Parallax

By Andrew SweenySociety & Culture Philosophy

Parallax episodes

March 28, 2024 The Parallax View #124: Rejoice the Abyss
Tom and Andrew ramble about Andrew Huberman, discomfort, Pessoa´s Hate of Travel, and failed attempts deal with Christianity
1 hr 1 min
March 21, 2024 The Parallax View #123: Is war natural?
Tom and Andrew ramble about war, women & worlds.
1 hr 3 min
March 11, 2024 Love or Die #10: A Conversation Series with Marc Gafni - The Tree of Life - Part 5 - Hod and Nezach
Andrew questions Marc about the famous Tree of Life and the ten Sephirot in Hebrew Kabbalah. An introduction and a radical interpretation. How can we rewrite the source code of the present epoch and create a new story? The stakes are high. It’s Love or Die!
Parallax Mighty Networks: https://parallax-media-network.mn.co/share/RnBBvEYInToDBG2P?utm_source=manual
Parallax Academy: https://www.parallax-media.com/2024-courses-and-events
Membership and Donation: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar"
Website Dr. Marc Gafni: http://www.marcgafni.com
Radical Kabbalah: https://www.marcgafni.com/main-teachings/radical-kabbalah/
1 hr 5 min
February 16, 2024 Jordan Hall - Journey to Christianity
Jordan Hall - Journey to Christianity
A discussion about Jordan's recent conversion to Christianity, his wrestling with religion, and his understanding of deeper concepts like the trinity, prayer, and sin. An extremely deep and heartful conversation.
Jordan Hall is a visionary philosopher celebrated for his groundbreaking insights into the realms of collective intelligence, sense-making, and the intricate tapestry of modern civilization. With a keen intellect and a penchant for unraveling complex societal dynamics, he has emerged as a guiding light in our quest to fathom the intricacies of our rapidly changing world.
Hall's contributions to the global discourse extend beyond his words; he is a true architect of change. His work illuminates pathways for societies and communities to deftly navigate the labyrinthine challenges of the 21st century, offering a compass for those seeking to understand and shape our collective destiny. (written with the help of ChatGPT)" https://deepcode.substack.com/p/from-city-to-civium
1 hr 39 min
February 15, 2024 Sweeny vs Bard #59 - With Max Borders - Who are the grey robes?
A deep conversation about archetypes, the need for art and religion, and a Gurdieffian 4th way in the land of technological utopia and dystopia. And a plug for Max's upcoming course on Parallax, which will explore these issues.
THE GREY ROBES - INITIATION INTO A GLOBAL DIGITAL PRIESTHOOD WITH MAX BORDERS: starts March 10th:
https://www.parallax-media.com/courses/max-borders-1
Links:
Parallax Mighty Networks: https://parallax-media-network.mn.co/share/RnBBvEYInToDBG2P?utm_source=manual
Parallax Academy: https://www.parallax-media.com/2024-courses-and-events
Membership and Donation: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar.
Max Borders is the author of The Social Singularity (2018) and The Decentralist (2021). His latest book is called Underthrow (2023). Currently, he is working on two major projects: a cosmopolitan constitution designed to open the era of open-source law, and a global fraternal society dedicated to the mission, morality, and meaning of the “Grey Tribe. Borders is founder and Executive Director of Social Evolution, an organization dedicated to liberating humanity and solving social problems through innovation. He is also co-founder of the event experience Future Frontiers, which succumbed to COVID in 2020 after eight years.
Alexander Bard: Alexander Bard is a Swedish author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, philosopher and political activist, and one of the founders of the Synthesist movement along with his co-author Jan Söderqvist. His books include “The Futurica Trilogy”, “Digital Libido” & “Synthetism”.
2 hr 1 min
February 13, 2024 Gurdjieff's The Hard Way Part 2 with Luke Bhencke - Towards a Conscious Relationship
A conversation about an exciting new experimental course at Parallax Academy:
https://www.parallax-media.com/courses/the-hard-way-with-luke-behncke-2
Raised in rural and outback Australia, Luke’s background in biomedical science and physical education, with diverse interests in philosophy, religion, and art - ultimately drew him to Gurdjieff’s system, where he has been a practitioner working with groups and individuals from around the world since 2000. Explorations related to Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way and Christianity can be found on his blogsite at 'Faith made Flesh’
Parallax Mighty Networks:
https://parallax-media-network.mn.co/share/RnBBvEYInToDBG2P?utm_source=manual
Parallax Academy: https://www.parallax-media.com/2024-courses-and-events
Membership and Donation: https://www.parallax-media.com/membership
57 min
February 10, 2024 Love or Die #9: A conversation series with Marc Gafni
How can we rewrite the source code of the present epoch and create a new story? The stakes are high. It’s Love or Die!
Andrew questions Marc about the famous Tree of Life and the ten Sephirot in Hebrew Kabbalah. An introduction and a radical interpretation. And a discussion on 6th Sepirot: Tiferet
Parallax Mighty Networks: https://parallax-media-network.mn.co/share/RnBBvEYInToDBG2P?utm_source=manual
Parallax Academy: https://www.parallax-media.com/2024-courses-and-events
Website Dr. Marc Gafni: http://www.marcgafni.com
Radical Kabbalah: https://www.marcgafni.com/main-teachings/radical-kabbalah/
Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, and passionate philosopher. He is known for his “source code teachings,” including Unique Self theory, the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy. He is author of over twenty-five books, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox rabbinic ordination.
He teaches on the cutting edge of philosophy and spirit in the West, with the aim of participating in the articulation of what Dr. Gafni together with Dr. Zak Stein and colleagues are calling CosmoErotic Humanism. At the core of CosmoErotic Humanism is what Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein are calling ‘First Principles and First Values,’ Anthro-Ontology and a “Universal Grammar of Value.” This shared story rooted in First Principles and First Values can then serve as the matrix for a global ethos for a global civilization.
Dr. Gafni is the Co-Founder and Co-President of the Office for the Future, the Center for World Religion and Philosophy and the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. At the core of their shared missions is the articulation and delivery into culture of a Great Library - in multiple forms - which participates in evolving the source code of consciousness and culture in response to the Meta Crisis.
1 hr 8 min
January 27, 2024 Max Borders - The Grey Robes - INITIATION INTO A GLOBAL DIGITAL PRIESTHOOD
Max and Andrew Sweeny discuss Max's ambitious course and initiation into Mystery, Mission, Morality, Means and Meaning for those Heterodox thinkers wanting to go beyond red and blue, black and white.
Max Borders is the author of The Social Singularity (2018) and The Decentralist (2021). His latest book is called Underthrow (2023). Currently, he is working on two major projects: a cosmopolitan constitution designed to open the era of open-source law, and a global fraternal society dedicated to the mission, morality, and meaning of the “Grey Tribe. Borders is founder and Executive Director of Social Evolution, an organization dedicated to liberating humanity and solving social problems through innovation. He is also co-founder of the event experience Future Frontiers, which succumbed to COVID in 2020 after eight years.Parallax Academy: https://www.parallax-media.com/2024-courses-and-eventsMembership and Donation:
Note: For information about the course please write me at: [email protected]

