Shawn's Odyssey
Shawn's Odyssey
Shawn's Odyssey
A record of a journey out of LDS Mormon belief
MSEP Episode 6: The Function of Music in Religious Experience
Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast! In this sixth episode, we consider the function of music in religious experience and give several examples of both religious and "spiritual" music, as well as discussing the function of personal and religious preferences in shaping what is and isn't spiritually stimulating for a person. To subscribe to this series, add this URL to your favourite Podcast Player or look it up on iTunes: http://shawnsodyssey.net/feed/podcast/mormon-spiritual-experiences-podcast Media Attribution & References (in order of apperance)  Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor History of Music: Wikipedia LDS Church Green Hymnbook Quote Music Evoked Nostalgia Jesus Camp Documentary Piece Jesu the very thought is sweet MOTAB Planetshakers - Anthem (best to watch the YouTube video for full effect) Scientology song - we stand tall Enya - Aniron Andreas Waldetoft - Deep Space Travel
Oct 27, 2017
31 min
MSEP Episode 5: The Indistinguishability Argument
Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast! In this brief fifth episode, we discuss how the episodes so far in the podcast are structured according to the framework we're building, how they will be structured going forward, and the "Indistinguishability Argument" is presented wrapping up the foundational episodes for this series. To subscribe to this series, add this URL to your favourite Podcast Player or look it up on iTunes: http://shawnsodyssey.net/feed/podcast/mormon-spiritual-experiences-podcast Media Attribution (in order of apperance)  Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor
Aug 9, 2017
8 min
MSEP Episode 4: The Power of Belief in shaping Religious Experience
Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast! In this fourth episode, I talk about how the kinds of religious experiences we're capable of having depend on what we believe we're capable of experiencing. In other words, how the belief in certain ideas makes them real to us. To subscribe to this series, add this URL to your favourite Podcast Player or look it up on iTunes: http://shawnsodyssey.net/feed/podcast/mormon-spiritual-experiences-podcast Media Attribution (in order of apperance)  Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor Intro Music: R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly Scientology Thetan explanation of Scientology Website Article about Thetans: Wikipedia Body Thetans: Project Gutenberg L. Ron Hubbard Body Thetan segment from Going Clear Steven Hassan quotes from his book Combatting Cult Mind Control Becky Fisher segment from Jesus Camp Personal stories from my experience
Feb 1, 2017
29 min
MSEP Episode 3: The Personal Significance of Religious Experiences
Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast! In this third episode, I talk about how religious experiences can be very significant personally and have tangible benefits, regardless of what we think the nature of them is. To subscribe to this series, add this URL to your favourite Podcast Player or look it up on iTunes: http://shawnsodyssey.net/feed/podcast/mormon-spiritual-experiences-podcast Media Attribution (in order of apperance)  Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor Rave Religious Experience Quotes from Tony Hsieh's Delivering Happiness Near Death Experience provided by a private friend and anonomysed "How to convert an atheist" documentary by Derren Brown Some quotes from Sam Harris' Waking Up
Oct 16, 2016
53 min
MSEP Episode 2: Why the Divine Witness is unreliable for truth assertions
Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast! In this second episode, I explain in detail and give examples as to why using the "Divine Witness" framework is a flawed foundation upon which to make truth assertions. To subscribe to this series, add this URL to your favourite Podcast Player or look it up on iTunes: http://shawnsodyssey.net/feed/podcast/mormon-spiritual-experiences-podcast Media Attribution (in order of apperance)  Bumper Music: Peter Roe – Legend of Valor LDS, Bruce R. McConkie; The Purifying Power of Gethsemane 1985 LDS, Richard G. Scott ; Have No Regrets: 1999 True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days: "Factions" This American Live radio show, 1996, Transcript available (Three quotes taken from this) Divine Truth, AJ Miller, YouTube  Homepage Video, directly accessible here Divine Truth, AJ Miller, "general process that God designed" quote from 8.0 my LDS journey Divine Truth, AJ Miller, account of woman leaving her husband, from Sunday Night - Inside Australia's Chilling New Cult (AJ Miller) (both testimonies from this video too) Islamic testimonies from compilation; 8.0 my LDS journey Judaic testimonies from compilation; spiritual witness Christian testimonies from compilation; spiritual witness  
Sep 2, 2016
46 min
MSEP Episode 1: Introduction
  Welcome to the Mormon Spiritual Experiences Podcast! In this first episode, I explain the purpose of the podcast and give some context as to the importance of this project from the LDS theological point of view. To subscribe to this series, add this URL to your favourite Podcast Player (I am still working on directories such as iTunes): http://shawnsodyssey.net/feed/podcast/mormon-spiritual-experiences-podcast Media Attribution Bumper Music: Peter Roe - Legend of Valor "Seek out a greater imagination" conversation: Star Trek Voyager, Series 3 Episode 26.
Aug 24, 2016
16 min