Emergent wisdom is where we explore current events and the challenges of the human experience through the lens of ecological wisdom, system thinking, and mythopoetic meandering. This podcast is for you if you are ready to go from emergency to emergence and turn your life into a joyful ride toward collective liberation and an offering of love at the altar of creation.
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A hitchhiker's guide to the end of empire (Part 1)
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51:24Why does it seem impossible to escape or imagine a world beyond the logics and premises of capital? What are these premises exactly and why are they inherently self-replicating and produce their own naturality? How our use of language is a production machine that is deeply entangled with enforcing these logics and premises and constantly capturing …
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What if the universe, existence, and your life have no meaning whatsoever? Does that terrify you or set you free? In our increasingly more complex and uncertain world, a generational collective need for finding meaning only exacerbates, leaving us susceptible than ever to being manipulated by hegemony. In this episode, we felt inspired to explore t…
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In what ways, in our attempts at liberation, do we merely migrate the same logics that produce oppression and keep replicating the same realities? How coloniality, white supremacy, and even patriarchy are also (destructive) attempts at liberation and care? And what does all of that have to do with how we show up relationally in our personal and int…
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Eros, Violence and the Body Without Organs
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1:00:24Eros, erotic aliveness, is a force that can be liberating, healing, and transformative, or, when suppressed, privatized, and hidden in the shadows, a force of violence, violation, and destruction. In this episode, with the help of A'ida Shibli and the Patreon community here, I'd like to draw on the connection between Eros, the erotic side of the vi…
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Trickster’s fun: Conspirituality, Armageddons, and Embracing Mystery
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53:36What’s common to bizarre conspiracy theories, new-age spiritualism, and the Neo-fascist pipeline? Is there a connection between end-of-the-world prophecies and our current ecological realities? Can we find non-linear, queer, meandering wisdom in the most absurdly nonsensical beliefs? In today’s episode, we will explore all of that and more through …
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Death, Entanglement, and Individuation: How to be a Thriving Creature in a Collapsing World
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35:04Why do I think we should kill hope? Where did our collective denial of death originate? What’s the difference between individuality and individuation? And how is this all connected to our collapsing world? All of that and more in today’s episode. We all have different relationships with what’s happening in the world; some of us gravitate towards de…
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Water always finds their way home: A manual for vibrancy in the age of Moloch.
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42:15And what are we to do? And what are we to do? What if this is not about progressing into something entirely new but rather remembering forgotten wisdom that already permeates in our cells, blood and bones? What if the journey is challenging but a lot simpler than we think? A paragon of possibilities rather than a set of problems needs solving. What…
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Why are humans the only species that managed to see themselves as a separate element from the very ecology from which they emerged? Why are we the only species, out of more than a quintillion species in this planet's history, that could individuate itself from its environment, at least experientially? In this episode, we attempt to express a fresh,…
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God. Allah. Yahawe. Bhagavān. Dao. Brahma. Beloved. Holy Spirit. Shchina. Ruach Jakodesh. Nana Buluku. Rūḥ al-qudus. These words, the names of God and holy spirits, and what they evoke in different people. For some, they are completely void and overused. Others are filled with the ecstatic nectar of devotional love, while many feel fear or awe. Whi…
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The cult of self: from meaning crisis to making friends with trees
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37:17What can trees teach us about revolution and community? How to do "manifestation" from an ecological perspective? Why are myth and mystical vision the way forward for humanity? That and more in this new episode of Emergent Wisdom; enjoy 🙏🏽 Support us and join our monthly study group on Patreon: https://patreon.com/emergentwisdom Join the upcoming L…
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Collective Shadow, Alchemy & Palestinian Liberation
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54:43How come one of the most historically oppressed groups turns out into a monstrosity of occupation, brutality, and military might? How does collective shadow play collectively and individually in an endless cycle of the oppressed becoming the oppressor? And what can you and I do to alchemize these shadows and bring about collective liberation? That …
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Emergent Wisdom. A life boat at the end of civilization?
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29:20Hello, earth dweller; I am honored to welcome you to the first episode of the Emergent Wisdom project. Here, we explore current events and the challenges of the human experience through the lens of ecology and relatable mysticism. To bring about the internal and external liberation of all people, ecosystems, beings, and land. This is not a podcast,…
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