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Jungian Psychology, Minus the Nonsense
Making sense of an esoteric theory of mind
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Max Goodbird
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Ayn Rand Will Kill Us All
Greed, Logic, and AI Doom in Atlas Shrugged
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How to Enjoy Things
Cultivating "wide attention" with Marion Milner, Colin Wilson, and Alan Watts
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Religion is an Ego-modulator
William James, Aldous Huxley, and the functions of religion
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Max Goodbird
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Causal Explanations Considered Harmful
On the logical fallacy of causal projection
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Church of Reality: Barbara McClintock on Scientific Mysticism and Plant Consciousness
"Every time I walk on grass I feel sorry because I know the grass is screaming at me."
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Phase Blindness
Our felt experience of time is thicker, weirder, and more malleable than you might think
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Exegesis: The Paintings of Hilma af Klint
The spiritualist roots of abstract art
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Active Dreaming is More Powerful than Meditation and Safer than Psychedelics
Active Dreaming is an underrated way to introspect, combat mental health issues, and access exotic mindstates
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Confessions of a Cringe Soy Redditor
On Scott Alexander's role in our current political crisis
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How to Start a Meditation Practice
It's not as hard as you think
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Energy Healing, Minus the Nonsense
The somatic field keeps the score
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