The History of Language, a Philosopher's Perspective

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Owen barfield was one of the inklings, you know, this group of writers who used to meet in oxford. He had this interesting idea that if we study the history of language, we can see that language tharts a kind of evolution of consciousness. I readly like the analogy, if wer sending postcards to yourself, or like one part of you sending a post card to another part a,. definitely, sort of, it's a powerful image. It kind of icaptulatesit. What about a language? What about the rollof language? And this.

Gary Lachman is a writer and philosopher, whose work focuses on human imagination and the history of occult ideas. In this episode we discuss:

- Moving between the rational and the imaginative modes of consciousness - The rise of meme magic in politics and how Trump, Putin others have used it - How to make sense of a world dominated by philosophies of nihilism

We also discuss Gary’s experience in the rock band Blondie in the mid 70s, how the internet shapes reality and the history of some of the most important ideas about consciousness.