Shows
culturepilgrimChristianity Beyond Itself w/Matt SegallA patient, deep and measured dialogue with Prof. Matthew David Segall in which we further the ongoing effort to think and imagine the evolution of Christianity ‘beyond itself’ in relation to myriad challenges and potentials both past and present.We explore:* Christian revival and ‘Christendom’ thinking* Walking a path of sacred pluralism* Christianity as both colonial and liberatory* The power of ‘the word’ and the Christ event* Atheism’s relation to death* The musicality of being and divine resonance* Tensions and dialogue with Islam...
2025-12-171h 33
culturepilgrimExperience A Month of The Resonant Man (for free)As we enter the second year of the Resonant Man, we’re offering a limited number of men an opportunity to experience our weekly men’s circle for a month.Our intention is to give men who are seriously considering joining the initiative time to experience the work and the field we’ve been cultivating before deciding whether to commit further as paid members.Spaces will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Participants will also be invited to join a WhatsApp group where we continue our dialogues between sessions.Our weekly...
2025-11-1444 min
culturepilgrimTolkien, Pilgrimage & The Camino de SantiagoI brought together two friends from the ‘Integrating Christianity: Fellowship & Dialogue’ community that I’ve been fostering out of the Perspectiva Realisation Festival where Matthew and I were speakers this summer.I had a strong intuition to bring together Jonathan and Stephen for the first time on SENSESPACE to share in their affinity for the walk of wisdom, the richness of Tokien’s Lord of The Rings and the call to Pilgrimage.Both Jonathan and Stephen recently undertook the Camino de Santiago and represent to me a certain kind of Englishmen that have retained the sense of...
2025-11-081h 25
culturepilgrimA Psychedelic Faith JourneySeveral months ago I had the wonderful opportunity to give a presentation to Ligare: A Christian Psychedelic Society. Now released on SENSESPACE, the dialogue shares my path from Christian upbringing to deep atheism and how early encounters with psychedelics catalysed the journey I am still on today.The talk brings listeners alongside in my pilgrimage through philosophy, healing and the direct experiences that re-awoke the flame of Christ in my psyche. I introduce my transformative project: Christianity Beyond Itself. Discussing some of its key principles including the trinitarian flow between Christianity, Philosophy and Plant Medicine...
2025-10-171h 11
The Gifts of TraumaBonus Song: U.K. Blessed with Jacob Kishere AKA Culture PilgrimIn our most recent episode, host Kevin Young sat down with the multi-faceted and multi-talented Jacob Kishere in Evoking the Resonant Man. If you missed it, you can find the conversation right here. If you've already listened, you'll be pleased to hear that we didn't let Jacob get away without offering a taste of this artform he fully produces and performs independently under his stage name, Culture Pilgrim. U.K. Blessed is a hiphop testament of Jacob's enduring pursuit of mining hope from within when the exterior world is perceivably void of it -- and coming up...
2025-06-0902 min
The Gifts of TraumaEvoking the Resonant Man with Jacob KishereHosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. This deep, esoteric and practical conversation addresses the lack of positive role models and meaningful traditions for men, today. Jacob introduces the "Resonant Man," an archetype that aims to evolve masculinity into a sacred form that addresses current societal contexts and the importance of male identity. After recognizing the need for a communal space that fosters growth and understanding in relation to masculinity, Jacob encourages men to connect with supportive communities, engage in dialogues, explore their emotional landscapes and open to the potency of personal transformation Jacob...
2025-06-051h 15
SENSESPACEWhat is the Liminal Web? Tim Adalin, Layman Pascal, O.G. Rose, Jacob KishereA multi-dimensional dialogue with philosophers and players in what has come to be called "The Liminal Web" about what this scene really is, how we relate with it and what historical potentials are being born through it and more. O.G. Rosehttps://www.og-rose.com/Tim Adalinhttps://www.timadalin.xyz/Layman Pascalhttps://laymanpascal.substack.com/Jacob Kisherewww.jacobkishere.com/
2025-04-072h 50SENSESPACEChristianity Beyond Itself w/Hunt Priest: Psychedelics & Christian Ministryn this dialogue with Hunt Priest, we explore how psychedelics can support a rediscovery of the fire of the holy spirit, reconnection with God re-imagining of the symbolic depth of Christianity. We consider the perennial tensions between the alive spirit and the church as institution. Colonial mindsets and evangelism. The Church's relationship to indigenous cultures. Jesus as Shaman and the overlaps between Shamanism and Christianity in the work of Mircea Eliade. Hunt Priest is the Executive Director and Founder of Ligare - A Christian Psychedelic Society. Hunt is a former Episcopal priest who, after a profound mystical experience during...
2025-04-0159 minSENSESPACEDaniel Thorson: Making the Leap, Sacred Spacemaking & Our Masculine Cultural WoundAfter many years, I sat down with Daniel Thorson whose Emerge podcast was an inspiration and leading voice in the liminal web/sensemaking/metacrisis space. This was a really special podcast & Daniel brought ro bear his unfoldment practice and the spirit of his substack Intimate Mirror to create a really unique space. We explored: life after monastic academy. Buddhism and trauma. The masculine wound in the west and our relationship with masculine authority. What it means to connect with essence. True safety as found in ‘making the leap’ into the the divine. What Daniel learned about the metacrisis through year...
2025-02-261h 23SENSESPACEFlow, Healing & Revelation w/Jacob Kishere & Matthew GreenThe Resonant Man in SENSESPACE Studio from London for a rich dialogue exploring:
-What it takes to radically IMAGINE a life of flow
-The rarefied value of a space to deeply land who you are
-The philosopher's secret: Being in the question
-Why the media hasn't integrated the UAP Story
-Exploring UAP through mystical and metaphysical lenses
Subscribe to The Resonant Man and learn about joining the space at:
https://theresonantman.substack.com/
Join our upcoming event for SENSESPACE Studio on 'The New Science of Collective Healing' with guest Danny Cohen:
www.sensespacestudio.substack.com
2025-02-071h 54SENSESPACESENSESPACE Studio: The New Science of Collective Healing w/Danny Cohen & Matthew GreenThe opening event of SENSESPACE Studio in 2025 with guest speakers Matthew Green and Danny Cohen. The event was organised in collaboration with Resonant World a newsletter serving the global healing movement and The Resonant Man—an initiative by Matthew Green and Jacob Kishere.
The New Science of Collective Healing is the living frontier of human evolution. A dynamic meeting of the social and the sacred, the cultural and the ancestral, the scientific and the mystical.
We explored the meaning of collective healing, the character of spaces of collective healing and more.
Subscribe to sensespacestudio.substack.com for multidimensional, multi se...
2025-02-071h 13
The Realisation Festival PodcastHow to be a pilgrim of cultures. A conversation with Jacob KishereMuch is changing in the world, evidenced by movements flourishing as well as environments degrading. So how can we live into these times? What qualities and imaginative tools might help?Mark Vernon talks with Jacob Kishere about dialogue and healing, psychedelics and Christianity. They ask about the nature of soul-fields with which we can tune, as well as whether the burgeoning world of podcasts is a sign of hope as the media landscape evolves. Jacob is a professional dialogue facilitator, a musician and philosopher, and creator of Culturepilgrim, Sensespace and The Resonant Man. For more s...
2024-11-1250 min
SENSESPACEChristianity Beyond Itself/Matthew SegallThe first in a profound series of dialogues elucidating and exploring 'Christianity Beyond Itself', an project hosted by Jacob Kishere.
The contemplative exploration begins with Matthew Segall AKA 'Footnotes2Plato': Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA and the Chair of the Science Advisory Committee for the Cobb Institute.
