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Freemasons and the Temple of Solomon: James Wasserman & Host Dr. Bob Hieronimus

21st Century Radio Host Dr. Bob Hieronimus sits down with author James Wasserman to discuss his book The Temple of Solomon: From Ancient Israel to Secret Societies.

The spiritual heart of many esoteric societies, the Temple of Solomon was located atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a site venerated by the three great monotheistic religions as the intersection of Divine and human. Built by King Solomon at the peak of ancient Israel’s power, the Temple of Solomon housed the golden Ark of the Covenant in its Holy of Holies, a sacred chamber where one could communicate directly with God. Centuries after the temple’s destruction, the Temple Mount was used as the headquarters for the Knights Templar during the Crusades, and countless legends have come down through the centuries about the secrets they may have uncovered there, including discovery of the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant.  This book explores the Temple of Solomon in the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, and Apocryphal writings as well as its role in the founding of Freemasonry, the legends of the Knights Templar, the doctrines of the Kabbalah, and Muhammad’s visionary journey from the Temple Mount through the heavens. Seeking to understand the powerful desire of many religions and secret societies to re-create the temple through ritual and prayer, James Wasserman explains why it was built, the magical forces King Solomon may have used in its creation, what its destruction meant for Jews and Christians alike, and why the Knights Templar as well as several modern secret societies named their orders after it.

This is an excerpt of a conversation originally recorded in 2011.

Produced by Hieronimus & Co. for 21st Century Radio®.  Edited version provided to Nightlight Radio with permission.

How to Be: A Monk and a Journalist with Judith Valente

The spiritual seeker’s guide to living with authenticity and integrity in troubled times by a lauded journalist and monk mentored by Thomas Merton.
 
This book is a dialogue between two spiritual seekers—one a Trappist monk and the other a married professional woman. It is two people “strugeling to articulate life’s universal questions from diverse contexts and perspectives.” Brother Paul writes as one steeped in silence and the daily rhythms of the ancient prayer practices of monasticism. Judith Valente writes as a professional woman attempting to bring a sense of prayer and contemplation to a scattered life in the secular world.

Valente uses the story of Brother Paul’s interview for a PBS documentary as a jumping-off point: When asked the purpose of the Trappist life in the modern world, he said that it is “to show you don’t need a purpose.” The purpose of life, he said, is life. “You’re to live your life.”

How to Be offers a window into two people living their lives on purpose (or not) and struggling to come to terms with the big issues everyone faces: faith, mortality, mystery, prayer, work. It is a book that provides insight and inspiration for those walking the spiritual path—particularly for those interested in the contemplative path.

Judith Valente is a former staff writer for the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. She is a former correspondent for PBS’s Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly and senior correspondent for investigative reporting and long features at the NPR affiliate in central Illinois. She was also a special correspondent covering faith and values and arts and culture for Chicago Public Radio. Valente contributes articles to US Catholic magazine and National Catholic Reporter. 

Kolchak: The Night Stalker with Kendall Phillips - Host Mark Eddy

Author KENDALL PHILLIPS joins us to discuss his new publication "Kolchak:  The Night Stalker."  This one season show had cheesy but thought provoking monsters.   But what made this show such a cult classic?  Devoted fans still watch the reruns and there are social media groups with ever increasing numbers.  Kendall gives us the background on this influential show, the creation of the Kolchak mythos, the pitfalls of the monster of the week; but more importantly, it laid the foundations for more recent, standout TV shows:  "Walking Dead,"  "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the all important "X-Files."  Join us for a fun discussion but we'll also have a look at the turbulent times from which it was spawned as well as the far reaching legacy.  "The whistling has started."

Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison

Joshua Greene, who studied meditation with the legendary Beatle George Harrison, draws on personal remembrances, recorded conversations, and firsthand accounts to create a moving portrait of Harrison's spiritual life, his profound contribution to the Beatles' music, and previously unpublished anecdotes about his time with music legends Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and others.

"Many well-known artists have touched people's hearts with their music, but few have ever succeeded in touching people's souls. That was George's gift, and his story is described here with affection and taste. A wonderful book."
–Mia Farrow

Joshua M. Greene earned his master's degree from Hofstra University, where he taught Hinduism and Holocaust history until his retirement in 2013. He has spoken at the Pentagon, the Judge Advocates College, and the New York Public Library Distinguished Author series, and he lectures frequently before state bar associations. His most recent book is a biography of Srila Prabhupada, titled Swami in a Strange Land.

The Physics of God with Joseph Selbie

The explanations of transcendent phenomena given by saints, sages, and near-death experiencers—miracles, immortality, heaven, God, and transcendent awareness—are fully congruent with scientific discoveries in the fields of relativity, quantum physics, medicine, M-theory, neuroscience, and quantum biology.

