A Philosopher Finds God in Seoul: Samuel Barnes Interview

A dialogue with Samuel Barnes, Author of 'Missing Axions' and 'The Iconoclast: An anti-philosophy'. We explore the experience we both share of leaving our homeland the U.K to distant lands. Samuel presents his assessment of our consumer culture and it's 'god shaped hole' before sharing his surprising experience of conversion in Seoul, Korea.Find Samuel Barnes writing at:https://barnes.substack.com/Books at:https://samuelbarnes.com/ Youtube  @smlbarnes  1:13 The call beyond your homeland and philosophy of homelessness10:00 Being an identity mutant and rooting into a place14:40 Going beyond tourist mode23:00 Freedom through responsibility & The God shaped hole’34:00 Resurgence of Christianity in the liminal web and mainstream culture 44:00 The ‘me me’ consumer individual culture and God48:00 Attentional shift of being ‘turned on’ to God53:00 Reconsidering the notion of repentance58:00 Tolkien, Ayahuasca and Experiencing the Eucharist1:00:00 Finding an Anglican Cathedral in Seoul 1:03:00 Sam’s Conversion experience 1:08:00 The perennial dilemma of sensemaking vs wisdom work1:11:45 Entering the Attention Age1:19:00 Our wonderful opportunity