Underland is a timespace in which to slow down and think - an experiment in living, breathing, systematic semiotics. Seth David is a psychodynamic therapist and philosophical theologian, feeling and thinking in place from Seattle-Snohomish, Cascadia.
The episode explores the disguised appearances of the resurrected Christ in the Gospels of John, Luke, and Matthew, revealing deeper meanings.
10 May 2025
The Last Master
Book 2: An Illumination of the Gospel of John Part 3: The Last Master Here is part 3 of 4 in our Illumination of the Gospel of John. In this episode Erik and I discuss the last moments of Jesus with his disciples. We compare Jesus' attitude to the stoic attitude of Socrates in Plato's Phaedo. We consider what it means that Jesus elevates his disciples to the status of friends, looking at what this means in Scripture. And we discuss the infilling of the Holy Spirit in relati...
18 Apr 2025
Signs of Aionion Life
Book 2: An Illumination of the Gospel of John Part 2: Signs of Aionion Life This episode continues the overview of the Gospel of John with my friend Erik. In this episode, we consider the Johannine focus on life, and the special quality of life called "aionion" - usually translated as eternal. We consider the part of John's Gospel (Ch. 2-11) which is structured around 7 signs, with special attention to the first sign: turning the water of...
2 Apr 2025
The Voice of the Mystic Eagle
Book 2: An Illumination of the Gospel of John Part 1: The Voice of the Mystic Eagle This episode introduces my study of John's Gospel, undertaken with the help of my friend Erik. We consider the question: what is unique about John's Gospel, and why is the eagle a fitting symbol for him? Seth is a psychodynamic therapist, supervisor, and teacher practicing in the tradition of Object Relations. Erik is a coach and spiritual guide ...
1 Dec 2023
The Road that Leads to Life (Righteousness III: the Future)
Book 1: An Illumination of Matthew Part 2: The Thesis of JesusChapter 7: The Road that Leads to Life (Righteousness III: the Future) This episode concludes Part 2: The Thesis of Jesus. Jake and I continue to study the 1st discourse of Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount - looking at chapter 7 of Matthew’s Gospel in the light of first three beattitudes, as well as the ethical-existential problem of orienting to the future.Here we look at Jesus...
18 Nov 2023
Trouble for Today (Righteousness II: the Present)
Book 1: An Illumination of Matthew Part 2: The Thesis of JesusChapter 6: Trouble for Today (Righteousness II: the Present) This episode continues Part 2: The Thesis of Jesus. Jake and I continue to discuss the 1st discourse of Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, looking at chapter 6 of Matthew’s Gospel. This chapter contains the heart of Jesus’ Thesis on Righteousness, or Ethics. It is devoted to the question of the Present, and t...
30 Oct 2023
Abolish or Fulfill? (Righteousness I: the Past)
Book 1: An Illumination of Matthew Part 2: The Thesis of JesusChapter 5: Abolish or Fulfill? (Righteousness I: the Past) This episode continues Part 2: The Thesis of Jesus, beginning with the first discourse of Jesus - what has become known as the Sermon on the Mount. Jake joins again - this time, in my therapy office in Seattle - and we discuss Jesus' masterpiece, his "thesis" on Righteousness, the foundational ethical teaching of Chris...
22 Oct 2023
Moonstruck & Demonriddled (The Clinical Context of Jesus)
Book 1: An Illumination of Matthew Part 2: The Thesis of JesusChapter 4: Moonstruck & Demonriddled (The Clinical Context of Jesus) This episode opens Part 2: The Thesis of Jesus. My friend Jake joins me and affords a dialogical approach to the content, as well as a chance to recap the meandering material in Part 1 (and I think this recap in dialogue was much better than the original meanderings from Fall 2020 - so much so that you co...
19 Nov 2020
Revolutionary Ferment
Book 1: An Illumination of Matthew Part 1: The Dark Ground of Christ Chapter 3: Revolutionary Ferment This episode concludes Part 1: The Dark Ground of Christ. I look at the John the Baptist "moment" and the densely symbolic temptation sequence together as providing the final external and internal preparations for Christ to emerge. 1:03 – What John the Baptist represents 2:56 – The...
22 Oct 2020
Of Dreams & Magi
Book 1: An Illumination of Matthew Part 1: The Dark Ground of Christ Chapter 2: Of Dreams & Magi This recording reflects my thinking process with respect to this chapter, which aims to be a commentary on Matthew 1:18-2:23. I open up a discussion of a psychoanalytic picture of dreaming, and of Christianity's debt to Zoroastrian religion. I have not clarified my theses yet, so the thinking here...
23 Sept 2020
Living, Breathing, Systematic Semiotics
What is Underland? One way I'm answering is: that it is an experiment in living, breathing, systematic semiotics. Here, I take an initial stab at defining what I think that means. Ultimately, this will take its definition from what unfolds over time - what Underland becomes.
22 Sept 2020
The Biblical Dialectic of History
Book 1: An Illumination of the Gospel of Matthew Part 1: The Dark Ground of Christ Chapter 1: The Biblical Dialectic of History This episode inaugurates the show, the series, and the first part. I'm looking at Matthew 1:1-17, and exploring the question of history as it is framed by the Bible, reading Christ as the fulfillment of the classical Hebrew tradition. I'm attempting to reveal my thinking process in Fall of 2020 as I sit w...
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