024 is George E. Mylonas.George Emmanuel Mylonas (Greek: Γεώργιος Μυλωνάς, romanized: Georgios Mylonas, Greek pronunciation: [/ʝe'oɾʝios myːlo'nas/], ye-OR-yios mee-loh-NAS; December 21, [O. S. December 9] 1898 – April 15, 1988) was a Greek archaeologist of ancient Greece and of Aegean prehistory. He excavated widely, particularly at Olynthus, Eleusis and Mycenae, where he made the first archaeological study and publication of Grave Circle B, the earliest known monumentalized burials at the site.Mylonas was born in Smyrna, then part of the Ottoman Empire, and received an elite education. He enrolled in 1919 at the University of Athens to study classics, joined the Greek Army, and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. He witnessed the destruction of Smyrna in September 1922, and was subsequently taken prisoner; he was recaptured after a brief escape, but was released in 1923 after bribing his captors with money sent by his American contacts.In 1924, Mylonas began working for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, with which he retained a lifelong association. He became its first bursar the following year, and took part in excavations at Corinth, Nemea and Olynthus under its auspices. After receiving his Ph. D. from the University of Athens in 1927, he moved to Johns Hopkins University in the United States to study under David Moore Robinson, his excavation director from Olynthus. He subsequently taught at the University of Chicago. After a brief return to Greece, during which he taught at a gymnasium and made his first excavations at Eleusis, he was hired by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1931, before moving to Washington University in St. Louis in 1933, where he remained until returning permanently to Greece in 1969. There, he was prominent in the Archaeological Society of Athens and in efforts to conserve the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens.Mylonas's excavation work included the sites of Pylos, Artemision, Mekyberna, Polystylos and Aspropotamos. Along with John Papadimitriou, he was given responsibility for the excavation of Mycenae's Grave Circle B in the early 1950s, and from 1957 until 1985 excavated on the citadel of the site. His excavations helped to establish the chronological relationships between Mycenae's structures, which had been excavated piecemeal over the preceding century, and to determine the religious function of the site's Cult Center, to which he gave its name. He was awarded the Order of George I, the Royal Order of the Phoenix and the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America, of which he was the first foreign-born president. His work at Mycenae has been credited with bringing coherence to the previously scattered and sporadically published record of excavation at the site. At the same time, his belief that ancient Greek mythical traditions, particularly concerning the Trojan War and the Eleusinian Mysteries, could be verified by archaeological excavation was controversial in his day and has generally been discredited since.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:30 UTC on Saturday, 28 December 2024.For the full current version of the article, see George E. Mylonas on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Ruth.

