By: Jay Dyer Famous philosopher Thomas Nagel recently published a book questioning the hallowed dogma of strict, reductionist materialism.  I have not read the book, but a philosopher friend recommended...

 Orthodox theology is very precise in its terminology: they aren’t to be altered or given new meanings. With this in mind, what is the relationship between Hellenism and logos?...

By: Jay Dyer When Western theology attempts to understand and interact with Eastern Orthodox theology’s distinctions, it is generally dismissed as “Palamism” – some form of obscure, medieval Byzantine mysticism....

By: Jay Dyer A commonly encountered pseudo-intellectual critique of Orthodox Theology, and ancient Christianity in general, is the accusation of the entire metaphysical superstructure being built on ‘pseudo’-Dionysius, the early...

By: Jay Dyer Phaedo, the dialogue of Plato that concerns Socrates’ final words, is both profound and prone to strike the reader as bizarre and mysterious. The discussion revolves around a proposal by Socrates’...

Guenon, Schuon, Evola and the perennialists, or the Bible and the Orthodox Tradition? Eric at the Perennialist Podcast invited me on to a debate. Stream or Download Audio  Subscribe to...

 The Old Order invited me on to discuss Aesthetics, Orthodoxy, theology, philosophy, and geopolitics. We had a great chat and touched on debates, logic and atheism, as well. Audio...

  Delving into the deep, dark and mysterious undertones hidden in blockbusters and cult classics alike, Esoteric Hollywood explores philosophy, religion, symbolism and geopolitics, and their connections to film. We...

  By: Jay Dyer In a long line of odd kids’ movies from the 80s we’ve detailed, an important missing piece from the to-do list has been Terry Gilliam’s Time...

By: Jay Dyer Secular attempts at mystery and transcendence can never rise above some form of gnosticism or Platonism.  In these schemes, the preset physical world is invariably some phantasm...

 Having explored a good bit of Plato, we move to his greatest student, Aristotle to understand his metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and civil polity. What about universals and particulars? Can...

 A brief introductory clip to this week’s philosophy talk which will delve deeply into Aristotle.  Here we examine the basics of his Metaphysics by understanding his 4 causes. Subscribe...

By; Jay Dyer The doctrine of typology is  often overlooked as an  apologetic principle.  Apologetics generally consists of philosophical arguments, arguments from nature, arguments from mathematics, etc., but rarely considers...

 Stepping back beyond Marcus Aurelius, this week we look into the origins of philosophy itself, the basic questions of metaphysics and the basic questions of theology. What is real?...

 Download the free audio half here.  Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks esoteric Hollywood and movie magic with returning guest Jay Dyer. We...

 Stream or Download Here.  West of the Rockies Radio Jay’s back at it again, this time joining us on West of The Rockies to talk about his new book, Esoteric Hollywood. With...

  In this half video for free, I discuss the historical circumstances and philosophical schools in the Roman Period. Still intoxicated from Hellenism, the Roman Stoics imbibed a syncretic blend...

Jay Dyer gives a basic refutation of relativism in all its forms through a reductio argument. Relativism is self-contradictory and is actually a weaponized pseudo-philosophy. Purchase my book here. To support...

  In this popular series from last year, I covered the entire book of Plato’s monumental Republic.  Arguably the most influential philosophy text of all time, the Republic demonstrates a...

 Jay Dyer and the Boiler Room Crew discuss the debate with Adam Kokesh, how to argue effectively and what constitutes the foundational beliefs within a worldview. We also cover...