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Alan Watts famously said about psychedelics “Once you get the message, hang up the phone”. But what does it actually mean? This talk will expand in the ideas in my book ‘The Bigger Picture’ to explain how 4E cognitive science and psychedelic phenomenology can help us internalise psychedelic ways of seeing and being that go beyond the drugs themselves.
Bio:
Alexander is an author, journalist and facilitator focused on bringing new ways of seeing and being from the margins of culture into the mainstream. he does this through writing, and by creating transformative experiences that invite us to find ways to evolve and thrive in the chaotic times we live in. He is author of The Bigger Picture: How psychedelics can help us make sense of the world and write a popular Substack; Kainos
Find out more:
alexanderbeiner.com
Substack: substack.com/@alexanderbeiner
Alan Watts famously said about psychedelics “Once you get the message, hang up the phone”. But what does it actually mean? This talk will expand in the ideas in my book ‘The Bigger Picture’ to explain how 4E cognitive science and psychedelic phenomenology can help us internalise psychedelic ways of seeing and being that go beyond the drugs themselves.
Bio:
Alexander is an author, journalist and facilitator focused on bringing new ways of seeing and being from the margins of culture into the mainstream. he does this through writing, and by creating transformative experiences that invite us to find ways to evolve and thrive in the chaotic times we live in. He is author of The Bigger Picture: How psychedelics can help us make sense of the world and write a popular Substack; Kainos
Find out more:
alexanderbeiner.com
Substack: substack.com/@alexanderbeiner
