Communal Living as Spiritual Practice: Friendship, Formation, and Renewing the Senses
Can we find freedom in a world of endless choice—or is deeper liberation found in the people we refuse to leave? In the first of a three-part Lectern Dialogues series, John Vervaeke is joined by Eliza...
28 Elo 1h 32min
How Nonbeing Haunts Being: Corey Anton on Death, Spirituality, and the Meaning of a Finite Life
What if the very thing we fear most—nonbeing—is also what gives life its deepest meaning? John Vervaeke welcomes philosopher Corey Anton to discuss his book, How Nonbeing Haunts Being: On Possibilitie...
7 Elo 1h 19min
Notes on No-Thing: John Vervaeke on Nihilism, the Kyoto School, and the Sacred
What if nihilism is not the end of meaning, but an opening into a deeper way of seeing? John Vervaeke is joined by Ethan Hsieh to introduce Notes on No-Thing, a course on the Kyoto School of Philosoph...
3 Elo 1h 9min
Reconnect to the Real: Vervaeke, Sengstock, and Koch on Nature, Circling, and Socratic Practice
Why are we losing our taste for what is real—and what practices can help us recover it? John Vervaeke is joined by Guy Sengstock and Kyle Koch for a conversation on connection as something constitutiv...
25 Heinä 55min
Parenting, Meaning, and Reconnecting with the Real
Is civilization making us smarter while disconnecting us from what matters most? In this episode, John Vervaeke speaks with Kyle Koch, a deep nature connection practitioner and new father living in an...
16 Heinä 55min
John Vervaeke & Guy Sengstock: Why Modernity Can't See the Sacred Anymore
What does it mean to "see God again" after modernity has taught us to look for the sacred in all the wrong ways? In this special Lectern conversation, John Vervaeke is joined by Guy Sengstock for a de...
10 Heinä 1h 44min
Live Q&A with Brendan Graham Dempsey | Questions, Dialogue, and the Pursuit of Wisdom
What is applied metatheory - and why might it matter for ordinary people trying to make sense of reality, meaning, spirituality, and complexity? In this live Q&A from The Lectern, Ethan Hsieh speaks w...
26 Kesä 1h 25min
Why Wonder Is More Than Curiosity with William Desmond
What happens when wonder is reduced to curiosity, and curiosity becomes a drive to master everything? In this second conversation with William Desmond, John Vervaeke returns to the question of astonis...
26 Kesä 1h 32min
