Brendan Graham Dempsey interviews leading thinkers in the metamodernism, integral, syntheist, GameB, and other communities about topics related to meaning-makin...
64. Processing the 2024 Election (w/ Layman Pascal)
After the re-election of Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States last night, I check in with Layman Pascal to get his take on the political landscape. What can we learn from what's going on? How can we be more open across differences instead of closed and blaming? In fact, how much internal energy should we expend on such matters at all? And what should we expect about the future of the public sphere that might help us better orient to what matters most?0:00 Introduction3:27 Surface vs. Structure10:08 What Can We Learn from the Trump Moment?14:11 Placing Blame20:44 Valuing Nonrational Collective Intelligence26:46 Failures of the Democratic Left 33:26 It Matters, and It Doesn't39:53 What Does a Progressive Revolution Look Like?48:47 Towards a Metamodern Politics of Spectacle1:00:41 A Future of Astonishments1:13:33 The Coming Carnival of the Public Sphere1:17:52 Approaches to Media Consumption1:22:26 Finding Equanimity anf Value in Disruption1:25:35 Conclusion Get full access to Brendan Graham Dempsey at brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com/subscribe
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63. A Praxis for Development in Metamodern Christianity (w/ Doug Scott)
I'm joined by Doug Scott, LCSW, to discuss his SH!PS approach to interpersonal transformation and development. Doug is a clinical social worker with a background in ministry and has worked as a mental health counselor since 2001. Here we discuss the common pattern Doug has abstracted from his counseling and pastoral experience for achieving growth and connection, uniting spiritual and mental health perspectives. 0:00 Introduction1:26 Doug's Story6:47 A Praxis for Development and TransformationThe SH!PS Approach12:18 (I)nterview: Perspective-Taking21:32 (S)olidarity: We're All in this Together27:27 (H)ope: Cultivating Aspirational Purpose56:55 (P)rocess: Honoring the Way Things Become1:03:22 (S)ervice: How to Human Better1:11:24 Conclusion Get full access to Brendan Graham Dempsey at brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com/subscribe
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62. UTOK and Metamodern Alchemy (w/ Gregg Henriques)
Gregg Henriques and I talk about the release of his new book UTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge through Sky Meadow Press. We discuss how this book is different from other works Gregg has written, its aesthetic nod to the classic alchemical tradition, and the arc of his journey from hard-nosed materialism to metamodern metatheoretical mythopoeia. We talk about UTOK through the lens of personal mythology and religio and the grand takeaway about the nature of meaning and the sacred from such a system.The book is available at https://www.skymeadowinstitute.org/press0:00 Introduction0:28 UTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge Published by Sky Meadow Press2:56 An Accessible, Aesthetic Primer for UTOK6:32 Big Picture Thinking and Metamodern Alchemy16:27 From Modern Materialist Reductionism to Metamodern Emergent Mythos22:20 Life and Calling: Personal Myth and "Building the Cathedral"27:08 Avoiding the Pitfalls of Imaginal/Archetypal Projects34:10 Relating to Meaning and the Sacred38:32 Mythos and Logos: Waking up to a New Worldview44:21 Ritual and Praxis in a Time Between Worlds48:07 UTOK as Framework for Religio50:44 Mythopoeia admidst the Desire for Tradition56:46 UTOK...? So What? The Miracle of Self Knowing the World1:07:09 Conclusion Get full access to Brendan Graham Dempsey at brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com/subscribe
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61. Reality, Abstraction, Mysticism (w/ Matt Segall)
Process thinker Matt Segall joins me again to continue our ongoing metaphysical exploration of a panmatheistic universe coming to self-knowledge. Here we discuss modern science's "blind spot" with regard to direct experience vs. scientific abstraction and the problem of "misplaced concreteness" before considering the proper understanding of the role of the human in the cosmos. 0:00 Introduction2:02 "The Blind Spot": Mistaking Scientific Models for Reality12:59 The Limits of Abstraction: From Idea to Feeling34:18 Learning as Movement from Concrete to Abstract46:00 Quantum Mechanics, Misplaced Concreteness, and Conceptual Prehension58:16 The Will of the Universe to Wake Up: Towards Anthropos + Christ1:11:03 Towards a 360Ā° Platonism1:20:50 Art, Incarnation, and the Face of God1:33:09 Next Questions Get full access to Brendan Graham Dempsey at brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com/subscribe
Rafe Kelley and I discuss his recent transformational experiences with Christianity, then consider the best sense-making frames for such life-altering religious experiences. What are the role of Christianity's traditional propositional claims relative to direct experiential encounters with the Christ archetype? Can the activation of transformational memetic archetypes actually require acting "as if" some false claims are true? 0:00 Introduction2:06 Character: Who Do You Want to Be?7:08 Rafe's Background30:35 The Christian Lure in the West49:56 Mythos and Logos1:03:25 Rafe's Conversion1:16:45 Experience vs. Theology1:26:17 Faith and the Transhistorical1:39:22 Toggling into the Christ Archetype1:47:17 Metamemes, Consciousness, and Believing "As If"1:57:18 Building the Cathedral2:03:58 Conclusion Get full access to Brendan Graham Dempsey at brendangrahamdempsey.substack.com/subscribe
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