Está con nosotros Ramón Valero, más conocido como Un Técnico Preocupado. Bienvenido a Entrevistas desde Eleusis. El motivo de esta entrevista es la publicación de tus dos libros: Ojos bien abiertos: Análisis de Eyes Wide Shut y Blasco Ibáñez Desvelado. Stanley Kubrick, un cineasta de culto con solo 13 películas, vivió entre 1928 y 1999. Por su parte, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, escritor español de fama internacional, vivió entre 1867 y 1928. ¿Por qué elegiste analizar Eyes Wide Shut en lugar de otra película de Kubrick? 001 La verdad es que había visto esa película hace ya mucho tiempo, quizás incluso antes de mi despertar, probablemente en 2003 o por ahí. En aquel entonces, me pareció tediosa, difícil de entender. La percibí extremadamente lenta, confusa y enrevesada. Creo que me sucedió lo mismo que les pasa al 99% de las personas que se enfrentan a ese film sin conocer el contexto: no entienden que fue la decimotercera y última película del director, estrenada de manera póstuma, y que él mismo la consideraba su obra cumbre. Sin embargo, esta valoración no fue compartida ni por la crítica ni por el público. De hecho, si la película no terminó siendo un rotundo fracaso económico, se debió en gran parte a la participación de la entonces pareja de moda, Cruise-Kidman. Una gran cantidad de espectadores se sintió atraída únicamente por las escenas sugerentes protagonizadas por la actriz australiana y otras bellísimas mujeres que aparecen en el film. Menciono esto para poner en perspectiva lo especial que resulta haber elegido analizar esta película, sobre todo si consideramos que formó parte de la cuarta entrega de los análisis de cine que realizamos en nuestro grupo, al que llamamos Es Clave, en homenaje al icónico programa La Clave. Cuando decidimos estudiarla, ya había despertado cierto interés en círculos de conspiración debido al ritual central que aparece en la trama. Además, habíamos leído algunos artículos que iban más allá de la típica crítica cinematográfica, sugiriendo que la película escondía un significado mucho más profundo tras su aparente superficie. Así que nos propusimos el reto de analizarla desde nuestro enfoque como buscadores de la Verdad. Nuestro método de trabajo siempre sigue una estructura. Primero, cada uno ve la película de forma individual, anotando los detalles que considera interesantes o que podrían pasar desapercibidos. Luego, organizamos una proyección conjunta, en la que pausamos la película en puntos clave para comentar y debatir nuestras observaciones, intentando esclarecer juntos los posibles mensajes ocultos o simbólicos. En este caso particular, además, vimos previamente los dos magníficos vídeos de Pedro Bustamante sobre este film, lo que nos aportó una perspectiva muy enriquecedora. Por lo general, antes de elegir una película para analizar, suelo proponer cinco títulos, que luego sometemos a votación para determinar cuál será el seleccionado. Algunas de las películas que hemos considerado en el pasado incluyen: Benji contra el crimen, Cube 2, 12 monos, Ghost in the Shell, American Ultra, Lucy, Prisoners, Ellos viven (They Live), Gattaca, Blade Runner o El destino de Júpiter. Sin embargo, en el caso de esta obra de Kubrick, no hicimos ninguna votación. Ya sabíamos de antemano que era una película que encerraba mucho más de lo que parecía a simple vista, lo que la convertía en una elección incuestionable. ¿Qué despertó tu interés por Vicente Blasco Ibáñez: su afiliación a la masonería, su conocimiento de La Araña (la Compañía de Jesús), o algún otro aspecto de su vida y obra? 002 No me consideraba, ni mucho menos, un admirador ferviente del escritor valenciano, pero tampoco un detractor. Sabía que había sido masón, aunque nunca había profundizado en su obra o en su figura más allá de las generalidades conocidas. Fue otro buscador de la verdad, Toni Marco, quien se propuso desentrañar todo lo que había tras esta figura clave, cuya trayectoria abarcó los siglos XIX y XX y dejó una huella profunda en la historia. Toni había crecido familiarizado con Blasco Ibáñez, ya que poseía en casa una edición completa de sus obras desde pequeño. Durante casi dos años, estuvo recopilando información sobre el autor con el objetivo de desarrollar un episodio para un podcast que aún no ha visto la luz, titulado El hilo de Ariadna. Su intención era plasmar la vida y obra de Blasco, pero, poco a poco, lo que empezó siendo un hilo de investigación se convirtió en un ovillo enredado y, finalmente, en un auténtico laberinto donde la coherencia parecía inalcanzable. Un día, Toni me envió un gigantesco archivo PDF que contenía cientos de enlaces. Cada uno conducía a otros documentos: artículos, entrevistas, fragmentos de sus libros, notas, análisis, y una interminable colección de referencias. Era una maraña inmensa, intrincada hasta el punto de que resultaba casi imposible encontrar un camino claro para comprender algo en conjunto. Me tomó más de dos semanas montar un enorme rompecabezas en mi mente, organizando cada pieza hasta tener un esquema funcional. Solo entonces pude iniciar el arduo trabajo de lectura e investigación en profundidad. Me sumergí en decenas de textos, libros descatalogados encontrados en viejas bibliotecas, algunos de ellos censurados y prácticamente inhallables, como Tartarin revolucionario. También revisé tesis doctorales, vídeos de archivo, y, sobre todo, periódicos de la época. Mientras avanzaba en esta labor, trazaba mentalmente una imaginaria línea roja, como el hilo que Ariadna tendió para no perderse en el laberinto del Minotauro. Fue en ese proceso donde descubrí que, sorprendentemente, nadie había unificado todos estos datos ni los había presentado al público de forma completa y crítica. El enfoque habitual hacia Blasco Ibáñez seguía siendo el de una veneración superficial, anclada en lugares comunes y alabanzas, pero sin una mirada más profunda que conectara todos los aspectos de su vida y obra. Lo que finalmente revelamos superaba con creces las opiniones de sus contemporáneos, incluidos los escritores de la Generación del 98, de la cual fue apartado. También iba más allá de las críticas feroces de detractores como el periodista que firmaba bajo el seudónimo de El Caballero Audaz. Y, por supuesto, trascendía las supuestas disputas con la Iglesia, que en realidad se reveló como una de las patas de la estructura que lo impulsó a las altas esferas de la literatura mundial. A medida que avanzábamos, entendimos cómo funcionaba esa compleja maquinaria hierogámica y sacrificial a la que se refiere Pedro Bustamante. Blasco Ibáñez, lejos de ser una figura independiente o aislada, era una pieza clave, una rueda más dentro de un engranaje mayor que operaba en las sombras. En Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick presenta una crítica a las élites y sus dinámicas de poder. ¿Encuentras paralelismos entre esta visión y la forma en que Blasco Ibáñez retrata las estructuras de poder de su época? 003 El genio neoyorquino, Stanley Kubrick, logró algo único en su filmografía: mostrar sin mostrar, desvelar un mundo oculto pero solo para aquellos que supieran mirar más allá de las apariencias. En su obra póstuma, Eyes Wide Shut, construyó un complejo entramado simbólico donde nada es lo que parece. Por contraste, Blasco Ibáñez, aunque reconocido en su tiempo como un escritor y político audaz, se limitó a servir a los poderes fácticos, adoptando una postura supuestamente de izquierdas que, al ser analizada con detenimiento, revela contradicciones flagrantes. Digo “supuestamente” porque, al examinar su vida y su obra, queda claro que decía una cosa mientras hacía exactamente la contraria. Esto fue algo que Luis García Berlanga dejó en evidencia de forma magistral en su miniserie de dos capítulos sobre Blasco, donde la hipocresía del escritor valenciano se expone sin ambages. Hay momentos reveladores, como cuando pasa de viajar en tercera clase a primera para evitar incomodidades en el tren que lo lleva a un pequeño pueblo, donde apenas dedica unos minutos a dar un discurso apresurado. Otro ejemplo es su actitud despectiva hacia los pobres en una escena que representa un duelo con el teniente Alestuey, o su cómoda relación con las élites, como su presencia junto al rey Alfonso XIII en casa de Sorolla. Quizás el caso más emblemático sea la visita de Jaime de Borbón, aspirante al trono, a su residencia en Mentón, lo que demuestra cómo un supuesto republicano no tenía reparos en confraternizar con monarquías y nobles, siempre que estuvieran fuera de la vista del pueblo llano. En cada uno de estos episodios, queda patente la distancia entre el Blasco Ibáñez público, crítico con las instituciones tradicionales, y el privado, que buscaba activamente entrar en los círculos que tanto criticaba. Así como Kubrick cuidaba cada detalle en Eyes Wide Shut, asegurándose de que no hubiera nada al azar en el metraje, nosotros encontramos un patrón similar en la vida de Blasco. Cada gesto y decisión parece calculado para proyectar una imagen pública que ocultara su verdadera naturaleza. Esto fue algo que exploramos a fondo en la serie de diez capítulos que realizamos para nuestro proyecto Es Clave, convirtiéndose en el sexto análisis de nuestro grupo. El paralelismo entre Kubrick y Blasco es inevitable en este sentido: mientras uno construyó una obra deliberadamente críptica para quienes quisieran descifrarla, el otro construyó una vida donde las contradicciones eran tan visibles que, a pesar de su aparente claridad, invitaban a un análisis mucho más profundo. Blasco, como dije, solo aparentaba estar enfrentado con la derecha, con los reyes o con las instituciones tradicionales. En realidad, su carrera estuvo marcada por la búsqueda de aceptación en esos mismos círculos que decía despreciar. Criticaba de cara al público mientras, en privado, se aseguraba de beneficiarse de las relaciones y los privilegios que estas conexiones le proporcionaban. Es por eso que decidí titular mi libro Blasco Ibáñez desvelado. Mi intención fue clara: retirar el velo de mentiras y medias verdades que han envuelto su figura durante décadas, elevándolo casi a la categoría de un semidiós intocable. Al desentrañar su verdadero rostro, mostramos no solo sus logros, sino también sus sombras y sus contradicciones, ofreciendo una visión más completa, menos idealizada y mucho más real. Tanto Kubrick como Blasco Ibáñez parecen emplear una narrativa dual: una narrativa superficial y profana, y otra más oculta, cargada de simbolismo, que revela una realidad subyacente. ¿Puedes compartir ejemplos de cómo cada autor expone y revela este "mundo oculto" para quienes tienen los ojos bien abiertos? 004 La película se titula Eyes Wide Shut, que en español significa Ojos bien cerrados. Inspirándome en ello, decidí nombrar mi libro Ojos bien abiertos, con la intención de que su lectura sirva para abrir los ojos de los lectores y permitirles descubrir todo lo que la película revela a quienes tengan la capacidad y la voluntad de verlo. Este ejercicio de análisis nos lleva a explorar un film que, a pesar de ser una obra maestra, ha pasado desapercibido para el gran público. Se trata de un testamento cinematográfico que desvela cómo una élite psicopatocrática controla el mundo desde las sombras. Para la mayoría de las personas, esta última obra de Stanley Kubrick no es más que una crítica superficial y anodina hacia los poderes ocultos, salpicada por algunas escenas que muestran a un grupo selecto de esta élite participando en rituales sexuales. En el mundo del cine, a menudo se la categoriza como un thriller erótico o un drama romántico. Nada más lejos de la realidad. Nuestro análisis va mucho más allá de lo que simplemente se ve en pantalla. Nos adentramos en las capas más profundas del metraje, desentrañando los significados ocultos y las complejas simbologías que el director dejó deliberadamente para ser descubiertas solo por quienes se atrevieran a buscar. Como explica Michel Ciment en su magnífico libro Kubrick: Edición definitiva: “El título mismo es una clave para entrar en este universo en trampantojo; suena familiar pero es una trampa: nunca los ojos se han calificado «grandes cerrados». Lo mismo que el primer plano de la película que ofrece brevemente a la mirada la desnudez de una mujer es seguido inmediatamente por un fundido en negro que nos la arrebata apenas entrevista, preludiando las frustraciones venideras. El fundido (con los habituales travellings hacia atrás) es una de las grandes figuras de estilo recurrentes en Eyes Wide Shut, expresando acertadamente ese balanceo, esencial de la película: ebriedad, pérdida de conciencia, desvanecimiento, sueños. Y la Steadicam de Kubrick encuentra en la fiesta de Ziegler las volutas de la cámara de un Ophuls, tan admirado por Kubrick en su juventud y él también aficionado a Schnitzler (Liebelei, La ronda) y a Zweig (Carta de una desconocida). Pero la embriaguez de la pareja que baila, Alice y su seductor húngaro, es el preludio de vértigos mucho más peligrosos.” Existen decenas de libros que analizan esta película, como el de Ciment, pero ninguno de ellos profundiza en aspectos menos evidentes, como las referencias al ciclo metónico que Kubrick incorpora de manera magistral. Por ejemplo, en el minuto 2:08:03 de la película, Mandy, en la sala de autopsias, se encuentra en la cámara frigorífica número 19. Los números, como es característico en las obras de Kubrick, jamás están al azar. Este detalle nos remite al simbolismo del número 19 en astronomía, conocido como número áureo, que marca un año dentro del ciclo metónico, un período de 19 años que sincroniza los ciclos lunares y solares con un margen de error mínimo. Este descubrimiento, atribuido a Metón de Atenas en el año 432 a.C., fue celebrado por los atenienses como un avance revolucionario y quedó inmortalizado en letras doradas en el templo de Minerva. En la película, este número adquiere una dimensión arquetípica, evocando la escena de los cuentos clásicos en la que el beso despierta a la princesa, rompiendo maldiciones y simbolizando el amor verdadero. Aquí, el número 19 no solo alude al ciclo astronómico, sino que también sugiere una conexión con la trascendencia y la transformación. Por otro lado, si miramos a Blasco Ibáñez, encontramos paralelismos inquietantes con los temas abordados en Eyes Wide Shut. En su vida y en los detalles que rodearon su muerte, hay símbolos que sugieren que comprendía perfectamente el mundo oculto que las élites mantienen alejado de las masas. El 29 de octubre de 1933, con la II República española consolidada, Blasco fue recibido en el puerto de Valencia por 300.000 personas, incluyendo figuras de alto rango como Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Francesc Macià. Su entierro, más propio de un jefe de Estado, incluyó un sarcófago diseñado por Mariano Benlliure con simbología masónica, como una pirámide truncada, el disco solar y una esfera terrestre flanqueada por cabezas de águila. La cara posterior del sarcófago, “la cara buena” de la pirámide truncada Illuminati donde reside esta simbología más esotérica, es curiosamente la menos difundida. Apenas existen fotografías de alta resolución de este lado del cenotafio, lo que alimenta las especulaciones sobre qué se intenta ocultar. ¿Por qué esa opacidad? ¿Qué mensajes ocultos quiso dejar su círculo cercano? La cara de Medusa, una égida de Atenea metálica para proteger al espíritu iluminándolo, con el disco solar acompañado de los cuernos de la fortuna. Fijaos que la bola del mundo que está entre las garras de las dos águilas o del águila de dos cabezas parece un huevo. El huevo alquímico de la masonería, ese germen que tratan de transformar con dos fuerzas, izquierda y derecha, blanco y negro, azul y rojo para lograr la síntesis. La culminación de su obra, vaya. El diseño del mausoleo, obra del arquitecto Javier Goerlich nieto de un marques, incluye elementos alquímicos como un "huevo" que parece estar entre las garras de las águilas, aludiendo al huevo filosófico de la masonería, símbolo de transformación y síntesis. Este cenotafio, que ha cambiado de ubicación en múltiples ocasiones, parece ser un símbolo en sí mismo de una verdad que las élites prefieren mantener en las sombras. En dicho mausoleo se iban a utilizar unos pebeteros que terminaron en una capilla y uno de los cuales fue sufragado por una institución, la Diputación provincial, que fue creada por la dictadura de Primo de Rivera, el supuesto enemigo de Blasco y la República. En definitiva, tanto en el cine de Kubrick como en la vida de Blasco Ibáñez encontramos capas de significados que esperan ser descifradas. Mi libro, Ojos bien abiertos, busca precisamente eso: iluminar lo que se oculta a plena vista y mostrar que, tanto en el arte como en la historia, todo está interconectado. Ambos autores muestran la existencia de estructuras de poder: Kubrick identifica a las élites como la aristocracia del dinero, la nobleza de sangre y la clase media alta; mientras que Blasco Ibáñez se centra en los estamentos tradicionales de la aristocracia, la Iglesia y el Estado, con una burguesía emergente intentando integrarse en las élites. ¿Crees que estas élites son las que realmente controlan el sistema, o es algo aún más complejo? 005 La verdad es que a ciencia cierta nadie puede saber lo que es ese poder oculto sin tener que respetar el secretismo que les ha garantizado la supervivencia a lo largo de muchos milenios. Esto significa que si conoces realmente los mecanismos que utiliza el poder-religión para mantenerse ahi nunca hablaras abiertamente de ello. En ojos bien abiertos hablo sobre los mecanismos de control mental mediante trauma que emplean esta elite psicopatocratica para programar a los miembros de dicha elite. Los mas viejos programan a los mas jóvenes y los mas jóvenes terminan programando a los hijos de de otros que son como ellos en un ciclo sin fin. Esto va mucho mas alla de lo que se conoce por programación MK ultra, o control mental ultra. Aqui hablamos de vínculos sagrados mediante pactos de sangre donde unas familias se intercambian hijos con otras familias para no tener que programar a sus propios hijos mediante las técnicas mas crueles que podamos imaginar. Algo de esto nos mostró Kubrick en la naranja mecánica donde un padre monstruo engendra a un demonio hijo. Kubrick nos está hablando del abuso intergeneracional que practican estas elites de psicopatas que no tienen otra religión mas que la búsqueda del poder. Pedro Bustamante en su articulo "La naranja mecánica: el "eterno retorno" del Falo (1)” nos decía: “Álex-Edipo, hijo encubierto del Illuminati Mr. Alexander, dos encarnaciones de un mismo "eterno retorno" de la herramienta por excelencia del poder-religión: el Falo pederástico- felado-sodomizador-violador. "La naranja mecánica" (1971) de Stanley Kubrick no es una obra fácil. Se puede leer, como todas las grandes obras, a varios niveles. Pero niveles que están relacionados unos con otros. No solo es que haya varios planos narrativos, con uno más literal y otros más metafóricos que podamos leer entre líneas. Lo que hace el genio estadounidense es contarnos, precisamente a través de las vinculaciones entre estos distintos planos, cómo funciona la realidad, cómo funciona el poder-religión.” … “La leche-semen que la pandilla de jóvenes violentos beben, pero también los burgueses con los que se cruzan en el bar, funciona por lo tanto como una droga. Por eso nos dicen que es "leche-plus" o leche con "velloceta". Se refieren a la "belladona" utilizada por las brujas en sus rituales desde la antigüedad, en los rituales dionisíacos o para narcotizar a los soldados griegos. Como el Captagon que hoy las agencias de inteligencia occidentales proporcionan a sus ejércitos de yihadistas, con los que dicen combatir los políticos y los medios mentirosos e inmorales que hoy padecemos. La mecánica es la misma para la clase burguesa o profesional, con sus trajes y sus pajaritas, y para las pandillas callejeras, que no en vano llevan gorros burgueses. Los matones no están más que iniciándose en el sadismo que estructura toda la sociedad capitalista, que irán haciendo más sofisticado a medida que asciendan en la escala de poder.” En la serie de Berlanga sobre la vida de Vicente Blasco se hace una alusión velada al “comercio de mercancía sagrada o intercambio de niños de unos linajes a otros” con la adopción del primo de Blasco. Allí vemos como una carreta esta entrando a Valencia: “Venga Matías, coge a la boñiga. Detrás de esas torres está Valencia aquí nací yo. En aquellos tiempos para mucha gente, para la gente del campo, sobre todo era la ciudad de las promesas. Un lugar en el que cualquiera podía comerciar con lo que tuviera, azadones, patatas, estiércol incluso hijos. Lo curioso era que mientras unos querían entrar a toda costa, para otros respirar se nos hacía cada día más difícil y solo soñábamos con irnos.” Hacen alusión al cuento el Femater, el basurero, de la colección cuentos valencianos. ¿Podría ser que el director se refiriese al propio Blasco ya que poco o nada se sabe de ese supuesto primo adoptado? ¿Podría ser que el propio Blasco hubiera sido intercambiado por otra familia de la elite psicopatocratica para ser traumatizado y programado desde pequeño? Desde luego lo que nos debe quedar claro tras leer “Blasco Ibáñez desvelado” es que la función del escritor valenciano ya estaba designada desde muy niño y que, sabedor o no de ello, el valenciano será una pieza fundamental en la historia global. ¿Definen Kubrick y Blasco Ibáñez a las élites como grupos de poder interesados en el ocultismo, el esoterismo y la espiritualidad, o más bien como entidades centradas únicamente en los poderes materialistas y financieros? 006 Tanto Stanley Kubrick como Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, aunque separados por contextos históricos y temáticas aparentemente distintas, comparten una misma interpretación, una visión de las élites como entidades profundamente interesadas en prácticas ocultistas, rituales esotéricos y un entendimiento del poder que trasciende lo meramente materialista. Sus obras, reinterpretadas bajo esta óptica, dejan entrever la fascinación y el temor hacia un control invisible ejercido a través de fuerzas intangibles pero profundamente influyentes. En esta línea, las élites no solo estarían obsesionadas con acumular riquezas y controlar recursos, sino que también creen en su capacidad para moldear la realidad misma mediante rituales ancestrales y hierogamias sacrificiales, una práctica que, desde tiempos remotos, fusiona los conceptos de sexualidad y sacralidad en una búsqueda de poder espiritual. Kubrick, en su película Eyes Wide Shut, alude a círculos de poder cerrados que participan en ceremonias misteriosas, sugiriendo que estas prácticas no solo simbolizan su influencia, sino que son herramientas reales para afianzar su dominio. Por otro lado, Blasco Ibáñez, aunque menos explícito en lo esotérico, retrata en su obra un universo en el que las élites parecen operar bajo la influencia de fuerzas más grandes que la propia economía o la política. La elección del chalet de la Malvarrosa, en Valencia, como un símbolo del contacto entre el poder terrenal y lo trascendental, adquiere un peso especial en este relato. De forma extraordinaria, si uno traza una línea entre este punto y el obelisco de la Plaza de San Pedro en el Vaticano, se encuentra con una distancia exacta de 600 millas náuticas. Este dato, lejos de ser casual, reflejaría un diseño premeditado que conecta ambas localizaciones con un propósito energético y ritual. Las élites, según esta perspectiva, habrían diseñado el mundo físico para reflejar sus conocimientos ocultos. Esta distancia, tan precisa, no sería un accidente, sino una evidencia de que el chalet y el Vaticano ocupan posiciones estratégicas dentro de una red geomántica que canaliza energías terrestres y cósmicas. A través de estas alineaciones, los rituales adquieren un poder multiplicador, afectando la psique colectiva y reafirmando el control sobre las masas. Esta obsesión por el control no se limita al dominio físico de los territorios, sino que se extiende a la manipulación de las mentes y almas humanas. Según estas creencias, los rituales ancestrales no solo honran a deidades arcanas, sino que también funcionan como un medio para programar la realidad compartida. Creen que, al activar estos puntos energéticos mediante ceremonias específicas, pueden influir en el curso de la historia y el destino de los pueblos, consolidando su hegemonía. Desde este punto de vista, Kubrick y Blasco Ibáñez no serían meros artistas, sino crípticos cronistas que dejaron pistas sobre los mecanismos invisibles del poder. El lenguaje simbólico, las distancias exactas y las narrativas de exclusión esotérica que aparecen en sus obras nos ofrecen un mapa alternativo del mundo, uno donde lo oculto y lo manifiesto se entrelazan para dar forma a una realidad que sigue escapando al entendimiento común. ¿Cómo se pueden conseguir tus libros? 007 Por desgracia mis libros de momento solo se pueden conseguir a través de Amazon ya que todavía no he logrado llegar a ningún acuerdo con ninguna librería. Tengo un articulo en mi blog que se titula “AYUDA A TRAVÉS DE LA COMPRA DE MIS LIBROS” donde explico los libros que tengo y en los formatos que se pueden comprar. De todas formas si introduces mi nombre en Amazon, Ramón Valero, te van a mostrar la pagina de autor donde se referencia mis tres libros. Escribí uno hace mucho tiempo que se llama “Cinco Familiares elementos” pero que he publicado tras escribir mi primer libro como tal que es el que habla sobre Blasco. Este anterior es una recopilación de cinco relatos cortos donde utilizando las vivencias de algunos miembros de mi propia familia explico lo que son los cinco elementos fundamentales que describían los filósofos griegos. Cada relato es muy diferente y trata temas del despertar de consciencia. Son como micro cuentos donde el hilo en común es que hablo de vivencias personales. Este libro contiene también algunos artículos miss muy antiguos y un indice detallado con mis mejores hilos de Twitter. Se podría decir que es un libro de consulta. Hay una versión digital y también en papel en tapa blanda y dura. Realmente mi primer libro como tal es “Blasco Ibáñez desvelado” y se trata de una obra muy seria, muy referenciada, casi una obra académica lo que la hace quizás poco accesible para el gran publico. Pero en ella se explica como funciona el mecanismo hierogamico sacrificial del que hablaba Pedro Bustamante con ideas casi pictóricas. Estoy muy orgulloso de esa obra, que creo que envejecerá muy bien. Darle las gracias a Marta, la editora que me dio el empujoncito para escribirlo. Tras este libro ya me atreví a publicar el de relatos cortos e inmediatamente me metí de lleno a escribir el tercero “Ojos bien abiertos” donde en mas de 800 paginas descubro lo que Kubrick nos contaba en esa película e incluso lo amplio dando detalles sobre las técnicas y rituales que emplea la elite de psicopatas que dirige todo. Esta obra esta editada en digital, tapa blanda de mas de 800 paginas o en dos volúmenes de lujo en tapa dura de unas 500. Realmente esta escrito para poder leer de subcapitulo en subcapitulo sin hacer que el publico pierda el interés en ningún momento. Al igual que el de Blasco, la traca final os dejará con ganas de más. Como digo, o bien a través del articulo en mi blog, o introduciendo mi nombre o el titulo de las obras en Amazon, esta plataforma les proporcionara los enlaces para poder comprarlos. Espero también organizar una charla de presentación de las obras en Valencia lo más pronto posible y lo publicitare a través de mi blog y de Twitter. Muchísimas gracias Alex por preocuparte por entrevistar a este paria que tan solo aspira a ser humano cada dia. Un fuerte abrazo a todos los oyentes y otro para todas las personas que hayan escuchado de mi por primera vez. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Conductor del programa Carl Jung El Mundo Oculto @CarlJungPsico Canal Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_YHaTZKdMN5wqAx8USmtGg …. Invitado UTP Ramón Valero @tecn_preocupado Un técnico Preocupado un FP2 IVOOX UTP http://cutt.ly/dzhhGrf BLOG http://cutt.ly/dzhh2LX Ayúdame desde mi Crowfunding aquí https://cutt.ly/W0DsPVq ………………………………………………………………………………………. Enlaces citados en el podcast: AYUDA A TRAVÉS DE LA COMPRA DE MIS LIBROS https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2024/11/16/ayuda-a-traves-de-la-compra-de-mis-libros/ Las Elites secretas de Stanley Kubrick y Vicente Blasco Ibáñez | Psicología y Ocultismo https://youtu.be/ra8k2KbTVOo?feature=shared ………………………………………………………………………………………. Música utilizada en este podcast: Tema inicial Heros ………………………………………………………………………………………. Epílogo Ricky Hombre Libre - Illuminati https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiqSljQlJq8 Anonymous - Illuminati Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uzq-bLJquY

