The Only Illustrated Ancient Gnostic Manual of Mystical Ascent After Death - The Two Books of Jeu

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What do you think of a buddy movie called "Shamir and Leviathan's great adventure" IDK, the shamir escapes Asmodius and takes up an unlikely friendship with the gruff loner Leviathan who thinks it can be happy alone under the sea. Shamir has to hold on to Levathan as the beast swims as great speeds.

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@@fufu3539 maybe the true Esoterica were the friends we made along the way

[@jesseglass5674]

I've been trying to get the Evans and it appears to be out of print. Jesse

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I truly respect what you do on your channel and I value your thoughts that you express on the many subjects.... a light shining on so many perspectives. So.. with that said, what are your thoughts and opinions about the Nag Hammadi library and the Dead Sea Scrolls being written fairly recently compared to what we are told? (Mainly based on the language it was written in.)

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How is it possible that I have only just realized how deeply funny you are? I’ve come for the enlightenment, but will definitely stay for the giggles. Thanks for all you do!

[@sophiashekinah9872]

His humor makes such deep and intimidating material feel a little less overwhelming, huh? I also appreciate his inclusiveness of a wide range of ancient texts and topics.

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He’s hilarious lol

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Intelligent people are always funny.

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I stay for the humor too 😂😂😂. I get his kind of humor.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Alright game designers - who wants to make a puzzle based on this? Hmu!

[@Adamaspotestas]

I can't be the only one who thought of Shin Megami Tensei during the segment about treasuries

[@00muinamir]

Myst meets The Backrooms. It'll be a cult classic.

[@CelestialDung]

Not a gamer but I can't help but think that a role playing system based around souls attempting to ascend would be...oh goodness it would be a headache. But nice art I'm sure.

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@@CelestialDung I mean that's part of Bloodborne

[@RedBeardDog]

@@CelestialDung Divinity: original sins 2 has this plot.

[@FraterSbeve]

"Now let's turn to the books of Jeu." Who, me? Nope, didn't skip the baptisms. In fact, I again noticed how much your presentation has improved over the years, which isn't to say that there really was a need for improvement, just that your content simply keeps getting better and better. Thanks and all the best to you, good doctor.

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Hustle harder as we say in Detroit ;) but I hope I'm always improving!

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[@WMConsultingService]

im afraid of the water! and avoid the wine, but got plenty of oil and its divine.

[@pelangos]

This part of the Mysteries seems so interesting ⚔

[@isacvlad]

Thank you kindly sir for keeping such content free and accessible to all. 🙏

[@redneckextraordinaire3073]

What masterful coverage of so underated Gnostic texts. I'm just blown away, Dr Sledge. I will have to watch this 10x more, once is not enough.

[@KillingShock]

"Jesus, what's the next cypher?? Jesus, please tell me the next cypher!!" - couldn't stop laughing at that one, so perfect! 😂

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

I'm for real - Books of Jeu are the machine code of reality.

[@sepp_gw]

I always love what I learn here, but over and beyond that I have to say I always appreciate the humor. It really makes the experience human.

[@jlp7185]

Oh, I had to pause at 38:34 from chuckling heartily at "black Unix terminal of reality" and commend you on your turn of phrase. Just discovered this channel recently and I am loving it so far! Thank you!

[@bearfoodmama]

Thank you for the term “shaman Jesus” and laying out this knowledge like a final fantasy journey to the crystal kingdom. You are a gift.

[@johncollins211]

Dr sledgehammer putting in that work for us again! Teaching us profane plebians about the sacred without offering up any kool-aid in the process.

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My fav thing is your dry wit. You get me everytime.

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Greetings from Chattanooga, TN. This wealth of information gave me the first understanding of Christianity that made any sense and was like a key, so to speak, they gave me the 'ears to hear' the New Testament. Thank you for your time and sharing your wisdom and knowledge.

[@dixonstroi]

I'm really loving the channel. This is the video that convinced me to become a patron. Keep up the amazing work. You've joined my pantheon of entertaining academic KZbin creators!

[@brandong.1857]

Watching you narrate makes me feel like less of a history nerd. Always enjoy your videos and many thanks.

[@bgp001]

Thank you for tackling the books of Jeu. Looking forward to the eventual Pistis Sophia episode. ;) The "untitled text" in the Bruce Codex is a wonderful piece of gnostic cosmology. There are, at least 3, that I am aware of, translations.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

The untitled text is interesting but very resistant to summary because it's kinda a summary

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[@Language_Guru]

I learned some about Sethian and Valentinian Gnosticism during my doctoral studies in Syriac and Coptic, but I had not heard of Jeuian Gnosticism. Thank you for this great introduction!