Essay on Christianity Beyond Itself published since the dialogue "Kendrick, Carrey & Christ in Culture: Tracking the footprints of Christianity Beyond Itself" https://culturepilgrim.substack.com/p/kendrick-carrey-and-culturepilgrim
Terrain includes:
*Spoiler alert*
-Introducing Christianity Beyond Itself
-Matthew's Journey in...
2024-10-071h 27SENSESPACECould beauty be the basis for an Interfaith dialogue with Islam? w/ Thomas JockinThis, our first dialogue takes small but significant steps into thinking through an interfaith dialogue with Islam can look like. We explore the intersection of this dialogue with philosophy and the good, true and beautiful. Thomas Jockin brings a studied perspective to the significance of beauty as a bridge between traditions whereas the 'true' and the 'good' are often far too fraught for meditation. Though, as he observes, beauty itself does not arrive instantly it is a relationship which requires cultivation and devotion.
Thomas Jockin is a Fellow at the Halkyon Guild and the Founder of TypeThursday. He has...
2024-09-232h 12SENSESPACEThe medium IS the message: Podcasts vs Memes, RFK vs. Trump w/ O.G. Rose & Jacob Kishere [Video]From their Virginia farm, O.G. Rose with guest Jacob Kishere explore the deeper meanings of RFK, Trump & Biden for culturemaking in the digital age. We identify how each candidate represents a distinct media culture and following Mcluhan's 'medium is the message' consider how these shape culture and possibilities.
-Trump as shift from tv to a mastery of memes
-RFK jr as representing the podcast & dialogue revolution
-Trump's as instinctive, non-strategic and highyl memetic
-Which developed in reaction to Biden (& Obama)'s highly-strategised tech savvy but in-authentic approach
-the move from tv to podcast culture
-from podcast culture to...
2024-08-151h 13SENSESPACEThe medium IS the message: Podcasts vs Memes, RFK vs. Trump w/ O.G. Rose & Jacob KishereFrom their Virginia farm, O.G. Rose with guest Jacob Kishere explore the deeper meanings of RFK, Trump & Biden for culturemaking in the digital age. We identify how each candidate represents a distinct media culture and following Mcluhan's 'medium is the message' consider how these shape culture and possibilities.
-Trump as shift from tv to a mastery of memes
-RFK jr as representing the podcast & dialogue revolution
-Trump's as instinctive, non-strategic and highyl memetic
-Which developed in reaction to Biden (& Obama)'s highly-strategised tech savvy but in-authentic approach
-the move from tv to podcast culture
-from podcast culture to...
2024-07-301h 13
SENSESPACEConscious Cannabis Podcast & Sound Ceremony [Ryan Sprague, Jacob Kishere, Jordan Bates & Coryayo]Encounter cannabis like never before in this unique SENSESPACE Live event. The first hour is a dialogue, the second a sound ceremony where you are welcomed to join us connecting with the transformative power of cannabis.
In the dialogue we consider the power of cannabis to connect us to wonder and divinity when used consciously. How it can be a creative tool and open a path of healing and insight which deeply responds to the metacrisis and processes of collective transformation/evolution.
The sound ceremony is led by experienced medicine space holder Coryayo using a variety of sound bowls...
2024-07-081h 42
SENSESPACEThe Search for Wisdom as Men w/Mahon McCann [Resonant Man Dialogues]Mahon McCann PhD, podcaster, fighting coach and creator of Wisdom dojo brigs his insights into the development of young men and the meaning crisis to the Resonant Man Dialogues series.
We explore the deep need and search for role models as man. That moment in which you realise that you are fully responsible for your outcome and the balance of this with spirituality and finding a wisdom community and mentors to build together. We consider how mens groups can support men in their solitary purpose as well as breaking out of being 'islands' into a collective we.
Matthew speaks...
2024-05-291h 24
SENSESPACEThe Resonant Man: Masculinity as an Art in service of healing (ft. O.G. Rose)With the launch of The Resonant Man Initiative this June, Jacob Kishere and Matthew Green dialogue with Daniel Garner of O.G Rose about the Resonant Man and the philosophy of masculinity in relation to healing.
Registration and Information: https://culturepilgrim.substack.com/p/the-resonant-man
Early Bird May 19th, Commencement June 9th.
Explored:
-Masculinity as an art.
-Preparation vs planing
-Becoming in uncertainty
-How healing expands us relationally
-Mathew's father's story
-Being in service of healing
-Cultivating the capacity for wisdom fields.
2024-05-231h 34
SENSESPACEThe Resonant Man, spirituality and the political economy of fatherhood w/Cadell LastJacob Kishere and Matthew Green sit down with Cadell last of Philosophy Portal and co-author of Sex, Masculinity, God to explore their new initiative The Resonant Man and its philosophical context.
You can find the Resonant Man initiative here:
https://matthewgreenglobal.substack.com/p/new-initiative-the-resonant-man
In this dialogue we delve into:
~Combining mens work with Dialogos
~Cadell’s experience of anti-masculine in the Academy
~Splits between religious and psychotherapeutic in mens work.
~The spirituality of the Resonant man and connecting with Soul
~Matthew on being unprepared for fatherhood
~Cadell on political economy and how it doesn’t support men beco...
2024-05-231h 34
SENSESPACEWhere Did Church Go Wrong? w/Gaz KishereAn interview with my dad Gaz Kishere, a former minister who was involved in the church for 15 years and has since undergone a journey of deconstruction. Today he works professionally as a counsellor, helping others find continued journey and spiritual relationship beyond church. He’s worked for the last 8 years supporting counter-trafficking and refugee projects in Athens Greece, as well as counselling burnt-out humanitarian workers.
We explore church’s relationship to rescuer culture and outreach. The 1990’s Toronto awakening. The relationship of the church to disruption and dynamic change. Church leadership as ‘always having an answer’. Church as creating a ‘safe sp...
2024-04-271h 18
SENSESPACESpiritual Warfare w/Ken Lowry & Jordan BatesWhat is spiritual warfare and how do we relate to the possibility of malevolent or parasitic energies/entities.
What can we do to wage 'spiritual warfare' more effectively; how does spiritual community, cultivation of virtue and having a 'highest' support spiritual warfare. Experiences of spiritual warfare in the plant medicine space.
Are dark entities separate or part of God? Distinctions between Christian & Hindu theology of evil. Can we be a vessel for the extension of divine grace to dark/fallen entities?
Ken Lowry is an explorer and lover of the Good, the True and the Beautiful.
The goal of...
2024-04-1359 min
SENSESPACELOTR, Ayahuasca & The Reality of Myth: SENSESPACE Live w/Jacob Kishere, Jordan Bates & Ken LowryThe first SENSESPACE live event. A dialogical exploration of the mythos of Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings with Jacob Kishere, Ken Lowry and Jordan Bates.
It delves into themes of redemption of falle man, redemptive love. Tolkien's message on the corruption of power and all-seeing surveillance, Tolkien for the liminal web, Jordan's ayahuasca stories and poetry readings that we created live during the event.
Ken Lowry is an explorer and lover of the Good, the True and the Beautiful.
The goal of his channel Climbing Mt Sophia is to share adventures in exploring the Mountain of Wisdom. He...
2024-04-011h 23
SENSESPACELetters to My Father: Fathers, Absence, Race and HealingJaden Ramsey's powerful story of an unfolding journey finding truth and self-understanding in his father's absence. The dialogue is around Jaden's forthcoming book 'Letters to My Father'. Journalist Matthew Green, who befriended with Jaden in the Thomas Hübl Timeless Wisdom training, interviews Jaden on the deep impact of fathers and their absence, touching upon race, spirituality and collective trauma healing.
