I was happy to welcome back Peter Mark Adams—scholar, author, and expert in ritual, sacred landscapes, and the esoteric traditions of antiquity.

This time, our discussion focuses on the Dionysian-themed frescos of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries—an astonishing…

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Today we will be discussing Bacchylides' Dithyramb 17 (circa 500 BCE). There we find a conflict between Theseus and King Minos on board a ship. Theseus takes his famous…

We are joined by Qi Gong teacher Damo Mitchell to discuss everything from the basics to what qi is to how it is cultivated for spiritual realization and development.

Damo Mitchell is the director of the Lotus Nei Gong School as well as the Internal Arts…

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In this talk, Rupert Sheldrake explores panentheism—the idea that the divine is not separate from the world but present throughout it, while also transcending it. With the grip of…