The Integral Stage Expanded Universe (ISEU)
by (Mostly) Layman? Some Bruce. Don't blame Bruce.
The INTEGRAL STAGE EXPANDED UNIVERSE is an archive of conversations held with people across the developmental, transformational, and regenerative communities. It does not endorse or flinch from anyone willing to speak convivially on these topics. The ethical frame here is to make nuanced, curiosity-driven explorations available and not to provide safe, curated, or validated individuals or ideas. Other guidelines hold sway in other contexts.
Episodes
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The Spirituality of Einstein (w/ author Kieran Fox)
Dr. Kieran Fox has written I am a Part of Infinity to explore his deep interest in the cosmic spiritual of Albert Einstein -- combing his scientific vision, his practice of wonder, his deep intuitions and his relentless study of sages like Pythagoras, Plato, Schopenhauer, Spinoza, the rishis of…
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Postmetaphysical Gestures (w/ Alexander Love)
In this special new mini-series, Postmetaphysical Gestures, Layman sits down with Alexander Love to talk about a spiritual philosophy he has been developing at the intersections of Ken Wilber's integral postmetaphysics and Terri O'Fallon's STAGES model.Alexander Love is an acupuncturist, life...
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J2CEH - Radical Kabbalah vol 2 -- w/ M. Gafni
The Journey to Cosmo-Erotic Humanism (J2CEH) continues with the second volume of Radical Kabbalah -- Gafni's exploration of the acosmic humanism of Mordechai Leiner. We discuss the historical and esoteric figure of Solomon, the tension between universal & ethnocentric understandings of "Israel"…
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The Cosmotheandric Life of Ramon Panikkar (w/ John O'Neil)
Our intrepid producer Bruce Alderman sits down with John O'Neill to talk about the life, work, and ongoing relevance of Fr. Raimon Panikkar. Panikkar, who passed away in 2010, was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, and scholar of comparative religion who became a major pioneer in...
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Process-maps, Psychedelic States & Integral Magic w/ Jonathan Mozenter
Jonathan Mozenter is an organizational consultant and personal coach working at the intersection of integral theory, process thinking, artificial intelligence, psychedelics, and shadow work. psychedelicsandhighperformance.com
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JG Bennett for a Time Between Worlds w/ Mathew Zenkowich
We sit down with Mat from the Claymont Society to discuss the life, work and vision of JG Bennett. Bennett was a prominent integrative thinker, futurist, developmentalist, environmentalist and visionary associated with a particular lineages in the Gurdjieff Work. https://claymont.org/about-us/
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"The Emotional Truth of Dreams" w/ Willow & Eva.
For episode 5 of The Dreaming Arts, Layman meets with psychotherapists Willow Pearson Trimbach & Eva Tuschman Leonard to talk about their new book, The Emotional Truth of Dreams. The Emotional Truth of Dreams (book)https://www.amazon.com/dp/1032964707Willow's Professional...
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AWAKENED WHOLENESS - "The Collective" w/ Abigail & Geoff
dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh.In the eighth and final episode of the series, Layman, Abigail and Geoff explore the facet they call the...
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AUTHOR SERIES - "Psyche & Symbolic Learning" w/ Brendan Dempsey
In this new Integral Stage Authors interview, Layman meets with Brendan Graham Dempsey to talk about his latest book in The Evolution of Meaning series, Psyche and Symbolic Learning."Having established in Volume 1 that meaning is a kind of adaptive knowledge complexifying across emergent...
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ROAD TO COSMO-EROTIC HUMANISM - "Radical Kabbalah" pt I (w/ M. Gafni)
This discussion continues the exploration of the intellectual journey to the Cosmo-Erotic Humanism model of the Center for World Philosophy & Religion. We take a deep look at the intricacies of the "acosmic humanism" of Mordechai Leiner through the lens of the book Radical Kabbalah. Explore the...
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Spiritual Narcissism w/ Claudia Fabrizy
Claudia Fabrizy meets with Layman to talk about the inner life, spiritual development, narcissism, sovereignty, shadow work, and much more.Claudia Fabrizy's YT Channel / @claudiafabrizy
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Soul Expression ! -- An Awakened Wholeness Facet w/ Geoff &Abigail
The Facets of Awakened Wholeness Project https://pacificintegral.substack.com/p/the-seven-facets-of-awakened-wholeness-bb0
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EMBODIMENT! (Awakened Wholeness VII) w/ Geoff & Abigail
I don't want my audience to know anything.
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The Cosmic Giggle w/ Eric Davis
Layman Pascal sits down with author and noted esoteric theorist Erik Davis to explore the strange loop that connects humor and spirituality. Erik Davis is an author, scholar, award-winning journalist, podcaster, and professional talker. My wide-ranging work dances around the intersection of...
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The Liminal Cafe w/ Sher Griffin
The Liminal Café is where the locals of the liminal web gather for coffee and conversation. In this new series, Layman chats with the people and patrons who, for some curious reason, find themselves drawn to this sketchy corner of the internet...For episode 17 of the Liminal Café, Sher Griffin...
