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The Observable Unknown
Dr. Juan Carlos Rey
39 episodes
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Mailbag Episode 3: Eros and the Sacred Body
The Observable Unknown
7 minutes
1 week ago
Mailbag Episode 3: Eros and the Sacred Body
In this profound installment of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the ancient and often misunderstood intersection of erotic performance and spirituality. Responding to a listener’s question from San Antonio, Dr. Rey traces how the language of desire has always mirrored the language of the divine. From Plato’s Symposium to modern neuroscience, Eros emerges not as indulgence but as a way of knowing. Drawing on the work of Jaak Panksepp, Helen Fisher, and Andrew Newberg, Dr. Rey reveals that the same neural circuits governing erotic arousal - dopamine, oxytocin, and the reward pathways of the limbic system - also ignite during prayer, meditation, and states of awe. Pleasure and transcendence, he suggests, are biologically intertwined. This episode also examines performance as ritual: how the body, in conscious movement, becomes both subject and sacrament. We visit the anthropology of Dionysian rites, the psychological insights of Carl Jung, and the somatic therapies of Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine, each pointing toward a single truth - that awareness within desire transforms instinct into revelation. Listeners will discover that sacred sensuality is neither paradox nor provocation, but a form of embodied theology. In Dr. Rey’s words, “To feel is to know, and to know through feeling is to remember what the soul once forgot.” Tune in to The Observable Unknown for this meditation on the chemistry of longing, the neurobiology of transcendence, and the oldest sacrament of all - the consciousness that trembles when it recognizes itself.
The Observable Unknown