Jaden Ramsey is a listener, facilitator, and instigator. A writer and mover whose words touch on what is essential. In his debut book, set to release late 2024, he explores the pandemic of absent fathers - both physical and e...
2024-01-0957 min
SENSESPACEThe Power of Pilgrimage w/O.G Rose, Ken Lowry & Mahon McCann [Wrestling with Christianity pt.IV]A dialogue convened on the power and meaning of pilgrimage today.
~Mahon's experience of the Camino de Santiago
~Distinguishing pilgrimage from tourism
~How can we undergo pilgrimage while staying in the same place
~Pilgrimage vs 'Missionary' culture
~Not-knowing and encounter vs spreading what we already know
~The historical model of 'church' as the community found through pilgrimage, not where you grew up.
Mahon McCann is a Phd in philosophy of digital ethics. He is a playwright in Dublin and hosts both a podcast and substack exploring responses to the meaning crisis.
https://www.mahonmccann.com/
Ken Lowry is an...
2023-12-041h 25
SENSESPACEThe Spirit of Climate Crisis: Brendan Kelly, Anne Keay & Matthew Green (Climate Dialogue III)'The Spirit of the Climate Crisis' is the 3rd in an ongoing SENSESPACE climate series getting to the heart of the climate crisis.
I’m joined by Brendan Kelly, Anne Keay & Matthew Green to explore the ‘Yin and Yang’ of climate change, an ancient Chinese model offering a path for balance with nature. We also explore collective healing and what it means to 'hospice' modernity as a way of being rather than 'save' it. Anne draws upon her experience in conscious communities to articulate the necessity of a love & heart centred consciousness in navigating climate crisis.
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Brendan Kelly has 20...
2023-11-251h 15SENSESPACEMichelle Garner pt.2 Motherhood ('The Wisdom of Birth' continued)Pt.2 We continue our previous dialogue on 'The Wisdom of birth', exploring different facets of the mystery of motherhood and the 'other worldly' love available there. We explore the divine mother archetype and the powerful tradeoffs of parenthood.
Previous dialogues:
'Wisdom of Birth' dialogue with Michelle on O.G Rose Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5e6H...
Jacob Kishere solo video 'The Wisdom of Birth':
• The Wisdom of Birth
O.G. Rose is the penname of Daniel and Michelle Garner, consisting of Michelle’s maiden, middle, and their shared last name. A finalist for the UNO Press Lab Prize and Pus...
2023-08-2336 minSENSESPACEMichelle Garner pt.1 Following TruthFirst of a two part dialogue with Michelle Garner of O.G Rose.
We explore truth as a moving spirit which we can be girded by. Michelle embodies a profound openness and willingness to enter the world's of others and she shares how being girded and rooted in truth affords this. We consider truth as redemptive and transformative to suffering. Then we look at how truth cultivated in philosophy doesn't always translate into social life and encounters with the opposite sex.
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In pt.2 we explore the wisdom of motherhood.
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O.G. Rose is the penname of Daniel...
2023-08-0957 min
SENSESPACECurrents w/Gary Sheng: RFK, Regen & America's SoulGary Sheng of America 2.0 returns to SENSESPACE to dive into some of the deeper currents moving today including: the significance of RFK, the potential of a regenerative culture scene, the importance of 'the hidden work' with family and community. We explore all of this in the context of a crisis in the soul of America which can only be addressed at that depth.
Gary Sheng is the author of America 2.0 substack, a forbes under 30 creator with a focus on civic entrepreneurship, Web 3 and regenerative culture.
https://twitter.com/garysheng?lang=enhttps://substack.garysheng.com/
Jacob Kishere is the host...
2023-07-241h 22
SENSESPACEThe Doors of Dialogos: Daniel Zaruba~The first in a new series 'The Doors of Dialogos' exploring the nature of Dialogos with pioneers and practitioners~
In this dialogue with Daniel Zaruba we explore some of the pathways into Dialogos as part of a larger exploration. This includes: remembering the dimension of being and the perspective beyond perspectives. I ask Daniel about the relation between Dialogos and prayer and how Dialogos might be implicated in Morphic resonance. We close with a number of considerations around sophistry and the potentially political nature of this 'wisdom scene'.
Daniel Zaruba is a philosopher & teaches through the Halykon Guild. https...
2023-07-201h 22
SENSESPACEEp.38 Opening a dialogue on colonialism & ancestral trauma-Claude Terosier, Matthew Green & Jacob KishereIn this dialogue, we consciously journey into colonisation, race and our relationship to ancestral trauma. A beginning not only in speaking about it, but creating the ground to presence it and understand it and one another more deeply.
Claude Terosier is a collective facilitator, entrepreneur, founder, and writes on her substack in both French and English exploring collective consciousness and her personal journey at https://substack.com/@claudeterosier
Matthew Green is a climate journalist at Desmog and author of the excellent Resonant World substack exploring collective trauma healing
https://matthewgreenglobal.substack.com/
Matthew Green and Claude Terosier both connected...
2023-07-1559 minSENSESPACEEscaping the Funnel of Climate Dialogue: Matthew Green, Wolfgang Knorr, Jacob KishereIn the second Climate dialogue on SenseSpace i'm joined by Matthew Green and Wolfgang Knorr. Matthew Green is an author, climate journalist and writes at the 'Resonant world' substack on collective trauma healing. Wolfgang Knorr is a climate scientist, modeller & activist with decades of experience in climate science.
We begin by exploring Wolfgang's radical thesis that 'Net Zero is a trap' and how the climate conversation is funnelled by models, negotiations and underlying hidden (onto-epistemological) frames. We open doors in the funnel of the climate conversation and explore an approach more rooted in not-knowing. We consider the 'addiction' nature...
2023-06-121h 00SENSESPACEThe Curious Return of Christianity: Jacob Kishere & Mahon McCannA dialogue with Mahon McCann delving into the return of 'Christ Culture'. The relationship of Christianity to Internal Family System. The limitations of the Church and current christianity. The possibilities of a neo-christian integration in the context of philosophical community, wisdom cultivation, psychedelic culture & responses to the meaning crisis.
Mahon McCann isan Irish Philosophy doctoral researcher, Award-winning Playwright, Martial arts coach, Black belt, and Podcast host. He writes essays on his substack on practical responses to the meaning crisis, drawing on neo-platonism, Jung, Peterson & Veraaeke.
https://www.mahonmccann.com/
2023-06-081h 05
Kourosh Khoylou PodcastJacob Kishere and Eric Silcock on education, equity and technologyJacob Kishere and Eric Silcock are my friends and fellow alumni from UC San Diego. In this episode, Jacob, Eric, and I talk about the modern day education system, prioritization of stake owners, equity paradox, teachers and their payscale, TikTok and Instagram, and how AI is changing technology and reinventing the pattern of education.Support the show
2023-06-0557 minSENSESPACEEp.38 Jordan Bates: From Manifestation to Prayerfulness & The Warrior-King ArchetypesIn this interview-dialogue with Jordan Bates we begin exploring the significance of plant medicine and the paradigm shift from manifestation to Prayerfulness. We delve into masculine initiation, an area dear to Jordan's heart and work; exploring integration of the King & Shadow King archetypes. A truly wonderful dialogue which I look forward to building upon. I'm pleased to also be participating in Jordan's 'Brothers of the ever innocent heart'.
Jordan Bates is Men's Leadership & Creativity Coach. A Space-Holder. A Writer and a Musician.
