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The Two Tongues PodcastS2E43 - Schrodinger’s SatanIn this episode Chris and Kyle talk about the fracturing of the division of power in the U.S. government and debate the existence of evil, the idea of the Devil and whether there are powers in the world that influence us against our will. We ask what our will even is and how it relates to the will of God...an odd question for those who believe we are God.
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2022-07-172h 07The Two Tongues PodcastS2E42 - Bernardo Kastrup and IdealismIn this episode Chris carves another face onto his intellectual Mount Rushmore. Welcome aboard Bernardo! We cover Bernardo Kastrup's interview with Nick Jikomes of the Mind & Matter podcast and it does not disappoint. They talk mystical unity, the Oneness of Being understood as pure mind, the veil of perception, Jung, World Religions and...psychedelic experience. If I were a bingo board, this conversation would be corner-to-corner X's!
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2022-07-131h 40The Two Tongues PodcastS2E41 - Depopulation and ChristianityIn this episode Kyle and Chris get controversial. We talk population control, Margaret Sanger, and global government. We touch on the Georgia Guidestones, Confederate monuments and the Jewish identity. Through in a little bit of the trans debate and the fact that George Washington didn't know about dinosaurs...and there you have it.
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2022-07-102h 05The Two Tongues PodcastS2E39 - Gandalf the Red Part 6 - How to Kill the DevilIn this episode we enter the second half of Carl Jung's Red Book. And it does not disappoint. The first image Jung encounters here is "The Red One," who he strongly suspects is the Devil himself. His interaction with The Red One lead to an interesting examination of completeness. Jung suggests that there is something critical missing from the Pagan path that Christianity offers and something missing from the Christian path that Paganism offers. The solution is to join them to find completeness. To integrate them, just as we integrate the unconscious in ourselves. But this is not without...2022-07-061h 16The Two Tongues PodcastS2E40 - Kyle’s Pull Toward Orthodox ChristianityIn this episode we explore Kyle's interest in Orthodox Christianity. Chris psychologizes this and connects it to Kyle's interest in Paganism. We swiftly move to devil worship, religious imagery and Powers and Principalities. We butcher Roman history along the way.
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2022-07-032h 02The Two Tongues PodcastS2E38 - Feedback, Fractals and the Fingerprint of GodIn this episode Chris explores a documentary titled "Secret Life of Chaos" narrated by Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey. We explore the scientific creation narrative and find the core of the mystery of reality resting on three mathematical principles...Self-organization, Feedback and Fractal geometry. We then take the scientific story and lay it over the mythological one to see how they match up. Spoiler alert...more than you could ever have imagined.
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2022-06-291h 11The Two Tongues PodcastS2E37 - The Great Eddie and Roe v WadeIn this episode we talk to the Great Eddie, a friend from Kyle and Chris' past. Matt joins as well to tell the story of the times in which our lives crossed over the years. We talk Roe v Wade, the morality of abortion and propose alternatives. A little bit of God sprinkled in and there you have it.
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2022-06-261h 11The Two Tongues PodcastS2E36 - Jung’s Greatest Pupil Part 4 - The Hole in Our SelvesThis episode picks up where we left off with Louis von Franz. We jump head first into fairytales from Siberia, Germany and indigenous America. We see snakes crawling out of king's mouths while they're sleeping and the homes of long dead relatives beneath a brook in the forest. We encounter holes and wells and the end of the world...all of which reveal themselves to be portals from this world into the Unconscious world. We fall into it like you might into a well, by sinking deep within ourselves. There we find the underworld of the Unconscious, where dangers...2022-06-221h 02The Two Tongues PodcastS2E35 - Jung’s Greatest Pupil Part 3 - Maga MaterIn this episode we follow Erich Neumann from the primordial symbol of the self-created Uroboros to the primeval Great Mother. This journey is a perilous one! Consciousness has to find a way to tear itself free of the place of its birth--The Great Mother. But once it's succeeded, it finds itself at the mercy of fate and fear. The "Self," once achieved, finds itself in the Unknown...submerged, struggling and terrified. Neumann then shows us this same story, our story, through the minds and times of bygone peoples. In deepest antiquity as in the modern day, we acknowledge the...2022-06-192h 08The Two Tongues PodcastS2E34 - Gandalf the Red Part 5 - RedemptionThis episode concludes the first part--Liber Primus--of Jung's Red Book. Shit is getting thick, as Jung encounters the force of consciousness in the form of the Prophet Elijah and the force of unconsciousness in the form of Salome. We descend together into the underworld over and over and see many wild and strange things. We shrink to miniscule size Alice in Wonderland style; we see images of the future come to fruition in the Second World War and the image of God as a child gestating in each and every one of us. Together we become One, Christ and...2022-06-151h 46The Two Tongues PodcastS2E33 - Order MitosisIn this episode Kyle and Chris talk about the immediate effects of cutting pornography out of your life. Chris talks out an idea that he's been developing in the form of an image. Kyle explains why women are too emotional to be taken seriously and accuses every Disney movie ever made of being progressive propaganda, Chris pumps the brakes. Jordan Peterson and his very rare terrible takes are called out while addressing how pointless everything Matthew McConaughey said about gun control was. Kyle then closes out the episode all by his lonesome, rambling about nothing in particular because he's...2022-06-121h 02The Two Tongues PodcastS2E32 - Jung’s Greatest Pupil Part 2 - von Franz, the Indefinite Place and the MoonIn this first installment of Jung's Greatest Pupil, we discussed Erich Neumann and the symbol of the Uroboros. In Part 2 we pit Neumann against Marie-Louise von Franz. von Franz takes us on a journey through various fairytales from around the world and reveals the psychological symbolism in them. Much like Jordan Peterson did with his Biblical lectures, von Franz does with humanity's oldest stories...our fairytales. Let's take a "trip" together (some pun intended) to the Moon, to ancestral realm, deep within ourselves.
