This was the second reading of Readers Underground (then #litgeeks). The conversation continues in our forum. In a world racked by vast inequality, climate change, and political upheaval, Gebser’s work so aptly points out that these problems are a …

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This was the second reading of Readers Underground (then #litgeeks). The conversation continues in our forum. In a world racked by vast inequality, climate change, and political upheaval, Gebser’s work so aptly points out that these problems are a …
This reading took place Dec 1, 2015–Jan 2, 2016, and was the very first Readers Underground (then #litgeeks book club) read together. It served as a beta test of our format, forum software, and other systems. The conversation continues in our forum.
In this hangout on July 28, 2016, we explore ideas from both the novel and one another’s personal experiences. It’s a LIVE Freak out!
A group reading of Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, July 25 – September 1, 2016.
In this hangout we discuss (primarily) “The Thief” vignette, meaning and symbolism in the The Saddlebag, consciousness studies, Henry Corbin and the Illuminationist school (think: angels), Zoroastrianism, Babism, and The Bahai Faith.
Here we are at the end of WoO. Spring is upon us, and our “Spring to Origins” poetic revelry event was, I think, a great success. Books have beginnings and endings but they are never finished. Re-reading a book forces us to work with a book over time, to disclose its nature slowly to us. They invite returning, like the seasons; their imperative merely to read and re-read, corso e ricorso. New interpretations glimmer up from occlusion, hidden treasures discovered in neglected passages.
Our fifteenth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, covering Part 2, Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12 and the Postscript (pg. 528-547).
Recording of our fourteenth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, covering Part 2, Chapter 8.
Recording of our thirteenth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, covering Part 2, Chapter 7, “Manifestations of the Aperspectival World” (III): The Social Sciences.
Recording of our twelfth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, covering Part 2, Chapters 5 and 6.
Recording of our eleventh hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, discussing Part 2, Chapters 2–4.
Archive recording of our tenth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, discussing Part 2, Chapters 1–4.
Our ninth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser. For this hangout, we’re excited to announce that author, integral philosopher, and founder of the Alderlore Insight Center Bonnitta Roy will be joining us. This may segue into our discussion of Part 2 of the book, including Chapter 1: The Irruption of Time.
Our eighth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser. For this hangout, we will be focusing on Part 1 – Chapter 7: On the History of the Phenomena of Soul and Spirit and Chapter 8: The Foundations of the Aperspectival World. Please be prepared to discuss pp. 248-274, along with broader themes relating to this portion of the text.
Our seventh hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser. For this hangout, we will be focusing on Chapter 6: On the History of the Phenomena of Soul and Spirit. Please be prepared to discuss pp. 188-247, along with broader themes relating to this portion of the text.
Our sixth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser. For this hangout, we will be focusing on Chapter 5: The Space-Time Constitution of the Structures. Please be prepared to discuss pp. 162-187, along with broader themes relating to this portion of the text.
Our fifth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser. For this hangout, we will be focusing on MUTATIONS AS AN INTEGRAL PHENOMENON (Chapter 4). Please be prepared to discuss pp. 116–155, along with any broader themes relating to this portion of the text.
Our fourth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser. For this hangout, we will be focusing on the MENTAL structure, as Gebser discusses it in Chapter 3. Please be prepared to discuss pp. 73-102, along with any broader themes relating to this portion of the text.
Our third Winter of Origins Hangout.
By this point in our schedule, we’ve read to page 73 (Chapter 3, just before the subsection on the Mental Structure). But there’s plenty to dig into from Chapters 1 and 2 and more broadly (or priorly), as well.
The first Google Hangout, kicking off our collaborative reading of Jean Gebser’s magnum opus, The Ever-Present Origin.
Our second and final hangout discussing Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed is now available for replay.
#litgeeks book club and The International Jean Gebser Society present Winter of Origins, a collaborative reading of Jean Gebser’s The Ever-Present Origin.
#LITGEEKS first hangout, discussing chapters 1-3 of The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, and other matters.
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