Shawn's Odyssey

Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast!

In this sixth episode, we consider the function of music in religious experience and give several examples of both religious and "spiritual" music, as well as discussing the function of personal and religious preferences in shaping what is and isn't spiritually stimulating for a person.

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Media Attribution & References (in order of apperance) 

Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor

History of Music: Wikipedia

LDS Church Green Hymnbook Quote

Music Evoked Nostalgia

Jesus Camp Documentary Piece

Jesu the very thought is sweet MOTAB

Planetshakers - Anthem (best to watch the YouTube video for full effect)

Scientology song - we stand tall

Enya - Aniron

Andreas Waldetoft - Deep Space Travel

Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast!

In this brief fifth episode, we discuss how the episodes so far in the podcast are structured according to the framework we're building, how they will be structured going forward, and the "Indistinguishability Argument" is presented wrapping up the foundational episodes for this series.

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Media Attribution (in order of apperance) 

Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor

Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast!

In this fourth episode, I talk about how the kinds of religious experiences we're capable of having depend on what we believe we're capable of experiencing. In other words, how the belief in certain ideas makes them real to us.

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Media Attribution (in order of apperance) 

Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor

Intro Music: R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

Scientology Thetan explanation of Scientology Website

Article about Thetans: Wikipedia

Body Thetans: Project Gutenberg

L. Ron Hubbard Body Thetan segment from Going Clear

Steven Hassan quotes from his book Combatting Cult Mind Control

Becky Fisher segment from Jesus Camp

Personal stories from my experience

Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast!

In this third episode, I talk about how religious experiences can be very significant personally and have tangible benefits, regardless of what we think the nature of them is.

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Media Attribution (in order of apperance) 

Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor

Rave Religious Experience Quotes from Tony Hsieh's Delivering Happiness

Near Death Experience provided by a private friend and anonomysed

"How to convert an atheist" documentary by Derren Brown

Some quotes from Sam Harris' Waking Up

Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast!

In this second episode, I explain in detail and give examples as to why using the "Divine Witness" framework is a flawed foundation upon which to make truth assertions.

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Media Attribution (in order of apperance) 

Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor

LDS, Bruce R. McConkie; The Purifying Power of Gethsemane 1985

LDS, Richard G. Scott ; Have No Regrets: 1999

True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days: "Factions" This American Live radio show, 1996, Transcript available (Three quotes taken from this)

Divine Truth, AJ Miller, YouTube  Homepage Video, directly accessible here

Divine Truth, AJ Miller, "general process that God designed" quote from 8.0 my LDS journey

Divine Truth, AJ Miller, account of woman leaving her husband, from Sunday Night - Inside Australia's Chilling New Cult (AJ Miller) (both testimonies from this video too)

Islamic testimonies from compilation; 8.0 my LDS journey

Judaic testimonies from compilation; spiritual witness

Christian testimonies from compilation; spiritual witness

 

 

Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast!

In this first episode, I explain the purpose of the podcast and give some context as to the importance of this project from the LDS theological point of view.

To subscribe to this series, add this URL to your favourite Podcast Player (I am still working on directories such as iTunes): http://shawnsodyssey.net/feed/podcast/mormon-spiritual-experiences-podcast

Media Attribution

Bumper Music: Peter Roe - Legend of Valor

"Seek out a greater imagination" conversation: Star Trek Voyager, Series 3 Episode 26.