April 26, 2008
this one’s gift-wrapped for all my fundamentalist friends out there…
a slightly out of sequence podcast, but it took me a couple weeks to edit down to something reasonable, wherein we examine the mania for true facts and the mistaken belief that this is always a good thing.
And by way of illustration we bump that up against some recent research I’ve been doing into christian scholarship, and we can look forward to delighting our dispensationalist friends with a bunch of things that they probably won’t understand, but it’s probably better that they don’t, anyway. That’s how we got into this mess.
and therein lies the point…
podcast page here
Direct download: TME2.7-its_just_a_myth.mp3
15 Comments | 
alchemy, magick, meditation, yoga, initiatory crisis, peak oil, climate change, podcasts, the mosaic effect | 
Permalink
Posted by zac
April 13, 2008
A few false starts, and some distractions, but here we are again, such as it is…
we diagnose a certain cultural condition where people embrace apocalyptic thinking, but shy away from any action. In so doing, we reference various cults and fads such as peak oil, evangelical christianity and the singularity, pulp fiction and the simpsons, and then tie it up with my main man, the marshall mcluhan.
A meandering podcast that maybe doesn’t get anywhere that talks about how culture meanders and never quite goes anywhere. oh the irony…
podcast page here
Direct download: TME2.6-nothing_ever_happens.mp3
6 Comments | initiatory crisis, peak oil, climate change, podcasts, the mosaic effect | Permalink
Posted by zac
March 16, 2008
I put on my cultural imperialist, racist and reactionary progressive hat, in order to talk about why nobody can seem to resist our toxic way of life.
In so doing we touch on memetics, guns, germs and steel, the myth of the noble primitive, and how the monoculture is exterminating a whole new round of vulnerable people, and why it might be a good thing.
podcast page here
TME2.4-choose_your_poison.mp3
It’s a good thing I don’t do this to make friends…
7 Comments | initiatory crisis, peak oil, climate change, podcasts, the mosaic effect | Permalink
Posted by zac
March 2, 2008
What do Richard Branson, Howard Bloom and ‘the Elders’ all have in common? and how does it portent the disintegration of the global human superorganism?
I’m sure you’ve all laid awake at night wondering what the answer to that one might be…
podcast page here
Direct download: TME2.3-chaos_theory.mp3
10 Comments | futurism, initiatory crisis, peak oil, climate change, podcasts, the mosaic effect | Permalink
Posted by zac
February 24, 2008
A bit more of a rant than usual. we start off with a bit of a tip of the hat to world war III and rapidly diverge into situationism and guy debord, addiction to spectacle, and the longing for chaos that comes from thwarted evolution, leading to the only real solution to feeling like crap.
podcast page here
Direct download: TME2.2-start_with_yourself.mp3
6 Comments | initiatory crisis, peak oil, climate change, podcasts, the mosaic effect | Permalink
Posted by zac
February 18, 2008
A clean slate, and return to our roots with the mosaic effect as we explore the hidden nature of current events and random occurrences.
We begin with a dip into the headlines for a pass at the recent squall of school shootings. In so doing we touch upon bowling for columbine, the american frontier, the recently deceased dr. hyatt, willful fragmentation, and the proliferation of the no-exit reality tunnel. no prior knowledge or occult background required.
apologies for the spotty audio quality. we’re due for new mic, it seems.
podcast page here
Direct download: TME2.1-shoot.mp3
3 Comments | podcasts, the mosaic effect | Permalink
Posted by zac
September 15, 2007
Well, here’s another one I’m somewhat pleased with. A freewheeling exploration of the concept of the magickal will and how it ties into linear and non-linear thinking, among other things.
Euclid, Riemann, Liebnitz, geometric spacetime manifolds, the corrosive poison of consensus, catastrophic fractures of the reality grid, and scraping off the candy coating of individual neurosis on your way to the power of god on earth.
And the bucket. Mustn’t forget the bucket….
Podcast page here
Direct download: TME33-the_view_from_a_bucket.mp3
9 Comments | alchemy, magick, meditation, yoga, initiatory crisis, peak oil, climate change, podcasts, the depth scientists union, the mosaic effect | Permalink
Posted by zac
August 31, 2007
Pursuing our discussion of various kinds of truth, and tying it into the recent economic upheavals, in which we discuss how, perhaps, attempting to feed and house billions of people with numbers on a screen may be a slightly unrealistic notion. I’m a big believer in the power of extended metaphors, but even I need to eat, occasionally.
podcast page here
Direct download: TME32-SMTM.mp3
10 Comments | initiatory crisis, peak oil, climate change, podcasts, the mosaic effect | Permalink
Posted by zac
August 17, 2007
Ahhh… here we are again. You almost forgot I did this stuff, didn’t you?
But anyway. Some things on my mind, which touch upon our recent climate debate, politcs in general, and the pernicous nature of philosophical( or even worse, spiritual) relatavism.
Plato and platonism, the buddha, existentialism, mob psychology, a bunch of labored breathing, some traffic noise, and a bit of politcal theory.
podcast page here
Direct download: ME31-common_sense_is_not_so_common.mp3
7 Comments | God, the infinite, peak experience, alchemy, magick, meditation, yoga, heroes, geniuses, and notable figures, initiatory crisis, peak oil, climate change, podcasts, the depth scientists union, the mosaic effect | Permalink
Posted by zac
