

Metamodern Meaning
Brendan Graham Dempsey
Brendan Graham Dempsey interviews leading thinkers in the metamodernism, integral, syntheist, GameB, and other communities about topics related to meaning-making and spirituality in today's world.
www.BrendanGrahamDempsey.com brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com
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Episodes
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Jun 1, 2021 • 1h 50min
3. The Multi-Perspectival Sacred (w/ Layman Pascal)
Explore the embodiment of the multi-perspectival sacred in metamodern spirituality, from naturalizing the sacred to engaging traditional literalism. Delve into the urgency of spirituality in the present moment, navigating terminologies, and embodying a sacred style with proactive agency. Dive into metaphysics of adjacency, the mystical concept of divine union, and diverse interpretations of numinous experiences.

May 17, 2021 • 1h 53min
2. A Sense of the Whole (w/ Jeremy Johnson)
Brendan Graham Dempsey talks to Jeremy Johnson about structures of consciousness, mapping the whole, and metamodern spirituality.0:00 Introduction2:32 A Trans-Disciplinary Approach4:17 Seeking the Whole: Gebser7:39 Seeking the Whole: Gebser vs. Wilber?10:27 Modern Totalizing: The Limits of Developmental Maps15:37 Our Meta Moment between Worlds20:20 Living the Between: A Non-Totalizing Meta-Narrative?25:47 The Meta-Crisis, The Meaning Crisis, and the Narrative of the In-Between36:03 A Felt Sense of the Whole: Metamodern Reclaiming of the Non-Modern48:28 Approaches to Modern Systems Transformation58:47 Meta Spirituality: Being Present to the Whole1:15:40 Concretizing Presence: Practices for Meta Living1:23:24 Living Out Our Composite Natures: Concretizing Multiple Structures of Consciousness1:38:48 The Whole Beyond Everything1:41:24 A Myth of the Whole: "God" as Originary Presence?More on Jeremy at mutations.blogwww.BrendanGrahamDempsey.com To hear more, visit brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com

8 snips
May 5, 2021 • 1h 19min
1. Updating Religion (w/ Lene Rachel Andersen)
Lene Rachel Andersen discusses updating traditions, cultural code-switching, and sense-making in a metamodern world. They explore the boundaries of cultural codes, the role of premodern beliefs, and the invention of religion. Touching on transcendence and making meaning post-postmodernism, they offer a unique perspective on navigating complexity in today's society.