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25.6: Krishnamurti's Teaching
Season 25 Episode 6
Krishnamurti's philosophy was about getting free from thought and time, releasing memory and belief, and becoming fully present. He taught that there…
1 year, 4 months ago
25.5: The Child Messiah (Part Three)
Season 25 Episode 5
In this final installment of our biography of Jiddu Krishnamurti, the teacher disbands the Order of the Star and is banished from Theosophical Societ…
1 year, 4 months ago
25.4: The Child Messiah (Part Two)
Season 25 Episode 4
The second part of our series on the teacher and philosopher Krishnamurti begins with his spiritual awakening beneath a pepper tree in Ojai, Californ…
1 year, 5 months ago
25.3: The Child Messiah (Part One)
Season 25 Episode 3
As a child, Jiddu Krishnamurti was named the vessel for the World Teacher by leading figures in the Theosophical Society, namely Charles Leadbetter a…
1 year, 5 months ago
25.2: Annie Besant (Part Two)
Season 25 Episode 2
In the second part of our conversation about Annie Besant, she leaves the secularists and joins the Theosophical Society. We consider how the Mahatma…
1 year, 5 months ago
25.1: Annie Besant (Part One)
Season 25 Episode 1
We open our story on the child messiah, Jiddu Krishnamurti, with a two-part episode on Annie Besant, a woman he came to regard as his adopted mother.…
1 year, 6 months ago
24.8: My Little Goddess (Strange Ride Crossover)
Season 24 Episode 8
For parents like me who chose to share 2010’s revival of My Little Pony with my children, the animated series’ emphasis on social-emotional learning …
1 year, 6 months ago
24.7: Pop Occulture (Witchcraft Edition)
Season 24 Episode 7
We're joined by Alyce Spencer of the Witch Way Youtube channel, an expert on all things witchy in popular media. We talk about how the witch is repre…
1 year, 7 months ago
24.6: Body and Soul or the Fitness Cults
Season 24 Episode 6
Americans are largely responsible for discovering how to make exercising a cult. The link between exercise and the spiritual life of the exerciser wa…
1 year, 7 months ago
24.5: The Black Metal Church Burnings
Season 24 Episode 5
Norwegian black metal in the 1990s served as the soundtrack for murder, suicide, and the burning of churches dating to the medieval period across the…
1 year, 8 months ago