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In this episode I am once again joined by Alan Chapman, British writer, occultist, and spiritual teacher.
Alan reflects on his search for true awakening, compares the spiritual traditions of the West and the East, and questions the liberal ideal of the universal man.
Alan presents Merlin as the archetype of the Western adept, asserts theosis to be the true purpose of Christianity, and reveals the language of the birds.
Alan also offers advice for those who have had an awakening, discusses Gnosticism and Pragmatic Dharma, and critiques the idea that contemplative neuroscience is the Fourth Turning of Buddhism.
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Video version: guruviking.com/podcast/ep329-the-western-path-…
Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.
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Topics Include:
- Intro
- Is Alan a book guy?
- Alan’s books
- Current writing project
- Insights on Crowley
- What Alan enjoys reading
- Eastern vs Western traditions
- In search of true awakening
- Cultural and ethnic inheritance
- Western Buddhism and Sigalow’s “American JewBu”
- The Christian revival and theosis
- Trauma for your own good
- Becoming a fit vessel
- The true Western tradition
- Western vs Eastern awakening
- Merlin
- Language of the birds
- Entering the miraculous
- How Alan first encountered the language of the birds
- Transmission and birds as messengers
- Spirituality beyond states and stages
- The Liberal ideal of the universal human being
- The end of the WW2 cultural drama
- Perennialism, Traditionalism, and Magia
- Spiritual cultural exchange
- Denying difference
- Gnosticism, alchemy, and Merlin
- Beat Zen, Square Zen
- Misunderstanding foreign traditions
- Traditions fit their own cultures
- Scholasticism
- Pragmatic Dharma
- A need to belong
- Morality and nondual realisation
- The real longing
- Follow the Silent Knowing
- Traditionalism and cultural chauvinism
- Problems with following foreign traditions
- Fetishisation
- Post-awakening advice
- Basic Goodness and Chogyam Trungpa
- Syncretism vs divine inspiration
- Origins of Christianity
- History of ideas vs esoteric transmission
- 4th turning delusion
- Critique of contemplative neuroscience
- The winter of a civilisation
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Previous episodes with Alan Chapman:
- guruviking.com/search?q=chapman
To find our more about Alan Chapman visit:
- barbarouswords.com
For more interviews, videos, and more visit:
- guruviking.com
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James
