We knew how to write correct sentences, but fiction doesn’t live or die by correctness. No matter what we did, we couldn’t figure it out. Then, years later, we discovered Robert Butler, who taught us how to write a story. It turned out that we didn’t know what sentences in fiction were for. Most writers never learn this explicitly, but once we saw it, we couldn’t unsee it.
Read MoreIn this seminar, we will explore the meaning of the Minor Arcana, as well as strategies to make them our best companions for continuous learning—a veritable journey into the depths of our psyche, practical sense, intelligence, creativity, and intrinsic wisdom.
Read MoreThis five-part course invites students to embark on a journey of philosophical mythmaking as they explore how to reclaim time from linear progress, ‘see through’ the complex conditions of the present, and trace the outlines of an ‘integral’ spirituality–a spirituality that uniquely meets the challenges of this strange time between worlds..
Read MoreIntegral Theory for Idiots is for all three types. Layman Pascal will put you all in a blender together -- framing the discussion as part of the general field of developmental metatheories, liminal culture & adaptation to the new bio-informational planetary situation. This carnivalesque educational and participatory journey will be part (lively) introduction, part (dancing) critique, and part (enthusiastic) appreciation.
Read MoreThe profound value of the Marseille Tarot lies in its objective and humble nature: an immaterial architecture that summarizes the concrete, psychological, and spiritual structure of the human being, a point of encounter between our existential struggles and the laws of the Cosmos.
Read MoreZufism – Toward the Origin and Source of Philosophy, Religion, and Spirituality is a course that lays the groundwork for Alexander Bard’s forthcoming book on Zufism. It combines Bard’s philosophical insights with key spiritual traditions such as Zoroastrianism, Zen, and Eastern traditions like Taoism and Vajrayana along the Silk Road. Drawing from his intellectual influences, including Hegel, Nietzsche, and Deleuze, Bard’s philosophy delves into the evolving relationship between philosophy, religion, and technology.
Read MoreFinding and Living your Truth as a Woman in Business
Starting 21.2.2025 at Parallax Academia hosted by Simone Junod, Shaman
Read MoreIn this course, Gafni and Stein deepen the themes raised in First Principles and First Values. The Eye of Value is contrasted with the Eye-of-Anti-Value, and the topics of anthro-ontology, story, and value are explored in depth. Marc and Zak will engage participants in a series of dialogues at the edges of human knowledge, where there is a dance between the languages of science and the sacred, and between the lineages of ancient wisdom and our living memory of the future.
Read MoreIn this three-week journey, participants confront the wounds that shape their lives—the unique ruptures that call us from despair into wonder, from alienation into intimacy, from devastation into divinity.
Read MoreStarts November 1th 2025 - This course explores why Christ provokes the most visceral energetic reaction in history—and why, two thousand years on, His power still divides kingdoms, unmasks hearts, and calls forth a new humanity. Prepare to be turned upside down
Read MoreStarts november 13th 2025 - a deep exploration of feminine and masculine leadership in the digital age with Fanny Norlin.
Read MoreThis course serves as the third step in the larger long-term journey into the evolving landscape of your unique self, offering practices, insights, and community support to help you live your unique self in a deeper, more connected way.
Read MoreThis course serves as the third step in the larger long-term journey into the evolving landscape of your unique self, offering practices, insights, and community support to help you live your unique self in a deeper, more connected way.
Read MoreThis course serves as the second step in the larger long-term journey into the evolving landscape of your unique self, offering practices, insights, and community support to help you live your unique self in a deeper, more connected way.
Read MorePortal 1: This course serves as the first step in the larger long-term journey into the evolving landscape of your unique self, offering practices, insights, and community support to help you live your unique self in a deeper, more connected way
Read MoreThis transformative five-part course is designed for those ready to construct a powerful memeplex: an Empire of the Mind. In a world where personal stagnation can be dangerous, we will learn to shed old skin, gather our strength, and rise against the forces of manipulation and control. More than a course, this symposium is rooted in a powerful vision of social self-organization, along with the doctrine and practices that can realize it.
Read MoreWhat is the occult? And how can a deeper understanding of its theory and practices help us to grow in power and wisdom? Individually we need to become more complex (and simpler), wealthier in every sense, and infused with a greater force of intention in all aspects of our lives. Collectively, we need to enhance the well-being of those we love and also spread new ideas, patterns, and moods into a planetary civilization that is wavering between implosion and transformation. Real growth requires more than just aspiration and meditation. We must contact, unfold and empower hidden parts of ourselves. We need to get better at “magic.”
Read MoreMany portray Gurdjieff as a mere syncretic teacher of Eastern traditions or the more fashionable "Silk Road'' mystic who cobbled together ideas and practices for his system of the “Fourth Way”. However, this superficial understanding belies his history and teachings that tell a very different story and reveals a far more profound and challenging reality. This introductory session will delve into Gurdjieff's faith and work, and his controversial views on religion, and modern Christianity in particular, setting the stage for a deeper exploration.
Read MorePart I of Belonging Again attempted to explain our circumstance through thinkers like Peter Berger, Philip Rieff, and James Hunter. Part II will work to address our circumstance, arguing what it would mean to think economics, politics, sociology, and the like in light of the arguments of Belonging Again. In this, our aim is to show that in “The Meaning Crisis” there can be reason to hope.
Read MoreA 4 part course with Zak Stein which will will delve into the works of David J Temple.
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