The Persian/Hebrew Axis | Alexander Bard, Marc Gafni, and Zak Stein

Alexander Bard of Parallax in a provacative discussion with Dr. Marc Gafni and Zak Stein.

Enjoy this Parallax Dialogue:

A rich and provocative conversation at the crossroads of philosophy, education, and technology, and a bold defense of religion in the modern age. Three intellectual titans — Alexander Bard, Marc Gafni, and Zak Stein — come together in this deep-dive dialogue, discovering surprising points of unity across their metaphysical differences.

Evolution of Love from Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis

by Dr. Marc Gafni (Author), Dr. Zak Stein(Contributor), Elena Maslova Levin (Contributor)

Story is the source code of culture and consciousness and of all Reality-all the way up and down the evolutionary chain. Story is the attempt to gather information about the nature of Reality and translate it into narrative frameworks bounded by Value.
Stories that organize culture are “Stories of Value, backed by the Universe”.

Postmodernity argues that Reality is just a story, and that all stories are created equal (equally meaningless of inherent value) because value itself is not real. And therefore, all stories of value are but social constructs, fictions, or figments of our imagination.

The postmodernists are wrong.

Story is real. And not all stories are equal. There are better and worse stories. A better story is an eternal and evolving story of Value. Evolving Value backed by the Universe.

A worse story-one with flawed, incomplete, or distorted plotlines of distorted value, like the story we’ve lived in the West for the better part of the last century-can, and will, bring us to the brink of existential risk, the potential end of humanity as we know it.

Value is both real, backed by the Universe, and like everything in the Universe, value evolves. The evolution of value itself is the evolution of love, as Eros and evolution themselves, are inherent plotlines of value in the great story of Cosmos.

The goal of The Evolution of Love, and its companion volume Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships, is to provide a first articulation of a new, better story of Value in the domain of relationship. At the core of this New Story of Value are a new Universe Story and a new narrative of identity, which we have called CosmoErotic Humanism and Homo amor.

If we fail to articulate this New Story of Value, the results will be excruciating for billions of human beings and for the entire life system–as for the trillions of lives that will remain unborn.

All of the past depends on us to fulfill its dreams.
All of the present depends on us to live.
All of the future depends on us to be born.

Order Here

The Persian/Hebrew Axis | Alexander Bard, Marc Gafni, and Zak SteinJamie Long2025-07-01T03:48:49-07:00

The Infinite Intimate: Cosmic Eros, Sacred Story, and the Anthro-Ontology of Value

On the footnotes2plato podcast, Host Matt Segall dialogs about CosmoErotic Humanism with Marc Gafni and Zack Stein

Join Matt Segall in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein:

In Matt’s voice:

In this conversation with Marc Gafni and Zak Stein, I began by asking about philosophy’s relevance in our current moment of crisis:

What role can philosophy play?

As philosophers, we like to engage in dialogue, but our present world seems very far from dialogue being what guides the decisions that are shaping the immediate future. I invited us to consider how we can feel like what we’re doing here is meaningful when we’re facing this type of rivalrous, revenge-based antagonism.

Regarding my use of “as if” language in my review of First Principles and First Values that Marc questioned, I explained that the “as if” is an invitation to my readers rather than a direct statement of my own position. It is intended as a bridge to the dominant culture, as a pragmatic invitation to see how people’s lives might change if they took these ideas seriously. I shared my grounding in process philosophy and particularly C. S. Peirce’s pragmaticist approach to theologizing: When I use terms like “as if,” it’s really just my way of signaling the participatory nature of truth and the reality of value. It’s not just waiting out there for us to find it. We have to become worthy of it. I emphasized that we need to imaginally body forth truth, goodness, and beauty to maintain them as realities. That’s our crucial role as human beings.

I asked whether consciousness being fundamental implies that the human being is not just the product of an evolutionary process but something more like the very medium of evolution’s expression. I brought in Schelling’s insight that “the human soul is conscientious of creation”—that we’re tapping into our own memory when doing evolutionary cosmology, not just abstractly reconstructing the universe’s exterior development. The intimacy paradigm Marc and Zak are proposing is something like a poetic proof of the existence of God as that than which nothing more intimate can be felt, a phenomenological proof of the existence of the divine ground within and between us. This divine ground, ultimately, is relational, and thus personal.

Evolution of Love from Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis

by Dr. Marc Gafni (Author), Dr. Zak Stein(Contributor), Elena Maslova Levin (Contributor)

Story is the source code of culture and consciousness and of all Reality-all the way up and down the evolutionary chain. Story is the attempt to gather information about the nature of Reality and translate it into narrative frameworks bounded by Value.
Stories that organize culture are “Stories of Value, backed by the Universe”.

Postmodernity argues that Reality is just a story, and that all stories are created equal (equally meaningless of inherent value) because value itself is not real. And therefore, all stories of value are but social constructs, fictions, or figments of our imagination.

The postmodernists are wrong.

Story is real. And not all stories are equal. There are better and worse stories. A better story is an eternal and evolving story of Value. Evolving Value backed by the Universe.

A worse story-one with flawed, incomplete, or distorted plotlines of distorted value, like the story we’ve lived in the West for the better part of the last century-can, and will, bring us to the brink of existential risk, the potential end of humanity as we know it.

Value is both real, backed by the Universe, and like everything in the Universe, value evolves. The evolution of value itself is the evolution of love, as Eros and evolution themselves, are inherent plotlines of value in the great story of Cosmos.

