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Joe Ross: A great conversation with Poet and Friend Joe Ross. The poems he read were entitled: In Line, Interpolation, and Exit wound. Joe Ross is the author of over fourteen books of poetry, most recently, Last Days on Earth , (Dusie Press, 2019); History and its Making – The Making of History , (Bi-lingual French/English, Presses Universitaires de Rouen et du Havre, 2017); 1000 Folds , (Chax Pre...

In this wide ranging conversation we discussed:  Kairos and crisis, Civilisational adolescence, Piaget and stages of development, AI and caring Warm Data, The artist and the Prophet, The Bildung movement, Reintegration of the good the true and the beautiful, Post conventional morality,  Faith and emergence, Post formal faith, The unattainable ideal, Serious play   And so much m...

In our wide ranging conversation we discussed: Her Steve Bannon jacket Gender and complexity Pain and Possibility Gregory Bateson Vulnerable systems The real and the blurring The fly in the bottle Addiction The relationship between science and the arts Double binds and paradoxes Where are we right now Multisensorial universe Walking on slippery rocks Where we are right now in Covid 19 Links An Eco...

John Vervaeke is a professor at the University of Toronto and the creator of the popular online YouTube Series ‘Awakening from The Meaning Crisis’, which is a rich feast of cognitive science, philosophy, religion, and the history of ideas.  What makes Vervaeke special in my opinion is the breadth of his work, but his courage descend the ivory tower and talk to people ‘on the street’—and to ex...

This wide ranging conversation includes: insights on the meaning of the present Covid_19 crisis; a discussion of John and Christopher’s recent essay ( Gnosis in the Second Person: Responding to the Meaning Crisis in the Socratic Quest of Authentic Dialogue.); a discussion on the meaning of socratic dialogue and ecstatic epiphanies - which we tried to exemplify in this conversation; and much more....

In this crazy times the forward and tactical thinking of a chess grandmaster and a great humanitarian might help us a little.    This is the first part of a two part conversation with Jonathan Rowson.   Topics included chess, ecology, technology, spirituality, religion and spirituality, the education meta crisis, post traumatic grown, the value of disequilibrium, the parables o...

In this crazy times the forward and tactical thinking of a chess grandmaster and a great humanitarian might help us a little. This is the first part of a two part conversation. Topics included chess, ecology, technology, spirituality, religion and spirituality, the education meta crisis, post traumatic grown, the value of disequilibrium, the parables of Jesus, and the tiny elephant in the room: Co...

DONATE ON PAYPAL Patreon Medium Rebel Wisdom Articles Twitter Facebook I wanted to talk to Jamie Wheal about American culture, spirituality, and history. About the strange paradoxes of American, and about his search for the American soul, in the times of 'The Upsidedown'—as the TV show Stranger things calls it. American is in the upsidedown, we both agreed. But Jamie transmitted his enthusiasm and...

DONATE ON PAYPAL Patreon Medium Rebel Wisdom Articles Twitter Facebook Intro music: Beautiful Machines, by Andrew Sweeny John Vervaeke is a professor at the University of Toronto and the creator of the popular online YouTube Series ‘Awakening from The Meaning Crisis’, which is a rich feast of cognitive science, philosophy, religion, and the history of ideas.  What makes Vervaeke special in my...

A lateral and very personal conversation with the founder of 'The circling institute' and close friend and associate to John Vervaeke. Keywords:  Listening/Hearkening; Disclosure ; Wandering between worlds; The birth of plenty; Circling and wonder; Intimacy; The sacred and the divine; Aletheia; Heidegger; John Vervaeke; Christopher Mastropietro; Alexander Bard  Guy's Bio:https://guysengs...

DONATE ON PAYPAL Patreon Medium Rebel Wisdom Articles Twitter Facebook Writing etc by Andrew Sweeny: Patreon Medium Rebel Wisdom Articles Twitter Facebook Intro music: Beautiful Machines, by Andrew Sweeny John Vervaeke is a professor at the University of Toronto and the creator of the popular online YouTube Series ‘Awakening from The Meaning Crisis’, which is a rich feast of cognitive science, phi...

