Gods, Egregores, and ArchetypeswithRonnie Pontiac

Ronnie Pontiac

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Ronnie Pontiac was the personal research assistance for Manly P. Hall at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. He is author of American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World. He is coauthor with Tamra Lucid of The Magic of the Orphic Hymns: A New Translation for the Modern Mystic.

Here he reviews the many interpretations offered by both philosophers and mystics regarding the nature of deities. He relates these to his previous interview in which he discusses the awakening of the ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet in the present era.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:01 The human imagination

00:16:07 Psychologizing the divine

00:27:05 The inner pantheon

00:36:05 Egregores

00:43:19 Tulpas, thoughtforms, astral shells

00:51:46 Archetypes

00:58:46 Mistaking words for reality

01:04:23 Breaking out of the consensus trance

01:11:34 Conclusion

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(Recorded on August 1, 2024)

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Published on September 4, 2024

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