356 - Dr. Nathan Jacobs - Embrace Realism: It's All Mystical!

Dr. Nathan Jacobs is an academic, artist, and filmmaker. In this conversation, we discuss where reason, rationality, and discernment fit into the mystical experience and how the modern world has mistakenly divorced reason and mysticism.<br /><br />YouTube version: https://youtu.be/BlB1EkTaxpg<br /><br />Check out the Nathan Jacobs Podcast: <br />YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNathanJacobsPodcast <br />Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS<br />Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast/id1747994475<br /><br />Nathan's website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/<br /><br />Join me and Richard Rohlin for our new Universal History course on Dante’s Divine Comedy: Purgatorio. Patrons at the Involved tier or higher qualify for 10% discount. Apply your unique discount code at checkout. Class starts August 27th. Register today: https://thesymbolicworld.com/courses/dantes-purgatorio <br /><br />🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau <br />🔒 BECOME A PATRON: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe <br /><br />Timestamps:<br />00:00 - Coming up<br />01:46 - Intro music<br />02:10 - Introduction<br />03:09 - What's happening?<br />13:12 - Intuitions and tangibility<br />17:30 - The synopsis<br />21:25 - A cognitive minority<br />24:58 - Joe Rogan and the pre-rational<br />27:30 - Transpersonal agency<br />31:02 - Everybody believes in ghosts<br />39:56 - The question of realism<br />45:52 - The Mind<br />50:42 - Overcoming skepticism<br />56:07 - The Son of Man<br />01:00:24 - Naming<br />01:03:57 - The focal point of man<br />01:17:49 - The Nathan Jacobs Podcast<br /><br />Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ <br />My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.<br />