The Wisdom Tradition | a philosophy podcast

In this episode we continue in our ongoing series of investigations of the ancient institution of the Mystery Schools and its relationship to philosophy.  In the previous article/episode of this series, we tracked philosophy's birth out of the Mystery Schools during the Axial Age. In this article, we backtrack from this critical period and look back at the origin of the Mystery Schools themse...

Hey all, in this episode we look into my newest Substack article "The Birth of Philosophy" . This is part of an ongoing series that investigates the history of the Mystery Schools and the role that philosophy, a creation of these Schools, is destined to play in the great reformation of human society that is to come. In time, I plan on bundling together the articles in this series into a...

This episode builds off the previous episode, which investigated the Mystery School system of antiquity. Here we look at a lecture of Manly Hall that delves into the Mysteries further, looking at their priesthood, their philosophy, and the role that initiation played in their worldview. We also consider how philosophy first emerged out of the Mystery School traditions and how Alexandria became the...

Hey everyone, I just published my newest article on Substack ! It's titled "The Mystery Schools and the Invisible Government: An examination of the arcane institution responsible for accelerating human evolution". In this episode, we will be delving into the contents of this important article, which outlines and overviews one of the fundamental topics of Esoteric Philosophy: the Mys...

Hey everyone, in this episode we further unpack the implications of the Ukraine War in terms of how it interfaces with the Great Reset and other recent motions in geopolitics. In particular, we'll be looking the idea that perhaps an unexpected factor could enter the equation, one that has to do with the military's unexpected acknowledgment of the UFO phenomenon several years ago. How cou...

In this episode I take a comprehensive look at the geopolitical dynamics behind the current situation in Ukraine, with a particular focus on the long-developing tensions between the governing elites of the US and Russia. This presentation is based around exploring the following key themes: 1. I begin with an overview of the core philosophical themes that I emphasize on this channel and in my publi...

Today's episode is inspired by USA's Pluto return, which many analysts in Western astrology have been discussing recently. I begin the episode by commenting on three recent articles on the significance of America's Pluto return. Around the 25 minute mark, I kick off my analysis of Manly Hall's lecture "How Hierarchy Communicates with Humans", which discusses the esote...

This episode wraps up a multi-part series on my recent publication "Psychology: The Science of the Soul". Here, we hear from Manly P. Hall, who offers a comprehensive critique of the modern paradigm of "scientific materialism". He emphasizes the idea that secular science breeds a number of psychological and social ills. He notes that religion and science function as thesis-anti...

In this episode, I overview the fourth and final chapter of my recent publication, "Psychology: The Science of the Soul". Here, I overview the main tenets of the paradigm of scientific materialism. I then compare and contrast this worldview with that of the "Cosmic Game" view held by depth psychology and ancient philosophy. Overall, I seek to put the current paradigm of secular...

In this episode, we continue our investigation of the link between depth psychology and astrology by investigating the astrological dynamics underlying current events. This serves as a case study to test out and verify the conclusions reached in our previous episode, which delved into the idea that the archetypes of the collective unconscious are correlated with the motion of the planets, as studi...

In this episode we delve into Ch. 3 of my recent publication "Psychology: the Science of the Soul", which explores the links between depth psychology and astrology. This exploration will be split into two parts: in this initial part, we'll go over the basic ideas involved with depth psychology's study of the archetypes of the collective unconscious and astrology's study of...

Today's episode follows up the previous episode, which introduced and outlined the core teachings of psychologist Stanislav Grof. In this episode, we'll be hearing directly from Dr. Grof himself: I have chopped up and sampled a lecture of his from the late-90s, where he overviews and outlines the core ideas, findings, and conclusions taken from his decades of research into non-ordinary a...

This episode continues in a series that investigates the contents of my new publication "Psychology: The Science of the Soul". Here we go into Ch. 2, which delves into the work of psychologist Stanislav Grof whose career was focused on the study of "non-ordinary states of consciousness." In particular, he focused on a special category of such states which he termed "Holotr...

