#170 - Shattering Fossils & Humanizing Agrippa with Dr. Justin Sledge
Nov 16, 2025•2 hr 4 min
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Episode description
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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►⚡Support Dr. Sledge on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/esotericachannel
►✅Dr. Sledge Website - https://www.justinsledge.com/
►▶️ESOTERICA YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel
►📚Get your copy of ‘Invisibilia Dei: A Collection of Hermetic, Mystical, and Anti-Magical Works by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’ https://www.amazon.com/Invisibilia-Dei-Collection-Anti-Magical-Cornelius/dp/B0DKSGRN8R
___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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✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle
♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado
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
⇓ ⇓ ⇓
►⚡Support Dr. Sledge on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/esotericachannel
►✅Dr. Sledge Website - https://www.justinsledge.com/
►▶️ESOTERICA YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel
►📚Get your copy of ‘Invisibilia Dei: A Collection of Hermetic, Mystical, and Anti-Magical Works by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’ https://www.amazon.com/Invisibilia-Dei-Collection-Anti-Magical-Cornelius/dp/B0DKSGRN8R
___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
____________________________________
✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle
♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado
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
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