Higher Knowledge: Recent Episodes
Chase Weliever
Higher Knowledge hosted by Chase Weliever is all about the seeking of a higher form of knowledge. I hope to accomplish this by researching and discussing topics that I feel are not discussed by more common forms of media. These topics will include spirituality, occultism, naturopathy, philosophy, ancient mythology, social issues, and many other similar concepts. I would describe myself as a student to all of these concepts, and really the whole purpose of this podcast is to encourage myself to dive deeper into topics that I find interesting, and to share what I learn with anyone who is willing to listen. All are welcome here, and I hope you enjoy. :)
Hey guys, In this episode I discuss spiritualism, seances and physical mediumship. I give some background about spiritualism as a whole and then give some testimonies from people who witnessed insane paranormal events during some seances performed by some well know mediums. I talk about seances that included paranormal events like levitating objects, levitating people, spirit apparitions, strange noises, disembodied voices and much more. This one is for all you guys who enjoy paranormal topics as much as I do. I had a lot of fun with this one and I hope to make more like this in the near future. Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00- Intro to mediumship and spiritualism
10:11- Testimonies of physical mediumship
11:05- Daniel Douglas Home
- 14: 12- Dr. F. C. Gunst testimony
- 24:48- William Crooks testimony
34:42- Fox Sisters
44:31- Indridi Indidason
54:24- The Scole Experiment
1:01:44- Stewart Alexander
1:04:30- Podcast recommendation
1:06:12- Concluding thoughts
LINKS:
Test sittings with Daniel Douglas Home at Amsterdam: Dr. F. C. Gunst testimony
https://ia802202.us.archive.org/8/items/DdHomeAmsterdamZorabJpVolume34Pg52to68/DdHomeAmsterdam_Zorab_JpVolume34_pg52to68_text.pdf
Notes of Seances with Daniel Douglas home: William Crookes testimonies
https://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/zCrookes1890JSocPsyRes.pdf
Experiences in Spiritualism with Daniel Douglas Home: Viscount Adare testimonies
http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1869__adare___experiences_in_spiritualism_with_mr_d_d_home.pdf
Notes of an Enquiry into the Phenomena Called Spiritual: William Crookes testimonies including Kate fox seances
http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1874__crookes___notes_of_an_enquiry.pdf
Book: The Icelandic physical medium Indridi Indridason: Loftur R. Gissurarson, Erlendur Haraldsson
The scole experiment:
https://www.thescoleexperiment.com/
https://timcolemanmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/THE-SCOLE-EXPERIMENT-CONCLUSIVE-PROOF-OF-LIFE-AFTER-DEATH.pdf
Stewart Alexander book: An extraordinary journey: memoirs of a physical medium
Podcast recommendation:
Physical mediumship and the nature of reality: An conversation with researcher Walter Rucker parts 1 and 2
Part 1
https://open.spotify.com/episode/44Gn07BOk1qz0JCC60axZz?si=b6a6bb5216744754
Part 2
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3261QFQ6Pf89Ech8mwwaj2?si=9e35f2f2033a40be
Hello everyone, chase here and in this episode I'm wrapping up the conversation on brainwaves. I talk all about brainwave entrainment with a little section about neurofeedback thrown in at the end. In this conversation, I discuss the well know binaural beats and how they can be utilized for changing your dominate brainwaves. I also discuss many other types of brainwave entrainment including monaural beats, isochronic tones, photic stimulation, electromagnetic brainwave entrainment and more.
This conversation also includes an introduction to the Monroe Institute and how they used binaural beats to induce out of body experiences using their Hemi Sync technology in their Gateway Experience audio tapes. I know it sounds crazy but even the CIA was interested in the Gateway Experience and they've recently released articles discussing the process in depth. I have some of these articles linked below in a google doc for anyone interested.
Finally, at the end of this episode I talk about neurofeedback and how it can be used to manage imbalanced brainwave patterns. I will also include some links to more resources to learn about neurofeedback for those who find it interesting.
