Lou Gold wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 4:01 am Having now watched the full interview I can say that I rather liked it. However, there's an important caveat offered by BK. Near the beginning, he clearly states that he is speaking from the pov of Western Civilization and he admits that human nature acculturated in other contexts may be "more mature" or less childish in the desire/need for comforting convenient deceptions. In this regard, I was reminded of ethnobotanist Wade Davis, in "The Serpent and the Rainbow", asking the Vodun priest if there was both white and black magic. The priest answers that both exist but the difference between Wade's culture and his is that, "We know the difference." My takeaway is that there exist varieties of being human that offer better possibilities for human survival through the planetary initiation phase known as apocalypse/revelation. Perhaps the collective we may yet find a way to recombine the insights of different cultural varieties in order return to the garden and know it for the first time. I believe that animism, shamanism, mysticism and the modern paradigm may recombine into sacramental ways better fit for survival. Know hope.
Lou,
I like the way you phrase this. Now think of how BK's position, if it were to be adopted by most people, and I would argue has been adopted by most people, since resignation of one sort or another seems to be the defining feature of global culture these days (including India, China, etc., but not including indigenous populations), ensures that no such recombination, or anything similar, will occur in the near-term. The very possibility of ascertaining "better possibilities" has been declared impossible and, therefore, a waste of time and effort. When that possibility is eliminated, the only remaining possibility is global warfare.