July 15, 2024

LECTURE: Hyman Schipper on Kabbalah and The Mind-Body Problem

2 hours 10 minutes

WATCH: https://youtu.be/9h2tWJq1yEk

Dr Hyman Schipper is a Professor of Neurology and Medicine (Geriatrics) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, a clinical neurologist at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital and the director of a neuroscience laboratory in the hospital’s affiliated Lady Davis Institute for biomedical research. His research focuses on degenerative diseases affecting the brain and mind, and he is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed papers on these and related topics. Prof. Schipper has long been interested in the interface between contemporary science and the Jewish mystical tradition (Kabbalah). His work in this area was initially published in Yeshiva University’s Torah u-Madda Journal (2012-13) and more recently in Unified Field Mechanics II (RL Amoroso et al. eds., World Scientific 2018) and Bar-Ilan University’s DAAT: Journal of Jewish Philosophy & Kabbalah (2019). Dr. Schipper is also a member of the Essentia Foundation Academic Advisory Board.

TIMESTAMPS:

(0:00) - Introduction (Kabbalah and The Mind-Body Problem)

(0:33) - The Enigma of Consciousness

(6:00) - What is the Kabbalah?

(11:24) - Ten Sefirot Explained

(37:17) - Subjective vs Objective

(41:50) - Interinclusion (Indra's Net, Fractals Geometry, Holographism)

(52:00) - Interinclusion (Quntum Entangelment)

(59:00) - Governance

(1:02:19) - Wisdom vs Understanding

(1:14:50) - The Unknowable Head

(1:07:26) - Summary: Kabbalistic Panpsychism is Panentheist, Hierarchical, Holographic & Relativistic

(1:27:11) - Post-lecture Discussion

(1:27:47) - What drew Hyman to the link between Kabbalah and Consciousness

(1:34:13) - Universal Mind (Dual-aspect Monism)

(1:40:01) - The "Mesianic Millennium" (a Teleology)

(1:43:25) - AI & its implications

(1:48:12) - Mysticism & Scientism

(2:01:14) - Alternative methods gaining knowledge & Wisdom

(2:04:50) - Hyman's final thoughts

(2:09:50) - Conclusion

EPISODE LINKS:

- Hyman's Website: https://www.mcgill.ca/neurology-neurosurgery/hyman-m-schipper-md-phd-frcpc

- Hyman's Publications: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=ce4AGfUAAAAJ&hl=en

- Hyman's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09BBHFFM7

- Michael Levin: https://youtu.be/v6gp-ORTBlU?feature=shared

- Iain McGilchrist: https://youtu.be/2UEXDs4mouU?feature=shared

- Bernardo Kastrup: https://youtu.be/57Oguwg7omc?feature=shared

- Hyman on ‎Essentia Foundation: https://youtu.be/oFa5Y3KsTnU?feature=shared

- Hyman on Channel McGilchrist: https://youtu.be/rQ2uKbLhzKY?feature=shared

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