Perennial Philosophy

Alfred Korzybski and General Semantics with Rolf Sattler (4K Reboot)

New Thinking AllowedOct 27, 2026

Biologist Rolf Sattler joins Jeffrey Mishlove to revisit Alfred Korzybski's General Semantics, a once-influential system built on the idea that the map is not the territory. Sattler argues that confusing words, labels, and images with reality is a kind of everyday insanity behind prejudice, political hostility, and scientific dogmatism. The conversation links Korzybski's 'silent level' of reality to mystical traditions and pushes back on critics who called General Semantics a pseudoscience.

What Have We Lost? with James Tunney

New Thinking AllowedOct 23, 2026

Barrister, author and artist James Tunney joins Jeffrey Mishlove to argue that while the West has advanced technologically, it has regressed spiritually by discarding the medieval Catholic worldview of soul, spirit and a participatory cosmos. He traces this loss through Marxism, the X Club's 'imperial' scientism, modern psychology, and the Protestant Reformation, which he says closed off belief in purgatory, prayer for the dead and spirit interaction. Tunney suggests that near-death experiences and a Gen Z return to religion may signal a post-secular rebalancing, even as AI developers try to create a new god.

Philosophy and Theology with Pierre Grimes (1924 - 2024) (4K Reboot)

New Thinking AllowedOct 22, 2026

Philosopher Pierre Grimes joins Jeffrey Mishlove to discuss his unpublished manuscript, a dialogue between Jesus and Socrates in heaven, which portrays Jesus as a Gnostic-style philosopher whose teachings were distorted by followers, especially Paul. Grimes argues that the Nag Hammadi texts, the Gospel of Mark, and Plato's emphasis on dreams point toward a spirituality of understanding and direct experience rather than belief. He suggests that reviving the Logos, dream work, and even a modern echo of the Eleusinian Mysteries through psychedelics could spark a cultural awakening.