Echoes of Heresy

religion, spirituality, history · EN

Echoes of Heresy – a podcast about spiritual dissent, divergent beliefs and doctrinal conflict across time and tradition. In each episode the host, Andy Altschuler, looks into the stories of heterodox thinkers, movements or systems from various places, epochs and traditions. He also explores doctrinally problematic, controversial or insufficiently defined theological concepts and ritual practices within the mainstream religious frameworks. From visionary cosmologies and mystical dissidents to folk saints, philosophical provocateurs, and long-buried sects, each episode dives into a story of a particular movement or sect, theological concept or trend, heterodox thinker or strain of thinkers, with references to primary and secondary sources, highlighting curious facts and crucial details. It’s not strictly academic, but grounded in scholarship. Not esoteric, not sensationalist, not pushing any ideology — just curious, evidence-based e