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4.2 Metamodern Mysticism, with Linda Ceriello
Jul 1, 2026
48m 33s
4.1 Metamodern Asian Medicine
Jun 2, 2026
53m 30s
4.1 Introducing "The Epistemological Carnaval," with Pierce Salguero and Lan A. Li
Jun 2, 2026
53m 30s
Extraordinary, Mysterious, and Impossible Experiences, with Jeffrey Kriple
May 5, 2026
1h 02m 19s
3.18 Extraordinary, Mysterious, and Impossible Experiences, with Jeffrey Kriple
May 5, 2026
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| 7/1/26 | ![]() 4.2 Metamodern Mysticism, with Linda Ceriello | In this episode, I sit down with my friend Linda C. Ceriello, a scholar of mysticism and popular culture from Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Linda is one of the foremost scholars of metamodernism, with particular focus on contemporary spirituality and mystical experiences. She talks with me about what this concept of metamodernism means, and how it can open up new kinds of more capacious thinking. I’m sure you will agree that a lot of what we’ve been doing on this podcast over the past 4 years — juxtaposing different perspectives, exposing our full selves, exploring the dark sides of spirituality, leaning into sincerity, etc. — has all embodied a metamodern sensibility. Anyway, I think she’s the perfect guest to talk with as we launch season 4, and I hope you’ll enjoy the show.If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in multidisciplinary conversations about Asian healing and mystical traditions, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members area on Substack (blackberyl.substack.com), as each episode our guests share downloadable PDFs of articles, book chapters, and other materials for you.One last thing: we are planning an “Ask Me Anything” episode coming up soon, so reach out via Substack or my website, piercesalguero.com, and let me know your questions. Ok, on with the show!Resources mentioned in this episode:* “What is Metamodern?” website* “What is Metamodern? Conversations” on YouTube* Bloomsbury Press series: Studies in Metamodernism, Theory and Criticism Across the Disciplines* Vermeulen and van den Akker, “Notes on Metamodernism” (2010)* Kersten, Polo, Wilbers, Glocal Metamodernisms: European Fiction After Postmodernism (2026)* Disambiguation video* Recorded lecture: “An Overview of the Academic Research on Metamodernism” (2023)* Recorded panel: “A Bodhisattva Move: Popular Mysticism’s Influence on the Metamodern Turn?” (2021)Subscribe on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including these PDFs of Linda’s work:* Metamodern Mysticisms (2018)* “Toward a metamodern reading of Spiritual but Not Religious mysticisms” (2018)* “The Metamodern Bend: Theorizations for Religious Studies” (2022) Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 48m 33s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | ![]() 4.1 Metamodern Asian Medicine✨ | Asian medicinemetamodernism+3 | — | A Metadisciplinary Approach to Asian Medicine (and Other Epistemological Carnivals)The Fractal of Humanities+2 | — | Asian religionshealing traditions+3 | — | 53m 30s | |
| 6/2/26 | ![]() 4.1 Introducing "The Epistemological Carnaval," with Pierce Salguero and Lan A. Li | Welcome to season 4 of the BBP! We concluded the last episode with Jeff Kripal calling upon humanities scholars to break out of our conservative paradigms and to allow ourselves to “get weird.” So, let’s do it! This season, we are going all-in on the mystical, mysterious, profound, reality-bending, and impossible aspects of Asian religions, medicines, and spiritualities.As usual, we’ll launch the season the tables turned, with Lan taking up the mic to interview Pierce. Together, we think about traditional, modern, and postmodern approaches to Asian medicine. Usually, these epistemologies are competing or people are trying to integrate them… but could there be another approach that celebrates all of them without needing to reconcile dissonance?If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in multidisciplinary conversations about Asian healing and mystical traditions, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also look us up on Substack to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources mentioned in this episode:* Pierce Salguero, “A Metadisciplinary Approach to Asian Medicine (and Other Epistemological Carnivals)” (2025)* Pierce Salguero, “The Fractal of Humanities” (2021)* Pierce Salguero, “A Pedagogy of the Soul” (2022)* Pierce Salguero, “Let’s Put More Humanity into the Humanities” (2019)* Pierce’s Human•ities Blog on Substack or on MediumSubscribe on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including:* PDF of the introduction to Pierce’s new book: Meditation Sickness: A Sourcebook on the Dangers of Buddhist Practice, just published by University of Hawaii Press. Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 53m 30s | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | ![]() Extraordinary, Mysterious, and Impossible Experiences, with Jeffrey Kriple✨ | extraordinary experiencesmystery+3 | Prof. Jeff Kripal | Rice University | — | extraordinary experiencesmystery+5 | — | 1h 02m 19s | |
