Welcome to the inaugural episode of Echoes of Heresy – a podcast about spiritual dissent, divergent beliefs and doctrinal conflict across time and tradition.

In this first episode I introduce the project as such and as a whole. I have attempted to lay out the vision behind the podcast series, its overall concept, scope, angle and a range of topics to expect in the future.

I also tried to explore briefly the phenomenon of heterodoxy, from various perspectives: philosophy, psychology, social anthropology, history.

Since the dawn of organized religion, humans have tried to define and defend the sacred. And yet, history reveals that the sacred resists confinement. Even in the most regulated societies, belief has overflowed its borders.

Why do people stray beyond the sanctioned path? Who defines orthodoxy? Why  ...