The Radical Reformation, a 4-part series with Dr. Drake Williams III. Visit our deep dive into the works of one of the Radical Reformation's mosst important thinkers, Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig (1489-1561.) Schwenckfeld's understanding of the scriptures and the sacraments paved the way for symbolic and spiritualist interpretations of the Christian message, like Swedenborg's, and it is important to understanding the currents that made such interpretation possible. 

Part 1: An Overview Part 1 video on Youtube

Part 2: The Eucharist, available Nov. 3, 2025  Part 2, The Eucharist

Part 3: Available after Nov. 9, 2025

Part 4: Available after Nov. 16, 2025

Tendai Buddhism with Rev. Jikai Dehn. Rev. Dehn lays out the primary motivations and fundamental commitments of the Tiantai / Tendai School of Buddhism, and provides you with axis points so you can investigate further if the material speaks to you. Tendai Buddhism Talk

Brazil's Valley of the Dawn, with Dr. Kelly Hayes of Indiana University. Learn about a new religious movement in Brazil and what inspired it. This globally-burgeoning movement combines elements of Brazilian spirituality with esoteric metaphysics, offering adherents a space-age cosmology that is manifested in an elaborate material culture of colorful vestments, architectural forms, vivid imagery and theatrical rituals. Valley of the Dawn

Understanding the Christ Event, Part 2, with Rev. Robert McCluskey. Different theological systems have a different idea about salvation. Swedenborg was emphatic that substitutionary atonement – the Jesus died for our sins, and by professing a belief in Jesus, we are relieved of them – was morally wrong and completely transfigured the true character of the Lord. Instead, he promoted a Christus Victor theory, which emphasizes the Lord's victory over the power of death and the influence of the Hells upon us. Understanding the Christ Event, Part 2

Swedenborg's Inward Turn, with Rev. Robert McCluskey. In the mid 1700s, Swedenborg offered to the world a remarkable and profound gift: the internal sense of the Word. Not the objective, historical, literal sense re: events from long ago. Instead, it was a turn to the subjective, personal, spiritual sense re: the inner life of the reader. A worldview which sees human life not as a historical event, but as a psychological experience. We will briefly trace the history of this "inward turn," Swedenborg's contribution to it, and how it continues to inform modern consciousness.Swedenborg's Inward Turn

The Language of Angels, with Dr. Avery Morrow. Dr. Morrow introduces the role that Swedenborg had within 20th century Japanese occult discourse, especially that relating to the origin on language. The notion of a "language of the gods" had fascinated Japanese intellectuals for centuries. Several major Japanese occultists found inspiration in Swedenborg's notion of the language of angels, and sought to wed these theories to their own nationalistic and occult projects. Linguistics, after chemistry, might rightly be called the first esoteric science and Japan gives us another testament to this strange attempt to get at the center of communication.  The Language of Angels

Primitive Baptist Universalism, with Elder Jonathan Buttry. Zoom recording of a presentation by Jonathan Buttry, an Elder at the Holston Valley Church about the Appalachian tradition of Primitive Baptist Universalism. Originating in the late 19th Century, the PBUs teach a highly original theology. The "no-Hellers" as they are often referred to pejoratively locally due to their belief that Hell is not an eternal place of torment, but a state experienced in this life. Primitive Baptist Universalism