The goal of The Evolution of Love, and its companion volume Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships, is to provide a first articulation of a new, better story of Value in the domain of relationship. At the core of this New Story of Value are a new Universe Story and a new narrative of identity, which we have called CosmoErotic Humanism and Homo amor.

If we fail to articulate this New Story of Value, the results will be excruciating for billions of human beings and for the entire life system–as for the trillions of lives that will remain unborn.

All of the past depends on us to fulfill its dreams.
All of the present depends on us to live.
All of the future depends on us to be born.

Order Here

The Infinite Intimate: Cosmic Eros, Sacred Story, and the Anthro-Ontology of ValueJamie Long2025-06-26T03:55:09-07:00

The Sacred Power of Story | Marc Gafni & Iain McGilchrist moderated by Zak Stein.

Parallax media hosts this discussion between Dr. Iain McGilchrist and Dr. Marc Gafni, moderated by Zak Stein, on the Sacred Power of Story.

Zak Stein moderates an intense and wide-ranging conversation between Dr. Iain McGilchrist. and Dr. Marc Gafni and the dialogue spans the sacred nature of story, the loss of value and eros, the nature of evil, and the deep structures shaping culture today.

Iain McGilchrist is a British psychiatrist, literary scholar, and one of the most important philosophical voices of our time. He is best known for The Master and His Emissary and The Matter With Things, where he argues that the left and right hemispheres of the brain attend to the world in fundamentally different ways, with massive consequences for civilization. His work bridges neuroscience, philosophy, art, and depth psychology, offering a vision of human consciousness grounded in attention, embodiment, and reverence.

Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary philosopher, spiritual teacher, and social theorist. A former Orthodox rabbi with a doctorate from Oxford University, he is the co-founder of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion and a leading voice in the articulation of “cosmo-erotic humanism.” His books include Your Unique Self, A Return to Eros, and Radical Kabbalah. Gafni’s work fuses Jewish mysticism, integral theory, and Western philosophy to explore the nature of self, eros, and value at the evolutionary edge of human identity and spirituality.

Zak Stein is a Harvard-trained education and transformation philosopher known for his work on developmental ethics, meta-crisis, and the future of human learning.

Evolution of Love from Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis

by Dr. Marc Gafni (Author), Dr. Zak Stein(Contributor), Elena Maslova Levin (Contributor)

Story is the source code of culture and consciousness and of all Reality-all the way up and down the evolutionary chain. Story is the attempt to gather information about the nature of Reality and translate it into narrative frameworks bounded by Value.
Stories that organize culture are “Stories of Value, backed by the Universe”.

Postmodernity argues that Reality is just a story, and that all stories are created equal (equally meaningless of inherent value) because value itself is not real. And therefore, all stories of value are but social constructs, fictions, or figments of our imagination.

The postmodernists are wrong.

Story is real. And not all stories are equal. There are better and worse stories. A better story is an eternal and evolving story of Value. Evolving Value backed by the Universe.

A worse story-one with flawed, incomplete, or distorted plotlines of distorted value, like the story we’ve lived in the West for the better part of the last century-can, and will, bring us to the brink of existential risk, the potential end of humanity as we know it.

Value is both real, backed by the Universe, and like everything in the Universe, value evolves. The evolution of value itself is the evolution of love, as Eros and evolution themselves, are inherent plotlines of value in the great story of Cosmos.

The goal of The Evolution of Love, and its companion volume Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships, is to provide a first articulation of a new, better story of Value in the domain of relationship. At the core of this New Story of Value are a new Universe Story and a new narrative of identity, which we have called CosmoErotic Humanism and Homo amor.

If we fail to articulate this New Story of Value, the results will be excruciating for billions of human beings and for the entire life system–as for the trillions of lives that will remain unborn.

All of the past depends on us to fulfill its dreams.
All of the present depends on us to live.
All of the future depends on us to be born.

Order Here

The Sacred Power of Story | Marc Gafni & Iain McGilchrist moderated by Zak Stein.Jamie Long2025-06-25T02:46:21-07:00

A NEW Pattern of DIVINE Relationship Emerges! on the Amrit Sandhu Podcast

Join this Podcast with Amrit Sandhu discussing Kabbalah, Eros, Crisis, and Values.

Join Dr. Marc Gafni on the Amrit Sandhu podcast.

In Amrit’s voice:

Marc Gafni takes us on a powerful, soul-stirring journey through the existential challenges of modern life and the cosmic depths of human purpose. Drawing from ancient wisdom, modern psychology, and his own unique framework of “Unique Self” and “CosmoErotic Humanism,” he unpacks how nihilism, loneliness, and trauma aren’t just personal burdens—they’re existential threats. In this gripping talk, Gafni doesn’t just point out the crisis; he offers a new story, a reimagined narrative of identity and divinity, where every human life is essential to the evolution of the cosmos.

If you’ve ever felt the ache of disconnection or the hunger for deeper meaning, this talk is your invitation to reclaim your sacred role in the great unfolding of existence.