In this enlightening episode of the Sacred Travel Podcast, Jocelyn Star Feather joins Julia to discuss the enduring significance of ancient prophecies, rituals and temple culture. Follow along as we trace back the threads connecting Greece and Egypt as highly developed cultures revealing timeless truths about your own existence and relationship with the Earth.Don't miss the activation journey at the end to integrate all the information shared! We talked about: How to bring timeless prophecies of the Oracle of Truth into the contemporary timeline to create a golden future for humanityDiscovering the sacred weavings between Greece and Egypt How the Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries was a life-changing act of reuniting with the Primordial Mother and the Earth What the ancient Egyptian Opening of the Mouth Ritual reveals about our own immortalityReceive a powerful transmission from Jocelyn at the end of our talk!About Jocelyn:Jocelyn Star Feather is a Visibility & Thought Leadership Coach for Visionary Entrepreneurs, Spiritual Alchemist, Astrologer, & Founder of Sacred Planet. She shares shamanic and ancient wisdom to guide courageous seekers in co-creating a revolutionary new world in alignment with Mother Earth and the vast intelligence of the Cosmos.After a successful 15-year corporate career working in finance for major multinational companies, Jocelyn was thrust into a deep spiritual awakening. It was that awakening that turned her life upside-down ... And from which she emerged with a powerful understanding of how to use her intuition and healing abilities ~ Aspects of herself that she'd never had access to before.She dove deeply into earth-based & shamanic practices, and she has studied alongside elders and wisdomkeepers ever since. She has extensively studied ancient civilizations, especially cultures where the Goddess held a strong presence; and she has spent profound & life-changing time in the ancient temples and pyramids of Egypt.Join Jocelyn on a Sacred Egypt Tour in 2025: https://www.wearesacredplanet.com/egypt-2025Connect with Jocelyn:Website: https://www.wearesacredplanet.comYoutube: @sacredplanetFacebook: @sacredplanetInstagram: @wearesacredplanetIf you like the show, please do me a favor and like, follow and leave me a review or tag me on your socials #thesacredtravelpodcast. Thank you so much! Ready to embark on your own expansion journey?Check out upcoming Conscious Travel and Sacred Site Pilgrimages with me.Seeking guidance and clarity for a land calling or a conscious travel experience? Book your Soul Wisdom Quest Counseling with me.Connect with me on Instagram: @soul_wisdom_by_julia For more information and to subscribe to my newsletter, visit www.soulwisdom.ch.Send me a message!Support the show

