0:04Jay Dyer, thank you very much for doing this.
0:07I have many questions to ask you, but I want to start with Orthodoxy.
0:13You are one of the most prominent, and perhaps most effective, missionaries of Orthodoxy.
0:18Orthodox Christianity, In your generation, and perhaps in your country, within your age range.
0:25Why are you Orthodox?
0:26What is Orthodoxy?
0:29Yes I am Orthodox because I went through a long journey trying to find out what authentic Christianity is.
0:34Therefore, I was raised a Baptist.
0:36This eventually led me to Catholicism when I was twenty.
0:40Or approximately the twenty-first.
0:42I think I read I read St. Augustine's book, *City of God*, and a number of his other works, and I thought, "Well, Baptism is not correct, Because I find in the Church Fathers all these teachings that are not Baptist."
0:54And so, gradually, I was drawn into the world of traditional Roman Catholicism.
0:59Ah, it remained that way for a long time.
1:01And as I delve deeper, I believe, In the more recent problems of the Second Vatican Council, Post-conciliar theology This led me to wonder how I could reconcile this with what I knew about the teachings.
1:12The first millennium of Christianity?
1:14In short, it took me about eight or ten years.
1:18Finally, I came to the Orthodox Church about ten years ago.
1:22So, this is the simplest and quickest reason, because I believe The first millennium is a black hole for American Christians.
1:31They do not understand its true meaning or what it represents in the context of history.
1:35It is a historical period that is not taught to us at all.
1:38At the university, From that long period, we have only examined "Augustine's Confessions," and perhaps Just two more books besides this one.
1:46Then the dark ages, in which nothing happens.
1:49Nothing about Byzantium.
1:51It didn't exist in the first place.
1:52Suddenly, the Medici family, with their wealth, funded the arts, and civilization began.
1:59Therefore, And I remember at university I used to press the department saying, "Why don't we study some things from the Middle Ages?"
2:05And some Byzantine things?" And they would say, "Why would we do that?"
2:10We don't care about those Christian things.
2:12So, umm, yes, I think there might be a slightly deliberate desire to obscure that.
2:17I mean In my opinion, American education is almost brainwashing.
2:22So, to put it simply, this might take...
2:25Between Constantine in the fourth century and the Renaissance, you had Christian civilization.
2:32The most successful empire in history was the Byzantine Empire.
2:36From Constantine to, as you know, the fall of Byzantium into the hands of...
2:40The hands of the Muslims. So Why? Why do you say it's the most successful?
2:45This is a fairly common academic assessment.
2:48Just where there is...
2:49They have thrived on the gold standard for a very long time.
2:52Then they began trimming the gold, trimming the coins.
2:55As the Roman Empire in the West had done before them, and other empires as well, So they... also fell prey to usury.
3:01Yes, so they fell into a lot of the same thing.
3:05Factors that led to the fall of empires.
3:07The usual human weakness.
3:10Decline and the like.
3:13Fanatical nationalism also tended to destroy empires.
3:19I love Spengler, and I think if you read Oswald Spengler, He is talking about the existence of some kind of life cycle.
3:25But I think the unique aspect of the Byzantine Empire The fact is, she was openly a Christian.
3:30It is based on Orthodox Christianity.
3:32Therefore, according to many measures of success or prosperity, It flourished. But it eventually fell.
3:37And I think, once again, I am not trying to measure Christianity based solely on worldly success, But I think it's reflected in this way sometimes.
3:45Isn't that so? If you truly rely on Christ, If your theology or civilization is centered around the Word, Things will proceed in this manner.
3:53You will thrive simply because you are aligned with what is right.
3:56You are connected to that transcendent source.
4:00My journey has finally settled and ended within the embrace of the Orthodox Church.
4:05Quickly, going back to Byzantium, were you aware of its existence before?
4:10How many people are aware that there was once a Byzantine Empire?
4:14Do they know anything about her features?
4:16Few in the West realize this.
4:18This is obvious, especially when studying humanities at university.
4:24Or even in private schools for young children, where they move from, She studies the pre-Socratic philosophers, then she studies Plato and Aristotle, and then she studies Augustine.
4:34Perhaps one or two Stoic philosophers, then you jump to Descartes, That entire period is skipped.
4:41And not only to talk about Byzantium, but also, as you know, the Latin West was, Clearly a Christian as well.
4:47I think that...
4:48It is being deliberately ignored.
4:49They don't want people to read about what brilliant medieval thinkers were doing because This is where we get universities.
4:58Universities originated in Byzantium, and they originated in the West.
5:01Hospitals were also established at that time.
5:03Experimental science and the basic principles of research originated and became established during that ancient period.
5:08Not after the Enlightenment or the Scientific Revolution, as is commonly believed.
5:13In fact, it is an authentic product of the achievements of the Middle Ages.
5:16Many facts were obscured, so I learned most of them myself.
5:20Tomorrow, the term "medieval" will become a kind of insult or contempt for others.
5:25Intentionally.
5:26Truly brutal and dark ages.
5:29This was influenced by Voltaire and the atheistic attack.
5:33The French Revolution's attack on what came before it Intentionally.
5:39When did you learn that?
5:43I have focused my attention on Studying medieval thought and deep theological sciences during my university years.
5:50I read the works of Thomas Aquinas and stood firmly against the atheist professors.
5:56I used to argue and debate with them constantly.
5:59I even dared to compete against an atheist professor in a major public debate in my second year.
6:05I studied philosophy and history in depth and formed my own conclusions from During extensive reading.
6:14Interesting.
6:15I'm interrupting you again.
6:16Did this lead you to Orthodoxy?
6:18In short, I converted from traditional, conservative Catholicism to Orthodoxy after ten years.
6:24Complete with intensive research and study, This came after I spent a very long time reading and studying the writings of the Church Fathers.
6:31The early Latin Church carefully.
6:33I was reading Jerome and and Many of Augustine's works, then I realized that I hadn't actually read the Eastern Church Fathers.
6:41And when you delve deeper into the history of the church in the first millennium that I mentioned, You will understand that all seven or eight ecumenical councils of that period, It was held in the East; Because it was called for by the emperors of Byzantium, not by the Pope.
6:56It is true that the West sent representatives there, but The true essence and profound theology were distinctly and clearly Eastern.
7:07So I decided for many years Read all these fathers in depth and examine them carefully.
7:14Like the Cappadocian Fathers, Basil the Great, Cyril, and their great Maximus the Confessor, John of Damascus; They are those remarkable figures from the first millennium who clearly shaped the features of the Christian faith...
7:28The entire course of Christianity In terms of its most fundamental doctrines, the Trinity and the nature of Christ.
7:34That's right. This, this is Christianity.
7:35These two beliefs are the fundamental pillars upon which everything depends.
7:40Therefore, the first millennium was dominated by...
7:42Those topics... and This is done indirectly, and many people are unaware of this as well.
7:48It actually determines What type of Christianity will you adopt, and how will that affect society?
7:53And how will it affect your life?
7:56For example, if you have a very abridged version of, say, Evangelicalism, which relies solely on Just how you are saved.
8:04That's right. This won't affect...
8:06Society... and therefore these types of Christianity, or I would say deviations, It is also very vulnerable to exploitation by other groups.
8:14I know you just hosted...
8:15I hosted a man who was talking about Evangelical Zionism and dispensational theology, Because that theology is somewhat based on...
8:23Imminent doomsday scenario It makes you retreat...
8:29It will not be able to create a vibrant Christian cultural influence.
8:33This is entirely intentional.
8:35They were very clever A few centuries ago.
8:38They realized that this type of Christianity could be beneficial.
8:41That theology, in which I am not an expert, But I've heard a lot about him in the past two years.
8:47He... contradicts the truth of the New Testament.
8:52To the point where you wonder, for example, which...
8:54A certain type of church could be deceived by that.
8:56It will be a church with a very weak theology and...
8:59exactly correct And an organizational structure that completely lacks the ability to do anything about the bounces.
9:06This argument contradicts the long-established Christianity of the first millennium.
9:10Where not only did the doctrines of the Holy Trinity and the identity of the Lord Jesus crystallize, Indeed, from it and within it sprang the Bible itself, with decisive rulings from The Church Fathers and Holy Apostles.
9:24Yes So if we have a church or... religion Based on... the Bible, We are indeed fragmenting Christianity because the Bible itself In our spirit it is a ritual document.
9:37It is actually part of a church ritual...
9:39It is not a devotional book...
9:41Personally, first and foremost.
9:42Therefore, separating it from that context, and separating it from the society that produced it, This produces a kind of distorted and fragmented version of religion, which makes it vulnerable to...
9:54Many organizations and governments are striving to convert Protestantism To tools that serve soft power.
10:01I am not here to accuse individual believers, but rather those groups.
10:06And institutions that are easy to buy with money.
10:10About a hundred years ago, Wealthy and influential families bought entire religious denominations and effectively transformed them into Just non-governmental organizations affiliated with it.
10:22Just one example: the Rockefeller family.
10:24They are not the only family, but they are one of the families that have invested heavily in Not just the United Nations, Moreover, the World Council of Churches also sought to create a kind of version International The United Nations' supervising body, which will be dedicated to religions.
10:38They were very candid in their autobiographies about how this was intended to He essentially made it a non-governmental organization...
10:44Any transformation of Christianity into a form of soft power for The interests of the American oligarchy.
10:51This represents a loophole and a weakness.
10:55A very clear structuralism in evangelical theology.
10:59Although Catholics and Orthodox Christians are not entirely immune to infiltration, However, the process of undermining their foundations is much, much more difficult.
11:10When you have a church of the old historical type which Some possess... structural integrity and established standards.
11:18correct Unlike the churches in haphazard shopping malls.
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12:39because Unlike Billy Bob's church in the mall, the church can...
12:44The two-thousand-year-old woman is saying, wait a minute, we never believed in this.
12:48We have never done this.
12:50Why might we change?
12:50There is a sense of continuity.
12:52There is... there too, just as you like...
12:55If you have the attitude of a typical Protestant evangelical, Nothing in history is settled...
13:02Because every generation has to reinvent the wheel in some way.
13:05They constantly bring up the disagreements, in case everyone has They misunderstood the correct doctrine.
13:12In their view, true and righteous Christianity stops and ends exclusively Only at the end of the era of the messengers.
13:19There are many Protestants who love Saints Athanasius or Augustine, But once you delve deeper into reading them, They have a system of bishops, relics of saints, and the sacrament of the Eucharist.
13:32These are elements that completely contradict the principles of the reform movement.
13:36And I myself was a very enthusiastic Calvinist in my youth.
13:41And it was. It was extremely upsetting and shocking to me.
13:45I discovered over time that they do not study the principles of Calvinism as deeply as the institutions claim.
13:51So I found myself faced with two choices: either to leave Christianity altogether or to follow The approach of the early Church millennium, Because the truth was clearly there...
13:59Catholics and Orthodox Christians share this view, in the first millennium.
14:02So we both have this in common.
14:05I think this narrows down the options: either Roman Catholicism Or Orthodoxy because...
14:09But what about Were you attracted to Orthodoxy because it was free of Calvinism?
14:14What are the major differences?
14:16Calvinism is not simply fate.
14:20and a strict doctrine of salvation And smashing icons It affects one's perception of beauty.
14:32Destroying idols.
14:33correct As a child, I was a staunch Calvinist and an iconoclast.
14:40It is also She is very strict in her view of Social structure, church and state...
14:49I, I, whenever I read the Church Fathers, The more you delve into this type of theology, I realized that the Calvinist republic did not truly correspond with Imperialism...
14:58Byzantine or royal.
15:00As you know, the traditional views of the Church Regarding the ruling.
15:05Byzantium was entirely theocratic.
15:07Yes, well, yes, to a large extent...
