Parallax
295 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingshttps://www.parallax-media.eu/
Heterodox magazine for philosophy, spirituality and psychology
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Parallax Academy# 3: Andrew Cohen - The Guru and The Shadow?
March 15, 2023 15:47 - 1 hour - 104 MBMost Gurus wouldn’t admit to having started a cult. Imagine Osho apologising for creating his cult in Oregon, where his students practised actual bio-terrorism! Impossible to conceive of! But Andrew Cohen is different — a humbled and repentant Guru, which may seem like a contradiction in terms. In any case, Cohen’s harrowing story of meeting the shadow of the Guru is compelling. And in our merciless world of cancel culture, I think it deserves to be told. Cohen has written a new book entit...
Series: The Structure of Magick - Part VII: Magick in Theory and Practise
March 05, 2023 10:05 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBA View into the Ecology of Psyche Written and narrated by Tom Amarque Part VII is partly based on Tom Amarque´s 2019 book "Der Wille zur Transzendenz" [Will to transcendence]. Here we will finally answer the question of what Magick is. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Series: The Structure of Magick - Part VI: Daimonotechnique
March 05, 2023 10:01 - 19 minutes - 26.1 MBA View into the Ecology of Psyche Written and narrated by Tom Amarque Part VI is partly based on Tom Amarque´s 2007 book "Entwicklung als Passion" [Development as passion]. Here we will encounter talent and the technology of the Daimon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Series: The Structure of Magick - Part V: The Rules of Meditation
March 05, 2023 09:58 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBA View into the Ecology of Psyche Written and Narrated by Tom Amarque Part V is partly based on Tom Amarque´s 2019 book "Der Wille zur Transzendenz” [The will to transcendence] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Series: The Structure of Magick - Part IV: The Ritual
March 05, 2023 09:55 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBA View into the Ecology of Psyche Written and narrated by Tom Amarque Part IV is partly based on Tom Amarque´s 2019 book "Der Wille zur Transzendenz" [The will to Transcendence]. Here we delve into the quest for the future and the invention of two anthropotechniques. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Series: The Structure of Magick - Part III: The Will
March 05, 2023 09:41 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBA View into the Ecology of Psyche Written and narrated by Tom Amarque Part III is partly based on Tom Amarque´s 2007 book "Der Wille" [The will] - which goes into a stages-theory of will an the paradigm-shift that we don´t live in the world, but with her. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Series: The Structure of Magick - Part II: The Problem with Psyche
March 05, 2023 09:36 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBA View into the Ecology of Psyche Written and narrated by Tom Amarque Part II is partly based on Amarque´s 2007 book "Die Evolution der Psyche" [The evolution of the psyche] - which delves into the 'Autopoiesis of the Psyche', systems-theory, George Spencer Browns 'Laws of Form' and the primacy of 'observation' in understanding how we construct our internal experiences. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Series: The Structure of Magick - Part I: Introduction
March 05, 2023 09:29 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBA View into the Ecology of Psyche An introduction to the series, written and narrated by Tom Amarque Partly based on Tom Amarque´s book "Der starke Mensch" [The strong human], 2011 “What do I mean with the ecology of the psyche? With this I refer to the elements, events, structures and processes that bring forth the experience of self and self-hood as well as world or ‘Lebenswelt’ – lived-in-world. Not the physical world per se, but our cognitive representation of it.” --- Send in a vo...
Parallax Academy# 2: Zevi Slavin - What is Khabbalah?
March 03, 2023 13:25 - 2 hours - 119 MBHosted by Andrew Sweeny. Zevi Slavin is the creator of Seekers of Unity, an educational project and community dedicated to a collaborative, comparative, interdisciplinary exploration of mysticism. Exploring the unity of the world’s mystical traditions and the intersection of philosophy and mysticism, east and west, ancient and contemporary, in the hopes of creating a more intimate, tender and caring world together. What is Parallax Academy? Parallax Academy is a digital classroom and liv...
Parallax Academy#1: Alexander Bard and Layman Pascal - Everything is Religion
February 24, 2023 19:49 - 2 hours - 84.1 MBAlexander Bard and Layman Pascal tango for the first time here in a discussion about religion and spirituality, men and women, tantra and sutra, shamanism, the barred absolute, and a deepening of some of our favourite topics. One of the best discussions on religion you will find anywhere! 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 Thun...
Parallax Sangha #11: Digital Nomad Symposium - With Alexander Bard, Owen Cox, Daniel Fraga and Jurij Jukic
February 17, 2023 15:18 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBWhy be a nomad? What does it offer? What challenges do nomads face, personally, socially, and politically? Which places are particularly interesting and friendly to the lifestyle? Which are not? And what can organisations and communities do to attract them? The aim is to raise awareness about the lifestyle, both for current and aspiring nomads, and to promote and develop the cultural projects that several of our guests are working on. Guests include the familiar Alexander Bard (author of ...
