

Parallax
Andrew Sweeny
https://www.parallax-media.eu/
Heterodox magazine for philosophy, spirituality and psychology
Heterodox magazine for philosophy, spirituality and psychology
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Oct 7, 2022 • 1h 28min
Parallax Sangha #2: Cadell Last- Leading the Spirit
Cadell Last talks to Owen Cox about spiritual leadership in the context of his work at The Philosophy Portal and the philosophy of Hegel and Nietzsche.
What is Parallax Sangha? Parallax Sangha is a digital classroom and living community dedicated to studying, practising, and contemplating matters of the soul and psyche. We are a network of friends, writers, teachers, and podcasters offering online study circles, classes, as well as offline events all over Europe. Apply for parallax sangha here: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-sangha
Cadell Last is an anthropologist, philosopher and therapist focused on biocultural evolution, mind-matter relation and future speculations. He earned his PhD in interdisciplinary and complexity studies at the Evolution, Cognition and Complexity group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is also the author of over a dozen academic publications and two books: Global Brain Singularity and Sex, Masculinity, God. He is the founder of The Philosophy Portal.
Links: Philosophy Portal - https://philosophyportal.online/ Cadell Last's Website - https://cadelllast.com/

Oct 1, 2022 • 1h 13min
Parallax Interview: Wokeness, deconstructed, with Prof. Hans Georg Möller (carefree wandering)
Is wokeness essentially neo-liberal? Is it a modern or postmodern phaenomomen? Why do leftists and greens betray their agenda? What is the US goal in regard of the ucraine crisis, and in what way is it related to wokeness? And are there religious aspects of woke?
Hans Georg Möller is professor of Philosophy at the University of Macau. His research focuses on Social and Political Thought and on Chinese and Comparative Philosophy. He is author of You and Your Profile: Identity after Authenticity, The Moral Fool: A Case for Amorality and several book on Daoist philosophy. You can find him at his popular YouTube channel Carefree Wandering

Sep 24, 2022 • 55min
The Parallax View #57: Aleister Gurdjieff
September 24th 2022
A tale of two brothers

Sep 22, 2022 • 1h 23min
Parallax Sangha #1: Layman Pascal: "On George Gurdjieff and The 4th Way"
A deep discussion with Layman Pascal about the relevance and ideas of Armenian mystic George Gurdjieff.
For more information about Parallax Sangha:https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-sangha
Upcoming events:
https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-sangha-1
Layman Pascal is an author, public speaker, yoga teacher, nondualist theologian, meditation advocate & chakra biopsychologist. He is the host of the popular podcast THE INTEGRAL STAGE. He is based in Thunder Bay, Ontario on the amethyst-rich Northwest tip of the world’s largest freshwater lake. He is a writer on themes of developmental cultural philosophy, shamanism and organic spiritual development. Lately, he has been active as a board member of the Foundation for Integral Religion and Spirituality and a founder of the Beyond Interfaith project, Ontario Depth Adaptation and leader of the Metamodern Spirituality retreats in Vermont.

Sep 17, 2022 • 1h 1min
The Parallax View #56: Lost in Translation
A nietzschean discussion about woke and spirituality

Sep 17, 2022 • 1h 53min
Parallax Interview mit Daniel Christian Wahl: Regenerative Kulturen gestalten
Wie wägen wir unser Verhalten in einer zunehmend komplexen Welt ab? Was ist ‘Interbeing’ und der Unterschied zwischen ‘Resillienz’ und ‘transformativer Resillienz’? Vor allem aber: Welche Narrative und Perspektiven müssen wir ändern, um den Krisen des 21.sten Jahrhunderts sinnvoll begegnen zu können?
Daniel Christian Wahl wurde 1971 in München geboren und wuchs in Deutschland auf. Als er 28 Jahre alt war, hatte er bereits 35 Länder auf sechs Kontinenten bereist. Zu Beginn seiner Karriere arbeitete er als Meeresbiologe und Tauchlehrer, bevor er sich 1998 entschloss, sich auf Nachhaltigkeit und nachhaltige Gemeinschaften zu konzentrieren. Ursprünglich als Biologe und Zoologe an der Universität von Edinburgh und der Universität von Kalifornien, Santa Cruz, ausgebildet, hat Daniel auch einen MSc in Holistic Science (Schumacher College, 2002) und einen PhD in Natural Design (Universität von Dundee, 2006).
Daniel hat über das der UNO angegliederte Schulungszentrum CIFAL Scotland Workshops zum Kapazitätsaufbau für lokale Behörden und Unternehmen zu einer breiten Palette von Nachhaltigkeitsthemen abgehalten. Zu seinen Beratungskunden gehörten das Institut für Ausbildung und Forschung der Vereinten Nationen (UNITAR), UK Foresight der britischen Regierung (mit Decision Integrity Ltd.), LEAD International, CLEAR Village und Unternehmen wie Camper, Ecover (mit Forum for the Future), Lush und der Tourismus-Innovationscluster Balears.t sowie verschiedene Universitäten und Wohlfahrtsverbände.
Von 2007 bis 2010 war er Direktor des Findhorn College. In dieser Zeit half er bei der Entwicklung des MSc in Sustainable Community Design (Heriot-Watt University), war Mitbegründer der ‚Learning Partnership for Creative Sustainability‘ und Mitorganisator von zwei internationalen Bioneers-Konferenzen in Holland und Findhorn. Daniel ist Mitglied von Gaia Education (seit 2007) und dem International Futures Forum (seit 2009). Er ist außerdem Fellow der RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) und des Findhorn Foundation Fellowship.

Sep 10, 2022 • 1h 1min
The Parallax View #55: Umbilical cord
Our thoughts on the queen´s passing

Sep 3, 2022 • 1h 3min
The Parallax View #54: The secret to success
You learn the true reason why Peterson was so successful, why Rings of Power suck, and the reason why McEnroe became a cultural icon. With Andrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque

Aug 27, 2022 • 1h 9min
The Parallax View #53: Metamodernism is undead
You can also listen to Samuel Barbers Adagio for Strings and mourn the collapse of the west instead.

Aug 24, 2022 • 1h 4min
Stephen Lewis: The death and rebirth of the west
A dialogos with Andrew Sweeny
A conversation with Baker, musician, and philosopher Stephen Lewis about the next arc of civilisation after the supernova death of liberalism and social democracy.