WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.960 Hello and welcome. With the Mind, we pursue wisdom of the past between 2 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:17.640 primary secondary worlds. I'm your host, Andrew Snyder, and I am always 3 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:32.600 grateful for your company. This is gonna be one of our shorter episodes, 4 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:35.320 and if that's a surprise to you, then be sure to go back and 5 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:39.119 listen to episode thirty nine. And before we get going, I want to 6 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:43.159 thank all my patrons who make this show as well as the broader Mythic Mind 7 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:48.159 community and Humanity's Guild possible and so many things. 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All right, so I have a recommendation for 34 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:46.120 you today. I'd like to plug Michael Heiser's book The Unseen Realm, which 35 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:51.159 I've been reading, or rather listening to lately. Apparently he is a fairly 36 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:53.800 big name, but I only recently discovered him. So many avenues of thought 37 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:59.039 are are segmented off from the standard pathways, and so I constantly find myself 38 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:05.319 exploring new exciting territories. In this case, doctor Heiser provides some absolutely fascinating 39 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:12.000 exploration into the supernatural worldview of the Bible. He gets into many topics that 40 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:15.919 I'm really not qualifying to deal with as a first hand expert, but it 41 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:21.800 is evident that he has done his homework and his perspectives make more fluid sense 42 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:28.439 out of so many of the bibles seemingly strange passages that passers and modern exegetes 43 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:35.199 tend to shoehorn into domesticated shapes instead of embracing what's actually being said. For 44 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:38.360 example, in Genesis one, Why does God speak in the plural? Let 45 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:44.439 us make man in our image fearful of falling into polytheism, which of course 46 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:47.400 is not what Scripture is saying. Moderns tend to say that God is using 47 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:52.479 the royal we or maybe this is a hint at Trinitarian doctrine, despite the 48 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:55.639 fact that there's no other place in scripture when God speaks in this way. 49 00:03:55.919 --> 00:04:00.520 These explanations don't seem to hold up, and doctor Heiser does a great job 50 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:05.919 providing an explanation that does make sense in light of the Biblical way of thinking. 51 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:10.439 And so this is just one example. He also talks about angels and 52 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:15.199 other spiritual beings, nephilim, and so much more that again just makes sense 53 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:19.480 with what Scripture actually says. And so again I would highly recommend that you 54 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:24.120 check out Michael Heiser's book The Unseen Realm. I've been listening to it on 55 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:27.279 audible and if you like audiobooks, it has a pretty good recording, and 56 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.360 to be sure to check it out. All right, So that's it for 57 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.240 now. Be sure to lend your support over at patreon dot com slash Mythic 58 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:38.680 Mind and join me next time when we discuss either Verandom or Smith of Routen 59 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:42.839 Major, depending on how my interview schedule shakes out. Also, be sure 60 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:46.720 to subscribe to my substack on Tolkien Letters at andrew In Snyder dot substack dot 61 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.480 com. It's been on hiatus for a few months, but I intend to 62 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:54.040 get that going again very soon. And so that's it for now, and 63 00:04:54.079 --> 00:05:19.240 I wish you many meaningful roads ahead.