Hello, I'm Dr. Stephen Hassan with another episode of the Influence Continuum. And I'm delighted to invite

Philip Goldberg to be my guest this week. Philip has been studying the world's spiritual

traditions for more than 50 years as a practitioner, teacher, and author.

He's an ordained interfaith minister, spiritual counselor, public speaker.

He's presented at major venues throughout the United States and has been featured in numerous publications.

He's authored and co-authored more than 25 books,

including Get Out of Your Own Way, The Intuitive Edge, Road Sines on the Spiritual Path,

American Veda from Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, How Indian Spirituality Change the West,

the Seminole biography of the Life of Yogananda, the Story of the Yogi, who became the first

modern guru, and his most recent book, Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times, Powerful Tools

to Cultivate, Cl clarity, calm, and courage,

which I purchased.

And here's their plug.

And Philip has taught courses on various online platforms, hosts his own podcast, which we will add a link to.

And very interestingly, and a big motivation for me is that he serves on the board of a

new entity called the Association for Spiritual Integrity.

And Philip, I was introduced to you by Rachel Harris, who I was recommended to interview

for this podcast on her latest book on psychedelic wisdom.

And she's a PhD, a very interesting person, and she told me about you,

and I looked at a video of your presentation and others at the Harvard Divinity School meeting,

and I am fascinated to know more about the Association for Spiritual Integrity and your

desire with other practitioners to kind of set standards of practice and honor codes for

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