🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Dr. Michael Levin and Dr. Matthew Segall enter the mind meld! * Video Episode * Dr. Michael Levin is a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University where he’s the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. His groundbreaking research on bioelectricity, morphogenesis, and cognition is reshaping our understanding of how living systems self-organize and regenerate. He explores how cells and tissues communicate through bioelectrical signals, ...
Feb 20, 2025•2 hr 7 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon This transmission returns to the infamous Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process document. Video Version (highly recommended!) In part one of the read-through, we'll introduce the paper and touch on its clandestine history. We'll also read the first chunk of the full report. Check out this video for more background on the Gateway Process and My experience at the Monroe Institute Full Gateway Process Document Including the "missing" page 🥰 Sup...
Feb 15, 2025•40 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Colin Frangicetto returns to the mind meld! Video Episode 👈 This week, we return to the seductive hall of mirrors that is the UFO / UAP phenomenon. We riff on the tension between disinformation and disclosure, the mind-blowing revelations from whistleblower, Jake Barber, the documentary Mirage Men and much more. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁Watch and Subscribe ...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 31 min
Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, and University of Toronto Professor, John Vervaeke returns to the mind meld. Video Episode 👈 In this one, we muse about John's surprising encounter with higher intelligence and how it changed his life. More specifically, John encountered a being he believes to be his personal daimon or guide. We also riff on the ancient wisdom of Platonism, the mind, the future of the meaning crisis, and the dualistic paradox we're all stuck in. 🥰 Support TED and join the comm...
Feb 02, 2025•2 hr 1 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author, seeker, and my Monroe Institute roommate, Adam Butler enters the mind meld! Video Episode here In this one, Adam and I share stories from our Gateway retreat at the Monroe Institute. We cover more curiosities from the declassified Gateway Process report, including "non-corporeal energy forms," and how the practice overlaps with both modern science and the world's mystical traditions. We also muse about the mystery of psychoactive molecules...
Jan 24, 2025•2 hr 15 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Video version highly recommended! Watch here! What if you could prove to yourself that you're more than your physical body? I don't mean just intellectually, I mean experiencing it. As some of you know, I recently attended a Gateway retreat at the Monroe Institute, and it really may given me that knowing. But we can't talk about my experience without taking a deep dive. So, in this transmission, we'll do just that. We'll meet Monroe himself, encou...
Jan 18, 2025•44 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Psychiatrist, author, and seeker, Dr. Rick Strassman MD returns to the mind meld! Video Episode 👈 We muse about the hyper novelty of DMT, from the scientific to the spiritual. Rick shares several personal life-altering mystical experiences that he previously kept private. We also speculate about the role of endogenous DMT in the brain, the nature of consciousness, and mystical experiences. Check out Dr. Strassman's books, including his latest, My...
Jan 03, 2025•2 hr 7 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld! Video episode 👈 Erick and I riff on the drone situation and the UFO phenomenon. In particular, we reflect on the importance of Carl Jung's prescient book, Flying Saucers, a Modern Myth of Things Seen In the Skies . Erick also shares lessons from an intense psychedelic medicine experience. Other topics include reincarnation, NDEs, my experiences at Monroe Institute, and more. ** Head to lumen.me/THIRDEYEDROPS...
Dec 28, 2024•2 hr 32 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Author of Initiation Into Dream Mysteries and seeker, Sarah Janes enters the mind meld! Video Episode 👈 ** Head to lumen.me/THIRDEYEDROPS to get 15% off your Lumen ** Sarah Janes specializes in the ancient history and culture of dreaming. Sarah has been a practicing lucid dreamer and consciousness explorer for decades and has traced esoteric dreaming techniques back to ancient Greece and Egypt. She's actively trying to revive said techniques and ...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 52 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Philosopher of consciousness, Dr. Bernardo Kastrup , Ph.D Returns! Video Episode 👈 ** Head to lumen.me/THIRDEYEDROPS to get 15% off your Lumen ** In this one, we muse about consciousness, the illusion of physical reality, non-human intelligence, the UFO / UAP phenomenon, esoteric states of consciousness, high weirdness, and much more. Bernardo's latest book, Analytic Idealism In a Nutshell is out now. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patr...
Dec 14, 2024•2 hr 16 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Philosopher and author, Dr. Timothy Owen Desmond, Ph.D returns! Video Version here 👈 **New Sponsor: Ollie dog food! Get your pup a personalized, all-natural meal plan! Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to get 60% off your first box of meals** In this brain-melting transmission, we highlight the surprising connections between two ancient classics: Plato's Republic and Euripides' Bacchae . Desmond believes he's uncovered hidden esoteric teachings that unite t...
