S2.Ep 1. The Quest Series: The Search for Vision in the Evolving Crises of our Times

The Quest Season about to begin will examine the great visionaries across the ages in order to seek vision for the crises of our times. These are termed the eight horseman of the apocalypse: the conflict of ideas, the economic, political, military, social, ecological and spiritual crises as well as the alteration of human consciousness as it becomes fused with artificial intelligence. The human race stands at a crossroads or at a dead end. Just as individuals suffer wounds and traumas and need healing, so too with the collective and planetary dimensions. We search the world's wisdom traditions in order to heal the wounds of our age and seek meaning and direction in the evolving crises of the 21st century. The underlying philosophy upon which these podcasts are based is in the following book and can be obtained at the link below: The Sower and the Seed Reflections on the Development of Consciousness (Karnac Books 2015) https://rb.gy/xmvpjq Musical extracts in these podcasts taken from: 1. BBC radio 3 recording of Beethoven’s 3rd symphony 2005 and made available on the Internet Archive on a Creative Commons label. https://archive.org/details/BBCSymphony3Beethoven_1 2. The Internet Archive on a Creative Commons label a 1943 Bayreuth recording extract from the end of Wagner’s Gotterdammerung: https://archive.org/details/Goett42bayreuth3/29+-+3.Szene+4+-+Fliegt+heim%2C+ihr+Raben.mp3 The image accompanying these podcasts is The Sower and the Seed which was drawn by Lindsey C. Harris and was incorporated on the front page of the book of that name.