00:00 – Kabbalah and the Wisdom of Solomon

05:08 – Eros: The Essence of Cosmos

08:04 – The Relationship Between Eros and Ethics

10:48 – Cosmoerotic Humanism Explained

14:05 – The Nature of Reality as a Love Story

31:11 – The Evolutionary Love Story

37:33 – Understanding Eros: Lines and Circles

42:49 – Defining the Meta Crisis

49:02 – The Renaissance: A Time Between Worlds

55:47 – The Dignities and Disasters of Modernity

59:41 – Responding to the Meta Crisis

01:08:40 – Global Intimacy Disorder: The Core of the Meta Crisis

01:12:32 – The Field of Value and Intimacy

01:14:30 – The Dawn of a New Era

01:17:23 – Identifying First Principles and Values

01:17:36 – Defining the Meta Crisis

01:19:18 – Exploring Anthro-Ontology

01:21:42 – The Continuity of Values Across Realms

01:25:56 – Intimacy as the Core of Reality

01:31:30 – The Power of the Intimate Universe

01:36:33 – The Role of Unique Self in Transformation

01:41:28 – Addressing the Meta Crisis

01:49:39 – The Emergence of Homo Amor

01:52:13 – The Complexity of Goodness in the Mahabharata

01:55:37 – The Essence of Heroism and Outrageous Love

01:59:40 – The Urgency of Our Time and Collective Action

Evolution of Love from Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis

by Dr. Marc Gafni (Author), Dr. Zak Stein(Contributor), Elena Maslova Levin (Contributor)

Story is the source code of culture and consciousness and of all Reality-all the way up and down the evolutionary chain. Story is the attempt to gather information about the nature of Reality and translate it into narrative frameworks bounded by Value.
Stories that organize culture are “Stories of Value, backed by the Universe”.

Postmodernity argues that Reality is just a story, and that all stories are created equal (equally meaningless of inherent value) because value itself is not real. And therefore, all stories of value are but social constructs, fictions, or figments of our imagination.

The postmodernists are wrong.

Story is real. And not all stories are equal. There are better and worse stories. A better story is an eternal and evolving story of Value. Evolving Value backed by the Universe.

A worse story-one with flawed, incomplete, or distorted plotlines of distorted value, like the story we’ve lived in the West for the better part of the last century-can, and will, bring us to the brink of existential risk, the potential end of humanity as we know it.

Value is both real, backed by the Universe, and like everything in the Universe, value evolves. The evolution of value itself is the evolution of love, as Eros and evolution themselves, are inherent plotlines of value in the great story of Cosmos.

The goal of The Evolution of Love, and its companion volume Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships, is to provide a first articulation of a new, better story of Value in the domain of relationship. At the core of this New Story of Value are a new Universe Story and a new narrative of identity, which we have called CosmoErotic Humanism and Homo amor.

If we fail to articulate this New Story of Value, the results will be excruciating for billions of human beings and for the entire life system–as for the trillions of lives that will remain unborn.

All of the past depends on us to fulfill its dreams.
All of the present depends on us to live.
All of the future depends on us to be born.

Order Here

A NEW Pattern of DIVINE Relationship Emerges! on the Amrit Sandhu PodcastJamie Long2025-05-31T07:41:49-07:00

A New Pattern Of Sacred Relationship Emerges | Vylana Marcus, Alana Beale, & Dr. Marc Gafni at the Aubrey Marcus Podcast

Dr. Marc Gafni, as esteemed teacher, joins this Aubrey Marcus podcast with Vylana Marcus and Alana Beale to discuss the cosmic, philosophical, spiritual, and psychological underpinnings of a configuration of Love.

Join Aubrey Marcus, Vylana Marcus, Alana Beale and Dr. Marc Gafni in conversation.

In Aubrey’s voice:

This is by far the most controversial podcast we have ever released, triggering equal amounts of radical praise and intense hatred. We read through thousands of comments and ultimately chose to leave the podcast up, but for actual concerns for our own safety to take the comments down. Something about this wildly intimate and emotional revelation that includes the story of how the sacred union with my wife Vylana expanded to include our beloved Alana Beale, a 28 year old powerful woman who we esteem as a teacher to us in many ways.

Why did it touch such a raw nerve?

Perhaps it was the disappointment in the fantasy of Aubrey embodying the reformed Polyamory guy, the bad boy who made good, being dashed on the rocks of reality. Perhaps not having Vylana’s paramour Joshua at the table with us, or one of Alana’s lovers she has had during this process gave an impression that this was some form of archaic patriarchal polygyny. Perhaps it is because in our post-modern world, monogamous union is one of the values that has survived the onslaught of post-modernity. Perhaps it is because I made the mistake of maintaining the repose of a podcast host, instead of dropping into the raw feeling tones of my beautiful wife Vylana. Perhaps it is because there were private details of certain challenging interpersonal dynamics between Vylana and I that were left out of the narrative. Perhaps it is because there is a misinterpretation that the whispers we received along the way, nudging us toward this constellation were being claimed as God’s will. Which of course, none of us can claim to know God’s will.

But ultimately this podcast is not a prescription; we state that many times. It is a description of what has worked for us to allow us to live a life of radical commitment and total freedom. And we have been shocked that so many people who celebrate the beautifully diverse non-heteronormative unions, have expressed such vitriol and ill-will toward all of us. Because we dare to ask the question: Are relationship structures intended by the Cosmos to be one size fits all? Or do variations actually serve the evolution of love?

Dr. Marc Gafni, our esteemed teacher, joins us to discuss the cosmic, philosophical, spiritual, and psychological underpinnings behind this configuration of love that we hope will expand the boundaries of what is possible in every dimension of our intimate, personal, and communal political lives.