15:09What's interesting is that There are areas, aren't there?
15:12Basically, if you think of the double-headed Byzantine eagle, That symbol is One body of the people, but Church and state as two separate heads.
15:21Therefore, there are areas of authority.
15:23But they share one body, which is the people. Therefore The West, to some extent, had this until the Middle Ages when a kind of rise occurred.
15:32Papacy of the Century The eleventh, which also became the state.
15:35Therefore, you now have Papal States and a type of Under the leadership of the Pope The famous "Pope Dictates" document declared the Church's transformation nation Before that, the custom was harmony between church and state.
15:50Or what is called "symphony" in Greek. So this...
15:54I shouldn't have had to deal with it. But...
15:56Calvinism really does not...
15:58You see it this way.
15:59That's too much.
16:00It's closer. It's more...
16:04She prefers the republic.
16:05There were, there were famous battles between...
16:08In England, for example, the Presbyterians And the royalists.
16:12Therefore, they actually had a huge conflict in the history of the English Reformation.
16:16Regarding whether they will be Anglican monarchists, or whether they will be...
16:22Calvinist Republicans... Presbyterians...
16:24So that was a famous reform battle, as you know.
16:27But in short, again, as you know, I think Calvinism is just The opposite of The first thousand years of Christianity.
16:35Not just because of those aesthetic or cultural issues.
16:38It is also Christologically wrong in that the whole idea of salvation, Ultimately, it is a person's legal status in terms of...
16:47What is called justification by faith alone or penal substitutionary atonement...
16:52This idea that you are justified by God Through a kind of theoretical acceptance of a set of ideas.
16:59And then God's attitude towards you changes.
17:01Therefore, it's a matter of attitudes.
17:03But it does not focus on an actual existential change in the person.
17:06Orthodox theology is very different.
17:09God's position is not based on a purely legalistic stance.
17:13Rather, it's about... your actual existential change.
17:15Therefore, a metaphysical change within you versus... an orientational stance.
17:19Therefore, I do not...
17:20Perhaps we shouldn't delve too deeply into philosophy.
17:24But I want that, so what's the difference between them?
17:27Basically, There is an idea in the Middle Ages called nominalism.
17:30Have you heard of it?
17:31Yes Well, nominalism is the idea that...
17:34There only Names for things, not jewels.
17:38Therefore, there is no human nature.
17:40There is no nature for dogs.
17:43When we talk about natures, categories, or groups of things, We do not give an existential metaphysical condition.
17:49We simply linguistically group things together into a set...
17:53In the Middle Ages, in the ancient world, in the time of Paul or the Church Fathers, They thought in a completely different way.
17:59They believed that Things have natures, and they have essences.
18:03Therefore, the words These are not just terms or nominal doctrines; they actually describe...
18:09What's really in it?
18:11Metaphysically.
18:12Therefore, there is nature.
18:14And the Messiah of Orthodoxy It takes... who might deny that...
18:18middle ages It began with William of Ockham.
18:21Ockham was the first to propose nominalism. And...
18:24The owner of the code?
18:26Exactly, he's famous for that. And he's challenging Some... established ideas, such as, essential...
18:31It is called essentialism, that things have essences.
18:35Therefore, he also opposes this idea of colleges.
18:38And that there is no such thing as a universal category or essence of a thing.
18:42This had been the prevailing custom since Plato...
18:46And Aristotle too.
18:47But this is how you obtain a denial of essentialism and substanceism.
18:50And then, another person named Gabriel Bell appears, He had a great influence on Martin Luther.
18:56Therefore, when reform begins, There is this discussion about how she can be called a bara If you're not actually a bar?
19:04So, as a human being, if you...
19:06As you know, a menstrual cycle is broken, as Isaiah says, and as the Reformers say.
19:11How can God call you righteous without you being a liar?
19:15What? This is where nominalism comes in.
19:17Nominalism claims that things lack substance and are merely names based on agreement.
19:22If God describes you as righteous, then you become so in a purely legal sense.
19:28Even if you remain evil in your original nature.
19:31Martin Luther was clearly inspired by this approach.
19:34This is not just my personal opinion, but a historical fact.
19:38There are famous Lutheran scholars.
19:39There is a book called The Harvest of Medieval Theology by Heiko Oppermann, The complete thesis of that book by a Lutheran is that Luther was forced to use nominalism. Therefore...
19:49So we too, we distance ourselves Not just about... theological disagreements, but about The idea that things have natures. This...
19:56This is how we arrive at...
19:57David Hume, Kant, and these Enlightenment figures which gives us The scientific revolution, as you know. Supposedly.
20:05This is how we arrive at...
20:06There is no male and female.
20:08So you can see a kind of logical sequence here.
20:11If things do not have essences, well, they do not really have kinds.
20:15True... objectively speaking.
20:17Because everything is just a name.
20:19So I can simply...
20:20To call myself...
20:21He, sir, is like, it.
20:23correct I am not exaggerating in my philosophical approach.
20:26However, there is a clear ideological evolution extending from nominalism to postmodern thought.
20:34In our time today.
20:36Basically, it's interesting that an adult...
20:38He can believe Something like that.
20:41I mean, after you've lived your life, and known people, and known animals, And I saw nature, And she concludes that he has nothing The essence is merely a name we give it.
20:52That's right. This completely contradicts your experience.
20:54It has to be. That's right.
20:56What is that saying?
20:57Do you have to be an academic to be truly stupid?
21:00I think that's correct.
21:01The brain is being washed to believe this.
21:03Do you remember the mind explorer Terence McKenna?
21:07I remember reading one of his books once, and he said something like, "This is all just magical thinking."
21:12You know this.
21:13If you eat magic mushrooms, you will see that...
21:16Things have no essence, and...
21:19Things only have names, and you only change the name.
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23:17Yes, and this is just one type of its facet, you know.
23:20Gender madness is just the most obvious.
23:24But it has a precedent in this correct theology, in our supposed theological discussion.
23:28Amazing, I've never heard of this before.
23:30I am sorry to hear this about Luther.
23:32Despite having many things to like about him.
23:34He is a unique individual.
23:35Okay naturally He was driving away the devil by farting, and that's truly amazing.
23:40A very strong man with a happy family life, I like everything about it. But this It is impossible to defend.
23:47It is completely at odds with reality.
23:49Yes. Even research...
23:50In the modern Protestant world, there is a great book by Aleister McGrath from England...
23:56I think he's Anglican, called Justitia Dei...
23:59His book was a landmark in the rise of Protestantism.
24:03To the table and they said, "Okay, look."
24:05Luther's doctrine of salvation did not exist in the first fifteen hundred years.
24:09Unfortunately." Therefore.
24:10So this is it.
24:12The understanding of salvation that preceded the Reformation was that people had to change in their essence.
24:19In order to be saved.
24:20Yes, indeed.
24:21There is a real participation in God's "uncreated energies".
24:25We firmly believe that God Infinite divine energies, virtues, and attributes.
24:31Authentic patristic teaching firmly and completely affirms the reality of our human participation in it.
24:37We are not simply talking about a formal legal change, but about an actual participation in the life of God himself.
24:44Returning to the texts of the New Testament, In the Gospel of John, chapter 17, we find Jesus declaring that he came to give us the glory that He had it with the Father before the creation of the world.
24:57This divine glory is by its nature not created.
25:01The theological equation of grace and glory necessarily implies that grace is uncreated.
25:07Otherwise, God would have created and separate parts, and this would be a type of polytheism.
25:13Well, Jesus promises...
25:15that the Holy Spirit will It overflows into people and changes them.
25:18correct And this happens.
25:20The spirit is not a created thing, otherwise we would contradict the Trinity.
25:23That is why Peter said in his letter: correct We become partners in the divine nature. Powerful language.
25:29Very much so in the New Testament, in the Epistles, regarding what we call deification in the Orthodox Church.
25:34Paul says, for example, in his letter to the Thessalonians that...
25:38It is the dynamism or the power of God that works in it.
25:41Therefore, the actual power of God, Which cannot be a created thing or a created blessing, Which, unfortunately, Even in the medieval Latin Roman Catholic Church, Created grace has become something standard, where what you receive is merely...
25:56Another form of creature...
25:58The Orthodox Church says, "No, no, the Incarnation itself tells us that The uncreated one united with...
26:04Human nature and incarnation, and that Jesus deified the human nature he assumed through his own immortality.
26:10And His grace It is an uncreated energy.
26:15The role of the Gospel.
26:16In the Protestant world versus the Orthodox world.
26:20I described it that way.
26:22I think you said in In Protestant Christianity, the Bible is viewed as a tool, What is it called—evidence?
26:31Of course, the evidence, the only evidence really.
26:33It is a book of worship. Yes.
26:35But ecclesiastically, in Orthodoxy Orthodoxy, It is... a liturgical document.
26:42correct What, what does that mean?
26:44Liturgy is about The Greek word for offering or giving thanks And offering praise. But it is also In the Hebrew tradition.
26:53We believe that this was early Christianity, the ancient Hebrew text.
26:58It was part of, for example, the Psalms of David.
27:01These were psalms written by David to be sung in the temple liturgy.
27:06correct Liturgy is a form of organized Orthodox worship.
27:12As you know, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Episcopalians, They have a very structured form of worship called the liturgy.
27:19But originally this meant some kind of offering.
27:23Even in Paul's letters, such as the letter to the Hebrews, as you know, towards its end, In chapter thirteen, Paul talks about Christians have an altar from which they eat.
27:32The Jews who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat from it.
27:36Because our altar is the true altar, It is therefore a ritual altar.
27:40In that same chapter, The ritual thanksgiving and offering on that altar are discussed.
27:44Therefore, from the earliest days, Christianity had this type of worship.
27:48The altar server. Again, Another distinctive feature of the Reformation was that they began to move away from the idea of the altar towards a table.
27:55correct So you have a kind of desacralization of the space of worship so that it is not A Eucharistic offering, or rather a shared meal, Which We are not entirely opposed to the idea of it being a shared meal.
28:07But first and foremost An offering of worship.
28:11If you go back to Abraham, then Abraham built an altar.
28:14The worship of God was always performed at an altar.
28:17At least the God of the Bible.
28:19Therefore, for us, reform represents a form of Stay away from that.
28:24It's a form of Judaization. It's a form of...
28:27Returning to a form of rabbinic theology, rabbinic theology.
28:31Many reformers were in fact very much influenced by...
28:34Rabbinic theology, and even the Talmud.
28:37Reform has a current of influences As for the humanism of the Renaissance and others, this is simply a fact.
28:45Well, but Luther...
28:46He wasn't in that category. Wasn't he?
28:48He was not interested in rabbinic theology, but He was influenced by a text called Germanic Theology, which was a Neo-Platonic text.
28:55And so there were also some...
28:57There is also some evidence that researchers have extracted which It suggests that Luther may have had an interest in Hermeticism.
29:04I'm not saying this dominates his idea, but more so with Calvin and some others.
29:09Swiss reformers They were slightly more directly influenced by rabbinic theology and Talmudism.
29:16But not Luther to that extent.
29:18No, Luther was hostile, even to Moses.
29:21He said: I would like to punch him to break his teeth.
29:24At times he was not inclined towards the Old Testament, but his personality was very sarcastic and boisterous.
29:29This makes it very difficult to accurately determine his true intention.
29:32The funniest theologian in history.
29:34It was very funny.
29:36It is difficult to ascertain how serious he is at all times.
29:39I do not mean to offend him in my description.
29:42I am fully familiar with his famous book "About the Jews and Their Lies".
29:46But... only in terms of, As you know, the general trends of reform Outside of Luther, with Calvin, Zwingli, Melanchthon, Even later, the Lutherans They were very involved in Founding of the Rosicrucian Cross.
