Wed, 7 June 2017
what it says on the box. do you know anyone who could be described as a tyrant? |
Tue, 2 May 2017
how do you know you're not living in a simulation? is that even a real question? |
Wed, 22 March 2017
Exactly when SHOULD you punch a Nazi...? |
Tue, 21 February 2017
What lurks at the heart of the innovation-obsessed life-hacker mentality, epitomised by the one and only Tim Ferriss? great dangers await... |
Sun, 5 February 2017
We use the genocide in Aleppo as lens into how we can go back to having constructive moral and ethical disagreements again |
Mon, 23 January 2017
How do we explain what happens when huge numbers of people ought to know better, but somehow don't? |
Wed, 11 January 2017
The question is not whether to call someone stupid or evil; it's whether they *really are* stupid or evil. |
Sat, 7 January 2017
Hello again, or for the first time. Getting re-aquainted, and how to re-adjust your mind for the era of Trump, and well beyond that.
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Thu, 30 August 2012
reflections from the autumn of occupy, mixed feelings and all. |
Tue, 21 September 2010
the cause of, and solution to, all problems. |
Mon, 16 August 2010
how to move from appearance to reality. |
Thu, 5 August 2010
the secret to everything is that there is no secret, and you are hiding it from yourself |
Fri, 16 July 2010
all our problems come from evolution in process. maybe. donations are always appreciated.
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Sun, 4 July 2010
why people get stuck with thinking things that don't feel good, or make sense.
donations always appreciated. |
Thu, 3 June 2010
how and why you should do exactly what is best, most good, most true for you, and why most people don't, and why that's the reason for the apocalypse. donations always appreciated. |
Thu, 27 May 2010
energy, population, contemplation as meditation, and how it all leads back to the mental block of humanity. donations welcome, as always. |
Thu, 20 May 2010
just what it says: applying a philosophical approach to solving all the world's ills. donations always appreciated; I'm a broke-ass student in an economic collapse!
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Sun, 21 June 2009
how to become a saint, and how to trounce in conversation anyone who says you can't.
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Sat, 23 May 2009
the human side of 'the ultimate destiny of humanity'. Constipated buddhists, reactionary occultists, and neurotic taoists.
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Tue, 5 May 2009
...and we're back for a new season of fevered audio ravings. and we start with a surprisingly even handed assessment of the new prez, B-Rock. the tension of inadequate categories, the cognitive dissonance of authenticity, representative democracy vs mob rule, and yes, some more spiral dynamics. |
Sat, 26 April 2008
the cost and benefits of knowing the real facts, and some revisionist christian history
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Sun, 13 April 2008
mcluhan, the apocalypse of choice, and why people talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.
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Tue, 25 March 2008
permanence, safety, unpredictability, black swans, gaia theory and swarm logic |
Sat, 15 March 2008
toxic memes, guns, germs and steel, the monoculture and the myth of primitive holiness
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Sun, 2 March 2008
Richard Branson, Howard Bloom, Oligarchy and the Human Superorganism
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Sun, 24 February 2008
a bit of a rant on the addiction to chaos, and it's roots in thwarted evolution
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Mon, 18 February 2008
In which we probe the mystery of school shootings.
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Sun, 27 January 2008
documenting how yet another experiment goes off the rails, albeit in an instructive way.
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Mon, 14 January 2008
wilhelm reich, christopher hyatt, and undoing yourself with crazy breathing and stretches.
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Sat, 29 December 2007
back again: depression, the meaning of life, and the fire of purpose.
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Sat, 15 September 2007
...in which we reveal the ultimate secret of the magickal will, and it involves pulling your head out of a bucket. ...I mean, I could just talk about plato and the cave, again, but you lot are all cynical postmodern burnout cases, so the pithy metaphor always helps. |
Fri, 31 August 2007
It may serve as some some small solace for those about to get their homes forclosed, or otherwise have your assets wiped out in a hedge fund implosion, that there's a bit more to it than just shuffling numbers around.
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Fri, 17 August 2007
we're back and we're in motion. a litterally breathless explication of certain ideas about knowable truth. I kind of like this one, so the break was not in vain.