Course teaser: Back to Hermes with Andrew Sweeny
January 28, 2023 06:51 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBThis new course from PARALLAX ACADEMY’s “Rebuilding Spirituality” curriculum - starting March 5th 2023, aims to explore comparative symbolism and examine the differences between eastern and western arcane symbol systems. We will ask ourselves: what is true in magic and mysticism, and what is new-age bullshit? How can we practice symbolic contemplation without self—delusion and fantasy, or falling into various states of 'egregore possession' or ego inflation? What exactly is gnosis, magic, a...
Parallax/Intellectual Deep Web Extravaganza #3
January 21, 2023 14:58 - 2 hours - 84.3 MBw. Alexander Bard - Alex Ebert -Thomas Hamelryck - O.G. Rose - Dimitri Crooijmans - Andrew Sweeny - Daniel Fraga - Owen Cox - Raven A third conversation with the mysterious figures of a legendary online philosophical forum called The Intellectual Deep Web. Attendees include Alexander Bard, OG Rose, Alex Ebert, Thomas Hamelryck, Daniel Fraga, and Raven Connolly. `What is Parallax Sangha? Parallax Sangha is a digital classroom and living community dedicated to studying, practising, and co...
Parallax/Intellectual Deep Web Extravaganza #2
December 19, 2022 15:07 - 1 hour - 106 MBWith Thomas Hamelryck -Andrew Sweeny-OG Rose Tom Amarque -Daniel Fraga- Alex Ebert A second conversation with the mysterious figures of a legendary online philosophical forum called The Intellectual Deep Web --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Parallax Sangha #9: Thomas Hamelryck - The return of prohibition and ritual
December 15, 2022 20:23 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBWith the guiding star of Rene Girard, Tomas Hamelryck makes an analysis of the present culture and the need to distinguish between ritual time and times of prohibition. Without the release valve of ritual carnival transgression, the murderous scapegoat mechanism and mob will capture the culture; whereas with too much prohibition, the culture becomes rigid and tyrannical. In the present culture, we have ‘unsatisfying ritual time’ in the form of banal entertainment; our prohibitions are uncl...
Parallax Sangha #8: O.G. Rose - Literature, Philosophy, and Tragedy
December 01, 2022 18:01 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBOwen Cox and Andrew Sweeny talk to OG Rose ( pen name of Daniel and Michelle Garner) about the creative dance between literature and philosophy. They discuss how literature makes philosophy real by putting ideas into the conflict between different human subjects, requiring the reader to evaluate and undergo their process of self-discovery and self-becoming in reading. They discuss the pitfalls of rationality and intellect divorced from the body and how art helps keep the two together. They t...
Parallax Sangha #7: Raven Connolly - Gender Envy
November 19, 2022 18:41 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBIn this conversation Owen and Raven begin by discussing autoeroticism and autogynephelia, a theory for understanding transgenderism different from the usual gender theories. They continue to think about sexual subculture and the broader 20th and 21st century context, then open up a group discussion which begins to explore the idea of ritual time vs ordinary time and how we suffer when the distinctions break down. Raven Connolly has been described as a “digital socialite” and a “philosopher ...
Daniel Görtz: 12 much better rules for life / Parallax Interview with Tom Amarque
November 14, 2022 09:41 - 1 hour - 151 MBPolitical philosopher and sociologist Daniel Görtz is the leader of the "Nordic school" of metamodernism. He is co-author of Hanzi Freinacht books "The Listening Society" and "Nordic Ideology". He lives in Sweden Here we are talking about his upcoming book '12 much better rules for life', and delve into the structure and generator function of how these rules towards metamodernism came about. 1:45 Deontology vs teleology 15:00 A critical path 22:00 An integration of Jordan Peterson? 27:0...
Parallax Sangha #6: Tom Amarque - Aleister Crowley and Magick
November 03, 2022 10:32 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBTom Amarque talks to Andrew Sweeny and Owen Cox about the legendary Aleister Crowley, the English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer—a hero to some, a notorious satanist to others. Tom Amarque is the editor-in-chief of Phänomen Verlag, a German book publishing house, and the founder of Parallax-Magazine, which is a heterodox media hub. He is a philosopher, podcaster, author and occasional translator. He currently lives in Mallorca, Spain. Tom has practi...
Parallax Sangha #5: Andrew Sweeny - Chogyam Trungpa and The Dawn of Tantra
October 27, 2022 15:20 - 39 minutes - 37 MBAndrew Sweeny looks at The Dawn of Tantra by Herbert V. Guenther and Chögyam Trungpa. A basic introduction to classical Buddhist tantra and its practices and philosophies; how it can be practised and understood in the west—and how it differs from Sutra , paganism and Neo tantra.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, teacher...
Parallax Sangha #4: Alexander Bard - The religion that is finally a religion
October 22, 2022 11:51 - 1 hour - 80 MBAlexander Bard talks to Andrew Sweeny and Owen Cox about anthropology, philosophy and religion. The conversation begins exploring Bard's theories of socio-sexual archetypes and how they relate to social structure, spirituality and religion. It then explores the legacy of various religious traditions and their relevance today, the meaning of tantra and "barred absolute", Bard's ideas on empire and technology, and the prospects of building a 21st-century global religion. Followed by Q&A. Wha...
Parallax Sangha #3: Owen Cox
October 14, 2022 07:43 - 47 minutes - 34.8 MBA reflective note for dialectic thinkers: On a paper by Cadell Last 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 --- Send in a voice message: h...
Parallax Sangha #2: Cadell Last- Leading the Spirit
October 07, 2022 08:16 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBCadell 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...
Parallax Interview: Wokeness, deconstructed, with Prof. Hans Georg Möller (carefree wandering)
October 01, 2022 08:15 - 1 hour - 100 MBIs 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 Authentic...
The Parallax View #57: Aleister Gurdjieff
September 24, 2022 17:07 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBSeptember 24th 2022 A tale of two brothers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Parallax Sangha #1: Layman Pascal: "On George Gurdjieff and The 4th Way"
September 22, 2022 16:03 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBA 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...
The Parallax View #56: Lost in Translation
September 17, 2022 11:57 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBA nietzschean discussion about woke and spirituality --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Parallax Interview mit Daniel Christian Wahl: Regenerative Kulturen gestalten
September 17, 2022 11:47 - 1 hour - 155 MBWie 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 ar...
The Parallax View #55: Umbilical cord
September 10, 2022 11:28 - 1 hour - 46 MBOur thoughts on the queen´s passing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax View #54: The secret to success
September 03, 2022 10:46 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBYou 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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax View #53: Metamodernism is undead
August 27, 2022 11:29 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBYou can also listen to Samuel Barbers Adagio for Strings and mourn the collapse of the west instead. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Stephen Lewis: The death and rebirth of the west
August 24, 2022 18:34 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBA 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Layman Pascal: Non-duality in the Network age: A dialogos with Andrew Sweeny
August 24, 2022 09:40 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBNEW ONLINE-COURSE, starting September, 4th: NONDUALITY IN THE NETWORK AGE with LAYMAN PASCAL Get more info here! https://parallax-media.eu/courses/nonduality-in-the-network-age Beyond Sex, Drugs & Psychoanalysis toward an integrative spiritual life for collaborative metamodern syntheists in the Age of Connection, Complexity & Catastrophe This new course from PARALLAX ACADEMY’s “Rebuilding Spirituality” curriculum is an in-depth exploration of connectedness as the root of both spiritua...
The Parallax View #52: The cold hell of today
August 20, 2022 11:25 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBTime is broken, narcissism is the consequence. Everybody has a take, infinitely populating the space through hegelian laws. It´s the death of the (time-)commons. Fake tits, fakes horrors, fake experiences prevail against real ones. The image and the story counts. We live in divisive times, because time is divided, there are only bubbles of time we inhabit, we have lost the shared spirit. The distance is more important than the closeness. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spo...
The Parallax View #51: The Rules of the Sangha
August 13, 2022 12:06 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBAndrew gives an overview on his new projects, which leads into the emergence of the topic of post-egoic will, which in turn leads in into some discussion of some rules of the process, which leads in into some ruminations about everything post-postmodern, which leads to some other topics, ad infinitium, till we reach the point of no return with an exploration the archetype of the great and benevolent whore, and what it means to be a libertine. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster...
Meditations on The Tarot: Part 1 - The Magician, The High Priestess, and the The Empress
August 11, 2022 11:53 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBA new series of video essays based on my summer reading of the 700-page spiritual classic, entitled Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism by the anonymous author whom everybody now knows was Valentine Tomberg. This is not a summary of Tomberg’s work per say, but rather my own idiosyncratic reading of the Tarot partly inspired by Tomberg’s work. This series aims to explore Tarot symbolism—and is a contemplation of the meanings of the main archetypes presented in the ...
The Parallax View #50: Intellectual Deep Web Extranvaganza
August 04, 2022 12:22 - 1 hour - 103 MBAugust 4th 2022 Alexander Bard, Alex Ebert, Cadell Last and Thomas Hamelryck join the Parallax View for a discussion extraordinaire, that oscillates between archetypology and peak-cringe, surface and deep meaning, elders and the initiation rites for the young. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
Parallax Sangha #1: The Meaning Apocalypse
August 03, 2022 17:24 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBThe Meaning Apocalypse: A conversation between Andrew Sweeny and Owen Cox Formerly the Maniphesto Media Academy and now part of the Parallax Academy—is an online platform dedicated to the study, practice, and contemplation of matters of soul and psyche. We are a network of friends, writers, teachers, and podcasters offering online study circles and public events. Links: Parallax - https://parallax-media.eu/ Technosocial - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYRBTiUc6InEiJJ6BLF6piw --- ...
Parallax Talk: Deep Future - Part 1, with Daniel Schmachtenberger & Alexander Bard
July 20, 2022 11:43 - 1 hour - 89 MBDaniel Schmachtenberger & Alexander Bard in dialogue, hosted by Tom Amarque Where are we in this 'time between worlds', and what are the possible and probably outcomes of our current trajectories. We are facing a crisis, while at the same time out institutions do not seem fit or able to solve these problems. At the same time, our myths and narratives don´t work anymore, the postmodern policies of deconstruction have for better or worse - negated our way of reducing complexity. Is the west g...
The Parallax View Ep. 49:Evolution of the Psyche
July 17, 2022 10:58 - 56 minutes - 45 MBTom and Andrew go through the core ideas from Tom´s first book ‘The Evolution of the Psyche’, which was a young mans attempt to map the psyche using systems-theory and constructivism --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax Politics Podcast #4: Being Progressive (with Brent Cooper)
July 16, 2022 07:50 - 44 minutes - 35.8 MBPolitical sociologist and leading metamodern theorist Brent Cooper joins Tom Amarque at the PPP in order to continue the conversation about political metamodernism and current progressivism. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax Politics Podcast #3: Is gun control possible? (with Thaddeus Russell)
July 12, 2022 09:02 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBJuly 12th 2022 Thaddeus Russell is the Founder of Unregistered Academy; host of the Unregistered podcast; and author of A Renegade History of the United States. He taught history and cultural studies at Occidental College and has taught at Columbia University, Barnard College, Eugene Lang College, and the New School for Social Research. Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Russell graduated from Antioch College and received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University.Russell has als...
The Parallax View Ep. 48: Death on a Train
July 09, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBJuly 9th 2022 R.I.P. Shinzo Abe, Tony Sirico (“Paulie”), James Caan, and the Woman on a train --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax View Ep. 47: The Tower
July 03, 2022 12:32 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBJuly 3rd 2022 Andrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque work their way through symbolism and western hermeticism. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax Politics Podcast #2: Roe vs Wade (with Brent Cooper)
July 03, 2022 08:17 - 1 hour - 58 MBJune 27th 2022 Political sociologist and leading metamodern theorist Brent Cooper joins Tom Amarque at the PPP in order to talk about metamodern implications of Roe vs Wade. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax View Ep. 48: Roe vs Wade (with Brent Cooper)
June 27, 2022 07:23 - 1 hour - 58 MBJune 27th 2022 Political sociologist and leading metamodern theorist Brent Cooper joins the Parallax View in order to talk about metamodern implications of Roe vs Wade. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-c709ee4/message
Sweeny vs Bard #55 with Owen Cox: Logos, Mythos, and Pathos - The Three Brains
June 17, 2022 10:48 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBBoth the end of the media academy season and the 55th Sweeny vs Bard. Alexander discusses different realms: the realm of one dogma, the realm of many dogmas in dialectic, and the realm of no dogma—in terms of sex, education and social organization. We also talked about sex difference, shamanism, and the difference between the tantric and the sutric realm. 2 hours of mad ideation and fun. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax Politics Podcast #1 : What does 'Left' mean? (with Brent Cooper)
June 16, 2022 11:46 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBJune 18th 2022 Political sociologist and leading metamodern theorist Brent Cooper joins Tom Amarque and the PPP in order to talk about the politcal left and it´s relationship to Metamodernism. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax View Ep. 47: What does 'Left' mean? (with Brent Cooper)
June 16, 2022 11:46 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBJune 18th 2022 Political sociologist and leading metamodern theorist Bret Cooper joins the Parallax View in order to talk about the political left and it´s relationship to Metamodernism. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-c709ee4/message
The Parallax View Ep. 46: The Arcane
June 11, 2022 12:25 - 53 minutes - 43.3 MBAndrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque work their way through Top Gun, David Lynch, the sacred and the profane, Magick and Tantra and much more in order to entertain their 16000 listeners. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message