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2022-06-081h 12The Two Tongues PodcastS2E31 - Ok, CoomerIn this episode we talk music, manipulation, politics and porn. We cover Kyle's reluctant transformation from Anarchist to right-wing-ishness, the process of psychological maturity (and the disturbing fact that many people never do). A little sex-ritual orgy, inspiration and motivation to top things off.
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2022-06-052h 03The Two Tongues PodcastS2E30 - Jung’s Greatest Pupil - Neumann’s UroborosIn this episode we examine the opening chapter of Erich Neumann's great book The Origin and History of Consciousness...the book that Jung said he'd wished he'd written. We cover the stories we tell about the birth of the cosmos--our creation myths--and learn how they are really covert stories about the birth of consciousness. These stories center around the symbol of the Uroboros, the snake eating its own tail, the union of opposites. Neumann helps us to make sense of this and for that we say, thank you.
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2022-06-011h 48The Two Tongues PodcastS2E29 - Return to PoliticsThis was a spicy one! Chris and Kyle return to politics. We cover Showtime's series--Billions--, Jordan Peterson, manipulation of the masses, Capitalism and much, much more.
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2022-05-291h 58The Two Tongues PodcastS2E28 - Gandalf the Red Part 4 - The God that Imitates ItselfIn this episode we return to Carl Jung's Red Book. We go back into Jung's psyche to discourse with the Spirit of the Depths and with Jung's Soul. We find ourselves in civil war; a place where death is inevitable. It is this inevitability, however, which guarantees immortality, because death always begets life. We struggle with paradox, fear and ambiguity and find on the other side an image of ourselves that is also an image of God. Next we see that same spirit in others and in the world around us. Ever closer we come to the secret, to...2022-05-251h 20The Two Tongues PodcastS2E27 - Everything But Monkey PoxOn this episode we pretend to know about guns and have an interesting exchange about marijuana and Catholicism. We discuss the power of ritual and the ways of seeing the magic in the world. Jordan Peterson comes up, of course, and a few negative remarks about the British. Covered everything except for Monkey Pox.
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2022-05-222h 05The Two Tongues PodcastS2E26 - Last Days of a Philosopher Part 3 - Time, Change, ProgressThis episode is the exciting conclusion of our 3-part series on Sir Humphry Davy's book "Last Days of a Philosopher." In this installment we get to know "The Unknown," the unnamed and mysterious stranger we introduced in the last episode. We question time, recoil at the knowledge that everything is complicit in death, decay, decomposition and entropy. The good news, we learn, is the promise that by understanding and obeying change we can learn to command it. When we do, we will be as gods, wielding the power of nature and transforming the cosmos and ourselves as we desire...2022-05-191h 21The Two Tongues PodcastS2E25 - Abortion, Oh, and the New WebsiteChris and Kyle reunite after a week off for an explosive episode! How did that happen? Well, someone brought up abortion and the rants ensued with torrential force. No idea how that happened, but that's not all. We managed to squeeze in Russia, the slave trade, and a self-congratulatory review of the podcast's new website www.thetwotonguespodcast.com
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2022-05-152h 03The Two Tongues PodcastS2E24 - Last Days of a Philosopher Part 2 - ImmortalityThis episode picks up where we left off, right after Sir Humpry Davy tells us his crazy sci-fi revelation of traveling to space with a sun-being and observing the beings existing on other planets. Here we introduce a mysterious stranger who adds a scientific filter for Davys vision. They discuss sentience and matter, god and man, how they exist and in what relationship until bit by bit a theory of Panpsychism emerges.
