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EP: 381 The Cosmic Mountain: Eden, Sinai, and the War for Sacred Space with Dr. Joel Muddamalle

Blurry Creatures

Blurry Creatures

Science, Nature, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.84.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Get the new book here! https://amzn.to/3YCch1g What if the key to understanding the Bible's supernatural storyline has been hiding in plain sight—on every mountain peak from Genesis to Revelation?Dr. Joel Muddamalle returns to break down the cosmic mountain motif: an ancient Near Eastern concept that shaped how the Hebrews understood everything from Eden to the temple to the final battle. Mountains weren't hiking destinations—they were portals. Meeting places. Contested territory between Yahweh and the rebellious sons of God.In this episode, we explore why Eden was almost certainly elevated, how the Tower of Babel was humanity's attempt to build their own sacred peak, what made Mount Hermon the headquarters of evil, and why God chose Sinai to reveal His personal name to Moses. Joel walks us through the cosmic geography that connects Sheol, the abyss, and the heavenly throne room—all anchored to the mountain image. Plus: we officially announce Stranger Theology, our new theological project. New Substack. New podcast series. Bible-in-a-Year journal that doesn't flinch at Leviticus or Nephilim. You're gonna want in on this. Check out www.strangertheology.com Want to give the gift of Blurry for Christmas? Right now, we are running our biggest sale of the year, offering 20% off all memberships. Head over to ⁠https://blurrycreatures.com/pages/members ⁠to check it out! This Episode is Sponsored By: https://mintmobile.com/blurry — Get your premium wireless plan for $15 a month when you try Mint Mobile for the first time! https://quince.com/blurry — Get free shipping on your order & 365-day returns when you shop now! https://livemomentous.com — Get up to 35% off your first order with promo code BLURRY at checkout! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And so they go, oh man, there's no physical mountains here.

0:03.5

So what do we do?

0:04.5

We'll construct a man-made mountain.

0:07.2

And so what we'll do is we'll create a temple, a Zichrod temple tower.

0:11.7

This is the whole context of Genesis 11, the Tower of Babel.

0:14.6

They end up in the plains of Shinar.

0:16.3

This is a problem because there's no mountains in planes.

0:19.1

And so they, out of ingenuity, they figure out

0:22.7

somehow how to build without stone, how to build a massive, massive Ziggurat Temple Tower,

0:31.8

which the only solution in the back of my brain is like, how do they figure this out?

0:35.4

It goes, oh, Genesis 6, the in Alkaic tradition, of course. The sons of God, they're like, they want it for themselves. So they're like, how do they figure this out? It goes, oh, Genesis 6, the inocic tradition,

0:38.1

of course. The sons of God, they're like, they want it for themselves. So they're like, I'll

0:41.6

teach you, you got to mix bitumen and mortar and this other stuff. And when you do that, you'll be able to create brick, basically, counterfeit brick, but it's still a brick, and you'll be able to do this and the way the ancient Zygaret Temple Tower was constructed was for the top of it to actually be the house of the deity.

0:56.2

And then the top and it to actually be the house of the deity.

0:56.5

And then the top, and then the base would actually have the house for the priest.

1:00.3

And sacrifice often was taking place.

1:02.9

Well, what is all of this?

1:04.8

Yeah.

1:05.4

The image of the mountain.

1:06.4

Right there.

1:06.9

The top, the house of the deity on the top.

1:09.1

Well, their God, their Elohim, whatever the vernacular, then comes down there to commune on the top of, of, of the mount. Sacrifice at the base, you've got the death down. And you've got death at the base. In the South American cultures too, they'd sacrifice on on the top of the pyramids as well. They were committing human sacrifice in order that's not a new idea either because Mount Mariah, you've got sacrifice.

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