Ep317: Dead Sea Magic - Lama Glenn Mullin & Oded Rahav
I host a dialogue between Lama Glenn Mullin and Oded Rahav about the magic of the Dead Sea.
Available on Youtube, iTunes, SoundCloud & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.
Oded shares how he fell in love with the Dead Sea, the power of story and the arts in communicating important messages, and why he believes water is a sacred medium.
Glenn reveals the power of sacred places and how they are formed through a combination of geomantic features and human spiritual activity.
Glenn and Oded explore the history of the Dead Sea region, trace 10000 years of Western mysticism, and discuss how the area may hold the keys to peace in the region.
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Oded’s world record swim to save the Dead Sea
03:10 - The political complexity of the Dead Sea swim
04:11 - Falling in love with the Dead Sea
05:51 - Meeting Glenn Mullin
06:52 - How to build trust
08:08 - The powerful energy of sacred places
11:03 - The impact of humans on the earth
11:37 - Glenn talks about the Dead Sea
13:02 - How to relate to sacred places
14:19 - A great healing sea
14:55 - The Dalai Lama’s prophecy
15:39 - Saving the Dead Sea
16:48 - A potential peace initiative
18:45 - A million signatures
19:29 - Water is a scared medium
20:24 - Dead Sea stories
22:08 - Biological attributes of the Dead Sea
23:05 - Dead Sea is vanishing
23:38 - 4 main threats to the Dead Sea
27:55 - Water treating
28:55 - Practical solutions to political problems
30:03 - Power places and pilgrimage
32:03 - Magic of the Dead Sea
34:49 - Twin rivers and other initiatives
36:49 - Incentivising capitalism
38:00 - Poems about the Dead Sea
39:34 - Glenn’s history with the Dead Sea
40:27 - Arts initiatives
41:02 - More Dead Sea poetry
41:39 - 10000 years of Western mysticism
42:14 - Glenn’s message to listeners
43:36 - Oded’s invitation to listeners
45:41 - Geomancy vs human mystical infusion in creating sacred places
49:01 - Why save the Dead Sea?
50:04 - A future-oriented perspective
52:03 - How change happens
56:41 - Meditation caves next to the Dead Sea
57:34 - Meditation caves around the world
01:01:03 - Tibetan medicine and healing retreats
01:03:09 - Oded’s documentary
01:04:33 - Rheumatism and skin
Previous episodes with Lama Glenn Mullin:
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Find out more about Oded Rahav & the Dead Sea Guardians:
• https://deadseaguardians.org/team/
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James