Iamblichus

The Esoteric Secret Behind UFOs: From Plato’s Cave to the Pentagon

Third Eye DropsOct 20, 2026

This episode argues that UFOs may be better understood through ancient esoteric philosophy than through modern materialism, using Plato's Cave as a framework for seeing sightings as shadows of a deeper reality. It traces luminous entity encounters from Neoplatonic theurgists like Iamblichus and Proclus to modern researchers like J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallée, and John Keel, who concluded the phenomenon is shape-shifting and psychic. It then points to defense and intelligence insiders, from Lockheed executives to whistleblower Jake Barber's claims about psychic 'psionic assets', who appear to share this consciousness-based view.

The Romance of Metaphysics with Emile Alexandrov

New Thinking AllowedAug 20, 2026

Philosopher Emil Alexandrov joins Jeffrey Mishlove to trace metaphysics from the pre-Socratics, Plato and Aristotle through the Neoplatonists, medieval thinkers, Kant and Schopenhauer. Alexandrov argues that every system of first principles responds to something fundamentally unknowable, which he calls the ineffable, and that ancient thinkers used ritual, poetry and theurgy to reach truths that reasoning alone cannot. He closes by suggesting that parapsychology could serve as an experimental branch of metaphysics, helping make sense of evidence that modern rationalism dismisses.