EPISODE · Aug 22, 2023 · 1H 14M
Jeffrey Kripal - Mysticism, Esotericism, Paranormal - Oh My! (#269)
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Jeffrey also presently helps direct the Center for Theory and Research at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, where he served as Chair of the Board from 2015 to 2020. Jeff is the author or co-author of twelve books, eight of which are with The University of Chicago Press. He has also served as the Editor in Chief of the Macmillan Handbook Series on Religion (ten volumes, 2015-2016). He specializes in the study of extreme religious states and the re-visioning of a New Comparativism, particularly as both involve putting “the impossible” back on the academic table again. He is presently working on a three-volume study of paranormal currents in the history of religions and the sciences for The University of Chicago Press, collectively entitled The Super Story.https://jeffreyjkripal.com_________________________________________NEW ALBUM - "MUSIC FOR THE DECK OF THE TITANIC" (LP) - LISTEN NOW SPOTIFY / APPLECOLLAB ALBUM - "BURREN" - Full LP album w/Peter Broderick. LISTEN NOW ON SPOTIFY OR APPLEUPCOMING LIVE: tickets - http://eastforest.org/tourAug 24-28 - Ram Dass Retreat, NCSept 4-8 - Esalen Institute, CASept 30- Oct 1 - Each Story, JapanDec 15-18 - Esalen Institute, CACOMMUNITY - join at EastForest.orgGIFT - Please support the show by joining our East Forest COUNCIL on Patreon. Monthly Council, live-streams, demos, and more. GUIDANCE - Journey SpaceMUSIC by East Forest: Spotify / AppleMEDITATIONS by East Forest on Spotify & AppleSHOP: http://eastforest.storeConnect with the Forest - Mothership: http://eastforest.orgIG: @eastforest | FB/TT/YT: @eastforestmusic
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Jeffrey Kripal is the Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University, where he chaired the Department of Religion for eight years and helped create the GEM Program, a doctoral concentration in the study of Gnosticism, Esotericism, and Mysticism that is the largest program of its kind in the world.
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