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Mon, 11 June 2007
In which we discuss the gang fight between different factions hoping to lay claim to the world shaking implications of simple math.
Now, as ever, we thank you for being here and welcome donations. |
Mon, 7 May 2007
yes, the last one. really. all done.
Direct download: AUG-_daemons_and_how_to_live_with_them.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:59pm EDT |
Thu, 22 March 2007
we continue with the second of the trainings, a more developed consideration of the costs and benefits of concentration practice, and how your half assed desire to play an instrument can change the world
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Sat, 17 March 2007
in which we tease out some of the layers of symbolism in the visual and emotional feast of the fountain
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Sat, 10 March 2007
..and now the real ending. it comes in three parts, and this one is all about being human, as prelude to being a little bit more.
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Direct download: AUGF-_dont_have_to_live_like_a_cockroach.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:37pm EDT |
Tue, 6 March 2007
a pocket summary/introduction for those who haven't got the faintest idea what the hell it's all about. well travelled ground for the rest of you, I'm sure. |
Wed, 21 February 2007
The first rule of this installment is that you do not talk about it. The second rule is that YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS INSTALLMENT. Is that a big enough hint?
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Tue, 20 February 2007
More suggestions on shifting ones path, this time with an eye towards those things which will pay off the quickest.
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Thu, 15 February 2007
yes that's right. the sopranos, you gotta problem with that? If so, we'll take you for a car ride...
Direct download: TME27-counter_tradition_pseudo_tradition_and_the_sopranos.mp3
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Sat, 10 February 2007
In which we examine the esoteric connections between the film donnie darko, the theories of aleister crowley and thelema, and the last temptation of christ.
Direct download: TME26-donnie_darko_and_the_aeon_of_horus.mp3
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Tue, 6 February 2007
the mosaic effect returns for another round of insane speculations, and wildly esoteric intepretations of media and current events, all in aid of illuminating the true nature of the perrenial tradition.
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Wed, 31 January 2007
We end where we began, with the voice in my head and the conflicted relationship I've always had with it. One more podcast as a summary after this, but that's all. I'll try to make it good.
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Fri, 26 January 2007
Our second to last, in this series. And this one is to the tune of devotion...
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Sun, 21 January 2007
Have you ever paused at the brink of a vast and terrifying revelation?
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Fri, 19 January 2007
A short check-in, to the tune of slowing things down to a more contemplative mode, spontaneously trancing out, and the profound spiritual practice of saying you'll do something and then actually doing it. as usual, thanks for comin out, and thanks for throwin' some nickels in the tip jar once in a while |
Tue, 16 January 2007
Once again, we contemplate ending the working, only to be told in the strongest possbile terms that this is a really bad idea...
Direct download: AUG24-aint_nuthin_over_till_its_over.mp3
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Sat, 13 January 2007
It's one thing to exert yourself really hard to achieve a visionary result. It's another to be dragged over and over, like some kind of wretched condemned man, in a seemingly unstoppable cycle. Might as well jump, and save some dignity.
as usual thanks for comin out, and thanks for throwin' some nickels in the tip jar once in a while |
Tue, 9 January 2007
some more divinatory ramblings, platonic considerations of justice, and fine tuning a holonic sense of adjustment
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Sun, 7 January 2007
as usual thanks for comin out, and thanks for throwin' some nickels in the tip jar once in a while |
Fri, 5 January 2007
The bone-chilling tale of depravity and horror that masquerades as a meeting of the minds between a couple of weird blogger type people.
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Sat, 30 December 2006
verging into the realm of the uncomfortably personal, as we dust off that hoariest of jungian shibboleths... the integration of the shadow. yeah yeah I know, what the fuck is a 'jungian shibboleth'? roll with it dawg. you'd have to pay good money for a university to teach you this shit.
as ever your comments are most welcome here or on my homepage, and donations always welcome as well. your moral and financial support elevates my work to another level. thank you. |
Sat, 30 December 2006
some slight reinterpretation of previous symbols, a bit of buddhism, and the prospect of selectively remixing your past. ..and that's only the first half of this day.
