April 11th, 2019: For two hundred thousand years, humans have hunted and gathered on Planet Earth, the rapid loss of this existence in modern times has abstracted us from our environment and altered the human psyche in ways that we have yet to understand or come to terms with. As one of the last groupings... Continue Reading →
April 18th, 2019: "Jean Gebser (1905-1973) was a poet, philosopher, and phenomenologist of consciousness who is best known in the English speaking world for his magisterial The Ever-Present Origin (1949). Writing in the midcentury during a period of intense cultural transformation and crisis in Europe, Gebser intuited a series of mutational leaps in the history of... Continue Reading →
March 26th, 2019: "How do we embody the teachings of PCC in the world? How have PCC alumni been able to incorporate their vision into their livelihood, and what have they learned along the way? How do we use a philosophical framework to hold opposing worldviews and inspire change on a micro or macro level?... Continue Reading →
March 7th, 2019: "I will discuss Terrence Malick's cinematic masterpiece, The Tree of Life, in relationship to the Book of Job. Although the film is deeply rooted in this source and its problematic (suffering as an argument against life), it is not an adaptation. Equally striking about this film, and Malick's work is general, is its capacity... Continue Reading →
February 21st, 2019: "Astronoeisis: such is the title of a remarkable book that endeavors to lay out—in no uncertain metaphysical terms—the philosophical foundations of astrology. Building upon Plato and (especially) Plotinus, Anthony Damiani offers a breathtaking vision wedding ontology, cosmology, and epistemology in an effort to found astrology anew upon the basis of ancient wisdom-principles.... Continue Reading →
February 7th, 2019: "Whose stories are dancing dread for you? Whose choices inspire a believably livable future? Whose urgency impacts whose urgency? Can we breathe through bioreavement like smoke from nearby fires? Will we plant seeds in solastalgic soils when we expect harvests? How much must change?" Drawing from the work of adirenne maree brown,... Continue Reading →
December 6th, 2018: "In the ancient world magic and astrology were closely guarded traditions. Esoteric wisdom was recognized as containing a power that required temperance, sensitivity, and adherence to strict moral and ethical codes of living and practice. Education in the arts emphasized lineage and did not shy away from questioning the philosophical implications of... Continue Reading →
November 15th, 2018: "The starry heavens, the cosmic panorama we see each night, have played a fundamental role not only in the great cosmogenetic processes that brought forth and live within the Earth and ourselves, but in the shaping of our world views and the evolution of consciousness itself. Looming high above the whole range... Continue Reading →
November 1st, 2018: “The year 1986 marks a significant moment in the timeline of the Western world. It was both an awakening-inspired by the first photograph of Earth from space—and a tragedy—with the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. only a few months prior. Fifty year later, the United States finds itself in a moment... Continue Reading →
