Did you know that the Academy of Plato survived 2000 years beyond his death and beyond the materialism of Aristotle, and their focus was a mystical interpretation of the Master’s work? By all means dive into Iamblichus, Plotinus, and Porphyry for a full elucidation of Neoplatonism, but if you’d like to get a taste of […]
Plato’s Cave
Like many School of Life videos, the above is a great introduction to the story and background to what is known as the “Allegory” of Plato’s cave. I appreciate their effort, and love their work, but like most philosophy students steeped in western thinking they hear and see and mouth the words but pull back […]
How’s Hell Treating You?
Tomorrow I’ll regale you with a post about Plato’s Cave, but for now, one of my favorite bands of all time telling it like it is. Life in Hell by NoMeansNo. You should really get your mind together and start looking for the exit, but meanwhile the Wright Brothers and Tom can elucidate your position.
Kundalini Crisis
In the course of your mystical development there may come a time when the Kundalini model of awakening may be more helpful than psychological or Chrisitian spiritual models. This experience may overlap with grief, trauma, and mental illness, which is unfortunate as people will try to help on a mundane level, without realizing the harm […]
A Hiccup on The Tree of Life
When you start disassembling reality everything is a walk in the park. I’ve had some really rough times figuring out the riddles posed by paths on the tree, but nothing has prepared me for the encounter with this guy. The Devil, card 15. Usually ignorance is bliss and a little purification is enough to pass, […]
Art? Cult? Both?
Open Entheon from CoSMvision on Vimeo. Check out the Entheon project that Alex Grey of Tool fame is constructing. An art temple in New York it is both gallery of his and other Integral spiritual practice artists and a spiritual space, and highly, highly weird. I need to donate to get a couple of his […]