Kabbalistic Theology of the Heretic Messiah Sabbatai Zevi - The Klippot & Redemption through Sin

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[@chrisradzion2148]

Thank you, Dr Sledge, for another fascinating video. One of the things I love about videos like this one is that it forces me to go back and learn more about things I thought I had a better grasp on (Sabbatai Zevi and Lurianic Kabbalah, in this instance). I will say this- what Nathan of Gaza was claiming, as part of his promotion/defense of Zevi, sounds roughly familiar to things I remember learning as a kid in Catholic school: the idea that, following the crucifixion, Jesus went to hell (because He carried the world’s sins), and there in redeemed the souls of the long dead patriarchs and others who, though righteous and followers of G-d, still died in sin. Years later, I would read similar tales, but relating to other ancient religions (the story of Osiris, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and in stories of Mithra. The theme is very much the same, the devil (literally, sometimes) is in the details. As one of my high school history teachers once said- “history doesn’t always repeat itself, but it rhymes a lot”.

[@comradegarrett1202]

much of this also seems vaguely reminiscent of gnostic beliefs e.g. that in order to rescue the fallen Sophia from the material plane and raise it back into the pleuroma, the Demiurge had to be tricked into releasing some of that divinity by breathing it into humans in order to give them life. The whole, "divine entity descending into an evil place and then committing some kind of trickery to get itself and the rest of humanity out" narrative is strong there too.

[@chrisradzion2148]

I am not Roman Catholic (my family left the church just before I was to make Confirmation). Since then I’ve been on a spiritual journey that took me into Protestant evangelical churches (where my family went after leaving the Catholic Church) to atheism to agnosticism, back to exploring the mystical elements of Judaism, to Gnosticism, and back to where I am now: Christianity, heavily influenced by Gnostic and mystical Judaism, without a “home” (though Eastern Orthodox has become appealing more recently).

[@clavicleofcernunnos]

Which stories of Mithra? Precious little is known of the the Roman mystery religion and the Iranian Mitra doesn't have a resurrection story I know of. The similarities between Christ and other supposed models is often greatly overstated. Osiris is perhaps somewhat close since he is resurrected, but it's not the direct plagiarism Zeitgeist types would have you believe. The actual mythology of each religion is far more interesting than the "gotcha" misrepresentations.

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As an Asayriologist I am curious how you associate good old Gilgameš with this.

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This is one of the most interesting entries in your Kabbalah videos yet, at least to me personally. The amount of parallels to a fictional setting that I am currently writing are a little staggering. Cosmic horror dragons at the bottom of Hell as the origin of evil, yo.

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Yea! I got a stab of 'Constantine' the old movie... Perhaps we remember the Powers more than we think we could...

[@NevisYsbryd]

@@melissamoore521 It is more than possible that the comic series is influenced by it, given the pervasive Jewish hand in superhero comics (the vast majority of major superheroes had a Jewish writer, artist, and/or editor).

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[@ktkatte6791]

Man.... This hit me hard, and I can't even say with any condifence why. It's so absolutely awful what time can do to warp understanding of something. This video plus your commentary on Zevi in your kabbalah series paints a picture of a movement that's fascinating, if flawed, and implies a reach for something far more profound than the typical squabbles of religiously minded folks. Even if it ended in disaster, even if it was a mistake, it leaves me saddened at the outcome; taken at face value, what Nathan of Gaza and Zevi were doing seems to be genuinely innovative, and it's videos like this that leave me absolutely ravenously hungry for more information. Thanks for the work you put into these videos, Dr. Sledge.

