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Alexander Arguelles

Guru Viking Podcast

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In this episode I am once again joined by Dr Alexander Arguelles, linguist, world-renowned polyglot, and scholar of comparative religion.Dr Arguelles continues the biographical thread taken up in his previous episode, recalling, after his years of intense language study in Korea, accepting a Professorship in Lebanon to immerse in Arabic and later fleeing the country with his family as war erupted there. Dr Arguelles recalls teaching positions in California, Singapore, Dubai, and the language immersions that those posting facilitated. Dr Arguelles also critiques current trends in the American university system, compares it to the past, proposes alternative structures and reformations, and offers his thoughts on the future of academia.…Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep207-wandering-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles-2 Also available on Youtube, iTunes, &amp; Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.…Topics Include:00:00 - Intro02:54 - Accepting a professorship in Lebanon to immerse in Arabic05:26 - Reflecting on learning Arabic08:19 - Mental technique to turn off the English mind09:18 - Fleeing Lebanon when war broke out15:01 - Teaching at the New College of California 19:27 - :Early activity on ‘How To Learn A Language’ forum21:47 - How would Professor Arguelles reform education in America today?26:11 - Learning 4 languages at once 32:30 - Teaching in Singapore as a Language Specialist 35:14 - Collaboration with linguist Paul Nation 38:34 - Teaching adults vs university students 42:42 - Accepting a professorship in Dubai and more Arabic immersion40:03 - Being studied as a polyglot and learning Hebrew51:08 - The rich story tradition of Arabic 53:47 - Death of Prof Arguelles’ brother56:07 - Homeschooling his sons in multiple languages58:51 - Mixed experiences at the Concorida Language Villages in Minnesota 01:08:59 - Professor Arguelles Academy 01:12:23 - Criticisms of academia and today’s University system01:21:29 - Predicting the future of Universities in the USA01:23:30 - Language learning as meditation …Previous episode with Dr Alexander Arguelles:- https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep199-path-of-the-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles To find our more about Dr Alexander Arguelles and his Academy, visit:- https://www.alexanderarguelles.com/academy/ For more interviews, videos, and more visit:- https://www.guruviking.com Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James

In this episode I am once again joined by Dr Alexander Arguelles, linguist, world-renowned polyglot, and scholar of comparative religion. Dr Arguelles continues the biographical thread taken up in his previous episode, recalling, after his years of intense language study in Korea, accepting a Professorship in Lebanon to immerse in Arabic and later fleeing the country with his family as war erupted there. Dr Arguelles recalls teaching positions in California, Singapore, Dubai, and the language immersions that those posting facilitated. Dr Arguelles also critiques current trends in the American university system, compares it to the past, proposes alternative structures and reformations, and offers his thoughts on the future of academia. … Video version: <a href="https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep207-wandering-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep207-wandering-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles-2</a>  Also available on Youtube, iTunes, &amp; Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’. … Topics Include: 00:00 - Intro 02:54 - Accepting a professorship in Lebanon to immerse in Arabic 05:26 - Reflecting on learning Arabic 08:19 - Mental technique to turn off the English mind 09:18 - Fleeing Lebanon when war broke out 15:01 - Teaching at the New College of California 19:27 - :Early activity on ‘How To Learn A Language’ forum 21:47 - How would Professor Arguelles reform education in America today? 26:11 - Learning 4 languages at once 32:30 - Teaching in Singapore as a Language Specialist 35:14 - Collaboration with linguist Paul Nation 38:34 - Teaching adults vs university students 42:42 - Accepting a professorship in Dubai and more Arabic immersion 40:03 - Being studied as a polyglot and learning Hebrew 51:08 - The rich story tradition of Arabic 53:47 - Death of Prof Arguelles’ brother 56:07 - Homeschooling his sons in multiple languages 58:51 - Mixed experiences at the Concorida Language Villages in Minnesota 01:08:59 - Professor Arguelles Academy 01:12:23 - Criticisms of academia and today’s University system 01:21:29 - Predicting the future of Universities in the USA 01:23:30 - Language learning as meditation … Previous episode with Dr Alexander Arguelles: - <a href="https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep199-path-of-the-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep199-path-of-the-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles</a> To find our more about Dr Alexander Arguelles and his Academy, visit: - <a href="https://www.alexanderarguelles.com/academy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.alexanderarguelles.com/academy/</a> For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - <a href="https://www.guruviking.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guruviking.com</a> Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James

