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Description:What if the deepest crisis of our time is a crisis of Value itself?Iain McGilchrist, Marc Gafni, and Zak Stein explore whether truth, goodness, beauty, meaning, and the sacred are real—or merely human constructions. They discuss the loss of depth, value perception, AI, prophecy, and the possibility that Value can be both eternal and evolving.Iain McGilchrist: https://channelmcgilchrist.com/home/Marc Gafni: https://worldphilosophyandreligion.org/about-dr-marc-gafni/Zak Stein: https://www.zakstein.org/First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Comehttps://www.amazon.com/First-Principles-Values-Propositions-CosmoErotic/dp/B0DZP633BB/The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the Worldhttps://www.amazon.com/Matter-Things-Brains-Delusions-Unmaking/dp/1914568257#IainMcGilchrist #MarcGafni #ZakStein #Philosophy #Metacrisis

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John Vervaeke and Thomas Jockin join Andrew Sweeny at Parallax for a conversation on beauty, Plato, Aristotle, the sacred, and the meaning crisis. What if the meaning crisis is also a crisis of beauty — and what if beauty is not merely something we like, but something that asks us to change our lives?John Vervaeke: https://johnvervaeke.com/Thomas Jockin: https://thomasjockin.com/Thomas’s Parallax course, Beauty Changes Your Life: Plato, Aristotle, and the Beautiful, begins Monday, July 6, 2026, with live sessions on July 6, 13, 20, and 27.Course link: https://www.parallax-media.com/courses/beauty-changes-your-life-thomas-jockinSubscribe to Parallax for more conversations on philosophy, spirituality, culture, and transformation.

In this conversation, Andrew Sweeny sits down with author, scholar, and Cult of Personality host Greg Kaminsky to discuss his recent books The Silent Call of the Heart, Peregrine: Crossing Spiritual Boundaries to Find a New Home, and Entangled in Sunlight.The discussion explores Greg's journey from occult scholar and podcaster to committed spiritual practitioner, examining the limits of knowledge, the role of direct experience, and the challenges of spiritual transformation. Drawing on the teachings of Traktung Rinpoche, the conversation moves through topics such as knowledge and wisdom, the Garden of Eden, duality, the spiritual path, Vajrayana Buddhism, the relationship between emptiness and appearance, and the idea of an inner "silent call" that guides a person's life.The second half of the conversation focuses on Peregrine and the question of crossing spiritual boundaries. Can Westerners authentically practice Eastern traditions? Are spiritual paths tied to culture, geography, and ethnicity, or do they point toward something universal? Greg reflects on his own movement from Western esotericism and ceremonial magic into Buddhist Tantra, while discussing tradition, the guru-disciple relationship, and the search for a spiritual home.Topics include:• The transition from scholarship to spiritual practice• Knowledge, wisdom, and unknowing• Traktung Rinpoche and Vajrayana Buddhism• The Garden of Eden and the emergence of duality• One Ground, Two Paths, Two Results• Cataphatic and apophatic spirituality• Ego, surrender, and spiritual ambition• The meaning of The Silent Call of the Heart• The story of Little Luminous Blazing• East-West spirituality and cultural identity• Peregrine and crossing spiritual boundaries• Western esotericism, ceremonial magic, and Buddhist Tantra• Tradition, modernity, and finding a spiritual homeGreg Kaminsky is the author of numerous books on spirituality, religion, and esotericism, and the host of the Cult of Personality podcast.#GregKaminsky #Spirituality #Vajrayana #Buddhism #Mysticism #Esotericism #TraktungRinpoche #Philosophy #Religion #Parallax #CultOfPersonality #Occult #Meditation #EasternPhilosophy #WesternEsotericism

What is prophecy—and why does it matter today?In this conversation, Andrew Sweeny and Dr. Marc Gafni explore the relationship between wound and wonder, love and time, eros and ethics, and the radical idea that a prophet is someone who transforms pain into vision.This dialogue introduces Marc's upcoming Parallax course:**The Words of the Prophets: The Transfiguration of Our Unique Wound**📅 July 12, 19 & 26, 2026🔥 Includes live Digital Campfire sessions each weekLearn more and register:https://www.parallax-media.com/courses/marc-gafni-the-words-of-the-prophets#MarcGafni #Parallax #Prophecy #UniqueSelf #Mysticism #Philosophy #Spirituality