This episode presents a comprehensive narrative on the origins of Mormonism, integrating insights from quantum physics, consciousness studies, esoteric traditions, and the use of psychedelics. It challenges the simplistic view of Mormonism as strictly true or false, advocating for a more nuanced perspective. Topics include the evolution of the concepts of God and materialism, the significance of consciousness and altered states, the influence of esoteric traditions on Joseph Smith, and the similarities between Mormonism and New Age spirituality. The discussion also touches on idealism, non-duality, and the synergy between science and spirituality, concluding with the struggles encountered by active and former members of the church. Moreover, it emphasizes the connections between Mormonism, esoteric traditions, and the role of altered states of consciousness, such as those induced by psychedelics, in shaping Mormon theology.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:08 Updating Frameworks
08:57 Overview
14:26 Disclaimer
17:46 Consciousness
22:14 Non-Duality
25:31 The Brain as a Reducing Valve or Filter of Reality
26:54 Dreams as a Framework for Understanding Reality
28:02 Dissociative Identity Disorder as a Framework for Understanding Reality
29:09 Carl Jung and Universal Consciousness
29:35 The CIA's Exploration of Reality - The Gateway Project
30:35 Psychedelics
31:40 Endogenous vs Exogenous Routes to Altered States of Consciousness
32:26 Interpreting and Integrating Altered States of Consciousness
33:17 The Mystical Experience - Commonalities Throughout Expanded States of Awareness
34:49 Quantum Physics
36:55 Scientific Revolutions and Models of Understanding
39:11 The Double-Slit Experiment
42:25 The Many Worlds Interpretation
46:18 Entanglement
48:55 Quantum Field Theory
50:20 New Age Spirituality
52:23 Mormonism's Connections with New Age and Esoteric Traditions
53:53 The Eleusinian Mysteries
59:45 Mormonism's Connections with New Age
01:00:31 Reincarnation or Multiple Mortal Probations
01:01:38 Apocalypse of James - Gnostic Text with Similarities to the Endowment
01:02:15 The Book of Mormon, Automatic Writing, and Channeling
01:04:10 Mormonism's Gnostic View of The Fall
01:05:10 The Priesthood's Similarities to Reiki, a Form of Energy Healing
01:06:06 Eternal Progression, Becoming Gods, and Similarities to Esotericism
01:06:33 Kolob and Similarities to Sirius
01:08:03 A Celestial Earth and Similarities to New Age's 5D Transition
01:08:40 Noble and Great Ones and Similarities to Starseeds
01:09:24 Pre-Earth Life, Saturday's Warrier, the Veil, Soul Contracts, and Karma
01:10:40 Likely Use of Psychedelics in Early Mormonism
01:13:43 Temple Sealings and New Age Concepts of Oneness
01:14:14 The Adamic Language and New Age Light Language
01:14:39 Joseph's Translation of Scripture and Similarities to Contemporary Esoteric Texts
01:15:58 The Lost 10 Tribes and Hollow Earth
01:16:20 Polygamy and Polyamory
01:17:01 Zion, Being of One Heart and One Mind, and Oneness
01:17:16 The Word of Wisdom
01:17:23 Heavenly Mother, Shakti, Kundalini, and the Divine Feminine
01:17:33 Panentheism and Gaia
01:18:52 Family History and Ancestral Healing
01:19:06 Freemasonry
01:19:34 Melchezidek and Enoch
01:19:45 Degrees of Glory
01:20:43 First Vision Accounts and Joseph's Evolving God
01:21:52 Patriarchal Blessings and the Akashic Records
01:22:46 Priesthood Blessings and Channeling
01:23:50 Burning in the Bosom, Kundalini Energy, or Other Somatic Feelings of Energy
01:24:06 The Second Comforter
01:24:40 The Laws of Justice and Mercy, and the Hermetic Laws of the Universe
01:25:13 Mormonism and New Age Interest in Egyptians
01:25:51 Temple Work, Baptism for the Dead, Psychedelics, and the Zionitic Brethren of the Ephrata Cloister
01:26:47 Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible and Channeling
01:27:12 Joseph's Teaching on Light, Intelligence, and the Correlation to Idealism
01:27:36 Transfiguration and Mystical Experiences
01:28:00 Joseph's Monism vs Idealism
01:28:13 Brigham Young's Teachings on the Origins on Adam and Eve, the Ra Material, and New Age Starseeds
01:28:59 Increasing in Brightness vs Raising One's Vibration
01:29:25 Mystical Experiences in the Doctrine and Covenants and the Mystical Experience Questionnaire
01:30:26 Conclusion

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