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Love The System w/ Peter Merry
Layman meets with author, educator, entrepreneur and tech-friendly "energy worker," Peter Merry, to explore the nature and function of subtle energy and a technology he has developed to possibly begin to better measure and interact with it, and to promote greater group cohesion, which he calls…
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AWAKENED WHOLENESS VI: "Embodiment" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh.
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AWAKENED WHOLENESS V: "Awakening" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh.
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AWAKENED WHOLENESS IV: "Intimacy" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh
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AWAKENED WHOLENESS III: "Complexity" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh
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AUTHOR SERIES - "A Brief History of God" w/ Nish Dubashia
Layman sits down with Nish Dubashia to talk about his recent Sky Meadow publication, A Brief History of God."A Brief History of God: From Nature Spirits to Cosmic Consciousness is a thought-provoking journey through the evolution of humanity's spiritual understanding. In this compelling...
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SALON OF THE BANNED - Metaconservatives, Trolls & Blake Anderson
The audio is a little sketchy. And perhaps not just the audio. I had a nice time talking with Blake who is someone I banned from an online space. His "right-wing trolling" and "problematic behavior" upset a lot of folks. Partly legitimately and partly, perhaps, because developmental, spiritual…
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AUTHOR SERIES - "Integral Tibetan Buddhism" w/ Pema Dragpa
Pema Dragpa's new book, An Integral View of Tibetan Buddhism, is the inspiration for and ostensible focus of this conversation between Dragpa and Layman, but it is also just an excuse for them to get together to chat about their favorite dharma, meditation, and "transformative practice in a time...
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SEEK FIRST THE FREQUENCY OF THE GODDESS w/ Cris Beasley
Cris Beasley joins Layman in an exploration of alternative sensemaking to talk about the generative principles and practices that help her creatively navigate the challenges of life in this time between worlds.Cris founded a sustainable AI company nine years ago – well before it was the latest...
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AUTHORS - "The Space Between Us" w/ Peter Mitchell & Anne Sweet
In this Integral Stage Authors Series video, Layman gets together with Peter Mitchell and Anne Sweet to talk about the new book, The Space Between Us, and to explore the "field dynamics" of dialogue and intersubjective contemplative practice.The Space Between Us: Awakening Together in a Fractured...
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PRINCIPLES OF POST-POSTMODERN SPIRITUALITY w/ Steve McIntosh
In this special episode, Layman meets with Steve McIntosh to talk about the overlaps between their respective approaches to post-postmodern spirituality, and in particular about the 6 Agreements that Steve proposes are necessary to move towards a genuinely pluralist, post-postmodern spiritual...
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Pre-Tragic, Tragic & Post-Tragic Pt 2 w/ Gafni
This is the second part of a deep dive into the nuances of the pre-tragic, tragic & post-tragic framing. It begins in speculative theory space and moves into a consideration of power, post-tragic sexual narratives, the integrity of developmental communities, self-harm, and the collective future…
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AWAKENED WHOLENESS II: "Integration" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh.If episode 1 was an opportunity…
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Authors - "The Alchemy of Being a House" w/ Jen Peer Rich
In this new Integral Stage Author Series episode, Layman sits down with Dr. Jen Peer Rich to talk about her recently published book, The Alchemy of Being a House.In this poetic, fiercely honest memoir, Jen Peer Rich invites us inside the living house of her body shaped by early childhood cancer,...
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Pre-Tragic, Tragic & Post-Tragic Part 1 w/ Gafni
This is the first half of a discussion in which Layman and the Rabbi discuss the origins, nature, community use, philosophical necessity, and intriguing extensions of the tripartite concept of pre-tragic, tragic & post-tragic.
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INTEGRAL PSYCHOTHERAPY #10 - "Transcendental Dementia?" w/ Bettina Witchers
How do we cultivate robust, ethical, convivial human beings who have access to their full cognitive, emotional, and motivational resources? How can we better live functional, enjoyable lives, contribute to our societies' health and evolution, keep growing internally, and maximize the potentials…
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AUTHOR SERIES - "An Integral View of Tibetan Buddhism" w/ Pema Dragpa
Pema Dragpa's new book, An Integral View of Tibetan Buddhism, is the inspiration for and ostensible focus of this conversation between Dragpa and Layman, but it is also just an excuse for them to get together to chat about their favorite dharma, meditation, and "transformative practice in a time...
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A REQUIEM FOR ANDEW COHEN w/ Daniela Bomatter & Carter Phipps
This was recorded in two parts earlier this year following the death of the influential, controversial and "integrally-informed" teacher of radical, evolutionary and collective enlightenment processes -- Andrew Cohen.
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Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness #1 w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker...
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THE ROAD TO COSMO-EROTIC HUMANISM - "Angel Tears"
Our exploration of "The Evolution of Tears" concludes with a look at the role of sorrow in visionary experience & spiritual maturity with a special focus on the need to reclaim and integrate the tears that we might displace onto "the angels." The key textual references here are Isaac and Ishmael.
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NEW MONASTERIES & INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES w/ Catherine Pawasarat Sensei
The intricacies of establishing and unfolding intentional spiritual and philosophical communities with the Sensei of the Clear Sky Monastery.