Find his website:
https://jordanbates.life
Substack 'Lion Heart Leadership': https://jordanbates.substack.com/
His Music on...
2023-06-0247 minSENSESPACEInterview with Jonny Drury: Autism Dialogue CoachJonny is the creator of the 'Autism Dialogue' Approach. Inspired by Bohmian dialogue, it takes a new approach to autism in which it becomes a question rather than a box. In Autism dialogue, Autism opens the space of enquiry into self. Jonny is a director of Dialogica a UK organisation training and leading in the Autism Dialogue approach. Prior to his work in autism spent two decades student to a Sufi Master in the U.K.
https://dialogica.uk/people/
Jacob Kishere is a philosopher, experimental artist and practitioner of Dialogos. He...
2023-05-2856 minSENSESPACEThe State of Education: Roundtable with K-12 Teacher Eric Silcock and Kourosh KhoylouIn this roundtable, co-hosted with Kourosh Khoylou, we interview Eric Silcock-a k-12 teacher in the California public school system. This conversation was a great insight into the challenges faced by teachers today. We explore equity issues, teaching as financial self-sacrifice, school shootings, how Tik Tok and social media are disrupting schools and how we might be driven by technology to re-imagine education.
Find Kourosh Khoylou at Kourosh Khoylou Podcast. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyoWi4wqhdN7xKpcj8OuvQ
Jacob Kishere is a philosopher, experimental artist and practitioner of Dialogos. He creates Culturepilgrim and captains SENSESPACE podcast an exciting emergent...
2023-05-1757 minSENSESPACEEp.37 Ryan Sprague & Jacob Kishere-Conscious CannabisA very special dialogue with Ryan Sprague of Highly Optimised. Ryan is leading in the cutting edge of Conscious Cannabis Culture which is exactly what we dive into in this podcast.
We talk on:
-Finding structure with Cannabis
-Cannabis as a feminine agent
-Cannabis as an Oracle for Insight
-Cannabis as medicine in the metacrisis
-Cannabis' place in an ecology of practice
Find the connect with cannabis guide, Ryan's podcast and upcoming courses at https://www.highlyoptimized.me/ and on instagram at @therealryansprague
Jacob is a philosopher, experimental artist and muse for Dialogos. He creates under his alias Culturepilgrim...
2023-05-131h 01
O.G. Rose“The Wisdom of Birth” by Jacob Kishere w/Jacob KishereSuch a delightful talk with Jacob Kishere discussing his insightful recording called “The Wisdom of Birth”. We may not all be biological mothers but in creating our lives with every decision or response to what we encounter, each person is a type of mother who can resonate with the gestational and birthing process. Birth is a rich metaphor and a sacred phenomenological event and we dive into the grueling and wonderful nature of it, illuminating its paradoxes and considering what the implications of motherhood are for each of us. We also talk about how faith radically shifts the perspective of birt...
2023-04-121h 06
SENSESPACEWrestling with Christianity II: Integrating the mountaintop - O.G Rose, Jacob Kishere, Joe PickensWe continue our novel exploration of Christianity.
What wisdom can be found in christianity for contending with life? What would a christianity that integrates Buddhism, psychedelics and science look like? How can we integrate the insights of the peak experience/psychedelic mountaintop into day to day to day life?
How do we suffuse life with mystery? How do we trust the mystery and one another?
With thanks to O.G Rose and Joseph Pickens. More to come.
Jacob Substack- www.culturepilgrim.substack.com
OG-Rose: https://www.og-rose.com/
Joe P...
2023-03-041h 46SENSESPACETalking about Christ at my peril [Shorts]One of the main challenges I face at this juncture in my journey is talking about Christ or Christ consciousness as I see it in culture. Doing so very readily brings on a range of assumptions and also triggers a lot of real and legitimate shadows around christianity.
2023-02-2503 min
SENSESPACEOn Prayer, Redemption & Being The Web of Life [Shorts]Prayer is something I've come to practice every day. I never would have thought it a few years ago but it's been a crazy curiosity-led journey. For me prayer is deeply related to dialogue and the practice of meditation--something I've done for many years. In this video, I riff on the relationship between prayer, dialogue, meditation, and listening with the heart. The practice has afforded me repeated redemption in the course of my own inner struggles and a long dark nights of the soul. Sometimes irresolvable struggles can only be resolved through surrender. On the other side of which...
2023-02-1909 min
SENSESPACECreatives & Philosophers—Do not ask 'has it been said' but 'has it been heard'? [Shorts]This powerful maxim from O.G Rose has been a way to liberate my creativity and I believe its worthwhile sharing. Each of us has the capacity to express reality uniquely. Whether it's our creative expression or even the unique way that we give life to an idea we read or heard elsewhere have something unique to contribute.
For a wonderful extended dialogue on this maxim see the O.G Rose Youtube channel
2023-02-1904 min
SENSESPACEEp.35 Climate Dialogue-Liam Kavanagh, Matthew Green & Jacob KishereA vitalising (first ever) conversation with Liam Kavanagh and Matthew Green envisioning a pragmatic and transformative response to climate. We explore balancing Cultural transformation vs Political pragmatism. We delve into a deeply trauma-informed understanding of the climate conversation and our systemic stagnation.
What is the quality of approach needed in this conversation?n how do we confront injustice with love? What kind of soul-force and vitality is needed now?
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Liam Kavanagh is a Cognitive & Social Scientist devoted to using his understanding of human motivation, ideology, and economics to aid more effective responses to t...
2023-01-231h 18
SENSESPACEWrestling with Christianity: Am I Christian?-O.G Rose, Ken Lowry, Joseph Pickens & Jacob KishereI felt called to convene this upstanding philosophers because they have each wrestled deeply with the question of "Am I Christian?". A question that his come to the fore of my faith journey. Together we delve into our experiences in christianity, some of the deeper theological issues as well as experiential and psychedelic insights into the mystery of christianity, the cross & the resurrection. This dialogue will no doubt, spur more conversations.
Joseph Pickens-Longtime SenseSpace guest, my dear friend, a philosopher and woodworker who hails from a christian community in Santa Cruz.
Ken Lowry-Creator of 'Climbing on...
2023-01-2012 min
SENSESPACEGaz Kishere-Sons of Soldiers: Identity, Ancestral trauma healing & rememberanceMy dad shares stories and reflections on growing up the son of a soldier. We explore the presence of and absence of fathers. My grandfather's experience fighting the Japanese heroism and his subsequent identity as a soldier later in life. Our collective rituals of Rememberance. My dad's experiences of healing in a christian context and the radical idea of identification repentance.
For more see my substack piece 'On Rememberance and Re-memberance' at www.culturepilgrim.substack.com
This conversation built on my recent dialogue ep.33 with Matthew Green on War, Collective trauma and the Mystery of Hea...
2022-12-141h 16
SENSESPACEFaith, Psychedelics and The Symbol of the Cross-Jacob Kishere & Ken LowryA wonderful dialogue with philosopher and medicine practitioner Ken Lowry. More info in the podcast introduction.
Find Ken's Channel 'Climbing on Mt Sophia' on Youtube.
More on Insight, Wisdom & Healing on SenseSpace, my substack newsletter http://culturepilgrim.substack.com and my website www.jacobkishere.com
2022-12-011h 37
Kourosh Khoylou Podcastkourosh-khoylou-6 with Jacob Kishere on Terrorism in the West and MemeticsJacob Kishere and I speak to the Terrorism in Western States, and the Memetic repercussions of actions on society. Jacob is currently completing his MA in Terrorism, Security & Society at the King’s College London.Jacob can be followed at:Blog: Www.medium.com/@jacobkishereTwitter: @jacobkishereSupport the show
2022-11-291h 15
SENSESPACEEp.33 Matthew Green & Jacob Kishere - War, Collective Trauma & The Mystery of HealingA truly wonderful dialogue with rigour, personal story and a journey to the edge of our understanding of trauma, healing and how they intimately shape our worlds.