I put a ton of work into researching this one, I think that this stuff is really interesting and I definitely learned a lot myself. Hope you guys enjoy :)
TIMESTAMPS:
Intro: 00:00
What is entrainment?: 06:11
Three rules to entrainment: 10:43
Brainwave entrainment (BWE): 14:17
How to make BWE the most effective: 17:02
Auditory BWE: 21:08
- Binaural beats: 21:25
- Monaural beats: 27:24
- Isochronic tones: 29:53
Visual BWE: 33:33
Audio-visual BWE: 35:46
Electromagnetic BWE: 38: 43
The Monroe Institute/ The Gateway experience: 42:55
The truth about BWE (cons): 59:52
Biofeedback/neurofeedback: 1:02:58
- examples: 1:08:28
Resources:
If you're interested in some of the research I discovered while making this podcast I made a google doc page with lots of links to articles. At the very bottom there are the links to the CIA documents, Monroe focus levels, and neurofeedback podcasts.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mvy060wTbjd5m_z1F24LtJzQ0YguPxPlKmHuS5ttlXM/edit?usp=sharing
In the first episode of this two part topic, I talk allll about brainwaves, their relationship to states of consciousness and how to consciously manage your dominate brainwaves. I talk about the main five types of brainwaves being delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma. I also give some different strategies for slowing our brainwaves down to reach a more relaxed state of consciousness. This episode provides lots of background for second part of this topic where I will talk all about neurofeedback and brainwave entrainment (including the well known concept of binaural beats). Hope you guys enjoy!!
Hellllloooo everyone, In this episode I talk all about mysticism and all that it entails from a beginners perspective. Let me tell it there is A LOT to talk about with this topic, so I narrowed it down as best as I could. This was definitely one of the ones I wanted to talk about earlier on because its such an important topic. I talk about the mystical experience and what it might be like to have one. I talk pretty in-depth about the greco-roman mystery schools such as the Eleusinian mysteries and the Dionysian mysteries and their connection to mysticism. I also discuss mystical traditions and give some examples of what makes them mystical. This was a hefty one to research, but I am very glad that I did because I learned a lot about this topic that I did not know before. I'm happy to be able to share what I learned with anyone who wants to listen! Hope you enjoy! :)
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00- Intro
1:14- Start of episode / episode overview
4:07- The mystical experience
9:30- Mystery schools and their mystical aspects
12:40- Eleusinian mysteries
22:18- Dionysian mysteries
27:23- Mystic, Mystical, and Mystery definitions, etymology, and connection to mystery schools
31:53- Mysticism definition and mystical traditions
36:04- examples of mystical traditions
38:03- techniques for having a mystical experience in common traditions
50: 21- Conclusion / summary
What is esoteric? What is the occult? How about esotericism and occultism? These are complicated terms that get thrown around a lot in the spiritual and philosophical communities. In this episode, I begin the conversation on esoteric and occult concepts. I explain what these words mean and different ways that they are used and interpreted. I try to cover all the different bases of how people commonly explain these terms. I give some examples of occult and esoteric concepts. I also compare and contrast the two terms and see how they are similar and different from one another. This episodes is meant to be a beginners introduction to esoteric and occult concepts and to build some common ground for the episodes to come on these topics. However even if you've been interested in esotericism and occultism for a while, i'm sure there will be some interesting perspectives in this episode you may have not heard before! Hope you enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00- Intro
04:48- Esotericism
07:13- Examples of esoteric concepts
09:21- Esotericism as a category for spiritual/philosophical belief systems that are not well known
15:42:-Esotericism as knowledge stemming from ancient mystery school knowledge/ initiation into these mystery schools
17:50- esotericism as knowledge stemming from out inner world/ inner process of contemplation
20: 09- Western esotericism, or esotericism from a scholarly perspective
27: 24- esoteric religion
30:24- The parable of the sower
36:59- Why are things esoteric in the first place?
42:30- occultism- definitions
44:42- Occult negative connotations
45:27- What really is the occult?