2022-05-131h 25The Two Tongues PodcastS2E23 - Gandalf the Red Part 3 - What the Murdered Hero MeansThis episode picks up where we left off in Jung's "Red Book." Jung had burrowed within himself and suffered there until he succeeded in manifesting his Soul. But just as he succeeded in this, he realized that he and his Soul are in civil war. Jung (and all of us) are at war within ourselves, perpetually. But why? To die, so that you can be reborn. And what does this even mean? Find out here!
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2022-05-031h 43The Two Tongues PodcastS2E22 - Fusion, Ukraine and Gender RolesIn this episode Chris and Kyle discuss the new film "The Northman," among other things; we weigh in on the Ukraine-Russia conflict and, to not be outdone in controversy, we discuss traditional gender roles and speculate on their origins. Men are expendable, everyone manipulates everyone else and may God have mercy on our souls.
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2022-05-011h 48The Two Tongues PodcastS2E21 - The Last Days of a PhilosopherIn this episode we explore the wildest account from the most reasonable of scientists. We take a look at Sir Humphry Davy's dying words, which recount his very own mystic experience! From the guy that invented the Davy Safety Lamp and presided over the Royal Society of England, from a guy knighted by the Monarch of Great Britain, we hear accounts of aliens, of space travel, of fire-beings! You read that correctly. We even hear evidence of the existence of Black Holes...150 years before the first one was discovered.
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2022-04-271h 36The Two Tongues PodcastS2E20 - A Half Batch of MeatballChris and Kyle are back after a 2 week hiatus. Your patience has paid off. We talk instincts, manipulation, politics and capitalism. But wait, there's more. Then Matt joins for the second hour where we talk movies, movies, movies.
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2022-04-241h 50The Two Tongues PodcastS2E19 - Gandalf the Red Part 2 - Projection and Integration of SoulIn this episode we pick up where we left off in Carl Jung's "Red Book." The spirits within continue to speak with us as we sink deeper and deeper into ourselves. Jung traces the flight of his soul from other people to events in the world, right back into the labyrinth of his own thoughts. His soul was living everywhere except for within himself. So this is where we tread today, down, down, into the wilderness of Jung's Self. It is a desert there, desolate and terrifying, but there is hope and it rises!
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2022-04-201h 45The Two Tongues PodcastS2E18 - Gandalf the Red - Carl Jung the MysticThink you know Carl Jung? Think you understand his psychological theories, Archetypes, the Collective Unconscious and all of that? Well...think again! In this episode we delve into Carl Jung's "Red Book," which contains his deepest thoughts, longings and questions. It is a conversation with the forces and powers within; it was never intended to be published, but was after Jung died. Now we can have look into Jung's own psyche. Follow me, down, down to the depths; where we will speak to the spirits that live within us and they will speak back.
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2022-04-132h 07The Two Tongues PodcastS2E17 - Modes of Sentience Part 5 - Tripping Through HyperspaceThis is our final installment on Dr. Sojstedt-Hughes "Modes of Sentience." It was a hell of a ride! We questioned our assumptions and our reality, pondered eternity and sentience and became acquainted with Spinoza, Whitehead and Davy. What now? What's left? How about...wait for it...a speculative trip through hyperspace? How about a grand unified theory of Space and Sentience? Oh, I'll feed you baby bird. Let's go!
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2022-04-061h 45The Two Tongues PodcastS2E16 - Smorgasbord of Sex and PsychedelicsKyle and Chris are in peak form on this one. We talk sex, psychedelics, ancient Egyptian Pharaohs, Don't Say Gay legislation and Shane Mauss.
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2022-04-032h 04The Two Tongues PodcastS2E15 - MoS Part 4 - Mysterium Tremendum, Descending into OrganismWe continue our exploration of Dr. Sjostedt-Hughes "Modes of Sentience" in this episode. We tackle substance vs process (and try our best to help all you dogmatic materialists out there see the "light of process"), admit to being bamboozled and explore a potential solution via psychedelic experience. Pepper in a little, mythology, the World Tree and Shamanism and there you have it.
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2022-03-301h 47The Two Tongues PodcastS2E14 - Russia, The Matrix and Male Birth ControlKyle and Chris are back together after taking a week off so that Kyle could heal up from a knee injury. We talk current events, the good, the bad and the ugly. Oh, also the balls on Poland, leaving a legacy and what could God be if not a "being"?
