The Path to God is Through Sex | Rice Professor Jeff Kripal

About this episode

An interview with Jeff Kripal discussing mysticism, sexuality, and the homoerotic structure of orthodox religion.

An interview with Jeff Kripal on mysticism, sexuality, and the homoerotic structure of orthodox religion. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Companion interviews: He Studied Every Religion, This One Came Closest to Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZPHXK4Q60c The Secret Religion of Nietzsche | On Mysticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ux64RyQGU Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Johnathan Bi

Guest: Jeff Kripal

Topics covered

• mysticism
• sexuality
• homoeroticism
• orthodox religion
• interview

Keywords

• mysticism
• sexuality
• homoerotic
• religion
• interview
• Jeff Kripal

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