Episode 258: Mystic Peeza

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

David and Tamler talk about William James’ chapter on mysticism from his book "Varieties of Religious Experience." What defines a mystical experience? Why do they defy expression and yet feel like a state of knowledge, a glimpse into the window of some undiscovered aspect of reality? Is Tamler right that David has a little mystic inside of him just waiting to burst forth from his breast?

Plus – another edition of VBW does conceptual analysis and we’re sticking with ‘c’ words – this time the definitive theory of ‘creepy.’

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0:00.0	Very bad wizards is a podcast with a philosopher, my dad, and a psychologist, Dave Pizarro,
0:05.9	having an informal discussion about issues and signs and ethics.
0:09.3	Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm out of love to say,
0:13.6	and knowing my dad some very inappropriate jokes.
0:17.0	Immigrants! That's how they do, you know? Just drive around, listening to wraps and shooting all the jobs.
0:23.2	The lady on his phone says,
0:29.2	We do our attention to that man behind the curtain.
0:39.2	Who are you?
0:41.2	Who are you?
0:43.2	I'm very bad man.
0:45.2	I'm a very good man.
0:47.2	Good man.
0:49.2	Just a very bad wizard.
0:51.2	Welcome to very bad wizards. I'm Tamler Summers from the University of Houston, Dave.
1:01.2	For the first time that I can remember anyway,
1:05.2	people paid as much attention to the women's final for as they did to the men's.
1:09.2	Is patriarchy over?
1:11.2	So I didn't see the game, but my understanding is that all the attention was just
1:21.2	to the women's final for as they did to the men's.
1:25.2	Is patriarchy over?
1:27.2	So I didn't see the game,
1:31.2	but my understanding is that all the attention was just because of the racial tension.
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