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#227 - Ancient Religion Professor: UFOs, The Paranormal & Esotericism | Jeff Kripal

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4777 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Watch the after show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Jeff Kripal is a professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. Jeff takes a closer look at paradoxical thoughts on the UFO phenomenon from a historian of religion. He has previously taught at Harvard Divinity School & is the author of eight books, including Changed in a Flash. SPONSORS https://babbel.com/danny - Get 50% off a one-time payment for a lifetime subscription. https://bubsnaturals.com/DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. https://ver.so/danny - Use code DANNY to save 15% on your first order. EPISODE LINKS https://jeffreyjkripal.com Jeff's books: https://amzn.to/3UZEzCk FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Trauma & extra sensory perception 05:24 - The history of religions 08:26 - Elizabeth Krohn; struck by lightning 20:39 - Study of near-death experiences 26:38 - DMT 32:10 - Filter thesis of consciousness 36:08 - Noosphere connectivity 38:26 - Jeff's personal beliefs 42:18 - Science VS Experience 45:23 - What happens after death 51:48 - UFO's 58:51 - Advanced propulsion & energy 01:06:47 - Demonic possession 01:13:30 - Spirituality of the flying saucer 01:20:12 - Historical transcendence 01:21:21 - Human obsession with mysteries 01:24:19 - Dystopia 01:27:23 - Artificial Intelligence 01:29:25 - AI materialism vs mediation consciousness 01:32:11 - Chris Bledsoe 01:44:27 - Rosicrucianism 01:56:20 - Sex & aliens 02:13:56 - John Mack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.6

These things happen. The phenomenon is real. Clairvoyance is a real thing. Precognition is a real thing. All of these things are absolutely part of the human condition.

0:35.6

But you can't put them on call, which is what you need in a scientific experiment.

0:41.3

You need to replicate things and you need to be able to falsify things and ultimately you need to be able to quantify things.

0:47.3

And you can't do any of that here.

0:49.3

But it doesn't mean they're not real.

0:52.3

It just means you can't do ordinary science with them.

0:57.1

And what the remote viewers were trying to do, certainly as I understand it,

1:02.4

is they were trying to use these things for espionage.

1:05.7

And sometimes they worked very, very well, but they did not work all the time. And so that's where the science

1:14.9

falls, but the reality still pokes through, as it were. My own feeling about it is that you need

1:24.1

trauma to induce these things.

1:28.3

So go back to the David Morehouse story.

1:30.3

Well, he didn't become a remote viewer until he was shot in the head.

1:34.3

Right.

1:35.3

And you mentioned Elizabeth Crone.

1:38.3

Well, Elizabeth didn't become psychic until she was struck by lightning and almost died.

1:43.3

So I think there's something about trauma and illness and suffering that opens people up

1:51.1

to these capacities, and these capacities often come online after a traumatic event, whether that's

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