Dec 11, 2024•2 hr 12 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Seeker and creator behind Area 52 , Chris Ramsay enters the mind meld! Video Episode 👈 *** Try Honey With Superpowers™ - Head to manukora.com/THIRDEYEDROPS to get 3 FREE Gifts with your Starter Kit - a $25 value! *** In this one, we react to and riff on this month's eventful UFO / UAP-related news: The Immaculate Constellation whistleblower leak, the recent congressional hearings, which Chris attended personally, and more. We also debrief my prof...
Nov 28, 2024•2 hr 16 min
I feel like I'm being pulled into a portal of novelty and high weirdness. It's an interesting time in the macro and the micro-- I'm about to leave for my gateway process retreat at the Monroe Institute, I've been invited to go sky-watching with Ryan Bledsoe, UFO hearings just happened, let's talk about it! 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁Watch and Subscribe on Youtube 🌀 Website Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Nov 16, 2024•1 hr 27 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon UFO and Paranormal experiencer, seeker and son of Chris Bledsoe, Ryan Bledsoe enters the mind meld! Video Version Here 🌀 **New Sponsor: Ollie dog food! Get your pup a personalized, all-natural meal plan! Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to get 60% off your first box of meals** Ryan Bledsoe and his family have been ground zero for all manner of high weirdness for nearly 20 years. Ryan's life has been completely transformed as a result-- He left the religion...
Oct 31, 2024•2 hr 12 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Esoteric scholar and host of the Secret History of Western Esotericism podcast , Earl Fontainelle, PhD enters the mind meld! Video Version Here 👈 ** Head to lumen.me/THIRDEYEDROPS to get 15% off your Lumen ** Earl Fontainelle is a researcher specializing in the religious and philosophic thought of late antiquity. He's especially interested in platonism, hermeticism, and Greco-Roman spirituality and philosophy, in general. In this mind meld, we co...
Oct 25, 2024•2 hr
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld! Video Version Here 👈 In this one, we riff around the practical, psychological and esoteric layers of what Carl Jung called individuation: The process of becoming a psychologically distinct and whole individual. In short, the art of discovering and living one's purpose in life. We also muse about individuation's direct connection to a more overtly mystical and ancient concept, the personal daimon, and much mo...
Oct 18, 2024•2 hr 5 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon MJDorian of the Creative Codex podcast returns! Video Version Here 👈 In this one, we riff on the multidimensional influence of what Carl Jung called the shadow archetype. Its influence reaches far beyond individual psyches. You’ll find it in myths, fairytales, groups and even the collective psyche of humanity. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁Watch and Subscribe on...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 58 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Biological Anthropologist and author of Identified Flying Objects and The Extratempestrial Model , Dr. Michael Masters enters the mind meld! Video Episode Here 👈 In this one, Dr. Masters lays out the case for the "extratempestrial model" — The idea that the the UFO / UAP phenomenon is, at least in part, humans from the future. Dr. Michael P. Masters is Professor of Biological Anthropology at Montana Technological University . He received a Ph.D. ...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 59 min
Contemplative Psychologist and seeker, Dr. John Churchill enters the mind meld! Video Version Here 👈 John Churchill is a truly eclectic and multimodal thinker. He's a long-time student and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, Integral philosophy, psychology, western esotericism, and more. In this one, we riff on lost ancient psycho-technologies, the evolution of consciousness (both individual and collective), connections between eastern and western wisdom traditions, and more. 𑁍 Check out John's site ...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 59 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Physicist, engineer, author, and philosopher of consciousness, Federico Faggin enters the mind meld! *Support our sponsor, Qualia! Go to qualialife.com/THIRDEYEDROPS for up to $100 OFF Qualia use code THIRDEYEDROPS at checkout for an additional 15% off any purchase.* Early in his career, Federico invented the microprocessor for Intel. He went on to have a multi-decade, highly successful career in tech . After a bout of existential depression and a...
Sep 19, 2024•2 hr 10 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Seeker and creator behind Area 52 , Chris Ramsay enters the mind meld! Video Episode 👈 *** Try Honey With Superpowers™ - Head to manukora.com/THIRDEYEDROPS to get 3 FREE Gifts with your Starter Kit - a $25 value! *** On his new channel, Area 52 , Chris explores some of life's biggest mysteries: Remote viewing, out of body experiences, the UFO phenomenon, and more. In this one, we riff on Chris' deep dive into remote viewing and his time at the in...