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Tue, 26 December 2006
" where you are right now, you can't even imagine what the bottom will be like" -fight club |
Tue, 26 December 2006
I was saying something at the beginning of all this about the risk of premature confidence...
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Thu, 21 December 2006
Sometimes it's good to mess with a structure, and sometimes it's best to just live with it. And sometimes, you're stuck with it, anyhow, no matter what you preffer.
as ever your comments are most welcome here or on my homepage, and donations always welcome as well. your moral and financial support elevates my work to another level. thank you.
Direct download: SFTP11-I_Just_Need_Some_Fucking_Structure.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:36pm EDT |
Mon, 18 December 2006
Completing our vision from the previous installments, in which we finally meet the denizens of the other side. Guardian angels? or demonic infestation? ...you don't expect me to spoil it here, do you? |
Thu, 14 December 2006
Now that we've had a vision( not the vision, but it's a start), we must go about the carefull task of interpreting it. And where else does one go for that the man himself, Carl Jung?
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Tue, 12 December 2006
I bet you were wondering how long I could meditate in one sitting without losing my mind. And if you weren't, I was, so there you have it...
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Sat, 9 December 2006
Among all my other chosen heresies, I also occasionally venture into the realms of neo-platonic hereticalism. The witch hunters will be fighting over who gets to burn me, one day...
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Thu, 7 December 2006
We're back and we're cranky. How do you use sympathetic magick to shift the destiny of the world? Good question. Wish I knew...
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Fri, 1 December 2006
We tie up the first phase of the working, much as we have tied up everything else so far; an act of will. It's the muscles you use that get stronger. Don't ever forget it.
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Thu, 30 November 2006
A mini intro to buddhist meditation and insight practice followed by how to fuck yourself up nearly irrevocably with them, followed by how to fix yourself after you do. and there's something there about the overflowing abundance of beauty in the universe too...
as ever your comments are most welcome here or on my homepage, and donations always welcome as well. your spiritual and financial support elevates my work to another level. thank you. |
Wed, 29 November 2006
We're back and we're keeping it short. snowstorms, ancient sorcerous invocations, and barbaric yawps.
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Sun, 26 November 2006
to conserve upload bandwidth we settle for a truncated analysis of my self tarot reading. you may find the whole context for this post at my homepage under the same name. thank you for your indulgence.
Direct download: AUG7-_toward_the_center_of_the_weave.mp3
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Sat, 25 November 2006
It was bound to get complex sooner or later. submodalities, symbol manipulation, 'astral' work, demon binding, voice removal and reinstalation. welcome to the lifestyle, folks.
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Fri, 24 November 2006
you will never untangle the strands of the world that brought you here...
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Thu, 23 November 2006
I almost called it 'the first temptation', but maybe I'm just a cynical bastard. We'll give our self destructive, demonic forces the benefit of the doubt today...
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Tue, 21 November 2006
Last minute preparations, some reflections on taking the safe road vs the uncertain one, and sizing up the scope of our immanent harrowing...
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Direct download: AUG3-commend_me_into_the_arms_of_demons.mp3
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Tue, 21 November 2006
one ought to account on disorienting psychological effects during a serious ritual. but before a ritual? say what? so I guess we'll call this day one...
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Mon, 20 November 2006
...in which we set the stage for either the most audacious bit of alchemy and artisitc expression in the public eye, by me yet, or the most spectacular flameout and nervous breakdown in the public eye you are likely to encounter.
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Sun, 19 November 2006
sometimes life is the biggest obstacle to getting a life. and sometimes the biggest obstacle to getting on with your life is the idea that life is something you 'get' rather than 'get on with'. yes this really does relate to systems theory. shut up... |
Tue, 14 November 2006
how to set yourself on the path? how to change from what you're doing to what you want to be doing? like most things, there is no one right answer, but there are right ways to arrive at one...
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Fri, 10 November 2006
well, now that we've established that democracy 'works' and beaten the real 'evildoers' time to cash out and leave the table while you still can.
