A Thousand Names For God is a podcast for those who seek. Listen to lectures, interviews, and philosophical musings from Rick Alexander, as he explores the intersection of comparative mythology, spirituality, and depth psychology. Rick Alexander is an author, speaker, psychedelic practitioner, and one-on-one coach.
Episodes
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
In today's episode, Rick Alexander shares a paper he presented at the 2023 Mythologium Conference called Tantra and the Erotic Heart of Individuation.
In 1932, C.G. Jung first put depth psychology in dialogue with the Tantric worldview through his lectures on Kundalini Yoga. This paper is an attempt to dream that project forward, asking essential questions about how taking Tantra seriously might inform our ideas about how we relate to the soul, the body, and ultimately, the path of individuation.
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Sources:
Roche, Lorin. The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to The Yoga of Wonder & Delight. 2014.
Jung, C. G. The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga. Princeton University Press, 1996.
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Today's show is about exploring the archaic worldview. When the ancient way of seeing is recovered, the sacred is made visible.
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Sources mentioned in today's show:
Hatab, Lawrence J. Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truths. Open Court, 1992.
Homer, Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Classics, 2nd edition, 1998.
Krell, David Farrell. “Martin Heidegger the Anaximander Fragment.” Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics, vol. 1, no. 4, 1973, pp. 576–626
Leland, John. “How Loneliness Is Damaging Our Health.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, et al. The Birth of Tragedy, and Other Writings. Cambridge, University Press, 2019.
Vervaeke, John. Awakening from the Meaning Crisis, YouTube,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY.
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
In today's show, I feature another Deep End episode with Dr. Danielle McGinnis, where she and I talk about the psychology and spirituality of Pornography and porn addiction.
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Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
In today's Deep End episode, Danielle McGinnis and I discuss our views of embodiment on the psychological and spiritual path.
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Today's episode is another Deep End Podcast with Dr. Danielle McGinnis. In this show, we talk about the relational dynamics that result when only one person in the relationship is committed to 'inner-work'.
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Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
In today's Deep End episode with Dr. Danielle McGinnis, we discuss themes around Memorial Day and how to make sense of our experience with the holiday through a psychological lens.
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Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Today's episode is another 'Deep End Podcast' with myself and Dr. Danielle McGinnis where we discuss the nature of the psychic complex and the way it impacts our ability to love.
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Today's episode features another 'Deep End' podcast with Dr. Danielle McGinnis where we discuss some of the mythic motifs surrounding the Easter story.
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Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Today's teaching comes from chapter 15 of my latest book Ambitious Heroes and Heartache.
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Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Today I talk about how analytical psychology can help the Western person better understand Eastern philosophy, especially in reference to the Chakra system found in Kundalini Yoga. This episode is based heavily on the work of Carl Jung (cited below) and the teaching comes from an academic paper that you can find here.
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Sources mentioned in this show:
The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga