Listen "41 – Ritual and Spirituality"
Episode Synopsis
More ritual than spirituality, honestly. We were aiming for both, but caught up in ritual. Perhaps we’ll revisit the spirituality aspect in a future episode!
Melting Asphalt on Religion, Politics, and Self-Suppression
Welcome to Night Vale, and my All Hail summary
The type of poetry Eneasz likes is called “villanelles.” Here are four great examples.
From Less Wrong: An Alien God, and Thou Art Godshatter.
From SSC: Meditations on Moloch
From Jai: 500 Million, But Not a Single One More
Norman Borlaug & Dunbar’s Number again
Sam Harris’s book on spirituality, Waking Up
Sam Harris on Islam and the Misuses of Ecstasy
GadBeebe on Scotland’s laws on consent and autonomy, specifically the Adults with Incapacity Act
Jamal wrote in with this relevant link! It’s called Meditation 101 and covers all the basics.
Melting Asphalt on Religion, Politics, and Self-Suppression
Welcome to Night Vale, and my All Hail summary
The type of poetry Eneasz likes is called “villanelles.” Here are four great examples.
From Less Wrong: An Alien God, and Thou Art Godshatter.
From SSC: Meditations on Moloch
From Jai: 500 Million, But Not a Single One More
Norman Borlaug & Dunbar’s Number again
Sam Harris’s book on spirituality, Waking Up
Sam Harris on Islam and the Misuses of Ecstasy
GadBeebe on Scotland’s laws on consent and autonomy, specifically the Adults with Incapacity Act
Jamal wrote in with this relevant link! It’s called Meditation 101 and covers all the basics.
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