Jeremy David Engels, PhD, is a Liberal Arts Professor of Communications and Ethics at Pennsylvania State University. He is an author and longtime teacher of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga. A former student of Thich Nhat Hahn, he is dedicated to bringing the practice of mindfulness to democracy, and the practice of democracy to mindfulness. He is an award winning scholar, and has published numerous books and articles about democracy, community building, deliberation and peace including Living Namaste (2026, Inner Traditions--which is the subject of this podcast), On Mindful Democracy (Parallax 2026--the subject of EOTR episode 337); The Ethics of Oneness: Emerson, Whitman, and the Bhavagad Gita (UChicago 2021); and The Art of Gratitude (SUNY Press 2018)

For more information about Professor Engels, please see his website: https://jeremydavidengels.com or reach out to him directly at [email protected] IG: @jeremy_david_engels

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A world authority on Gnostic spirituality, Tobias Churton is Britian's leading scholar in the field of Western Esotericism. Holding a Masters degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford University, England, he was appointed Honorary Fellow and Faculty Lecturer in Western Esotericism at Exeter University in 2005. Michigan University professor Gabriele Boccaccini's invitation in 2019 to participate in The Enoch Seminar in Florence, was followed by Churton's The Lost Pillars of Enoch, published in 2020 and The Books of Enoch Revealed (2025). Tobias is also a filmmaker, poet, composer of songs and orchestral works, and author of acclaimed biographies of William Blake, Aleister Crowley, Elias Ashmole and G.I. Gurdjieff. His twenty-eight published titles include The Gnostics, The History of the Rosicrucians, Freemasonry: The Reality, The Spiritual Meaning of the Sixties, Occult Paris and Celestial Realms: A History of Heaven (which is the subject of this podcast). He has lectured widely and his academic papers on Crowley, The Yezidis, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, the French Occult Revival, the Enochic tradition, and on Alchemy have appeared in prestigious anthologies published across the western world.

For more information about Tobias, please see: https://tobiaschurton.com/1_home.html

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David Linder is a Swiss author and falconer who has studied the runes and Norse mythology extensively with a focus on practical applications. His new book, Advanced Rune Magic (2026), has been described as: "a valuable addition--with insight into tradition as well as innovative creativity that gives the reader new perspectives on the runes. The book is rooted in historical runology and highlights esoteric aspects of the medieval rune poems, while being at the same time applicable to contemporary practitioners." Edren Thorsson has also described the book as "a mythic travelogue through the mysteries of the runes. Anyone who seeks to travel these roads and rivers at the highest levels will find these pages as a useful guide and companion.

To further connect with David, please see: https://livingrunes.ch/. Or email him at [email protected]

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-346-david-linder-advanced-rune-magic-the-greater-mysteries-of-nordic-spirituality

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Mike is an author, journalist, and Adjunct Professor of English at City Tech (CUNY). This podcast will focus on his new book: The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music. His other works include: UFO Symphonic-Journeys Into Sound (2025 Finalist in the Miscellaneous category for the 2025 Indie Excellence Awards); For All We Know (2025 Eric Hoffer Category Finalist Award); Mescalito Riding His White Horse (2024 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Spirituality); Falling From Trees (2022 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Short Stories).

To reach out and connect with Mike in this space time dimension, please see: https://mikefiorito.com/

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Joshua Pritikin, Ph.D. is a psychological counselor, author, and researcher whose work explores the intersection of belief, consciouness, and personal transformation. After beginning his career in the software industry, he pivoted toward the study of the mind, earning a Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from the University of Virginia in 2022 and later becoming an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Certified Practitioner. Drawing on a interdisciplinary background that spans science, philosophy, and lived experience, Pritikin brings a distinctive perspective to questions traditionally explored through religion and psychology. He maintains a private practice and lives in the Pacific Northwest.

This podcast will focus on his new work: Religion Unburdened by Belief: The Way of Open Inquiry (2026).

For more information about Josh, please see: https://unburdened.biz/. Or his counseling site: https://estrelacounseling.com/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-344-dr-joshua-pritikin-religion-unburdened-by-belief-the-way-of-open-inquiry

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Prashanthi Amarnath is an information technology engineer and author of Embracing Paradox: A Mystical Adventure with the Tao Te Ching Through 81 Enchanting Micro Lessons (2026). The Tao Te Ching is often treated as an ancient hurdle to clear or a complex riddle to solve. In Embracing Paradox, Prashanthi invites you to see it differently; not as a daunting divide of language and ideas, but as a guide steering you through the winding paths of your own existence. Through 81 enchanting micro-lessons, the book transforms ancient wisdom into a modern roadmap for handling life's uncertainties. it is a journey than began not in a library, but in the grit of everyday life--across the landscapes of India, Australia, and the United States.