[@MrBawa480]

Sounds like Jesus had a really sick game of Dungeons and Dragon with his Apostles and someone took really detailed notes

[@jayyyyyyke]

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[@geraldinewilson1903]

Thanks

[@exoplanet11]

38:00 "Six shots of espresso, staring at a Unix terminal...logged in as root" Loved that analogy!!!

[@J1Nflo]

Your timing on posting this compared to where my studies have taken me this week is uncanny. Thank you so much for all you do, I've been loving your channel for a while here, and you truly are doing the great work for humanity!!

[@kaidenmunsey7380]

Wonderful episode! thank you for making t his kind of information more available! truly a follow through on your stated intentions for this channel! As A christian myself I find studying subjects related to early Christian history hard to access and difficult to orient one's self too just through solo internet research. A channel such as this is invaluable both to my personal intellectual life and my understanding of my own religion and it's place within a wider religious Milieu. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you Doctor Sledge, I deeply appreciate all you do!

[@MAGIAECORPUS]

Thank you Dr Sledge. I have been studying the Book of Jeu since your first mentioned it. In my opinion, the book is the foundation of Masonic, Rosicrucian and Golden Dawn traditions. The use of tokens, knowledge and treasuries is very similar to tokens, grips, knowledge lectures and grades. I think that the Book of Jeu can be used a complete magical system like the golden dawn but more beautiful and complete.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Though it'd have to be completed - 90% of it is missing, sadly

[@MAGIAECORPUS]

@@TheEsotericaChannel 90% is way better than Mathers or Felkin making stuff up. As I studied it I could not help but wonder if anyone people did the rituals and followed the book. I assume there had to be some prayers missing. I love this book. I have read it twice and compare it to the Pistis Sophia since they seem to be companion books. Thank you for bringing it to light. I can’t thank you enough.

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[@ipos1070]

​@@TheEsotericaChannel the gnostics mention wisdom. Wisdom is an sometime referred to as Nuwa. Nuwa and Fuxi are two serpents who carry the square and compass. The very same Nuwa is thought to be the inspiring God for the Tuath Dé Dananna. An Irish folklore. Also the red head gene comes from south east Asia, and is linked to Melanisians. That area also has a serpent God lmfao.

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​@Ipos there's serpent gods all over the earth though

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I actually do need someone to voice Thunder, Perfect Mind. No one seems to want to do it 🤷

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

​@@SobekLOTFC I am the work and I am the lazy

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

​@@SobekLOTFC but seriously I'd love to hear a Coptic audio book of it

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[@Cristoferurlaub]

This was a fascinating video and I did not skip the baptism tangent. Gonna binge watch your Gnosticism videos now. Side note, I ran my first ever non stop 10k to this video. Hell yeah

[@OhGodThatsHorrific]

Excellence video as always. With your impassioned rant towards publishers at the end you’ve definitely cemented yourself as my favourite scholarly channel on this site

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[@Seeker_206]

I enjoyed this one. I notice parallels between the ascent through the hostile archon regions and the “aerial toll house” teaching found in Eastern Orthodoxy. Very interesting stuff! Thank you!

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Thank you for this amazing content.

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Thanks again. My lack of humility hates this channel almost as much as my ignorance. Positive waves.

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Thanks!

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You’re so rad Dr. Justin Sledge. Thank you for your channel.

[@josdelijster4505]

been binging your vids lately love them, study`d this for decades...

[@leppender2450]

I've seen a few of your vids, but this is the one that earned my sub!!! I had never heard of these books, and will treat them with extreme skepticism based upon the age in which they were written alongside any cultural influences they were subject to. You have done a great service to humanity by giving this primer to a very difficult subject, but please keep up the good work!!!

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I love this channel

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Man your channel just keeps getting better and better

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Wow thank you so much for these great videos 😊 you explain things very well and definitely encourage me to study deeper into these subjects!

[@MichaelYoder1961]

lol - you're honing your sense of humour, Dr. Justin - love it. This is heavy lifting and when I laugh, I know I'm learning something (as much as I'm just a regular person and not a scholar). Keep 'em laughing - you do it well, sir.

[@MAGIAECORPUS]

That phrase to not sell the secrets is in almost every rite of freemasonry.

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As a Linux nerd, I can relate, and this is *not* an afterlife I'd want to navigate without plenty of manpages and a GUI. False ending was hilarious, btw. Great channel too. :-) I'm kind of new here.