51:21- How all occult concepts are connected
53:46- Why is occultism associated with evil connotations
56:10- Conclusion
In this episode I begin the discussion on magick, magickal history, and magickal practices as a whole. What is magick? Why is it spelled like that? Where does it come from? What magickal practices are there? These are questions I had when I first began to research these sort of concepts. In this episode I will give answers to all of them! Magick is a deep concept that has been engrained in society since the dawn of mankind. Because it is a topic that goes so deep, this episode will is just an introduction, and will serve to give us some common ground for future topics. I know I don't talk about everything but I tried my darn bestest because this topic is so vast. Hope you enjoy. :)
TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction: 0:00
4 definitions of magick: 5:39
Ancient magick/ ancient cosmology and magick as an integral part of human society: 14:20
- ancient structures/ advanced ancient knowledge (Gobekli Tepe, Stonehenge, Teotihuacan): 19:09
Influential people and magick: 27:32
Materialism and religious impact on magick: 32:25
Modern magick: 34:08
- Why do people use magick today?
Modern Magickal belief systems: 36:13
religious based/influenced magick: 38:10
- popular religions: 38:10
- Paganism/Pagan religions (Wikka, Druidry, Norse): 41:00
- spirituality and magick: 44:40
Folk magick: 47:43
- Appalachian Granny magick: 49:17
- Hoodoo: 50:06
-Ozark: 50:52
Witchcraft: 51:54
Chaos magick: 53:00
Ceremonial magick: 55:04
- core aspects: 55:04
- common names (Garret, Levi, Crowley, Fortune, Dee and Kelly)
- spiritual development and ceremonial magick
-Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram: 1:08:18
Divination: 1:17:59
Alchemy: 1:19:00
Psychic abilities: 1:21:40
Concluding thoughts: 1:25:06
Resources:
Where I got some examples of folk magick:
https://otherworldlyoracle.com/american-folk-magic-types/
Where I got the idea to give multiple definitions of magick:
https://jessihuntenburg.wpcomstaging.com/2021/07/21/what-is-magick-aleister-crowley-dion-fortune-christopher-penczak/
Ancient structures:
https://historycollection.com/16-mysterious-ancient-buildings-and-structures-from-around-the-world/8/
This first episode is all about parapsychology. This fascinating field takes psychic phenomenon into the scientific laboratory to determine if they have any merit to them. And surprisingly, the research has shown time and time again that these abilities definitely exist. In this episode I discuss some of this research in detail, including an overview of a CIA article on their research of psychic phenomenon. I talk in depth about Pat Price, a well known remote viewer for the CIA. I discuss modern researchers in the field, particularly Dean Radin and some of his research. Finally I give my concluding thoughts on the controversies revolving this field and my opinions on it as a whole. Hope you enjoy! :)
TIME STAMPS:
What is parapsychology? 3:05
Psychic abilities through history: 4:50
- shamanism: 5:08
- oracles: 8:03
- Egyptian/heka: 9:03
- occult/ mystery school ceremonial magick
- how magic practices shaped sciences
Paranormal psychology history: 12:48
- hypnosis/ Mesmer: 14:06
- high phenomenon: 16:34
- SPR: 17:35
- Rhine: 18:58
- Zener cards: 19:28
-SRI: 25:35
Remote Viewing and project STARGATE: 26:49
- CIA research overview: 29:18
- Remote viewing and Pat Price: 37:55
- Pat Price death: 53:20
Modern research: 1:02:20
- observer effect: 1:03: 19
- Dean Radin
- intentionally blessed water in plant growth: 1:09:08
- random number generators and the global consciousness project: 1:14:50
Controversy and disbelief of parapsychology research results and concluding thoughts: 1:18:56
In this episode I give some background on myself and discuss what led me to want to make this podcast in the first place. I feel like its important to know who you're getting information from so hopefully this lets you guys get to know me a little better. If you'd rather skip straight to the content, I don't blame you, and that why this is episode 0. So feel free to skip ahead to the first episode on parapsychology if you want :). I find it hard to talk about myself so bare with me and I promise it will get way more interesting from here. Enjoy!