Matthew and I connected and became friends following a substack I wrote called 'The war of my forefathers'. It provides a good background to the dialogue. https://culturepilgrim.substack.com/p/the-war-of-my-forefathers
Matthew Green is a Climate Journalist and writer on collective trauma healing. He's previously authored 'Aftershock' on 'The untold stories of surviving peace' for soldiers with PTSD. He's worked in conflict zones in the Middle East an...
2022-10-211h 21
SENSESPACEEp.33 Matthew Green & Jacob Kishere - War, Collective Trauma & The Mystery of HealingA truly wonderful dialogue with rigour, personal story and a journey to the edge of our understanding of trauma, healing and how they intimately shape our worlds. Matthew and I connected and became friends following a substack I wrote called 'The war of my forefathers'. It provides a good background to the dialogue. (Available at culturepilgrim.substack.com
Matthew Green is a Climate Journalist and writer on collective trauma healing. He's previously authored 'Aftershock' on 'The untold stories of surviving peace' for soldiers with PTSD. He's worked in conflict zones in the Middle East and Africa, writing hi...
2022-10-171h 21Kourosh Khoylou PodcastJacob Kishere on Conscious Cannabis Culture, laws, and decriminalizing cannabisJacob Kishere is the host of the SenseSpace Podcast. In this episode, Jacob and I talk about the Conscious Cannabis Culture, the healing properties of cannabis, cannabis laws, societal problems, criminalizing drugs, medicinal research, and the downsides of synthetic drugs.Support the show
2022-10-1153 min
SENSESPACEGary Sheng: Finding Pathos & Resilience in the Everything CrisisGary Sheng is co-founder of Civics Unplugged and Dream DAO. He's worked to understand the breakdowns in American democracy and empower civic leadership amongst Gen-Z. He's recently turned to focus on sensemaking, and developing our resilience through hyperlocalism. He speaks with plain conviction about the Omni-Crisis we face now at every level of society. https://www.garysheng.com/
Jacob Kishere is a philosopher, transformative dialogue practitioner and guy who's figuring shit out. His enquiries span sensemaking, collective trauma healing, ecologies of practice & the evolution of consciousness. He's currently exploring how he can collaborate with a range of pr...
2022-08-071h 32
SENSESPACEDaniel Zaruba - Philosophy & Re-Enchantment-Recorded May 2nd 2022-
A dialogue with Daniel Zaruba: philosopher, teacher & Halykon Guild Member. I connected with Daniel first to explore his findings in Dialogos, the dialogue renaissance and the different ways we can enter a transformative space of wisdom. We subsequently explore the philosophical impact of technology (Heidegger's Standing Reserve) and the possibility of re-enchanting reality & nature.
Find forthcoming courses form Daniel & check out the Halykon Guild at: https://www.halkyonguild.org/
2022-06-291h 20Kourosh Khoylou PodcastJacob Kishere on communication, engagement, personal growth, & respecting personal boundariesJacob Kishere is a Podcast Creator and a friend. In this episode Jacob and I talk about the power of communication, podcast creations, the importance of exploring weak connections between people, engagement on social media platforms, self-development, personal growth, and respecting personal boundaries. Support the show
2022-05-031h 22
SENSESPACEEp.32 Mike Kauschke - Re-discovering Life's Poetic Dimensions in Germany TodayMike Kauschke, Editor of Evolve Magazine, share's his love for the poetic dimensions of life in a forthcoming book. Growing up in former East-Germany, his unique story exemplifies the philosophical journey and challenge available for modern Germans. To re-discover the richness of nature, poetry & philosophy whilst understanding their historical shadows. This was a wonderful and rich conversation.
Find Mike's book:
Auf Der Suche Nach Der Verlorenen Welt: Eine Reise zur poetischen Dimension unseres Lebens
In Search of The Lost World: A Journey to The Poetic Dimension of Our Lives
https://mike-kauschke.de/b...
2022-04-2748 min
SENSESPACEEp.31 - Jared Morningstar: Dialogue & Understanding Beyond Islam & The WestA conversation exploring the dialogue occurring within, between & beyond 'Islam and the West'. Many years of enquiry led up to this dialogue between myself and Jared Morningstar. We both brought a sense of the sacred to this important and often contentious dialogue-space and were able to cover wide terrain:
In what ways are the West and Islam already in dialogue and what possibilities are there for religious unity? What is the nature of Islam & how do Salafi ideas shape Islam today?
What historic similarities and differences are there between Islam & Christendom?
What role does W...
2022-01-311h 34
SENSESPACEEp.30 - Elizabeth Debold: Human Unity & The Spirit of Emergent DialogueA wisdom-rich dialogue with Elizabeth Debold of One World in Dialogue.
We explore: ~The core significance of Male-Female relationship to Culture
~The loss of Divinity & Modern stress on Romantic Love
~A Spirit of Unity between Sexes
~Emergent Dialogue & How it transforms relationship
~ Pierre De Jardin & Terrence Mckenna's vision for the Horizon of Dialogue & Consciousness
~Cultivating the Curiosity Muscle
~Dialogue as Healing
Elizabeth Debold is a founder of One World in Dialogue and a Developmental psychologist with a focus on Women, Girls & Cultural evolution. One Worl...
2022-01-271h 08
SENSESPACEEp.29 Zak Stein - Apocalypse & Information WarA timely dialogue with Zak Stein on the apocalypse of the modern world system and the impact of information war on our collective psyche. We tracked a lot of terrain over the hour as I had a lot of questions to ask to Zak.
Could COVID could be a catalyst for awakening the unconscious? What is the noosphere and how is it developing through this time? How might transformative dialogue practices play a role in the future?
Zak Stein PhD is a Futurist & Educational Philosopher widely recognised for his sensemaking. He is a collaborator & contributor to...
2021-12-2758 min
SENSESPACEStory & Storytelling - A Conversation with Ari in the AirA funny and insightful conversation on story and storytelling. Ari touches on the different elements of storytelling and I throw in my mushroom pilgrimage story. We reflect on christianity & our deeper stories. This dialogue embodied live play and learning.
Originally published on Ari in the Air Podcast Soundcloud
Ari is an accomplished adventure athlete, filmmaker and philosopher. His podcast is about humanity's future and human potential. https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair
Jacob is the host of SenseSpace & creator of the Men Emerging initiative & practices transformative dialogue.
https://www.jacobkishere.com
2021-12-221h 09
SENSESPACEEp. 28 Christopher Mastropietro - The Practice of Transformative DialogueChristopher Mastropietro is a philosophical power house, prolific writer and a key collaborator in Dialogos with John Vervaeke, Jordan Hall, Guy Sengstock & others.
In this wonderful conversation, Christopher leads a socratic enquiry into my work on the practice of transformative dialogue, which was deeply inspired by Christopher's work on Dialogos. I speak to the intersection of Men's spaces and transformative dialogue in the Men Emerging initiative, and Christopher speaks to his interest in exploring the relationship between Dialogos & the unconscious.
More from Christopher on Youtube.
Practice transformative dialogue with Jacob: https://www.jacobkishere.com
2021-11-121h 31
SENSESPACEEp.27 Mahon McCann - Religion, Fighting & Becoming a ManA very enjoyable conversation with Mahon from Mahon McCann podcast. We moved through religion and cultural inheritance, the metaverse, fighting, podcasting, life today and the journey of becoming for men.
Catch our first conversation on Psychedelics, Dialogos & Cultural transition on the excellent Mahon McCann Podcast
Transformative dialogue sessions with Jacob at www.jacobkishere.com
2021-11-071h 16SENSESPACEEp.26 Maximilian Hachtmann - Introduction to Deep CoachingA talk with Maximilian Hachtmann on his journey into coaching and what makes Deep coaching. Maximilian also demonstrates his skills live, supporting me with enquiry into my own overcoming of money-trauma/limiting beliefs. Maximilian lives and practices as a coach. He also makes music and lives in his home city Berlin.
Maximilian's coaching "focuses on diving into our full being and taking this depth seriously. Not resting with just seeing our full being, but making a commitment to becoming the full being we are at our core."
If you're curious to work with a coach I...
2021-11-031h 20SENSESPACEWhat's being called forth in this time? On Men Emerging & transformative dialogue.A short exploring what I'm finding in the Men Emerging initiative and in my practice of transformative dialogue. Originally livestreamed on SENSESPACE Facebook.
2021-11-0111 minSENSESPACEEp.25 Gaz Kishere - Deconstruction & Jesus beyond ChurchJoined by my dad, Gaz Kishere, in this conversation around his experiences in Christianity, the process of deconstruction from 'Church' and finding jesus in the world.
Gaz is the author of 'Church: A Counter Narrative - The Life Limiting Culture of Organised Christianity'.
You can Purchase Church: A Counter-Narrative on Amazon.
Talk to Gaz Kishere with counselling & 1-1 dialogue: https://www.facebook.com/movingthewalls
Explore Dialogos & the practice of transformative dialogue with Jacob Kishere at: www.jacobkishere.com
2021-10-3149 minSENSESPACEEp.23 - Joseph Pickens: Towards a Metaphysics of LoveContinuing our ongoing dialogos, a wide-ranging exploration somehow directed without direction. Threads: The telos of trauma The ‘Good News’ & psychedelics Christ consciousness Dying into love Integrating a Metaphysics of Love with Evolution What’s missing in our underlying Ontology
Practice Dialogos, Coaching & Group sessions with Jacob at: www.jacobkishere.com/discoverdialogos
For all things Joseph Pickens www.josephpickens.com
2021-10-041h 19
SENSESPACEEp.24 Dr. Bill Sutherland - Medicinal Dialogue & the Playful Hunt for WisdomA dialogue I really appreciated. Dr.Bill Sutherland is an experienced medical doctor in Toronto, Canada. I proposed this conversation after reading his excellent book Grand Rounds: Healing Wisdom for a Complex World. I found Bill to be insightful and our conversation wove in his understanding of complexity with storytelling, humor & depth. Bill served up an interesting exploration of the life of Kalahari Bushmen and the way of reading the world that is embodied in the hunter and shaman.
More on Dr. Bill Sutherland at https://www.complexitymedicine.org/complexity-medicine
Check out his podcast Complexity Med...
2021-10-041h 32SENSESPACEEp. 22-Charley Lee: Catching a Breath After a Covid YearA very thoughtful conversation with my friend Charley Lee, a psychotherapist and a dialogue partner who I enjoy returning to. We follow up our Conversation 1 year ago riffing on lessons learned during our unique experiences of Covid time. Apologies for my taking up the first 10m of this dialogue. However, its very much worth the wait as we entered a textured, meaningful and generative conversation exploring: sensemaking, relationship, psychedelics, not-knowing and our collective context. Recorded in Berlin, July 2021.
Catch Charley @charleyclee
Find me at www.jacobkishere.com
2021-10-021h 47SENSESPACEEp.21 Liam Kavanagh - Wisdom in the West: Beyond the Shadows of EnlightenmentA conversation with Liam Kavanaugh author of Collective Wisdom in the West: Beyond the Shadows of Enlightenment [Perspectiva Press].
Hope you enjoy this dialogue. We gently journey through Zen buddhism, the enlightenment and Liam's exploration of its shadows in Equality, Individualism and rationality. Liam excellently reveals the complexity and disembodiment at play in the prevailing ideological movements of our time whilst channeling a spirit of consilience.
Dr. Liam Kavanagh is director of research at Life Itself, am intentional community taking practical action for a radically wiser, weller world. He works at the exciting intersection of scie...
2021-10-021h 13SENSESPACEEp.20 Joseph Pickens & Mauve Prudence: Faith, Creative Process and 'Chilling with the Serpent'A conversational Dialogos with a trio of dear friends. We explore our relationship to creative process and faith in the midst of process. We talk frankly about negative 'serpent' self-voices and embody the kind of compassionate not-knowing that has helped free us from stuck patterns & fragmentation.
I enjoyed playing with a new style in producing this episode, including a new track 'Five, aliveVybe' by Culturepilgrim which was a great pairing for this dialogue.
Thank you for listening :)
Find more on me at www.jacobkishere.com including ~essays ~poetry ~podcasts ~my 1-1 practice on Dialogo...
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Mahon McCann#36 - Jacob Kishere - Dialogos, Psychedelics and Cultural TransitionJacob Kishere is a practitioner of Dialogos dedicated to the transformative potential of conversation, and a podcast host with Sensespace, talking to many leading thinkers in the meaning-fulness movement. In this podcast, we discuss dialogos, a type of transformative conversation and Jacobs practise guiding people through the experiences, the healing effects of psychedelics, Berlin, the meaning crisis and intergenerational trauma as young Britain and Ireland lads... Check it out now!You can check out Jacobs practise and 1-1 dialogos at www.jacobkishere.com Get full access to Raising the Cross at www.mahonmccann.com...
2021-09-091h 31SENSESPACEFractal Dialogues w/Joe Pickens pt.4: Re-imagining Courage and War~I showed up for this dialogue with Joseph after an intense week. It wasn’t my most eloquent but was a deeply insightful and clarifying conversation for me~
We delved into leadership and masculine warrior energy, exploring what the role of the idea of war, drawing upon its presence in my lineage and my childhood fascination with it. Joseph and I play at imagining a higher order transcendent interpretation of war in service of peace. We work with Jordan Hall’s idea of of ‘Infinitesimal courage’ the ‘war’ we face at the level of minute courageous acts on the home f...
2021-04-111h 41
culturepilgrimRemembering to RunThis half year of lockdown has been one of great interior growth (and challenge). It really feels that in these 8 months in Berlin I have experienced a transformation at the level of soul and orientation. Fitness however, in the sense of breaking a sweat, has suffered. Although I’ve kept up a short yoga routine most days, the real fitness has been neglected. Gyms were closed and it’s been cold outside…the reasons not to exercise had grown sufficient.Today I experienced something I have not for a long time; a real workout. It was a great...
2021-03-1304 minSENSESPACEEp.19-Hannah Joan Smith AKA 'Mauve Prudence': An Artist's Path of BecomingHannah Joan Smith, my partner and artistic collaborator, joins me on SenseSpace to discuss a journey of becoming -- from her early music career as Eitch to being a prominent english speaking commercial voice actress in Germany and launching a new creative chapter as Mauve Prudence. We discuss depression, visions, psychedelics and the deep listening involved in self integration. As the conversation flows, we explore our approach of 'listening for doorways of potential', breaking old patterns and cultivating communication in relationship.
Hannah/Mauve Prudence is a Voice Actress and Music Producer with 19 years of experience behind the m...