This episode is part 2/2 and follows episode 26a. We again hear directly from Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell and also, this time, from Manly P. Hall. The objective is to give a psychoanalysis of modern society and to focus in on how we have become collectively neurotic as a result of living without a "modern myth". First we discuss the symptoms associated with the collective neurosis that...

Hey everyone, In this episode we continue the series that explores the contents of my new publication, "Psychology: The Science of the Soul" (available at my e-store). More specifically, this episode follows up the previous episode detailing the essential elements of Carl Jung's approach to Psychology. Here, I have extracted clips from Carl Jung, as well as from various other Jungia...

This episode is the second in a series that overviews the contents of a new publication I've just launched on the topic of Depth Psychology. This video focuses on the zine's first chapter, which offers a sweeping overview of Carl Jung's core ideas concerning the structures and dynamics of the human psyche.  Topics include: the Self vs. the ego, the collective vs.  personal unconscio...

In this episode, I introduce and preview my new publication that re-interprets the global response to the covid epidemic through the lens of Depth Psychology.  In the zine's first two chapters I outline and overview the core teachings of Carl Jung and Stanislav Grof. Here I focus on their findings that there is  a "transpersonal" dimension to the human psyche. This discussion sets t...

In this episode I review a recent article of F. William Engdahl on the topic of geopolitics, the financial markets, the pandemic, and "The Great Reset" initiative. This discussion directly follows up a previous episode (ep. 9a) from August, where I delved into a March 2020 article of Michael Hudson on systemic fragility in the financial system. This episode also touches on material from...

Note: for podcast listeners, I recorded this to post on YouTube, since my previous episode got blocked on copyright grounds. It rehashes the main set of arguments I laid out in my previous two videos (but doesn't feature any clips). From my YouTube description: On my podcast "The Wisdom Tradition" I recently posted an episode where I broke down several clips from Dr. Peter McCulloug...

Hey everyone, in this episode I do a deep-dive into Dr. Peter McCullough's recent blockbuster interview on Joe Rogan's podcast. I edited out several clips from the interview and share those, while offering detailed analysis on the content of what he is saying.  This episode follows my previous episode, which is on the issue of virus isolation. I start things off in this current episode b...

In this episode I analyze  one of the key topics discussed in Dr. Tom Cowan's recent ebook "Breaking the Spell": virology's claim that it has successfully accomplished "virus isolation" for the various virus strains that they claim are responsible for the numerous disease epidemics that have occurred throughout recent  history, including COVID, AIDS, polio, and many o...

In this episode, I review a 1941 article of Manly Hall's that explores the intersection between news, current events, and philosophy. In particular, it explores the notion of how, through an appreciation of Law, we can learn and grow through contemplation of the often-depressing reports we see in the news media. Thanks for listening! More soon. - Alex www.alexsachon.com thewisdomtradition.big...

Hey everyone,  This is the last video in a series on Atlantis and the 7 ages of Man, which I'm doing in support of my new zine/study guide on the topic. In this video, I present a series of clips from Graham Hancock, Randall Carlson, and John Anthony West on the topic of Atlantis. I then offer commentary on these clips based on the teachings of Manly P. Hall. You can find digital and print co...

This episode follows up on my previous episode, where we discussed esoteric philosophy's method of interpreting race. In this episode, we hone in on the current age, - the 5th of 7 ages - in this current cycle of existence. As Manly P. Hall writes, the evolutionary arc of our current age is to move from "race" to "nation". In this episode, we explore what this means. Thank...

Hey y'all - sorry for the delay in putting out content this month. I was hard at work on my new zine/study guide, which is now at the printers and should be available in a week or two. In the meantime, in this episode I'm going to take inspiration from current events and delve into the topic of race - something that corporate media, politicians, and (un)woke activists have become obsesse...