What makes the voice of god real? This is the question that has driven Tanya Luhrmann's research for the last twenty years. She has lived with witches, with christians, with zoroastrians, with psychologists, and finds the same pattern woven through the lives of believers: They have trained themselves to have a sensory experience of god. On the podcast we talk about where this ability comes from in the mind and how it changes the initiates. If you like this conversation, you might also like our talks with Brian McVeigh (https://youtu.be/z1-ivI6QgXQ) and Dan Smith (https://youtu.be/EqL3nkYNqGE) about Julian Jaynes' work on the bicameral mind. See you next week!! Support the podcast by becoming a Patron @DemystifySci ªº¬˚∆≤≥≤≥ https://www.patreon.com/demystifysci ≤≥≤≥∆˚¬ºª Support the podcast by building your library with Dr. Luhrman's book: How Gods Become Real ªº¬˚∆≤≥≤≥ https://amzn.to/3rJV8Tm ≤≥≤≥∆˚¬ºª #Witches #HearingGod #HearingVoices 00:00 Introduction 00:00:30 What unifies your inquiries? 00:01:42 How do people come to believe? 00:05:59 Falling short of the ideal 00:09:06 Briging the gap between Rationality and the voice of God 00:15:40 How does the voice start to talk back? 00:18:00 How Witches Pathfind 00:19:36 Kataphatic vs Apophatic prayer 00:21:31 Faith well done is therapeutic 00:22:53 Constructing a God image 00:26:17 No two forms of God are the same 00:27:37 What kind of god should you want? 00:30:09 Dealing with Darkness 00:33:53 How does belief impact quality of life? 00:37:06 Do witches see the same benefits? 00:43:26 How do people choose what to believe? 00:47:13 Why isn’t witchcraft more popular? 00:49:26 The many manuals for hearing God 00:55:37 How did this research change you? 00:59:23 Closing remarks Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://youtu.be/1OCL5Lq8m6s ªº¬˚∆≤≥≤≥ Join the mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S​ ≤≥≤≥∆˚¬ºª PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying microbial communication at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting and exploring the woods. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3uhn7J1 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39IDJBD RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci