Contemplating Conspiracy 1. To Entrench or Engage?
I am therefore suggesting a kind of philosophising about conspiracy theory. Taking the ideas seriously—if not always literally—and respecting their proponents enough to not write them off with cheap psychological dismissals. Associated text - https://deepstateconsciousness.medium.com/contemplating-conspiracy-part-one-to-entrench-or-engage-1a93f4343664 Track: Walk it Off - Jae Ren Music provided by Verde Música Studio Watch: https://youtu.be/S2l-97PH5R8
9 Sep 20216min
The Essence of Anarchy 1. Introducing Anarchy
‘Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos.’ - The Joker Welcome to this series of articles exploring the philosophy of anarchism; and, as the title suggests, boiling it down to its very essence. Does anarchy imply chaos and disorder? Or does it in fact lead to a far greater state of societal harmony than we currently experience? These are the questions we’ll be getting into. Associated text - https://deepstateconsciousness.medium.com/the-essence-of-anarchy-part-one-introducing-anarchy-8701e1a8e7b0 Track: Walk it Off - Jae Ren Music provided by Verde Música Studio Watch: https://youtu.be/S2l-97PH5R8
6 Sep 20219min
Consciousness IS (Poem)
A poem on Consciousness. Explanation and examination to follow. Track: Beauty - AShamaluevMusic Music provided by Verde Música Studio Watch: https://youtu.be/93xSbuGIdMQ Space and Bee video by Frank Cone from Pexels https://www.pexels.com/@frank-cone-140140 Art by Agsandrew: https://www.art.com/gallery/id--a846389/agsandrew-posters.htm
4 Sep 20211min
Alien Encounters, Trauma and Spiritual Growth - with Marci Peterson
Marci Peterson has a fascinating story of overcoming trauma through a psycho-spiritual journey ultimately involving a near death experience. Throughout her life, Marci has had profound encounters with a non-human intelligence, presenting itself as alien beings, who have acted as teachers for her. In this interview I ask Marci all sorts of questions in an attempt to understand better this strangest of human experiences. We consider everything from a very literal interpretation, to a symbolic/mythic one, as well as questioning the reliability of hypnosis and memory. Marci has a book coming out next year titled: Believe - There's More With gratitude to A Himitsu for music: Lost Within https://jonaserixon.github.io/ahimitsu/#/tracks/lost-within
21 Okt 202053min
Back to the Future, Myth, Meaning (and even 9/11) - with Daniel Luxton
'What the hell does 9/11 have to do with deep spirituality?' That's the question Alex Tsakiris posed at the end of our conversation on the Skeptiko podcast. Taking up the challenge is today's guest, Daniel Luxton, who contacted me with his answer. You wouldn't guess, but it has a lot to do with the Back to the Future films. In this interview Daniel talks about the myth and meaning of these wonderful films and whether they really predicted future events. Intrigued... The Back to the Future Predicts 9/11 video (be sure to check out the other videos on the channel too) The Making of Back to the Future Documentary Interview with Alex Tsakiris Wresting video, 'Demolish the Twin Towers' Mike Myers says 'Yeah Baby' (Sorry, turns out the final Saturday Night Live segment we referred to isn't on the web)
23 Mars 20202h 12min
The Darkened Hour Inaugural Episode Clip
Adam Fitzgerald and I have concluded our Roads to 9/11 series on this channel and Adam has started a new channel dedicated solely to 9/11 studies - on which I am assisting. This is a clip from the opening episode, where Adam asks me how I became interested 9/11 myself. I talk about my loss of faith in the establishment, interest in imperialism, 9/11 conspiracy theory and how studying philosophy helped me navigate these choppy waters. Follow The Darkened Hour - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZqzZos4R6NbWkq4ycAJuyw/videos https://adamfitzgerald.podbean.com/
19 Feb 202011min
Conversing with a Victorian Gentleman, with Jonathan Hunter & Trance Medium Elaine Thorpe
Elaine Thorpe is a trance medium who channels the spirit of Jonathan Hunter, a Victorian gentleman who lived from 1845-91. In this interview I ask Elaine about her journey to become a medium. Elaine then goes into trance and I speak directly to Jonathan, asking him about both his life in 19th century London as well as his existence now. Elaine's website - https://www.elainethorpe.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Elainethorpetrance/
8 Feb 20201h 34min
Climate Anxiety, Alarmism and Denial, with Kristy Johnsson
Kristy Johnsson is a somatic therapist specialising in climate related anxiety. In today’s interview I’ll be asking her about her work, whilst relating some of my own struggles with despairing visions of the future. Kristy has also done work in environmental anthropology and is herself deeply concerned about climate change. I’m not. Whilst I don’t consider my position to be an extreme one, it’s certainly raise eyebrows, dropped jaws and earned me the label of ‘denier’ in the past. Kristy and I attempt a conversation where we explore how we arrived at our contrasting opinions. The aim is to understand rather than argue, and to see if there’s some common ground to be found in there somewhere. We’re doing this as an antidote to what is so often a hostile and unproductive area of discussion. Find Kristy’s writing, other interviews and contact details at - https://www.kristyjohnsson.com/
19 Jan 202052min