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2022-03-271h 54The Two Tongues PodcastS2E13 - Modes of Sentience Part 3 - Psychedelic PhilosophyIn this episode Chris tackles chapters 4 and 5 of Peter Sjostedt-Hughes' Modes of Sentience. Dr. Sjostedt-Hughes gives me a run for my money in describing the mystic experience and in highlighting its influence on Western philosophy. We talk Plato on acid, turn-of-the-century scientists huffing nitrous oxide and Nietzsche writing letters under the pseudonym Dionysus.
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2022-03-231h 29The Two Tongues PodcastS2E12 - Modes of Sentience Part 2 - Whitehead’s GodThis episode covers Chapters 2-3 of Peter Sjostedt-Hughes book Modes of Sentience, which is all things Alfred North Whitehead. We talk Spinoza, God as "Process" and quantum physics. Oh, and there's a vocabulary lesson involved.
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2022-03-162h 02The Two Tongues PodcastS2E11 - That’s Adam Eating the Apple ManJosh joins Chris and Kyle again for another inflammatory conversation (brace yourself). We talk Atlantis, railguns, polar shift, solar flares and a whole lot of histories mysteries.
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2022-03-131h 41The Two Tongues PodcastS2E10 - Chalmers Conscious Mind Part 3This episode rounds out our exploration of David Chalmer's The Conscious Mind. In Part 2 David left us eagerly anticipating a non-reductive explanation of consciousness. Did he deliver? Find out here.
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2022-03-091h 53The Two Tongues PodcastS2E29 - Josh ReturnsIn this episode Chris' bother Josh redeems himself for blowing off our 1 year anniversary episode. We talk putting hydraulics on cars, getting robbed at gunpoint and a series of philosophical questions about what types of characteristics we admire and detest and why.
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2022-03-061h 59The Two Tongues PodcastS2E8 - Modes of Sentience Part 1In this episode Chris introduces the ideas of Dr. Peter Sjostedt-Hughes of TEDx fame, who focuses on psychedelics, metaphysics and panpsychism. This one focuses heavily on the idea of panpsychism. What is it? What it is not? And an explanation of all the various 'isms' that come along with any philosophical problem.
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2022-03-021h 38The Two Tongues PodcastS2E7 - A Tale to Make You SmileIn this episode Chris and Kyle have interview number 2 with the great Daniel Torridon of the Onion Unlimited Podcast. We talk spiritual ascension, Hinduism and dream interpretation. This was a fun chat, as anticipated.
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2022-02-272h 04The Two Tongues PodcastS1E6 - Freedom Convoy, Florida and DNA TestingIn this episode Chris and Kyle discuss current events; Chairman Trudeau and the Canadian last stand for individual sovereignty and voluntary, representative democracy. We also find time to compare the results of our ancestry DNA tests, recap Chris' first EPCOT experience and get mystical with an introduction to Henri Bergson.
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2022-02-202h 00The Two Tongues PodcastS2E5 - Chalmers Conscious Mind Part 2In this episode Chris finally gets to Part 2 of David Chalmers Conscious Mind. We talk "zombies," "supervenience" and just what the hell that means. We then let David take us on a counter-argument destroying rampage where he undermines everyone else's arguments in order to strengthen his own. What's he arguing? That Consciousness does not depend on the physical laws of the universe and cannot be explained by them either!
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2022-02-161h 27The Two Tongues PodcastS2E4 - Thaddeus and the Red ArmyKyle and Chris back together again in Season 2. We talk punk rock cover songs, the Freedom Convoy, Thaddeus Russell's podcast with Michael Millerman, but we weren't done yet. We talk Consciousness, thought experiments, aliens...AND we tell the positive news stories rapid fire style.
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2022-02-132h 06The Two Tongues PodcastS2E3 - What is Emergence (Solo)This episode wraps up the essays Chris wrote when preparing for starting a podcast way back when. In this one we refute those people who think consciousness emerges from complex electro-chemical activity in the brain. We then provide a topsy-turvy counterexample claiming that the cosmos actually emerges from consciousness. Oh, and we sprinkle in a bunch of interesting facts about the Proto-Indo-European peoples, language and religion.
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2022-02-0921 minThe Two Tongues PodcastS2E2 - Experience vs Reality (Solo)In this episode Chris continues reading the essays he wrote when first exploring starting a podcast. We talk about the development of the eye from single-celled organisms to our very own peepers; we discuss the phenomenal qualities of our subjective experience that do not seem to be found "in the world," but rather within ourselves. We ask the question: If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear it, does it make a sound? And we try to answer it.
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2022-02-0734 minThe Two Tongues PodcastS2E1 - Thoughts from the Float Tank (Solo)In this episode Chris continues reading the essays he prepared way back when he first contemplated starting a podcast. This one involves the insights he gained from a float tank experience on the nature of God and Being. He talks Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, John Wheeler and E.N. Sokolov.