| 5/5/26 | ![]() 3.18 Extraordinary, Mysterious, and Impossible Experiences, with Jeffrey Kriple | Today I sit down with Prof. Jeff Kripal, noted scholar of religion at Rice University, to talk about extraordinary, mysterious, and “impossible” experiences. This is a conversation I’ve been waiting a few years to have. Together we explore what you can or can’t talk about in the humanities — and what we risk when we break the rules. Along the way, we touch on paranormal phenomena, epistemological pluralism, conspiracy theories, Plato’s cave, and why no one dresses up as a humanities professor for Halloween. If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources related to this conversation:Jeff Kripal's websiteArchives of the Impossible & Conferences Pierce Salguero, "Secret Lives of Buddhist Studies Scholars" (2024)Pierce Salguero, "The Fractal of Humanities" (2021)Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, "On the need for metaphysics in psychedelic therapy and research" (2023)Jeff Kripal, The Flip (2020)Jeff Kripal, Secret Body (2019)Commonweal PodcastSubscribe on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including:PDF of the introduction of Jeff's book, How to Think Impossibly: About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else (2024) Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 02m 19s | ||||||
| 4/18/26 | ![]() BONUS: Meditation Sickness, with Pierce Salguero (Rebroadcast from the Buddhist Yoga Podcast)✨ | meditationBuddhism+3 | James Bae | University of Hawaii PressBuddhist Yoga Podcast+2 | — | meditationBuddhism+5 | — | 1h 45m 53s | |
| 4/3/26 | ![]() Awakening & Integration, with Sanjay Manchanda✨ | awakeningintegration+3 | Sanjay Manchanda | California Institute of Human ScienceCalifornia Institute of Integral Studies | — | awakeningintegration+5 | — | 51m 07s | |
| 4/3/26 | ![]() 3.17 Awakening & Integration, with Sanjay Manchanda | Today I sit down with Sanjay Manchanda, who is an Adjunct Professor at California Institute of Human Science and also teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Sanjay is an awakening facilitator, a practicing psychotherapist, and an inventor and technologist with a PhD in computer science. In this conversation, we talk about the importance of integration after awakening, psychedelics, shadow work, and a helmet that pulses infrared light into the brain to facilitate spiritual experiences. Along the way, we raise the important question of whether we will ever be able to create an enlightenment machine.If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources related to this conversation:Sanjay's Neuromatrix Headset: https://neuromatrix.health/Ultrasound research by Jay Sanguinetti: https://www.jaysanguinetti.com/Arnold Mindell, Dreambody: The Body's Role in Healing the Self (1982).Les Fehmi, The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body (2008).YouTube videos: Awareness Explorers, Neuroscience of Meditation SummitFor information about Sanjay's Monday morning group Multidimensional Fundamental Well-Being, personal coaching, and therapy sessions, contact sanjay.manchanda1@gmail.com. Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including:$500 discount on the Neuromatrix Headset Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 51m 07s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | ![]() Tibetan Medicine for Meditators, with Tawni Tidwell✨ | Tibetan medicinemeditation+3 | Dr. Tawni Tidwell | Center for Healthy MindsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison | — | Tibetan medicinemeditation+3 | — | 58m 45s | |
| 3/4/26 | ![]() 3.16 Tibetan Medicine for Meditators, with Tawni Tidwell | Today I sit down with Dr. Tawni Tidwell, a biocultural anthropologist and Tibetan medicine doctor at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Together we discuss how Tibetan medicine approaches the challenges that arise in the course of meditation. Along the way, we talk about reconnecting with indigenous knowledge, establishing a more intimate relationship with the body and the land, and the importance of social context in supporting spiritual practice.If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources related to this conversation:Tawni Tidwell, “Life in Suspension with Death: Biocultural Ontologies, Perceptual Cues, and Biomarkers for Tibetan Tukdam Postmortem Meditative