The Bio-Individual Podcast

Episode Notes Alfred Korzybski, General Semantics, Breaking Down The Aristotelian Laws of Thought. In part 2 of the General Semantics Series, we talk through the basis for how we abstract and think. The Aristotelian Laws of Thought and how they shape our everyday life and the way we see things. What are they? How is our interaction with the world and worldview functionally shaped by them? Is there...

Episode Notes This week we are privileged to speak with Dr. Rolph Sattler, author of "Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity Through Science, Philosophy, Art and Spirituality". Please support Rolf and purchase this wonderful book, it's definitely worth your time if you wish to understand the true underpinnings of how we understand the word and ourselves. Link here: https://www.amazon....

Episode Notes Well, what a show. We spoke with Wolfe, a student of the occult and the late great Joseph Lisiewski. Wolfe got in contact with me after hearing my episode with Mark Stavish. Wolfe wanted to set the record straight regarding a few things, and offer his own insights on Joe and on the magical path, as Joe set it out. While it is reccomended maybe to listen to the episode Mark Stavish di...

Episode Notes Quick 6 minute discussion on the no-head episode, I go through some challenges someone approached me with and offered some context. Might be useful for anyone that had trouble finding what was looking! Support The Bio-Individual Podcast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/ship-of-fools-podcast Find out more at https://ship-of-fools-podcast.pinecast.co This...

Episode Notes Alfred Korzybski, the Verb "To Be" & English Prime - Use Case for General Semantics & ePrime: Part 1 of a 4 part series Part 1 of a series on the problems with the verb 'to be' within the context of the English language, our own take on how a simple linguistic feature contributes to personal and civilisational "insanity". This being only one element of Kor...

Episode Notes This week I'm reflecting on something momentous and yet so simple, in my own journey. Something everyone can also benefit from looking into. And that is the fact we have no head. I also share an exercise devised by Harding, you can try yourself to see that you also do not have a head. Subscribe for more videos like this, and many more to come. Youtube Channel Address: https://www.you...

This week we talk about reinstalling the most important of all biological reflexes... I share my experiences and thoughts on Hara. Hara is the Japanese word referencing "the belly," specifically the lower abdomen - literally referred to as the "abdominal heart." This presentation is about the restoration of Hara. An inarguable pre-cursor to a balanced, fearless, and centred ind...

The EcoClipper 500... This week we catch up with sail cargo expert Captain Jorne Langelaan whom is developing and launching a line of emission-free, square-rigged fleet of sail ships. We talk the philosophy and structure of his venture, and talk lessons learnt from cargo by sail’s rich history, aiming to scale up the successes of the newly emerged sailing cargo ships. Cargo has been transported un...

Episode Notes I was privileged to have prolific scientist and author Stephanie Seneff, PhD on with me to discuss the politically charged and thus rather confusing issue of mRNA vaccines for covid-19/ Much of the material you will hear spoken about references a research paper Stephanie published with co-author Greg Nigh in the “International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice and Research”, to whi...

Episode Notes This week we have scholar Rodney Blackhirst on to discuss his excellent short essay, "Concerning the Mysteries of Wine & Spiritual transformation", where he synthesises themes of use and symbolism of wine in Islamic and Christian society. Rodney Blackhirst lectured in Philosophy and Religious Studies at La Trobe University for the past decade, until recently. He has div...

Episode Notes We welcome back Paññobhāsa, now also Mr. David Reynolds, to talk through the challenges and concept of non-duality, what Buddhism has to say on such matters and his re-entry into the Matrix after 30 years as a monk. From Mahathera status to re-entering the everyday world. With us is Mirror of Emptiness ( @969Mirror ) to keep my chaos at bay. David has two book volumes out at the foll...

Episode Notes This week we have scholar Rodney Blackhirst on to discuss his excellent short essay, "The Man-Plant: Central Themes in the Alchemy of Farming", where he synthesizes themes of traditional agriculture & alchemy through the frame of Ancient Greece. We also discuss how this relates to our world and what can be learned. Rodney Blackhirst lectured in Philosophy and Religious...

We're back! Something a little different this week... SOF makes his first guest appearance on the Aureus Press Podcast. @Trad_West_Art Was invited on to talk through some of my thoughts on how agriculture and human flourishing are connected, through the prism of regenerative agriculture, bio-dynamics and theories biomes in the environment. Was a short chat, and obviously so much more to talk throu...