EGO DEATH and the God Complex - THis episode unveils the Mysterious city of Eleusis where it was said humans experienced the magic of mortality and Rebirth by drinking some sort of magic transformational potion. If true, this takes the modern day structures of religion and god and shakes them up into manifestations of something else. Enjoy this thing that makes you go hmmm.  Connect With Dr. JC: https://zez.am/makessense  LIVE STREAMED on Facebook, Linkedin, and Youtube MAKES SENSE PODCAST SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW the NEW Podcast - You will find a "Follow" button top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168    OUR SPONSOR: Enjoy the show and consider joining our psychological safe haven and environment where you can begin to thrive. The Makes Sense Academy. https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about   Highlights:  0:00 - Intro - What is it that I actually do? 1:36 - A word from our sponsor (Makes Sense Academy) 2:34 - What is the true meaning and purpose of life? 3:42 - NDE's (Near Death Experiences) 4:09 - The ancient Eleusinian Mysteries 6:49 - The emergence of Jesus 7:36 - Plant medicine and ego death 8:34 - Why do humans struggle so much?  

Today we are joined by author and publisher Mark Nemglan to discuss his new title from Scarlet Imprint, Avalon Working. Avalon Working is equal parts grimoire and devotional, gazeteer and visionary journey. The work passionately argues for Glastonbury as centre of emergence and initiation, a latter-day Eleusis. Through essay and ritual, the author invites readers to actively participate in the Holy Island's unfolding destiny, in partnership with its spirits and powers, to co-create its mythopoeia and, in doing so, forge a new Avalonian covenant. In the Plus show Mark goes into detail regarding the rituals and spirits associated with Glastonbury and the strange encounters people have had on the Tor and Mark shares with us his own incredible experience. Show Notes: Buy the book https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/avalon-working Nemglan Press https://nemglan.com Mark's instagram https://www.instagram.com/nemglan_press/ Mark's Substack https://marknemglan.substack.com Glastonbury Tor https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/glastonbury-tor/history-of-glastonbury-tor The Sun and the Serpent https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/576696.The_Sun_and_the_Serpent Lough Derg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_DergCountyDonegal Caoránach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oilliphéist Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka

Have you ever wondered what is meant by the phrase "mystery religions"? Ever wonder, just what the hell this "mystery" is? Are you frustrated by the deafening silence of the ancient writers on this subject? Titillated by the hints left by Plato and the pre-Socratics? Yeah, you're not alone. While the mysteries of Eleusis and the cults of Mithras and Isis may remain in the shadows, the mysteries of Orpheus have been cracked wide open! Like the Rosetta Stone of the Orphic-Dionysian mysteries, an ancient papyrus has been found, which spills the proverbial beans. Join me in exploring the Derveni Papyrus. Enjoy ;) 