30:01Some scholars believe that Johann Andreae is the author of...
30:04Statement of the Pink Cross.
30:06I've forgotten what it's called exactly, but Therefore, this... exists.
30:10Much of this has to do with Kabbalistic ideas.
30:13Who are the Rosicrucians?
30:16It is originally a mysterious secret society that emerged It spread widely and expanded during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries AD.
30:27In Protestant countries, there were laws prohibiting participation in secret societies.
30:32In Catholic countries, this was also forbidden.
30:35They even prohibit the practice of magic in various ways. However, There were alchemists and expert arbitrators at the court, Among them is John D., who is frequently mentioned.
30:43It was the queen's private mine.
30:47So they were kind of doing these things In secret, in secret.
30:51Thus, the number of these secret societies increases.
30:53This is where some of the first Masonic meditative lodges began.
30:57Emerging in the sixteenth century, The seventeenth century in Europe.
31:01But you also A very interesting convergence of Hermetic and Kabbalistic groups was emerging.
31:07The involvement of Spain's famous rabbis in this was particularly evident.
31:12This led to the growing influence of Kabbalah in the Western world.
31:17And I think that He contributes in part to the Rosicrucian community, who, according to...
31:21There is a wonderful book by Frances Yeats called...
31:24'Roscroscenic Enlightenment', which actually argues that the Enlightenment He himself was strongly influenced by the ideology of the Rosicrucian Cross.
31:32So They were Platonists interested in magic and alchemy, and in transmutation Minerals for the philosopher's stone.
31:45Some considered it a tangible, physical reality, while others saw it as a spiritual symbol.
31:51For the process of becoming a god, but not according to the traditional Orthodox meaning.
31:57There were already very diverse intellectual and philosophical trends.
32:02Basically, witchcraft?
32:04Yes You could say that, yes. One form of it.
32:08but Again, it's all very diverse.
32:11I mean, I think that in the case of John Dee, for example, He was the first 007 customer. Did you know that?
32:17no Yes. So, customer zero zero seven, It consists of two balls and a crutch.
32:22Which means Tubal-Cain...
32:24This is how John Dee signed his letters.
32:27The secret was with the queen. Because he One of the influencers on James Bond.
32:31From here we get 007. This...
32:34Ian Fleming consciously took that into account From John D.
32:37But my thesis, and others believe this too, It is that when he created this type of magical angelic language which he called Enochite In honor of Enoch, It was simply a way to create codes and espionage ciphers.
32:51It wasn't like that.
32:52I mean, he might have already done some The rituals, but It was also very useful as a tool for sending messages to...
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34:09Therefore, in tradition Orthodox, in the church...
34:13The Bible is read aloud.
34:18Do Orthodox Christians encourage reading it individually?
34:21certainly I mean that Saint John Chrysostom actually said his famous saying Secularists need more To reading the holy books even from Monks or priests, because monks and priests...
34:33They live in the liturgy, which, for those who don't know, in the Orthodox Church, Basically, every aspect of the liturgy and the liturgical calendar is The Bible. It is the Bible, consistently.
34:44It resembles every aspect of him.
34:47Thus, John Chrysostom's argument was that Secular people need to be more in the Bible than they are because they live it.
34:53Therefore If you are not in the liturgy all the time, like these people, The best alternative is The small church, which Chrysostom calls home.
35:00Therefore, in the Orthodox idea, the family is a kind of miniature church.
35:05Therefore, we should definitely be in the Bible all the time.
35:08This proves that we are not against the Bible as the Protestants think.
35:13So the...
35:14One of the reasons the Reformation happened in the first place was that the Catholic Church, along with Over time, they began to hide the Bible from Christians and not...
35:21It was not published in... colloquial language In the local language In Europe.
35:25It was in Latin.
35:27It was the Volga.
35:28Luther's great achievement was publishing it in German.
35:31And that he should translate it himself into German.
35:33Did the Orthodox Church do the same thing?
35:35Yes This is a fundamental difference between the Roman Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council and Orthodoxy.
35:42The Orthodox always used colloquial language.
35:46Everything, from the liturgy to the sermons, was presented in the language of the people.
35:50Even the Vulgate was originally a version of the Bible...
35:54Popularity. Yes, I think the Latin Church has become rigid in certain traditions.
36:02Although maintaining Linguistic heritage is not a mistake; it was also possible...
36:10Simplifying it to people's language.
36:13I mean, that's the whole idea behind translating the Bible into, As you know, the languages of the people are so that they can understand it.
36:19But this is one of the differences...
36:21Before the Second Vatican Council.
36:22But interestingly, after the Second Vatican Council, There were Protestant and Orthodox influences on the reforms The Roman Catholic Church. And so Rome became after that It confirms...
36:34They began to emphasize colloquial language after the Second Vatican Council.
36:37What is this... You said you were an iconoclast, an idol-breaker.
36:42Orthodoxy, in a well-known way, Icons and paintings made of wood are included among...
36:49Worshiping her. What is this?
36:51This is actually a common misconception; we consider it and see it an integral part of Early Hebrew Christian traditions.
37:03For example, The Tabernacle and the Temple, as described in the books of Exodus and Kings They were designed to be decorative.
37:12Exquisitely depicted with images of angels made of pure gold above the Ark of the Covenant.
37:19Therefore, we do not believe that I am speaking here about Christianity or even authentic Old Testament Judaism, And not about Rabbinic Judaism, which only appeared in later periods of time.
37:30What is the difference?
37:31Early Christianity was not against icons, but against idols.
37:36The photos were never rejected.
37:40This completely changed my perspective when I was a Calvinist; The words of the Bible themselves They are, in a way, iconic images painted with words.
37:50The more I think about it...
37:52The written word.
37:53The more I thought about it, the more I realized that not all pictures are bad.
37:58Because the letters ك-ل-م-ا-ل-آ-ب.
38:01This is a type of image.
38:03The Orthodox Church, we don't usually depict God the Father.
38:06We believe that, as Jesus says to the Pharisees in the Book of John, "No one has ever seen the Father."
38:12He posed a question to the Pharisees: With whom did he communicate and interact?
38:16Moses on Mount Sinai What if no one has seen God?
38:20The truth is that Moses saw God face to face.
38:23Jesus was clearly declaring: "I am God, who was speaking to him."
38:28That is precisely why they tried to stone him.
38:30Because he declared that he was the true face of God who spoke to Moses.
38:34We also find that the letters to the Colossians and the Hebrews describe Jesus using the term "Icon" means a clear image of the Father, This is what greatly angered the Pharisees.
38:46We believe that...
38:46Iconography stems directly from the Incarnation, for the Son is the image of the Father.
38:51Therefore, throughout the early church, you have The development of the liturgy Even in the first and second centuries.
38:57This has been proven through archaeological evidence, and through people who study the liturgy.
39:02They are called liturgical scholars, Even Anglican Protestant liturgical scholars.
39:06Note that the early church had...
39:09Massacres, and they had pictures.
39:11Even the councils in the first and second centuries.
39:15One famous case is...
39:17The Dura-Europos complex in Syria...
39:19I think it was in the early 200s.
39:22that it Lined with pictures, And paintings of scenes and images from the Old Testament. So...
39:26The Orthodox Church, if you look at...
39:29The Dora synagogue is the most natural evolution... of If Christianity is to open itself to the nations...
39:35She was coming out of the temple The liturgical order of the synagogue, That's exactly what it will look like.
39:42It will look like an Orthodox church.
39:43And here you are, this is what Orthodox churches look like.
39:47And by the way, I remember... 2023.
39:51My priest, my priest, and he is a great Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vladimir, He took us on a pilgrimage to Italy.
39:57And I was saying, "Why are we going to Italy?"
40:00"This isn't Rome." Well, there are a thousand years of Christianity, you know.
40:03Before the rise of the papacy in the Middle Ages In Italy, There are many Orthodox places you can go to, Here in Italy.
40:12And so we went to the catacombs of Rome. And here you are, When Christians were persecuted in their underground shelters, In the catacombs, in the first, second, and third centuries, And by the way, you can never see all the catacombs.
40:23for example We spent a whole day in one of the catacombs in Rome.
40:26There are massacres, There are pictures... drawn in the first, second, and third centuries.
40:30The catacombs church possessed liturgies and icons, The parents confirmed this.
40:38There are huge differences, especially since most people at that time were illiterate.
40:44Illiteracy and lack of reading skills prevailed throughout the empire.
40:49So the common people heard the word of God spoken in their prayers.
40:53So Peter declared: "This is the word of God that you were preached to."
40:57Paul instructed his disciple Timothy to deposit all the teaching he had heard.
41:03Oral teaching and worship were the norm.
41:08My perspective as a Protestant changed when I learned this from evangelical scholars themselves.
41:17One of the things that developed the law of the Bible itself, In terms of, for example, How did the Church decide which books should be added, and which should not?
41:25This is what is called church readings.
41:27Church readings are the daily liturgical readings in churches.
41:31So when the Church Fathers held these councils and met and...
41:35The canon of the Bible has not truly taken root, at least not for the Orthodox Church.
41:40Up to the sixth and seventh centuries.
41:43They used to say, Good Which of them do we have a tradition saying was written by Paul or by Matthew?
41:47Which of them are in the daily readings?
41:49If you are a Protestant, you believe in the Bible alone...
41:53The idea that liturgy and liturgical tradition They play this huge role In defining the law It makes it very difficult to say that we, you know, rely on the Bible alone.
42:04Sula Scriptura.
42:06Therefore, Orthodoxy is not based Only on the book?
42:10In fact, it is based primarily on the principle of the Prophetic succession.
42:13Where the messengers appointed direct successors to them in All the bishoprics and dioceses spread throughout the ancient Roman Empire.
42:24It is based on Tradition, which can include the lives of saints, can also include liturgy.
42:30It can include all types of writings by the Church Fathers, Laws of the Councils.
42:34These are the traditions And the Bible.
42:37So all, all these elements go into... what is The foundation of the Orthodox Church.
42:42Whereas, as you know, in the Protestant world, you, You have elected elders or something like that, But you don't have This three-legged chair From the apostolic succession, tradition, and the Bible together.
42:55What are the practical differences when practicing weekly communion in Orthodoxy?
43:00And how does that differ from Catholicism or Protestantism?
43:05Good We certainly have more similarities with Catholics than Most Protestants or Evangelicals.
43:12As you know, there may be Upper Protestant Church, or Anglican denomination It shares some similarities with the Orthodox Church.
43:21But I think...
43:22As you know, for the Orthodox world... fasting is more Integration into...
43:28What we do is far better than what others do.
43:30Fasting, yes, there is.
43:31There are many fasting days in the Orthodox Church calendar.
43:36What does that mean?
43:37What about you?
43:38Avoiding certain foods.
43:39Our fast is more rigorous than others.
43:42Why fast?
43:45Well, we believe that Jesus and The apostles and people like John the Baptist established this.
43:51The style is to... maintain an element of asceticism in the church.
43:55So...
43:55Obviously, some people might take that to an extreme.
43:58We're not Hindu yogis, you know, sitting under a tree and trying, you know, Rolling and defecating or something similar. But We believe there is virtue in training the body to be subject to the will...
44:12So that the desires and lusts of the flesh do not control us...
44:16Therefore... this is why fasting plays an important role.
44:22Basically, learning to control one's desires is part of that.
44:27How often do you fast?
44:29I'm not the best at fasting because I have...
44:32Strange problems in the gut microbiome.
44:34So I don't fast as much as I should...
44:37It is, it is extremely difficult.
44:39And of course, there are also detailed medical cases.
44:45But the Orthodox Church fasts a lot, Usually about Various meats and the like.
44:51But not only Fasting is different.
44:56I believe that for the Orthodox Church, it is not just about food.
45:00Fasting also includes Giving alms Because you are kind of...
45:04It is self-denial.
45:05It's not just about diet. It's also You... for example, during Lent, It would be more appropriate to acknowledge this.
45:14It would be appropriate that She gives more than she usually does.
45:18Therefore, we place great importance on things like giving alms, While I'm not saying other groups don't give, But I think this is emphasized much more in the Orthodox Church.
45:28From what it is perhaps in Protestant churches or other ranges.
45:33But I mean, this is just a kind of... there...
45:36There are enormous differences, I say, between Only, only the... The approach is very strict; Only Orthodox Christians participate in it.
45:45We do not have open dining.
45:48Non-Orthodox people simply cannot participate in it.
45:53Most churches are much more open about that.
45:56The sacrament of communion represents for us the holiest of holies of worship; it is a very sacred and revered act.
46:03For this reason, The priest requires every applicant to have received the sacrament of baptism and practiced the sacrament of confession beforehand.
46:11We believe with unwavering faith that it is transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ.
46:19For this reason, we revere and respect it with a seriousness that surpasses any religious practices anywhere else in the world.
46:28but We have Some secret principles, Such as confession to a priest, which Protestants do not have.
46:35So again, there, there is a whole environment of range The wide range of differences between them.
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48:02Becoming Orthodox changed your view of government.
48:05And what is its role?
48:09An interesting question.
48:10I was a libertarian Calvinist who preferred to keep the state out of everything.
48:17It is the religion of libertarianism, isn't it?
48:21As I delve deeper into the study of Christianity, I began to realize that the republican system may not always be the best system.
48:30Although I was not aware of any criticisms directed at her in the past, However, there are many They have strongly opposed it throughout history.
48:41The scientific revolution, there were conservatives and right-wingers writing, As I said, these are quite fundamental criticisms of the Republic.
48:49I believe that even members of the royal families were writing very good criticisms of it.
48:54That's normal, yes.
48:57They often have personal interests.
48:59Free thinkers believed With rights, but they saw democracy and the republic It will end in tyranny.
49:14That's absolutely true.
49:16Plato mentioned it long ago The democratic system It always ends up being ruled by the mob.
49:28The system stimulates the oligarchic class.
49:34In order to exploit The lowest human instincts In order to tighten its control over society.
49:44Then he is forced to manipulate the whims of the mob.
49:47Why shouldn't people be humiliated?
49:49Controlling the mob is easier for them.
49:52There is a motive then...
49:54Plato has noticed this ever since.
49:57It was mentioned in "Al-Jumhuriya" that they would then legalize sins.
50:02They will begin ...everything related to anal matters.
50:06Yes So it becomes fake and homosexual.
50:10So he sought, I think...
50:11In various ways, even as a pagan philosopher, to try to find some way to obtain A society built on a kind of objective and quasi-mathematical principles.
50:19By the end of "The Republic," it seems as if you You get the impression that he thinks you need to go study Mathematics is on a mountaintop for twenty years, then it returns and embodies a kind.
50:30What are the mathematical forms in... society?
50:33Interestingly, later on, towards the end of his life, It seems that he is moving towards a kind of rule more like a secret society because he has this.
50:42I am speaking from memory, perhaps from "The Banquet".
50:46He believes there is a night council L-Y-L, ruled by spy chiefs.
50:53They meet in secret because the public is too ignorant to understand what is going on.
50:58So... this is just weird because it reminds me of...
51:01I remember reading something about Kissinger talking about wise men and, It's as if... Plato is talking about the form of Henry Kissinger from Secrecy, Like a secret government.
51:10We have sunk to a level of...
51:12Jeffrey Epstein.
51:13Yes, exactly.
51:14Coney Island, Exactly.
51:16Yes, the same thing.
51:18Epstein was a fool, despite some people hating to say it.
51:22But his writings clearly demonstrate his foolishness.
51:25So this is kind of our version of that. Therefore...
51:29I notice that there is enthusiasm for liberal democracy, whatever is meant by it, but our system of government Or the one who produced our culture.
51:39Enthusiasm is waning.
51:40I don't know anyone He desires dictatorship, to clarify, simply because I don't know anyone.
51:46I literally don't know anyone who thinks the current system works.
51:50This indicates that it is unlikely to last.
51:55What will happen next, and what is supposed to happen?
51:58Yes, there is no easy answer to that.
52:00I mean, I think again, When you look at Christian history, Even in the West Or in the Orthodox East, you have A perfectly standard tradition for kings and queens, They would prefer to be kings, but.
52:12This is done through a semi-sacred ritual called the coronation service.
52:15As you know, the Orthodox Church has always been crowned Emperors and Caesars, And the kings.
52:22And some of the most famous, as you know, The kings in the history of the Orthodox Church, as you know, They fought fierce battles, And they went to war.
52:31Therefore, I think one of the things that is related to the idea of de-Christianizing the state, Which is an integral part of this type of orientation in the Calvinist tradition, As you know, And the liberal is the classical liberal spirit.
52:46The Russian thinker Pobedonostsev stated in his famous book published in 1800 He said ninety, saying: Removing Christianity from society does not bring the desired freedom.
52:55Instead, he brings in another strange sect to rule and control the state.
52:59exactly He realized this when...
53:01I must.
53:03Before the Bolsheviks.
53:04Before the Bolsheviks.
53:05truly Yes, he looked at the French Revolution and previous examples, He said, "You'll simply get another sect to intervene and..."
53:12She manages things and always will...
53:14It is ruled by religious extremists.
53:16Yes So the question is, Which religion?
53:19Do you seek good religions, or More friendly?
53:22I have noticed that those who run countries are very religious, although most of them deny it.
53:28Yes. Macron is "not religious".
53:30Always very religious!
53:31It's just not your religion.
53:32One more thing, demonic Yes, exactly.
53:35I don't know what. Yes.
53:36So, yes, I believe that the reform movement, Whether I meant it or not, I ended up cutting off something in the end.
53:43The relationship that the Church had already established between the Church and the State.
53:48That harmony we were talking about.
53:51Then you get, which is a convergence of interests.
53:53It's not just...
53:55On those who hold ideologies like Martin Luther or others.
53:58In fact, many reformers had... Look.
54:01For example, Luther's reform would not have succeeded without The German princes stood behind him. Therefore, he...
54:07They were upset that he refused to spend the money and...
54:10They rejected the Pope's authority after they had grown weary of it.
54:12Germany was emerging as a major power: why were we being ruled from Italy?
54:17exactly So there was a lot of resentment and papal issues.
54:22And so it was with Henry VIII.
54:23He didn't want to, you know.
54:25Obeying the Pope's rules regarding His women. Mixed interests.
54:30Incidentally, there is also a Jewish influence on the religious reform; According to Carol Quigley, Even Protestant and Jewish banking interests provided funding The French Revolution was largely...
54:44He has a fascinating chapter on the rise of the Paribas system in France.
54:46Which is the Rothschild family banking system.
54:49I read in Rothschild's biography About their intense desire to take revenge on the Tsars That's because The situation of Russian Jews.
55:03Rothschild transferred one million rubles to Lenin.
55:09I was already aware of Warburg and Schiff's funding, but Morton mentioned the fact of the transfer one million dollars Lenin had it as a personal loan that he never repaid.
55:25I think the revolution was ideological, but it also had an ethnic character.
55:30It is clear that Lord Rothschild said that.
55:33He said, we must, We will make... the Russian Christians are paying the price for what they did.
55:38For several centuries in his view.
55:39And that's what happened; they really made them pay the price.
55:44No one paid a higher price.
55:49Orthodoxy It's rising, it seems.
55:52I knew nothing about her three or four years ago.
55:56And now, it seems that It's on the rise, but it's certainly becoming commonplace.
56:02Why does this happen?
56:05The internet, as you know, has an interesting effect Positive and negative factors can affect all these areas.
56:12So I think, on one hand, what, As you know, I started researching defense matters...
56:16Around the year 2001, At that time you were listening to people's cassette tapes, And you listen to...
56:23A small MP3 file on Windows Media Player or similar.
56:27But now... they are everywhere.
56:29As you know, the field of discussion is something that has grown somewhat...
56:33Not just because of me, but I mean other people, like, Well, you know, Crowder was going to do some sort of Come and convince me to debate with people, then Ben Shapiro goes to debate, you know.
56:44University students, eccentrics with purple hair...
56:47So this is easy prey, just like Ben Shapiro does. But...
56:50It also happened almost by chance About ten years Very intense from...
56:55Online religious discussion. Which...
56:58Again, it just happened.
56:59It was not something I had planned to do, or that anyone had planned.
57:02It was just, I remember... years ago Someone said to me, "Hey, are you debating with this atheist who is inclined towards liberation?"
57:08Yes, of course So we did it spontaneously.
57:11Then another person, hey, can you discuss this other one, you know?
57:15A French-Canadian atheist.
57:16Yes, of course Then things develop to become, as you know, Very regular practice of holding discussions Religious and political content online.
57:25It has become very popular Across multiple platforms And I think this...
57:31A major contributor, especially if you are a young person interested in ideas.
57:34You would like to discuss your ideas, and you would like them to be challenged...
57:37You want to know whether your position is strong or weak.
57:40The older you get, the less you want to do that.
57:43People tend to be, as you know, rather rigid in their opinions.
57:47But young people are more interested in that.
57:49This is when you buy a channel package.
57:53I think that's the reason.
57:56It's very...
57:59It seems quite normal in the West for people to discuss their ideas, But that is not necessarily a common feature in all other societies.
58:07That's certain.
58:08It is no longer a characteristic of our society either.
58:10exactly We were talking over breakfast.
58:12I was a co-hero In the discussion At... school.
58:18That was me; it was normal and not at all strange.
58:22It was not considered strange.
58:23Yes, I don't think that exists now.
58:25I know it's online.
58:26Therefore, people will...
58:27They don't encourage children to debate, right?
58:30no Instead, they began to gradually abolish and remove it from the curricula.
58:34We had a strong debate team at the university, But it had faded and disappeared completely by the time I began my specialized graduate studies.
58:44That's right, the priority at that time was absolute obedience.
58:47Yes. Because they They don't want you to think critically about your positions because then you might notice patterns.
58:54It is not compatible with the current situation.
58:57A wonderful expression.
58:58That's absolutely right... then.
59:00but But religious discussions online have given Orthodoxy a chance to be heard Unprecedented in American history.
59:07Yes... and the result is, I think so.
59:10I mean, it's not the only factor, but it's certainly He played a major role in increasing the number of converts to Orthodoxy in the last five years.
59:16Or the past six, or seven.
59:18I see it as a divine plan.
59:22We didn't plan this, we did it for fun.
59:27I engage in various activities.
59:30Debating is just a side activity that I have enjoyed occasionally.
59:35And so it ended, for whatever reason, that it was.
59:38It was more popular than I expected.
59:41So, we debated many atheists.
59:44And also the Muslims.
59:46As for the Jews, they do not usually preach their religion.
59:49Therefore, it is very rare to find them willing to engage in debate.
59:54Political and feminist discussions took place, generating huge viewership.
60:01I think that Which is more enjoyable?
60:02Muslim, atheist, or feminist?
60:09Believe it or not, they have many commonalities.
60:13Debating Muslims is not the most enjoyable.
60:17Atheists provoke laughter with their anger Some of the requirements.
60:25But perhaps the most enjoyable discussions are Some of the followers of these foolish sects are very funny.
60:36Debates between sect leaders always turn into comedic situations.
60:41That's why there are more Muslims.
60:42Are there still atheists in America?
60:46They had a noisy movement one day.
60:47There was Hitchens, who was very popular in the first decade.
60:51From the 21st century.
60:53I think they've run out of energy.
60:56The worse things get in the West.
60:58The less attractive atheism becomes, the more it lacks the ability to explain.
61:03After COVID and the subsequent intensive psychological operations, People began to clearly realize that there was real and tangible evil in the world...
61:10Yes We need an explanation, while they say: there is no explanation.
61:14Nothing means anything.
61:15That's right, that's why atheism is losing momentum.
61:18Many YouTube atheists were among the top content creators Their influence faded and they disappeared completely.
61:23One of them was putting bananas in his backside... and they were just...
61:26As if, who cares?
61:28They are disgusting and strange things.
61:30So.
61:31Then some others end up getting married...
61:33Men... became women.
61:37Everyone realized that this approach was pointless.
61:39I clearly remember someone telling me that Sam Harris, the famous atheist, was, Very, very intelligent.
61:46He is really smart.
61:48I listened to Sam Harris once, and I don't find him very intelligent.
61:52It seems that our intellectual standards have risen and changed now.
61:57Okay When people described him as intelligent.
62:00Yes, that era has come to an end with discussions Jordan Peterson's profound criticism of the foundations of their thought.
62:10Atheistic assumptions.
62:12I think that...
62:13I felt he could have been harsher on those people because they were They are already losing their public standing.
62:20Peterson's simple questions suffice: How did you know that? And what...
62:25What does that mean? As you know, Even that wasn't really enough to help.
62:29As if the atheist didn't even have enough To respond to a type of fundamental internal criticism, It is a very effective method in discussion, and in engaging in debates about worldview.
62:39To engage in internal criticism where the, The fundamental contradictions within another person's worldview.
62:45Yes It is a destructive method of argumentation, and Peterson has excelled at it.
62:52He was fully aware of doing that to them, as happened with Sam Harris or Delahunty.
62:57That was the final nail in the coffin of the atheist movement.
63:01Then came Covid.
63:02People began demanding a logical explanation for the existence of demonic forces.
63:06Okay They deny the existence of demons despite Epstein's atrocities.
63:09If such evil exists, then God exists, doesn't He?
63:14I think this is the literal path for many people...
63:17No, I mean, I think that's what actually happened to many of them.
63:21What's truly remarkable is that some of these prominent atheists, The alleged perpetrators are flying with Jeffrey Epstein.
63:26Then they go to...
63:28Of course They have religious fanaticism over trivial matters; they are the most religious of all.
63:34completely I sometimes wonder: Are they really atheists, or do they have other loyalties?
63:40Of course not.
63:41I mean, I don't I follow Sam Harris...
63:43Rarely, but whenever I come across Sam Harris, he seems to me like a complete religious fanatic.
63:49His religion is whatever it may be, humanity, Zionism, or anything else.
63:53But his commitment to it is, he Something I can immediately recognize as a religious belief for me.
63:59correct Yes I think, as you know, that the The approach I take in all those discussions existing Regarding the cosmic vision and what that means...
64:09It is not fundamentally a matter of one party piling up evidence against another party piling up evidence, and whichever one it is, As you know, he has the upper hand. In fact, he has more.
64:17Analysis... of our core commitments or our intellectual paradigm Through which we interpret the world.
64:23That's much more effective if you can destroy the person's thought pattern.
64:29To actually make him change his mind.
64:30correct You have always paid great attention to the subject of faith and spirituality.
64:37With utmost seriousness and focus from a very young age, This makes you completely different from most of your generation.
64:43We always thought and believed that our country was completely secular, But it has now become abundantly clear to me that everything we see is merely an outward appearance.
64:51A deep religious belief that hides under different ideological names and titles.
64:55We have lived for far too long under the illusion of absolute secularism.
64:58In reality, we are a very religious country in its essence and depths.
65:03I wrote a book about...
65:06Well, under the title "Hollywood Underground", It essentially analyzes religious symbolism in folk art.
65:14Then he reveals it Clearly.
65:17Yes Why? What is your hypothesis?
65:20Why did I write it?
65:21Give me examples.
65:24Well, during my undergraduate and graduate studies, my interests were diverse.
65:29It was not limited to philosophy and religion, but also included cinema; I love movies.
65:36I grew up in a small town, so we didn't have much to do except Drugs and movies. Yes, That's why I've always been drawn to it, to the arts.
65:45I enjoy, as you know, acting and doing comedy-related things.
65:49I have always wished to be involved in the media in some way.
65:52Therefore It was only natural, in my opinion, that I take many film classes.
65:57I study a lot of literature, and then, as you know, I combine them.
66:01And I composed all these ideas.
66:03For a long time, I wrote just for fun.
66:05During my undergraduate and graduate studies, I used to write about the movies I watched.
66:11I was also studying propaganda and psychological warfare.
66:14And how does that intersect with intelligence agencies and how does that intersect with Hollywood?
66:19Therefore The book ended up being the product of many...
66:24University research and graduate studies, Especially regarding figures like Ian Fleming, How did he take some kind of experience?
66:33The character is in secret operations and intelligence, then he puts it into the character of James Bond.
66:39I mean, it wasn't the only influence, but it was one of the main influences on his personality.
66:45Then how was Bond's image?
66:47Very strong iconography To carry out Cold War propaganda.
66:51Therefore, I have always found that relationship between all these areas to be amazing.
66:55You have literature, films, and intelligence work, and they all interact with each other.
66:59And how they use that as a kind of Western propaganda tool during What I think is a controversy, you know, the controversy of the fake Cold War.
67:08But... this is useful Very much so... on several levels.
67:11As you know, we were talking about icons earlier, But Bond is a sort of icon of the Western man.
67:18nihilism Which represents Nietzsche's Übermensch, doesn't it? And which It was used in the Cold War to contrast with Soviet ideas about The collective man, the new man, the, you know, In contrast to the individual man. You have A kind of capitalist self-gratification on one hand, Hence, you have this idea here that you are state property.
67:42And both are dialectical opposites, aren't they?
67:44Typically, the way dialectics works in terms of strategy Long-term is the synthesis between them. Therefore I was also studying Hegel and Hegelian dialectics at university and how that, This... suggests the existence of a synthesis thesis.
68:00Research proves Hegel's influence by Kabbalah; Cruelty and compassion, and the synthesis of opposites.
68:10This is a method of management and control.
68:14They have mastered this field and turned it into a precise science.
68:17Jacques Attali wrote clearly about The Cold War was based primarily on two complementary pillars.
68:24Two aspects of the debate, It somewhat manages the common ground, and you can synthesize and combine them.
68:29Therefore...
68:30Essentially, what I present in that book is done simply through many The various articles that I wrote to analyze Kubrick and Spielberg David Lynch and Hitchcock. Many different directors...
68:42In the first book...
68:43Not all of it is negative, just doing some kind of analysis.
68:46I am not saying that everyone is involved in a grand conspiracy.
68:50It is rather Focused articles on various topics and issues It deals with sex, magic, symbolism, and films.
68:57And the extent of Hollywood's power, at least In the last century, To give us... our religion, whether we know it or not...
69:05As you know, we mentioned The making of myths, and we mentioned Plato, and as you know, Plato talks about the noble lie in the book The Republic.
69:12We thought we were in a secular society.
69:14But in reality, we were given myths A complete religious film by Hollywood.
69:18Bernays said that Hollywood was the greatest propaganda engine the world had ever known.
69:25That was clear to me even when I was a child in the 1970s.
69:28What was not clear was that it was religious propaganda.
69:31Yes, I didn't realize that this was... our religion.
69:33I mean, maybe it's not public, but it exists, right?
69:36It's... it's a subtle way To indoctrinate people that it is an ideology Outright hostile to Christianity.
69:45I'm not just saying she's evil, that's common knowledge.
69:50But the truth is that...
69:52This is more like an analysis of...
69:54Analysis of things like, As you know, was the famous movie Eyes Wide Chat Does it actually represent a revealing window into Epstein's world years before he was exposed?
70:06I cannot say for certain that this was Kubrick's intention.
70:11But art, like the works of Dostoevsky, can predict events before they happen.
70:18In this way The constant repetition that makes you think, is this... what is this?
70:23This is almost a prophetic spirit.
70:26Yes. Or, you know, it suggests that we're just actors in A drama for which the script was written.
70:32I don't know.
70:33I... I have absolutely no idea...
70:35But it goes beyond statistical coincidence.
70:38For example, what is the secret behind the Simpsons' predictions?
70:44The writers of the series are not Yoga Or a mystic.
70:50I don't know the nature of it, but I noticed it happening.
70:54It occurs through two phenomena; Dostoevsky, for example, wrote with astonishing precision, as if he were describing with absolute accuracy.
71:03Because he was A genius, not because of his involvement.
71:08He was writing about...
71:10He was a genius.
71:11He was writing about that years ago About what the Bolshevik Revolution would do and what the socialists would do in Russia, with almost perfect accuracy In terms of the number of skulls that will be melted.
71:22As for Hollywood, It functions as a well-organized propaganda machine primarily aimed at conditioning us mentally.
71:28And we programmed it deliberately and thoughtfully.
71:31Especially with so much... technology James Bond films have introduced Advanced espionage concepts and tools To the details of people's daily lives.
71:45Even technologies such as the internet and encryption originated for purely military purposes.
71:52A means of communication for everyone.
71:54The advanced surveillance tools featured in James Bond films are actually intended to prepare People are being psychologically trained to get used to the idea of spying and broadcasting details of their lives directly to the public.
72:07There are undoubtedly components and elements More broadly in this context.
72:11These stories really resonate with us.
72:14I don't sound crazy, and I'm not saying everything is planned in Hollywood, but Upon further investigation, one clearly realizes the extent of the consultation and interference by intelligence agencies in Filmmaking has existed for a very long time.
72:28Even before the era that witnessed The professional actors acted as actual spies.
72:33Very few people know about this first level of influence.
72:37But the matter becomes more complicated when studying the profound psychological impact of films The terror and dismemberment of the crowd's behavior.
72:43It put people in a state resembling stagnation, and made them more suggestible.
72:48Everyone has probably heard of veiled messages, all of which...
72:52linked Or related to the type of things we're discussing here. For example...
72:56That's it. It's a specialized branch.
72:58Very much so, but Well thought out...
73:00About how to use Fantasy To adapt people.
73:03And in the United Kingdom, at the beginning of the last century, This understanding was easier for many people.
73:13Due to the restrictions imposed by the Official Secrets Act, Many intelligence officers resorted to recounting their experiences.
73:21Through narrative structures.
73:23We find that a large number of famous writers They had previously worked in the intelligence service.
73:31Like William Somerset Maugham and others.
73:35Graham Greene.
73:36Graham Greene, exactly.
73:37They continued, and of course Ian Fleming, they were, they were writing in Stories about what they actually did.
73:43Write a novel about what happened in Havana without revealing your secrets.
73:46You will find exactly amazing and profound novels Like the novel "The Secret Agent" by the well-known writer Joseph Conrad.
73:57The secret agent novel highlights States using Anarchist groups to carry out complex "false flag" operations; It is a literary fiction that accurately reflects the bitter reality.
74:14Therefore, I found it very wonderful to have all of this in the imagination.
74:18Then this, in a way, blurs the dividing line between Reality and imagination, Sometimes intentionally, Because the public will see things and they will become somewhat ingrained.
74:28In the subconscious mind.
74:29And I'm not trying to be...
74:31Again, I'm not crazy about this, you're being programmed.
74:35Whether you know it or not.
74:37I don't think all...
74:39The artwork is bad, in fact People go to Argo thinking they're just watching a movie, Without realizing it's propaganda. Is that clear?
74:48Of course, and that's why it's effective.
74:51So... I have one question It appears in...
74:54Fantasy It raises speculation about reality, and it is a specific question to which you may already know the answer.
75:02Is there any evidence that intelligence agencies in any country have used, Or that criminal organizations in any country have successfully carried out any assassination operation Do you mean using people who are unconscious in covert operations?
75:17Such as recruiting an armed man To assassinate a prominent public figure as a tool in the hands of an organization completely unaware of, And at her subtle instigation.
75:29Like Sarhan Sarhan.
75:32Has this ever been proven to happen?
75:38I think that It's very clear that this happened. I don't know...
75:42What standard of evidence will it be...
75:44Required to state with absolute certainty in a particular case.
75:47As you know, people talk about Marinus van der Lubbe, And it was used, as you know, in the Reichstag fire.
75:54Well, people are talking, as I said, about Sarhan.
75:57And Oswald might have been.
76:00In false flag recruitment, a person works for a group they believe to be false.
76:05Isn't that so?
76:06This is correct So this is already happening... and I think it If you study assassinations and How to implement it; it doesn't happen often, but they They tend to use, as you know, Crazy people, or highly suggestible people.
76:22So I think this is definitely, probably It happens one hundred percent. I mean We had, was it Shinzo?
76:29Abi is one of the newest ones Except for Charlie Kirk, of course.
76:34Bizarre assassinations employ Political or religious ideologues as useful tools for these processes.
76:46Yes, I think so, especially with John Kennedy, you have There is evidence Extremely important.
76:55Kennedy's files revealed that Angleton had leaked information to Mossad in a four-document document Pages about the nature of his secret relationship with them.
77:06I believe there was a convergence of interests, as I said, with organized crime.
77:11The CIA and Israeli interests, They all had some kind of motivation...
77:17Regarding John Kennedy.
77:18But I think the recurring pattern is to attribute it entirely to organized crime.
77:23namely The murder company started as a Jewish assassination squad that was used not only by the Sicilian Mafia, In fact, the United States sometimes contracted with them and used them for operations.
77:33To get rid of someone, use gangs instead of carrying it out yourself.
77:38This is well known. Consider "Operation Underworld"; The intelligence services exploited organized crime for many years.
77:44What is the extent of the evidence of CIA interference in current US politics?
77:54My research It was mostly focused on...
77:56Regarding the past decades of that relationship. So I'm not The most informed about the current situation, but I imagine.
78:04But look... how certain are we that the states United, Has American policy been influenced by intelligence?
78:11namely I think that when people talk about the deep state, We are talking about a kind of separate national security apparatus that possesses the ability enormous influence and control over Domestic and foreign policy. Absolutely.
78:24One hundred percent. I think that That international superstructure, Which is...
78:30The "Five Eyes" alliance is actively and very closely coordinating intelligence.
78:36This coordination is clearly evident.
78:39At administrative levels that surpass traditional intelligence agencies, And in international bodies such as the Tripartite Committee; Jeffrey Epstein was working there as a special envoy for the Rockefeller family.
78:51They were established specifically for Brzezinski.
78:54correct Kissinger suggested Brzezinski's name to Rockefeller so that he could establish the committee for him.
79:00Therefore, Epstein's attainment of this high level of influence means a great deal...
79:06We would not have known that dangerous information before the famous Steve Bannon interview.
79:11Epstein confirmed: "Yes, I was on the three-member committee."
79:13I was with David Rockefeller. This...
79:20These are extremely important details.
79:22Do you have any doubt that Epstein's sex scandals, despite their extreme horror, Is it merely a distraction for the public from more serious matters?
79:33Much bigger than that. Yes, His leaked emails revealed hidden and suspicious matters such as...
79:41There are many crazy examples.
79:43For example, having...
79:44I mean, you have high-level funding.
79:46Money laundering is part of that.
79:48Arms smuggling is a major part of it.
79:52Such as the operations of Adnan Khashoggi and the filming of the blackmail on yachts, And that is what he followed Epstein In his works.
80:05If you have arms smuggling, and you have...
80:07High-level blackmail, and you have Human trafficking, and you have Money and financing. And you also have Chaos... planned in certain areas...
80:18She transfers funds to them before the chaos to profit from the destruction.
80:23It is something...
80:23Ian Fleming made Spectre do it all the time.
80:27So... I, I doubt that Ian Fleming was talking about that kind of level Epstein, and the Rothschild level To manipulate different markets, because that represents a huge part of what they were doing.
80:40He essentially sends an email to Ariane de Rothschild, saying There will be a major conflict here.
80:47Move early, And buy resources, etc., because conflicts, the Chaos is coming. They did it with Kenya.
80:53Or, excuse me, Somalia.
80:54There were emails about Exploiting the Greek debt crisis to buy after the collapse...
81:03correct So This is a component huge We know this is nothing new because the Rothschild family's history has ended Just from reading Morton They pride themselves on having done the same thing at Waterloo; Because they caused the collapse They bought shares in the London Stock Exchange based on false information, then bought them when it collapsed.
81:23After they confirmed that the information was incorrect.
81:26So it is exactly what...
81:28Epstein was completely in his correspondence with Jeffrey Ariane de Rothschild.
81:33It's funny that they They described The centuries after the fall of Rome are considered the Dark Ages compared to this.
81:42It's also madness, To believe that there is no religious component to the world today, While it seems we have all kinds of satanic activities The very thing that is happening, which refers, as you know, to secret societies, And the sects, call them what you will...
81:57So I think the world... really works This is how we counter the secular myths we have been taught.
82:05I don't see anything truly secular happening in the United States right now.
82:10at all I mean, I first noticed this in the Agenda case, the Mim Ain...
82:16I could barely pronounce it, as committing to it felt more like, As you know, empathy with, as you know, Persecuted homosexuals.
82:25It was similar to this religious fervor.
82:27Yes That was my first indication that we were, in fact, I think we are dealing with a doctrine here.
82:34Yes There are elements of these ideas in Talmudic texts, such as the idea of aliens.
82:42I do not deny the existence of unexplained phenomena, but I believe they exist and have a demonic aspect.
82:48As for the idea...
82:50There is one of the letters that discusses the eighteen thousand scholars.
82:53Therefore, it is an old Talmudic idea that states that There are other forms of life. And I think that This, as you know, is what modern films like Close Encounters are like.
83:02The spirit of Spielberg, and the like, I think this feeds into the idea that, no, There are no demonic things.
83:06Because if you watched that movie, the whole thing seemed like, No, they are actually your friends.
83:12They look like alien saviors.
83:13The film presents this idea.
83:14Yes, it's similar to, Don't think he's demonic.
83:18Rather, it is closer to being something salvific.
83:21I see it as just propaganda.
83:22Welcome to our new alien masters.
83:25Such as "The End of Childhood" by Arthur C. Clarke, Who had a close relationship with Crowley… They are promoting the idea of "Carylin"; He looks like a terrifying demon, but in reality, he is a wise alien savior.
83:38He comes to Earth and offers things like Medical and technological advancements. Then...
83:43He says, "Oh, by the way, I need the first generation of you."
83:47From your children.
83:48Then he takes them...
83:49Far away and destroy the Earth with nuclear weapons.
83:51It's similar to, I will save you by taking your children and destroying the rest of you because you will all kill each other.
83:59If we left you alone.
84:00I mention this as one example of propaganda in popular science fiction.
84:04Wells promoted this at a high level as well.
84:09He described himself as "Lucifer", He stated that the coming technocracy is not simply atheism, Rather, it Actual worship of a god of a different kind.
84:19His name is Lucifer...
84:21He will be the god of the future.
84:23It is a Promethean thought.
84:25He promoted circles My family, the Rothschilds and Fabians, and the advocates of socialism Technocracy at the beginning of the twentieth century.
84:39What are the recurring lies in this propaganda?
84:42What is the connection between them?
84:44I will start by mentioning one of them.
84:46One of the main lies What they are committed to convincing you of is that all of this is secular.
84:51It's all based on science. It's...
84:53It is materialism, the materialist doctrine.
84:54Yes As if there were no frightening supernatural things; I noticed that.
85:00I have presented on my channel over the past ten years I call it the "Global Elite Series".
85:07During these ten years, we were selecting works Brzezinski, Wells, and Jacques Attali.
85:14I mean, you're just walking along the line.
85:17The texts are read, and then I give a talk about them...
85:20What we observed, after conducting dozens of tests, is that there is a consistent pattern of...
85:25I say there are, as you know, five or six Commandments for the elite.
85:30Yes They force approval for it, and the recurring pattern is: because...
85:34Humanity is suffering from overpopulation; we must have...
85:38Universal rule, and we must have a religion...
85:40A unified global order in the end...
85:42We must have Total dominance, control over every area of life.
85:47Everything is under surveillance...
85:48To the point that we even did. Did we?
85:51Do you remember Klaus Schwab's book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution?
85:54That book discussed in detail how Upcoming crises This will lead to this type of A unified, globalized system governed by the Internet of Things, As you know, things like Skynet.
86:06This leads to regulation...
86:08And, as you know, austerity, All of these things are things that we have seen these people promoting for a long time.
86:14But I think, as you know, some of the most expressive books are Such as Jacques Attali's book, A Brief History of the Future.
86:21This book was written in 2006 and was like Kissinger to, As you know, successive French presidents such as Macron and Mitterrand; They always had a special advisor, similar to Kissinger in France.
86:33He is considered a prominent and very influential figure among the neoconservatives.
86:36Of this type, a certain kind of person.
86:38In that book, he says Near the end, he says, We have progressed to the point where we will have a global brain.
86:46It is the Golem.
86:48In reality, we will completely lose our individual identity once we connect.
86:52With this comprehensive global brain.
86:54The concept of "post-humanism" coined by Julian Huxley in his writings It actually represents the vision that has been drawn up for our future.
87:03These elements: A unified global religion and currency.
87:08One global brain.
87:10Everything in this system becomes completely uniform and without exception.
87:15Huxley mentions this very clearly in his famous book "The Immortal Philosophy" People don't realize that... any A theology or ideology that allows you to possess A great deal of individuality must be erased in order for us to create the mass.
87:32large mass Amorphous, Where we all merge into one giant, controlled thing.
87:39This is almost the same thing that Jacques Attali said a hundred years later...
87:44In his books... about...
87:45The global golem.
87:47As if this were the goal, to create this homogeneous entity...
87:51Controllable.
87:52And that's the goal.
87:53And of course, that's the point of, you know, mass migration.
87:57As you know, eliminating differences.
88:00But what is the purpose of all this?
88:02Destroying peoples?
88:05I see a consistent pattern between these technocrats and proponents of post-humanism.
88:14They believe in technology like Arthur C. Clarke The author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, who contributed to Transfer it to the screen.
88:26But he also wrote a book last It was also a very enlightening film, called Two Thousand and Ten.
88:32It's not quite that good a film, but In 2010 it becomes increasingly clear that the Cold War was about production A controversial combination where the scientific elite meet From the Soviets and the West Together they create layer The technocratic scientific priests who govern us, and who allow us b Reaching deification. Then in...
88:55Three thousand and one.
88:58Deification is achieved through The Union Artificial intelligence and technology.
89:05The idea is to transform into gods through technology.
89:09This is what Ray Kurzweil promoted within the ideology of singularity.
89:17Hegel had a copy of this He called it the Omega Point.
89:20Where all dialectical contradictions ultimately coalesce to form Everything within him becomes spirit, a transcendent reality.
89:30And unified as a Huxley block.
89:33Who was that madman?
89:36Teilhard de Chardin, the excommunicated Jesuit.
89:39He spoke about the Nosphere (the intellectual envelope), and that everything becomes a nosphere...
89:44And this actually influenced some of the early internet developers.
89:47They spoke about creating this The hybrid, integrated idea Where everything essentially becomes It's the network, quite simply...
89:56So I think that...
89:57This is how they see these things because they worship this idea of evolution.
90:02I am not saying that there are no degrees of adaptation in nature, But this idea that there is a resolute priestly class And controllable, it can guide us towards a kind of Transcendental singularity, Omega point.
90:17This is their belief.
90:18It is their competing eschatological belief.
90:22Exactly, a competing eschatological doctrine and an accurate description. However, Christian eschatology yearns for the return of God.
90:30Paganism seeks the deification of the self.
90:32This is very accurate.
90:34It is noticeable that these writers strive to restore Reinterpreting and reformulating Christianity; The Hermeticists, for example They considered Christian teachings to be mere symbols paving the way for Immortality and resurrection through a kind of Gnosticism, knowledge, or technology.
90:56You must replace man with God, with yourself.
90:58Yes Aleister Crowley, who was an officer in the British intelligence service Previously, he was a strong supporter of the idea of deifying man.
91:08Not only from a purely technical perspective, but also through a profound philosophical and magical lens.
91:14Its application and strength are similar to those three laws formulated by Isaac Asimov.
91:19Magic and technology.
91:21Arthur C. Clarke adopted the same idea and associated with the Kirlian Circle.
91:24There is a hidden aspect here.
91:27There is a diabolical component to this ideology that many people overlook.
91:33Milner, Fabian, and Rothschild circles strongly promoted the character of Madame Blavatsky, a Fabian figure.
91:40Aleister Crowley greatly admired her ideas.
91:46Tell people to read her writings so they can understand...
91:49The issue of Theosophy.
91:50Yes Theosophy is another example of the religion of the future that Father Seraphim Rose spoke about.
91:55He indeed highlights it as one of the key elements in his famous book, "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future".
92:01Father Seraphim Rose, but His prediction was extremely accurate when he described this trend as a purely satanic act.
92:09He wrote in the 1970s, warning of the consequences The results of H.G. Wells' ideas and their impact on our current era.
92:17He was absolutely right. His book is amazing.
92:19If you read it, It literally predicts where we are right now.
92:23But he says that this pattern of Blavatsky's ideology, Of a demonic kind, It is what, for example, It made yoga popular throughout the West.
92:32We wouldn't see yoga everywhere. Every...
92:35A girl on Instagram, As you know, yoga was practiced by Lola Madame Blavatsky and Crowley.
92:40With respect, Blavatsky in her photos does not look like someone who practices yoga.
92:46I wouldn't like to see her wearing yoga pants.
92:48no no Sorry, I couldn't resist. I'm a mean person.
92:53But Why yoga?
92:57There are many reasons to ask; My wife has previously presented several detailed episodes.
93:03It explains what yoga is and the essence of Tantric Buddhism.
93:07There are good reasons why Eastern philosophy—and I don't mean to say everything in it— It's necessarily bad—but its elements seem more to me Collective in the way they approach it It explains the nature of man in the world.
93:23So yoga, I believe, is a way to...
93:27If you take it seriously.
93:29I'm not talking about, for example, People who only stretch and practice Pilates, But like, the process The actual practice of yoga is meant to teach you.
93:37Basically, As you know, the base of your spine, Your chakras and all that, supposedly, It essentially takes over your life.
93:46I'm not saying that everyone who practices yoga is possessed, but rather that its purpose is to summon Entities and spiritualities ascend from within With the aim of activating what is called the opening of the third eye.
93:58It is in fact a process of doctrinal indoctrination within ancient Hindu and Tantric traditions.
94:05In Tantric traditions, there are disgusting details that people are unaware of.
94:10But what does that mean?
94:11There are disgusting and repulsive sexual ritual practices that exist in the dark depths What is called Tantric Buddhism.
94:20Crowley specifically quoted these concepts in order to promote the practice of yoga.
94:25He deliberately did the worst things.
94:28In order to transcend, through his actions, traditional concepts of good and evil, Thus adopting an explicitly Nietzschean idea.
94:34I mean the most heinous acts, such as eating filth and forbidden things.
94:38He did everything that was bad.
94:41Not only to balance the good side, but the evil side as well.
94:45Therefore, the path of the left hand and the right hand must be bypassed.
94:48That's right. That's their idea; it's a common idea.
94:50Not only that.
94:51no These are like the esoteric teachings of Tantric Buddhism.
94:54As if you were.
94:55Tantra is not the only one.
94:56Other groups have certainly adopted this.
95:01It's clear why Crowley saw it as a spectacle.
95:03Marquis de Sade or...
95:05exactly There are echoes of Kabbalah as well.
95:09But the basic idea is that you have to Go as far as you can.
95:14Yes Reflection. This is the principle of reflection.
95:17We talk about this a lot, and as you know, Specialists in our field—my friend Mark Hacard has written articles on theology, philosophy, and history.
95:28The Soviet—it was mentioned that some of the early Bolsheviks, Like Gleb Bokey, he was very interested in Reflective material, similar to the film Eyes Wide Shut, is used as a means of revolutionizing society.
95:40Regarding the Bolshevik Revolution There was, therefore, the commission of atrocities.
95:46It's not just about killing, Rather, by promoting manifestations of decadence in society, Because this behavior has the potential to cause a comprehensive societal revolution.
95:57This is correct In fact, one of the most prominent Counter-culture revolutionaries...
96:02In the 1960s... Wilhelm Reich He already had the idea that...
96:07In order to obtain...
96:08A successful cultural revolution, You will have to have Complete open relations Nationality... comprehensive, because that would remove The patriarchal system...
96:20And then, with the ascension of the goddess and...
96:22The feminine principle, This will allow The actual socialist revolution.
96:27That was his idea.
96:28It's very common, it was a very common idea.
96:31The old communists, As you know, the Stalinists were bigots, They were against homosexual things.
96:38They were completely against it.
96:40But the Bolsheviks had adopted it.
96:42In the period before Stalin, this approach had gained acceptance.
96:46Then Stalin pushed for the opposite.
96:47In America, Revolutionary movements such as the Symbionite Liberation Army later adopted this approach.
96:53Yes, yes.
96:54Charles Manson, As you know, there were all sorts of debauchery and...
96:58The spirit of that counterculture and rebellion It wasn't really just A collection of crazy, fleeting ideas In fact, it was a well-thought-out Fabian plan.
97:15The Webb family clearly understood this and sought to use it to promote For bestiality in art... the general public, This could undermine and destroy the sexual spirit In the United Kingdom at that time...
97:30So they were very advanced.
97:32As in the 1890s Bertrand Russell was well known...
97:36In its sexual inclusiveness, as one, you know, Terrence McKenna. A big open relationship.
97:40Therefore, they always realized that... for...
97:43Removing those borders It is actually a means to...
97:46Heart and then...
97:47Changing society on a large scale.
97:50To unleash the power.
97:51exactly There is a force coming...
97:53From that, from the transgression.
97:54It is a demonic force.
97:55exactly They never called it that, and the truth is clear.
97:59Tantric practitioners understood very well that through these practices they absorb Dark, demonic energy instead of receiving the holy light of God.
98:08But it is still energy.
98:09Yes Therefore, when the devil promises Jesus said that he could possess As you know, kingdoms, He can deliver kingdoms.
98:16As if he had the power to grant it to...
98:18Those who worshipped him.
98:20It's so realistic.
98:21There is a real, demonic power that can be harnessed.
98:27This makes it more convincing.
98:29There is a reason why people do this; it's just like smoking cigarettes.
98:33Yes It's bad, but people do it.
98:35Why?
98:36For its immediate benefit.
98:37Yes People worship demons because it is effective in the short term.
98:41Not just for the sake of deviance.
98:42Yes, correct Yes, of course And again, this.
98:47This, this reflexive principle He is very well known—going back to, As you know, like in ancient times. I remember reading it.
98:55That is the reason for your sacrifice.
98:56The Inca sacrificed children.
98:58The Maya, Aztecs, and Vikings did the same, and so on...
99:01When you sacrifice a virgin to the rain god, it actually rains.
99:07As you know.
99:08Have you heard of Michael Aquino?
99:09Yes You may have heard about his own.
99:13He wrote that His famous document on the war of minds is very similar to the doctrines of psychological warfare.
99:20He authored a book entitled "Black Magic".
99:24Which I had read years ago.
99:26He applies the principles of magic.
99:29The ancient Egyptians directly influenced psychological operations in the military field.
99:36Yes, there are people who study this.
99:39Ancient and mysterious arts of magic The CIA even studied Satanism in depth in the 1970s.
99:48With the aim of turning astrology into a weapon and understanding its mechanisms These ideas and knowing how far they can go with them.
99:55Where do you think nuclear technology came from?
100:00I mean, The scientist Robert Oppenheimer described himself at times as To some extent, a kind of involvement in.
100:11I mean, I don't know how seriously he takes that.
100:14I have also read some interesting criticisms of Oppenheimer Which argues that it was...
100:18Perhaps more than just...
100:20A publicity stunt promoting the idea that he is a real scientist.
100:22Therefore, in many of these areas for Higher esoteric sciences. I am not a scientist, but I am inclined towards philosophy, but I do not know.
100:32Perhaps he was merely a publicity stunter, not a real scientist.
100:35This applies to many scientists; It is not clear what they invented.
100:39correct They were used to create the illusion of innovation, when in fact the thing may have existed before them.
100:46Just a suggestion.
100:47Okay, me. You know what?
100:49One interesting thing is that The way that...
100:52Some of the first people Participants in those Chemical sciences, you may have heard of Jack Parsons, he was...
100:58As you know, Crawlia.
101:00They sometimes described what they did as a kind of ritual.
101:03Therefore, they saw the idea of splitting the atom as a kind of The ritual principle.
101:10This unleashes tremendous energy, as if you were talking about exactly The dark, demonic side of controlling and directing it.
101:20This raises a fundamental question: Where does the act of creation and innovation come from?
101:24Absolute creation belongs to God alone, as you know, for this is His exclusive property.
101:28Destruction.
101:29That's absolutely true...
101:30The devil, in his essence, represents destruction and ruin.
101:33But if we look at the act of creation and innovation, We will find that any creative person is fully aware of that fleeting moment of inspiration.
101:40Where the original idea is born.
101:42But where does it come from?
101:44And people don't explore this question for some reason.
101:47But it's an open question, like, where does it come from?
101:49Ideas come to your mind.
101:50Thoughts come to mind that you've never thought about before, but they're there.
101:55You don't really create it, you just summon it, I think, as if you are conjuring it up.
102:00Yes This applies to both good and evil, isn't it?
102:04Is anyone unaware of this?
102:06Well, so in the Orthodox tradition, we have this idea...
102:10Your ideas come from...
102:12One of three... sources.
102:14Either it comes from you and your kind of soul...
102:16The innate nature and creativity that God has given you, or that comes from God.
102:21Or it comes from the angelic or demonic world.
102:24So there are three possible ways you can get this inspiration.
102:29The term used in Greek is logismoi, a type of thinking that can...
102:35That happens sometimes.
102:37Orthodox tradition usually describes them as demonic influences.
102:42But you're right about that, I think, I think that, that That idea of inspiration, and then putting it into your work, if you look at it from an evil perspective, This is all that Crowley discussed in his book, Magic: Theory and Practice.
102:56That is, all you do is, As he says, the world and all its actions are equal.
103:01Everything in the world is equal.
103:03There is nothing good or bad.
103:05The true magician is the one who takes...
103:08The material or...
103:09He creates things in the world, puts his will and intention into them, and then brings about a vital change in the world.
103:17Which one?
103:19He's successful and takes charge, that's the real magician...
103:22Now, I mean, Crowley is a liar and a fraud.
103:24So I'm not trying to give him too much credit, but that's the situation.
103:28I think many people who...
103:30They engage with this type of thinking; they have this principle that they believe they are doing With a type of magical work in the world for...
103:39Making a change, and that makes them magicians.
