How is Kabbalah dynamic and fluid? Why should we STOP treating Agrippa’s writings like a pick-and-choose-magical-buffet, and instead as a system of spiritual illumination? What is Merkavah Mysticism? Dr. Justin Sledge - scholar, author, professor and proprietor of the ESOTERICA YouTube channel - shares about his latest research, insights into academic scholarship and answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon questions! <br />⇓ ⇓ ⇓<br /><br />►⚡Support Dr. Sledge on Patreon! - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/esotericachannel" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.patreon.com/esotericachannel</a> <br /><br />►✅Dr. Sledge Website - <a href="https://www.justinsledge.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.justinsledge.com/</a> <br /><br />►▶️ESOTERICA YouTube channel - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel</a> <br /><br />►📚Get your copy of ‘Invisibilia Dei: A Collection of Hermetic, Mystical, and Anti-Magical Works by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invisibilia-Dei-Collection-Anti-Magical-Cornelius/dp/B0DKSGRN8R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.amazon.com/Invisibilia-Dei-Collection-Anti-Magical-Cornelius/dp/B0DKSGRN8R</a> <br /><br />___Episodes referenced from ‘ESOTERICA’___ <br /><br />*Introduction to Merkavah Mysticism - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaQt5fIjKGw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaQt5fIjKGw</a><br /> <br />*Seminar on the Occult Philosophy of Agrippa - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsu7HW0ouVA&amp;list=PLZ__PGORcBKxTXb5m5WBu4rAppTmvPVwe&amp;index=16" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsu7HW0ouVA&amp;list=PLZ__PGORcBKxTXb5m5WBu4rAppTmvPVwe&amp;index=16</a> <br />____________________________________<br />✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fglitchbottle%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0SQkKsx7BxIwGTifwmfEpdxfp3a9TDY1MBlxTPCh5fv5h7qll0O97R7P0&amp;h=AT3QndnosHcvsuiPo6kK-yNFNTPhYdmmJeHLKzowBpsEJ0FzQ0hmd6SxUU8inH1fQ4c8MhV56wjDjBTU1JR9XQ7fXdHg7Y6QlfbaVpryyNgmFmKZV87sV-qQV4MrwffVr86WXTb4t92zac22RDuNL4cQDY7_kHFXesMaz4-Ma3tZwtnpzrJQii1-iNzhyRnrLcvB9AgYwMZ2_p4bb3LpumNRig-p7VPNnrMLFe9_7d3zo39N9bg0pHIhs8Yt80S59OhJgrcOI8WbbDBZp31O9TIPooNfVjghOMb-PZ4Zpu3Bs0xbxqXWejdLrCCRYBjT5Hu0XIqb6XAtkqXdk2d1WXJ5_3SwMwXkPQ7BC84Q_ILiUwK0ri6y9Ltx4Z-Y6ameyo5iW1xrJYy0PpKLTij7CTqwldcNyMZOD-KC6-C772Zuo2xQ5w7ZzvXQ-Cv6_J3omoIyCYZS3zm3vPhGaZdc7TNMunoKOCWyvHRq_DvQUH58BhGC26yrG1KQ9pSeBsIIEcEiH-HZT5UlDmu_jQ2cdU3d8HeL4rXCvWkyix-1zDpROlAUWx7VGsKyO1B7tpU--o3vKd0Uj_9AJCU4gJ__28CDUctgMpQWzst2FkBEtNXi30So82WadS1QtkMAiL2Kuud2DgGoiwmF19Y1Xf28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle</a><br /> <br />♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-<a href="https://soundcloud.com/crowander" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://soundcloud.com/crowander</a> -<a href="https://crowander.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://crowander.bandcamp.com/</a>-<a href="https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado</a>  <br /><br />00:00 Intro<br />4:23 Early interest in Occult studies<br />15:31 Letting texts speak for themselves!<br />20:36 Destroying the  “Fossils are Safe” mentality<br />29:22 Kabbalistic ‘Tree of Life’<br />49:29 Hermetic view of afterlife<br />59:40 Amulet protection in Judaism<br />1:08:31 Top book recommendations<br />1:14:47 Dr. Dan Attrell collab: Invisibilia Dei by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa<br />1:21:07 Breaking Agrippa Misconceptions<br />1:32:04 Merkavah Mysticism<br />1:38:21 Being Famous<br />1:46:18 Bridging the ‘gap’: scholars vs. practitioners<br />1:57:13 Upcoming work &amp; projects