Evolution of Love from Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis

by Dr. Marc Gafni (Author), Dr. Zak Stein(Contributor), Elena Maslova Levin (Contributor)

Story is the source code of culture and consciousness and of all Reality-all the way up and down the evolutionary chain. Story is the attempt to gather information about the nature of Reality and translate it into narrative frameworks bounded by Value.
Stories that organize culture are “Stories of Value, backed by the Universe”.

Postmodernity argues that Reality is just a story, and that all stories are created equal (equally meaningless of inherent value) because value itself is not real. And therefore, all stories of value are but social constructs, fictions, or figments of our imagination.

The postmodernists are wrong.

Story is real. And not all stories are equal. There are better and worse stories. A better story is an eternal and evolving story of Value. Evolving Value backed by the Universe.

A worse story-one with flawed, incomplete, or distorted plotlines of distorted value, like the story we’ve lived in the West for the better part of the last century-can, and will, bring us to the brink of existential risk, the potential end of humanity as we know it.

Value is both real, backed by the Universe, and like everything in the Universe, value evolves. The evolution of value itself is the evolution of love, as Eros and evolution themselves, are inherent plotlines of value in the great story of Cosmos.

The goal of The Evolution of Love, and its companion volume Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships, is to provide a first articulation of a new, better story of Value in the domain of relationship. At the core of this New Story of Value are a new Universe Story and a new narrative of identity, which we have called CosmoErotic Humanism and Homo amor.

If we fail to articulate this New Story of Value, the results will be excruciating for billions of human beings and for the entire life system–as for the trillions of lives that will remain unborn.

All of the past depends on us to fulfill its dreams.
All of the present depends on us to live.
All of the future depends on us to be born.

Order Here

A New Pattern Of Sacred Relationship Emerges | Vylana Marcus, Alana Beale, & Dr. Marc Gafni at the Aubrey Marcus PodcastJamie Long2025-05-31T08:08:17-07:00

Beyond Maslow: The Eight Core Needs of CosmoErotic Humanism

From Maslow’s Five Needs to the Eight Core Needs of Eros & CosmoErotic Humanism on Need and Desire

Early Draft by Dr. Marc Gafni

Download a PDF Version of this Essay Here:

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Evolution Is Love in Action in Response to Need

The Bi-Directional Eros and Ethos of Your Need Is My Allurement: Shame, Allurement, Intimacy, Value, Need, and Obligation

In earlier writings, we spoke of the animating principle of evolution, Your need is my allurement. When the beloved speaks to us—not necessarily the romantic beloved, but the Outrageous Love beloved—and says, Your need is my allurement, we heal the shame of finitude that lives so deeply in us. The shame of finitude, as we have outlined it,[1] is the shame that comes from the humiliation we experience in meeting our basic needs. Together with the shame of our mortality and the shame of our animal nature, the shame of finitude is connected to an underlying malaise—the shame of powerlessness. It is only in healing the shame of finitude that we step into the fullness of Homo amor, the new human and the new humanity. The shame of finitude must be healed by each of us, personally. And collectively, we must heal our planet drenched in shame.

Shame is healed, however, not only when we feel the allurement of the beloved to meet our need. That is but the first step of two steps. In this step, we overcome our original humiliation in meeting our fundamental need for touch, contact, and nourishment. The second step is to also experience ourselves saying to the beloved, Your Need is my allurement.

We need to be the object of allurement, which elicits the response of Your Need is my allurement. And we need to be the one allured, who is speaking, Your Need is my allurement.

Allurement is deeply entwined with intimacy. Remember our intimacy articulation:

Intimacy = shared identity in the context of relative otherness x mutuality of recognition x mutuality of pathos x mutuality of value x mutuality of purpose.

Underlying the Eros of intimacy is need: I love you = I need you.

To truly say I love you is to say I need you. It is the mutuality of need that drives the movement towards intimacy. It is in the mutuality of need—often desperate need—that we meet and know each other.

Deep in our Anthro-Ontology, we are allured to respond to need. We are allured to respond to the need of the beloved in precisely the same way that we are allured to respond to our own need. The allurement is rooted in a hidden knowing that we are part of the same Field of Consciousness and Desire. We are allured because no one is ultimately a stranger. That allurement creates not only delight but also the gravitas of intimacy and joyful obligation.

Remember that intimacy is shared identity. And intimacy itself creates obligation. Intimacy is the allurement that reminds my heart and body that we share identity. Intimacy is the allurement in which we recognize each other, we feel each other, we experience our shared values and shared purpose. But even deeper, intimacy is the depth of naked realization in which we embrace the raw and vulnerable truth that we need each other—desperately.

It is not a coincidence of language that in Hebrew one of the root words for love or intimacy—chibah—is also the root word for obligation—chovah. Obligation is not imposed from an alienated source, external to us. Obligation is the experience of love itself in response to need. (more…)

Beyond Maslow: The Eight Core Needs of CosmoErotic HumanismThe Editors2025-04-02T05:00:36-07:00

A Shocking Convergence: A CHANNEL Meets The Kabbalist Lineage of SOLOMON | Marc Gafni x Paul Selig

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast

Show Notes from the Aubrey Marcus Podcast Episode:

In all my years podcasting and working with the great masters of our time, I have never seen anything like this. Paul Selig is channeling information from who he calls “The Guides” and Rebbe Gafni is transmitting the deep lineage of Solomon and Kabbalist wisdom. What do they agree about? Where are the points of distinction and separation? In this shocking convergence, we see how the old Word of the Biblical texts meets the new Word freshly informed from extra-dimensional star beings. This is a conversation not to be missed!

