Distillations by Brian Luchsinger

Reading and Reacting to an excerpt from Otto Rank's "Psychology and the Soul: A Study of the Origin, Conceptual Evolution, and Nature of the Soul". I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl All of my work can be found here: https://distillationsbl.com/links

Continuing the journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 5 - "Plato and the Cave". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠⁠⁠ Check out my other work here: ⁠⁠⁠https://distillat...

Reading and Reacting to an excerpt from Otto Rank's "Truth and Reality". I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl

Reading and Reacting to an excerpt from Otto Rank's "Truth and Reality". I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl

Reading and Reacting to an excerpt from Otto Rank's "Truth and Reality". I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl

Continuing the journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 4 - "Socrates and the Quest for Wisdom". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠⁠ Check out my other work here: ⁠⁠https...

Reading and Reacting to the beginning of Celestine N. Bittle's "Reality and the Mind: Epistemology". I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl

Reading through my favorite introduction, Jean Grondin's "Introduction To Metaphysics: From Parmenides to Levinas". I had a lot of fun working through this one, it reminded me of the ideas and experiences that first threw me into philosophy, somewhat kicking and screaming lol Grondin writes in a beautiful and engaging style. I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these re...

Continuing the journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 3 - "Continuous Cosmos & Modern World Grammar". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠ Check out my other work here...

From Chris Higgins's "The Good Life of Teaching: An Ethics of Professional Practice". I have no idea how I came across this book or this chapter, but I'm glad I did. I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl

Part 3 reading and reacting to "Kierkegaard's Demonic Boredom" by William McDonald. If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠⁠ Check out my other work here: ⁠⁠https://distillationsbl.com/links

Part 2 reading and reacting to "Kierkegaard's Demonic Boredom" by William McDonald. If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠⁠ Check out my other work here: ⁠⁠https://distillationsbl.com/links

Part 1 reading and reacting to "Kierkegaard's Demonic Boredom" by William McDonald. If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl⁠ Check out my other work here: ⁠https://distillationsbl.com/links

Continuing the journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 2 - "Flow, Metaphor, and the Axial Revolution". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl Check out my other work here: http...

Douglas Rushkoff's book "Program Or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for A Digital Age" significantly shaped my work, attempting to use social media in an actively participatory manner so as to take a conscious part in its future. I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflections in a slower, more open-ended way: https://www.patreon.com/distillationsbl

The beginning of my journey reacting to (engaging critically with) John Vervaeke's "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series. From Episode 1 - "Introduction". If you’re interested in following this project more closely, the full unedited version is available on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/distillationsbl

Douglas Rushkoff is one of the best commentators on the internet age. His idea of the "New Renaissance Person" was an inspiration for my creating this page, I need to remember to keep it as a North Star. "…it’s pointless to be the only renaissance person in town. The more renaissance people we can create, the better.”I’ve also started a Patreon as a place to continue these reflectio...