State” (2024)Tawni Tidwell et al, “Effect of Tibetan Herbal Formulas on Symptom Duration Among Ambulatory Patients with Native SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study” (2024)Tawni Tidwell, “Tibetan Medical Paradigms for the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Understanding COVID-19, Microbiome Links, and Its Sowa Rigpa Nosology” (2021)New open access book! Crafting Potency: Sowa Rigpa Artisanship Across the HimalayasTawni’s research profile at the Center for Healthy MindsPlease note that Tawni is not taking new patients at this time, but she recommends the American Tibetan Medical AssociationBecome a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading:Tawni Tidwell et al. “Chasing dön spirits in Tibetan medical encounters: Transcultural affordances and embodied psychiatry in Amdo, Qinghai” 2022. Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 58m 45s | ||||||
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| 2/2/26 | ![]() The Modern Remaking of Kundalini, with Marleen Thaler✨ | KundaliniHinduism+4 | Marleen Thaler | University of ViennaUniversity of Graz+2 | — | KundaliniHindu goddess+6 | — | 59m 00s | |
| 2/2/26 | ![]() 3.15 The Modern Remaking of Kundalini, with Marleen Thaler | Today I sit down with Marleen Thaler, a researcher at the University of Vienna and University of Graz. Together, we investigate the history of the transformation of Kundalini from a Hindu goddess resting at the base of the spine to her modern manifestation as a psychiatric syndrome. Along the way, we discuss the central importance of the Theosophical society, the anti-psychiatry movement of the 1970s, spiritual emergencies, and kundalini as a meeting point for religion and medicine.Resources mentioned in this episode:Arthur Avalon, The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic YogaGopi Krishna, Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in ManLee Sennella, The Kundalini Experience: Psychosis or TranscendenceSpiritual Emergence Network (USA | International)Marleen's publications: Academia.eduBecome a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading:Full English translation of the Hathayoga Pradipika, which includes description of kundalini coiled at the base of the spine and structured practices to direct her energy toward enlightenment. Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 59m 00s | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | ![]() Spirit Possession and Chinese Medicine Anti-Psychiatry, with Brandt Stickley✨ | spirit possessionChinese medicine+5 | Brandt Stickley | National University of Natural Medicine | — | spirit possessionChinese medicine+5 | — | 55m 37s | |
| 1/1/26 | ![]() 3.14 Spirit Possession and Chinese Medicine Anti-Psychiatry, with Brandt Stickley | Today, I catch up with Brandt Stickley, Associate Professor at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland. We discuss his practice of “Chinese medicine anti-psychiatry,” which involves exorcising spirits using acupuncture needles. Along the way, we talk about mass possession, spiritual shark bites, and how to properly unwind a wayward ghost. If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources mentioned in this episode:Brandt's websiteCertificate in Chinese Medicine PsychiatryBrandt's courses and mentorshipBlood, Fire, Light, & Time on SubstackBecome a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading:Brandt Stickley, "Approaching the Origin: The Diaphanous Body and Classical Chinese Medicine" (2024) Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 55m 37s | ||||||
| 12/20/25 | ![]() BONUS: Buddhist Ritual Magic, with Zachary Lui (Rebroadcast from 2023)✨ | Buddhist ritual magicChinese medicine+3 | Zachary Lui | — | — | Buddhismritual magic+6 | — | 50m 12s | |
| 12/5/25 | ![]() Self and Nonself, with Nick Canby✨ | selfnonself+4 | Nick Canby | Brown University | — | selfnonself+5 | — | 1h 05m 33s | |
| 12/5/25 | ![]() 3.13 Self and Nonself, with Nick Canby | Today I sit down with Nick Canby, visiting assistant professor at Brown University and a clinical psychologist specializing in meditation and psychedelics. Together, we dive into Nick’s research on the self — what is it and what it’s like to lose it. Along the way, we mention some of the downsides of experiencing oneness and the complications of defining a mental health disorder.If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources mentioned in this episode: Previous episode on meditation challenges with Willoughby Britton and Jared Lindahl List of Publications from the Varieties of Contemplative Experience studyCanby et al., "The Teacher Matters: The Role and Impact of Meditation Teachers in the Trajectories of Western Buddhist Meditators Experiencing Meditation-Related Challenges"Pierce's forthcoming volume, "Meditation Sickness: A Sourcebook on the Dangers of Buddhist Practice" Previous episode on madness and religious experience with Richard Saville-SmithNick's clinical practiceNick's profile on Cheetah HouseComplete list of Nick's publications Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading:Article summarizing Nick’s dissertation research on “loss of self” experiences50% off “Varieties of Ego-Dissolution” online course (research overview of the types of self-boundary dissolution and their impacts) Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 05m 33s | ||||||
