Jacob's Ladder: Robert Stark Talks to Jay Dyer

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Jay Dyer

Arts, Education, Comedy, Performing Arts

4.6 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Robert Stark and Matt Pegan talk to author and TV presenter Jay Dyer about the psychological horror film Jacob’s Ladder (1990). Jay Dyer is the author of Esoteric Hollywood:: Sex, Cults and Symbols in Film and you can watch his show on YouTube. Also check out Robert’s interview with Jay on Stark Truth TV at the Paramount Movie Ranch which was damaged in a wildfire shortly after filming.

Topics:

Jacob’s Ladder’s cult following and its director Adrian Lyne
The film’s plot, layers revealed, and symbolism
The Phoenix Program and Project MKUltra
Pseudo Christian themes in the film with references to the Bible, Christian mystic Meister Eckhart, and Dante’s Purgatorio
The concept of the soul journey in Orthodox Christianity and Gnosticism
The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary
Studies on Near Death Experiences
Comparisons to other films including Flatliners, Silent Hill: Revelation, Hellraiser: Inferno, Southbound, Insidious, The Triangle, U Turn, Enter the Void, and The Void
The British electronic band The KLF
Jay’s upcoming lecture series on the history of the mafia

Checkout Robert Stark’s Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, Stark Truth TV, novel Journey to Vapor Island, and in production documentary The Gospel of Gibson.

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0:00.0	You know, the secret to a successful ad is not necessarily a crisp, clear and glossy voice that interrupts your podcast.
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0:12.8	TikTok means business.
0:18.1	This is the Stark Truth, hosted by Robert Stark.
0:22.4	Brought to you by Starktruthradio.com.
0:26.9	Robert Stark is an American journalist and political commentator.
0:31.0	You can listen to his podcast at www.
0:33.5	www.starttruthradio.com. W. I'm going to be able to be it. This is Robert Stark.
1:17.3	I'm joined here with Jay Dyer.
1:20.0	We're going to be discussing the film Jacob's Ladder.
1:23.7	Jay Dyer is an author, TV presenter,
1:26.5	known for his analysis of Hollywood, geopolitics, and culture.
1:33.0	Jay, it's great having you on the show.
1:36.1	Yeah, man.
1:37.3	We had a good time we met in California a couple summers back, and then that plays Burned Down.
1:42.1	Oh, yeah.
1:42.9	I forget the name of it, but it's like a it's a, it's a, was a movie set for, Paramount
1:47.4	studio park. Oh, yeah, right. Yep. Burn to the ground about a month after we recorded that
1:52.4	interview there. Yeah, we still have it on Star Truth TV. Great having you back on and also
1:57.6	join here with Matt Peggin. Yeah, good to be on.
2:01.2	Good to talk to you again, Jay.
2:02.7	Yeah, man.
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