New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Sep 10, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast Margaret Nash Rubin is affectionately referred to as Peggy. Since 1987 she has also been the principal teaching associate of Jean Houston. Working with Jean Houston, Peggy Rubin has presented classes, workshops and trainings throughout the United States, and in Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Sweden, Greece, Egypt, The Netherlands, India, West Africa, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Jamaica, and on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme, in Albania, St. Lucia, Barbados, Kenya, and the Philippines. Margaret, reflects on her decades as principal teaching associate to the legendary Jean Houston, sharing intimate stories of Houston’s transformative encounters with the goddess Athena in Athens, her rejection of a theatrical career, and the subsequent path into sacred psychology. She recounts their joint mystery schools, guided journeys, social artistry work, and Houston’s gift for evoking human magnificence through myth, archetypes, and the body. Drawing on personal memories, Peggy celebrates Houston’s lifelong devotion to the possible human in a possible world, her relationships with figures like Joseph Campbell and Buckminster Fuller, and the enduring legacy that continues through students and programs worldwide. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:30 Welcome and Peggy’s background 00:09:09 Jean’s theater offer and Athena’s call 00:16:08 Mystery school and mystical gifts 00:20:16 Influences of Campbell and Fuller 00:25:43 Archetypes and Proclus 00:33:39 Dromenon and the labyrinth 00:42:03 Gratitude and Stanislavski roots 00:53:17 Psychedelic research and Bob Masters 01:01:11 Conclusion New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on Thursday, August 13, 2026)