Philosophical Speculations

Fascinating question! In one of his talks, Alan Watts talks about God periodically getting bored of non-dualistic infinite bliss and voluntarily coming down into a localised and ignorant finite-form for the purposes of temporal excitement and adventure. Now and again, it would seem that the Mind at ...

Hi sford88, You may ask yourself this question: what is more real and valuable for you, the experience you had in your psilocybin trip, or all these thoughts about neurotransmitters (or whatever) you are having afterwards? I personally, after dozens of life-changing psychedelic experiences, have no ...

I really enjoyed this long conversation (I also watched part 1). I think John Vervaeke is one of the most stimulating thinkers around, his series of lectures on his Youtube channel is epic. It was nice to witness the respectful and even heartful interaction between him and Bernardo. I especially lov...

That being said, I can see why my selective picking out of excerpts and commenting on them may not be sufficient to truly appreciate what Steiner accomplishes through the PoF. I highly recommend you take some time to read the entire book here , which is actually a very short book for a major philos...

I would have a very difficult time coming to terms with Steiner and Cleric's view if I had not already been familiar with Barfield, Gebser and the metamorphic arguments before. Not just hearing about them and knowing the outline, but reading their books and becoming very familiar with the content. ...