My Wild Ride to Orthodoxy | LSD, Art, Hell, and Heresy
Description
Dr. Jacobs reads his chapter in the second volume "Turning East" (publication TBD). You'll hear him discuss how he came to convert to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, starting from his growing years, doing LSD in late adolescence, his distaste for Western Christianity, and how he came to find and love Eastern patristics.
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(00:00) Intro
(02:52) Early Life
(08:31) A Spiritual Awakening
(16:10) A Disappointing Investigation
(23:52) A philosophy of process
(36:00) Encountering the Eastern Church Fathers
(58:03) The Journey East
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