If key to the modern Western worldview was the discovery of deep space, deep time, deep process, and deep consciousness, and a corresponding conception of no limits, what follows after that worldview’s demise in 1945 with WWII undoing European power? Does a new worldview and mythology emerge? (No, not exactly, but the old one unravels, and is unravelling…) Acknowledging that myth can mean everything from an impossible story proved false to a profound articulation of our existential belonging, our discussion ranges across a diversity of understandings of myth within our globalizing moment.
8. Myth and Worldview
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11. Are we in a Second Axial Age?
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We continue our discussion of the Axial Age begun in the previous episode, in terms of how our current...
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13. Power in History
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Power manifests in a regularly recurring historical pattern: when there is a successful critique of the dominant power and...
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14. The Ego and its Discontents
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The identification of the ego with power structures greater than itself, raises a whole host of questions around ego...
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12. Opposing Scale: Spiritual Practices and Small Communities
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In this episode, our deep dive into the Axial Age meets the podcast theme of the importance of scale....
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3. Thinking at Different Scales: The Great Acceleration
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In this episode we will explore the notion of thinking at different timescales. We will look at four different...
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15. Conclusion Part 1: Strategies for Thinking the Present
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In this episode, (part one of our two-part conclusion), we aim to tie together – like a nice bow...
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2. Thinking the Present Moment Part 2: Coronavirus and the Impossible
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In this episode we take a closer look at the COVID-19 global pandemic and corresponding lockdown, discussing what possibilities...
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Trailer
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Meet your hosts for Afterthought podcast! Dawson Strand, Chris Peet, and Karambir Singh.