Part 1 of Episode 150! Yay!! And now for something completely different. This episode is a bit of a departure from our regular show. We invite Alex Criddle and Cody Noconi, researchers into the psychedelic origins of Mormonism, to respond to the recent debate on the Mormon Book Reviews channel between ourselves and Mormon apologist, Brian Hales. Brian attempts to provide the apologetic response to the theory that Joseph Smith utilized psychedelics (entheogens) in the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in order to facilitate visionary experiences for the early Saints. Disinformation requires much greater effort than simply stating information so we do our best to debunk his debunking (rebunk the theory?). This one is a long haul so we split it into 2 episodes to make it a little more digestible.   Show notes: Video version: https://youtu.be/3l0L1EHtQOo Support our research and outreach: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions Original here: Psychedelics & Early Mormonism Theory Brian Hales Responds on Mormon Book Reviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7J0y_cPpg Further information: “The Higher Powers of Man” - Frederick M. Smith was a prophet of the RLDS Mormons and paternal grandson of the founder Joseph Smith. In 1918 Frederick published this Ph.D. dissertation breaking down altered states of consciousness from an early psychologist's perspective, specifically, religious states of ‘ecstacy' as he called it. A lengthy chapter devoted to peyote is particularly worth reading. “The Higher Powers: Fred M - Smith and the Peyote Ceremonies” - Shelby Barnes' 1995 paper highlighting the curious psychedelic interests of Frederick M. Smith. While Barnes does not make any direct connections to Joseph Smith and psychedelics, Barnes does note that Frederick's interests were an attempt to find the reliable keys to visionary revelation that his grandfather Joseph had demonstrated. “Restoration and the Sacred Mushroom”  - Dr. Robert Beckstead's seminal research paper presented at the August 2007 Sunstone Symposium. Beckstead's paper was the first to propose the possibility that Joseph Smith used psychedelics to facilitate visionary experiences. “A 1920's Harvard Psychedelic Circle with a Mormon Connection: Peyote Use amongst the Harvard Aesthetes” Alan Piper's 2016 paper highlighting Frederick M. Smith's interest in psychedelics, and how as a standing Mormon prophet Fred was funding a 1920s group of Harvard students with peyote. “Revelation Through Hallucination: A discourse on the Joseph Smith-entheogen theory” - Bryce Blankenagel and Cody Noconi's 2017 follow-up paper further explores the hypothesis originally put forward by Dr. Robert Beckstead a decade earlier. “The Entheogenic Origins of Mormonism: A Working Hypothesis” - Dr. Robert Beckstead, Bryce Blankenagel, Cody Noconi, and Michael Winkelman's paper published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies in June 2019. This was the first paper on the subject published in an academic journal. “Visions, Mushrooms, Fungi, Cacti, and Toads: Joseph Smith's Reported Use of Entheogens” Brian Hales' 2020 response paper to the one published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies. As a believing Mormon engaged in academic apologetics, Hales details what he perceives to be holes in the proposed hypothesis. “The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, and Drugs” - Cody Noconi's book published in 2021. “Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 1)” Alex Criddle's 2023 paper that was originally presented at the Forms of Psychedelic Life conference at UC Berkeley (April 14-15, 2023). “Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 2)” A continuation of Alex Criddle's 2023 paper. “A Real Spiritual High: In Defense of Psychedelic Mysticism” An enlightening philosophical essay from Alex Criddle. Bibliography and further reading: The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James The Higher Powers of Man, by Frederick M. Smith The Magus, by Francis Barrett  A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences, by Ebenezer Sibly Hearts Made Glad: The Charges of Intemperance Against Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet, by Lamar Peterson The Seven Sisters of Sleep, by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke The Encylopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications, by Christian Rátsch Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers, by Richard Evans Shultes, Albert Hoffman, and Christian Rátsch The Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants, by Christian Rátsch Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants, by Claudia Muller-Ebeling, Christian Rátsch, and Wolf-Dieter Storl Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible, by Chris Bennett and Neil McQueen Liber 420: Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult, by Chris Bennett Cannabis: Lost Sacrament of the Ancient World, by Chris Bennett Plants of the Devil, by Corinne Boyer The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku Veneficium: Magic Witchcraft, and the Poison Path, by Daniel A. Schulke Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism, by Daniel A. Schulke The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens, by Richard Evans Shultes and Albert Hoffman Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon, by Richard Evans Shultes Vine of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia, by Richard Evans Shultes and Robert F. Raffauf Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline, Richard Evans Shultes and Siri von Reis Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion, by Jonathan Ott, R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, and Carl A. P. Ruck Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History, by Jonathan Ott Plant Intoxicants: a Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants, by Ernst Bibra and Jonathan Ott Age of Entheogens & the Angels' Dictionary, by Jonathan Ott Drugs of the Dreaming: Oneirogens: Salvia Divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants, by Jonathan Ott, Gianluca Toro, and Benjamin Thomas The Road to Eleusis, by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl A. P. Ruck, Huston Smith Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, by William A. Richards Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness, by Carl A.P. Ruck and Mark Alwin Hoffman Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras: The Drug Cult that Civilized Europe, by Carl A.P. Ruck, Mark Alwin Hoffman and Jose Alfredo Gonzalez Celdran Sacred Mushrooms of the Goddess: Secrets of Eleusis, by Carl A.P. Ruck The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist, by Carl A.P. Ruck, Clark Heinrich, and Blaise Daniel Staples Psychedelic Mystery Traditions: Sacred Plants, Magical Practices, Ecstatic States, by Thomas Hatsis The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic, by Thomas Hatsis Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry, by PD Newman Angels in Vermillion: The Philosophers' Stone: From Dee to DMT, by PD Newman Theurgy: Theory and Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine, by PD Newman The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, and Drugs, by Cody Noconi Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, by Clark Heinrich Psychedelic Medicine, by Richard Miller Mushroom Medicine: The Healing Power of Psilocybin & Sacred Entheogen History, by Brian Jackson The Religious Experience: It's Production and Interpretation., by Timothy Leary Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals, by Huston Smith The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide, by James Fadiman Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, by Paul Stamets Soma: divine mushroom of immortality, by Robert Gordon Wasson The Philosophy of Natural Magic, by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Dwellers on the Threshold; Or Magic and Magicians, with Some Illustrations of Human Error and Imposture, by John Maxwell The History of Magic, by Eliphas Levi Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, by Albert Mackey The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania, by Julius F. Sachse God on Psychedelics: Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-Time Religion, by Don Lattin The Peyote Effect: From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs, byAlexander Dawson The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzne, and Richard Alpert Entheogens and the Future of Religion, by Robert Forte How To Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America by Don Lattin Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered, by James B. Bakalar and Lester Grinspoon The Peyote Cult, by Weston LaBarre DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences, by Rick Stassman A Hallucinogenic Tea Laced With Controversy, by Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Roger Rumrrill Occurrence and Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Containing Psilocybin Alkaloids, by Jakob Kristinsson and Jørn Gry Psychedelics Encyclopedia, by Peter G Stafford Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research Since the Decade of the Brain, by Nicolas Langlitz Stairways To Heaven: Drugs In American Religious History, by Robert W. Fuller Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic, by Mike Jay DMT and the Soul of Prophecy: A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible, by Rick Strassman Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Spirituality and the Santo Daime Tradition, by G. William Barnar Distilled Spirits: Getting High, Then Sober, with a Famous Writer, a Forgotten Philosopher, and a Hopeless Drunk, by Don Lattin The Mystery of Manna: The Psychedelic Sacrament of the Bible, by Dan Merkur Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation and Mystical Experience, by Dan Merkur LSD and the Divine Scientist: The Final Thoughts and Reflections of Albert Hofmann, by Albert Hoffman The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy, by Don Lattin LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic Research into Realms of the Human Unconscious, by Stanislav Grof LSD and the Mind of the Universe by Christopher Bache Plant Teachers: Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby and Rafael Chanchari Pizuri Visionary Vine: Psychedelic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon by Marlene Dobkin de Rios The Antipodes of the Mind by Benny Shannon Ancient Psychedelic Substances by Scott Fitzpatrick Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion by Stan Grof, Huston Smith, and Albert Hofmann  The Shaman and Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms by Don Jose Campos The Religion of Ayahuasca: The Teachings of the Church of Santo Daime by Alex Polari de Alverga Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod  Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glassboxpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlassBoxPod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/  Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop Or find the merch store by clicking on “Store” here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com   

Part 2 of Episode 150! Yay!! And now for something completely different. This episode is a bit of a departure from our regular show. We invite Alex Criddle and Cody Noconi, researchers into the psychedelic origins of Mormonism, to respond to the recent debate on the Mormon Book Reviews channel between ourselves and Mormon apologist, Brian Hales. Brian attempts to provide the apologetic response to the theory that Joseph Smith utilized psychedelics (entheogens) in the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in order to facilitate visionary experiences for the early Saints. Disinformation requires much greater effort than simply stating information so we do our best to debunk his debunking (rebunk the theory?). This one is a long haul so we split it into 2 episodes to make it a little more digestible.   Show notes: Video version: https://youtu.be/3l0L1EHtQOo Support our research and outreach: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions Original here: Psychedelics & Early Mormonism Theory Brian Hales Responds on Mormon Book Reviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7J0y_cPpg   Further information: “The Higher Powers of Man” - Frederick M. Smith was a prophet of the RLDS Mormons and paternal grandson of the founder Joseph Smith. In 1918 Frederick published this Ph.D. dissertation breaking down altered states of consciousness from an early psychologist's perspective, specifically, religious states of ‘ecstacy' as he called it. A lengthy chapter devoted to peyote is particularly worth reading. “The Higher Powers: Fred M - Smith and the Peyote Ceremonies” - Shelby Barnes' 1995 paper highlighting the curious psychedelic interests of Frederick M. Smith. While Barnes does not make any direct connections to Joseph Smith and psychedelics, Barnes does note that Frederick's interests were an attempt to find the reliable keys to visionary revelation that his grandfather Joseph had demonstrated. “Restoration and the Sacred Mushroom”  - Dr. Robert Beckstead's seminal research paper presented at the August 2007 Sunstone Symposium. Beckstead's paper was the first to propose the possibility that Joseph Smith used psychedelics to facilitate visionary experiences. “A 1920's Harvard Psychedelic Circle with a Mormon Connection: Peyote Use amongst the Harvard Aesthetes” Alan Piper's 2016 paper highlighting Frederick M. Smith's interest in psychedelics, and how as a standing Mormon prophet Fred was funding a 1920s group of Harvard students with peyote. “Revelation Through Hallucination: A discourse on the Joseph Smith-entheogen theory” - Bryce Blankenagel and Cody Noconi's 2017 follow-up paper further explores the hypothesis originally put forward by Dr. Robert Beckstead a decade earlier. “The Entheogenic Origins of Mormonism: A Working Hypothesis” - Dr. Robert Beckstead, Bryce Blankenagel, Cody Noconi, and Michael Winkelman's paper published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies in June 2019. This was the first paper on the subject published in an academic journal. “Visions, Mushrooms, Fungi, Cacti, and Toads: Joseph Smith's Reported Use of Entheogens” Brian Hales' 2020 response paper to the one published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies. As a believing Mormon engaged in academic apologetics, Hales details what he perceives to be holes in the proposed hypothesis. “The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, and Drugs” - Cody Noconi's book published in 2021. “Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 1)” Alex Criddle's 2023 paper that was originally presented at the Forms of Psychedelic Life conference at UC Berkeley (April 14-15, 2023). “Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 2)” A continuation of Alex Criddle's 2023 paper. “A Real Spiritual High: In Defense of Psychedelic Mysticism” An enlightening philosophical essay from Alex Criddle. Bibliography and further reading: The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James The Higher Powers of Man, by Frederick M. Smith The Magus, by Francis Barrett  A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences, by Ebenezer Sibly Hearts Made Glad: The Charges of Intemperance Against Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet, by Lamar Peterson The Seven Sisters of Sleep, by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke The Encylopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications, by Christian Rátsch Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers, by Richard Evans Shultes, Albert Hoffman, and Christian Rátsch The Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants, by Christian Rátsch Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants, by Claudia Muller-Ebeling, Christian Rátsch, and Wolf-Dieter Storl Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible, by Chris Bennett and Neil McQueen Liber 420: Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult, by Chris Bennett Cannabis: Lost Sacrament of the Ancient World, by Chris Bennett Plants of the Devil, by Corinne Boyer The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku Veneficium: Magic Witchcraft, and the Poison Path, by Daniel A. Schulke Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism, by Daniel A. Schulke The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens, by Richard Evans Shultes and Albert Hoffman Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon, by Richard Evans Shultes Vine of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia, by Richard Evans Shultes and Robert F. Raffauf Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline, Richard Evans Shultes and Siri von Reis Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion, by Jonathan Ott, R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, and Carl A. P. Ruck Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History, by Jonathan Ott Plant Intoxicants: a Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants, by Ernst Bibra and Jonathan Ott Age of Entheogens & the Angels' Dictionary, by Jonathan Ott Drugs of the Dreaming: Oneirogens: Salvia Divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants, by Jonathan Ott, Gianluca Toro, and Benjamin Thomas The Road to Eleusis, by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl A. P. Ruck, Huston Smith Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, by William A. Richards Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness, by Carl A.P. Ruck and Mark Alwin Hoffman Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras: The Drug Cult that Civilized Europe, by Carl A.P. Ruck, Mark Alwin Hoffman and Jose Alfredo Gonzalez Celdran Sacred Mushrooms of the Goddess: Secrets of Eleusis, by Carl A.P. Ruck The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist, by Carl A.P. Ruck, Clark Heinrich, and Blaise Daniel Staples Psychedelic Mystery Traditions: Sacred Plants, Magical Practices, Ecstatic States, by Thomas Hatsis The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic, by Thomas Hatsis Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry, by PD Newman Angels in Vermillion: The Philosophers' Stone: From Dee to DMT, by PD Newman Theurgy: Theory and Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine, by PD Newman The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, and Drugs, by Cody Noconi Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, by Clark Heinrich Psychedelic Medicine, by Richard Miller Mushroom Medicine: The Healing Power of Psilocybin & Sacred Entheogen History, by Brian Jackson The Religious Experience: It's Production and Interpretation., by Timothy Leary Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals, by Huston Smith The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide, by James Fadiman Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, by Paul Stamets Soma: divine mushroom of immortality, by Robert Gordon Wasson The Philosophy of Natural Magic, by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Dwellers on the Threshold; Or Magic and Magicians, with Some Illustrations of Human Error and Imposture, by John Maxwell The History of Magic, by Eliphas Levi Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, by Albert Mackey The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania, by Julius F. Sachse God on Psychedelics: Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-Time Religion, by Don Lattin The Peyote Effect: From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs, byAlexander Dawson The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzne, and Richard Alpert Entheogens and the Future of Religion, by Robert Forte How To Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America by Don Lattin Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered, by James B. Bakalar and Lester Grinspoon The Peyote Cult, by Weston LaBarre DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences, by Rick Stassman A Hallucinogenic Tea Laced With Controversy, by Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Roger Rumrrill Occurrence and Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Containing Psilocybin Alkaloids, by Jakob Kristinsson and Jørn Gry Psychedelics Encyclopedia, by Peter G Stafford Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research Since the Decade of the Brain, by Nicolas Langlitz Stairways To Heaven: Drugs In American Religious History, by Robert W. Fuller Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic, by Mike Jay DMT and the Soul of Prophecy: A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible, by Rick Strassman Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Spirituality and the Santo Daime Tradition, by G. William Barnar Distilled Spirits: Getting High, Then Sober, with a Famous Writer, a Forgotten Philosopher, and a Hopeless Drunk, by Don Lattin The Mystery of Manna: The Psychedelic Sacrament of the Bible, by Dan Merkur Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation and Mystical Experience, by Dan Merkur LSD and the Divine Scientist: The Final Thoughts and Reflections of Albert Hofmann, by Albert Hoffman The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy, by Don Lattin LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic Research into Realms of the Human Unconscious, by Stanislav Grof LSD and the Mind of the Universe by Christopher Bache Plant Teachers: Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby and Rafael Chanchari Pizuri Visionary Vine: Psychedelic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon by Marlene Dobkin de Rios The Antipodes of the Mind by Benny Shannon Ancient Psychedelic Substances by Scott Fitzpatrick Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion by Stan Grof, Huston Smith, and Albert Hofmann  The Shaman and Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms by Don Jose Campos The Religion of Ayahuasca: The Teachings of the Church of Santo Daime by Alex Polari de Alverga  Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod  Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glassboxpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlassBoxPod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/  Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop Or find the merch store by clicking on “Store” here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com   