| 11/1/25 | ![]() Meditation and the (Dys)regulation of Qi✨ | meditationChinese medicine+4 | Leo Lok | — | — | meditationqi+5 | — | 1h 05m 17s | |
| 11/1/25 | ![]() 3.12 Meditation and the (Dys)regulation of Qi | Today I sit down with Leo Lok, a retired practitioner of Chinese medicine who now teaches and consults with practitioners treating difficult cases of meditation-caused dysregulation. Together, we discuss how to think about the challenging side-effects of meditation through the lens of the ancestral Chinese arts of qi regulation. Along the way, we discuss the surprising power of ocular alignment, how to gradually condition oneself for spiritual heavy lifting, and medieval Chinese emergency treatments for meditation practice gone wrong.If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources mentioned in this episode: Leo's chapter on Chinese physicians will appear in Pierce's forthcoming book, Meditation Sickness: An Anthology on the Dangers of Meditation Practice. (Get notified when this is published.)Zhiyi's (538–597) magnum opus on meditation in the Chinese Buddhist tradition, translated by Paul SwansonPierce discusses medieval Chinese approaches to meditation sickness, including Zhiyi's advice for meditators, in an open access article in Journal of Buddhist Ethics.See Leo's recommended YouTube instructional video on the six healing breaths.Leo's new website is under constructionBecome a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading:Pierce's 2017 translation of the complete "Chapter on Illness" from Zhiyi's Shorter Treatise on Śamatha and Vipaśyanā. Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 05m 17s | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | ![]() The Perils of Tantra, with Susannah Deane✨ | TantraTibetan medicine+4 | Susannah Deane | Tibetan medicineBuddhism+1 | — | TantraTibetan medicine+6 | — | 52m 48s | |
| 10/2/25 | ![]() 3.11 The Perils of Tantra, with Susannah Deane | Today I sit down with Susannah Deane, a scholar of Tibetan medicine, Buddhism, and psychiatry. Together, we delve into her work on Tibetan concepts of "wind disorders" and Tantric practice gone wrong. Along the way, we talk about losing control of spirits, becoming a deity, and how Tibetans choose between religious and medical specialists when spiritual practice goes off the rails.If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources mentioned in this episode: Susannah Deane, Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry: Mental Health and Healing in a Tibetan Exile Community (2018).Salguero, Cheung, and Deane (eds.), Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World (2024).Susannah Deane, Illness and Enlightenment: Exploring Tibetan Perspectives on Madness in Text and Everyday Life (2025).Susannah's Academia.edu profileBecome a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading:High resolution image of the Tibetan subtle body system Susannah's chapter “For This Kind of Thing, the Lama Is Better: Religion, Medicine, and the Treatment of 'Madness' among Tibetans in Amdo," from Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 52m 48s | ||||||
| 9/1/25 | ![]() 3.10 Madness & Acute Religious Experiences, with Richard Saville-Smith | Today I sit down with Richard Saville-Smith, an independent scholar of madness, religion, and psychiatry. We discuss Richard’s book Acute Religious Experiences (2023), which argues that frameworks from Mad Studies can get us out from under the academy’s current habit of either pathologizing or sanitizing religious experiences. Along the way, we talk about the power struggle between psychiatry & the humanities, the influence of Queer Studies on Richard’s work, and his reinterpretation of Jesus as a madman. If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources mentioned in this episode: Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis and Religious Studies (2023)Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading:Chapter 10 from Richard's book, which presents his D.R.E.A.D. framework for acute religious experiences. Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 47m 53s | ||||||