This week we have guest Wayward Cloud on his experiences in Thailand in the Theravada tradition. We have an in depth discussion on his experiences, views on meditation, Buddhism and life in general You can follow Wayward Cloud @Waywardcloud2 He also has a Substack @ https://waywardcloud.substack.com Music & Mixing Credit: Chris Kelly - for all music enquiries, including original music and edit...

Very privileged to talk to Philosopher of technology David Skrbina, Ph. D., David was a senior lecturer at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, from 2003 to 2018. His areas of interest include philosophy of mind, eco-philosophy, philosophy of technology, and environmental ethics. He and Ted Kaczynski published the book Technological Slavery, which elaborates on the Unabomber manifesto and contain...

The Venerable Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu seriously began considering himself a Buddhist, although a sloppy one, at around 19, on reading the book Zen Flesh, Zen Bones , and began favoring Theravada maybe two years later after reading an old translation of the Sutta Nipata. Around 1988 he began searching for a Buddhist monastery in America in which to be ordained, and after being unimpressed by a Zen place...

We welcome Mark Stavish, prolific author and director of the Hermetic institute. Mark was kind enough to join us to discuss the life and work of his friend Joseph Lisiewski, the well known enigmatic Pennsylvanian magician. A character who has fascinated me throughout my life. We talk about his life through the prism of Alchemy and the dreaded work of the notorious Grimoires, for which he is perhap...

In this week's episode, I express my worldview, the problem as I see it. I talk the overwhelming psychic masochism inherent in modernity, traditionalist views, neuroscience and a project I'm working on with some tools I intend to provide frogs - to facilitate the return of men of blood, fire and sword. This is not politics, this is not philosophy. this is anti-philosophy, this is anti-intellectual...

Dr. Harry Oldmeadow, favourite guest of the show, generously joins us again. This week we speak about my personal favourite book of his “Black Elk, Lakota Visionary: The Oglala Holy Man and Sioux Tradition” His book deals with the famous Lakota Tribe wičháša wakȟáŋ (“medicine man, holy man) Heȟáka Sápa, famously known as Black Elk. Harry wrote this book from the perspective of the Perennialist sch...

Dr. John Powers is a Professor of Asian studies, Buddhism & Religion. His books deal with Ancient Indian Buddhism, Indian Philosophy - as dealt with "A Bull of a Man" the work we are dealing with today - and several others on Tibetan Buddhism. Links below. The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure pr...

Jan de Maansnijder is a traditionalist, running a blog of high quality, link below. His works deal with Christian esoteric mysticism and symbolism. As many of you know Jan textually lays waste to all sorts of absurdities inherent in modernity, such as the accelerated movement from the corporeal to digital weeb sub-corporeal of pure quantity and even some lighter subjects like how neanderthals are...

Jan de Maansnijder is a traditionalist, running a blog of high quality, link below. His works deal with Christian esoteric mysticism and symbolism. As many of you know Jan textually lays waste to all sorts of absurdities inherent in modernity, such as the accelerated movement from the corporeal to digital weeb sub-corporeal of pure quantity and even some lighter subjects like how neanderthals are...

Patrick Laude is a scholar, author and teacher. His works deal with the relationship between mysticism, symbolism and poetry, as well as focusing on contemporary spiritual figures such as Simone Weil, Louis Massignon and Frithjof Schuon. Born in France in 1958, Patrick took a graduate degree in Philosophy at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne while studying at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Pari...

This week we are privileged to speak to Alchemist Phoenix Aurelius on his concept of "Alchemi-Culture". That is the art and science of utilising the principles of alchemy for the purposes of agriculture, and effectively building another layer on top of Seiner’s bio-dynamic theory. My mind was completely and utterly blown after this, something that rarely happens these days and I guarantee yours wi...

This week we are privileged to speak to Zen master, Peter “Genjo” Bruza. Peter started Zen practice in the late 80’s with the “Kanzeon Sangha” in The Netherlands while he was working in computer science. His first teacher was Genno Roshi, who as we will hear, greatly helped him on The Way. After moving back to Australia he briefly studied within the Korean Kwan Um school of Zen. From there and as...