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August 5, 2012

The Brilliant Maelstrom of Possibility

Two good posts on our emerging and merging realization of the Comprehensive Life-Breath (SOUL, PSYCHE, ANIMA, ATMAN) by Soul-Spelunker: We are swirling within Souls Maelstrom. Round and round we go in this world, and ever downward. But, as we move… Continue reading

August 5, 2012

James Fadiman, The Heretic: Historia Psychodelia Americana

Fadiman’s influence transcends counterculture, though. It might even stretch through the very medium through which you’re reading these words. In What the Dormouse Said, John Markoff reports that Fadiman had dosed and counseled numerous “heads” as they were attempting to… Continue reading

August 3, 2012

Liberation in the 21st Century « Becoming Integral

Report on Liberation Theology in Africa from my good brother Sam Mickey over at Becoming Integral… The good news is that those outdated ideals are changing. As this conference in Ghana shows, young scholars and activists are taking up… Continue reading

July 29, 2012

Textimony 20120729

Wander not in paranoid conspiracies for position nor trample others in phantasms of privilege. Sow universal misery; reap the whirlwind. Continue reading

July 28, 2012

A Nice Entrée into Object Oriented Ontology

Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing an interview with Heather Duncan and Alex Reid concerning digital humanities, blogging, twitter, and to a lesser degree object-oriented ontology. With any luck it will be posted, alongside a host of other interviews… Continue reading

July 24, 2012

The Philosophy of the Technology of the Gun – Evan Selinger – The Atlantic

Dobbs questions the role of gun culture in steering “certain unhinged or deeply a-moral people toward the sort of violence that has now become so routine that the entire thing seems scripted.” But what about “normal” people? Yes, plenty of… Continue reading

July 20, 2012

The Drama of Existentialism – NYTimes.com

I am always impressed by the frisson in my class when students realize that there’s a sense in which Sartre is right: they could, right now, get up, leave the classroom, drop out of school, and go live as beach… Continue reading

July 17, 2012

Whatever, Etc., 0018: Chance & Digression

June 28, 2012

Whatever, Etc., 0017: For John & Martine

June 20, 2012

Whatever, Etc., 0016: Boundary Opportunities

June 19, 2012

Whatever Etc 0015: Death as Advisor

June 6, 2012

Whatever, Etc., 0014: Actuality is NOT Necessity

May 22, 2012

The Occupy Movement & the Politics of Educated Hope

More reason than ever before to grok the full meaning of Control in the evolution of Society. The notion that neoliberal capitalism has less interest in free markets than an enormous stake in the dominance of public life by corporations no… Continue reading

May 18, 2012

CALL ME MAGGIE

The Brilliant Maelstrom of Possibility

James Fadiman, The Heretic: Historia Psychodelia Americana

Liberation in the 21st Century « Becoming Integral

Textimony 20120729

A Nice Entrée into Object Oriented Ontology

The Philosophy of the Technology of the Gun – Evan Selinger – The Atlantic

The Drama of Existentialism – NYTimes.com

Whatever, Etc., 0018: Chance & Digression

Whatever, Etc., 0017: For John & Martine

Whatever, Etc., 0016: Boundary Opportunities

Whatever Etc 0015: Death as Advisor

Whatever, Etc., 0014: Actuality is NOT Necessity

The Occupy Movement & the Politics of Educated Hope

Whatever, Etc., 0011

Whatever Etc 0010: Losing Personal History

Textimony 20120506

Whatever Etc. #9: Focusing on Situatedness (Cont)

Textimony 20120505