Seekers of Unity | Inner Religion | Ron Margolin @SeekersofUnity | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Join us on a journey into the fascinating world of comparative religion. Join us as we explore the intersection between ethics and metaphysics, and the intricate relationship between meaning and mysticism. From the descriptive to the prescriptive, from the dangers to the rewards of interiorization, Professor Margolin's exploration of these concepts offers a unique perspective on the modern role of religion. Whether you're seeking deeper insights or pondering the meaning of mysticism, this conversation promises to be an intellectual and philosophical delight.

Professor Ron Margolin is a Research Fellow of the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute, with a doctorate in Jewish thought from Tel Aviv University.
He teaches modern Jewish thought in the Department of Jewish Philosophy and Comparative Religion at Tel Aviv University.
His publications include The Human Temple: Religious Interiorization and the Structuring of Inner Life in Early Hasidism (Hebrew, 2006).
Source: https://www.hartman.org.il/person/ron-margolin/

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00:00 Excerpt
00:41 Introducing Professor Margolin
01:37 Comparative Religion: Pitfalls and Benefits
07:05 William James and the Modern Role of Religion
14:27 The Humanistic Values Guiding Ron’s Research
17:43 A Question of Ethics
19:46 Can we have Ethics without Metaphysics?
22:31 The Descriptive to Prescriptive Leap
25:03 The Meaning of Meaning
37:30 The Meaning of Mysticism
1:04:09 Finding Meaning
1:10:40 Are you a Mystic?
1:13:12 The End of Ron’s Book
1:27:38 The Ends
1:40:16 A Process of Interiorization
1:44:59 The Dangers of Interiorization
1:50:59 Logic of Mysticism
1:59:27 Practicum

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