Religious Studies and the Paranormal, Part 1
In October 2013, a four day international conference was held at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, on the theme of ‘Anthropology and the Paranormal’. This special two part episode explores...
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In October 2013, a four day international conference was held at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, on the theme of ‘Anthropology and the Paranormal’. This special two part episode explores...
View ArticleHuman Consciousness & Religious Reality
It was real to me. There I was, curled into a corner, comforter wrapped around my shaking limbs and sweating torso, twisted in terror in the sinister hours of the morning. The salt of my tears were...
View ArticleThe Truthiness of Consciousness as the Sacred
Here Be Monsters Seven or so minutes into David Robertson’s interview with Rice University’s Jeffrey Kripal, Kripal cuts to the heart of an issue that plagues contemporary religious studies scholars:...
View ArticleThe Supernatural and the New Comparativism
How should we address anomalous experiences, especially those in our own time and culture? Jeffrey J. Kripal tells David G. Robertson about his approach to studying “paranormal” and “supernatural”...
View ArticleReligious Studies and the Paranormal, Part 1
In October 2013, a four day international conference was held at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, on the theme of ‘Anthropology and the Paranormal’. This special two part episode explores...
View ArticleReligious Studies and the Paranormal, Part 2
In October 2013, a four day international conference was held at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, on the theme of ‘Anthropology and the Paranormal’. This special two part episode explores...
View ArticleThe Supernatural and the New Comparativism
Jeffrey J. Kripal tells David G. Robertson about his approach to studying “paranormal” and “supernatural” phenomena. The conversation begins by explaining how Kripal came to be studying figures like...
View ArticleHuman Consciousness & Religious Reality
It was real to me. There I was, curled into a corner, comforter wrapped around my shaking limbs and sweating torso, twisted in terror in the sinister hours of the morning. The salt of my tears were...
View ArticleThe Truthiness of Consciousness as the Sacred
Here Be Monsters Seven or so minutes into David Robertson’s interview with Rice University’s Jeffrey Kripal, Kripal cuts to the heart of an issue that plagues contemporary religious studies scholars:...
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