THIRD EYE DROPS

Tom Matte enters the mind meld! Tom was a successful advertising executive with a family, but it all came crashing down. After a battle with substance abuse and an intense bender, Tom had a psychotic break and lost everything. He eventually recovered, reconciled with his family, and got his business back on track, but the story doesn’t stop there. Even after over a decade of sobriety and being a functioning member of society, something about Tom’s perception changed permanently. He’s able to see and interact with what seem to be hidden layers of reality. He sees what appear to be holographic projections, mathematical objects, fields, higher geometry, and, yes, beings. Tom calls this mode of perception “upsight.” But these aren’t just claims — Tom’s brain and abilities have been studied. In fact, there’s a paper undergoing the peer review process that seems to verify that Tom is interacting with something strange. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁Watch and Subscribe on Youtube 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author, Bob Peck returns to the mind meld! Video Version Here In this one, we explore the highly suppressed, even persecuted wisdom of the so-called Gnostics. What was their philosophy and metaphysical outlook? Who are the movement's major figures? Why did religious authorities attempt to destroy any trace of their existence? What wisdom do they still have to offer us today? Why was Carl Jung so fascinated by the Basilides of Alexandria (an important gnostic figure)? We riff on all of the above. Bob Peck is the author of Original Sin Is a Lie, which is out now. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁Watch and Subscribe on Youtube 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Neuroscientist and author, Bobby Azarian returns to the mind meld! Video Episode Here 👈 He’s the author of Romance of Reality, How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity. It (and this episode) is a deep dive into complexity theory, consciousness, cosmic evolution and what Bobby calls poetic meta-naturalism: The idea that the universe is not a product of randomness, but an iterative, directed evolutionary creativity. This natural creativity, Bobby argues, seeks to complexify, connect and become more conscious. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁Watch and Subscribe on Youtube 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Mollie Adler returns to the mind meld! Video version here 👈 In this one, Mollie shares a profound paranormal experience she had with Chris and Ryan Bledsoe. We also riff on the psychology of meaning-making, the relationship between spirituality and the UFO phenomenon, and more. Mollie is the host of two fantastic podcasts: Back From the Borderline and Night Night B*tch, Esoteric Stories for Sleep and Meditation. Also, check out her Substack 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁Watch and Subscribe on Youtube 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Sarah Mergen enters the mind meld! Sarah Mergen is the creator of the podcast series Katabasis Anabasis, a psycho-spiritual, mythopoetic approach to the psyche and mental health (depression in particular). Hear the first two episodes for free here Video version here 👈 She's also the mind behind some of the finest esoteric memes on the interwebs. Sarah is incredibly well-read in not only the work of Carl Jung, but philosophy and the esoteric in general. In this one, we riff on Carl Jung's mysticism, the importance of going beyond theory and getting to direct experience, Catafalque by Peter Kingsley, ancient wisdom, where modern therapy can fall short Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁Watch and Subscribe on Youtube 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author of The Bigger Picture, consciousness explorer, and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, Alexander Beiner enters the mind meld! Video version here 👈 Alex is the author of The Bigger Picture, executive director of Breaking Convention, and co-founder of one of my favorite YouTube channels, Rebel Wisdom. Alex also participated in a groundbreaking study at Imperial College London, in which, participants were given extended-state, high-dose, intravenous DMT. His experiences, as you’ll hear, were profound, alien, and life-changing. In this one, we also riff on the importance of balancing intellectual and non-propositional (experience-based) knowing, wielding numerous philosophical lenses Carl Jung's mysticism, ancient wisdom, consciousness, and much more Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld! Video Version here 👈 * Support our sponsor, Qualia Mind! - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * In this one, Erick shares lessons and visions from his five-day darkness retreat. We also muse about natural visionary experiences, the importance of disconnecting from the outside world, the relationship between myth and psyche, NDEs, Carl Jung, and much more. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Video version here 👈 In this transmission, we explore the mysterious realm of dreams. We'll riff on how to decode their hidden meanings to gain insight into the unconscious realm of psyche and, ultimately, contribute to what Jung called individuation. We'll be pulling heavily from the work of Jungian analyst and author, Robert A. Johnson and his fabulous book, Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Timothy Owen Desmond, Ph.D enters the mind meld! Video version here 👈 Head to manukora.com/thirdeyedrops to get 3 FREE Gifts with your Starter Kit - a $25 value! In this brain-melting transmission, we link the ancient wisdom of Plato to the philosophy of Carl Jung and modern theoretical physics. Timothy Owen Desmond is the author of Psyche and Singularity: Jungian Psychology and Holographic String Theory. