Matthew J. Dillon, Center for the Study of World Religions
17 episodes
3 weeks ago
Pop Apocalypse explores gnostic, esoteric, and mystical currents in popular culture. The podcast features interviews with artists, musicians, and writers about the experiential and spiritual dimensions of their work.
Music by Secret Chiefs 3.
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Pop Apocalypse explores gnostic, esoteric, and mystical currents in popular culture. The podcast features interviews with artists, musicians, and writers about the experiential and spiritual dimensions of their work.
Music by Secret Chiefs 3.
Ecstatic Knowledge and the Study of Religion - featuring Jeffrey Kripal
Pop Apocalypse
1 hour 25 minutes 13 seconds
1 year ago
Ecstatic Knowledge and the Study of Religion - featuring Jeffrey Kripal
For episode five of the pod, we are honored to welcome Jeffrey J. Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Chair of Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. In this career-spanning chat [10:36], we discuss Kripal’s Catholic upbringing, psychoanalysis, and the ecstatic experience in Calcutta that changed the direction of his career. From there, we touch on Jeff’s role at Esalen, historical mystics and paranormal powers, telepathic insects, and how the study of religion and popular culture come together in film, comedy, and comics.
Pop Apocalypse
Pop Apocalypse explores gnostic, esoteric, and mystical currents in popular culture. The podcast features interviews with artists, musicians, and writers about the experiential and spiritual dimensions of their work.
Music by Secret Chiefs 3.