Check out more of Dr. Marc Gafni’s work at ⁠⁠⁠https://worldphilosophyandreligion.or…

Download chapters of First Principles and First Values: https://worldphilosophyandreligion.or…

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FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

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A Shocking Convergence: A CHANNEL Meets The Kabbalist Lineage of SOLOMON | Marc Gafni x Paul SeligJamie Long2025-04-02T00:25:49-07:00

Yuval Harari Gets DISMANTLED – Marc Gafni Exposes The Faults In His Logic

On the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, join Dr. Marc Gafni as he critically examines the fundamental errors in Yuval Noah Harari’s assertions that stories, human rights, and human purpose are mere fictions, figments of our imagination.

In this enlightening discussion, Dr, Marc Gafni—in a fierce and funny tour de force—dismantles the grim assumptions presented in both Harari’s adult and children’s literature, aiming to set the record straight and introduce a new Story of Value. In Marc’s words, “ Value is Real, and, Value is Not Hard to Find, Value is Impossible to Avoid”. Embark on this profound exploration of both Gafni and Harari’s works like never before. This conversation is a game-changer, illuminating the fundamental principles and values that govern the cosmos and our personal lives.

In **Part 1**, Marc clarifies the concepts of meaning and value.
In **Part 2**, he exposes Harari’s perspective on human rights, artificial intelligence, and his claims regarding the authority of science.
In **Part 3**, Marc imparts the powerful insight that there are stories of value that are real, and that the most important one is a love story, and that reality itself is—at its core —a love story.

* 0:00:00 Introduction

00:00:43 The Chilling Effect of Yuval Harari

00:03:20 – A New Model to have a Conversation

00:06:30 – Totalitarianism and Freedom

00:18:18 – Part I – Meaning and Value

00:27:11 – A New Story of Value

00:33:53 – Meaning and Value are not Mass Delusion

00:39:54 – Why this Matters

00:55:14 – Premodern, Modern and Postmodern Value

01:00:49 – Evolution of Value

01:07:31 – Harari’s Hijacking Science

01:09:41 – Part II – Science, Rights and Artificial Intelligence

01:10:10 – Ten Dogmas of Modern Science

01:14:17 – Human Rights are Real

01:23:40 – Artificial Intelligence

01:35:19 – Napoleon’s Five Goals

01:37:07 – Part III – Reality is a Love Story

01:41:57 – Telling Children Life has No Inherent Value

01:55:17 – Evolution is the Progressive Deepening of Intimacies

01:56:21 – The Intimate Universe

02:01:26 – Metacrisis and a New Story of Value

02:06:28 – Value is Real, Eternal and Evolving

02:07:32 – Interior Science Intimacy Equation of CosmoErotic Humanism

02:16:04 – Love Story Stands Against Totalitarianism

02:21:02 – Trust is Based on Shared Value

02:27:58 – We Need to Tell a New Story of Value

02:28:47 – Our Imagination is a Figment of God

02:32:19 – Credits

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

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Yuval Harari Gets DISMANTLED – Marc Gafni Exposes The Faults In His LogicJamie Long2025-03-07T01:34:18-08:00

Kyle Kingsbury Podcast #386 Imagination & Consciousness in Eros w/ Marc Gafni

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on Kyle Kingsbury Podcast.

ABOUT:

Dr. Marc Gafni returns to discuss the concept of imagination, as part of a deeper dive into the 12 faces of Eros, inspired by his book ‘A Return to Eros’ co-authored with Christina Kincaid. The discussion highlights the profound role of imagination in understanding Eros, reality, and consciousness. Gafni emphasizes that reality is an evolving love story driven by Eros, and imagination is a key aspect of experiencing and understanding it. He also touches on the importance of fantasy as a doorway to possible futures, the prophetic nature of imagination, and how the erotic serves as a model for imaginative exploration. The talk includes analogies to spirituality, Sufism, and literature, stressing the transformational potential of imaginative thinking.

Marc’s Books:

NEW BOOK: First Principles and First Values – David J. Temple

A Return to Eros (paperback)

A Return to Eros (audiobook)

The Erotic and the Holy

Your Unique Self

Soul Prints: Your Path to Fulfillment

Self in Integral Evolutionary Mysticism

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FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

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Kyle Kingsbury Podcast #386 Imagination & Consciousness in Eros w/ Marc GafniJamie Long2025-03-15T23:47:24-07:00

Dr. Marc Gafni in Audio Conversation with Devin Bailey: The Universe Is a Love Story

As Above, So Below.

Dr. Marc Gafni in Audio Conversation with Devin Bailey: The Universe Is a Love StoryThe Editors2024-12-04T03:33:54-08:00

Parallax Video & Audio Podcast: Unique Self 2.0. with Marc Gafni

Portal 1: Intimacy, Eros, and Evolutionary Love

Unique Self 2.0?

What is Unique?

What is Self?

What is 2.0?

Dr. Marc Gafni argues that the Enlightenment traditions made the big mistake of denying identity and selfhood. He attempts to rectify this mistake and celebrate human uniqueness as the only way to survive the meta-crisis.