For more information about Prashanthi, and to connect with her life and work, please see: https://www.embracingparadox.com/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-343-prashanthi-amarnath-embracing-paradoxtao-te-ching

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In this podcast, we honor the legacy of Katherine Woodward Thomas, MA, MFT, a licensed therapist, recognized pioneer in transformational psychology, and the New York Times bestselling author of acclaimed books that have reached millions across the globe including Calling in the One, and Counscious Uncoupling, and here latest book, What's True about You: 7 Steps to Move Beyond Your Painful Past and Manifest Your Brightest Future, which is the subject of this podcast.

What's True about You is a positive guide, centered on "future-forward frameworks,' designed to help the reader unleash their brightest future. This approach is highly proactive because it recommends that the reader take responsibility for their life and actively generate the future, rather than passively waiting for change.

Through her programs, she has guided more than 100,000 individuals to profound breakthroughs and certified over 2,000 coaches and therapists in her training. Her work stands at the forefront of a new paradigm in psychology--Future Forward Therapy. Her legacy lives on in the lives she touched and in the love, growth, and truth she inspired.

To connect with her family, team, and continuing organization, please see: https://katherinewoodwardthomas.com/

https://www.instagram.com/katherinewoodwardthomas/

https://www.facebook.com/katherinewoodwardthomas/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-342-katherine-woodward-thomas-whats-true-about-youtransformational-psychologyfuture-forward-therapy

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Joseph L. Flatley is an investigative journalist, author, and publisher of the Failed State Update newsletter. His short films have been featured at Three Rivers Film Festival (Pittsburgh), NonPlussed Fest (Los Angeles), and Desert Daze (Joshua Tree, CA). He is the author of: The Occult Timothy Leary (2026--the subject of this podcast); New Age Grifter: The True Story of Gabriel of Urantia and His Cosmic Family (2021); Sirhan; or, The Hallucinatory Vanguard (2018); and Satan Goes to the Mind Control Convention (2018).

Check him out at his website: https://lennyflatley.neocities.org/

Or on social media: https://lennyflatley.substack.com/

https://x.com/lennyflatley

https://www.instagram.com/lennysbookclub/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-341-joseph-l-flatley-the-occult-timothy-leary-the-tarot-magical-states-and-post-terrestrial-evolution

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Clarissa Dolphin is a certified harmonic astrologer, writer, diviner and shamanic practitioner. She earned two B.A.'s from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters from University of the Arts London, in writing and publishing, before obeying the call to enter the rich labyrith of spiritual work. Clarissa has written horoscopes for The Mountain Astrologer, served as a locum for Mystic Medusa and has also been featured in multiple outlets like The New York Times, The Old Farmer's Almanac, The Career Astrologer, Dirty Laundry, Notion, award-winning art magazine FAINT and more. Clarissa serves clients, speaks at various events and teaches students all over the world from Los Angeles. You can reach her at clarissadolphinexplainsitall.com, email her at [email protected] and find her at @clarissadolphin on socials.

All drumming on this podcast courtesy of Clarissa.:-)

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Joseph Schmidt is an author and founding member and former executive director of the New York Insight Meditation Center. This podcast will focus on his new collection of short stories called The Torchbearer which stands at the poignant intersection of literary short stories that double as meditations on big philosophical questions. As Kirkus Reviews writes: "Rod Sterling could have given a Twilight Zone intro to each story in this collection...they tend to focus on the saving grace of redemption and the transformation that comes with achieving true power."

Joseph first became a practitioner of meditation while living in an ashram in India for three years in the 1970s before earning a masters degree in Psychology. In addition to his work at the New York Insight mediation center, he also serves as a volunteer chaplain at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ where he provides counseling to patients including end-of-life planning and grief trauma. For more information about this wonderful work, please see: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/joseph-schmidt/the-torchbearer/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-339-joseph-schmidt-the-torchbearerinsight-meditation

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Constance Brenneman is an award-winning filmmaker, actor and producer in studio and independent film. In recent years, she has devoted her work to documentary filmmaking, creating projects that inspire, transform, and uplift. Her feature documentaries include Finding Inner Hero (2022), Built Different (2024), and Afterlife: Beyond the Light (2026--Vision Films).

Afterlife was born from Constance's fascination with the culminating factors of phenomenal end-of-life experiences. Partnering with friend and producer Susan Brittain, she set out to explore both the science and the deeply human stories behind near-death experiences (NDEs) and shared-death experiences (SDEs).

The film features powerful firsthand accounts alongside compellling interviews with two of the worlds leading experts in the field: Dr. Raymond Moody and William Peters. Both are internationally recognized pioneers whose decades of research and bestselling books have shaped modern understanding of these experiences. Additionally, Constance partnered with the Coming Home Channel to incorporate deeply personal testimonies from individuals who have directly encountered these phenomena, expanding the emotional and spiritual depth of the film. To create a sense of flow and visual poetry, Constance collaborated with a professional modern dance company to develop original movement pieces that align with prose, stories and interviews. The film further weaves in animation to visually interpret NDEs and SDEs as they have been documented across cultures for centuries.

The film is available for download later this week on all platforms such as Itunes, Vimeo, and Amazon. Social media links: https://www.instagram.com/afterlifebeyondthelight/

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This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-338-constance-brenneman-and-susan-brittain-afterlife-beyond-the-light

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