How is Kabbalah dynamic and fluid? Why should we STOP treating Agrippa’s writings like a pick-and-choose-magical-buffet, and instead as a system of spiritual illumination? What is Merkavah Mysticism? Dr. Justin Sledge - scholar, author, professor and proprietor of the ESOTERICA YouTube channel - shares about his latest research, insights into academic scholarship and answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon questions!
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___Episodes referenced from ‘ESOTERICA’___

*Introduction to Merkavah Mysticism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaQt5fIjKGw
 
*Seminar on the Occult Philosophy of Agrippa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsu7HW0ouVA&list=PLZ__PGORcBKxTXb5m5WBu4rAppTmvPVwe&index=16 
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00:00 Intro
4:23 Early interest in Occult studies
15:31 Letting texts speak for themselves!
20:36 Destroying the  “Fossils are Safe” mentality
29:22 Kabbalistic ‘Tree of Life’
49:29 Hermetic view of afterlife
59:40 Amulet protection in Judaism
1:08:31 Top book recommendations
1:14:47 Dr. Dan Attrell collab: Invisibilia Dei by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
1:21:07 Breaking Agrippa Misconceptions
1:32:04 Merkavah Mysticism
1:38:21 Being Famous
1:46:18 Bridging the ‘gap’: scholars vs. practitioners
1:57:13 Upcoming work & projects