Parallax Video & Audio Podcast: Unique Self 2.0. with Marc GafniThe Editors2024-12-04T03:16:06-08:00

Dr. Zachary Stein on AI, Education, and the Meta-Crisis at Smart Funny Tortured Podcast – Video & Audio

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The Smart Funny Tortured Podcast

Paul Chamberlain sits down with some of the most interesting people he knows to talk about what it was like when they broke down and what was their breakthrough. What tools, supports, and practices did they use and still use, to get back on track and carry on?

The podcast will also allow you to get to know Paul. What started as a well-produced podcast, turned into a life-changing cathartic confessional that could have only happened via his amazing guests and the support of those around him.

Through these shared stories, his hope is we all get a little more comfortable with being smart, funny and (a little less) tortured.

EPISODE CHAPTERS

0:01 – Envisioning an Educational Renaissance Through AI and Human Connection

2:18 – Technological Elites and the Redesign of Society

7:39 – BF Skinner’s Influence on Societal Engineering to Prevent Existential Risks

9:22 – Manipulation Through Digital Reinforcement and Surveillance

11:58 – Technocracy’s Struggle With Value and Control

13:45 – Confronting Nihilism and Meaning in Education

15:48 – Transforming American Education for Cold War Supremacy

18:35 – Decoding the Shift in American Education and Economy

21:59 – Debating AI’s Role in Transforming Education

25:03 – AI Socialization Threatens Millennia-Old Human Connections

26:46 – The Ethical Dilemmas of Humanoid AI Development

32:43 – Debating the Nature of Value and the Good Life

34:12 – The Dual Use Dilemma of AI in Modern Technology

35:57 – AI’s Impact on Military, Finance, and Pop Culture

39:09 – Educational Crisis and National Defense Perspectives

43:36 – Envisioning a Renaissance in Education Through AI and Community

48:57 – Revitalizing Education Through Community Engagement and Guild Structures

51:06 – Distinguishing Education from Propaganda and Coercion

55:19 – Coercion and Thought-Terminating Cliches in Social Media

1:00:26 – Confronting Propaganda with Educational Innovation

1:03:49 – Metacrisis Dynamics: Oscillating Between Chaos and Oppression

1:07:04 – Redefining Civilization Within Planetary Boundaries

1:10:37 – Rethinking Value Systems and Worldviews for Ecological Preservation

Dr. Zachary Stein is a Co-Founder of the Civilization Research Institute and the Center for World Philosophy and Religion. He was trained at the interface of philosophy, psychology, and education and now works in fields related to the mitigation of global catastrophic risk. He is a widely sought-after and award-winning speaker and a leading authority on the future of education and contemporary issues in human development.

Zak is the author of dozens of published papers and two influential books. His first book, Social Justice and Educational Measurement, traces the history of standardized testing and its ethical implications. His most recent book, Education in a Time Between Worlds, grapples with the dangers posed by a profound learning and capacity deficit in a time of civilization-wide transformation. In this work, Zak argues that educational systems must be transformed beyond recognition if humanity is to survive the planetary crises currently underway, from climate change to geopolitical instability.

Zak sees education, in a deeply philosophical sense, as fundamental to the sustainability of civilization, with implications for each component of the “metacrisis” – the complex, interrelated global challenges and existential threats facing humanity. In Zak’s view, whoever drives the technology stack of education will shape the future of civilization itself. His mission is to empower younger generations with the capacity to comprehend and respond appropriately to the unique challenges of our time.

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Dr. Zachary Stein on AI, Education, and the Meta-Crisis at Smart Funny Tortured Podcast – Video & AudioThe Editors2024-12-04T03:06:20-08:00

Revolutionary Codes For The Future of Relationships w/ Marcus & Vylana Marcus

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Join Aubrey and Vylana in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

In Aubrey’s voice:

How many relationships do you know that are truly inspiring?

For many people my relationship with my wife Vylana is one of those unions.

But it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. In this radically vulnerable podcast we disclose for the first time the details of our own crisis of separation, and how we came back stronger than ever with the help of Rebbe Marc Gafni and his blueprints for the future of relationships. How do you overcome jealousy? How do you resolve conflict? Why are so many people choosing between deadness or dishonesty? What is ‘donkey smuggling’ and how does this prevent intimacy in communication? For anyone interested in diving deeper on relationships with Vylana and I, check out our Romantically Fit masterclass offered through Fit For Service.

Download the first chapters of the book “Whole Mate: the Future of Relationships” by Dr. Marc Gafni and Barbara Marx Hubbard (Foreword by Aubrey Marcus) and be the first to know when these new books on the future of relationship are available for sale:

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FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

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Revolutionary Codes For The Future of Relationships w/ Marcus & Vylana MarcusJamie Long2024-11-05T23:24:20-08:00

CosmoErotic Humanism: Unveiling the Blueprint for Humanity’s Next Evolution w/ Ariana Sommer

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CosmoErotic Humanism: Unveiling the Blueprint for Humanity’s Next Evolution

ABOUT:

Welcome to Superhumanize, where we explore the frontiers of human potential and the complex tapestry of consciousness. Today, we have an extraordinary guest—one of the most controversial and transformative thinkers of our time, Dr. Marc Gafni. Marc is not just a philosopher; he’s a revolutionary mind, a master teacher, and a provocateur who challenges us to rethink the very fabric of our reality.

Marc Gafni is known for his groundbreaking ‘source code teachings’ that delve into the profound depths of spirituality, ethics, and human connection. His theories, such as the Unique Self, CosmoErotic Humanism, and the transition from Homo sapiens to Homo amor, are not just philosophical musings; they are calls to action for a global reawakening—a radical shift in how we view ourselves and our collective story.

