John Vervaeke (and perhaps Bracha Ettinger before him) coined the neologism Transject and Kristeva (psychoanalyst) talks about the Abject. If we position these two opposite each other in a vertical axis and position Subject and Object on a horizontal axis we have four interpenetrating dynamics that have caught the attention of all major philosophers and theologians across the ages. If we need a fifth a la Vervaekes comment on the Neo Platonists what about the Paraject?
A dynamic that moves alongside all the other four, yet is elusive, ambiguous, morphic. It has resonances with trickster, but I would suggest fool. It could be closely related to the paraclete (holy spirit) which apparently is mentioned 5 times in the bible.............
Look forward to hearing the rest of your presentation and Q n A when it comes out.
Did your conversation with Orland Bishop ever make it to You Tube?
Thanks for continuing with all the great talks and writings.
As always Matt, thank you, for provoking deep thoughts. My mind went to the work of Suzanne Simard and her acts of helping Mother Trees and tree communities. All linked to the fungal networks you spoke of. Surely she, along with all souls like her, are our exemplars of anthropocosmogenesis! Humans reaching out and up and down and helping nature at all levels.
Haha the Vervaeke shout out made me giggle. Haven’t heard that name in years! He was my psych 100 prof at uni
John Vervaeke (and perhaps Bracha Ettinger before him) coined the neologism Transject and Kristeva (psychoanalyst) talks about the Abject. If we position these two opposite each other in a vertical axis and position Subject and Object on a horizontal axis we have four interpenetrating dynamics that have caught the attention of all major philosophers and theologians across the ages. If we need a fifth a la Vervaekes comment on the Neo Platonists what about the Paraject?
A dynamic that moves alongside all the other four, yet is elusive, ambiguous, morphic. It has resonances with trickster, but I would suggest fool. It could be closely related to the paraclete (holy spirit) which apparently is mentioned 5 times in the bible.............
Look forward to hearing the rest of your presentation and Q n A when it comes out.
Did your conversation with Orland Bishop ever make it to You Tube?
Thanks for continuing with all the great talks and writings.
V Inspiring and thought provoking.
https://youtu.be/fpaG7vSstM8?si=LkcslC10yOC5Gbq9
As always Matt, thank you, for provoking deep thoughts. My mind went to the work of Suzanne Simard and her acts of helping Mother Trees and tree communities. All linked to the fungal networks you spoke of. Surely she, along with all souls like her, are our exemplars of anthropocosmogenesis! Humans reaching out and up and down and helping nature at all levels.
Love that word now.
"Evolution" is reaching for diversity. Complexity is just one path to diversity. Complexities sometimes devolve to produce more diversity.