Course Page
Mighty Networks Invitation
Membership and Donation
Max's Blog

Note: For information about the course please write me at: [email protected]
1 hr 44 min
January 13, 2024 Love or Die #8: A Conversation Series with Marc Gafni - The Tree of Life - Part 3
Join The Love or Die page on our Parallax Mighty Networks:
https://parallax-media-network.mn.co/share/tQLqSh5i-wE2XHm6?utm_source=manual
Andrew questions Marc about the famous Tree of Life and the ten Sephirot in Hebrew Kabbalah. An introduction and a radical interpretation. And a discussion on the 4th and 5th Sepirot: Chesed and Gevurah
Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, and passionate philosopher. He is known for his “source code teachings,” including Unique Self theory, the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy. He is author of over twenty-five books, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox rabbinic ordination.
He teaches on the cutting edge of philosophy and spirit in the West, with the aim of participating in the articulation of what Dr. Gafni together with Dr. Zak Stein and colleagues are calling CosmoErotic Humanism. At the core of CosmoErotic Humanism is what Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein are calling ‘First Principles and First Values,’ Anthro-Ontology and a “Universal Grammar of Value.” This shared story rooted in First Principles and First Values can then serve as the matrix for a global ethos for a global civilization.
Dr. Gafni is the Co-Founder and Co-President of the Office for the Future, the Center for World Religion and Philosophy and the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. At the core of their shared missions is the articulation and delivery into culture of a Great Library - in multiple forms - which participates in evolving the source code of consciousness and culture in response to the Meta Crisis. "
Artist links:
Website Dr. Marc Gafni: http://www.marcgafni.com
Radical Kabbalah: https://www.marcgafni.com/main-teachings/radical-kabbalah/
Parallax Academy: https://www.parallax-media.com/2024-courses-and-events
Membership and Donation: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar
1 hr 10 min
December 21, 2023 The Parallax View #113: Cross & Debt
Again, Tom and Andrew tackle the important things, from pain to poetry to Christ and cunning vixens.

1 hr