In this episode, we talk about Marc’s latest work, ‘First Principles & First Values,’ where he collaborates with other visionary thinkers like Ken Wilber and Zak Stein to chart a path through the meta-crisis facing our civilization. This book is a manifesto for the future of humanity, where love, value, and the essence of what it means to be human are redefined in the most fundamental ways.

We’ll explore some of the most pressing questions of our time: How do we confront the root cause of evil, what does it mean to reclaim our collective narrative as a love story? And how do we ensure that emerging technologies serve to enhance, rather than undermine, our journey toward becoming Homo amor?

Marc’s insights are intellectually stimulating and they challenge us to integrate spiritual enlightenment, ethical living, and the art of meaningful relationships into our everyday lives. This is a conversation that promises to push boundaries and invites you into a new way of seeing the world.

Episode highlights:

01:09 Exploring First Principles and First Values

03:08 The Think Tank and Metacrisis

05:08 The Shocks of Existence

06:23 Existential Risks and AI

09:13 The Death of Our Humanity

10:41 The Techplex and Skinner’s Box

22:48 Creating a New Story of Value

47:29 Exploring Eros and Intimacy

48:03 The Principle of Continuity and Discontinuity

49:44 A Story of Timeless Love

51:57 The Evolution of Intimacy and Freedom

54:29 The Debate on Free Will

57:48 The Impact of Technology on Freedom

01:02:09 Understanding Intrinsic Value

01:04:34 The Field of Value and Shared Stories

01:19:47 The Democratization of Heroism

01:21:01 Concluding Thoughts and Reflections

CosmoErotic Humanism: Unveiling the Blueprint for Humanity’s Next Evolution w/ Ariana SommerJamie Long2024-11-06T07:39:23-08:00

Decoding The Kabbalah Tree Of Life: Realize Your Unique Self & Unleash Eros with Andre Duqum

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Join Andre Duqum in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

In Andre’s voice:

This week we explore the depths of Kabbalah, unique self, and Eros with renowned philosopher Marc Gafni. He begins by defining the foundational concepts of Kabbalah, setting the stage for an exploration of the interplay between masculine and feminine energies that shape our reality. He introduces the profound symbol of the Tree of Life and its relevance to personal mastery. As he describes each piece of the 11 stories in the Tree of Life, the discussion unfolds to encompass the realms of imagination, understanding, and the balance between love and boundaries, highlighting the beauty of contradictions and the coexistence of joy amidst life’s challenges.
He then describes the concept of unique self, an understanding of self that transcends the misconceptions of both Western and Eastern traditions. He describes how you can use this knowledge to unlock your true purpose in the world.
As the episode progresses, we delve into how Eros can serve as a portal to deepening intimacy, and ultimately heal our disconnected world. Whether you’re well-versed in Kabbalah or just starting your spiritual exploration, this episode offers valuable insights to inspire you to embrace your unique self and deepen your relationships.

I’m always left spellbound by the breathtaking honor of connecting with Dr. Marc Gafni.

When he speaks every cell of my body comes alive, my soul feels ignited, I’m able to literally feel Eros in, as and through me. It brought me to tears. ‪@MarcGafni

We spoke of his new book that I invite you to purchase, First Principles and First Values. Not only did we speak of Eros and Pseudo Eros, but a new word, Erosvalue in response to the meta-crisis. And yet what does this mean to your life and intimate relationships? In this inspiring conversation you will discover…

The importance of being able to feel the whole of life, not to bypass the hurt or disassociate …but to feel it all, move beyond identity and embrace unique values to experience a never known before possibility.

How First Principles and First Values allow us to tell a new Story of Value… And how we need to stay in the field of value to create synergies and end the meta-crisis.

How indeed we live in an intimate universe and yet the intimate universe also lives in us, thus intimacy is literally what we need to survive and embody thriving.

How we can evolve the story that animates society when we support our evolution reading this book of first principles and first values, a shared grammar… so we are no longer lonely, non intimate, cut off from the interior of each other, isolated in surface existence.

How, quoting the book, we can create a new story with a plot line that plays out desire that moves toward intrinsic values where we have will, choice, possibilities and freedom, dealing with the crisis of value, (a birth) and a resolution of a new structure of value.

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0:00 Intro 1:40 Defining Kabbalah: A Mathematics of Cosmic Intimacy

9:57 Masculine and Feminine Energy in the Universe

20:50 Introducing The Tree of Life

22:19 Keter: The Profound Power of Silence

30:43 Chochmah & Binah: Ideas, Imagination & Understanding

32:49 Chesed & Gevurah: Outrageous Love & Boundaries

35:31 Tiferet: Laughter & Beauty that Holds All Contradictions

38:51 True Meaning of Beauty & Laughter

49:16 Netzach & Hod: Forever & Surrender

51:50 Yesod & Malchut: That Which Receives & Becomes

52:11 Practical Applications of This Wisdom

1:01:56 Finding Light in the Broken Heart

1:06:48 SEED: Save 25% off Your First Month

1:08:50 Every Place You’ve Been, You’ve Needed to Be

1:10:43 Who Are You? Defining Separate Self vs True Self

1:20:24 The East & West Both Got This Wrong: The Emergence of Unique Self

1:31:08 Infinity Desires Finitude: What True Love Is

1:38:50 Qualities of Unique Self: Looking Beyond Nondual Thinking

1:46:16 Your Risk to Bring Your Gift into the World

1:55:02 Framework for Defining & Unlocking Your Purpose

1:57:16 Shadow-work: Your Pathway to Purpose

2:09:45 Your Unique Obligation

2:17:13 Eros: Desire as a Portal to Deepening

2:31:30 Earth’s Problematic Intimacy Disorder

2:41:49 Human Love: From Soulmate to Whole-mate

2:58:00 Conclusion

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FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