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The Two Tongues PodcastS1E91 - One Year of Two Tongues - Neil Young and RoganIn this episode Kyle and Chris celebrate 1 year of podcasting. We had a gang of guests lined up to join, who all promptly bailed on us in the last minute. We made the best of it though and even had a girl on the podcast. Sexism, Schmexism. We talked 90's television, Jordan Peterson (of course), Rogan vs Spotify, Hillary Clinton, professional wrestling and much, much more.
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2022-01-302h 19The Two Tongues PodcastS1E90 - What Consciousness Does (Solo)In this episode Chris reads the second part of the essay he prepared as a sort of monologue, when he was first considering starting a podcast. This one covers the mystic experience, evidence for the illusory nature of perception, a mystic description of God and then ties it all up with parallels from quantum physics.
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2022-01-2646 minThe Two Tongues PodcastS1E89 - Public Schools and EisenhowerIn this episode Kyle and Chris critique the public school system...but not just them. The media-industrial complex, scientific "certainty" and much, much more.
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2022-01-232h 22The Two Tongues PodcastS1E88 - What We Call Real (Solo)In this episode Chris reads a short essay he prepared years ago when first entertaining the idea of starting a podcast. He provides solid reasons for doubting subjective reality, posits an objective reality called--The Ultimate--and, once he's convinced you that perception is illusion...he introduces the "Mystic Experience." But also purposefully leaves you hanging.
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2022-01-2133 minThe Two Tongues PodcastS1E87 - God’s Debris Part 2 Among Other ThingsIn this episode Chris and Kyle talk about ritual magic, the appeal of nature and just how deep that runs in humanity. We get hippie-dippy, of course, and end with the leftover pieces of "God's Debris" that we didn't get to in the first part.
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2022-01-162h 10The Two Tongues PodcastS1E86 - Chalmers’ Conscious Mind (Solo)In this episode Chris opens up the Pandora's Box of the Hard Problem of Consciousness by introducing David Chalmers' "The Conscious Mind." We point out the lack of real scientific inquiry into the problem and toy around with a thought experiment involving a super-complex, self-replicating AI Robot.
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2022-01-121h 07The Two Tongues PodcastS1E85 - God’s DebrisIn this episode Kyle and Chris discuss Scott Adam's little book--God's Debris. The wisdom of Dilbert...a novel theory of gravity...a novel theory of light...and a whole lot of Pandeism. Who knew?
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2022-01-091h 56The Two Tongues PodcastS1E84 - Varieties of Religious Experience (Solo)In this episode Chris compliments the description of his own mystic experience from Episode 83 with a whole bunch more from history. We delve into William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience, point out that William James had a mystic experience of his own--courtesy of medically administered nitrous oxide (did you know that)--and conclude that the mystic experience may be "the truest of insight into the meaning of this life."
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2022-01-051h 59The Two Tongues PodcastS1E83 - Notes from a Mystic ExperienceIn this episode Kyle introduces us to his newfound interest in Northern European Paganism, specifically the Nordic-Germanic stuff. Then we gracefully move into the notes from Chris' first mystic experience and try to explain what that kind of experience is like for those who've never had it. We end with a little ditty from Heilung.
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2022-01-011h 59The Two Tongues PodcastS1E82 - Hegel’s Creation Myth (Solo)This episode concludes our 4 part series of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. It was an interesting ride. I'm still not sure if I fully understood all of Hegel's arguments, but I can say one thing for sure...Hegel was a mystic.
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2021-12-292h 00The Two Tongues PodcastS1E81 - Onion Unlimited and PandeismIn this episode Chris and Kyle interview Daniel Torridon, host of the Onion Unlimited Podcast. A former Jehovah's Witness turned Pandeist, Daniel brings quite the interesting perspective to our discussion of what "God" means...and what that means for all of us.
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2021-12-191h 31The Two Tongues PodcastS1E80 - Hegel Part 3 - How Do We Get Reality from Consciousness (Solo)This episode is Part 3 on my exploration of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit." Shit is getting thick...and rather mystical.
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2021-12-151h 01The Two Tongues PodcastS1E79 - Impromptu Podcast with Josh and KyleThis was an episode that began as a phone call we decided to record, but then Kyle showed up and made it a party. We talked Atlantis, Black Church and ancient cave paintings depicting magic mushrooms.
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2021-12-121h 49The Two Tongues PodcastS1E78 - Master and...Emissary or Bondsman (Solo)This episode is part 2 of my exploration of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirt. This episode pits Iain McGilchrist's psychological work on brain functioning against Hegel's exploration of Self-consciousness. I then tie both back to my own mystical understanding of God and material reality. Strap in!
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2021-12-081h 27The Two Tongues PodcastS1E77 - Jehovah‘s Witness and Harry PotterIn this episode Kyle discusses his recent encounter with the Jehovah's Witnesses and we analyze the Harry Potter books. Sprinkle in a bit of politics and Bob's your uncle.
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2021-12-051h 52The Two Tongues PodcastS1E76 - Me, Myself and the All-seeing I (Solo)In this episode Chris finally takes a stab at Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. We talk Consciousness, Being and God (the holy trinity as far as I'm concerned) and do our best to make sense of it. How'd we do? Find out here.
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2021-12-011h 30The Two Tongues PodcastS1E75 - What‘s the Deal with Light? (Solo)Happy Thanksgiving All. Let's call this one a brief history of light. We talk about the quantum nature of light and its association with the Big Bang and then link all of it back to the mythological "Creation." Prometheus as Lucifer, the Sun God and much, much more.
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2021-11-2851 minThe Two Tongues PodcastS1E74 - Love, Logos, LanguageIn this episode Chris reconnects again with his buddy Josh Hamilton. They discuss parenting, the origins of language, the Book of Enoch and the proposition that all languages originated with primordial (perhaps pre-Adamic) mother tongue.
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2021-11-241h 26The Two Tongues PodcastS1E73 - Kyle is a Lazy A-holeIn this episode Chris and Kyle recap their weekend and then jump into the results of their couples personality test (courtesy of Jordan Peterson's "Understand Myself"). We then top it all off with some hippie dippy nonsense for all the Chris fans out there.
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2021-11-211h 54The Two Tongues PodcastS1E72 - Word of God or God ItselfIn this episode Chris tries to answer 2 questions: what did Jesus teach that justified the birth of an entirely new religion from Judaism AND what did Muhammad teach that justified the birth of Islam? Have you ever wondered? Find out here.
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2021-11-171h 48The Two Tongues PodcastS1E71 - Virtual InsanityThis episode was a grab bag of fun. We talked China, Virtual Reality, Ben Shapiro and Rogan, oh and we get hippie.
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2021-11-142h 12The Two Tongues PodcastS1E70 - Islam, Religion, Checks and Balances (Solo)In this episode Chris discusses why Christianity and Islam never really held much appeal to him, despite his deep interest in religion, and when and why that changed. He ties in pieces of Jordan B. Peterson's recent discussion with Mustafa Akyol, stories about Jesus from the Quran and Gnostic gospels and closes by showing how political ideology takes the place of religion and no one seems to notice.
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2021-11-111h 16The Two Tongues PodcastS1E69 - New World OrderIn this episode Chris and Kyle discuss the New World Order. Where will it come from? In what form will it take? Will anybody be able to tell the difference between religion and government? Find out here.
#TooSweet #EP69 #Snoogins
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2021-11-071h 51The Two Tongues PodcastS1E68 - Sexism or Division of LaborThis one's for the ladies...
In his episode Chris reflects on traditional gender roles and the paradoxical devaluation of "women's roles" in the family and in society, which...(spoiler alert)...could NOT be more critical to our survival/success as individuals and as a species.
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2021-11-031h 03The Two Tongues PodcastS1E67 - Family RamblingsIn this episode Kyle, his mother and brother talk a whole bunch of shit.
Let's go Brandon!
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2021-10-311h 01The Two Tongues PodcastS1E66 - The Primal Word of God (Solo)In this episode Chris discusses a curious and little known religion called Baha'i. Baha'i proclaims itself the religion of the Coming Age, which will come to unify all religions, languages and humanity itself! Sound too good to be true? Find out here.
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2021-10-272h 15The Two Tongues PodcastS1E65 - This is the Millennium of AftermathThis is round 2 with Chris' brother. A fun conversation. We explored the history of rap, the skateboarding scene in the early 90s and a bunch more about shoes.
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2021-10-242h 12The Two Tongues PodcastS1E64 - We Came from the Light (Solo)In this episode Chris compares the nearly forgotten Gnostic (early Christian) Gospel of Thomas to the Biblical gospels. We explore the origins of Christianity, challenge the church and try to uncover the true teachings of Jesus.
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2021-10-202h 21The Two Tongues PodcastS1E63 - Pure ImmanenceIn this episode Kyle and Chris tag-team a discussion on Gilles Deleuze. Kyle is surprised to learn that Michel Foucault and "Jill" Deleuze aren't women and Chris goes to lengths to prove that Deleuze is a religious atheist.
