Research Pathways
Six guided routes connect Jay’s recordings to people, practices, institutions, and unresolved historical questions.
Origins of A.A. and the Oxford Group
How the Oxford Group, Samuel Shoemaker, and early A.A. practices helped shape a new fellowship of recovery.
Explore 3 recordings ↓Bill W. as a spiritual seeker
Jay follows Bill Wilson beyond the familiar founding story and into his sustained search for direct spiritual experience.
Explore 4 recordings ↓Dr. Bob and early A.A.
A focused route through Dr. Bob Smith’s spiritual development, Akron, sponsorship, and the practices that sustained early members.
Explore 2 recordings ↓Carl Jung, mystical experience, and the Twelve Steps
Talks connecting Carl Jung, conversion, ego deflation, varieties of spiritual experience, and the language of the Twelve Steps.
Explore 4 recordings ↓Meditation, prayer, and conscious contact
A practical and historical pathway through prayer, meditation, sponsorship, silence, and the daily pursuit of conscious contact.
Explore 4 recordings ↓Bill Wilson’s psychedelic research
A source-conscious examination of Humphry Osmond, LSD research, Bill Wilson’s later spiritual experimentation, and the difference between documented events and later recollection.
Explore 3 recordings ↓Origins of A.A. and the Oxford Group
How the Oxford Group, Samuel Shoemaker, and early A.A. practices helped shape a new fellowship of recovery.
Index terms
Samuel Shoemaker · Calvary Church · Oxford Group · early A.A. practices
Bill W. as a spiritual seeker
Jay follows Bill Wilson beyond the familiar founding story and into his sustained search for direct spiritual experience.
Index terms
Bill Wilson · William James · transcendence · spiritual authority
English · 日本語The Transcendental Bill W.Listen and read →Presentation
English · 日本語The Deification of Bill W.Listen and read →Presentation
English · 日本語Varieties of Religious Experience, William JamesListen and read →Presentation
English · 日本語
Dr. Bob and early A.A.
A focused route through Dr. Bob Smith’s spiritual development, Akron, sponsorship, and the practices that sustained early members.
Index terms
Dr. Bob Smith · Akron · early group practice · sponsorship
Carl Jung, mystical experience, and the Twelve Steps
Talks connecting Carl Jung, conversion, ego deflation, varieties of spiritual experience, and the language of the Twelve Steps.
Index terms
Carl Jung · conversion · ego deflation · varieties of experience
Meditation, prayer, and conscious contact
A practical and historical pathway through prayer, meditation, sponsorship, silence, and the daily pursuit of conscious contact.
Index terms
prayer · meditation · silence · sponsorship · daily practice
English · 日本語Sustainable Spirituality and SponsorshipListen and read →Presentation
English · 日本語Living in the Fourth Dimension — London WorkshopListen and read →Workshop
English · 日本語Why Don’t You Choose Your Own Conception of God?Listen and read →Panel
English · 日本語Bill W.: Conscious ContactWatch the trailer and explore →Documentary project
Bill Wilson’s psychedelic research
A source-conscious examination of Humphry Osmond, LSD research, Bill Wilson’s later spiritual experimentation, and the difference between documented events and later recollection.
Index terms
Humphry Osmond · Bill Wilson · LSD research · evidence and recollection