Ep207: Wandering Polyglot - Dr Alexander Arguelles 2

In this episode I am joined by Dr Alexander Arguelles, linguist, world-renowned polyglot, and scholar of comparative religion.In this episode, Dr Arguelles recounts his unusual upbringing in counter-culture America, traces his academic career through institutions such as the Universities of Columbia and Chicago, and details his remarkable life as a scholar and teacher.Dr Arguelles illuminates the inner world of the polyglot, listing his dozens of ancient and modern languages and revealing his methods of study, his surprising daily routine, and how deep immersion in language families such as Germanic or Romantic, can unlock all related languages without the need for extensive study.Dr Arguelles also reflects on his own spiritual life, including his mystical conversion to Catholicism, the unravelling of his vocation as a Benedictine monk, his time in Buddhist meditation retreat, and the ways in which a life of study and language learning can be a profound spiritual path of meditation.…Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep199-path-of-the-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles Also available on Youtube, iTunes, &amp; Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.…Topics Include:00:00 - Intro01:14 - How Steve met Dr Arguelles 02:40 - Inspiration behind the Academy05:06 - The power of peers 07:54 - Dr Arguelles’ unusual upbringing11:49 - Discouraged from language learning by polyglot father14:41 - Areligious family context16:19 - Dr Arguelles’ brother’s catastrophic brain disease 17:45 - Encountering Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas at Columbia University19:24 - Drawn to the Mystery and conversion to Catholicism 21:53 - The unravelling of his vocation as a Benedictine monk24:03 - Obtaining a PhD at the University of Chicago about dreams in the Old 24:56 - Norse sagas25:30 - Reflecting on his conversion experience 28:18 - Dr Arguelles’ current spiritual position31:10 - Thomas Merton and the Mystery32:37 - Born to be a monk 34:08 - Dr Arguelles’ language learning journey35:29 - Learning French, German, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit at Columbia36:58 - Old Norse, Old High German, Middle High German, Old English, Medieval French at University of Chicago 38:34 - The murder of Ioan Petru Culianu 40:03 - Postdoctoral work on 1890s neo-paganism at the Berlin Centre for Advanced European Studies41:09 - Immersing in the Germanic and Romance language branches44:23 - Seeking a greater challenge45:30 - Unlocking the entire language branch46:59 - Different personalities in different languages?47:55 - Awakening languages rather than learning them51:09 - How many languages does Dr Arguelles speak?54:04 - Dr Arguelles’ regret54:44 - The advantage of reading texts in their original languages58:21 - Monastic phase in South Korea and intense learning01:03:42 - Learning more languages and immersing in self-study01:07:08 - Dr Arguelles’ daily routine, beginning at 2am01:08:46 - Emerging from the monastic phase and getting married01:09:32 - Immersion in Sanskrit and pruning his languages 01:11:55 - Immersion in Arabic in Lebanon01:13:05 - Attending Buddhist retreats at Haeinsa in South Korea01:16:47 - Committing faux pas on retreat01:18:11 - Meeting and marrying Park Hyun-Kyung01:20:44 - Dr Arguelles’ language meditation techniques and learning as a spiritual path01:22:14 - Languages offered at the Academy01:24:27 - Learning Sanskrit 01:25:37 - Comparative religions and the Great Books …To find our more about Dr Alexander Arguelles and his Academy, visit:- https://www.alexanderarguelles.com/academy/ For more interviews, videos, and more visit:- https://www.guruviking.com... 	Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James

In this episode I am joined by Dr Alexander Arguelles, linguist, world-renowned polyglot, and scholar of comparative religion. In this episode, Dr Arguelles recounts his unusual upbringing in counter-culture America, traces his academic career through institutions such as the Universities of Columbia and Chicago, and details his remarkable life as a scholar and teacher. Dr Arguelles illuminates the inner world of the polyglot, listing his dozens of ancient and modern languages and revealing his methods of study, his surprising daily routine, and how deep immersion in language families such as Germanic or Romantic, can unlock all related languages without the need for extensive study. Dr Arguelles also reflects on his own spiritual life, including his mystical conversion to Catholicism, the unravelling of his vocation as a Benedictine monk, his time in Buddhist meditation retreat, and the ways in which a life of study and language learning can be a profound spiritual path of meditation. … Video version: <a href="https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep199-path-of-the-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep199-path-of-the-polyglot-dr-alexander-arguelles</a>  Also available on Youtube, iTunes, &amp; Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’. … Topics Include: 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - How Steve met Dr Arguelles 02:40 - Inspiration behind the Academy 05:06 - The power of peers 07:54 - Dr Arguelles’ unusual upbringing 11:49 - Discouraged from language learning by polyglot father 14:41 - Areligious family context 16:19 - Dr Arguelles’ brother’s catastrophic brain disease 17:45 - Encountering Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas at Columbia University 19:24 - Drawn to the Mystery and conversion to Catholicism 21:53 - The unravelling of his vocation as a Benedictine monk 24:03 - Obtaining a PhD at the University of Chicago about dreams in the Old 24:56 - Norse sagas 25:30 - Reflecting on his conversion experience 28:18 - Dr Arguelles’ current spiritual position 31:10 - Thomas Merton and the Mystery 32:37 - Born to be a monk 34:08 - Dr Arguelles’ language learning journey 35:29 - Learning French, German, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit at Columbia 36:58 - Old Norse, Old High German, Middle High German, Old English, Medieval French at University of Chicago 38:34 - The murder of Ioan Petru Culianu 40:03 - Postdoctoral work on 1890s neo-paganism at the Berlin Centre for Advanced European Studies 41:09 - Immersing in the Germanic and Romance language branches 44:23 - Seeking a greater challenge 45:30 - Unlocking the entire language branch 46:59 - Different personalities in different languages? 47:55 - Awakening languages rather than learning them 51:09 - How many languages does Dr Arguelles speak? 54:04 - Dr Arguelles’ regret 54:44 - The advantage of reading texts in their original languages 58:21 - Monastic phase in South Korea and intense learning 01:03:42 - Learning more languages and immersing in self-study 01:07:08 - Dr Arguelles’ daily routine, beginning at 2am 01:08:46 - Emerging from the monastic phase and getting married 01:09:32 - Immersion in Sanskrit and pruning his languages 01:11:55 - Immersion in Arabic in Lebanon 01:13:05 - Attending Buddhist retreats at Haeinsa in South Korea 01:16:47 - Committing faux pas on retreat 01:18:11 - Meeting and marrying Park Hyun-Kyung 01:20:44 - Dr Arguelles’ language meditation techniques and learning as a spiritual path 01:22:14 - Languages offered at the Academy 01:24:27 - Learning Sanskrit 01:25:37 - Comparative religions and the Great Books … To find our more about Dr Alexander Arguelles and his Academy, visit: - <a href="https://www.alexanderarguelles.com/academy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.alexanderarguelles.com/academy/</a> For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - <a href="https://www.guruviking.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guruviking.com</a> ... 	 Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James