Emerson would've been appalled to watch mobs pressure individuals into conforming and compromising out of fear, but he wouldn't have been surprised. His essay Self Reliance is an 1800s battle cry against the ever-lurking human desire to force conformity on individuals who dare to differ. In the full episode: ⋗ Mobs and other obstacles to individuality ⋗ What it means to become and be yourself ⋗ Becoming uncancellable ⋗ The glaring flaw in postmodernism A certain degree of conformity keeps our culture intact and our society functioning, but when conformity oversteps this role, what do you think are the biggest dangers and losses to an overly conformist society? ◬ Full Episode: https://youtu.be/GdYHOlJWkH0 ◬ Self Reliance essay: https://emersoncentral.com/texts/essays-first-series/self-reliance/ ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

Emerson would've been appalled to watch mobs pressure individuals into conforming and compromising out of fear, but he wouldn't have been surprised. His essay Self Reliance is an 1800s battle cry against the ever-lurking human desire to force conformity on individuals who dare to differ. In the full episode: ⋗ Mobs and other obstacles to individuality ⋗ What it means to become and be yourself ⋗ Becoming uncancellable ⋗ The glaring flaw in postmodernism A certain degree of conformity keeps our culture intact and our society functioning, but when conformity oversteps this role, what do you think are the biggest dangers and losses to an overly conformist society? ◬ Full Episode: https://youtu.be/GdYHOlJWkH0 ◬ Self Reliance essay: https://emersoncentral.com/texts/essays-first-series/self-reliance/ ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

A horror movie from the 90s, with all its 90s tropes and limitations, still gets to the root of an ancient question: what lies in the realm beyond rationality? Besides all the biblical stuff, Jacob's Ladder brings the concerns of mystics to modernity. We talk about the border between the awful and awesome, what the dark night of the soul really is, why intellect alone isn't enough to answer ancient questions, and the dark side of collectivism. ◬ Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReFt... ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

A horror movie from the 90s, with all its 90s tropes and limitations, still gets to the root of an ancient question: what lies in the realm beyond rationality? Besides all the biblical stuff, Jacob's Ladder brings the concerns of mystics to modernity. We talk about the border between the awful and awesome, what the dark night of the soul really is, why intellect alone isn't enough to answer ancient questions, and the dark side of collectivism. ◬ Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReFtVPxb4E ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

A horror movie from the 90s, with all its 90s tropes and limitations, still gets to the root of an ancient question: what lies in the realm beyond rationality? Besides all the biblical stuff, Jacob's Ladder brings the concerns of mystics to modernity. We talk about the border between the awful and awesome, what the dark night of the soul really is, why intellect alone isn't enough to answer ancient questions, and the dark side of collectivism. ◬ Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReFtVPxb4E ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

A horror movie from the 90s, with all its 90s tropes and limitations, still gets to the root of an ancient question: what lies in the realm beyond rationality? Besides all the biblical stuff, Jacob's Ladder brings the concerns of mystics to modernity. We talk about the border between the awful and awesome, what the dark night of the soul really is, why intellect alone isn't enough to answer ancient questions, and the dark side of collectivism. ◬ Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReFtVPxb4E ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

A horror movie from the 90s, with all its 90s tropes and limitations, still gets to the root of an ancient question: what lies in the realm beyond rationality? Besides all the biblical stuff, Jacob's Ladder brings the concerns of mystics to modernity. We talk about the border between the awful and awesome, what the dark night of the soul really is, why intellect alone isn't enough to answer ancient questions, and the dark side of collectivism. ◬ Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReFtVPxb4E ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/

Dr. Strangelove is a complex movie that makes sense of the strange obsession with physical purity German nationalism displayed. Nationalism is a dirty word today, but is there a role for uniting under a shared national identity even in as diverse a nation as the U.S.? The body politic, virtue, and patriotic suicide are concepts far removed from American culture, for better or worse. Lots of history, uncomfortable discussions of nationalism, and a good dose of taunting our YouTube overloads is packed into this Silver Eye Society episode. ◬ This episode is free, but members of the Silver Eye Society get every weekly episode plus a civilized space to discuss philosophy, society, mythology, and more on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesoci...). ◬ Listen to the podcast via: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0os9rvF... Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3df... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Philosoph... Podbean: https://silvereyesociety.podbean.com/ ◬ Watch your beloved speakers slowly go insane publicly: Salomé Sibonex: https://www.instagram.com/salomesibonex/ Justin A.W. Blair: https://www.instagram.com/justinawblair/