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Give me your video suggestions!

🕑 Added 2022-08-16 09:15:08 +0000 UTC

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Evelyn Tao

More sects in Buddhist traditions like Mahayana, Theravada and their later developments as Dozgchen, Zen etc

Hrishikesh Diwan

I'd love to see a video that compares and contrasts the monist concepts that run through such diverse systems of thought as Sufism, Advaita Vedant, Gnostic thought, and so on. The contrasts are important of course but what astonished me was the similarity given how separated by time, culture, and contest these systems are

Elizabeth Groff (GR)

Iconoclasm with the Byzantines!

J Jones

It might be interesting to your youtube followers to offer an ad-free version of your videos for patreon supporters...

WC2022 Q

a simple video on a easy to practice ancient and hidden method, for a lay man to be successful and live with much luck.

Frederique Boele

How about a Course in Miracles? Tips in with the neoplatonism there!

Marlin

would like more than what's available on this path (what I found above)

Marlin

Inspirations on the Path of Blame and Sufism and the Way of Blame by Yannis Toussulis

Filip Holm

Good idea!

Airic Easm

Rudolf Steiner

Airic Easm

Chinese Islamic Jurisprudence, political Islam in communist China, sinic of Islam.

Tommie Kelly

Theosophy!

Melih Elmas

Please do Alevism. I think it's one of the most interesting sects in Islam. I even can't decide whether it's Islam or not. Women does participate in religious services mixed with men (cem). It's forbidden for us to go to mosque and pray. Sometimes people drink wine for commemorating Ali. Some Christian figures are also accepted as saints such as Elijah and George. As trivia, The Janissaries had to be Bektashi for initiation. And some Christians converted to Alevism en masse to escape acrocities which, funnily, another persecuted belief itself. Also, the main lodge is in Albania rather than Turkey because Atatürk banned lodges.

Filip Holm

I love Ramon Llull, and really want to cover him at some point.

Philipp Blume

I would love to see a video that covers Ramon Llull (Raimundus Lullus). I know that’s a tall order but maybe he’s already on your radar anyway. Keep up the excellent work!

Martin Wittner

Yeeees! NOI, Five Percenters, Nuwaubian Nation... huge recommandation for Michael Muhammad Knights books Ehen it comes to this.

Martin Wittner

Wasn't Shams Tabrizi famous for that?

Martin Wittner

Taqwacore The Nuwaubian Nation Five Percenters Nation of Islam (Last there could maybe be summed up)

wazhma ehrari

Abdul-Qādir Bedil

Allison Hudson

You should do a video on Hazrat Mahdi, the prince that was promised, and is yet to come!

coins

jilani

Sankalp

Caste in South-Asian religions

Sankalp

Ahmadiyyas

Gina Athena

Also, Idries Shah

Gina Athena

That concept (I’ve forgotten what it’s called) of reaching illumination not through the line of masters but by one’s self (possibly by influence Hidthr character) and any recorded who have done so like Ibn Arabi.

Gina Athena

Falun Dafa

Gina Athena

Hidthr

Brian ó' Caoindealbháin

Hi Philip. You asked a few weeks ago about other ideas for videos. I gave you some suggestions then. But I'd been thinking over the past few weeks about three other religious figures that I'd be interested in getting your take on: Hafez of Shiraz, Origen of Alexandria - especially his ideas on reincarnation and Shams-i-Tabrizi. If you could do something on those, it would be really cool. Thanks, Brian

Wrik Chatterjee

How about a video about the Black American Muslim tradition? A video about African-American religion in general would also be interesting.

Azadeh Rasooli

Imam Mahdi

Thomas Blase

Shamanism? It would be a bit of a departure from your usual focus on specific historical figures and texts in established religions. It's as much an anthropological subject as it is a religious studies subject. The are a lot of controversies to explore, such as whether the term shamanism can even be properly applied outside of a very specific context. But I'd be very interested to hear your take on some of those issues. Michael Harner is a good writer to start with if you're interested.

Ahmed Ijunad Junaid

What about the religions, customs, beliefs, and worldviews of Amazonian tribes (can pick tribe or be more general)?

Filip Holm

Cool topics! Thanks!

Filip Holm

I've definitely considered traveling and making videos on location, so to say!

Filip Holm

That's a great idea I hadn't though about. Just a general video on the Essenes could be cool, and I could bring up the topic on Jesus' connection to them in the video. Thanks!

Filip Holm

Yep! Good one

Filip Holm

Absolutely!

Wrik Chatterjee

(1) More about Sufi music, especially contemporary Sufi genres like Sufi rock (2) Something about New Age spirituality (historical roots and influences)

josh

I the the satanic verses and the author getting stabbed in an important topic currently. I tried looking up info on the topic and all I found were partisan points of views and were not very insightful

Brian ó' Caoindealbháin

Hi Philip. Your videos really are fascinating and very professionally done. I look forward to them each time. What I think would be really cool is if you could do something about G.I. Gurdjieff, P.D. Ouspensky and J.G. Bennett.

Alex Otsuki

Kashmir Shaivism and other vids on Buddhism!

Karen Nardi

4, Travel. Have you thought about leading a group of people to the Middle East to learn about Islam? It could be fascinating and I think many would be interested. You could start at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, and move around holy sites. It could also include archaeological sites and artistic heritage, maybe even a trip to Iran. You could partner with reputable travel companies like Far Horizons or National Geographic or American Archaeological Institute.

Karen Nardi

3. Christian mysticism and the spiritual practices of the Christian wisdom traditions (spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, various forms of prayer including heychasm and centering prayer, icon visualization, meditation, ). It would be interesting to compare them with spiritual practices of other religions. One reason so many people have drifted away from Christianity is that churches do not offer the concrete spiritual practices that so many enjoy in Buddhism and other eastern traditions.

Karen Nardi

2. Cults versus religion.

Karen Nardi

1. The Essenes, and was Jesus an Essene?

Faris Algosaibi

perennialism

Hemant Nimbark

Different philosophical schools of Hinduism namely - Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimansa, Vedanta and sub-schools within them like shaiv, Vashnav, shaktya and Nath. I know you already covered little bit of vedanta under Shankara's and Ramanuja's episode but there is lot more to cover in Hinduism.

Fodool

Another suggestion is also the internal differences between the major religions e.g the schism between catholic and orthodox, the essense of the 15th century reformations (i.e protestantism), the sunni-shia split (its history, theological differences, etc). Those are known examples but you could also apply that idea to judaism, hinduism, Buddhism, etc.

Fodool

Ooo I didn't know about the shinto episode. I'll definitely be watching that pretty soon.

Filip Holm

Already did a Shinto episode, but Confucianism is a possible candidate. Andrew already did a really great series on that, but I could always put my own spin on it, I guess!

Filip Holm

Yep, I still probably will. Nice to know that there is still interest!

Filip Holm

Definitely something I should do!

Filip Holm

Interesting idea!

Fodool

Maybe confucianism or Shintoism? Or maybe more material about hinduism

Nedim Sabic

Malamatiyya (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malamatiyya) of which ibn Arabi, Mensur Halaj and Shams were part of. More than a year ago, you told me: "I've definitely thought about making videos about them at same point, and I probably will!"