Hands of the dead here in my living hands / as I split stony squash with a crack of the blade, / scoop seeds, oil flesh for the fire—hands / of women and men in my hands, generations / repeating these gestures, the old pleasure…
Marco V Morelli
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HOWL - Metapsy Poetry Jam LIVE @ Naropa University - this Sat. Oct. 13 / 8-10 pm
Join the writers and artists of Metapsychosis, Infinite Conversations, and Cosmos Co-Op for an open poetry jam to celebrate the living and the dead in song, spoken word, and any other form of creative contribution you/we feel moved to share.
The Glory of Groove
Meet Sidney (aka the Sacred Scribe)—a PhD candidate in Physics with a problem in the paradoxical human realm of love. What does a love triangle look like in the fourth dimension? Quantum indeterminacy rules, as Sidney and her friends explore a bold new cosmology uniting Science and Spirituality, and Sidney’s “wave function” must decide between the primal magnetism of Bruno, her friendship with Alyzia, and the life of her mind and creative soul.
grammatological monster
I noted that since the time of Gebser, our ‘grammatical mirror’ has exploded (while remaining mostly mentally fixated) but that we might ‘update’ Gebser by finding evidence of the post-postmodern (integral) now. This text (and accompanying audio) is meant to illustrate that point.
Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’
A series of writing and conversations exploring the many layers, folds, complexities, and intensities of director Darren Aronofsky’s disturbing tale of home invasion: mother!
Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”interpreting mother! – conversation 2
disparate minds meet to discuss Darren Aronfsky’s feature film, mother! with: brigid burke, mark jabbour, marco v morelli, natalia anthony
Interpreting Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”interpreting mother! – convo 1
disparate minds meet to discuss Darren Aronfsky’s feature film, mother! with: jf martel, caroline savery, john davis, geoffrey edwards, and marco v morelli
Soul Mountain, by Gao Xingjian - Reading Group Meeting
Join us for the third and final meeting of the Readers Underground group dedicated to Nobel Prize laureate Gao Xingjian's novel, Soul Mountain. This will be our first meeting discussing the novel as a whole, so even if you missed the previous two meetings, you are welcome to join us.
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #2
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion. Reading [...]
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #5
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion. Reading [...]
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #3
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion. Reading [...]
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #4
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion. Reading [...]
The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning – Reading Group Meeting #6
We are reading The Minor Gesture, by Erin Manning, with virtual meeting every 2 weeks between April 25 and July 4 for live discussion. Reading [...]
Cosmos Café: Trefoil Knots of The Mereon Matrix, with author Lynnclaire Dennis
The Café crew welcomes author Lynnclaire Dennis to talk about her essay, "Philosophical Thought and Thinking Aloud Allowed," which is Chapter 3 of The Mereon Matrix: Unity, Perspective and Paradox. The Mereon Matrix is a dynamic natural pattern of sound, vibration, and shape that exhibits mathematical and spiritual dimensions. Lynneclaire is communicating the deep implications of this pattern—which she first perceived through a near death experience—to all of humanity
Soul Mountain – Conversation 2
We will begin our discussion of Gao Xingjian's novel, Soul Mountain—focusing on chapters 1 to 42. (Our next talk, on June 1, will complete the [...]
Globes, by Peter Sloterdijk – Live Conversation 6
Our reading of philosopher Peter Sloterdjik’s SPHERES: Volume 2: GLOBES concludes...(for now). This will be our 6th live conversation.
Globes, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 5
#5 of 6 live conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s GLOBES: Ch. 7
The Minor Gesture: Introductory Meeting, with author Erin Manning
Author Erin Manning will be joining us for the session of our reading group studying her book, The Minor Gesture
The Case for Literature, by Gao Xingjian
Our reading group on Gao Xingjian’s novel Soul Mountain begins a with a preliminary talk about his Nobel Prize acceptance essay, “The Case for Literature.”
Why the Human Singularity is Nearer
Global transparency offers an unspoken invitation for us all to forge a new paradigm of personal integrity. The Internet, our own collective mirror, stands as a challenge for us to face ourselves for the first time fully in all our humanness.
The Marvelous Mythos of Black Panther
We warmly welcome Darrell Hester (Mythos Collective) and Zachary Feder to Metapsychosis. Zachary, a writer and interlocutor on our forum at Infinite Conversations, contacted Darrell after seeing one of YouTube videos. In this talk, they cover everything from the cultural and psychological significance of the film to the esoteric meaning of vibranium. This is their first talk—with more to come, we hope!
Globes, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 4
#4 of 6 live conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s GLOBES: Chs. 5-6 — Readers Underground
Globes, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 3
#3 of 6 conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s GLOBES. Chs. 3 – 4
Globes, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 2
#2 of 6 live conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s GLOBES: Chs. 1-2
Globes, by Peter Sloterdijk – Welcome & Overview
Readers Underground group for Globes, by Peter Sloterdijk – Welcome & Overview page
Bubbles, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 9
#9 of 9 live conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s Bubbles. Topics: Ch. 8, “Closer to Me Than I Am Myself – A Theological Preparation for the Theory of the Shared Inside,” Excursus 10: Matris in gremio – A Mariological Cricket,” and “Transition: On Ecstatic Immanence,” pps. 539–632.
Bubbles, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 8
#8 of 9 live conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s Bubbles. Topics: Ch. 7, “The Siren Stage – On the First Sonsospheric Alliance,” as well as Excursus 8, “Illiterate Truths – A Note on Oral Fundamentalisms” and Excursus 9, “Where Lacan Starts to Go Wrong,” pps. 477–538.
Bubbles, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 7
#7 of 9 live conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s Bubbles. Topics: Ch. 6: “Soul Partitions – Angels—Twins—Doubles,” as well as Excursus 6: “Spheric Mourning – On Nobject Loss and the Difficulty of Saying What Is Missing” and Excursus 7: “On the Difference Between and Idiot and an Angel,” pps. 413-476.
Bubbles, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 6
#6 of 9 live conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s Bubbles. Topics: Ch. 5, “The Primal Companion – Requiem for Discarded Organ” as well as “Excursus 5: The Black Plantation – A Note on Trees of Life and Enlivement Machines,” pages 343–412
Bubbles, by Peter Sloterdijk – Conversation 5
#5 of 9 live conversations on Peter Sloterdijk’s Bubbles. Topics: Ch. 4, “The Retreat Within the Mother: Groundwork for a Negative Gynecology,” along with the following Excursi, pps. 269–342
