Visions for a post-woke method of social engagement — Some recent happenings in the Metamodern Spirituality group led by my friend and colleague Brendan Graham Dempsey, host of the Metamodern Spirituality podcast and the Metamodern Spirituality retreat, inspired me to explore this subject. When a member of the group, whom I shall refer to as “Icarus” (name changed to…

Wanna talk about white privilege? Sure. Or perhaps the conversation is a little too centred around the ‘social capital’ of being white, and not enough around the privilege one must have to even be having these kinds of conversations — and how beneficial and positive that actually is. Perhaps we…

Recently I was telling a mentor of mine that I was feeling ‘dissociative’ lately, but that I didn’t mind being in this state. In fact, I’ve come to enjoy it a bit – yet I felt as if there was something wrong about this newfound pleasure. He told me that…

On a cosmic level, I’m probably here to help my uncle confront the unavoidable chaos of reality that he continuously bypasses. On a human level, I’m just a massive pain in the ass. My uncle has MS, which means I have to lift the 10 gallon bottles of spring water…

‘You’re too funny,’ he says, the skin around his eyes wrinkling in accompaniment of a Dionysian grin. ‘I can’t handle it. I have to kill you.’ I grab my sides, shaking with laughter. ‘Oh god yes, please,’ I say, leaning against the kitchen wall. …