2021-03-071h 43SENSESPACEFractal Dialogues w/Joe Pickens pt.3: The Practice of Crying, Shamanic Listening and BoundariesSHOW LESSAnother wonderful dialogue and dialogos with my friend Joseph. In this we begin exploring the transformation that comes from crying and the nuances and dimensions that can be found in crying. We consider what it is to afford deep listening and the experience of contraction that can follow when a relationship space is enframed by trauma. A deeply emergent theme here was the role of dialogos and the shamanic sensibility in helping people find meaning, integrate trauma and break out of the stories that have kept them stuck. Much of what we talked about in this draws upon...
2021-02-251h 16SENSESPACEEp.18-Daniel Simpson: The Truth of YogaDaniel Simpson is the author of The Truth of Yoga (2021), my first guest almost a year ago he returns to SenseSpace. We reflect on the past year exploring what it means to be in a world beyond our control. How can we perceive potential in the world and what deeper understanding of Yoga is revealed in the Bhaghavad Gita. We consider connections between the Gita and Christianity and the wisdom of direct experience.
*My apologies for the 3 minutes at the end in which my audio is imbalanced*
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2021-02-2056 min
culturepilgrimA day to rememberIt was a day to remember and it remains one as I take this moment to reflect. It felt a long path had led here and yet, in the ecstatic nowness of it, I was not dwelling on that path. Layered up to an expeditionary degree in jumper, coat and gloves with boots donned I had set out into the deep Berlin winter night. It has been snowing for a few days now continuously; the world has been transformed and made enchanted beyond recognition. The magic of life is shining out anew as the familiar fades in the fantastically...
2021-02-1304 minSENSESPACEFractal Dialogues w/Joseph Pickens pt.2 Lockdown JournalI reflect with Joseph Pickens in the midst of our ‘Dark Winter’ about the deeply concerning acceptance of lockdown conditions and surreality of the moment. We ask what quality of life is being sacrificed for safety and how to make sense during this time through relationships of integrity. Lastly we consider ’threading the needle’ of meaningful Game B work in the Game A world; how can we play the game of thrones on a different plane?
Jacob Kishere is a Conversational Artist on a walk through the emergent landscape. Revealing depth through intuitive & intimate dialogues. Jacob Kishere Twitter...
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culturepilgrimOn becoming the artistThe walk of becoming, the journey in time that begins with the first delicate emergence of creative potential, is a long one. We do not become the artist overnight. I’m not sure if we ever become it. Perhaps it is an aspiration, an ideal, an archetype that we call upon and embody. Something which we are only in being and becoming.To create art is a healing process. To transform struggle and suffering into beauty affirms life. Participating in some small measure in the beautifying of being, attuning to the rhythm of the Moment and the ga...
2021-02-0103 minSENSESPACEEp 17-Andres Pellegrini: Creativity, Integration and the Future of Male Specific Trauma WorkIn this rich conversation with my friend Andres Pellegrini we explore the deep relationships between trauma, creativity and meaning. We flow through natural and musical metaphors to express the way in which our own journeys with trauma have demanded and afforded the discovery of beauty, meaning and connection. Andres is the host of the Future of Male-Specific Trauma Work-a network of mens groups exploring trauma through relational practice and flow, he also has a one-to-one practice and is a practitioner of Somatic Experiencing. In 2014 he published book Heilung auf tiefster Ebene – Dem sexuellen Missbrauch ein Ende setzen“ (Healing on the...
2021-01-221h 12SENSESPACEEp.16 Dr.Gregg Henriques: Our Mental Health Crisis, The Tree of Knowledge, Forbidden Fruit & CannabisReally Enjoyed this first conversation with Psychology Professor Gregg Henriques. We talked about his experience leading a clinical program for recent suicide attempters and our broader Mental Health Crisis. As well as this we explore some of his Unified Theory of Knowledge and how it helped him predict a 'Cambrian explosion' in Culture in the 21st Century. The conversation really got flowing as we talked about the cognitive function of cannabis and played with re-imagining the myth of Eden.
Dr. Gregg Henriques is Professor of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University and Founder of the Theory Of K...
2020-12-281h 31
SENSESPACEFractal Dialogues w/Joseph Pickens pt.1This new series with my friend Joseph Pickens is an experiment in taking risks; exploring raw ideas at the edge of our understanding in weekly dialogues. We don't know where it's going but we're very excited for the journey. The first part proved to be a playfully self-aware and poetic dialogos. Joseph and I explored wisdom, the nature of insight and the recurrence of fractal branching patterns in biology, language, the psychedelic experience, spirituality, trauma and logos. Stay tuned for some beautiful poetry on fractals and being.
Jacob Kishere is a Conversational Artist on a walk through the...
2020-12-222h 26SENSESPACEDropping In: Meditation for Stressful TimesA meditation for finding solace in stressful & challenging periods.
~This is a practice suited for beginners or experienced meditators~
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SENSESPACEDropping In: Remembering the Body (Guided Meditation)Dropping In is a Series of guided meditation experiences for SenseSpace. Suspend the momentum of your day, drop in and discover what's present.
~This is a guided practice available to you at home or on the go-perfect for meditation beginners~
Jacob Kishere is a Conversational Artist walking through the emergent landscape, revealing depth through intuitive & intimate dialogues. More at: @sensespacehub & Insta: @culturepilgrim
2020-12-0915 minSENSESPACEEp.15-John Vervaeke: Artful Dialectic, The Logos of Trauma & Significance of Branching PatternsA delightful conversation with John Vervaeke who has worked deeply both in and out of the academy to understand and respond to 'the meaning crisis' through the art of dialectic. In our conversation we explore why this practice can be a fountainhead of meaningfulness, insight and intimacy that confounds nihilism. Vervaeke argues that when debate has broken down we must move into the unknown terrain of dialectic to rebuild trust, wonder and 'higher order truths'. We play around my work on the landscape trauma and deep nature relatedness to consider a new proposition what is the logos of trauma an...
2020-11-2558 minSENSESPACEEp.14 Joseph Pickens—Christianity, The Idolatry of Narrative & Becoming Through the Death of GodA conversational journey between friends that weaves between exploration of what's present and challenging questions borne out of Christianity, the death of God and our narratives.
We explore Joseph's intellectual and spiritual path out of Christianity and map it onto the broader movement we both witnessed from reliance of expert authorities (in the IDW) to collective sensemaking and community. Breaking the 4th wall of the podcast we talk about how external pressures affect the intimacy of conversation and the real ecstasy that arrives from letting go. Drawing on our Christian backgrounds and engagement with the work of J...
2020-11-222h 00
SENSESPACEDropping In: Body & Breath (Guided Meditation)The first in a new series of meditation experiences--'Dropping In'. Featuring SenseSpace’s new and original theme song.
Sense into the moment and discover what’s present. This is a guided practice available to you at home or on the go —perfect for meditation beginners.
2020-10-2813 minSENSESPACEEp.13 Minna Salami-Sensous Knowledge & Bridging tensions between Feminism & the FeminineMinna Salami aka @msafropolitan is the author of Sensous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. In this broad and artful book Minna gives expression to a more expansive approach to knowledge, explores Beauty and re-conceives of Power as ‘Exousiance’. Through insights from the natural world and the embodied, expressive and poetic dimensions she articulates a power through us rather than over others.
In this conversation we explore why I was drawn to her personal and dialectical approach to the tensions between feminism and the feminine. We consider concerns about a feminism that is grounded in materialism, fragm...
2020-10-151h 05SENSESPACEEp.12 Guy Sengstock-Lifting the Veil: Deep World Listening & Breaking Free of Traumatic PerceptionI catch up with Philosopher-Sage Guy Sengstock for a broad enquiry into what it means to listen deeply to world. We discuss Carl Jung’s unconscious and psychedelic reality. Building on this we consider the very different ways in which texts reveal themselves and what it means for our reading to be guided by intuition. We enter the mystifying territory of what it means to listen deeply to world and logos, what is the 'veil' and what calls forth the salience that guides and shapes our lives.
