Show Notes
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! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓
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___Episodes referenced from ‘ESOTERICA’___
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00:00 Intro 4:23 Early interest in Occult studies 15:31 Letting texts speak for themselves! 20:36 Destroying the “Fossils are Safe” mentality 29:22 Kabbalistic ‘Tree of Life’ 49:29 Hermetic view of afterlife 59:40 Amulet protection in Judaism 1:08:31 Top book recommendations 1:14:47 Dr. Dan Attrell collab: Invisibilia Dei by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1:21:07 Breaking Agrippa Misconceptions 1:32:04 Merkavah Mysticism 1:38:21 Being Famous 1:46:18 Bridging the ‘gap’: scholars vs. practitioners 1:57:13 Upcoming work & projects
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