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Knowledge Must Bow to Spirit: A Journey with George Inness (Show Notes)
LISTEN NOW What if a long-dead painter could reach across time to guide your spiritual awakening? In this episode, Jeff shares the...

GoDeX
3 days ago2 min read


Waking Up: Dreams, Enlightenment, and the Space Between (Show Notes)
LISTEN NOW What if waking up isn’t a single breakthrough moment—but a layered, looping journey through insight, fear, wonder, and mystery?...

GoDeX
Apr 162 min read


Searching for a God We Will Never Find with John Hamilton (Show Notes)
LISTEN NOW What happens when the walls of traditional religion crumble, and all that’s left is raw, unfiltered awe? In this episode we...

GoDeX
Apr 22 min read


The Homa & The Chapel Perilous (Show Notes)
LISTEN NOW What happens when you call on Jesus in an ancient Vedic fire ritual? Will he show up? How? In this episode, Michael shares...

GoDeX
Mar 192 min read


Waking Up in the Coffin: A Calvinist Childhood and the Imagination for Evil
In our most recent episode ( Awakening in the Dream with Paul Levy ), we speak extensively about the nature of evil—how it operates...

Jeff Mansfield
Mar 104 min read


Awaken in the Dream with Paul Levy (Show Notes)
LISTEN NOW What if everything we’ve been taught to believe about reality is wrong? What if we’re not just living in the world, but...

GoDeX
Mar 54 min read


5 Essential Resources for Exploring the Dreamworld
Throughout the podcast, and most recently in our Spirit Train episode, we've been exploring the profound role that dreams play as an...

GoDeX
Mar 33 min read


All Aboard the Spirit Train (Show Notes)
LISTEN NOW What if your anxieties weren’t obstacles but doorways? What if your dreams aren’t nonsense, but portals to deeper wisdom,...

GoDeX
Feb 262 min read


Star Wars: Your First Step into a Larger World
We're not a science fiction podcast, we're a spirituality podcast. So why is our latest episode all about Star Wars ? There’s a moment...

Jeff Mansfield
Feb 134 min read


Star Wars, Hidden Histories, and the Stories That Shape Us with AJ Musewe (Show Notes)
LISTEN NOW Why do Star Wars, Harry Potter, and other fantasy stories resonate so deeply with us? What do they reveal about power,...

GoDeX
Feb 123 min read


A Poem for Theosis: We Awaken in Christ's Body
In our latest episode, Consciousness and the Cross , Michael and I talk a little about theosis, but I don't think we define the term....

Jeff Mansfield
Feb 62 min read


Consciousness & the Cross Show Notes
LISTEN NOW Is the self an illusion—or something real and necessary? If we must die before we die, what is it that actually dies? In this...

GoDeX
Feb 52 min read


10 Movies Like The Wicker Man: Ego Death, Conflict, and the Transformation of Identity
Why The Wicker Man (1973) Is So Good In Episode 4 (Dying Before You Die) Michael and Jeff discover they both love the movie The Wicker...

GoDeX
Jan 244 min read


John Muir in the Wind Storm: How Science, Nature, Mysticism, Storytelling, and the Self Intertwined in Yosemite
In Episode 3 (Rewilding the Soul) Michael and I discussed how important "the woods" were to us growing up and how visiting nature and...

Jeff Mansfield
Jan 234 min read


Dying Before You Die—Show Notes
LISTEN NOW Have you ever felt like every path you turn down leads to hell? In this episode of The Gospel of Direct Experience , hosts...

GoDeX
Jan 223 min read


6 Must-Watch Documentaries About UFOs, Paranormal Encounters, and Non-Human Intelligences
Whether it’s awe-inspiring accounts of extraterrestrial contact, the eerie reality of sleep paralysis, or the unexplainable phenomena...

GoDeX
Jan 174 min read


Rewilding the Soul: Wilderness, Apocalypse, Practice—Episode 3 Show Notes
LISTEN NOW What if our deepest spiritual experiences aren't found in churches or meditation halls, but in lonely wilderness and abandoned...

GoDeX
Jan 152 min read


The 5 Best Spirituality Podcasts (Besides Ours)
We're so happy that you're listening to the podcast and just blown away by the responses and support. Some of you have told us that this...

GoDeX
Jan 93 min read


Abducted by Direct Experience (The Ariel School UFO Encounter)—Episode 2 Show Notes
LISTEN NOW In this episode of The Gospel of Direct Experience , Jeff Mansfield and Michael Ellick delve into the direct spiritual...

GoDeX
Jan 82 min read


Direct Spiritual Experience—Episode 1 Show Notes:
Welcome to the first episode of The Gospel of Direct Experience , a spirituality podcast where we explore transformative spiritual...

GoDeX
Jan 12 min read
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