103:42Does this make sense?
103:43It makes sense. I, and only I, the older I get, the more...
103:48I've come to believe that there is...
103:50We are actually just a passageway many times over.
103:53And we are subject to all of this...
103:55External forces that we do not recognize, and are not aware of most of the time, But these are truly the defining moments in our lives.
104:02It's as if we either accept or reject things presented to us from outside ourselves.
104:06I think that's what I'm trying to say.
104:09Yes, I... yes, I really mean, I didn't find any This is a very important analysis of what resembles deep spiritual psychology.
104:19As you know, The ancient Orthodox tradition goes very deep in understanding and analyzing these matters.
104:26If you think about it as...
104:29I am not here to belittle anyone, But the Orthodox priest is considered a true master in understanding the depths of human psychology.
104:37For someone who listens for several consecutive decades to people's confessions and secrets, He will undoubtedly become a skilled and experienced psychiatrist.
104:44That's absolutely true.
104:45Therefore, you will understand...
104:47You will understand human weaknesses.
104:51These other effects We hope you have the discernment to know when the effects might be from Divine or when it may be from... something else.
104:59As you know, Among the things that Saint Seraphim Rose talked about in his book "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future" warned against The coming mass illusions and what might somehow deceive large numbers of people.
105:15Among the things he linked to Hinduism and New Age-style matters was not yoga.
105:22Not only that, but also the charismatic movement.
105:25He was adamant that this movement Charismatic personality will grow by focusing on direct emotional experience.
105:36It is as if it were necessarily from God, when it could very easily have been from the devils.
105:41I think that when you look at the manifestations in, you know, The field of charisma and how it has now infiltrated the Roman Catholic Church.
105:50He completely infiltrated the Protestant evangelical world.
105:55He links it to ancient Hindu practices.
106:01This is the kind of Christianity that is growing in Africa and Latin America.
106:06And the south. It's rampant...
106:08It's a very powerful illusion because... it replaces Traditional Christianity with the idea that Something akin to voodoo. Basically, If you study voodoo, It is very, very similar to charisma in the way that...
106:22that Anything you test Outperforms...
106:25What is found in divine revelation or what is found in church traditions.
106:28It's as if everything revolves around...
106:30Direct emotional experience...
106:32Therefore, it doesn't matter What happened or came before That's it. It might seem simple, but take, for example...
106:39Ann Lee, well, founder of the Quaker Association...
106:42Anne Lee believed that Her emotional experiences were a message from God telling her that Women should be...
106:48Priests, women should be prophets, women should run the church.
106:53Sex is... she's a primitive feminist, she's a primitive woman By the rank of bishop, or priestess.
106:58Her sect did not grow and faded away.
107:01Only three of the shakers remained. But...
107:04This is a great example of...
107:07The type of illusion that The religious people fell into it...
107:11Westerners - that is You mean the Shakers, not the Quakers, and not the Friends Association.
107:16Which came out of that...
107:19A breakaway from the Quakers, but Shakers. Yes.
107:22They were big in Maine, But they did not reproduce.
107:26Exactly. So this is one of the downsides of...
107:29But it's an attack on... not just...
107:31The patriarchal system, but also an attack on For example, good sex in terms of reproduction.
107:36But it also serves as...
107:38A huge, primitive feminist movement.
107:41So It may seem counterintuitive to say that this is very similar It was a countercultural revolution in the 1960s, but it is not.
107:49because an idea As you know, gay bishops or gay priests or Female bishops, female priests, female pastors, They all revolve around infertility.
108:00Thus, the more infertility you experience, The more your sect disappears.
108:05The ultimate goal of all this is infertility.
108:08In fact, in, one of the minor prophets, I want to say that it's like Amos or Hosea, as if there's an actual reference That... the curse that will befall you is the infertility that you desire.
108:18Does this make sense?
108:19Yes I mean here that you are clearly talking about the forces of destruction and devastation.
108:24These actions and practices that we see, It is the unleashing of destructive power.
108:29The way to do that is always the opposite.
108:32The The existing natural order.
108:35This has a strong impact in terms of It is not enough to destroy, Rather, it creates a scenario that is easier to control later by cunning oligarchic elites.
108:46Yes. And it also instills in them a dark spiritual power.
108:50There is absolutely no doubt about that.
108:51It's not just...
108:52The desire to become rich or the desire to control others.
108:56In fact, they are full of it.
108:58Yes I mean, when Justin Trudeau destroys He systematically taught his nation, which is what he did.
109:04Yes He benefits from that, and it's not just a subsequent consultancy contract.
109:10It is more than that.
109:11This is what bothers me about the Conservative Party, and somewhat...
109:14The pseudo-conservative side of... those who They are unable to diagnose what is really happening because, firstly, they do not possess the correct spiritual component.
109:22But they also oppose all ideas of sabotage and conspiracy.
109:26This is all complete madness.
109:27Isn't this a better explanation for Justin Trudeau?
109:32They are not just liberal fools, but perhaps deliberately malicious.
109:37certainly Or they are merely tools.
109:41Or tools of a higher power. That's correct.
109:45They are not as stupid as some people think.
109:48It seems as though a hermaphrodite has been put in charge of Canada's affairs.
109:53Which is the second largest country in the world and possesses enormous natural resources.
109:58I don't think this is just a coincidence.
110:00When you read about this The global technocratic oligarchic elites.
110:07They are much smarter than people think...
110:09They are more faithful.
110:11Yes As you know, they are not agnostics, That's for sure.
110:17So let's... I want to...
110:18I conclude this by returning to Orthodoxy and its view of the future.
110:22Her otherworldly matters.
110:23So like many...
110:25This is directly and strongly linked, I believe, to Christian Zionism, because This stems from the Christian Zionist belief about the end times.
110:34And... considering...
110:35Recent events, I think many people have started to think about History as a linear path.
110:41It's as if history has a beginning and an end, and everyone feels that this is near.
110:46But there are many people who are very focused on that.
110:51that I don't know what my opinion is about that.
110:54Maybe bad, but whatever.
110:56Regardless of my thoughts, what...
110:58What is the Orthodox view of the end times?
111:00Yes. One of the most important...
111:02The crucial components for comparing the Orthodox perspective with those types From a managerial perspective...
111:08For Christian Zionism, it is that they They overlooked... what the first coming had done...
111:13In our opinion .
111:15Therefore, we do not believe that the kingdom of God Postponed until the end of the world.
111:20We believe that at the first coming, as Christ says many times in the Gospel, The kingdom is here, the kingdom is in your midst.
111:28The Kingdom is the coming of the Holy Spirit.
111:30This generation will not pass away before I return to you.
111:32We in the church believe in what is called partial past-oriented thinking.
111:36The Holy Fathers, such as John Chrysostom, confirmed this in his famous sermons.
111:42The destruction of the Temple in 70 AD was the actual completion of the Kingdom.
111:47Which has begun to bear fruit in the world.
111:49In other words, The physical structure has now disappeared because of what it once symbolized.
111:55The Church has become present and actualized.
111:59So now that the Church, which is the true temple, has come, this is Overstepping From the symbol to what it symbolizes. Right?
112:08So you will not go back to the symbols now that the truth has been revealed.
112:11Therefore, much of what is in Old Testament Whether it's managing the structure with the bread of the faces, the lighthouse, and all that, This has been achieved, in our view, in what the Orthodox Church represents.
112:24The Orthodox Church possesses and lives That is the reality now; Based on the principle of "now, not later".
112:32The Kingdom of God It actually began with the first coming of Christ.
112:37The Book of Revelation for us, The evangelists say: "This is the end of the world, like the seven moons of John Hagee." No, it's now!
112:47We are living the afterlife reality.
112:49In the Divine Liturgy, heaven is present on earth.
112:52The end of the world is not just an event postponed to the distant future; Despite the existence of an inevitable end time.
112:58But Jesus Christ brought the kingdom in his first coming.
113:02When you ask the evangelical Zionists: "When will the earthly reign of Christ begin?"
113:07"Upon his return."
113:08He returns.
113:09But every time the psalm mentions one hundred and ten, And he says, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet," every time This is mentioned in the New Testament.
113:17It is mentioned about his ascent, And that which happened after his death and resurrection.
113:21It's not about the end of the world, it's about rising up.
113:23Therefore, the church It is the Kingdom. And if you go back and read the prophecies in the Book of Isaiah...
113:29In the psalms that speak of...
113:31The conversion of nations This began when Jesus sent his messengers throughout the Roman Empire.
113:37You have this prophecy in Daniel 2 that the empire under which this Messiah was born It will eventually become the kingdom of Christ.
113:45Within three centuries, the Roman Empire becomes Essentially, the Catholic Orthodox Church.
113:52Therefore, we see that all of that was accomplished when he ascended and began his reign in his church.
113:58Therefore, there is an end to the world.
114:00But we don't sit...
114:01We speculate based on news headlines about when that might happen.
114:04Because we are already at the end of the world.
114:06Now, when we go to the Divine Liturgy, that is the afterlife here and now, does that make sense?
114:11It makes sense...
114:12That makes sense.
114:13So that, that somewhat It changes your responsibility as a Christian living in the world.
114:19This is absolutely accurate.
114:20Therefore, we do not worship or venerate a political state that was established in The year 1948.
114:27This is not included in your Mass.
114:29No, I'm saying that the...
114:32My commitment is not to John Hagee's trumpet or the Blood Moons, Or those blood moon pies.
114:38What are blood moons?
114:41John Hagee is... yes.
114:44that it Me, no He always manipulates any...
114:48I'm not angry with him; he just seems lost.
114:52And sad And deceitful.
114:54Yes, but...
114:56He was doing this big thing...
114:58A few years ago, about the blood moons in Israel.
115:01The end times are referred to as blood moons.
115:05I joked about blood moon pies.
115:10Because he is a fat man.
115:12Yes He said mooncakes, so is that...
115:15But this means if That the Orthodox are involved They live their lives and do not await the afterlife?
115:22Well, it's both of them together. Right?
115:24So It's not that we...
115:28We focus solely on politics.
115:32We have tiered responsibilities.
115:36Church first, But this does not negate The value of life.
115:46We believe in diverse good things. As if, You might find in the history of, let's say, the Middle Ages, the Latin Church, This idea that, well, To be single and celibate This is good, but if you are married, this is bad in some way or less so.
116:01correct We say that there are many good things, In contrast to this idea, which is based on a kind of rigidity between Good or... good or evil...
116:10This stems from the arguments put forward by Augustine...
116:12Augustine had an idea...
116:14Very specific in meaning...
116:15For example, he said that marital sex, in his opinion, as Saint Augustine said, It can never be...
116:21Although he acknowledged it as a sacred secret, However, he never understood how it could be a sacred secret because For him, It always involves some degree of incidental sin.
116:31Because, from his point of view, Human will is either captivated by God Or by something created.
116:36And if she is fascinated by a created thing, as in a moment of sexual release, So in a way you are not focusing on God.
116:42He had a controversial view of sin And good and evil.
116:49Orthodoxy is different; We believe in the multiplicity of good things.
116:54Marriage is blessed and sacred, and despite the spiritual advantages of celibate life, It is not necessarily more sacred than the sacrament of marriage.
117:04Indeed, senior Orthodox monks acknowledge that there are married individuals who may attain such ranks His holiness is higher than that of the monks themselves, because Material sacrifice is not everything; God wants mercy and love, not just a formal sacrifice.
117:19Therefore, the mere act of sacrifice does not necessarily equate to true holiness.
117:26A higher degree of sanctity in its essence.
117:29While fully appreciating the merits of a celibate life, However, our perspective remains completely different from the prevailing view in Catholicism during the Middle Ages.
117:40What a wonderful conversation.
117:42Thank you very much Thank you very much
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