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Nietzsche, All-Too-Nietzsche
Nietzsche, All-Too-Nietzsche begins with a deeply personal introduction and goes on to explore a comprehensive Nietzschepedia that unpacks his primary concepts, meets his interlocutors, and passes into a collection of meta-commentaries on the philosopher’s books and essays.
This “love letter to a post-postmodern Nietzsche" as an early ecologist and systems thinker, is the second book in the Moustache trilogy that began with Gurdjieff for a Time Between Worlds by Layman Pascal.
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Metamodern Spirituality Lab
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October 09, Vermont
The Labs are dedicated to exploration into metamodern modes of meaning-making and sourcing emerging insights from the field. This lab led by Layman Pascal will explore the theme of "death".
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SEX, DEATH & THE OCCULT
Part textbook, part transcription of an online course, & part poetic grimoire. A grimoire is a fancy term for a collection of magical practices and ideas. Do you believe in magic? Does anyone really believe or disbelieve in magic? Maybe it is more about a kind of feeling. A special flavor of attention, energy and embodiment. A collection of interests in symbolism, manifestation, intention, ritual, ancient wisdom and the emancipatory vibe of all things wondrous. The provocative title of this book (Sex, Death & the Occult) is an homage to my childhood mentor Robert Anton Wilson and reflects the name of an online course hosted by my friends at the Parallax Academy. The basic content of this book is the transcription of that course, additionally my personal willingness to engage in the “occult” versions of wisdom development alongside my other work in more standard areas of existential self-cultivation and community building. Author: Layman Pascal Published by Parallax
In this first volume of his book series The Evolution of Meaning, Dempsey introduces a theory of meaning based in thermodynamics and information processing. Tracking the trajectory of this learning process through the emergent levels of Matter, Life, Mind, and Culture, we see how meaning takes on new shades of depth and informational richness across scales. Author: Brendan Dempsey Published by Sky Meadow Press Narrated by Layman Pascal
Gurdjieff for a Time Between Worlds: Hyperpersonal Essays on the Grandfather of Metamodern Spirituality
In this collection of diverse and humorous micro-essays, spiritual teacher, philosopher, and cultural activist Layman Pascal takes us on a wild intellectual rollercoaster ride with one of history’s most enduringly relevant and cryptic sages.
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One function of Xagick is to highlight the questions that must be asked in service to evolving a more complex and organic occultism for the new planetary bio-digital era. A seldom explored question is that of the conscious clarification of desires. Usually this is assumed. Virtually all forms of futurecrafting (magic, manifesting, etc.) propose that human agents need to develop increased clarity of desire. To put it another way: We need a clear “ask” to facilitate a response from “the universe.”
Does it fundamentally matter whether you believe in Fate or Free Will? I don’t think so. I do not believe in the choice between them. Instead, I trust in their entanglement. By the end of this article, I hope they are so entangled within your own heart that you always only discover their liberating blend.
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podcasts of layman
For episode 5 of The Dreaming Arts, Layman meets with psychotherapists Willow Pearson Trimbach and Eva Tuschman Leonard to talk about their new book, The Emotional Truth of Dreams.
Soulmakers #15 - The Cyclic Progress of Adriana Forte. Welcome back to the personal oral histories of the emerging wisdom commons and our work to plant the garden of elders. This time, Cheryl & I sit down with “baby elder” Adriana Forte to explore her childhood, relationships, family, Australia, journalism, spirit children, religious experiences, developmental communities, and her still-emerging confidence.
"Our systems are working just like they're supposed to... unfortunately," says Sher Griffin. But maybe Unsure Griffin is more appropriate for Development Hell's deliberately inconsistent "light mangling" of important topics.
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Endemic, inspired by and working in collaboration with Layman Pascal, a leader in the movement to revive the role of the shaman in contemporary culture, is committed to restoring these connections. Endemic is establishing a Foundation to help those with shamanistic tendencies enhance their ability to guide cultural development practically, nurture shamanistic capacity, and feel supported and guided. Take the test!
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