Robert Stark and Matt Pegan talk to author and TV presenter Jay Dyer about the psychological horror film Jacob’s Ladder (1990). Jay Dyer is the author of Esoteric Hollywood:: Sex, Cults and Symbols in Film and you can watch his show on YouTube. Also check out Robert’s interview with Jay on Stark Truth TV at the Paramount Movie Ranch which was damaged in a wildfire shortly after filming.Topics:Jacob’s Ladder’s cult following and its director Adrian LyneThe film’s plot, layers revealed, and symbolismThe Phoenix Program and Project MKUltraPseudo Christian themes in the film with references to the Bible, Christian mystic Meister Eckhart, and Dante’s PurgatorioThe concept of the soul journey in Orthodox Christianity and GnosticismThe Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy LearyStudies on Near Death ExperiencesComparisons to other films including Flatliners, Silent Hill: Revelation, Hellraiser: Inferno, Southbound, Insidious, The Triangle, U Turn, Enter the Void, and The VoidThe British electronic band The KLFJay’s upcoming lecture series on the history of the mafiaCheckout Robert Stark’s Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, Stark Truth TV, novel Journey to Vapor Island, and in production documentary The Gospel of Gibson.