Intellectual Deep Web Extravaganza Part 3: What is religion?
A third conversation with the mysterious figures of a legendary online philosophical forum called The Intellectual Deep Web. Attendees include Alexander Bard, O.G. Rose, Alex Ebert, Thomas Hamelryck, Daniel Fraga, and Raven Connolly.
The Intellectual Deep Web is a forum founded by Alexander Bard and Peter Limberg. Layman Pascal has described it thus:
”The Intellectual Deep Web (a name that parodies and transcends the notorious "intellectual dark web") is a contingent of high-powered neo-philosophers lurking at the edges of the so-called Emerge field.
Parallax Course: Back to Hermes with Andrew Sweeny
Course starts March 5th 2023
In this 4th installment of of the ongoing Parallax series "Rebuilding Spirituality called “Back To Hermes”. Our aim will be to educate ourselves on comparative symbolism and examine the differences between eastern and western arcane symbol systems. We will ask ourselves: what is true in magic and mysticism, and what is new-age bullshit? How can we practice symbolic contemplation without self—deslusion and fantasy, or falling into various states of 'egregore possession' or ego inflation? What is exactly is gnosis, magic, and mysticism and how to distinguish between them? What are the practical uses of symbolic contemplation and work with archetyes? How do we become symbolically literate?
We will begin by exploring the so-called 22 "arcanum" of the Tarot card deck from diverse perspectives, such as Valentine Tomberg's Christian Hermeticism, Alister Crowley's Magick, and Alejandro Jodorowsky's psycho-magic. We will then explore what Dion Fortune called the 'yoga of the west' or the Tree of life or Sefirot. We survey David Chaim Smith's book "The Kabbalistic mirror of Genesis" and his non-dual and "non-emanationist" view of symbolism. Finally, we will look at symbolism from the point of view of Buddhist tantra, my own tradition of practice.
Furthermore, for those who subscribe to the complete package, I will offer one-to-one 'meaning coaching' sessions, which include symbolic exploration, dialogos, and self-inquiry—and even Tarot readings! Please join us for some illuminating and radical fun!
The Parallax View #72: In some sense
Andrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque ramble about group-dynamics, epistemic humility, 'Isms', profilicity vs authenticity, uncertainty of history and the Principia Discordia
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