The Physics of God describes the intersections of science and religion with colorful, easy-to-understand metaphors, making abstruse subjects within both science and religion easily accessible to the layman—no math, no dogma. This intriguing book:

• Pulls back the curtain on the light-show illusion we call matter.
• Connects string theory’s hidden brane worlds to religion’s transcendent heavens.
• Reveals the scientific secret of life and immortality: quantum biology’s startling discovery that the human body is continuously entangled.
• Demonstrates the miracle-making power of our minds to effect instantaneous physiological
• changes.

A dedicated meditator for over forty years, Joseph Selbie has taught yoga and meditation throughout the United States and Europe. He is also the author of The Yugas: Keys to Understand

Tricia McCannon: The 30 Lost Years of Jesus with Host Dr. Bob Hieronimus

Where was Jesus for the first thirty years of his life? Where and what was he taught?  Who were his teachers?

21st Century Radio® Host Dr. Bob Hieronimus sits down with mystic and author Tricia McCannon to discuss her book Jesus: The Explosive Story of the 30 Lost Years and the Ancient Mystery Religion. Based on new information culled from hard to find Vatican texts, theosophical classics, ancient texts, legends, and systems of hermetic symbolism, Tricia McCannon constructs a radical new timeline of Jesus’ life. She assert Jesus spent at least seven years of study and training in Egypt, a number of years in England, and visited both India and Tibet before beginning his public ministry in Palestine.

This is a wide-ranging examination of the direct links and similarities between Jesus’ teachings and those of various Mystery religions and sects that were popular during his lifetime, including the Essenes, Buddhist, Mithrans, Zoroastrians, and Druids. McCannon offers compelling evidence that places Jesus’s life and mission firmly in the context of the profound spiritual teachings that came before him.

Drawing on records from the Vatican, Tibet, India, and Egypt, along with Greek, Aramaic, and Pali text, as well as oral traditions of Jesus’s teachings, McCannon uncovers the real reason that he has remained such a powerful and pivotal figure in world consciousness for over two millennia.

McCannon is the author of over 30 DVDs and 13 on-line books, all focused on personal transformation, awakening Christ Consciousness and Global Healing. She is also the Director of the Phoenix Fire Mystery School, the Founder of the Gnosis Learning Institute, and the Founder/President of the UFO Forum in Atlanta.

Originally recorded in 2017.

Prosperity Meditations: Everyday Practices to Create an Abundant Life

Susan Shumsky

If you want to draw prosperity into your life, first abandon the idea that spiritual people must be poor. Prosperity Meditations can help you develop a new, fresh, optimistic, and empowering attitude about money. By using its methods, you can change your belief about prosperity and thereby draw greater wealth into your life on all levels: spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, material, environmental, and planetary.

You have the power to create affluence in all areas of life—not just material. The Creator is waiting for you to open to the unlimited riches of heaven that are always available to you. All you need is to learn how to receive the boundless bounty that is your birthright.

How does poverty help spiritual people fulfill their laudable, idealistic dreams and aspirations? Wouldn’t the world be a better place if spiritual people, who aspire to do good, had access to limitless wealth? Could you help heal the planet and lift people’s consciousness if you had greater resources at your disposal?

If you say yes, this book can help you manifest your fondest dreams and desires through the mental alchemy of meditation—a process that can change your mind, which, in turn, can change your life and thereby positively transform the planet.

Susan Shumsky,dedicates her life to helping people take command of their lives in highly effective, powerful, positive ways. She is an award-winning, bestselling author of 14 books.  A pioneer in the human potential field, she has taught meditation, prayer, affirmation, and intuition worldwide for 50 years. Shumsky is the founder of Divine Revelation®―a unique field-proven technology for contacting the divine presence, hearing and testing the inner voice, and receiving clear divine guidance.  www.drsusan.org and www.divinetravels.com.

The Alpha Kronosapien Returns with Max Hawthorne -Host Mark Eddy

Sci-fi author MAX HAWTHORNE returns to discuss his latest publication, the novella "Purgatory."  Jake Braddock is on a mission to get across the Island of Diablo with many encounters with reptilian humanoids and other aquatic cryptids.  We will look at the anthropological use of echolocation clicks and reptilian behaviors.  We will also hear about Max's battle with an alligator over the summer.  Our discussion will also delve into the secrets of being a successful author.  How does comedy fit into horror?  Does mythology play a relevant role in today's sci-fi literature?  We will also look at Max's research into the fossil record that appears in his other publications.  Are marine dinosaurs still swimming with us?  Max will keep us enthralled with his research and stories and insistence that he is today's Hooper...or is he Quint?

https://www.kronosrising.com/