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Bizarrely fascinating. I'm relatively new to your channel, I've been watching for just a few weeks, and had no idea that I'd be so interested and entertained by deep dives into subjects I didn't even know existed. Thank you for making it accessible to us total rookies!

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Dr.Justin 🎉 you make me smarter🙏 and I am so grateful for you🙏🙏❤️‍🔥🙏🙏

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Very new to your channel bit seen it floating around in my feed for like a year now lol I wasnt sure what your channel was so I decided to check it out the other day! It's been a fun ride! ^-^ Lots of accurate and well researched information and very good little jokes here and there

[@LilWitchy]

Can't wait for the video on Sofia that will be so cool!

[@nono-ik5wf]

An easy to understand video on a wonderful subject. Thank you so much for taking the time, to explain all of this in such a nice way. I really get what this subject is about and I really enjoy learning about this subject because it's very important for me to understand. It is a bit disheartening to hear that is from the third or fourth century but I still find it very insightful to the early teaching.

[@97lilmam]

The book of game as jeu is translated in utube. How fitting! Just found this channel today and you're hilarious! Def going to check out more of your vids.

[@silentobserver888]

This will be rich indeed! Doing my own illustrations for my novel soon! Inking them both physically and digitally!

[@1sedate1]

Very Interesting Doctor Justin! Always a fine job.. Thanks

[@GabeNode21]

Superb video. I can't help imagining an Abbot and Costello "Jeu's On Next" type sketch.

[@dreworyan5652]

I grew up “Catholic/Christian” but I always had these similar thoughts about the “God” if the Bible and how the world works and seems to favor “evil” or “uncaring”. I also have severe MDD since age 8 and always felt “uncomfortable” with being alive in general… never knew what to call it or how to explain it until a few weeks ago thanks to your Gnostic videos. Was my beliefs the whole time without knowing it Thankyou for sharing your knowledge & helping me finally realize myself Dr. Continue the Lords work ✝️

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Thanks for all you do, Doc! Both the topic of mysticism and this channel are relatively new to me, so the extensive back-catalog has become my go-to content to listen to during the grind of my day job. Thus, the majority of the time I spend experiencing Esoterica content is through listening rather than watching. I'd put off this video when it showed up in my feed specifically because that word "illustrated" in the title suggested I'd want to experience it visually, and I'm glad I did, because I hadn't realized just how much visual humor I was missing! The "wifi password" gag absolutely sent me and now I look forward to reexperiencing some of my faves with a proper watch-through. 😂

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Thanks - I try to make them visually engaging but without sacrificing any of the information which is primarily audio. Hopefully they can function as both fun videos but also podcasts.

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Спасибо!

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I watch your channel specifically for the Linux terminal on reality's master node vibes.

[@ktkatte6791]

I gotta say, I owe a frankly fucking dramatic deepening of my religious/esoteric exploration to you and like three other guys with youtubes. Thanks so much man.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

I'm just glad I can do my small part.

[@ktkatte6791]

@@TheEsotericaChannel You have been pretty central. I'm reaching a point where I am slowing down, trying to wrangle my adhd+depression to dive *deeper* and learn some languages and read/study primary material, rather than have a broad trivia-like understanding of these topics, but your videos and insight has been no small part of *my* descent into autodidactic madness, but honestly a pretty big one, and it's the best thing a stranger has ever done for me. I have been out of school for years now. I don't wanna blow too much smoke up your ass, but I really, really appreciate what you do lol. Thank you again.

[@oniondip_420]

Wonderful episode!! Looking forward to whenever you get a chance to do the Pistis Sophia one :)

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Eventually.... ;)

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[@BannanaOnFloor]

Usually, I will skip recommended videos until I finish the video Im on, but you talked me into it lol

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Gotta not skip the baptisms

[@KassieFox]

I watched this video in its entirety twice back to back today. Thank you for wgat youre doing.

[@apophatos824]

Amazing. Thank you so much for your time, energy and passion, sir.

[@xieyuxi764]

Bonjour Dr.Sledge, thank you for your great video. I recently read some lectures about the syriac orthodox christian mystic tradition, and I found it's closed to the books of Jeu and Ma'asse Merkava, also the Mandaeanism. It's pretty interesting, and in this tradition, the discussion of celestial systeme turns into the mystery of heart, and this time its form is closed to sufism. I suggest there is a relationship between those different traditions, and they are rooted on the mesopotamian mystic tradition, where those mysticism happened. In my imagination, because of this condition ,the number 60 is used, which number is a sacred numbre in ancient mesopotamia. I hope it's a useful imagine.

[@israeltovar3513]

I really enjoy your way of talking and explaining. I aspire to explain difficult topics in a amenable and interesting way such as what you strive. Thanks for your efforts and have a great day...

[@SobekLOTFC]

The books of Jeu are definitely the deep B-sides of the "Gnostic" corpus. To make a musical analogy, they belong in any sojourner's record collection as much as any Smiths.B-side, so to speak Keep up the great work, Dr Sledge! 👍⚒️

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

That's a great analogy - only the kewl kids are down these

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[@newdawncrystal6472]

I love your introduction to ancient texts, thank you!💛💛💛

[@petergoog6892]

Thank you for your lecture, very informative. Hope in the future there's video game based on the two books of Jeu.

[@spacecowboy3063]

Today I checked the The University if Texas library thats a couple miles away from me and they have Evans' study as well as the Schmidt translation! They also have the Schmidt translation of The Pistis Sophia so I'm ready when you are on that one...

[@cristoferurlaub7499]

Easily one of the most fascinating videos in a while. Thank you so much. Time to sell a few organs for those Brill books. For real though, I will be looking more into this. Very cool stuff.

[@timelessnugget]

"not without some disagreement among specialists because, you know, truth and job security." Great line

[@WavesOfThirteen13]

Ahh the Pistis Sophia. I read that book and cried for two weeks. Life changing book. I am a theosophist, love your content. Thank you for all your work.

[@Rokaize]

What exactly did you take away from the Pistis Sophia? It is almost impenetrable

[@robin-30]

Thank you for making this video, really fascinating and the beginning of a new rabbit hole for me

[@notsae66]

That whole "Bring Heaven down to Earth," idea is juat fascinating! That would make for a truly interesting motivation for a ruthless but self-righteous villain; the idea that they know they, and perhaps most men, will not be able to enter Heaven and thus seek to drag paradise down to them instead.

[@zeronothing000]

I do not practice any known/unknown magic. But have always found it interesting.

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Of all channels on youtube i never thought id see the fake ending schtick here but yet here we are lol. A true KZbinr you are Doc!

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Hello, I have a bit newer, but hard to come by book that you may be interested in. It is called The Mystic Bible and was written by Dr. Randolph Stone. He also developed a healing modality known as Polarity and I believe that he was a part of the development of Cranial Sacral Therapy also.

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The Goonies reference kills it. Thank you again sir your channel is better than a lifetime supply of baby ruths.

[@Dougland214]

@32:27 could that be like a Purgatory or a reincarnation type sending them back down

[@taskmaster51]

Love your sense of humor

[@rajhi29]

Thank you. You’re awesome. Really admire the dedication to digging in such a daunting system of bones of wisdom hidden in paramount levels of dirt(reference to Gurdjieff). Appreciate all that you do.

[@andrewrobinson4019]

Finally! A Gnostic text I can study! (I attended the Gaston’s University for People Who Can Only Read Books With Pictures)

[@gmccaughry]

Thank you for another fantastic episode.

[@kenethshelley]

It would be convenient to click the link below to go directly to the video you're talking about. Maybe updating that would be more engaging for us to watch multiple videos easily. I'm liking the topics! I'm all about apotheosis!

[@danielsolis6624]

Fantastic job! This lecture came to me as an epiphany. Plus, I have found the referenced books online. Someone (Z-library) made them available for the interested scholar "to borrow" free of charge. The harder part then to obtain them is to study them - as they are very voluminous: Evans (2015) 295 pages and Schmidt (2020) 345 pages., DeConick (2013) 583 pages. I will skip the Coptic language courses for now. Thanks!

[@theresaberger4051]

Okay...I've been subbed for awhile, have never commented. This feels/seems above my level but I am striving for understanding and to learn. I recently watched a video where a Prof. David Ulansey discussed (Mithra)the constellations on a specific icon from 10yrs ago. (I saved the video to "My Favorite Subjects" playlist). Now at 20mins in you are hitting on that subject. Also you are pinging my memory about St. Teresa of Avila's "Mansions" prayer. Now off to watch rest of video....

[@fishtolizard3930]

Fantastic Work. Many Thanks!

[@BojoPigeon]

38:20 As we say in he Unix world "Don't take the name of root in vain." When you're poking around at the settings of the live production server of reality it would be nice to have Jesus standing over your shoulder to tell you things like "I don't think you want to use a wildcard here."

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@Wesley Fortney by worshiping the algorithm i hope to bless Dr Sledge 😅

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​@@beepboop204 all hail the algorithm

[@Ricca_Day]

Dear Dr., I feel like Kirk telling Spock he’ll take Spock’s best guess right now, because your best efforts pale those of the vast majority of others. Thank you for your respectful approach. Many blessings ✨

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

The description around 1:30 sounds like most near-death experience stories. I wonder if some saints and teachers died and came back momentarily.

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[@tanzimat2039]

Oh man, you are "wisdom" incarnated, the only solid exception to Plato's thinking in the current known world. Salve from Constantinople ❤

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Definitely not

[@FLBJOJO]

@@TheEsotericaChannel maybe not🙅🏾 wisdom incarcerate but the spirit of understanding is there

[@AMCurry]

Wild. I saw the baptism video,no skip. As Radom pattern recognition, notice more than one of the keys had a form not unlike the Slavic Peruns cross or hammer.

[@constpegasus]

How can you not love this?

[@larrybuzbee7344]

Quite apart from the mystical details of this and other materials covered by this channel, I am most interested in the social, psychological and intellectual contexts that generated such literature. The emphasis on purification, the overwhelming complexity and utter detachment from what we have come to believe is the actual structure of the universe imply that the complexity is a feature, not a bug, socially exclusionary rather than the opposite.

[@DaemonZola106]

Thank you so much for this; I was under the impression that the Jeu was something along the lines of the 'Ohaspe' text for some reason, so I never looked into it. Definitely have to add it to my list now

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

Some pages are missing : 19th century British library worker : ' Damn, no toilet paper..I just use this old thing ' '

[@MidnightSmoke]

Great and interesting video, I loved the subject matte. I've always thought of myself and a fairly smart person and can hold my hold when talking with the professors at the college I work at, but you and your videos make me feel dumber the Gomer Pyle (1960's and 70's TV character). Here is a like and comment to help your channel grow and get you the recognition you deserve.

[@felixq723]

19:28 Could the division of 5, especially in the cosmology, have been somehow related to the Platonic Solids? Either an attempt to marry the ideas, or an influence this particular tradition incorporated? Much more of a longshot given how much time had passed, but I also wonder if 60 was somehow a remnant from Babylonian or earlier mythology.

[@alykathryn]

The 6 watcher of each treasury, 3 on the way in and 3 on the way out, could be 1 for each zodiacal degree of the Egyptian Terms/(Bounds) 60 total, 5 per sign 6° each, that seem to play an important yet obscure role in Egyptian Astrology

[@DekuParker119]

Anakin Skywalker doing the Leonardo DiCaprio meme “write this down”

[@h4ppyn0m4d]

I’m probably wrong about this, but the seals used before and after this ritual could be interpreted as the same symbol being simplified from a 2D plane into a 1D line segment, becoming better representation of the fundamentals, or even a kind of divine “template”(?) similar to how multiple separate sine waves can be combined to make a single wave (cant remember the actual term for this process)

[@rts0fft0ya16]

This guy cracks me up, all while delivering top-shelf information. 😆 I'd love to know exactly how they came up with this information in the first place. I'm not even commenting on whether or not this information reflects reality in any way. It's seriously profound thinking and impressive in its own right.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Have you ever seen the video "This is how we trip" from early days of 'college humour'? There's a part when the guy is 'ascending' and his friends have to hold him down while he cries out "I'M ASCENDING, I'M ASCENDING!". I think about that video all the time.

[@sherriefisher9009]

I love the Bruce Codex...been working with it awhile 😉 I love the 7th 11th 21st treasuries oh and the 1st...there all great get to know them.

[@isaachester8475]

Hey Dr. Sledge, I recognize your intro music as Chopin’s Nocturne 1, which I love. And was wondering which rendition this is?

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

The creative commons licence version

[@isaachester8475]

@@TheEsotericaChannel Oh, that does make sense. Thank you!!

[@jss2889]

1:28 accessending through the seen and unseen. Essentially you need to balance both sides of the spectrum of light which are both invisible to the human eye whilst also maintaining a emphasis and focus on the visible spectrum that is in the middle. Get allot of infrared reflected off green plants that are in direct light whilst you are in shade protected from ultra violet especially if you are sedentary since we make infrared ourselves through movement. Get direct light into eyes in morning and sunset as much as possible. Get some ultra violet only to the point you start to feel any discomfort then switch to shade with infrared or maintain movement in direct sun optimally whilst covered as much as possible but don't sit sedentary in ultra violet. This process over time will lead to your heart switching on and being in a permanent state of remembrance of God and that everything belongs to him.