On TC Lethbridge's last book, The Power of the Pendulum mp3 d/l here: https://media.sott.net/srn/20190901mndt-c-lethbridge-and-the-psi-science-of-the-pendulum.mp3 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiuzRqw3IWg

When looking at the news, the best analysis quite often comes with a fair bit of ‘dot connecting’. Ideally, we seek to understand our world and the major events unfolding as deeply as possible, but we're too often served a dish of two-dimensional news that furthers our knowledge just so much and not much more. So when a writer in the alternative news world manages to draw upon history, philosophy, science, and any number of other areas and disciplines - broadening our perspective in the process - we notice. This week on MindMatters we are joined by just such a voice: author and lecturer Matthew Ehret. Matthew is like the college prof you wish you had, enlivening his knowledge base with an infectious enthusiasm and command of the relevant facts. A veritable plethora of subject matter is on the table: Darwin and Malthus, Planck and Einstein, Kepler's genius, the retrograde motion of Mars, the nature of conspiracies, and why you need to watch Resurrection: Ertugrul. Join us this week as the owner and contributor of the Canadian Patriot and the Rising Tide Foundation reminds us that academic-level research need not be a dry and listless affair, but can expand our world views in ways not previously anticipated. @Rising Tide Foundation Canadian Patriot Press: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2oIpISybXqY0Og9D4-XYw https://canadianpatriot.org/ https://risingtidefoundation.net/ show mp3: https://media.sott.net/srn/20201210mnd-picking-matthew-ehrets-brain-how-darwinism-took-over-the-world-and-why-ertugrul-is-awesome.mp3 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yAitkCMvP0

More than several millennia ago, a spiritual leader in Persia had a very high vision and ideal for humanity that he labored to preach and spread. In what is now known as Iran, this priest and reformer - who we know as Zarathustra (or Zoroaster) - began with a strong conception of both good and evil, and man’s choice to be a manifestation of either. He saw this choice, and the awareness of it as a choice - as not only crucial to the future of his tribe and his countrymen, but to the well being of the world at large. Along with this very basic but essential concept was Zoroaster’s advocacy for man’s connection and respect for nature, a cohesive society, and reverence for a higher cosmological order. Considering Zoroastrianism’s huge influence and widespread appeal, and the two thousand or more years that it helped lift up the ancient world, what can be said of its impact on other of the world’s ancient religions? And perhaps more importantly, what religious, social and cultural ideas does Zoroastrianism teach that we may benefit from today? This week on MindMatters we discuss these and several other features of this ancient religion, that though mostly lost to this time, could not be more timely. Show mp3: https://media.sott.net/srn/20200219mnd-zoroastrianism-the-ancient-system-of-values-that-sought-to-change-the-world-and-did.mp3 In Search of Zarathustra: https://smile.amazon.com/Search-Zarathustra-Across-Central-Prophet/dp/1400031427/ The Hymns of Zoroaster: https://smile.amazon.com/Hymns-Zoroaster-Translation-Ancient-Sacred/dp/1848855052/ Teachings of the Magi: https://smile.amazon.com/Teachings-Magi-R-C-Zaehner/dp/0195198573/ The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism: https://smile.amazon.com/Dawn-Twilight-Zoroastrianism-R-Zaehner/dp/1258126354/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocLxaEGNQoo

The philosophy and practice of alchemy, in one form or another, has been around for millennia and espoused by many different cultures, the idea centering around the chemical and physical transformation of some common ore to its highest most valuable state, gold. Modern chemistry naturally discounts this view as outdated and simply not true. But what if that is to miss the point? What if the true alchemical process has little to do with base and precious metals and everything to do man's inner state of being - and the state of his soul? One of the most important sections of Ibn Arabi's prolific Futūḥāt, the 167th chapter called 'The Alchemy of Human Happiness', focuses on this very subject. Joining us this week on MindMatters we again have the opportunity to discuss the wisdom of the Sufi master Ibn Arabi with Prof Stephen Hirtenstein and his own translation from the original Arabic of the chapter in question. Can self-perfection bring happiness? Are there paths by which this happiness may be attained? And can personal fulfillment be a byproduct of such a path? Join us as we ask these questions and examine the text that may bring the alchemical process much closer to the everyday work of self growth than one might otherwise imagine. Alchemy of Human Happiness book: https://anqa.co.uk/publications/alchemy-human-happiness Our previous interview with Stephen Hirtenstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_P4O2gLOI Show mp3: https://media.sott.net/srn/20200924mnd-ibn-arabis-alchemy-of-human-happiness-interview-with-stephen-hirtenstein.mp3 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oScFg0kit0