Paul- I am glad to hear you talked to Russell Brand. He has a huge fan base and will help get your work out to a broader audience. This is very good! I look forward to hearing it.
Congratulations on the book release. This is truly a big week.
Allow a humble reader to very highly recommend Alexandria, especially for those of us here who have been following Paul's musings about The Machine. I think Paul would agree that there is a great deal of overlap. Can't say more without spoilers, and the book is too good to allow that.
I keep looking for the swans in my own world, but I fear I won't live to see them.
As I listen to some of these recent interviews, I am confused by what I understand as your disdain for (of?) gnostic Christianity. For me, a person who has returned to the Christian faith, these texts and the teachers who have invited me in to their deeper meaning (Elaine Pagels and Cynthia Bourgeault as examples) have been foundational, and help me to more deeply appreciate the New Testament as it currently stands. I see many of these gnostic texts as deeply incarnational, rejoicing in our bodies and our earth home. Speaking deeply of purpose.
We humans, caught in our false and shallow stories of what we think matters in life, race toward the dangerous precipice. Any offering of deeper meaning and purpose could become lifelines for many right now as our neighbors finally awaken but with much grief and fear. I think we need to open our hearts to all ancient stories and prophets that speak of connection and love. We don’t have much time as our civilization unravels. I worry that our intellects often stand in the way of surrendering to our collective soul longing, our collective purpose. We need to be there for one another.
I got Alexandria from the library recently and found it beautifully written and thought provoking, and the evocation of the strange world of a thousand years in the future absolutely mesmerising; and from there i subscribed to The abbey of Misrule,still playing catch up with the essays in it , and also read his earler novel, The Wake feeling triumphant that in the end i managed to overcome my initial resistance to the form of old English in which it is written, and sink into its evocation of a reality of which I had never thought much about before now. and ended by caling my evil cockerel Buckmaster!
Salivating over some of the events later this year... I'll be sure to listen to the Brand interview, been meaning to check out his longer shows so this will be a good opportunity.
I've previously listened to and really enjoyed your conversations with Jonathan Pageau and Mary Harrington! They are 2 of my favorites and it's encouraging to see these worlds coming together. I see your link to N.S. Lyons in the comments below, so I'll go there next. He, too, is a fav.
It's a little bit of confirmation that all the rabbit trails I tend to find myself down aren't too terribly misleading. Maybe it really does all come together at some point!
Paul- I am glad to hear you talked to Russell Brand. He has a huge fan base and will help get your work out to a broader audience. This is very good! I look forward to hearing it.
Congratulations on the book release. This is truly a big week.
-Jack
It seems that you do have to pay to listen to Russell's podcast. I'll wait for a clip to appear on YouTube...
Allow a humble reader to very highly recommend Alexandria, especially for those of us here who have been following Paul's musings about The Machine. I think Paul would agree that there is a great deal of overlap. Can't say more without spoilers, and the book is too good to allow that.
I keep looking for the swans in my own world, but I fear I won't live to see them.
Congrats! Can’t wait to read it!
As I listen to some of these recent interviews, I am confused by what I understand as your disdain for (of?) gnostic Christianity. For me, a person who has returned to the Christian faith, these texts and the teachers who have invited me in to their deeper meaning (Elaine Pagels and Cynthia Bourgeault as examples) have been foundational, and help me to more deeply appreciate the New Testament as it currently stands. I see many of these gnostic texts as deeply incarnational, rejoicing in our bodies and our earth home. Speaking deeply of purpose.
We humans, caught in our false and shallow stories of what we think matters in life, race toward the dangerous precipice. Any offering of deeper meaning and purpose could become lifelines for many right now as our neighbors finally awaken but with much grief and fear. I think we need to open our hearts to all ancient stories and prophets that speak of connection and love. We don’t have much time as our civilization unravels. I worry that our intellects often stand in the way of surrendering to our collective soul longing, our collective purpose. We need to be there for one another.
I got Alexandria from the library recently and found it beautifully written and thought provoking, and the evocation of the strange world of a thousand years in the future absolutely mesmerising; and from there i subscribed to The abbey of Misrule,still playing catch up with the essays in it , and also read his earler novel, The Wake feeling triumphant that in the end i managed to overcome my initial resistance to the form of old English in which it is written, and sink into its evocation of a reality of which I had never thought much about before now. and ended by caling my evil cockerel Buckmaster!
Salivating over some of the events later this year... I'll be sure to listen to the Brand interview, been meaning to check out his longer shows so this will be a good opportunity.
I've previously listened to and really enjoyed your conversations with Jonathan Pageau and Mary Harrington! They are 2 of my favorites and it's encouraging to see these worlds coming together. I see your link to N.S. Lyons in the comments below, so I'll go there next. He, too, is a fav.
It's a little bit of confirmation that all the rabbit trails I tend to find myself down aren't too terribly misleading. Maybe it really does all come together at some point!
Hey Paul, thanks for the update - really enjoyed your talk with Mary Harrington :)
I tried to buy your new book Alexandria, but the link doesn't work? Hope you can fix that soon.