Counterflow

My guest this week is returning for a second appearance. He is the wonderful content creator over at the Church of the Eternal Logos, David Patrick Harry. David is a Ph.D. student at the Graduate Theological Union, where his research focuses on New Religious Movements and trends within America. In addition to that, he does research into the occult, the New Age, and psychedelic spirituality, and David is also a Christian apologist from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In this episode, we discuss mushrooms, DMT, Ayahuasca, and other psychedelics and what spiritual effects they can have on one who partakes. Is there an actual spiritual element to psychedelics? Is it necessarily positive or negative? We discuss how the spiritual experience happens and what exactly that means. We also discuss the paradigm of the psychedelic relative to the paradigm of the Orthodox Christian. For DPH's work, go here: https://davidpatrickharry.com/

One of my favorite guests is back with us this week. That would be Father Turbo Qualls. Fr Turbo is an Orthodox Priest at St Mary of Egypt Serbian Orthodox Church in Kansas City and part of the excellent "Royal Path" podcast. On this episode, Fr Turbo and I discuss the spiritual warfare not only in the outside world, but within each of us. Sometimes, getting closer to the Light of Christ is a scary thing as the proverbial fat burns away. The demons play on our lust for comfort and that can feel good in the moment to give into their call. We also dive into Fr Turbo's punk rock days and he details how being an "outsider" of sorts prepared him for Orthodoxy. Fr Turbo drops a lot of wonderful wisdom in this episode and I have no doubt that you will learn some things. For Fr Turbo's podcast with Cyprian and Andrew, go here: https://open.spotify.com/show/107E7Hf... For Fr Turbo's parish website, go here: https://stmaryofegypt.net/

My guest on this week's episode is Father John Valadez. Fr John is the current head man in charge at the Death to the World magazine and website. Death to the World seeks to inspire truth-seeking and soul searching amidst the modern age of nihilism and despair, promoting the ancient principles of the last true rebellion: to be dead to this world and alive to the other world. We discuss the nature of punk rock and metal subcultures and the rebellion against the fake American Dream and modern society that they promise. But what solutions do punk and alternative counter-cultural movements offer? Many times, people within those groups find themselves in a dark, empty world of nihilism. Orthodoxy offers people a true counter-cultural rebellion against a fake, empty world yet also offers a transcendent, spiritual and mystical solution. For more about Death to the World, go here: https://deathtotheworld.com/ For their Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/deathtotheworld Father John suggested this book in the show: https://www.amazon.com/Counsels-Holy-Mountain-Selected-homilies/dp/0966700023

My guest to start us off in 2023 is Father John Peck who puts on the tremendous weekly class called "Ecclesioclasm: The Church, The Virus, and the Vaccine". In this weekly class, he breaks down the constant barrage of propaganda that is thrown at us on an almost minute-by-minute basis. The globalists and the evil powers behind the push for a one world government and religion are ultimately out to end the Orthodox Church as they've said multiple times and as you're seeing play out in Ukraine right now. Why is this? What can be done about it? Is there optimism for 2023 and beyond? We discuss all of this and more in the episode of the Counterflow Podcast.

This week, Dr Mark McDonald is back on the show and as per usual, we aren't shying away from spicy topics. Mark has a wonderful Substack where I found two pieces recently that we dive into. "The Disappearance of the American Man" and "Why American Women Are Undatable". Broadly, men have become lazy, apathetic, unhealthy, unwilling to go out and date. Why is this? Why are testosterone levels so low? Does it have anything to do with the feminization of the United States? How did what happened in 2020 impact this? Does the fact that many women are mentally unstable, narcissistic, angry and undateable? When did this phenomenon happen? How is it all related? We get into ALL of this. Towards the end, we discuss the depression that many people feel in December and how that can be conquered. For more information on Dr Mark McDonald, go here: https://www.dissidentmd.com For his great substack, go here: https://markmcdonaldmd.substack.com

My guest on this episode is the host of the Marc Clair Show, and that would be none other than Marc Clair himself. Formerly of Lions of Liberty, Marc has launched the new show and wants to cover more than just politics. He wants to dive into matters of spirituality, conspiracy, entrepreneurship and more. We discuss his journey into and then out of libertarian politics and what events have lead him down his current path. For more on Marc and his show, go to: https://linktr.ee/marcclair