by webarchive | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
WisdomThroughout history, rationalist western culture has had an ambivalent relationship with ecstatic experience and the transcendent. Philosopher Jules Evans has always been fascinated by ecstatic states and our response to them – from the ancient Greeks to...
by webarchive | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
WisdomJohn VervaekeJohn Vervaeke’s recent series, ‘Awakening From the Meaning Crisis’ has won him a cult following online. He has joined the emergent intellectual awakening, looking for ways to bring together science, psychology and the world’s...
by webarchive | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Jamie WhealJamie Wheal documented the new psychedelic renaissance in his bestselling book ‘Stealing Fire’, where he talked about the transformative potential of flow states and psychedelics.Since then he has become increasingly concerned and disillusioned...
by webarchive | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Psychedelics We are in the middle of a new psychedelic renaissance, At the centre of this revolution are hopes that these substances could be miracle drugs in the treatment of conditions such as depression. One of the most high profile studies so far happened in the...
by webarchive | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
How can serious conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety be successfully treated with psychedelic drugs? Psychedelics were used extensively in the 1950s and 60s for various conditions, until research stopped when the drugs were made illegal. Now there is a...
by webarchive | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
SensemakingJamie WhealHow do we play the Infinite Game? And how will that help us make sense of a world in chaos?In the hit film ‘War on Sensemaking’, Daniel Schmachtenberger laid out how the information ecology was profoundly broken, and how impossible it...
