About this Event
In this PHENOMENAL CONVERSATIONS nineteenth edition we explore;
Enacting the Planetary Civilization
The ongoing polycrisis/metacrisis is endangering human existence and the urgent need to arrest the inevitable decline of westernized civilizations is growing ever more pressing. Nevertheless the exponential complexity of intersecting crises, seems far beyond the overly simplistic fixes or solutions that misplaced faith in technology might surmise. Particularly today with the predominance of the digital, artificial intelligence and social media, platform based technocracy in our everyday lives. Nevertheless some still see art as a primary channel to prefigure, disclose, express or even dream up a new world or world view.
Art often has presaged great shifts in consciousness and culture.The intimations of the in between, the not yet discovered, or yet to emerge, are often intuited by artists and expressed in highly original works. Whose significance may not even be apparent at the time. Jeremy Johnson, Gebserian expert, Integral Scholar, Imaginary Thinker, is engaged in the multidimensional inquiry into the metacrisis in the present moment, exploring and furthering the connections between ecological imagination and planetary thinking. Johnson is excavating and interpreting human evolution, through the lense of art and artefact, he creates compelling syntheses for the Anthropocene drawing on a very diverse range of luminaries such as Jean Gebser, Bruno Latour, Donna Harraway. Ken Wilber, Wiiliam Irwin Thompson, Gilles Deluze, Phillip K Dick and Ursula leGuin and Andrie Tarkovsky to name a small sample of the sources he cites. While the extent of his scholastic investigations is extremely broad Johnson findings are not merely academic. With a tender heart and truly humble demeanour, through his words and his care, he is bringing the alchemy of the planetary into being through his linguistic arts and deep care for the future of the earth.
Join us in this phenomenal exploration into an emerging planetary culture, part interview, part small group dialogue and larger group exploration. Phenomenal Conversations are crafted to harness the wisdom of heart and soul to evolve conversations in the public space.
Join Jeremy and I online 28/05/2024 19.00-21.00 Phenomenal Conversations are crafted to connect head heart and soul in an increasingly polarized world. Part interview, part small group dialogue and whole group harvest, Phenomenal conversations cross pollinate between embodied expertise and collective wisdom.
ABOUT PHENOMENAL CONVERSATIONS
Purpose of Phenomenal Conversations/Dialogues The purpose of Phenomenal Conversations is to stimulate, activate and inspire non-ordinary public exchanges that free heart, mind and soul from the burdens and concerns of a world in crisis. The dialogues will explore a topical issue, while investigating , core questions that are both critical and timely to the co-presenter's research or prime interests. The dialogues and conversations will exemplify a shared non-ordinary exploration together, that is lively, imminent and transmits energies of possibility. With the aim of nourishing the collective heart, mind and soul through lively engagement and exchange.
Approach The concept is to provide a starkly positive contrast, with mainstream conference presentations, panel discussions and general public dialogue. Phenomenal conversations will shift the emphasis away from the expertise, knowledge and personality of the presenter/co-presenters, into a shared exploration of a phenomenal question. Co-presenter interactions will exemplify the nourishing and exciting energy that arises out of living the questions together.
Format Each dialogue will begin with the co-presenters engaging in a disciplined sharp accurate and in depth conversation for a concentrated period of 20-30 minutes or so, co-exploring the agreed topic or question. Folowing this they will pose an open question for the gathered group to explore in a structured format. Through a participation, reflection and interaction, the deeper wisdom of the group will be brought to light, to create a shared experience of heightened togetherness and awakened possibility together.
Post Event Events are crafted to refresh uplift inspire participants through a grounded integration of head and heart and enable them to walk and act with the possibility of the more beautiful world in mind.
ABOUT CO-HOST - JEREMY JOHNSON
Jeremy is an author (Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness), publisher (Integral Imprint), managing editor (Integral Leadership Review), podcaster (Mutations), senior research associate at Perspectiva, and integral philosopher.
His academic research, writing, and publishing advocates new forays into integrative thinking and praxis—aligning the scholastic, poetic, and spiritual—as existentially crucial work for pathfinding in a time of planetary crisis. Jeremy is a PhD candidate in the Philosophy of Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
SERIES FOUNDER - DAVE PENDLE
Dave experienced a nearly thirty year career in the United Kingdom, carrying out non-profit work, largely with socially excluded children and young adults. This ranged from front facing service delivery, to project management and quality improvement to innovation and workforce development. He also enjoyed, in parallel, many years of personal and spiritual development, which he hardly ever explicitly brought into his work. Towards the end of this phase, seven years ago, with his now wife who is Dutch. Subsequent to commuting between London and Amsterdam for three years , Dave took a big risk moving to settle in the Netherlands. Ever since he moved, he has focused on realising a long held dream, to integrate his spiritual depth and wisdom with his professional knowledge, and to develop a commercial enterprise. These capacities form the pillars of his leadership development business ‘Generative You’.
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