A wonderful conversation with the process philosopher and transpersonal psychologist Bonnitta Roy.     Some of the topics covered:  New architectures of mind; Holistic complexity theory; Emergence and process philosophy; Deep Code Protocols; Self organisation; New educational models; The 4 selves; Due Diligence and Social Media; Polarised discourse; Coherent collectives and the...

This is the second part of deep conversation with Dr. Zak Stein.     Zak Stein is philosopher of education working at the interface of psychology, metaphysics, and politics. He has published two books, including Education in Time Between Worlds, along with dozens of articles. This writing was done as he worked co-founding a non-profit and think tank, as well as teaching graduate stu...

This is the first part of mindblowing conversation I had with Dr. Zak Stein.  Trigger warning.  We go really deep really fast.     Zak Stein is philosopher of education working at the interface of psychology, metaphysics, and politics. He has published two books, including Education in Time Between Worlds, along with dozens of articles. This writing was done as he worked c...

John Vervaeke is a professor at the University of Toronto and the creator of the popular online YouTube Series ‘Awakening from The Meaning Crisis’, which is a rich feast of cognitive science, philosophy, religion, and the history of ideas.  What makes Vervaeke special in my opinion is the breadth of his work, but his courage descend the ivory tower and talk to people ‘on the street’—and to ex...

I was first  introduced to Christopher Mastropietro by Peter Limberg for his series on Letter.com, 'impossible conversations'. Our first 'impossible conversation can be found here’:   https://letter.wiki/conversation/232 Christopher is John Vervaeke’s writing and research partner and co-author of ‘ Zombies in Western Culture: A Twentieth Century Crisis ’.  A great book which I have...

Ole Bjerg is an associate professor at the Copenhagen Business school.  He writes in his presentation:  “My research interests circle around a diagnosis of contemporary capitalism. I am currently interested in the simple question: What is money? The assumption is that money is not a given and constant phenomenon. Money changes as the structure of capitalism changes. In my current researc...

Dr Arne Rubinstein is an expert on Rites of Passage and adolescent development, with 30 years experience as a medical doctor, counsellor, mentor, speaker and workshop facilitator. The programs, seminars and programs he’s helped to develop have been attended by over 100,000 people globally and are designed to support boys and girls to successfully make a safe, healthy transition to adulthood, with...

This is the 5th in a series of talks with Stephen Lewis, in which we discuss Rudolf Steiner and his theories of Lucifer and Ahriman, among other things.  Podcast version can be heard on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/podcast-c709ee4 Stephen Lewis is owns an organic bakery in Newfoundland, Canada, is a singer-songwriter, and real philosopher—he is also a bit of a mystic by my estimation. He has all...

This is the 4th in a series of talks with Stephen Lewis, in which we discuss Réne Girard and his theories of the Scapegoat and their broader implications.    Stephen Lewis is owns an organic bakery in Newfoundland, Canada, and is a singer-songwriter, and real philosopher—he is also a bit of a mystic by my estimation. He has all kinds of theories about art, economics, sex and society, &nb...

My thoughts on the re-integration of polarity as the 'next step'. With reference to Ivan Illich's book in Gender:    https://books.google.fr/books/about/Gender.html?id=ZyVHAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

Ronan is a leading voice in transformational change, supporting leaders to transform themselves and their organisations to become the success stories of our complex new world. Ronan is also a leading figure within the Burning Man community, giving the keynote on new politics at their Global Leadership Summit in 2017. He writes and speaks widely about the prospect of a more visionary politics, gues...

A audio essay on the recent debate between Jordan Peterson and Slavov Zizek, based 3 medium essays I wrote about these two men 

Why does Jordan Peterson create such strong and polarised reactions? Andrew Sweeny has written many articles examining Peterson's impact on the culture. In this Skype chat with David Fuller, director of two documentaries about Jordan Peterson, he explains how the reaction to Peterson is largely due to the way that Peterson is reviving a perspective that many thought had been banished forever. It a...

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