In this episode I discuss a book by an American philosopher called Terence McKenna in which he proposed a radical new theory on human evolution. 

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In this episode I read out a narrative that I wrote as a result of my recent 3 month deep dive into the history of psychedelics.

Time stamps for sections:

00:00 - An Ecstatic Prologue

27:25 - The Old World

43:04 - The New World

50:10 - Seeking the Magic Mushroom

53:42 - Seeking the Magic Mushroom: Richard Evans Schultes

1:02:50 - Seeking the Magic Mushroom: Gordon Wasson

1:13:05 - Time for Change

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This episode is a reading of the next (and third) installment of my ongoing project based on James Joyce's novel, Ulysses. I have been rewriting the chapters of the book to document my response and processing of the modernist masterpiece. The recording is 14 minutes long. 

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Part 2 of my reading, with live commentary, of the famous essay called Oration on the Dignity of Man by the Italian Renaissance Philosopher, Pico Della Mirandola. This essay is now considered by scholars to be a "manifesto for the Italian Renaissance."

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In this episode I do another live reading of another famous essay, this time it is a lecture called Oration on the Dignity of Man by the Italian Renaissance Philosopher, Pico Della Mirandola. This essay is now considered by scholars to be a "manifesto for the Italian Renaissance."

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The first philosophers: the pre-Socratics and the road to atomic theory.

Thales

Anaximander

Anaximenes

Xenophanes

Heraclitus

Parmenides

Zeno

Melissus

Pythagoras

Anaxagoras

Empedocles

Leucippus

Democritus

The Sophists

Protagoras

Gorgias

Prodicus

Thracymachus

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A 17 minute condensed and, in many places, reimagined version of the second episode of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece, Ulysses, titled, Nestor. Likes are great, but buying me a drink (or some food) over on patreon would be even better😅🫣 What would Joyce have been without his patrons? #strugglingartist #"would I make money by it?" Stephen asked Haines.

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As part of my bachelor's degree in Art college I had to write a thesis on a subject of my own choosing. If you're not familiar, ever wondered what an Art college thesis might be like? I chose to write my thesis on the reasons why a form of contemporary socially engaged art, called Dialogical Art, came about. In this episode I read out and discuss the thesis that I wrote. Some of the topics include: Guy Debord's book called Society of the Spectacle; some past forms of socially engaged art; why Installation Art came about; Relational Aesthetics and Dialogical Art practices.

And here are some other words that come up in discussion in relation to this kind of art: Socially engaged art, Community art,

Experimental communities, 

Interventionist art, Participatory art,

Collaborative art, Contextual art, Useful art, and Social practice.

Some key writers in relation to these types of art are: Claire Bishop, Grant Kester and Nicolas Bourriaud.

If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, just search Oralotium there, cheers ✌️🙏 follow on Instagram: Oralotium

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As part of my bachelor's degree in Art college I had to write a thesis on a subject of my own choosing. If you're not familiar, ever wondered what an Art college thesis might be like? I chose to write my thesis on the reasons why a form of contemporary socially engaged art, called Dialogical Art, came about. In this episode I read out and discuss the thesis that I wrote. Some of the topics include: Guy Debord's book called Society of the Spectacle; some past forms of socially engaged art; why Installation Art came about; Relational Aesthetics and Dialogical Art practices.

And here are some other words that come up in discussion in relation to this kind of art: Socially engaged art, Community art,E xperimental communities,

Interventionist art, Participatory art,

Collaborative art, Contextual art, Useful art, and Social practice.

Some key writers in relation to these types of art are: Claire Bishop, Grant Kester and Nicolas Bourriaud.

If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, just search Oralotium there, cheers ✌️🙏 follow on Instagram: Oralotium

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As part of my bachelor's degree in Art college I had to write a thesis on a subject of my own choosing. If you're not familiar, ever wondered what an Art college thesis might be like? I chose to write my thesis on the reasons why a form of contemporary socially engaged art, called Dialogical Art, came about. In this episode I read out and discuss the thesis that I wrote. Some of the topics include: Guy Debord's book called Society of the Spectacle; some past forms of socially engaged art; why Installation Art came about; Relational Aesthetics and Dialogical Art practices.

And here are some other words that come up in discussion in relation to this kind of art: Socially engaged art, Community art,

Experimental communities, 

Interventionist art, Participatory art,

Collaborative art, Contextual art, Useful art, and Social practice.

Some key writers in relation to these types of art are: Claire Bishop, Grant Kester and Nicolas Bourriaud.

If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, just search Oralotium there, cheers ✌️🙏 follow on Instagram: Oralotium

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