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

The Symbolic World - A podcast by Jonathan Pageau

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.YouTube version: https://youtu.be/BlB1EkTaxpgCheck out the Nathan Jacobs Podcast: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNathanJacobsPodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QSApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast/id1747994475Nathan's website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/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 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🔒 BECOME A PATRON: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe Timestamps:00:00 - Coming up01:46 - Intro music02:10 - Introduction03:09 - What's happening?13:12 - Intuitions and tangibility17:30 - The synopsis21:25 - A cognitive minority24:58 - Joe Rogan and the pre-rational27:30 - Transpersonal agency31:02 - Everybody believes in ghosts39:56 - The question of realism45:52 - The Mind50:42 - Overcoming skepticism56:07 - The Son of Man01:00:24 - Naming01:03:57 - The focal point of man01:17:49 - The Nathan Jacobs PodcastOur website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.

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