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Shozan Jack Haubner talks to Andrew Sweeny about Zen, Comedy, Love, Learning to Die, Leonard Cohen, and other things that matter the most. Shozan describes himself as a Zen priest, writer, bon vivant, and confused renunciate. Failed screenwriter, poet, stand-up comic, and Catholic. Available for parties. He is also the award-winning author of Single White Monk: Tales of Death, Failure, and Bad Sex...

Tom and Andrew ramble about the the irregularities around the margins

Tammy Peterson catches up with Andrew Sweeny and speaks about her Catholic conversion, storytelling, her husband Jordan Peterson's tours, a critique of feminism, the need for deep listening, prayer, beauty, negotiation and wrestling with God. A wise and quiet but articulate counterpart to her firebrand husband! Links: https://www.youtube.com/@Tammy-Peterson/about Parallax Events: https://paral...

Tom and Andrew ramble about pyramids, critical paths, AI, doom and gloom, Baudelaire´s great poem on drunkenness, and beauty in the streets of Palma.

A conversation with educational philosopher Dr Zak Stein about the future of education, AI, and its dystopian and utopian possibilities. What happens when we create the supermind. Hosted by Andrew Sweeny Zak Stein studied philosophy and religion at Hampshire College, and then educational neuroscience, human development, and the philosophy of education at Harvard University. While a student at Harv...

Hosted by Andrew Sweeny The first of a monthly series of discussions, Love or Die, in which Marc elaborates on what he has called 'The global intimacy crisis' and 'CosmoErotic Humanism'. How can we rewrite the source code of the present epoch and create a new story? The stakes are high. It’s Love or Die! Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, and passionate philoso...

Arabella Thais is a writer, philosopher and podcast host. We ramble about art as an antidote to existential dread.

Hosted by Andrew Sweeny Dr Angela Puca holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Philosophy. In 2021, The University of Leeds awarded her a PhD in Anthropology of Religion, which will soon be published with Brill. Her research focuses on magic, witchcraft, Paganism, esotericism, shamanism, and related currents. Author of several peer-reviewed publications and co-editor of the forthcoming ‘Pagan...

Jules Evans is a writer, historian of ideas and practical philosopher. Jules is now leading the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project - researching psychedelic harm reduction, ethics and integration. He wrote the essay 'More evolved than you', outlining several spiritual pathologies. In this talk, we delve into his essay.

Tom and Andrew ramble about the patriarchy, a trans-spectrum, and tough handjobs.

Hosted by Andrew Sweeny A discussion with philosopher and cognitive scientist John Vervaeke and his writing partner Christopher Mastropietro about the philosophers they love best: for John, Socrates for and Christopher Søren Kierkegaard. Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership and Donation: https://paral...

Hosted by Andrew Sweeny Fanny Norlin has for the past ten years lived and breathed decentralised initiatives, where she, for the past five years, has specialised in the role the feminine and masculine play for leaders, organisations and the emerging society. She has created a framework that can help us cut through the culture wars and distorted versions of both polarities and unleash the power and...

Tom Amarque and Andrew Sweeny ramble about society as an organism, resonance, chance, offerings and the sweet smell of success

Hosted by Andrew Sweeny How are men and women different? An inquiry into the male and female principle, spirituality, tantra, and eros. Pamela von Sabljar is a new breed speaker, facilitator, and mentor working at the evolutionary edge. She practices dialoguing, sensing, creating, and leading from this ever-emergent edge. She calls this Living from Eros. Links: https://www.pamelavonsabljar.com Par...

Alex Ebert is an American singer-songwriter, best known for being the lead singer and songwriter for the American band 'Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros'. He is an Golden Globe winning composer for the Robert Redford movie "All is lost". But most of all, Ebert is also a pretty deep and fascinating thinker and philosopher. Tom Amarque and Andrew Sweeny invited him to The Paral...

With Alexander Bard, Alex Ebert, Fanny Norlin—Moderated by Andrew Sweeny What have the mysterious renegades from the legendary Intellectual Deep Web been thinking about lately?

Tom Amarque and Andrew Sweeny ramble about feminism and the recurrence of the same

March 25th 2023 Tom Amarque and Andrew Sweeny ramble about the Illiad, Archetypes, Gods, Individualism, ROTA, and the cure for the world. Somewhat it all belongs together.

A Zoroastrian, A Jew, and a Buddhist - The Mystic Orders along The Silk Road What happens when a Zoroastrian, a Jew, and a Buddhist get together and have a conversation? A spirited debate where Zevi and I get 'barded'. Mysticism, religion, anthropology, and philosophy galore! Zevi Slavin is the creator of Seekers of Unity, an educational project and community dedicated to a collaborative,...

Owen Cox and Andrew Sweeny in conversation with the widely respected author and blogger in fields ranging from nature spirituality to the future of industrial society, John Michael Greer is the author of more than seventy books, including sixteen novels, and blogs weekly at ecosophia.net. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Sara. "Parallax academy is an educational and media-based network...

Tom and Andrew ramble about object-permanence, paradigm-shifts and Tom´s new Parallax-Series on 'Magick and the Ecology of Psyche'

Are there any essences left?

Most Gurus wouldn’t admit to having started a cult. Imagine Osho apologising for creating his cult in Oregon, where his students practised actual bio-terrorism! Impossible to conceive of! But Andrew Cohen is different — a humbled and repentant Guru, which may seem like a contradiction in terms. In any case, Cohen’s harrowing story of meeting the shadow of the Guru is compelling. And in our mercile...

A View into the Ecology of Psyche Written and narrated by Tom Amarque Part VII is partly based on Tom Amarque´s 2019 book "Der Wille zur Transzendenz" [Will to transcendence]. Here we will finally answer the question of what Magick is.

A View into the Ecology of Psyche Written and narrated by Tom Amarque Part VI is partly based on Tom Amarque´s 2007 book "Entwicklung als Passion" [ Development as passion ]. Here we will encounter talent and the technology of the Daimon.