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December 23, 2022 Ascending The Seven Heavens
In this weeks Christmas edition, Josh and Ritchie get into a conversation on the Seven Heavens. They discuss whether there's three heavens or seven heavens. They talk about the seven heavens in Ancient Jewish sources. They talk about Planet Narnia and the ancient pagan view of the seven heavens, and then they get into Dante's "Paradisio" and his synthesis of the seven heavens. They also talk about how the modern cosmology of the world really doesn't help us understand biblical theology and biblical symbolism and how we need to recover this re-enchanted cosmology.
If you've ever had questions about heaven, this is the episode for you!
Source Material:
Planet Narnia by Michael Ward: https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Narnia-Seven-Heavens-Imagination/dp/019973870X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YGXPC2JH0430&keywords=planet+narnia&qid=1671752312&sprefix=planet+narn%2Caps%2C606&sr=8-1
The Narnia Code by Michael Ward: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0049P1TZ2/ref=sspa_dk_hqp_detail_aax_0?psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9ocXBfc2hhcmVk&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExRDYyWjJUVUNGNDVBJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzQ5ODI3M0lNUldIVEU3SEhPMiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODE1MzcxMjBBUDAyODZHVFdMViZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2hxcF9zaGFyZWQmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl
The Divine Comedy by Dante: https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Comedy-Inferno-Purgatorio-Paradiso/dp/0451208633/ref=sr_1_1?crid=34C45R9UVNZWH&keywords=dantes+comedy&qid=1671752271&sprefix=dantes+comedy%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1
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1 hr 37 min
December 16, 2022 The Serpent & The Cross: The Secret History of Kansas
In this week's edition of S&S, Josh and Ritchie are joined by one of their long time Patrons Coleman Barbour.
In the episode, the guys discuss the secret history of Kansas that covers Native Americans, serpent effigies cut into the earth, Native Americans using limestones for pharmakia, various petroglyphs with mythic spiritual beings, and the cross planted by one of the first American missionaries that essentially stopped the spread of the serpent's reign in Kansas. This is the secret history of Kansas you never knew!
Let us know what you think about this weeks edition of S&S!
1 hr 8 min
December 08, 2022 Small Town Monsters with Seth Breedlove
In this week's edition of S&S, Josh, Ritchie, and Ward have a conversation with Small Town Monster's Seth Breedlove!
In this conversation the guys talk about the importance of storytelling and preserving stories. They talk about some of Seth's experiences with paranormal phenomena in the field while making films for STM. They talk about the Deuteronomy 32 worldview and how those fits into understanding sacred and profane space, and lastly, they talk about how the Gospel is the greatest story ever told.
Let us know what you think about this week's edition!
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1 hr 33 min
December 02, 2022 Strange Creatures From Time & Space with Camp Hermon
On this week's edition of The Sword & Staff, Rev Josh and Sketchy Ritchie sit down for a collaboration edition with the folks over at Camp Hermon!
In this edition, they discuss serpent Mounds, Bigfoot, Mothman, Wampus Cats, and how all of these manifestations of cryptids can be traced back to the trickster spirits we see described in the Bible. Let us know what you think about this week's edition of S&S!
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58 min
November 25, 2022 Ancient Apocalypse: Floods, Giants, and the Underworld
In this weeks edition, Rev. Josh and Sketchy Ritchie have a conversation with our old friend Travis Turner and about Netflix's Ancient Apocalypse, the great flood and flood myths, giants, and the underworld.
Let us know what you think about this weeks edition!
Sources:
Ancient Apocalypse (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/81211003
The Lexham English Septuagint: https://www.amazon.com/Lexham-English-Septuagint-New-Translation/dp/1683593448/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YWZ0V6Y2AOHD&keywords=lexham+english+septuagint&qid=1669401888&sprefix=lexham+en%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1
The Epic of Gilgamesh: https://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-New-Translation-Ancient-Epic/dp/0300268092/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3HV24PDSSZR63&keywords=the+epic+of+gilgamesh&qid=1669401538&sprefix=the+epic+of+gilgamesh%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-4
The Dead Sea Scrolls: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-English/dp/0141197315/ref=sr_1_2?crid=ZGD6APTWISDK&keywords=the+dead+sea+scrolls&qid=1669401567&sprefix=the+dead+sea+scrolls%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-2
The Unseen Realm by Michael Heiser: https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Realm-Recovering-Supernatural-Worldview/dp/1683592719/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3TD51MORKCI1B&keywords=michael+heiser&qid=1669401593&sprefix=michael+heiser%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-3
Demons by Michael Heiser: https://www.amazon.com/Demons-Bible-Really-Powers-Darkness/dp/1683592891/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1669401626&sr=8-7
On The Origin of the Watchers: A Comparative Study of the Antediluvian Wisdom in Mesopotamian and Jewish Traditions by Amar Annus (Journal for the Study of the Pseudepirgrapha): https://www.scribd.com/doc/165671817/277-full-pdf
1 hr 57 min
November 18, 2022 Our Strange Planet with Appalachian Intelligence
In this week's edition, Rev. Josh and Sketchy Ritchie have a conversation with the guys at Appalachian Intelligence! The conversation is free-flowing and broad in scope, and they talk about everything from Shadow Appalachia to the Sons of God and Genesis 6, psychedelics, mythology, flood myths, treasure hunting, the nature of reality, epistemology, and synchronicity, and finally the Gospel.