Doritos is facing a boycott after announcing a transgender artist as brand ambassador, Samantha Hudson; a similar story to what happened with Bud Light and Target. But in order to boycott something, “withdraw from relations with,” you have to support it in the first place. Doritos, Bud Light, and Target are awful products and companies already, and the ingredients in the former are terrifying, despite claims otherwise. The chemicals, flavors, colors, and preservatives in Doritos are enough already to launch a boycott; the chemicals sprayed on the crops, which are also GM, used for Bud Light are equally enough to call for a boycott. Now Kellogg's is being threatened with a boycott because a new ad suggests eating cereal for dinner due to increasing costs of living. But again, the ingredients in Frosted Flakes are the real reason to boycott the company. In fact, the colorings and sugars in these cereals alone are not only cause for concern due to health reasons but also due to spiritual reasons. Cereal crops were sacred in antiquity and the myths of Demeter and her daughter Persephone, and Ceres (where we get the word Cereal) and her daughter Proserpina, were the basis of the ancient mysteries. The colorful purple fungus found on barley, rye, and other crops was used in Greece to induce mind altering contact with the spirit realm. Today we think that “cereal” is a boxed and brand name product, rather than the crop that takes time and magic to grow. We also think that the colors and flavors that appeal to eyes and tongue are magical when rather than expanding the mind like at Eleusis, now drive kids into hyperactivity hypersensitive and a different type of frenzy. Furthermore, the outrage expressed by the political right is equivalent to the same on the political left: censorship and canceling whatever is trending on their news feeds. Boycotting is one thing, but this type of boycotting equates to some type of sophisticated, yet simple, marketing scam. People say, “I'm not buying Frosted Flakes anymore,” while replacing that cereal with Froot Lupes, which are also made by Kellogg's. If not for the ingredients themselves, the only other major reason to boycott these companies and their products is due to the fact that their use of trans-marketing applies to 0.7% of the population, leaving 99.3% of a potential marketplace victim to emotional blackmail and gas lighting with subsidized, chemical, witch brews of dairy, corn, and unnecessary food coloring. These things overwhelm the senses and exploit the same, just as Facebook was designed to exploit a vulnerably in human psychology. -FREE ARCHIVE & RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-secret-teachingsTwitter: https://twitter.com/TST___RadioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesecretteachingsWEBSITE (BOOKS, RESUBSCRIBE for early show access): http://thesecretteachings.infoPaypal: rdgable@yahoo.comCashApp: $rdgableBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tstradioSUBSCRIBE TO NETWORK: http://aftermath.mediaEMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.com

In episode 1967, Andrew talks to Matt Gatton, author of THE SHADOWS OF SOCRATES, about the heresy, war and treachery behind the trial of Socrates. Matt Gatton is a scholar based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a pioneer of the study of the ritual and aesthetic uses of physical light in prehistory and classical antiquity. Gatton's groundbreaking work on optical distortions at Lascaux was published in the Journal of Applied Mathematics; and his work on the ritual use of optics at the influential ancient Greek temple of Eleusis was published by Oxford University Press. Gatton has presented his work at the Institute of Archaeology at Oxford, the University of Cologne, Slovak University, and Vanderbilt University. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, I read an exclusive excerpt from my latest book, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor, published by Yale University Press, as part of the Ancient Lives Series. The book is a philosophical biography of the Roman emperor, which contains many references to the Meditations and how his philosophy shaped his life. You can help it reach a wider audience by pre-ordering now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or any other bookseller.While the First Marcomannic War was raging, Marcus Aurelius, surrounded by death and betrayal, found consolation in writing his famous notes “to himself” on Stoic philosophy. He also made a solemn vow. If he survived long enough, he would go on pilgrimage to Athens and join the supplicants being initiated in the Temple of Demeter at nearby Eleusis. Hadrian had tried to bring the Eleusinian Mysteries to Rome, but their mystique was rooted in the Greek temple's ancient site.Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.NEW: My publisher, Yale University Press, has generously agreed to offer a whopping 30% discount to you, my Substack Subscribers, when you pre-order my new book Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. Simply click the pre-order button and at the checkout enter the coupon code Y24AURELIUS to claim 30% off. This offer is valid now, and until February 5th, 2024. (NB: Offer only available to orders placed on the Yale website for delivery to the US or Canada.)Praise from other Authors“Few historical figures are as fascinating as Marcus Aurelius, the emperor-philosopher. And few writers have been so effective at bringing his complex life and character to the attention of modern readers as Donald Robertson.”—Massimo Pigliucci, author of How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life“Robertson has written a very thorough and very readable account of Marcus's life and the events and people that shaped him. Anyone who wants to understand the author of Meditations should read this book.”—Robin Waterfield, author of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: The Annotated Edition“Donald Robertson guides us into the world of a philosopher-emperor whose humility and Stoic teachings fill the pages. We are indebted to Robertson for this wonderful account of the emperor who penned notes to himself while in battle that would be later known as the Meditations and read by millions for philosophical inspiration. Simply spellbinding.”—Nancy Sherman, author of Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience“This highly readable biography is the perfect place to begin for anyone who wants to learn more about the man behind the Meditations.”—John Sellars, author of The Pocket Stoic“Robertson's biography provides a compelling narrative of Marcus' life, carefully based on the primary sources. He brings out very clearly the life-long significance of Stoicism for Marcus and the interplay between philosophy, politics, and warfare.”—Christopher Gill, author of Learning to Live Naturally: Stoic Ethics and Its Modern SignificanceThank you for reading Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life at donaldrobertson.substack.com/subscribe