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2021-10-172h 25The Two Tongues PodcastS1E62 - Before the Bible (Solo)In this episode Chris discusses the ancient Mesopotamian myths--Epic of Gligamesh & Enuma Elish--that appear also in the Bible. Noah or Ut-napishtim? Which stories came first? Who plagiarized from whom? Do these older Mesopotamian stories undermine the Biblical ones? Let's compare and contrast and see where we land on this.
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2021-10-132h 20The Two Tongues PodcastS1E61 - Infinitely Self-Referencing DerridaIn this episode Chris and Kyle discuss Postmodernism and introduce the character of Jacques Derrida. Kyle then had to leave unexpectedly leaving Chris to finish the episode all by his lonesome. In any case, Derrida and I make the case that he's really a theist deep down, but repressed into the infinite, circular deferral of meaning that is Derrida's God--Différance (oh, that's fun to say with a French accent!)
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2021-10-101h 58The Two Tongues PodcastS1E60 - Knowledge is Power, no, not you LeVar (Solo)In this episode Chris finally takes on the 300 pound gorilla in the Philosophical room--Postmodernism. Will it be an epic showdown? Will the forces of good defeat the Postmodernist boogieman? Or will our hero be persuaded to the dark side? Chris vs. Foucault...round one...fight.
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2021-10-062h 41The Two Tongues PodcastS1E59 - Bro‘s, Beatdowns and ShelltoesIn this episode Chris and Kyle reconnect with Chris' big brother. We had fun comparing memories and discussing our favorite conspiracy theories. Oh and, "the government be playing too god damn much."
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2021-10-032h 23The Two Tongues PodcastS1E58 - Instincts and Intuition (Solo)In this episode Chris dissects an episode of the Dark Horse Podcast where Brett Weinstein and Jordan Peterson talk "consciousness." Through this lens I ask questions like: Just what the hell are "instincts" exactly? and Is intuition an instinct? Toss in a little Panpsychism and a dash of Adam and Eve and there you have it!
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2021-09-291h 37The Two Tongues PodcastS1E57 - COVID and American MarxismIn this episode Chris and Kyle discuss what it's like to be ill from COVID, contrast that reality to the public panic. If that wasn't good enough, we decided to go ahead and compare the mass political and social movements of the last decade with such religious cults as Scientology and the Branch Davidians.
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2021-09-262h 13The Two Tongues PodcastS1E56 - Parmenides, Hegel and Being (Solo)In this episode Chris takes us through the Platonic dialogue--Parmenides, which includes discussion of Reality as "One" and the first glance at what Plato would eventually call the World of Forms. We talk Being, consciousness, God and all the usual suspects.
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2021-09-221h 15The Two Tongues PodcastS1E55 - Barkeep, I‘ll take a Don Lemon Sour and Monk Debate ChaserIn this episode Chris applies the tools of logic to the 2018 Monk Debate as well as a recently CNN Clip of a Don Lemon interview...and the consequences are alarming. Do we prefer to "know" or to be "manipulated"? Find out here.
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2021-09-191h 57The Two Tongues PodcastS1E54 - Mystical Moses (Solo)In this episode Chris examines the Biblical 10 Commandments from the perspective of the "last human being on Earth". What do the 10 Commandments mean if there aren't other people? There's no one to kill, to covet or to lie to...right? So what's left? Find out here.
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2021-09-151h 13The Two Tongues PodcastS1E53 - The Three Legs of the TripodIn this episode Kyle and Chris reunite with the long lost third leg of our friendship tripod (credit where credit's due, shout out to The Girl Next Door)--Matthew aka Meatball. Fun time had by all. Snoogins!
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2021-09-122h 31The Two Tongues PodcastS1E52 - From Ion to Aon, Plato to Jung (Solo)In this episode Chris discusses one of Plato's lesser known and little understood dialogues--Ion. Here we find insight into how the ancient Greeks conceptualized their "gods" and to what extent they understood the idea of "the unconscious." Prepare to be surprised.
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2021-09-071h 14The Two Tongues PodcastS1E51 - Property as Theft and FastingIn this episode Chris and Kyle discuss Anarco-Christianity, stoke a bit of political rebellion, sprinkle in a little Jordan B. Peterson, bake on high for 20 minutes, garnish with some stuff on fasting and voila!
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2021-09-052h 19The Two Tongues PodcastS1E50 - Mystical Symposium (Solo)In this episode Chris reveals the mystic leanings of the Ancient Greeks and brings out the hippie in the great Plato (through the mouthpiece of Socrates, of course). We talk through Plato's Symposium discussing the nature of Love and its implications. Is Love a God/Goddess? Are you and I?
