Hidden Wisdom
Initiating Truth-Seekers in the Mysteries, gently guiding them toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith - without dismantling family or community.
Hidden Wisdom is a podcast for seekers who sense there’s more to faith than meets the eye. Drawing from LDS teachings, Christian mysticism, and universal esoteric principles, Hidden Wisdom bridges the worlds of religion and spirituality, inviting listeners to rediscover the sacred language of symbol and integrate the divine masculine and divine feminine within.
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Hidden Wisdom is hosted by Meghan Farner, mentor and author of “Consider Yourself as Eve: A Guide to Spiritual Development for Women (and the Men Who Love Them.)
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Hidden Wisdom
The Hidden Unity of All Religion: Perennial Philosophy Explained with Phil McLemore
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In this expansive episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner is joined by Phil McLemore for a deep exploration of the Perennial Philosophy—the timeless spiritual truth underlying all authentic religious traditions. Together, they discuss Christ not only as a historical figure, but as a universal pattern of consciousness revealed across mysticism, scripture, and lived spiritual experience.
This conversation bridges Christianity, Eastern wisdom, esoteric theology, and personal revelation, inviting listeners to move beyond dogma and into direct knowing. Phil and Meghan explore awakening, symbolic language, the limits of literalism, and what it means to truly “have eyes to see and ears to hear” in the modern spiritual journey.
This episode is for seekers who feel called to unity, depth, and spiritual maturity, and who sense that truth is larger—and more beautiful remembering—than any single tradition.
00:00 – 02:10 | Opening reflections and introduction to the episode’s theme
02:10 – 04:30 | Introducing Phil McLemore and his background in perennial wisdom
04:30 – 07:45 | What is the Perennial Philosophy? One truth, many expressions
07:45 – 11:20 | Why religions differ on the surface but agree at the mystical core
11:20 – 14:40 | Christ as a pattern of consciousness, not only a historical figure
14:40 – 18:05 | Symbolism vs. literalism in scripture and spiritual language
18:05 – 21:30 | “Eyes to see, ears to hear” — awakening beyond the ego mind
21:30 – 25:10 | Mysticism across traditions: Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and more
25:10 – 28:40 | Why fear-based religion resists mystical knowing
28:40 – 32:20 | The role of ego, identity, and surrender in spiritual awakening
32:20 – 36:00 | The Christ path as transformation, death, and rebirth
36:00 – 39:30 | Unity consciousness and the illusion of separation
39:30 – 43:10 | How perennial wisdom heals religious trauma and division
43:10 – 46:45 | Moving from belief to embodied knowing
46:45 – 50:20 | Practical integration: living from awakened awareness
50:20 – 53:00 | Final reflections on truth, humility, and spiritual maturity
53:00 – 54:30 | Closing thoughts and invitation to deeper inquiry
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