This conversation is full of sketch, so we hope you guys enjoy this uncut version of the podcast! The edited version will go up Friday everywhere!
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Podcast: AI: Appalachian Intelligence on Apple Podcasts
Instagram: @appalachianintelligence
1 hr 54 min
November 10, 2022 The Forgotten Gods & Demigods of the Greco-Roman World
In this week's edition, Rev. Josh and Sketchy Ritchie are back with an episode on the forgotten gods and demigods of the Greco-Roman world! In this episode, they start off by talking about the Greeks and their mythology about the Titans and the Olympians. After that, they begin to draw connections between the Greek Pantheon and the Roman Pantheon. They also have a conversation on household spirits in Rome, and then they get into a conversation about the Roman festival year. They close the conversation talking about the conversion of the Empire and Constantine the Great, setting them up for a conversation about Christmas in a few weeks!
Let us know what you think about this week's edition!
Sources Used:
Timeless Tales of Gods and Heros by Edith Hamilton: Amazon.com: Mythology (75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition): Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes: 9780316438520: Hamilton, Edith, Tierney, Jim: Books
Theogony by Hesiod: Amazon.com: Hesiod and Theognis (Penguin Classics): Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies: 9780140442830: Hesiod, Theognis, Wender, Dorothea, Wender, Dorothea: Books
The Iliad by Homer: Amazon.com: The Iliad: 9780140275360: Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox: Books
The Odyssey by Homer: The Odyssey: Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox (amazon.com)
The Aeneid by Virgil: Amazon.com: The Aeneid (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition): 9780143105138: Virgil, Fagles, Robert, Knox, Bernard: Books
Defending Constantine by Peter Leithart: Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom: Leithart, Peter J.: 9780830827220: Amazon.com: Books
Roman Pagan Life and Worship by Dr. Ryan Reeves (Video): (348) Roman Pagan Life and Worship - YouTube
The Ancient Roman World by Dr. Ryan Reeves (Video): (348) The Ancient Roman World - YouTube
Roman Household Spirits by Study of Antiquity and Middle Ages (Video): (348) Roman Household Spirits ~ (Roman Myths) (Roman Household Gods) (Ancient Roman Religion) - YouTube
1 hr 47 min
November 03, 2022 Psychedelics & Sorcery: Machine Elves in the Trees
In this week's edition the guys get into the topic of psychedelics, pharmakeia, and sorcery! The guys talk about psychedelic literature and the various writers in that movement like Terrence McKenna, Aldous Huxley, and others. They talk about the modern-day psychedelic movement and folks like Joe Rogan, Duncan Trussel, and Dennis McKenna. They also talk about if they believe the experiences are real and what they may be, and they talk the spiritual entities that people meet in their experiences and if they're just hallucinations or real spiritual entities.
This episode was a blast and we hope you enjoy it! Let us know what you think!
1 hr 17 min
October 27, 2022 The Lost Serpent Mound of Logan County
In this week's final October edition of S&S, the guys talk about their trip to the lost serpent mound of Logan County! They talk about some odd rumors going around about it in the community and archeological circles that it has been destroyed. They talk about Josh getting kicked out of the West Virginia Archeological Society for sharing pictures of it. They also talk about what it was like re-discovering the mound, some of the odd, anomalous things they experienced there, and how it may compare to the Great Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio and other sites around the world like Stonehenge and the Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt. They conclude the episode talking about their upcoming docuseries with Ward Hiney called Shadow Appalachia, and when you can expect it to drop.
Links:
America Before by Graham Hancock - Amazon.com: America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization eBook : Hancock, Graham: Kindle Store
Ages of the Giants by Jason Jarell and Sarah Farmer - Ages of the Giants: A Cultural History of the Tall Ones in Prehistoric America: Jarrell, Jason, Farmer, Sarah: 9780999501702: Amazon.com: Books
1 hr 10 min
October 21, 2022 From Folklore to Flying Saucers with Tony Merkel from The Confessionals
In this week's edition of The Sword and Staff, you're going to get flooded with weirdness. This week, Josh and Ritchie sat down with Tony Merkel of The Confessionals and Merkel Media. They talk to Tony about all sorts of topics ranging from folklore to flying saucers. They talk about giants, fallen angels, ancient gods, ufos, indian mounds, conspiracy theories to cover up the true history of the earth, and then the guys reflect on some personal experiences towards the end of the episode.
Let us know what you think of this week's editions and if you'd like to see more crossovers with Tony!
Links:
The Confessionals (theconfessionalspodcast.com)
Merkel Media
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1 hr 39 min