Josh explores the neurophenomenology of speaking in tongues among Pentecostals and charismatics, showing how this form of wordless, surrendered prayer produces powerful emotional release and altered states. Drawing on EEG and MRI studies with dozens of practitioners, he demonstrates that the key mechanism is not the tongues themselves but the degree of surrender, which loosens [...]

In this video, rebooted from 2021, he describes many ways in which we fail to appreciate the limits of science. He notes that science is always changing and, therefore, it cannot “prove” anything. Drawing upon the General Semantics of Alfred Korzybski, he notes that language is always imperfect and is never equal to that which [...]

Joseph Rael, whose Picuris Pueblo Indian sacred name translates to Beautiful Painted Arrow, is a visionary, poet, and creator of sacred sounds. He is author of Beautiful Painted Arrow and Being and Vibration. Here Rael presents many Tiwa chants and songs, describing their meaning and use. He elaborates on the deeper meaning of such concepts [...]