#170 - Shattering Fossils & Humanizing Agrippa with Dr. Justin Sledge

How is Kabbalah dynamic and fluid? Why should we STOP treating Agrippa’s writings like a pick-and-choose-magical-buffet, and instead as a system of spiritual illumination? What is Merkavah Mysticism? Dr. Justin Sledge - scholar, author, professor and proprietor of the ESOTERICA YouTube channel - shares about his latest research, insights into academic scholarship and answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon questions! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Support Dr. Sledge on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/esotericachannel ►✅Dr. Sledge Website - https://www.justinsledge.com/ ►▶️ESOTERICA YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel ►📚Get your copy of ‘Invisibilia Dei: A Collection of Hermetic, Mystical, and Anti-Magical Works by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’ https://www.amazon.com/Invisibilia-Dei-Collection-Anti-Magical-Cornelius/dp/B0DKSGRN8R ___Episodes referenced from ‘ESOTERICA’___ *Introduction to Merkavah Mysticism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaQt5fIjKGw *Seminar on the Occult Philosophy of Agrippa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsu7HW0ouVA&list=PLZ__PGORcBKxTXb5m5WBu4rAppTmvPVwe&index=16 ____________________________________✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado  00:00 Intro4:23 Early interest in Occult studies15:31 Letting texts speak for themselves!20:36 Destroying the  “Fossils are Safe” mentality29:22 Kabbalistic ‘Tree of Life’49:29 Hermetic view of afterlife59:40 Amulet protection in Judaism1:08:31 Top book recommendations1:14:47 Dr. Dan Attrell collab: Invisibilia Dei by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa1:21:07 Breaking Agrippa Misconceptions1:32:04 Merkavah Mysticism1:38:21 Being Famous1:46:18 Bridging the ‘gap’: scholars vs. practitioners1:57:13 Upcoming work & projects