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2021-09-011h 56The Two Tongues PodcastS1E49 - How Do You Kill 11 Million PeopleIn this episode Chris and Kyle review the book "How Do You Kill 11 Million People," which forced Kyle to ask, "Is this a book about holocaust denial?" No, Kyle, no it is not. We focus on Truth, lies and the tremendous power of both.
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2021-08-291h 58The Two Tongues PodcastS1E48 - Interview with the White NationalistIn this episode Kyle and Chris interview a self-described White Nationalist, let's call him Twitter John. John is a stranger to us, but was eager to have a public conversation about his beliefs. We wanted to know where he was coming from, how he got there and whether our arguments might cause him to think twice. Were we successfully? Did John belch into the microphone multiple times? Find out here.
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2021-08-251h 52The Two Tongues PodcastS1E47 - Words, Meaning and Morgan FreemanIn this episode Chris and Kyle discuss the power of language to manipulate the way we think and the power of corrupt people who use that power against us. Strap in.
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2021-08-221h 48The Two Tongues PodcastS1E46 - Where's a Hero When You Need OneThis episode is a mea culpa for The Two Tongues absence this past week. Personal matters kept us busy (and may still for a while yet), but we'll do our best to keep pumping out the content.
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2021-08-1844 minThe Two Tongues PodcastS1E45 - Racing for Pink SlipsIn this episode Kyle and Chris discuss mental illness and the conditions (if any) under which it is justifiable to take away someone's liberty.
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2021-08-081h 44The Two Tongues PodcastS1E44 - All the Way to SocratesIn this episode Chris finishes his foray into the Greek philosophers that led up to Plato. I'd say he focused on their more mystic ideas, but the fact of the matter is, they were altogether mystical (with few exceptions). We also discuss the connections between these mystic ideas and their contribution to the birth of modern science.
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2021-08-061h 35The Two Tongues PodcastS1E43 - Caves, Inadequacy and Ultimate ClimaxOh, interesting episode title. I wonder what it's about? Chris and Kyle catch up after Kyle's summer vacation.
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2021-08-011h 53The Two Tongues PodcastS1E42 - Ancient Greece...more mystic than you thinkIn this episode Chris opened up Pandora's Box, so to speak, by trying to summarize the contributions of the Pre-Socratic philosophers to Plato's ideas. What he found instead was a treasure trove of mystic experiences (perhaps psychedelic) and reflections on the nature of God that scream of mystic intuition. What's more, is they rest as the foundations of all of the modern Western tradition!
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2021-07-281h 53The Two Tongues PodcastS1E41 - Maps of Meaning - Part 6 - The WayThis episode wraps up our Maps of Meaning series. This particular episode focuses on yourself (Consciousness) as the Great Hero of the world's mythology. What are we? And what are we capable of? Find out here.
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2021-07-212h 29The Two Tongues PodcastS1E40 -Cuba Libre and Dying AloneIn this episode Chris and Kyle get political again. Chris keeps trying to talk about psyche, but ultimately legal marijuana and the fall of a Communist regime take center stage. And to end on a encouraging note, Chris laments dying alone.
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2021-07-181h 39The Two Tongues PodcastS1E39 - Maps of Meaning Part 5 - UroborosOur Maps of Meaning series is winding down. This is the 2nd to last installment in the series aimed at getting to know the ideas of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson. In this episode we focus on The Beginning...the thing we call Chaos, Non-being, the Void and the Deep. Let's get to the bottom of it together.
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2021-07-142h 30The Two Tongues PodcastS1E38 - The Culture of CultureIn this episode Chris and Kyle try to get to the bottom just what the hell culture actually is. We broached the subject of postmodernism and stubbled through that with more questions than we started with. All things considered, we had a fun chat.
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2021-07-111h 53The Two Tongues PodcastS1E37 - Faith, Fringe and Freedom with Josh HamiltonIn this episode Chris interviews one of his oldest friends--Josh Hamilton. The journey of Josh's life has brought him in, through and now beyond "the church." We discuss growing up together, Josh's forthcoming podcast "Faith, Fringe and Freedom" and dip our toes into the waters of conspiracy theories both ancient and modern. Methinks there are many more collaborations in store for Josh and the Two Tongues...
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2021-07-071h 50The Two Tongues PodcastS1E36 - Fourth of July EpisodeIn this episode Kyle and Chris remember 911, George Washington and the horrors of war; oh, also we debated the difference between small government and functional anarchy and some controversial shit about...well, you'll see . This was a fun one! Happy Independence Day America
2021-07-041h 05The Two Tongues PodcastS1E35 - Maps of Meaning Part 4 (Solo)In this episode Chris describes how stories become meta stories, how lives well-lived become myths and understanding ourselves as embodied "information." Oh, well, what does that mean? Find out here.
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