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Wow, I’m going to have to check out Nathan’s work; the basic cosmology of Kabbalah (their nondual explanation of the evolution from Ein/Ein Sof to physical manifestation, & especially the Lurianic notions related Tzimtzum) are some of the areas that interest me most in Kabbalistic philosophy (as in Neo-Platonism, Advaita Vedanta, & other traditions whose insights into the subject I have concluded are about as close to the truth of the matter as humanity has ever gotten, & today are given more & more credence by the picture which the body of evidence provided by contemporary physics is moving increasingly towards… Information theory, the holographic model, Klee Irwin’s Emergence Theory, the Pribram-Bohm Hypothesis, & other astonishing theories- which are highly compatible with a more idealist, nondualistic, & potentially even panentheistic conception of the Cosmos- seem more & more consistent with the evidence, while a rigid materialism seems more & more indefensible). From the very existence of force at a distance (which so baffled Newton in his “clockwork” mechanism picture of the universe that he simply called gravity an “occult force”), to quantum mechanics (which not only reveals matter to be as much dispersed & wave-like as it is concrete & particle-like, but has proven nonlocality to be a feature of our physical reality- implying, as Bohm put it, a deeper, one might say esoteric, “implicate order” beneath the exoteric surface appearance of 3+1D “material” spacetime that we observe & experience ourselves as living within day to day in normal waking consciousness- a deeper level on which every point in space & every particle/wave in the cosmos is connected such that faster-than-light interactions can occur across cosmic distances near instantaneously) to special relativity (which reveals many of the most seemingly concrete, objective, reliable points of reference which make “material” spacetime feel so fundamental & “real” & concrete- the distances between things, the rate of ticking of the clock with the perceived flow of time- to be relative, dynamic emergent properties of a more pre-eminent, more fundamental level of reality… The more empirical information we gain, the more the axiomatic assumptions which originally gave rise to mechanistic materialism as the hegemonic, axiomatic metaphysical orthodoxy of the scientific community (despite their insistence that they’re above metaphysics, we all brings assumptions to the table whether we are aware of them & consciously consider & challenge them or not, & certainly most atheistic/agnostic scientists from the Enlightenment until recent years have implicitly assumed that the universe is random, inert, not intelligent, that matter is primary (even as we’ve discovered more & more aspects of physical nature which aren’t made of matter in any ordinary sense, like spacetime, quantum fields, information, mathematical structures, perhaps dark energy & other such as-of-yet-not-understood phenomena). Anyway thanks for a great video about a subject I was completely unaware of! And it’s always nice to see content creators outside of strictly political media spaces call out the ignorance & hatred that drives anti-Semites & fascists to their atrocious, rationally incoherent ideologies (& their actual atrocities). “Esoteric Nazi” pseudointellectuals, f*** off!

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This is a great comment. I'll have to reread it in the future!

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Not all Kabbalah teaches he same stuff, your poet doesn't represent all Kabbalah

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Doc I'm glad you covered this well.

[@bobdobbs8700]

Thank you for this edifying lecture on such a truly esoteric subject (Nathan of Gaza is about as esoteric as you can get). Nathan of Gaza's Treatise on Dragons has fascinated me ever since I read a synopsis. The idea (if I understand correctly) that the divine is fundamentally divided on the question of whether it is better to be or not be is fascinating and a bit scary too.

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Thanks for this kind comment

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Truly fascinating guy, but you really appreciate the wisdom of pumping the brakes on Kabbalah after all this

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Would you consider doing an episode on the maggid in the future? I have been reading Sabbatean Prophets by Matt Goldish and have found the figure of the maggid as discussed by the Kabbalahists prior to Nathan of Gaza fascinating. And thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos they are much appreciated.

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It took a few guesses at the spelling but finally managed to search for the meaning of Has Vehalila / Chas V'chalila. That's a useful expression.

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yeah, not sure I went for that one and not 'chas v'shalom' but that's what came out. Wasn't feeling super talmudy I guess.

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Gonna listen again. So much here. I studied this topic in my Jewish & Islamic Mysticism Class at the GTU in Berkeley. Another interesting element to this Savior Story is the Mass Hysteria aspect. Cheers Dr. J. Grateful!

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As an atheist I found this video to be very informative; the scientific like way these religious scholars went at understanding their god is fascinating.

[@jred3806]

This is the only video I've found that actually goes in depth in explaining the details of his kabbalistic beliefs

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This is definitely a video I'll have to watch again, just to make sure I catch as much of it as I can. That said, I do have to agree with you- the only thing worse than a false messiah are the valueless grifters that come after. Keep sharing your insight and research, Dr. Sledge, we definitely appreciate it.

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Cool! Always wanted to know more about Shabbat Tzatziki.

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"Shabbat Tzatziki" yes. this.

[@benjamin9901]

I took a sneak peak at the description to see what books you'd recommend and I own all of them except one :) glad to know I'm familiar with the literature! I know this video will be awesome

[@benjamin9901]

I also want to say I had an email discussion with David J. Halperin and he's still working on his English translation of I Come This Day to The Spring and he's hoping to have it finished by next year.

[@benjamin9901]

Also one more book I would recommend not on your list is Matthew Goldish's Sabbatean Prophets, and the tangential but interesting Saturn's Jews by Moshe Idel

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Forgot that one!

[@benjamin9901]

@@TheEsotericaChannel this is a very deep episode, and I learned new things even though I'm a well-read layman. I appreciate your work very much and I hope soon to donate to the channel even if it's just a little.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Yeah the theology of the movement doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves

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I love this channel. Thanks for all your hard work

[@joeshmoe8345]

this is interesting, thanks for sharing Big Dog

[@Baeretta]

I love Jakob Wassermanns novel "The Jews of Zirndorf" very much. A tragic and powerful novel about Sabbatai Zevis activities as the messiah and his followers. You gave a wonderful introduction to us. Thank you! What do you think about a review of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, by Professor Daniel C. Matt (along with Nathan Wolski and Joel Hecker)?

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

The Pritzker is a truly amazing work of translation and commentary.

[@jan-niklashoffmann4683]

Sounds interesting, might read.

[@pmgn8444]

Fascinating! I'm not sure if being well into a bottle of wine help or hindered my understanding of Sabbatai Zevi. But now I have a better reference to when he (and Nathan of Gaza) get mentioned in Esoterica.

[@BojoPigeon]

Another great video. It's hard not to recall the Christian concept of the "Harrowing of Hell" that seemed to be an important idea very early on in Church history, and even seemed to be considered part of the actual process of redemption. But I don't hear the topic being discussed much these days. Also, based on other videos I've seen that take an academic, historical approach on the topic of Sabbatai, I anticipate you're going to get some passionate comments long after the video's release. But it sounds like you're well aware of that.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

I think 'the harrowing of hell' is a great analogy to all of this. And, yes, the tidal wave is coming :)

[@BojoPigeon]

@@TheEsotericaChannel Didn't take long.

[@chrisradzion2148]

That theme of “The Harrowing of Hell” is still important in some Churches; less in others. It’s a pretty old concept that predates Christianity. It’s fascinating, and at times confusing (to me, anyway), how Nathan of Gaza uses that idea, coupled with ideas from Lurianic Kabbalah, to explain/justify/defend the actions of Sabbatai Zevi.

[@BojoPigeon]

@@chrisradzion2148 "Underworld Rescue Mission" does seem to be one of those recurring stories.

[@alanpennie]

​@@chrisradzion2148 It's interesting to see the idea cropping up in modern fantasy such as Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series.

[@freqmark]

Incredibly informative. Your work stands apart in this area of study.

[@YaakovEzraAmiChi]

This event is one of the most traumatic events to happen in the diaspora which we did to ourselves. I enjoy the way you tell of these subjects. In an academic way and not like some of what I've seen in the past. כל הכבוד!

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Yes and no. The converso population was disproportionately given over to messianism and that population would never had existed as such without Christian hegemony.

[@YaakovEzraAmiChi]

@@TheEsotericaChannel I just imagine how painful it must've been to think the Messiah is here and the redemption of Am Israel is right around the corner and BOOM. Messiah turns muslim... He should've accepted martyrdom

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Hard for me to judge, tbh. But yes, real trauma though I don't think that SV even understood the extent.

[@tracelee7332]

​@@TheEsotericaChannel I used to dream when I was a child that my own mother was a demon I was trying to escape from... If we don't overcome the trauma, if we are kept in low vibrations it is how the demons enter... My mother went through hell in past lives and in this life and never overcame it.. She recently tried to convince me that we should allow the evils of the world to continue because the Bible says 'there is another 700 years of this' 🤦

[@arkenautgundlach2498]

Sometimes it pays to be blind. Then a person has to knock off the stoopid stuff. I disqualified myself not long after I was starting to be pointed out as a possible messianic figure. I knew there was much to come still in that Bible after I had left this body. It would be apparently highly accurate when that slow swiveling cloud showed up in front of me. Your page here has I think, the best amount of material I have seen, being I go by visions. Inspiring me to read more! Bravo man! That is an accomplishment TY. Yep. Does seem like a bunch of stuff starting to really get crazy.

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Excellent Presentation, bravo.

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Wonderful video! I very much enjoyed listening to this lecture. Thank you.

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33:27 I am the first generation in my family for over 500 years not to be taught Ladino. It is an absolutely beautiful language and there are even playlists here on KZbin that encapsulate a lot of Ladino music.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

It's beautiful - I've been watching some soap operas where it's spoken

[@tanyadreschel6040]

Your videos are fascinating! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@Ricca_Day]

It’s wonderful to see an actual scholarly approach to this topic, Dr. Sledge. Once more, your balanced approach shines through the glitz of the snake oil hucksters who use the worship of Serpents as a justification for their own malefactions and misleading information campaigns. I watch one such channel, because it has some information as to the historical context of toxic doctrines, but it’s so basal, that it’s extremely, Extremely difficult to watch at times, because it’s just the absolute inverse of anything remotely holy. Esoterica is important to develop our understanding, but we must Honor the Concept of G0D.. not Use or Exploit It. These days, that’s quite a Tall Order. One which you adeptly Fill time and time again, dear sir. Many thanks for being an ever steady hand at the helm! Blessings & Much Love!

[@WarlockVex]

Most educational and entertaining video I watched in quite a while. It almost seems like he ended up in the Gnostic mystic side with that bit about Jesus. Lol, I'm in the same "nope club".

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I'm incredibly interested in this subject and I just stumbled into this video, thanks!

[@crisoliveira2644]

I had to check whether of not the name Heretic Messiah was already taken by some heavy metal band, so anyone wishing to start a band called Heretic Messiah, here's your chance.

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It’s pretty bad ass

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This video was amazing

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Take a drink every time Dr Sledge says the word "but"!

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Thanks for this!

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Thank you for shining some light into Nathan. I read the book of Olga Tokarczuk on the Frankizm and figures of that movement, yet I missed the background into the base of the revelations. As always thank you for helping me get this inside :)

[@TormodiR]

Awww I missed the stream. I am excited. Cheers Dr. S.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

There wasn't a stream today

[@TormodiR]

@@TheEsotericaChannel Fair enough. I have been extremely busy, cog dis is real with a disabled vet lol

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Thanks for your service.

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@@TheEsotericaChannel Aw man I did it again. Apologies I wasn’t thinking about that. However if you’re sincere than the thanks is mine sir. I really mean that too.

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Great lecture as always! Thank you.

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Ive been really enjoying your channel. Its deeply enriching thank you! If its not too much of a departure from your academic intention, it would be interesting to know what your personal philosophy and practice is like.

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Hello there sirñor just wanted to say thank you for talking about topic which fulfill my soul

[@skyefarnam7857]

Excited to be comment 365. Love your videos

[@pdjinne65]

What an insane story that would make a great movie. Of course nobody would ever take the risk of producing it, but...

[@AlxnderNZ]

Thank you for your recommendations!! It’s awful researching things then discovering you’re in a grubby wormhole of yuck!!

[@RealityFiles]

Please do one on Nathan of Gaza Treatise on the dragons. You are a gem, can't get this anywhere. Thanks

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

This episode is that.

[@freewilliam93]

I like that you said this is conspiracy free while the topic is about sabbatie

[@andythedishwasher1117]

I'm smelling some gematria in your choice to air this exactly 366 years after that date. You've been on about Shabbatai Zevi for a hot minute. Can't help but feel like there was a reason you waited.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

It's a hilarious coincidence - I just got the primary texts in from Israel a few weeks ago.

[@andythedishwasher1117]

@@TheEsotericaChannel lol I won't go too hard on the "coincidence" rant I'm sure you're well accustomed to, but *insert extended mystical rant about how everything happens for a reason*.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Yeah, if only I were such a cool hipster that I could be a crypto-sabbatean

[@andythedishwasher1117]

@@TheEsotericaChannel nah I just figured there might be a clever kabbalistic joke hidden in there, but sometimes a document is just a document.

[@FlavumSignum]

I find it so curious that Sabbatean-like beliefs are still present in modern day Hasidism especially Chabad. Though, my personal preference for Moshiach is Reb. Mordecai Kaplan, too bad he never claimed to be one 😂 P.S. שבת שלום good doctor!

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

I follow the same rebbe. And yes, sabbatean ideas deeply influenced early hasidut

[@afd4017]

could you give me an example of what Sabbatean ideas impacted hasidut

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this is the typa stuff youd never think thatd exist

[@user-jt5ot4hy9q]

It's always puzzled me that such an ancient, strictly coded and exclusive religion as Judaism would ever think of accepting Lurianic Kabbalah. Perhaps there is an inner mystic in all of us that yearns for an understanding deeper than that which our traditional orthodoxies can provide.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

It is precisely that lurianic Kabbalah deepened orthodoxy that it was accepted.

[@jesseglass5674]

Wonderful! Jesse

[@stevenv6463]

Really interesting. I love how these figures use traditional theology and how it affects these movements. I am also really interested in how David Koresh interpreted the Bible to explain his movement and his actions.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Koresh's seven seals text is another on I want to get to as well

[@stevenv6463]

@@TheEsotericaChannel Yeah, the craziest thing is that there are still loyal Koresh believers and they just think the world is left at the sixth or seventh seal for the foreseeable future. Although crazy Jewish movements are usually more theologically interesting, Koresh had some interesting interpretations. Maybe it's all that Sabbath observing. A lot of time to think up interpretations when you can't do anything else hehe.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

You get in my line of work and the bar for whom you're willing to call crazy gets pretty high

[@Hastenforthedawm]

The bizarre think about some of these extreme apocalyptic "fundamentalist" groups is the way they seem to stumble upon very wild esoteric ideas without knowing them as such.

[@andrewmalcolm79]

Thanks Dr. Sledge!

[@jmp01a24]

I am impressed by the level of information you have read and compiled into a "history" of the spiritual paths towards enlightenment. Both individual peoples writings, tradition, evolved over time up until recent times. I love the illustrations from various books I have never even heard about. I've studied the Qabbalah on a surface level, from a masonic point of view up until Dee, Levi and Crowley's expansion of the Golden Dawn system, introducing the (class A) book of the law. It got him sued by GD for publishing their "hidden lore" earlier only available to the GD initiates, kept secret. In those regards he opened for the uneducated to get a glimse of total system incorporating various spiritual schools and a persons travels up the tree of life. Leaving behind two different paths towards enlightenment: The A:.A:. (3 person system) and OTO (globally), both schools focus on the acceptance of the book of the law - which he and his wife channeled in Egypt 1904). Making 1904 the first year of the new aeon of Thelema. Kabbalah is at the core, but it also incorporate tarot, astrology, i-ching, Buddahs teachings, norse mythology, witchcraft, etc.). What is your personal system of choice? I assume you have jewish background and thus got started from there. I wish I was able to read/write/speak Hebrew, Greek, and French but one only have so much time in this world of information overload. It helps to have had a good starting point. Mine was interest in the UFO phenomena, then to the book of the law and also the danish master Martinus, which imo is a new system, based on his spiritual awakening where he got transported to the realm outside the tree of life, awakening his godhead. Would been very interesting hearing your take on Martinus system. He compiled his wast knowledge into the third testament. A large study that goes over 9 large books (if I recall correctly). He too confirms the various stages of evolution, from mineral kingdom/domain, to the animal domain, then the REAL human domain (which we are about to experience globally, many has already raised to that level, but his system is globally and mankind still struggles with crossing over from the animal kingdom), the next level is outside time and space - man has become pure spirit and does not need physical bodies). It also accepts all religions as correct, only having different approach to the same teachings. Like looking at an object from different angles, you will describe the same thing differently).

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Just an academic, not a kabbalist.

[@jmp01a24]

@@TheEsotericaChannel But your knowledge is impressive imo. I watch the whole video when I see you uploaded something new. Greets from an old Thelemite. 418!

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Glad I can be helpful!

[@SMIGGYS]

Could you possibly type out some of the transcription for the video that aren't english for proper translation? Would be very helpful, one of my favorite videos, thank you.

[@oceanusprocellarum1119]

Banger

[@The_Crow-]

Dr.Sledge, I am happy I found you. I am a watcher of religion for breakfast. But that’s not how I found you. I was deep diving into Moronism. Wondering how Chad Daybell came up with twisted thinking. So I hope onto the moron train 🚂. Which sent me to Joseph Smith, then to Enoch….Now here I am. 😊 Your awesome and I been intrigued. So intrigued that I been on a Esoteric binge over the weekend. I totally forgot about the Daybell case.

[@illeagleproducionz8116]

Yeeeeoooo🤘☺️🤘 Beautiful thank you sir

[@Pooneil1984]

I do enjoy these videos, but found this one so dense with material and unusual words that I could not follow along. It still gets a like.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

It goes like that sometimes

[@Pooneil1984]

@@TheEsotericaChannel As you said, it isn;'t introductory material. I'll try to get back to it so maybe I can pick up a bit more. Looking forward to the next one.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Yep, this is kinda the deep one