Ο Δημήτρης συζητάει με τον Γιάννη, συνιδρυτή της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Ενθεογόνων, για το θέμα των ψυχεδελικών ουσιών. Τι είναι τα ψυχεδελικά; Είναι ναρκωτικά; Ποιοι οι στόχοι της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Ενθεογόνων; Πότε μπορεί κανείς να σκεφτεί να χρησιμοποιήσει αυτές τις ουσίες; Και ποια η σχέση με την Ελλάδα και την ελληνική γλώσσα; Σημειώσεις εκπομπής Vidcast (https://youtu.be/nlyHqB9L884) Κυκεώνας - Greek Psychedelic Society (https://psychedelicsociety.gr/en) Aldous Huxley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley) - To make this mundane world sublime, take half a gram of phanerothyme Humphrey Osmond (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Osmond) - To fathom hell or soar angelic, just take a pinch of psychedelic Η Αλήθεια για τα «Ναρκωτικά» (https://www.politeianet.gr/books/9789600417555-rock-michael-kedros-i-alitheia-gia-ta-narkotika-167972) (βιβλίο) Παραδοχή για τον πόλεμο κατά των ναρκωτικών (https://www.vera.org/reimagining-prison-webumentary/the-past-is-never-dead/drug-war-confessional) Project MKUltra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra) Unabomber (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski) Ken Kesey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kesey) How to Change Your Mind (βιβλίο) (https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind/) How to Change Your Mind (Netflix) (https://www.netflix.com/title/80229847) The Road to Eleusis (βιβλίο) (https://www.goodreads.com/el/book/show/2402353) The Immortality Key (βιβλίο) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51174256-the-immortality-key) Είναι Καιρός να Βγούμε Από Την Ψυχεδελική Ντουλάπα (https://psychedelicsociety.gr/el/testimonials/kairos-na-bgoyme-apo-tin-psyhedeliki-ntoylapa) Λεξιλόγιο κι εκφράσεις παραισθησιογόνο (https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B8%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF) = hallucinogen ψυχεδελικό (https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%88%CF%85%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82) = ψυχή + δηλώνω = ψυχοδηλωτικό phanerothyme = φανερώνω + θυμικό (https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B8%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C) ενθεογόνο (https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BD%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF) = εν + θεός + γενέσθαι (γεννιέμαι) connotation (https://www.wordreference.com/engr/connotation) = συνυποδήλωση τσουβαλιάζω (https://www.wordreference.com/gren/%CF%84%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%B6%CF%89) = lump sth up with sth χάνω τη μπάλα (https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=401086.0) = to lose the plot ατέρμονη ανάπτυξη = infinite growth Απομαγνητοφώνηση Δημήτρης: [0:17] Γεια σας και καλώς ήρθατε στο Easy Greek podcast, το podcast που σας μαθαίνει ελληνικά με καθημερινούς αυθεντικούς διαλόγους. Στο σημερινό μας podcast έχουμε έναν καλεσμένο... έναν αξιότιμο καλεσμένο, τον Γιάννη. Γεια σου, Γιάννη! (Γεια σου, Δημήτρη!) Χρόνια πολλά κιόλας! Σήμερα είναι 7 Ιανουαρίου, ε; Γιάννης: [0:39] Ναι, γιορτάζω εγώ και η μισή Ελλάδα. Δημήτρης: [0:42] Εσύ όμως είσαι στην Αγγλία! Γιορτάζεις και στην Αγγλία; Γιάννης: [0:46] Ναι, όσοι μου στέλνουνε χρόνια πολλά αυτό θεωρούν... ότι γιορτάζω και στην Αγγλία, αλλά, ναι... εδώ δεν ξέρουν από namedays. Δημήτρης: [0:53] Ναι, αλλά εσύ κάνεις τίποτα; Φαντάζομαι μόνος σου τα... δεν (Όχι) ξεχνάς ότι υπάρχει αυτό όταν... όταν φεύγεις από το περιβάλλον το... Γιάννης: [1:01] Ναι, ναι, ναι, ναι, ναι, ναι. Και στην Ελλάδα δηλαδή... Ντάξει, άντε να βγαίναμε για κανά φαΐ. Δεν είναι ότι θα κάνουμε κάτι πολύ μεγάλο για την ονομαστική εορτή. Δημήτρης: [1:08] Αλλά και πάλι είναι ωραίο που σήμερα μιλάμε στη γιορτή σου. Εμένα μου αρέσει τουλάχιστον. Είμαστε... καταρχάς να πω ότι αυτό το επεισόδιο είναι vidcast, θα το βάλουμε και σαν βίντεο στο Easy Greek podcast στο YouTube. Είναι μία καλή ευκαιρία να το μοιραστούμε γιατί το βίντεο έχει άλλη δύναμη, όπως και να 'χει. Θα 'θελα να δοκιμάσουμε και βίντεο γενικότερα στο Easy Greek podcast, να δούμε αν μπορούμε να το χρησιμοποιήσουμε πιο συχνά, οπότε είναι και αυτό μία δοκιμή. Όπως και να 'χει, αν εσείς μας ακούτε σε κανονική μορφή podcast, αυτό δεν σας επηρεάζει καθόλου κάπως. Σήμερα θα μιλήσουμε για τα ψυχεδελικά. Έτσι δεν είναι, Γιάννη; (Ναι) Πες μας για τον «Κυκεώνα» και για την Ελληνική Εταιρία Ενθεογόνων. Καταρχάς, στα αγγλικά «Greek Psychedelic Society» και στα ελληνικά «Ελληνική Εταιρία Ενθεογόνων» Γιατί όχι «Ελληνική Ψυχεδελικη Εταιρία». Γιάννης: [2:17] Βασικά λόγω του... της αρνητικής φόρτισης αυτής της λέξης στην ελληνική κοινωνία. Όταν το είχαμε ονομάσει αρχικά έτσι, πάρα πολλοί ερχόντουσαν και μας έλεγαν ότι «Έχετε σχέση με party και psychedelic music και τέτοια πράγματα;». Ναι. Για την υπόλοιπη απομαγνητοφώνηση, γίνετε μέλη μας! (https://easy-greek.org/membership)

We end 2023 with a look at Despoina, an obscure Arcadian goddess associated with this title which means "Mistress". Often connected to Kore/Persephone, Artemis and Hecate, this child of Demeter and Poseidon holds a powerful secret and a name that would only be revealed to initiates of her Mysteries. The only surviving image connected to Despoina is her veil, and the only account of her shrine in Arcadia comes from a description by the Roman writer Pausanias. Still, the little information that we have tells us a lot about this goddess and her cohorts.

Sam Harris speaks with Brian Muraresku about ancient mystery religions and the possible psychedelic roots of Christianity. They discuss the Mysteries of Eleusis, the “pagan continuity hypothesis,” the cult of Dionysius, the Dead Sea scrolls and the Gnostic Gospels, Christianity as a cult of human sacrifice, the evidence for the use of psychedelics in ancient rites, the chemical analysis of ancient wine and beer, why Brian hasn't tried psychedelics, the need for a modern Mysteries of Eleusis, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.   Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That's why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life's most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

Eleusis is a town outside of Athens where the Greeks conducted a secret rite of initiation in honor of the goddess of the earth, Demeter, and her daughter and queen of the underworld, Persephone. The rite may have dated before the Greek Dark Ages, more than a thousand years BCE, and could have had its roots in a still more ancient agrarian cult. Eleusis was known for its special relationship with the spirits of the dead who aided in the prosperity of the grains that grew in the fields outside of the town. Anyone could become an initiate who could speak and understand Greek and pay roughly a month's wages for the cost of a sacrificial pig and the services of priests and guides. In February, the time of the flowers, initiates experienced the lesser mystery in Agrai based on the events surrounding Persephone's death. In September, the time of the sowing of winter crops, masses of pilgrims paraded over a narrow bridge into the sacred town where they experienced the secret vision of the Greater Mystery, an encounter these initiates could never describe to anyone under any circumstances for the rest of their lives.

Share this episode: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/the-best-kept-secret-in-history Sam Harris speaks with Brian Muraresku about ancient mystery religions and the possible psychedelic roots of Christianity. They discuss the Mysteries of Eleusis, the “pagan continuity hypothesis,” the cult of Dionysius, the Dead Sea scrolls and the Gnostic Gospels, Christianity as a cult of human sacrifice, the evidence for the use of psychedelics in ancient rites, the chemical analysis of ancient wine and beer, why Brian hasn’t tried psychedelics, the need for a modern Mysteries of Eleusis, and other topics. Brian Muraresku graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University with a degree in Latin, Greek and Sanskrit. As an alumnus of Georgetown Law and a member of the Bars of both New York and Washington D.C., he has been practicing law internationally for over fifteen years. He lives outside Washington D.C. with his wife and two daughters. The Immortality Key is Muraresku's debut book. Website: https://www.brianmuraresku.com/ Twitter: @BrianMuraresku Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined by Dr. Carolyn Lovewell (aka Carolyn Elliott), PhD. Carolyn wrote a book called Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power. In their conversation today they discuss this unique approach to shadow work, the importance of surrender when trying to integrate our shadow parts, how the mysteries of Eleusis inspired Carolyn to create what she calls “sleepover mystery school”, who existential kink is and is not appropriate for, and much more.You can learn more about Carolyn's book and other work at her website: https://carolyngraceelliott.com/Learn more about our podcast at https://numinus.com/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinus.com/our-training-selection/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://numinus.com/research/ Learn more about Numinus at https://numinus.com/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

First New Moon of Autumn will cause an annular eclipse and calls to mind the greater mystery rites of Eleusis

