• 4:05 - 6:36
Dr. Jeffrey J. Kripal | The Super Natural, Religious Experience, & A Hermeneutics Of The Imagination
Losing Worlds, Shifting Perspectives in Scholarship
Dr. Jeffrey Kripal explains his philosophy that a scholar of religion must "lose at least two worlds" to gain true insight. He describes moving from a Catholic upbringing to a Hindu tantric world, arguing that inhabiting a single worldview limits one's understanding. The discussion emphasizes that labels and identifiers are often restrictive, and maintaining an open-ended perspective is essential for studying the anomalous.