February 23rd, 2022 Christopher Kavanagh from the Decoding The Gurus podcast visits The Stoa to present on “the gurometer.” “In the below we discuss a few themes and characteristics that seem to be common among gurus. Some are more common than others, and not all will be characteristic of every guru. Nevertheless, they are often […]

February 22nd, 2022 “So the problem of how to be a good apocalpytarian becomes an important existential question. The old question is: Will there be an apocalypse or not? The new question is: How do we live under the conditions of the apocalyptic mood?” From: https://laymanpascal.substack.com/p/apocalyptarians thestoa.ca patreon.com/the_stoa thestoa.substack.com

February 21st, 2022 John Churchill visits The Stoa to discuss a planetary dharma. “At this moment in history the deep archetypal structures of the Eastern and Western psyches are meeting. In this creative confluence a planetary synthesis, a fourth turning of the dharma wheel is unfolding. Planetary Dharma, is a contribution to this global endeavor,

February 17th, 2022 Mahmoud Rasmi discusses how he is bringing philosophy back to the marketplace. Mahmoud Rasmi Taking philosophy back to the marketplace. DecafQuest’s Newsletter They told me the best way to grow an audience is to start a philosophy nudes-letter. So I did. Click to read DecafQuest’s Newsletter, a Substack publication with hundreds of

February 16th, 2022 Teaching everyone how being stupid is the smartest thing you can do. The art of being so self obsessed that you forget about the dark aspects of your life. Bimbofication can help anyone of any age, gender or profession.” Fiona Fairbarin of The Bimbo Manifesto podcast visits The Stoa to present on

John Vervaeke and Bonnitta Roy will have a conversation at The Stoa about the ecologies of the self along with transformational practices. thestoa.ca patreon.com/the_stoa thestoa.substack.com

January 25th, 2022 ‘In the spirit of fostering a collaborative relationship between the memeplexes that currently occupy the minds of the post-political intelligentsia, Andrés will share a conceptual framework he believes is useful for sense-making independently of one’s subcultural affiliation. Namely, he will share a theory of aesthetics. Aesthetics go much deeper than merely the

January 30th, 2022 Join Peter for The Stoa’s first bookless club – where we enjoy blogs, essays, video essays, and films, followed by having a delicious dialogos together. The first session will be about Tiqqun’s “terrible community,” along with other failure modes of communing, e.g. “tyranny of structureless” and “culty cults.” These readings are meant

February 10th, 2022 Zoe Curzi visits The Stoa to expand on her Twitter thread about “reality distortion fields.” Zoe Curzi on Twitter: “THREADReality Distortion Fields, idol worship, unconscious projection and Finite Games (in the Carsian sense). / Twitter” THREADReality Distortion Fields, idol worship, unconscious projection and Finite Games (in the Carsian sense). thestoa.ca patreon.com/the_stoa thestoa.substack.com