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Decoding The Kabbalah Tree Of Life: Realize Your Unique Self & Unleash Eros with Andre DuqumJamie Long2024-11-05T22:12:08-08:00

Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships | by Dr. Marc Gafni and Barbara Marx Hubbard | Foreword by Aubrey Marcus

Download the first chapters of Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships (2025) by Dr. Marc Gafni and Barbara Marx Hubbard (Foreword by Aubrey Marcus).

Whole Mate: The Relationship of the Future -- by Dr. Marc Gafni and Barbara Marx Hubbard with Aubrey Marcus

Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships

A revolution in relationships is taking place across the western world. It is happening in different ways for all people in all classes of society, and it is breathing life into a new vision of relationship and self. The product of this revolution—a third, higher level of connection called the ‘whole mate relationship’—promises to have a far more powerful effect on the quality, joy, and potency of our lives than any other single shift in culture since the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

In Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships (the first of two volumes on the evolution of relationship), Marc Gafni and Barbara Marx Hubbard define and explore three primary levels of relationship (role mate, soul mate, whole mate) and describe for the first time how the evolution of relationship will change the world as we know it.

Each of us wants to live well and love fully. We want not just to survive or thrive, but to experience real purpose and meaning. We want a new vision of success, of what it means to be a real man and a true woman. We will find these things on the other side of the revolution.

Whole Mate: The Future of Relationships | by Dr. Marc Gafni and Barbara Marx Hubbard | Foreword by Aubrey MarcusThe Editors2025-06-03T07:40:19-07:00

The Road to CosmoErotic Humanism: The “Tears” of Dr. Marc Gafni

Dr. Marc Gafni on The Integral Stage Podcast

In this episode of The Integral Stage podcast, Layman Pascal interviews Dr. Marc Gafni on his book Tears: Reclaiming Ritual, Integral Religion, and Rosh Hashanah. The book uses the rite of Rosh Hashanah in the wisdom of Solomon lineage to explore the necessity of the return of ritual and the importance of religion beyond philosophy and spirituality.

This podcast is the continuation of their conversation about the predecessors to CosmoErotic Humanism.

The Road to CosmoErotic Humanism: The “Tears” of Dr. Marc GafniThe Editors2025-05-09T04:32:40-07:00

Story, Risk, and Trust | Marc Gafni in dialogue with Tim Adalin

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Join Tim Adalin in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

Show Notes:

Why do we value stories, and how do stories transmit value? Marc Gafni joins Tim Adalin for a dialogue on the philosophy of story, risk, and trust in the context of personal and cultural transformation. Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker and social activist, holding a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox rabbinic ordination.

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— Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, and passionate philosopher. He is known for his “source code teachings,” including Unique Self theory, the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy. He is author of over twenty-five books, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox rabbinic ordination. He teaches on the cutting edge of philosophy and spirit in the West, with the aim of participating in the articulation of what Dr. Gafni together with Dr. Zak Stein and colleagues are calling CosmoErotic Humanism.

At the core of CosmoErotic Humanism is what Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein are calling ‘First Principles and First Values,’ Anthro-Ontology and a “Universal Grammar of Value.” This shared story rooted in First Principles and First Values can then serve as the matrix for a global ethos for a global civilization.

About Dr Marc Gafni: https://worldphilosophyandreligion.or…

First Principles and First Values (book): https://www.amazon.com/First-Principl…

Keywords

storytelling, poetics, noetics, trust, unique self, intimacy, meta crisis, education, value, humanism

00:00 – Introduction

00:20 – The Essence of Storytelling

11:37 – The Interplay of Poetics and Noetics

19:56 – Trust and the Sharing of Stories

39:19 – Unique Risks and the Pursuit of Wholeness

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

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Story, Risk, and Trust | Marc Gafni in dialogue with Tim AdalinJamie Long2025-04-02T00:27:17-07:00

The Integral Stage Podcast: First Principles and First Values, Part 3 (Interview with David J. Temple)

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Join Layman Pascal in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein

The Integral Stage

In this third and final episode in this series, which is cross-posted to both the Cosmo-Erotic Humanism and Authors Series playlists, Layman sits down again with Marc Gafni and Zak Stein to talk further 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.

First Principles and First Values https://www.amazon.com/First-Principl…

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here

The Integral Stage Podcast: First Principles and First Values, Part 3 (Interview with David J. Temple)Jamie Long2024-10-02T03:19:54-07:00

The Integral Stage Podcast: First Principles and First Values, Part 2 (Interview with David J. Temple)

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein featured on the Integral Stage Podcast with Layman Pascal

Join Allana Pratt in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

In this episode, which is cross-posted to both the Cosmo-Erotic Humanism and Authors Series playlists, Layman sits down again with Marc Gafni and Zak Stein to talk further 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.

First Principles and First Values https://www.amazon.com/First-Principl…

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here

The Integral Stage Podcast: First Principles and First Values, Part 2 (Interview with David J. Temple)Jamie Long2024-09-22T21:05:39-07:00