| 8/3/25 | ![]() 3.9 When Meditation Causes Harm, with Willoughby Britton & Jared Lindahl | Today I sit down with Willoughby Britton and Jared Lindahl, the interdisciplinary team from Brown University that is responsible for the “Varieties of Contemplative Experience” study on the challenges and adverse effects of meditation. We talk about the design, findings, and outcomes of the study, and how it opened up a new field of interdisciplinary investigation. Along the way we ask: if someone suffers harm from practicing meditation, whose fault is it? What is the ultimate cause? And who gets to interpret the experience? If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also check out our members-only benefits on Substack.com to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!Resources mentioned in this episode: Complete Varieties of Contemplative Experience study publications listWilloughby on the Mind & Life PodcastWilloughby & Jared on The Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Podcast“The Varieties of Contemplative Experience: A Mixed-Methods Study of Meditation-Related Challenges in Western Buddhists” (2017)“The Roles and Impacts of Worldviews on the Onset and Trajectory of Meditation-Related Challenges” (2022)“The Teacher Matters: The Role and Impact of Meditation Teachers in the Trajectories of Western Buddhist Meditators Experiencing Meditation-Related Challenges” (2025)“Progress or Pathology? Differential Diagnosis and Intervention Criteria for Meditation-Related Challenges: Perspectives from Buddhist Meditation Teachers and Practitioners.”CheetahHouse.orgBecome a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloads of these PDFs:“Challenging and Adverse Meditation Experiences: Toward A Person-Centered Approach” (2021)“Prevalence of meditation-related adverse effects in a population-based sample in the United States” (2021) Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 07m 31s | ||||||
| 7/4/25 | ![]() 3.8 Emergent Phenomena, with Daniel M. Ingram | Today I sit down with Dr. Daniel M. Ingram, a retired ER physician, co-founder of the Emergent Phenomena Research Consortium, CEO of Emergence Benefactors, and a noted adept in Buddhist meditation. Together we explore “emergent phenomena,” or the spiritual, mystical, magical, energetic, and psychedelic possibilities at the deep end of human experience. Along the way, we discuss dark nights of the soul, ontological fruit salad, brain scans of peak meditation states, and warning labels on spiritual practice. If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Resources mentioned in this episode:Links to all Daniel's stuffEmergent Phenomena Research ConsortiumEmergent Benefactors Daniel M. Ingram, Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha (2018) website | bookDharmaOverground.orgOlivier Sandilands & Daniel M. Ingram, Documenting and defining emergent phenomenology: theoretical foundations for an extensive research strategy (2024)Avijit Chowdhury et al., Investigation of advanced mindfulness meditation “cessation” experiences using EEG spectral analysis in an intensively sampled case study (2022) Malcolm J. Wright et al., Altered States of Consciousness are Prevalent and Insufficiently Supported Clinically: A Population Survey (2024)Pierce Salguero, The Secret Spiritual Lives of Buddhist Studies Scholars (2024)Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including PDFs of these resources. Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 07m 05s | ||||||
| 6/9/25 | ![]() 3.7 The Mandala of Animist Forces, with Josh Schrei | Today I sit down with Josh Schrei, storyteller, sound artist, and host of The Emerald Podcast. Josh helps us to embrace and center the spirit world in our understanding of contemporary Buddhism. Along the way, we talk about Tibetan weather makers, shamanic battle, the trance-inducing effect of stories, and how to diplomatically negotiate with animistic forces.If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in deep conversations about the dark side of Asian religions and medicines, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Enjoy the show!Resources mentioned in this episode:The Emerald Podcast: Animism is Normative ConsciousnessThe Emerald Podcast: For the Divine Mother of the UniverseThe Emerald Podcast: Why Mindfulness Isn’t EnoughThe Emerald Podcast: Guardians and Protectors!Josh's Website: The Mythic BodyJosh's PatreonBecome a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including a video lecture by Pierce with a detailed introduction to Thai animist culture and healing practices. For other videos, see courses.piercesalguero.com. Get full access to Black Beryl Podcast at blackberyl.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 02m 42s | ||||||
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