Depth Mystic Community Podcast

Three sections today, including one on the spiritual importance of the USA. USA 250 Pride! Here are the two links mentioned in the show: Jordan Peterson’s message on the unique greatness of America: https://x.com/jordanbpeterson/status/2073436674088931749?s=20 Sweet Land - an ode to America’s 250th year https://x.com/heavypulp/status/2071990142064324766?s=20 Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebo...

First we ask our Promotional Manager how the SubStack channel is going, and we get a rather deep answer. Next we mention and praise a recent speech truly worthy of a Depth Mystic by Jonathan Pageau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZUuKzDQSsI Then we talk about a recent evolution of Zach's thought regarding his Seven Layer City dream. Finally, a concise new possible description of the Meaning of L...

It's another "Community" episode, where we no longer focus on Depth Mysticism per se, but rather, give an update on where our ministry stands in the wider world, and ask the Three Questions: 1) What is the Meaning of Life? 2) What should a person do with his or her life? And 3) What should I do with my life? Also, we started a Substack! Drop by and leave a comment! https://substack.com/@mysticzach...

We just have a Community Discussion about the state of our Ministry, joined by Promotional Manager Zach Tollen, who is considering starting a Substack. It's a pretty good confession of our current situation, although I'm not sure how else to advertise it this week. Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840 Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P

The basic philosophy of Depth Mysticism having been covered in Episodes 1-44, we are now calling that Season 1 and transitioning into Season 2, where we just have a weekly conversation with no preplanned topic. The topic that came up naturally this week, however, was Man and Machine in relation to Zach's fledgling video game. And so it is! Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/19107...

This week, a short "Yin" intermezzo. Admittedly, we are still perfecting the craft of doing such Yin episodes. But we also want to make space for this type of episode, because it's certainly a part of the big picture. For the next intermezzo, I'd like to be more comfortable and open up more space for deep relaxed meditation. But part of Yin is being incomplete, uncomfortable, and still finding one...

In this episode, Depth Mystic Zach Tollen preaches extensively on Yin, Yang, Freedom, Slavery, America as Idea and Country, Free Will vs. Fate, elite politics, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the Egyptian Pharaohs, and Shamanism... and he ties it all together rather elegantly, I must say! Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840 Discord: https://discord...

We dive into an intellectual insight Jungian Depth Mystic Zach Tollen recently had, and how it seems to connect with the archetype of the Mother of God! Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840 Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P

Our first question is about why the world is so dark nowadays, and then we proceed to this week's main topic, the great American Jungian analyst, Edward F. Edinger. (Then we tie the two topics together at the end, because Edinger definitely goes there!)

This week we explain why I chose the name Depth Mysticism to describe our/my religious philosophy. Also, we cover the important works of another Depth Mystic, Robert A, Johnson, with whom I have the more in common than any other Depth Mystic!

This week, we talk about one of Zach's "autonomous unconscious complexes", how he encounters it in daily life, and its parallel to an important but mysterious figure from alchemy many hundreds of years ago! What is the Unconscious? What does the Unconscious think of Itself? Is that even a legitimate question? Yes, and it has a legitimate answer, and least according to Carl Jung, and in my own drea...

"After ecstasy, the laundry," goes the Zen Buddhist saying. For us, we're doing the Laundry after the Kenosis (the ancient Greek word for Emptying) of episode 38. Kind of a hodge-podge episode, a dialogue about what the episode should even be about. We find some stuff though. An Umbilical Cord to Reality! Among other things. Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840 Dis...

We talk about what Paul of Tarsus said Jesus had to do in order to save the world, and how this idea of "emptying" applies to our lives psychologically, and in particular to Zach's new identity as an artist, which he has to surrender to in order to finally develop the video game that is the other main part of his calling as a Depth Mystic. Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/19107...

This week we decide to revisit the theme of Alpha and Omega which we discussed back in Episode 15. We have our own idiosyncratic take on that phrase which applies exactly to who we are and what we're doing here on the Depth Mystic Community Podcast. Then we do another small segment on Carl Jung's, asking whether history would have been the same had he not existed. Discussion Facebook: https://www....

A continuation of our series on Monotheism in three sections this week. 1) A little commentary on the relationship of human creativity to the One True God of Monotheism. 2) A review of our backstory here at the DMCP, covering our mystical initiation and its connection with Jungian psychology. 3) A review of the basic story of Christianity, getting ever closer to a "nutshell version." Discussion Fa...

We focus in this week on the central Symbol of Christianity: the Cross. Jungian Depth Mystic Zach Tollen conveys some depth mystical background at first, but then dives into a more personal take, explaining what the Cross means to him, and why it is relevant even in his own life. (Hint: It's not a typical Christian take... :-) Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840 D...

We continue our discussion of the Book of Job, Christianity, Carl Jung's Answer to Job, Jesus, the Blood of Christ. There are many different segments this week, and I didn't know how to organize them perfectly. So I threw everything in! Discussion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840 Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P

We have some variety this week. I start off with a personal monologue on Individuation, talking about what it means to grow and think for oneself. Then rather abruptly, the host asks Depth Mystic Zach Tollen what he thinks of the presence and history of Human Sacrifice the world over, and what are the relevant problems with it today. (Surprisingly, there are relevant problems with it today!) Then...

Our discussion of the Book of Job, and Carl Jung's Answer to Job, continues, this week in pure monologue form. Depth Mystic Zach Tollen discusses what happens if monotheism is reinterpreted from a psychological perspective. A very personal discussion, almost like a mystic's diary entry. Discussion Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840

We begin an exploration of the Book of Job, mostly from Carl Jung's perspective. But it becomes clear that we can't cover everything in one week. Jung's Answer to Job is one of his most difficult and important books. And it is the perfect ongoing project for the DMCP, trying to penetrate the thoughts of perhaps the deepest thinker of all time, C.G. Jung! Discussions: Discord: https://discord.gg/Kq...

Jungian Depth Mystic Zach Tollen articulates the strange category we find ourselves in here at the Depth Mystic Community Podcast, where we're neither winners nor losers, but rather questioning what game we really ought to be playing. Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P Discussion on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840

Our new Promotional Manager arrives to update us on his progress, but things don't go exactly as expected. Then Jungian Depth Mystic Zach Tollen introduces the Individual-to-Collective Identity Spectrum, which is meant to indicate how much of a person's overall identity comes from individual as opposed to collective experiences. Discussion: Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P Facebook: https://...

We add a new employee to our roster, our new Promotional and Marketing Manager! Then we discuss the strangeness of our philosophy, how few people actually "get" it. We name the few who do, and then mention the ONLY OTHER living *Fully Trained" Depth Mystic, Peter Kingsley! Discussion Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840

What is the most important thing in Jungian psychology? According to Depth Mystic Zach Tollen, it's the emergence of the Fourth person from the Trinity in modern times. Is Jungian psychology the study of the Fourth person of the Trinity?! Discussions: Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840

We dive into a discussion about the immigration enforcement protests. It's not necessarily a Depth Mystical topic, although we do bring in a depth mystical idea at the very end. Still, I think we have a balanced discussion about a very current event. Discussion Discord: https://discord.gg/KqE3EfKC9P Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1910776442826840