2: Mormonism, Psychedelics, Quantum Physics, and the Eleusinian Mysteries - Refining the Origin Story

This episode is a reading of the initial post from the Mormons, Mystics, and Muons' Substack which gives a comprehensive overview of a new narrative on Mormonism's origins. It integrates consciousness, philosophy, psychedelics, and quantum physics to show how Mormonism arose out of an amalgamation of esoteric traditions and expanded or altered states of consciousness, and how science integrates with spirituality. While many truth claims of Mormonism are problematic, the argument over whether the religion is "true" or "false" presents a false dichotomy. Esoteric traditions captured fundamental truths owing to their reliance on states of consciousness and an emphasis on gnosis, or personal experience of truth. As an evolution of esoteric traditions, New Age Spirituality contains surprising parallels to Mormonism, of which many are entirely unaware, including Kolob, reincarnation, pansycheism, and more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

03:08 Updating Frameworks

08:57 Overview

14:26 Disclaimer

17:46 Consciousness

34:49 Quantum Physics

36:55 Scientific Revolutions and Models of Understanding

39:11 The Double-Slit Experiment

42:25 The Many Worlds Interpretation

46:18 Entanglement

48:55 Quantum Field Theory

50:20 New Age Spirituality

52:23 Mormonism's Connections with New Age and Esoteric Traditions

53:53 The Eleusinian Mysteries

59:45 Mormonism's Connections with New Age

01:00:31 Reincarnation or Multiple Mortal Probations

01:01:38 Apocalypse of James - Gnostic Text with Similarities to the Endowment

01:02:15 The Book of Mormon, Automatic Writing, and Channeling

01:04:10 Mormonism's Gnostic View of The Fall

01:05:10 The Priesthood's Similarities to Reiki, a Form of Energy Healing

01:06:06 Eternal Progression, Becoming Gods, and Similarities to Esotericism

01:06:33 Kolob and Similarities to Sirius

01:08:03 A Celestial Earth and Similarities to New Age's 5D Transition

01:08:40 Noble and Great Ones and Similarities to Starseeds

01:09:24 Pre-Earth Life, Saturday's Warrier, the Veil, Soul Contracts, and Karma

01:10:40 Likely Use of Psychedelics in Early Mormonism

01:13:43 Temple Sealings and New Age Concepts of Oneness

01:14:14 The Adamic Language and New Age Light Language

01:14:39 Joseph's Translation of Scripture and Similarities to Contemporary Esoteric Texts

01:15:58 The Lost 10 Tribes and Hollow Earth

01:16:20 Polygamy and Polyamory

01:17:01 Zion, Being of One Heart and One Mind, and Oneness

01:17:16 The Word of Wisdom

01:17:23 Heavenly Mother, Shakti, Kundalini, and the Divine Feminine

01:17:33 Panentheism and Gaia

01:18:52 Family History and Ancestral Healing

01:19:06 Freemasonry

01:19:34 Melchezidek and Enoch

01:19:45 Degrees of Glory

01:20:43 First Vision Accounts and Joseph's Evolving God

01:21:52 Patriarchal Blessings and the Akashic Records

01:22:46 Priesthood Blessings and Channeling

01:23:50 Burning in the Bosom, Kundalini Energy, or Other Somatic Feelings of Energy

01:24:06 The Second Comforter

01:24:40 The Laws of Justice and Mercy, and the Hermetic Laws of the Universe

01:25:13 Mormonism and New Age Interest in Egyptians

01:25:51 Temple Work, Baptism for the Dead, Psychedelics, and the Zionitic Brethren of the Ephrata Cloister

01:26:47 Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible and Channeling

01:27:12 Joseph's Teaching on Light, Intelligence, and the Correlation to Idealism

01:27:36 Transfiguration and Mystical Experiences

01:28:00 Joseph's Monism vs Idealism

01:28:13 Brigham Young's Teachings on the Origins on Adam and Eve, the Ra Material, and New Age Starseeds

01:28:59 Increasing in Brightness vs Raising One's Vibration

01:29:25 Mystical Experiences in the Doctrine and Covenants and the Mystical Experience Questionnaire

01:30:26 Conclusion