In the second half we explore the mechanisms by which trau...
2020-08-241h 34SENSESPACEEp.11 Dr. Zak Stein-The Matrix and Post-Paradigmatic BeingI deeply enjoyed this fluid, humorous and mystifying journey into complexity with Zak Stein, a versatile thinker and philosopher both of and beyond his time. We explore Zak’s background through the history of Jazz musicians into philosophy of religion and educational psychology. We explore what it means to be a ‘post-paradigmatic thinker’ moving within and beyond existing paradigms. We talk on how the Matrix illuminates our time and the important developmental journey represented in it from pre-tragic to post-tragic being.
Dr. Zachary Stein is a writer, educator and futurist and the author of 'Education in a Time Be...
2020-08-1552 minSENSESPACEEp.10 Ivo Jurian Mensch: An Experimental Conversation: Power, Exousiance & EmergenceI talk with Ivo about manhood and learning through relationships and he shares his work at a new kind of thinking organisation concerned with ‘Emergence’. We consider why is it important to take this new approach and what are the more subtle constraints in our existing institutions and processes. We talk about the importance of shadow work when discussing Islam and the West. Then the conversation grows more experimental as we explore reconceiving of power through ‘exousiance’ and in doing so pause and dwell in not knowing. At the end, I introduce some of my more experimental ideas about Jesus as...
2020-08-021h 58SENSESPACEEp.9 John Vervaeke-The Logos of Dialogue: Embodiment, Christianity & TraumaIn our first conversation we explore John’s understanding of the transformational potential of a dialogic relationship with world and self. We play with the ways in which our cognition is not confined to our heads but both embodied and experienced aesthetically. Then, building on John’s 2015 discussion with Jordan Peterson, we explore a new layer of the historic meaning crisis ‘the landscape of trauma’. Entering dialogic flow, we ask what it means to embody logos and explore healing, trauma and relationship to mystery. Lastly, drawing on our shared backgrounds in Christianity we consider the challenging relationship of Christian communit...
2020-07-0448 minSENSESPACEEp.8 Jason Snyder: Navigating the Memetic Ecology/Growing With (and Without) ReligionJason and I dive deep into how mediums like Twitter shape our memetic ecology and ask how to exercise responsibility within them against incentives. We ask how we might bring artistic, expressive and multidimensional selves to these fragmented mediums? We revisit our religious foundations- exploring responses to the meaning crisis and the value of embodied and meta cognition.
*The George Washington/Slavery artwork I mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBYDLHijpmE/ *
Jason Snyder is cohost of Both/And Podcast and Tweets thoughtfully on myriad topics at @cognazor -Both/And podcast: https://bothand.libsyn.com/ -His essay o...
2020-06-241h 26SENSESPACEEp.7 Tim Adalin-Tuning in Amidst Crisis: Community, Memetics & Soul ForceI talk with Tim about dropping into emergent communities of connection. We unfold the BLM Crisis moment with an exploration of the Memetic landscape, our responsibility to it and the dangers of low resolution sacred memes. We discuss the notion of Soul force as an alternative to contemporary social justice’s material Game A relationship to power. Lastly we attempt to articulate the setting which would allow us to fully manifest our human potential, coming into a communion of art and expression which holds the tragedies of life and brings us into rhythmic attunement.
Tim Adalin is the...
2020-06-241h 40SENSESPACEEp.6 Andrew Taggart-Spiritual Philosophy: Death, Truth Discernment and SexualityStraight into the deep end we consider the horrifying quality of beauty and death in a blossoming flower. We talk about the awakened saturation of life that can occur when we shift what we find salient. Expanding on Andrew’s conversation with Daniel Thorson (Emerge Podcast) about ‘Existential openings’ we talk about the challenges involved in discerning and communicating deep truths with others. We end by killing the idea of the ‘sexless sage’ and discuss how deeper awareness and spirituality can both enhance relationship and hold longing with integrity.
Andrew Taggart PhD has spent a decade in philosophica...
2020-06-241h 16SENSESPACEWhat is SenseSpace? Unknowns and potentialThe first SenseSpace housekeeping on how I am conceiving of SenseSpace as the project develops.
2020-06-0107 minSENSESPACEEp.5 Guy Sengstock-Circling Mystery and Revealing Reality: Tech, Pornography & DialogosGuy and I explore circling’s emergence in relation to the remarkable pace of technological change in the last 20 years. We take a deep dive into how ubiquitous pornography is fragmenting our sense of self and affecting intimacy drawing on our own experiences. Lastly we delve into and practice a new and mysterious conversational practice known as ‘Dialogos’ which presents a doorway to a more joyful and meaningful life as well as an attunement to concealed realities.
Guy Sengstock is a founder of an authentic relational practice called Circling which is practiced worldwide and perhaps best described as a "y...
2020-05-202h 00SENSESPACEEp.4 Alexander Beiner-Literary World to Underworld: Knowing, Spiritual Narcissism & PsychedelicsExploring Ali's journey out of the literary world and his latest series of pieces of Medium concerning 'Lost Ways of Knowing'. We riffed on the 'dance' of being between openness and ground and then explored the challenges of charismatic narcissism in spiritual communities and the ongoing cultural questions around psychedelics.
Alexander Beiner is the co-founder of Rebel Wisdom where he is responsible for live events, summits and facilitation of retreats and workshops. Previously a novelist, meditation instructor and co-organiser of the psychedelics conference Breaking Convention he is currently writing long form pieces exploring Embodied Cognition, Culture and...
2020-05-1353 minSENSESPACEEp.3 Johannes Niederhauser-Philosophising Today: Remembering Being and Returning to Plato's CaveIn my first conversation with Johannes we talked about his journey leaving the academy and participating in the new philosophical emergence with the founding of the Halykon Guild. We considered why philosophy lacks standing today and the re-appearance of questions of being and stillness. Lastly we riffed on Nietzsche's death of God and how we have 'swallowed the ocean' and wiped away the horizon of man. As accompaniment to the conversation see Johannes' powerful reading of 'Death of God' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRM-c...
Johannes Niederhauser is a philosopher from Germany who recently completed a...
2020-04-301h 08SENSESPACEEp.1 Daniel Simpson-A Yogic Philosophy: Conversation and Living in the World as PracticeI went on a conversational journey with the eccentric and insightful Daniel Simpson through hash smoking Indian yogis, the history of meditation, 'woo woo', 'McMindfulness', Tantra and Spiritual Bypass. We explored how practiced living can empower us to 'be with what is' as well as the importance of embodied acceptance in responding to the Meta/Ecological Crisis.
Daniel Simpson is a philosopher and long standing practitioner of several yoga and meditation traditions. He has a Masters in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation from SOAS and teaches as the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. He is co-hosting a Y...
2020-04-071h 10SENSESPACEEp.2 Awakening to Connection and Rethinking Mental Health after COVID-19In this conversation Charley and I explored the emotional and mental health challenges of COVID-19 as well as its unique opportunities as a moment to reflect. As humanity collectively steps into uncertainty and liminality, Charley guides us through the profound value of coming into personal relationship with the unknown through embodiment, vulnerability and authentic connection with others. We talk about culture and addiction, riff on the meta-Crisis, reflect on my own Corona freakout and why we shouldn't be so keen to go back to things as they were before this.
Charley Lee is a Psychotherapist and the...
2020-04-041h 25