Parallax AcademY

The Parallax Academy is an educational online community, offering cutting-edge courses, podcasts, and books on philosophy, spirituality, ecology and psychology. Parallax Academy is more than just an online school.  It is a digital hearth where we gather to reawaken the old art of thinking and storytelling—and help create a world worth living in.  We are writers, philosophers, artists, iconoclasts, and world builders. We invite you to join us on an educational pilgrimage.


Upcoming courses


Meet Our Teachers


Past courses


Weekly Syllabus

First Friday of a month: The Parallax View live, with Andrew Sweeny and Tom Amarque

Second Friday of the month: Guest lecture + Q & A,

Third Friday of the month: Parallax Lecture + Q & A

Forth Friday of the month: Parallax Student Lecture + Q & A

Andrew Sweeny: Tarot Reading Group, Date Bi-Weekly, TBA

This semester, we will explore the Major Arcana of the Marseille Tarot, drawing on the work of Marianne Costa, co-author (with Alejandro Jodorowsky) of The Way of Tarot (La Voie du Tarot). We will also incorporate ideas from her most recent French book: Le Tarot pas à pas.

Our sessions will include symbolic analysis, group readings, and open discussion. Rather than focusing on occult or fortune-telling interpretations, we seek to discover how these powerful images can be used as tools for reflection, insight, and personal transformation in everyday life. All are welcome—no prior Tarot experience is necessary.

Andrew Sweeny is a versatile creator and educator based in Avon, France. He is a writer, editor, YouTuber, podcaster, poet, musician, and teacher. Andrew’s creative journey includes a rich background in music, with several albums and a poetry book published, as well as leading two popular podcasts and a philosophical blog.


Andrew Sweeny: Beelzebub's Book Club, Date Bi-Weekly, TBA

Join Andrew Sweeny for a lively and congenial reading group focused on mystical texts from both Eastern and Western traditions. This semester, we will continue our journey through George Gurdjieff’s massive, baroque masterpiece Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson. Each session includes collective reading, discussion, and the exploration of basic practices drawn from Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way. Whether you're an experienced practitioner or a curious beginner, you're warmly invited to take part.

Andrew Sweeny is a versatile creator and educator based in Avon, France. He is a writer, editor, YouTuber, podcaster, poet, musician, and teacher. Andrew’s creative journey includes a rich background in music, with several albums and a poetry book published, as well as leading two popular podcasts and a philosophical blog.