Bruce Chilton

In this episode of the Gnostic Warrior, I speak with author and scholar of early Christianity and Judaism, Dr. Bruce Chilton. Bruce is the author of several books such as ‘Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography’, ‘Mary Magdalene: A Biography’, and ‘Visions of the Apocalypse: Receptions of John’s Revelation in Western Imagination’, to name a few.

In this podcast Dr. Chilton discusses how in the ancient Roman Empire, the Caesars were held up as gods to the people they had ruled. People like the ancient Christians who refused to worship Caesar were often exterminated. Everyone, but the Jews. Bruce talks about the Rabbi Jesus’ Jewish upbringing and the meaning of the Messiah and Christ. He shares his knowledge of the purpose of why there is religion, the various Christian religious denominations, and the identity of the ancient Jews.

Bruce also talks about his theory that experience is everything, and how a focus on perception was both the strength and the weakness of Adolph Huxley’s approach to religion.

This interview was originally conducted by Moe on February 12, 2015 from San Diego County, California and Bruce in New York.

Jamie Wheal

In this episode of the Gnostic Warrior Radio Show and Podcast, I interview the Executive Director of the Flow Genome Project and author of the new best-seller, Stealing Fire, Jamie Wheal.

He is one of the world’s most innovative experts on the neurophysiology of human performance and he has worked with top athletes, scientists, artists, business professionals, and Fortune 500 companies to help map the genome of the peak-performance state known as Flow.

Flow is when you reach optimal states of consciousness where you are totally absorbed in your task, time flies where you feel and perform your best. It’s the moment of total absorption. Time speeds up or slows down like a freeze-frame effect. Mental and physical ability go through roof, and the brain takes in more information per second, processing it more deeply.”

Jamie explains how people are using flow and these rare and controversial states of consciousness to solve critical challenges and outperform the competition. His goal is a revolution of consciousness that can be spread across the world via open source sharing so we can all lead richer, more productive, more satisfying lives.

His book, Stealing Fire is for the Prometheans of the World, AKA the Fire Stealers–crazy ones, misfits, rebels and trouble-makers–this book is about you and your crew. Complete with a forgotten origin story dating back to the mists of prehistory, filled with wild-ass anecdotes ranging from the CIA and DARPA, to Burning Man and Biohackers, if you already know what you’re part of, this is your manifesto, your tribal history, and your user manual, all in one.

Click on this link to visit the Flow Genome Project website

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Bernardo Kastrup

My special guest today on the Gnostic Warrior Podcast is former CERN scientist, Bernardo Kastrup.

Bernardo now calls himself an anti-materialist who seeks to bridge the gap between mainstream science and philosophy with his research into the neuroscience of consciousness, psychology, foundations of physics and philosophy of life. We discuss his path from being a hardcore materialist to his life now as an analytical philosopher and the science of consciousness, philosophy and the future of materialism in the field of science.

His new book, The Idea of the World, is now available on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk.

Bernardo’s website: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/

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