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POST-TRAGIC WORLDVIEWS (and painting) w/ Alexander Love
The concept of the "post-tragic," associated with the work of Marc Gafni and a few others, is not in broad circulation. Alexander Love is deploying and investigating the term and I join him to suggest that it is basically a redux of Nietzsche's concept of the Tragic per se. Plus we talk Painting!
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LIMINAL CAFE #14 - Rufus, Sylvie & the Art of the Second Renaissance
LIFE ITSELF, THE SECOND RENAISSANCE, AND HUMAN TRANSFORMATION IN A TIME OF META-CRISISFor episode 14, Layman sits down with Rufus Pollock and Sylvie Barbier to talk about the Life Itself and Second Renaissance communities and organizations, the importance of mapping the meta-communities, the role...
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THE ROAD TO COSMO-EROTIC HUMANISM - The "Tears" of Marc Gafni part II
We continue our exploration of the backstory and intellectual journey to "Cosmo-erotic Humanism" with a further exploration of the relentless Rabbi's book on Tears. This time we focus on questions related to God's Voice, Laughter in Hell, Bondage & the Abraham/Isaac tale.
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AUTHOR SERIES - "Embracing Paradox, Evolving Language" w/ Lisa Maroski
For the 50th (?) episode of the Integral Stage's Author Series, Layman meets with novelist and linguistic philosopher, Lisa Maroski, to explore her ideas around the enactive power of language and speech, and her experiments in finding new forms of language to more deeply embody liminal and…
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LIMINAL CAFE #13 w/ John Churchill
A MONK, A SHAMAN, AND A SCIENTIST WALK INTO A BAR AT THE EDGE OF THE APOCALYPSE... Layman sits down with meditation and planetary dharma teacher, John Churchill, to enjoy a Double Venti Alchemist's Elixir and a rich, wide-ranging conversation exploring the shape of emergent integrative...
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Integral AI for Idiots
My upcoming Parallax course Integral Theory for Idiots starts July 6th. I thought it would be intriguing to compare the audio of a course description that I wrote and the alternative descriptions put together by three different free online AIs -- Claude, Deepseek & Perplexity. The tone they favor...
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LIMINAL CAFE #11 w/ Kazi Adi Shakti
The Liminal Café is where the locals of the liminal web gather for coffee and conversation. In this new series, Layman chats with the people and patrons who, for some curious reason, find themselves drawn to this sketchy corner of the internet...NAGARJUNA, DELEUZE, AND WHITEHEAD ADVANCED...
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WHO'S AFRAID OF INTEGRAL POSTMETAPHYSICS? #1 w/ Alexander Love
It might be totally appropriate, and even wise, to fear integral postmetaphysics. But in this inaugural episode of our new Integral Stage series, Who's Afraid of Integral Postmetaphysics?, Layman and Alexander Love will try to convince you otherwise...Alexander Love is an acupuncturist, life…
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AUTHOR SERIES - "CONEtrolled" w/ Nava Israel
For the forty-seventh episode of the Integral Stage Author Series, Layman meets with Dr. Nava Israel to discuss her "Cone" model, which describes a common pattern through which often well-meaning solutions to problems end up transforming into dogmatic systems that rob individuals of their…
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AUTHOR SERIES - "First Principles and First Values" w/ David J. Temple (pt 2)
Layman continues the discussion with Marc Gafni and Zak Stein about their jointly authored book, First Principles and First Values, this time focusing on some of the core philosophical arguments. They are publishing the book pseudonymously under the name, David J. Temple.
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LIMINAL CAFE w/ Elen Awalom (pt 2)
For episode 10, Layman sits down again with Ēlen Awalom, this time to talk about unhealthy and healthy gender models, and the roles of attachment, trauma, and development in contemporary gender relations. Ēlen Awalom is an Eritrean-American Somatic Experiencing practitioner, writer, entrepreneur...
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PUBLIC SHADOW #2 w/ Jill Nephew
In this special episode, Layman meets with human woman, Jill Nephew, to explore the intricacies of projection and shadow, image and truth, public identities and dopplegangers, in our highly mediated, complexly entangled, and increasingly manipulable digital information spaces. Jill Nephew is the...
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SOUL OF AI #13 w/ Evelyn Paul
For the thirteenth episode of The Soul of AI, Layman sits down with shaman and spiritual teacher, Evelyn Paul, to explore a shamanic take on the emergence and nature of AI, and to discuss some of her shamanic journeys that have shaped her insights into the topic.
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LIMINAL CAFE w/ Alexander Love (pt 1)
For episode 9, Layman sits down with Alexander Love for a rich conversation about his life and healing journey, love and forgiveness, creativity, integral and Taoist thought, and a book he is working on on what he calls the five evolutionary gestures. Alexander Love is an acupuncturist, life…
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About this show
The INTEGRAL STAGE EXPANDED UNIVERSE is an archive of conversations held with people across the developmental, transformational, and regenerative communities. It does not endorse or flinch from anyone willing to speak convivially on these topics. The ethical frame here is to make nuanced, curiosity-driven explorations available and not to provide safe, curated, or validated individuals or ideas. Other guidelines hold sway in other contexts.
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