Transcribed Talk from January 13, 2012 at “The Hive” in Vancouver, BC. Thank you for such a warm welcome. I’m quite amazed actually. I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to this large a crowd that was just here for me. I’ve spoken to more people at conferences, but that wasn’t just for me. Part| Charles Eisenstein |
As much as possible I offer my work as a gift. I put it online without a pay wall of any kind. Online course contributions are self-determined at the time you register for each. I also keep the site clean of advertising. This means I rely on voluntary financial support for my livelihood. You may| Charles Eisenstein |
I just finished listening to Joe Rogan’s interview with Bob Lazar, a man who claims to have worked at a super-secret military installation some miles from Area 51 called S4, where he was tasked with reverse-engineering a UFO propulsion system. My gut feeling was that this man is telling the truth. He seemed humble, undramatic, and honest| Charles Eisenstein |
(Part 2 of the Girard series. Part 1 here) Today, the Western world and particularly the United States appears to be in the midst of a classic Girardian sacrificial crisis. Once-reliable social institutions crumble. The public loses trust in its authorities: political, financial, legal, and medical. The new generation is poorer and sicker than the| Charles Eisenstein |
(Part 1 of a multi-part series) We live a double life, civilized in scientific and technical matters, wild and primitive in the things of the soul. That we are no longer conscious of being primitive, makes our tamed kind of wildness all the more dangerous. – Hans Von Hentig The natural order is unraveling. Plagues,| Charles Eisenstein |
Part 3-and-a-half of the Girard series Note to readers: This material didn’t quite fit into Parts 1, 2, or 3, but it has some relevant ideas and sets up Part 4, which is about the transcendence of the scapegoating pattern. Sacrificial victims are proxies for disorder, pollution, and evil. In normal times they come from various marginal and| Charles Eisenstein |
Heute scheint sich die westliche Welt, allen voran die Vereinigten Staaten, inmitten einer klassischen Girard’schen Opferkrise zu befinden. Einst verlässliche soziale Institutionen zerbröckeln. Die Öffentlichkeit verliert das Vertrauen in ihre politischen, finanziellen, rechtlichen und medizinischen Autoritäten. Die neue Generation ist ärmer und kränker als die letzte. Nur wenige, egal welcher politischen Überzeugung, glauben, dass die| Charles Eisenstein |
Wir leben ein Doppelleben, zivilisiert in wissenschaftlichen und technischen Dingen, wild und primitiv in den Dingen der Seele. Dass wir uns nicht mehr bewusst sind, primitiv zu sein, macht unsere gezähmte Wildheit umso gefährlicher. – Hans von Hentig Die natürliche Ordnung gerät aus den Fugen. Seuchen, Überschwemmungen, Dürreperioden, politische Unruhen, Krawalle und Wirtschaftskrisen folgen eine| Charles Eisenstein |