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Tag: The Ever-Present Origin

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Winter of Origins

Organizer: Metapsychosis
| December 21, 2018 Readers Underground Group

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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Springing from Origins: #litgeeks Winter Reading Draws to a Close

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Metapsychosis
| March 19, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 9 – Hangout #15

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| March 10, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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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).

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Winter of Origins – Week 9 – Hangout #14

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| March 10, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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Recording of our fourteenth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, covering Part 2, Chapter 8.

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Winter of Origins – Week 8 – Hangout #13

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| March 10, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 8 – Hangout #12

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| March 10, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
Books

Recording of our twelfth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, covering Part 2, Chapters 5 and 6.

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Winter of Origins – Week 7 – Hangout #11

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| February 25, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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Recording of our eleventh hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, discussing Part 2, Chapters 2–4.

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Winter of Origins – Week 7 – Hangout #10

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Metapsychosis
| February 25, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
Books

Archive recording of our tenth hangout discussing The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser, discussing Part 2, Chapters 1–4.

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Winter of Origins – Week 6 – Hangout #9

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| February 18, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
Books

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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 6 – Hangout #8

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| February 15, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 4 – Hangout #7

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| February 1, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 4 – Hangout #6

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| February 1, 2016 Filed Under:
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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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 3 – Hangout #5

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| January 23, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 3 – Hangout #4

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| January 23, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 2 – Hangout #3

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Metapsychosis
| January 21, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
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Our third Winter of Origins Hangout.

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Winter of Origins – Week 2 – Hangout #2

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Metapsychosis
| January 18, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
Books

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.

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Winter of Origins – Week 1 – Hangout #1

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Metapsychosis
| January 12, 2016 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
Books

The first Google Hangout, kicking off our collaborative reading of Jean Gebser’s magnum opus, The Ever-Present Origin.

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Winter of Origins

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Metapsychosis
| December 14, 2015 Filed Under:
Winter of Origins:
Books

#litgeeks book club and The International Jean Gebser Society present Winter of Origins, a collaborative reading of Jean Gebser’s The Ever-Present Origin.

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