Returning to our enlightening study on Jane Lead, today we’re delving into the pivotal years from her first vision in 1670 to her demise in 1704. We’ll probe into how, as her physical sight failed, her spiritual visions proliferated, igniting both intrigue and devotion among a growing body of followers. This clandestine group, the Philadelphian Society, subscribed to Lead’s prophecies of an impending era of universal brotherly love. However, the course to spiritual enlightenment wasn’t always smooth. There’s murder and mountain trolls.
Join us as we unravel the complexity of Jane Lead’s later life, as well as all the scandal and drama that went with it!
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We’re turning back the hands of time to 17th-century England to learn about the eccentricities of post-Reformation life and Jane Lead’s spiritual metamorphosis from rich girl to old blind weirdo. Learn how she journeyed from her Norfolk upbringing to marry her cousin and eventually become a conduit of Sophia, the mysterious embodiment of divine wisdom herself. She was inspired by the enigmatic teachings of Jakob Böhme and the Behemenists. Join us, as we uncover the unconventional path of a woman who dared to explore the divine and wasn’t afraid to challenge the status quo.
Come back next week to learn about the Philadelphian Society, a small radical sect headed by Jane, and all the shady rumors about murder and mountain troll gold that surrounded it!
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Join us as we embark on a spiritual exploration to discover what connects the tale of Rapunzel with the ancient tradition of alchemy. We’ll deconstruct the metaphorical tower and examine Rapunzel’s encounters with the witch and prince as expressions of the seven stages of alchemy: calcination, dissolution, separation, conjunction, fermentation, distillation, and coagulation. It’s a tapestry of history, philosophy, myth, and personal introspection that invites us all to look deeper into our favorite stories and our own lives.
Roadworn and weary, battered and bruised, this week we’re finishing the series that actually might have been trying to kill us. It’s Andrija Puharich part III, and it is completely insane. We find the good doctor Puharich after the publication of his book about how Uri Geller is the baby Jesus, convinced that the Soviets have mind control cannons pointed at the world, and now that even Uri Geller has distanced himself, trying to find a new Uri Geller — with some incredibly dark consequences. Also someone burns his house down and he runs away to Mexico. Which is just a fun thing for anyone to do. And much, much more!
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In the continuing saga of trying to record this series, not only did we have to re-record this episode, but Sequoyah lost his voice. So enjoy laughing at that. This week we find Andrija Puharich in Israel to research the powers of the international spoon-bending psychic superstar Uri Geller, and the truly psychotic misadventures that ensue after the mysterious voice of a time traveling artificial intelligence on board a spaceship named Spectra starts speaking through Uri Geller and leads the two on a wild goose chase across the Sinai desert to prevent Armageddon. Also Uri Geller is Jesus apparently.
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