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The death trip and science’s experiential “blind spot”

Posted in Science & society, Spirit matter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 5, 2024 | 4 Comments »

The study of so-called “near-death experiences” is fascinating, as it is one of those areas that remain most mysterious to science, yet which empirical evidence suggests is very consequential to those who undergo it. By now we’ve all likely heard of the countless reports of people journeying through tunnels toward sources of light, being greeted […]

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Ontology 101

Posted in Philosophy, Process-relational thought, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 9, 2024 | 5 Comments »

The word ontology comes up a lot in the fields I work in (loosely speaking, the environmental humanities and social sciences), especially among scholars grappling with cultural differences and “decolonial” thinking. Here’s a crack at a 5-minute introduction to it for newbies. Ontology is commonly defined as something like “the philosophical study of being” or […]

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The four ontological aces

Posted in Philosophy, Spirit matter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 25, 2021 | 6 Comments »

Buddhism has its “Two Truths” and its “Three Truths“: the “Two” were made famous by Indian philosopher Nagarjuna; the “Three” a little less famous by Chinese philosopher Zhiyi. About a year ago, I offered up four perspectives on mortality, and here I want to make the case that they could be seen as a kind […]

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Image ecologies, spiritual polytropy, and the Anthropocene

Posted in Spirit matter, Visual culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 29, 2020 | 2 Comments »

An article of mine by that title has appeared in a special issue of the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture on “Popular Culture, Religion, and the Anthropocene.” The article contains the theoretical core of the book I’m currently writing on image regimes. It builds on my work in cinema and media […]

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