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Dinner with the Dead!The White Stone: A Dialogue on Revelation, Beauty, and BecomingIn this contemplative episode, Nick Pavlovits engages in a slow, dialogical journey through Revelation 2:17—exploring hidden manna, the white stone, and the new name only known to the one who receives it. This is not a sermon, not a lecture, but a conversation: one part meditation, one part metaphysical exploration.Drawing connections between scripture, Greek concepts of beauty (kaleō), identity, and even The Matrix, this episode invites listeners into a relational reading of Revelation—where victory flows from intimacy, not effort.What if hearing the Spirit is less about action and more about orientation? What if th...2025-08-0415 minDinner with the Dead!Dinner With The Dead: The Primacy of Beauty — Awakening Reality in a World of IllusionsIn this groundbreaking episode, curator Nick Pavlovits explores Dr. John Vervaeke’s "The Primacy of Beauty" (Peterson Academy), weaving together philosophical insight, modern culture, and pop icons like The Matrix. What if beauty isn’t just decoration, but the secret code that awakens us to reality itself? Why has beauty been exiled—and how can reclaiming it restore meaning in our fractured world?Join us for a deep dive through wonder, relevance realization, and the possibility of a world made new—not by escape, but by the courage to see and participate in the beautiful. Featurin...2025-08-0216 minDinner with the Dead!All the Light We Cannot See: Conscience, Beauty, and the Arenas of DarknessStep into the shadows—and the unexpected light—of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with host Nick Pavlovits and ChatGPT-4.1. Whether you’ve read All the Light We Cannot See or not, this Dinner with the Dead “Deep Dive” explores the timeless struggle between conscience and complicity, the meaning of agency and arena, and how beauty acts as an ethical force—even in the darkest times.Drawing from the novel’s unforgettable characters, real-world modern parallels, and Elaine Scarry’s provocative insights on beauty and justice, Nick invites you to reflect on the invisible forces that shape us all. Join...2025-07-3013 minDinner with the Dead!The Sacred Veil: Rediscovering MysteryIn a culture that worships certainty and chases after quick answers, what have we lost by abandoning the ancient art of mystery?In this episode, “The Sacred Veil: Embracing Mystery in an Answer-Obsessed World,” we journey from the immersive rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries to today’s relentless demand for definitive explanations. Through story and reflection, we rediscover how ancient wisdom traditions saw mystery not as a problem to be solved, but as a sacred pathway to transformation.Join us as we explore the power of “sacred attention,” inner silence, and humility—virtues nearly forgotten in our hyper...2025-07-2819 minDinner with the Dead!Personality and Its Transformations: Navigating the UnconsciousFreud and the psychoanalytic tradition as pioneers in understanding the human psyche, particularly through their exploration of the unconscious and its influence on behavior, thought, and pathology. While acknowledging historical context and offering critiques of certain Freudian concepts (e.g., the nature of repression, the curative power of catharsis, the id-ego-superego model as universal), the document underscores the enduring relevance of psychoanalytic insights into the complexities of motivation, the impact of unresolved conflict, the defensive mechanisms of the mind, and the potential for profound psychological transformation through self-examination and integration. The strong intellectual connection to Nietzsche is also highlighted...2025-05-0512 minDinner with the Dead!Personality Transformation - Integrating the ShadowPeterson Academy, founded by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and his daughter Mikhaila, is gaining attention as a modern alternative to traditional higher education by offering a classical liberal approach to learning. The academy's mission is to provide accessible, high-quality education while challenging the ideological biases often associated with mainstream universities.2025-04-0619 minDinner with the Dead!Personality And Its Transformations (Beyond Comfort Zones)Lecture 2: In Lecture two, we explore the concept of the personal quest and its significance in human development and transformation. Drawing upon examples from literature, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the lecture expores how the call to adventure and the voice of conscience propel individueual beyond their comfort zones and into the realm of growth and self-discovery. The process of voluntary sacrifice, disintegration, and reconstitution is examined as a fundamental pattern in the journey towards enlightenment and the reveal of personality.2025-03-1630 minDinner with the Dead!Personality And Its Transformations (Bridging Psychology's Foundations)Intro do Peterson Academy - In Personality and Its Transformations, a nine-hour course, Dr. Jordan Peterson presents a comprehensive exploration of the foundations of personality psychology, integrating perspectives from psychoanalytic, humanistic, existential, and neurobiological traditions. The lectures weave together insights from classical thinkers like Freud and Jung with modern psychological research, examining concepts such as the unconscious mind, personal transformation, and the role of dreams in psychological development. Through discussions of the hero's journey, personality traits, and the integration of various psychological frameworks, the course offers a unified understanding of human personality development, combining ancient wisdom traditions...2025-03-1531 minDinner with the Dead!Shem, Language, and the Genesis NarrativeAre apparent loan words in Genesis actually remnants of a pre Babel language preserved by Shem's lineage?2025-02-2414 minDinner with the Dead!St. Louis Art Museum - Meetup (Medallion Adventure Club)St. Louis Art Museum through the lens of Socrates and Plato.2025-02-1617 min
Dinner with the Dead!Plato The Dawn of Thought (Lecture 1) Plato's WorldA Google NotebookLM "Podcast" based off of the PetersonAcademy.com course titled: Plato The Dawn of Thought (Lecture 1: Plato's World) Lecture 1 of 8.2025-02-1520 min