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon MJDorian of the fantastic Creative Codex podcast returns to the mind meld! Video Version Here 👈 We riff on the philosophy of Carl Jung, archetypal encounters, active imagination, psychological alchemy, the strangeness of the psyche, creative inspiration, and much more. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Expert on all things archetypal, Laurence Hillman, Ph.D returns to the mind meld. *Video version here* * Support our sponsor, Qualia Mind! - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * Laurence holds a Ph.D. in psychology, is the author of Planets in Play, and co-creator of Archetypes at Work -- a method to assess and develop individuals and organizations based on archetypal theory. He’s well-versed in archetypal psychology (he’s the son of its founder, the late James Hillman, who’s had a huge influence on me) He has over four decades studying the archetypal grammar of astrology. In this one, we riff on the archetypal meaning of synchronicity, fate versus free will, dreams as a conduit for archetypal communication and much more. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor and author and panpsychist philosopher, Philip Goff enters the mind meld! *Video version here* In this one, we talk consciousness, panpsychism, mystical experiences, cosmic purpose, and more. Philip's new book, Why? The Purpose of the Universe is available now. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Video version here Long-time consciousness explorer, podcaster and author, Cory Allen returns to the mind meld! In this one, we riff on deep meditative states (jhanas) , the nature of consciousness, the importance of personal consciousness exploration, how developing the inner eye brings you closer to the essence of beauty, truth, and reality, and much more. * Support our sponsor, Qualia Mind! - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * Cory's meditation course Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Dr. Bernardo Kastrup returns to the mind meld! Full video episode here Bernardo is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work leads the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. Head to manukora.com/thirdeyedrops to get 3 FREE Gifts with your Starter Kit - a $25 value! Bernardo holds two Ph.Ds, one in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another in computer engineering. He's the author of several books, including Decoding Jung's Metaphysics, which features prominently in this mind meld. In this one, we muse about the philosophy of Carl Jung, synchronicity, archetypes and why Bernardo believes Jung was clearly an idealist. We also riff on the high strangeness and the UFO / UAP phenomenon and why it's so intriguing, yet troubling. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Merry fresh solar cycle to you, my dear wonder-dippers. In this audio-only transmission, I riff on patron and listener queries. I'd wager that you'll find some of your very favorite topics within! Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon *Full video episode here* Author and Scholar of Carl Jung, Dr. Kevin Lu enters the mind meld! Professor Kevin Lu, PhD is a scholar of Jung and co-author of the new book C.G. Jung’s Collected Works, the Basics. Kevin served as head of the Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic studies program at the University of Essex and is currently a Professor of Applied Psychoanalysis and Head of Department at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. In this mind meld, we riff on all the Jungian and esoteric goodies — Synchronicity, individuation, the shadow, how archetypes impact the media and society, and more! Kevin's new paper Weekend University Lectures Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist and University of Toronto Professor, John Vervaeke returns to the mind meld! Head to manukora.com/thirdeyedrops to get 3 FREE Gifts with your Starter Kit - a $25 value! Full Video version of this mind meld here In this one, we muse about the immortal wisdom of Platonism and Zen Buddhism. We also riff on the importance of direct, embodied experiences (both mystical and mundane), why reductionism is doomed, and why reality is neither top-down (created) or bottom-up (emerging), but both. Other topics include the meaning crisis, Carl Jung, how the above merge with modern cognitive science, and more. Check out John's amazing YouTube channel here Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Cognitive scientist and author of The Case Against Reality, Dr. Donald Hoffman returns to the mind meld! *Video version here* * Support our sponsor, Qualia Mind! - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * Don is a professor of cognitive science at UC Irvine who is proposing something radical yet fully backed by scientific rigor — First, you perceive zero percent of reality. You live in an evolutionarily convenient illusion akin to a computer desktop interface. Second, what’s truly real underneath that illusion (and all of our scientific models) is a realm of consciousness populated by what Don calls “conscious agents.” So, despite how the world appears, no matter what happens at the large hadron colder or what we find peering through the James Webb telescope; what all of it is, at bottom, is consciousness expressing itself. Links For Don: Don's book, The Case Against Reality: Fusions of Consciousness Paper Don's TED Talk Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Full video version here* What does it really mean to mature psychologically and spiritually? *New sponsor: CoPilot! use this link go.mycopilot.com/THIRDEYEDROPS to start your free 14 day trial with your own personal trainer on CoPilot!