Today we're kicking off a 4-part series with return guest Layla Martin, where they will take you through their recent Priestess Pilgrimage through Greece. Together, they traveled to several sacred sites to have a visceral experience of the very same places where priestesses were serving medicine and practicing sacred sexuality rituals that helped to form the very fabric of Western society. Things like democracy, theater, even religion. In Part 1 they discuss what it means to be a high priestess, and why reclaiming words like “witch” and “priestess” empower people to connect with their own divinity. They also introduce the religion that has no name – something that humans have been practicing for millenia in order to connect with God through Nature, plants, animals, their own bodies, dance, music, medicines, breath, trance and meditation. Layla and Emily also give a history lesson on why people used to travel to Eleusis to change their perception of death and the afterlife. Plus, they explore why it's so hard to control people who have access to psychedelics and modalities such as breathwork, yoga, meditation and sacred sexuality. So why isn't everyone using psychedelics to tap into the divine? Discover the reason in this week's episode of Why Isn't Everyone Doing This?   Catch Part 2 of the Priestess Pilgrimage this Sunday, Oct 24 over on Layla's podcast, This Tantric Life.   What part felt like a mic drop moment for you? Drop the timestamp in the comments below. === Want to learn how you can join Ziva's movement to visualize, alchemize and magnetize the life (and world) you really want? Click here to join the waitlist and be the first to know how you can turn the dial up on your own divinity: https://zivameditation.com/secret/ === Have you watched our previous episode with Sarah Jenks? Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-isnt-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher/id1686999794?i=1000627554473 === Layla Martin is a thought leader in the ever-emerging worlds of sexual wellness, Tantra, erotic empowerment, and personal development.Named the Headmistress of Pleasure by Women's Health Magazine and a Sexpert Extraordinaire by Cosmopolitan, Layla has spent her life studying the science and deep magic of sexuality and human relationships. As founder of the VITA Method, she's been certifying professionals in a Tantric approach to Love, Sex, and Relationships for over 7 years and has taught over 12,000 paid clients.The VITATM Method is proven to help heal trauma, release limiting beliefs, and awaken life-changing levels of pleasure. For 20 years, Layla traveled the world as a devoted student of Tantra, training with the most high-level teachers of this powerful tradition. She studied human sexuality, neuroscience, and biology at Stanford University, and immersed herself in the energetic traditions of Taoism and early witchcraft. @thelaylamartin Join Vita Coaching here === Ready to start your life-altering Ziva practice? Click here to start now: Free Meditation Masterclass: https://zivameditation.com/freemasterclass/ Learn More: https://zivameditation.com/ Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zivameditation/ For FREE bonus content, visit https://zivameditation.com/whythis/

This week Jeff and Dave wrap up their two-part series on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Here we learn about Demophoon, infant child of Queen Metaneira of Eleusis. It seems he has a problem with mortality, and Demeter has the cure: nightly fire purgations. As the kids say, "srsly?" But things don't go so well when the blazing goddess of grain is caught in the act of burning off Demophoon's (not huggable but mortal) portions, and rather than wreak havoc on the innocent inhabitants of Eleusis, she decides to set up a cult and allow them to worship her. Meanwhile, what about Persphone? Hey girl, beware the pomegranate! Tune in for an update on Dave's Greece trip, the usual, blithe and bland banter, and maybe a pun or two about Grape Nuts. As the kids say, "Whaaa?"

Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. Now, in episode number 222, we have another very special interview for you! You love his books, and he always educates and entertains us beyond all expectations—the one and only, Peter Mark Adams returns to the podcast to discuss his most recent masterpiece—Hagia Sophia, Sanctum of Kronos: Spiritual Dissent in an Age of Tyranny! You can find Peter online at https://petermarkadams.com/."Peter Mark Adams is an author, poet, and essayist who specializes in the ethnography and visuality of ritual, sacred landscape, esotericism, consciousness, and healing. His latest book, Hagia Sophia, Sanctum of Kronos: Spiritual Dissent in an Age of Tyranny (https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/hagia-sophia-sanctum-of-kronos), is a study of the sacred architecture of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, which dates back to the sixth century. Adams examines the sacred traditions encoded within the structure, from the ancient Rites of Eleusis to the school of Alexandria and offers a fresh and penetrating perspective on how architectural details and history can be read and understood. The book traces a journey across the Hellenistic world as its classical culture teeters on the brink of extinction at the hands of religious zealots."Once again, from start to finish, this interview is LIT! Peter Mark Adams demonstrates over and over through the conversation how his mastery of his subject is all-encompassing. From Adams's work, we can now more fully understand the significance of this holy structure and how its history and the context of spirituality which it embodies is sublime and majestic. Through understanding and appreciating human achievement in service of devotion, we participate to some degree in its intention and purpose as well. Peter Mark Adams is one of our favorite guests and this interview demonstrates why. I cannot recommend Hagia Sophia, Sanctum of Kronos highly enough! If you appreciate the most original and important esoteric scholarship available today, then you're already a fan of his work. If not, you really should be.I know this intro is long enough already and I don't mean to delay you from hearing the actual interview, but I need to take one moment here to recognize the great fortune we have to read and learn what it is that Peter Mark Adams has uncovered for us, yet again. In a superlative third book, Adams has shown us a level of research, insight, and ability to understand ancient religion and spirituality that is perhaps unmatched. It is a true blessing to share in the fruits of his labors and we celebrate his work! Occult of Personality podcast is made possible by you, the listeners, and by the subscribers to chamberofreflection.com, our membership website who aids us in the cause of informed, authentic, and accessible interviews about western esotericism. Thank you again! Because of your support, we're able to bring you recordings of this caliber and many more to come.The intro music is “Awakening” by Paul Avgerinos (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/avgerinos-gnosis?song=3) and the outro music is “Knight of the Brazen Serpent” by Equinox (our own Billy Hepper!) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuq3yYmrLGdtk-J_2ol23hA). In the Chamber of Reflection and at our Patreon, Billy and I continue the interview with Peter Mark Adams including the contrast of the aesthetics of the Hagia Sophia with other Christian churches, the spiritual and metaphysical significance of light and sound, the adaptation of pagan deity names and words of power into Byzantine Christian liturgy, and much, much more! Join us for that compelling conversation. I'd like to remind you that although you're able to listen to this podcast at no charge, it costs time and money to create. We ask you to support our efforts and the creation of future podcasts by joining the membership section at https://chamberofreflection.com or subscribing via Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/occultofpersonality. As always, if you're already supporting the show or have done so in the past—my heartfelt thanks and I salute you! Please remember, we are in the midst of our Meditations on the Tarot Study Circle that is open to all Chamber of Reflection paid members. In June, we're meeting to discuss Temperance and you should join us! 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Jules Cashford joins me for this conversation.  It's a welcome interruption to the solo shows I've been doing this year.  We had planned to talk back in 22', so I was pleased to have that plan come full circle, and manifest.  We talk mainly about Eleusis.  The moon, the goddess, and the subjects of all her books make entrances into our conversation as well.  If you're not familiar with Jules' work, you will be now.  Enjoy LINK to her film Return of Gaia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJyF0IeRU_A   my writing: The Dragon Hole (my Substack): https://kosmognosis.substack.com/   to learn Astrology: www.Patreon.com/adamsommer ....to support the creation of my writings/podcasts and be showered with gifts as well   to work with me: https://www.adam-sommer.com/ ...to adventure deeper into kosmos, mythos, and psyche

Jim talks with Bruce Damer about genius and the use of psychedelics for creative thinking. They discuss the roots of genius, the discovery of fire, Einstein's four great discoveries, building blocks of genius, endotripping vs exotripping, set, setting, & setup, the danger of over-relying on LLMs for knowledge, geniuses in the scanner, crosstalk in the brain, the prepared mind, Bruce's lifelong experience of endotripping, rapid retripping, lucid dreaming, getting psilocybin from Terence McKenna, ayahuasca, Steve Jobs's LSD experience, external constraints, Bruce's epiphany about the origins of life, hypothesizing as a non-rational process, the stoned ape theory, psychedelics in Eleusis, human brain sizes & assisted birth, hypnagogic trip states, casualties of the early psychedelic era, a call for serious practitioners, a proposal for string theorists, Charles Manson & the importance of screening for wisdom, the increasing need for genius, and much more. Episode Transcript Bruce Damer (personal website) The BIOTA Institute JRS EP 167 - Bruce Damer on the Origins of Life JRS EP 171 - Bruce Damer Part 2: The Origins of Life – Implications Lucid News Canadian-born Dr. Bruce Damer has spent his life pursuing two questions: how did life on Earth begin? and how can we give that life (and ourselves) a sustainable pathway into the future and a presence beyond the Earth? A decade of laboratory and field research with his collaborator Prof. David Deamer at UCSC and teams around the world resulted in the Hot Spring Hypothesis for an Origin of Life, published in Scientific American in 2017 and the journal Astrobiology in 2020. The scenario has now passed its first key experimental tests in the laboratory and at volcanic hot springs around the world and has emerged as a leading contender for a general theory of abiogenesis. Implications of the work are now spreading through evolutionary biology, philosophy, AI and the search for life beyond Earth. New work with collaborators has proposed the urability framework, how life can start on many different worlds, and addresses some aspects of the Fermi Paradox.

Peter Mark Adams joins us today on the occasion of the imminent release of his new book, Hagia Sophia: Sanctuary of Kronos. Like The Game of Saturn before it, this is an exploration of curious survivals of pagan cosmologies hidden in seemingly plain sight -in this case Hagia Sophia in his home of Istanbul. Check out the show notes at runesoup.com for some companion images. Along the way, we also discuss what happened to the Mysteries when Eleusis was closed, the School of Athens and whether any such thing as Neoplatonism even existed. Enjoy!           Show Notes   Get Hagia Sophia: Sanctuary of Kronos. Peter Mark Adams's website.

Join Michael and Cory Allen for the first-ever wonder gym on Patreon! The wise and whimsical, Sarah Zucker returns! Sarah is a mythopoetic, psychedelically-inspired artist and writer who's been featured in the New York Times Magazine, and CNBC. She's also a Jeopardy! champion. In this one, we muse about the importance of reconnecting with wonder, the puzzle that is the so-called mystery initiations of the ancient world, whether or not human beings have an essential spiritual purpose, how Sarah stays connected with creative inspiration, and more! **Support Third Eye Drops**  Protect yourself online and Get 69% off of Nord VPN at nordvpn.com/thirdeye For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods!