Episode 180: Chekhov's Schrödinger's Dagger (Kurosawa's "Rashomon")

Episode 180: Chekhov's Schrödinger's Dagger (...

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Episode 325: It Is Happening Again

David and Tamler return to Mircea Eliade's The Sacred and Profane and discuss the chapter "Sacred Time and Myths." How does viewing time as circular give us a periodic window into the sacred? What does it mean to reactualize the creation of the universe in ritual and to view time ...  Show more

Episode 324: Irruption of the Sacred

David and Tamler consecrate their podcast with a discussion of "The Sacred and the Profane" by Mircea Eliade. We focus on the first chapter on sacred spaces, where the divine breaks through (or irrupts) our homogenous and chaotic reality, creating a center that gives us meaning a ...  Show more

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