Sep 13, 2024•2 hr 1 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Depth Psychology psychotherapist and author, Simon Yugler enters the mind meld! Watch & Sub on Youtube 👈 ** Head to lumen.me/THIRDEYEDROPS to get 15% off your Lumen ** In this one, we riff on the unique power of depth psychology, taking the soul seriously, the importance of visionary exploration, archetypes, the shadow, Carl Jung and more. Preorder Simon's book , Psychedelics and the Soul, A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psycholo...
Sep 05, 2024•2 hr 2 min
Author and scholar of the mystical, Dr. Jeffery Kripal enters the mind meld! *Support our sponsor, Qualia! Go to qualialife.com/THIRDEYEDROPS for up to $100 OFF Qualia use code THIRDEYEDROPS at checkout for an additional 15% off any purchase.* Video Episode 👈 Jeff has been researching and writing about high-weirdness, mystical experiences, the UFO phenomena, near-death experiences, and more for decades. He's the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. Jeff...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Philosopher, professor, and author, Dr. Gregory Shaw enters the mind meld! Video Episode 👈 Gregory Shaw is the author of Theurgy and the Soul the Neoplatonism of Iamblichus , and his latest, Hellenic Tantra . He's a world-renowned expert on Neoplatonism, particularly the mysterious philosopher-sage, Iamblichus of Chalcis. Unlike his Platonic predecessors (apparently), Iamblichus engaged heavily in ritual esoteric practices. The heart of said practices were mysterious rites known as “theurgy.” A...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 59 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Journalist and Author of The UFO Paradox , Keith Thompson enters the mind meld! Video Episode 👈 Keith has been surfing the UFO / UAP phenomenon and related rabbit holes for decades. He's developed a unique, sophisticated, multifaceted way of approaching this mystery that ranges from journalistic and empirical to mythopoetic and esoteric. His books Angels and Aliens and The UFO Paradox are available now. 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Pa...
Aug 15, 2024•2 hr 5 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Psychologist and author, Dr. Emma Seppala enters the mind meld! In this one, we riff on the mystery of intuition, remote viewing, the power of breath-work and meditation, and much more. Video Episode 👈 *Super cool new sponsor alert lumen.me/THIRDEYEDROPS to get 15% off Lumen* Emma is the author of The Happiness Track and her latest book, Sovereign . A psychologist and research scientist by training, her expertise is the science of happiness, emot...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Consciousness explorer, author of The Bigger Picture and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom Alexander Beiner returns to the mind meld! Video Version of this Mind Meld 👈 *Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 & 5 free travel packs with your first order* In this one, Alex shares more wisdom from his experience in a groundbreaking study at Imperial College London . In it, he was given extended-state, high-dose, intravenous DMT multiple times. His experiences, as you may have heard in ou...
Aug 01, 2024•2 hr 10 min
Philosopher, Scientist, Author and mystic, Dr. Tom Cheetham enters the mind meld. Video episode 👈 Like nearly all of my favorite thinkers, Tom holds multiple kinds of wisdom. He has a rigorous academic background in philosophy and science. He even spent years as a biology and environmental studies professor. But, even with all of that technical expertise, Tom still thirsted for something more, something beyond the material. That something more arrived in the form of mythopoetic geniuses like au...
Jul 25, 2024•2 hr 18 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Professor, philosopher and best-selling author, Richard Tarnas Ph.D returns mind meld! Video Episode 👈 Richard is the author of Passion of the Western Mind and Cosmos and Psyche . He served as program director at the iconic Esalen Institute for a decade where he rubbed shoulders with great minds like Joesph Campbell, Terence McKenna, Ram Dass, Alan Watts, James Hillman, Stan Grof, and many more. Tarnas has an encyclopedic knowledge of history, ph...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 53 min
🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Erick Godsey returns to the mind meld! Video version here Try Honey With Superpowers™ - Head to manukora.com/THIRDEYEDROPS to get 3 FREE Gifts with your Starter Kit - a $25 value! In this one, Erick and I riff about the practical and psychospiritual aspects of Plato's cave. We also discuss potential links between the cave allegory and Jung's individuation process. Other points of musing include lessons from the creative path, insights from Erick's...
Jul 11, 2024•2 hr 28 min