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Mon, 6 November 2006
just like it says. who i am, what i do, and how to get into it. my concession to user-friendliness. comments welcome at uroboros.wordpress.com, and donations always appreciated |
Mon, 30 October 2006
when the moon bleed and my lungs cry and the fire leap forth from my eye bones bend and heroes break and everything was right to be a mistake a world full of twigs and spray and the light at the end is on it's way comments welcome at uroboros.wordpress.com, and donations always appreciated |
Wed, 25 October 2006
and here, at the turn, there is little to do but relate one's own experience. hence you get to hear about my glimpse of truth, late at night, in an unheated garage. sounds a bit sordid, doesn't it? but doesn't it always, eventually?
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Direct download: gather_it_up_then_let_it_go_forever.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:12am EDT |
Sat, 21 October 2006
Come, little drop, and return to the infinite ocean... what? I can't get all mystical and untive and shit sometimes? You're all bastards, I'm telling you. Fine. Pretend I'm that guy Begbie from trainspotting, and that he's your guru; Get that ego shite out of your system, or I'll F&@#*% kick it out!
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Mon, 16 October 2006
saddle up for superpowers, madness, psychic maelstroms, idiot savants and everything your twisted little mind ever desired. all you have to do is learn to sit still and focus. No? too bad then... comments welcome at uroboros.wordpress.com, and donations always appreciated |
Thu, 12 October 2006
Here's the missing link between the stuff that works, and what you've probably been doing up until now. Man! I'm a hard bastard, sometimes, aren't I? ...and incidentally, people who never hit the tip jar make baby jesus cry. top left!
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Sun, 8 October 2006
You probably wouldn't think that breathing was a potentially hazardous thing to be doing, but it wouldn't be the first thing you hadn't had the whole story about, would it?
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Wed, 4 October 2006
It's easy to proclaim yourself an adept. But to look good, feel strong, stay healthy, bend the wills of those around you, and still be rooted in yourself? That takes some work, my friends.
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Sat, 30 September 2006
Hey kids, rock and roll. REM -Drive comments welcome at uroboros.wordpress.com, and donations always appreciated |
Tue, 26 September 2006
it's the much the same everywhere, it always works, and it's been around forever. the only issue is: will you do it?
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Direct download: the_new_school_same_as_the_old_school.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:57pm EDT |
Sat, 23 September 2006
'What is the meaning?', is the wrong question. What do you want the meaning to be?
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Sun, 17 September 2006
no one ever gives up on the future. they just convince themselves there isn't going to be one...
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Thu, 14 September 2006
a reasonably tactfull treatment of the social pathology that gives rise to tragedies such as the one we've recently commemorated.
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Sun, 10 September 2006
a comprehensive explaination for a bunch of depraved shit you never wanted to believe in and didn't understand anyway.
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Tue, 5 September 2006
rounding out our treatment of spiral dynamics and clarifying more reasons why everything is FUBAR and wonderfull, all at the same time.
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Thu, 31 August 2006
if you ever wanted to listen to somebody chatter on in a multi leveled evolutionary dialouge, in four seperate voices, then you're in luck. aren't you happy?
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Mon, 28 August 2006
we make an introduction to spiral dynamics a little more palatable by taking more cheap shots at the neoconservative regime and their functional retardation.
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Sun, 20 August 2006
a dialectical metadynamic of history, submitted for your approval lest it be lost to suffering mankind.
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Mon, 14 August 2006
There are times for patience, restraint, and carefull action. this is not one of those times.
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Wed, 9 August 2006
a fairly innocent attempt tp clear up semantic confusion degenerates into a ken wilber/marshall mcluhan deathmatch as we engineer a multi-dimensional holocaust of clashing perspectives... and we explain why it is few people really know their own feet.
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Sun, 6 August 2006
Suppose you could live your life as if the apocalypse had already happened?
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Tue, 1 August 2006
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Tue, 25 July 2006
As you move towards the center, and the pattern tightens, you begin to see the meaning... or do you?
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Mon, 17 July 2006
nothing to see here. it's all being taken care of. no need to discomfit yourself.
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