The Meditating Philosopher | Beside After Socrates /w Layman Pascal & Bruce Alderman | Ep 7 | On Episode 11-13 @TheMeditatingPhilosopher | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
In this video, Layman Pascal, Bruce Alderman, and I reflect on various highlights from episodes 11-13 of the After Socrates series. We discuss the importance of ritual as a way of knowing and the role it plays in religion.
We also explore different modes of reality and the need for different linguistic frames to best understand them.
We delve into the concept of symbols and how they become flat and dead and the need for shamans who can help re-energize dead symbols.
Layman, Bruce, and I further propose the need for a socially recognized high status class of shamans or technicians of the sacred, which would create a functional pattern of the Sacred.
Ultimately, they suggest the need for a new mythology for our time, one that must contain an element of discovery and eruption that is recognized by the people being exposed to it.
In the second hour, Layman, Bruce, and I discuss various topics related to the role of stories, myth, ritual, and identity.
We emphasize the importance of multi-modality in learning and embodying practices to connect and reveal, while also discussing the challenge of transferring inner experiences of spiritual practices to the Western world.
We also delve into the concept of indexicality, the importance of personal connections, and the need to create spaces for dialogical encounters.
The conversation ends with a playful note of trying to attract John, who has a fascination with acoustic equipment, and discussing the trickster in the Jungian sense as a way of making sense of what couldn't be said or what isn't being talked about.
Some miscellaneous references:
Vervaeke Dictionary (Thanks, Lizelle!!) : docs.google.com/document/d/1vwxZ3cvcZ6v_YELUzWWfLdXmGmq0R_F-LC5SGfHgsOA/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks!
In this video, Layman Pascal, Bruce Alderman, and I reflect on various highlights from episodes 11-13 of the After Socrates series. We discuss the importance of ritual as a way of knowing and the role it plays in religion.
We also explore different modes of reality and the need for different linguistic frames to best understand them.
We delve into the concept of symbols and how they become flat and dead and the need for shamans who can help re-energize dead symbols.
Layman, Bruce, and I further propose the need for a socially recognized high status class of shamans or technicians of the sacred, which would create a functional pattern of the Sacred.
Ultimately, they suggest the need for a new mythology for our time, one that must contain an element of discovery and eruption that is recognized by the people being exposed to it.
In the second hour, Layman, Bruce, and I discuss various topics related to the role of stories, myth, ritual, and identity.
We emphasize the importance of multi-modality in learning and embodying practices to connect and reveal, while also discussing the challenge of transferring inner experiences of spiritual practices to the Western world.
We also delve into the concept of indexicality, the importance of personal connections, and the need to create spaces for dialogical encounters.
The conversation ends with a playful note of trying to attract John, who has a fascination with acoustic equipment, and discussing the trickster in the Jungian sense as a way of making sense of what couldn't be said or what isn't being talked about.
Some miscellaneous references:
Vervaeke Dictionary (Thanks, Lizelle!!) : docs.google.com/document/d/1vwxZ3cvcZ6v_YELUzWWfLdXmGmq0R_F-LC5SGfHgsOA/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks!