* Carl Jung’s answer to that question was what he called ‘individuation’ — a lifelong process aimed toward becoming whole, unique, and integrated. But what does that mean practically? What is its deeper, esoteric psycho-spiritual goal? How does it relate to archetypes, our shadows, and even our souls? In this transmission, we explore. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer, podcaster, and seeker, Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld! Full video episode here 👈 *Try some Honey With Superpowers™ - Head to manukora.com/thirdeyedrops to get 3 FREE Gifts with your Starter Kit - a $25 value!* In this one, we riff on Carl Jung's psychological and spiritual process of becoming, individuation. We also muse about the link between the psyche and the soul, how the shadow camouflages itself in relationships, the strange, wisdom-filled realm of dreams and visions, and much more. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🙏 Sub on Youtube 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Mollie Adler enters the mind meld! *Full video version here* In this one, we riff on finding meaning through creativity, the terrifying yet liberating decision to quit our day jobs, the myth that feeling bad is a pathology, the soul-enlivening philosophy of Carl Jung, the paranormal, soul vehicles, the so-called "gateway process" and much more! *New Sponsor: Microdose.com use code thirdeyedrops at checkout for 30% off and free shipping on their lovely Lumi gummies* Mollie is the host of two fantastic podcasts: Back From the Borderline and Night Night B*tch, Esoteric Stories for Sleep and Meditation. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author of Seek, Scott Shigeoka enters the mind meld! *Full video version here* In this one, we riff on the importance seeking and how curiosity and courage play key roles in psychological and spiritual well-being. Scott also shares the story of a destabilizing, yet powerful visionary experience that changed his life forever. *New Sponsor: Microdose.com use code thirdeyedrops at checkout for 30% off and free shipping on their lovely Lumi gummies* Scott Shigeoka is a curiosity expert, speaker, and the author of Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World. He's also taught at UC Berkeley, UT Austin and the University of Pennsylvania. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Max Derrat returns for a deep dive on alchemy, Carl Jung, and the hidden esoteric themes in video games and media! * New sponsor, Qualia Mind - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * *Full video version of this episode here* On his YouTube channel, Max decodes the esoteric and philosophical undercurrent of media. His work exposes the hidden wisdom in your favorite video games, anime, and more. In this one, we pay special attention to alchemy. What is it really? What does its strange symbolism mean? Why do alchemical themes and symbols remain so pervasive in media? We also riff on why storytellers continue to propagate esoteric symbolism in general. Max's Channel: https://rb.gy/pg34q Max's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxDerrat Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary ethnopharmacologist, Dr. Dennis McKenna enters the mind meld! *New sponsor: CoPilot! use this link go.mycopilot.com/THIRDEYEDROPS to start your free 14 day trial with your own personal trainer on CoPilot!* Dennis McKenna has spent his life studying and consuming mind-altering molecules and plants. He has developed a singular expertise on the topic and as a result, has invaluable insights to share. Dennis is also the author of Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, my life with Terence Mckenna (who if it wasn’t obvious via the shared surname is Dennis’ late brother). Check out the important conversation and educational work Dennis is through The Mckenna Academy Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you had to boil down why you are where you are in life, how would you characterize that? Would you reverse engineer the circumstances of your life? Would you ascribe it to external forces? Would you liken it to fate, nature, or nurture? Perhaps a nice cocktail, a compatibilist concoction of all of the above? *New Sponsor: Microdose.com use code thirdeyedrops at checkout for 30% off and free shipping on their lovely Lumi gummies* I pose this question to because we're at a checkpoint (at least for me) -- It has been over a year since I made one of the most consequential decisions of my life, to quit my day job. I've been thinking a lot about the forces that led me to make that decision and I think I've had something of a revelation. In this transmission, we'll explore said realization and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author, Bob Peck enters the mind meld! In this one, we talk mysticism, the esoteric, hidden ancient wisdom, the unified non-dual truth beneath all spiritual traditions, and more. Bob Peck is a filmmaker, author of Original Sin Is A Lie, and founder of Meta's mindfulness club. * New sponsor, Qualia Mind - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MJ Dorian of Creative Codex enters the mind meld! MJ Dorian is the artist, composer, and seeker behind the truly fantastic Creative Codex podcast. In it, he explores alchemy, Carl Jung, his incredible Red Book, and, numerous other bits of esoteric psycho-spiritual fare. *New Sponsor: Microdose.com use code thirdeyedrops at checkout for 30% off and free shipping on their lovely Lumi gummies* In this mind meld, we riff on the above and more: Alchemy, The Red Book, sacred creativity, why esoteric truths are never really lost, dreams, the realm of psyche, etcetera. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Check out the full video version here There's nothing like experiencing a really compelling synchronicity. As I said in my last transmission on the topic, it's like a glitch in the matrix orchestrated just for you. In that same video I covered a lot of the basics of synchronicity according to the man who coined the term, Swiss Psychiatrist, Carl Jung. *New sponsor: CoPilot! use this link go.mycopilot.com/THIRDEYEDROPS to start your free 14 day trial with your own personal trainer on CoPilot!* That said, I also shied away from some big questions -- What is synchronicity? Can we construct a compelling architecture for synchronicity that's plausible? Can you and should you try to bring more synchronicity into your life? Now that I've gathered some new information, I think we can answer those questions. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Neuropsychologist, Dr. Julia DiGangi enters the mind meld! Dr. Julia DiGangi is an expert on stress, trauma, and working with emotions. She has developed unique techniques for understanding and wielding our most precious resource — mental energy. In doing so, we open the door to real self-empowerment, growth, and healing. Dr. DiGangi also has a new book on that topic (among other things) — Energy Rising, The Neuroscience of Leading With Emotional Power. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Andy J. Pizza enters the mind meld! *See the Full Video version here* Andy is the best-selling author of Invisible Things, an illustrator, and student of Carl Jung. In this one, we riff on the relationship between the collective unconscious and creativity, active imagination and illustration, the labyrinth that is modern spiritual meaning-making, Ancient Greek platonic and hermetic musings, and oodles more. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Dr. Bruce MacLennan enters the mind meld! *See the full video version here* In this brain-melting transmission, we talk consciousness, the link between Carl Jung and hidden ancient wisdom, platonism, why the platonic realm of forms is logically inescapable, the mysterious esoteric practice known to the ancient Greeks as "theurgy," why ancient philosophy is more important than ever, and much more. Bruce J. MacLennan, Ph.D. is a professor and author with forty years of experience studying ancient Greek philosophy and religion. He has published journal articles and book chapters on Neoplatonic spiritual practices, Jungian psychology, and neurotheology. He is Associate Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Tennessee where he had a special interest in neural networks, swarm robotics and emergent phenomena in artificial systems. Links for Bruce: Bruce's book, The Wisdom of Hypatia: Ancient Spiritual Practices for a More Meaningful Life | https://shorturl.at/fgtzQ About Bruce | https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~bmaclenn/ Bruce's articles on Jung and Platonism: https://shorturl.at/goOQ5 Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon *View the Full video version of this transmission here* Mythopoetic psychologists like Carl Jung and James Hillman knew we needed to re-ensoul the psyche if we wanted to find real purpose in life. But what does that really mean? How do we even begin to go about understanding and finding our souls? In this transmission, I’ll attempt to answer those questions through ancient Platonic wisdom, the thought of Jung and Hillman, and, of course, some speculative wonder-dipping. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Writer, podcaster, and consciousness explorer, Erick Godsey returns! *Check out the video version here* In this one, we muse thoroughly about the phenomenon of synchronicity along with a little-known but plausible explanation for how and why they happen. * New sponsor, Qualia Mind - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * We also riff on the philosophy of Plato, Carl Jung, what Erick calls "cathedral consciousness," the mental pitfalls of the spiritual path, and more! Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Psychologist, author, and long-time Tibetan Buddhist, Dr. Miles Neale returns! *Check out the full video version of this mind meld here* In this one, we muse about lost ancient knowledge, whether or not we're heading toward mass awakening or delusion, and Miles' painful decision to put his spiritual life first (which involved moving his family to the other side of the world). We also riff on the importance of Carl Jung, Tibetan Buddhism, trusting psyche, and much more. Links for Miles Neale 🌀 Website: https://www.milesneale.com/ Book: https://www.milesneale.com/books Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crowd-sponsor the show and get rewards on Patreon! Sonic wizard and seeker, East Forest returns to the mind meld! *See the full video version here on youtube* In this one, we muse about the UFOs / UAP phenomenon from a number of angles and how it greatly complicates our efforts to make sense of the human condition. We also riff on AI, spiritual awakening, the importance of simplicity, and more. Links for East Forest: Music: https://shorturl.at/glvwO East Forest's Podcast: https://shorturl.at/gwLUY Website: http://eastforest.org/ Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, and Mordy Levine enter the mind meld! We muse about seeing through the illusion of self, karma, the power of compassion, reincarnation, and their new book, the Tibetan Book of the Dead For Beginners. * New sponsor, Qualia Mind - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * Lama Lhanang Rinpoche is a teacher of Vajrayana Buddhism of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Born in Tibet, he currently directs the Jigme Lingpa Center in San Diego. Mordy Levine is president of the Jigme Lingpa Center and creator of the Meditation Pro Series which has taught meditation to more than 250,000 people. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon **Check out the full video version here** What are dreams? Where do they come from? Do they hold deep hidden meaning or are they neurological nonsense? Whatever your opinion, we've collectively struggled to make sense of dreams since time immemorial. In this transmission, we'll investigate the phenomenon of dreams. We'll primarily look through the lens of mythopoetic psychologists like Carl Jung, and especially, James Hillman. Hillman was a post-jungian depth psychologist, author, and founder of what he called archetypal psychology-- A philosophy that seeks to re-ensoul the psyche through a combination of mythology and psychology. If you're interested in exploring this one further, check out Hillman's The Dream and the Underworld and his A Blue Fire lecture series. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Depth psychologist, Dr. Ido Cohen returns to the mind meld! In this one, we muse about the ever-interesting and elusive shadow archetype. What is your shadow? What is shadow work, really? We also discuss Jungian archetypes, the ups and downs of psycho-spiritual individuation, spiritual bypassing, what Ido has learned from losing nearly all of his possessions in a house fire, and much more. More links for Ido Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author of The Bigger Picture and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, Alexander Beiner enters the mind meld! Making sense of the human condition is, at best, a juggling act. Making sense of the human condition within a hyper-connected info-sphere that panders to your bias and base instincts… that’s an emergent, unsolvable sense-making puzzle that we’re all left to cope with. Luckily, there are existential balms in the form of human beings like Alexander Beiner. He commands a wide breadth of knowledge across many disciplines — philosophy, psychology, sociology, and spirituality, to name a few. He blends them all together beautifully in this mind meld and throughout his new book, The Bigger Picture. Alexander also participated in a groundbreaking study at Imperial College London, in which, participants were given extended-state, high-dose, intravenous DMT. His experiences, as you’ll hear, were profound. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support these transmissions and get rewards on patreon! https://youtu.be/jTJJ3b0ZZ3s How did the great mythopoetic psychiatrist, Carl Jung, view God? When Jung was asked whether or not he believed in God in a now-famous 1959 BBC interview near the end of his life, he mused, “I don’t believe, I know.” But what did he mean by that? What view of God does a lifetime of inquiry into medicine, the psyche, and the esoteric lead to? As we’ll see in In this transmission, Jung’s view on the great mystery existence is both compelling and cryptic. A way of seeing that opens a door to massive philosophical questions. **See what Qualia, the best brain fuel formula on earth can do for you. Go to neurohacker.com/thirdeyedrops , use code thirdeyedrops at checkout for an extra 15% off your first purchase.** Jung's Full letter to The Listener: https://thirdeyedrops.com/carl-jung-god/ The Posthumous Good Housekeeping Article: https://shorturl.at/ftBCT Another article on Jung's views: https://shorturl.at/bNQ69 Support Third Eye Drops 🌀 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thirdeyedrops Hear our 300-plus other podcasts: 🎧 Apple Podcasts: thirdeyedrops.com/itunes 🎧 Spotify: https://shorturl.at/ahnB1 🌀 Website https://www.thirdeyedrops.com ✌️Follow Michael on Instagram https://instagram.com/third_eye_drops Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Musician, and philosopher, Alex Ebert enters the mind meld! You may know Alex from his massively popular band, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, his solo releases, his recent New York Times feature, or his written musings. * New sponsor, Qualia Mind - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * In this mind meld we riff on the spiritual catharsis creativity provides, and why Alex aims to become a creative vessel for forces beyond our understanding. We also muse about the forces driving the toxic discourse, soul sickness, making sense of the meaning crisis, the relationship between the shadow and art, and much more! Links for Alex: Substack Instagram Bandcamp Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Therapist, author, and visualization expert, Joanna Grover enters the mind meld! I’m always looking for ways to expand our agency and change the channel on our minds, particularly if they’re techniques that are backed by research. A new visualization practice, Functional Image Training checks all of the above boxes. Joanna Grover's new book, The Choice Point, outlines how we can use the technique to overcome obstacles and make choices that lead us to our goals. Joanna has trained Olympians, executives, and elite military operators to hack their autopilot systems and break records in their respective fields. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if we have “the gods” all wrong? What if they’re not bygone superstitions of ancient cultures, but living archetypes that are endemic to the human psyche? Watch the full video version here! Mythopoetic thinkers like psychiatrist, Carl Jung argued just that. But there’s one archetype that Jung and many others were (and are) particularly interested in. The Greeks called him Hermes, the Romans, Mercury. What is about this figure that captivates the curiosity of so many great minds? What does the archetype really symbolize? Why does Hermes stay in the zeitgeist? Why is he associated with the phenomenon of synchronicity? Why did Jung place him at the center of both the alchemical process and individuation? In this transmission, we’ll explore all of the above and more! Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Autodidactic mythologist, psychology extraordinaire, and Myths That Make Us podcast host, Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld! In this one, we discuss sacred creativity and the psychic sickness permeating the zeitgeist. We also riff on individuation and psychic alchemy ala Carl Jung, as well as the mysterious ever-present influence of the Hermes archetype. 👀 Catch Erick's podcasts, courses and musings: https://www.erickgodsey.com/ 👈 https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ 👈 Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Functional medicine doctor and best-selling author, Will Cole enters the mind meld! In this one, we riff on intuition, inflammation, the connection between mind and body, and autoimmune disorders. We also discuss the surprising role of trauma and shame in physical health and more. Get Will’s latest book, Gut Feelings Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon What do we do when we feel purposeless? Where do we turn when the vital energy is sucked from life? Original full video version here As the bleak statistics of the mental health epidemic demonstrate, for many, there is no clear answer. This disconnection from meaning and purpose, this depression of the soul, is devouring the psyche of millions. It's left us struggling to numb the pain through pathology, distraction, consumption, and ego games. Of course, none of the above brings us any closer to the deeper purpose we seek. They leave us thirstier for something real than we were to begin with. So, in this transmission, we'll confront this 'soul sickness' through the wisdom of luminaries like Carl Jung, Terence McKenna, Dr. Lisa Miller, and more. We'll also riff on some ways we might even be able to overcome it. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support TED and join the community on Patreon Scholar and practitioner of archetypal theory, Dr. Laurence Hillman enters the mind meld! Laurence holds a Ph.D. in psychology, is the author of Planets in Play, and co-creator of Archetypes at Work -- a method to assess and develop individuals and organizations based on archetypal theory. Laurence is also the son of the late psychologist and author, James Hillman, a thinker who's been a huge influence on my personal philosophy. In this mind meld, we riff on the power of archetypes, the influence of Carl Jung, find meaning in the modern world, the powerful and polarizing art of astrology (which Laurence is a longtime practitioner of), and much more. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Dr. Justin Sledge of the Esoterica Channel enters the mind meld! In this one, we talk trickster wisdom, the power of awe, and mystical experiences. We also riff on Justin’s personal philosophy and the importance of dialoguing with people who think differently. *Full Video Version Here* In addition to his channel, Dr. Justin Sledge holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and a MA (DRS) in Religious Studies, specializing in Hermetic Philosophy. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Max Derrat enters the mind meld! On his YouTube channel, Max decodes the esoteric and philosophical undercurrent of media. His work exposes the hidden wisdom in your favorite video games, anime, and more. *Full video version of this episode here* In this one, we muse about the hidden esoteric wisdom in video games, anime, and media. We riff on some of our favorite pieces of deep media. We also muse about why storytellers are so compelled to imbue their work with alchemical, hermetic, and esoteric symbolism, the influence of eminent figures like Carl Jung, and much more. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Support these transmissions and get rewards on Patreon!* *Video version here* Have you ever felt like there's more to your psyche than meets the eye? Have you had strange dreams that seem significant but you can't quite make sense of? Do you find yourself drawn to certain kinds of stories or wonder why humans, in general, seem to tell the same kinds of stories over and over again? Well, it’s not just you. For decades the philosophy of Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung has captivated millions. Jung's notions of the collective unconscious and the archetypes that live within it are, without a doubt, some of his most intriguing ideas. In this transmission, we’ll explore this realm of the collective unconscious and how it shapes not only the above but the very nature of reality. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices