{"id":243,"date":"2023-12-14T11:45:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:20:22","slug":"ep-7-james-tunney-breaking-the-dark-spell-of-post-humanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Ep.7: James Tunney &#8211; Breaking the Dark Spell of Post-Humanism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/hopscotch-chronicles-podcast-with-dominic-vall%C3%A9e\/id1693298668?i=1000638587862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0eQFJyia8YrXMoQ5xHPnEY?si=889e4bba2c89486d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/68biv-Ovm48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breaking the Dark Spell of Post-Humanism :: James Tunney :: Ep.7\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/68biv-Ovm48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this dense and fascinating discussion, James Tunney adroitly makes the case for the dangers of post-humanism, its foundations and origins, thus advocating for a much needed spiritual evolution. James is joining us from his home in Sweden, under John Dee\u2019s watchful eye, to gift us with a glimpse inside his perennialist mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*** ABOUT JAMES ***<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>James Tunney left a career in law to explore art and spirituality. He now concentrates on explaining or advocating for spiritual evolution in the face of an attack on humanity itself not least by technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out about all of James\u2019 work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamestunney.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.jamestunney.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*** STUFF WE TALKED ABOUT ***<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monas_Hieroglyphica\">John Dee\u2019s Monas Hieroglyphica<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.dannycarey.org\/philosophic-fire\/\">The t-shirt I was wearing during the Foolish Fish episode<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamestunney.com\/interviews\">James Tunney, links to all interviews<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Promethean_gap\">G\u00fcnther Anders, the Promethean Shame<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Myth_of_the_Machine\">Lewis Mumford, the Megamachine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tools_for_Conviviality\">Ivan Illich, Tools For Conviviality<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Ellul\">Jacques Ellul<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Charbonneau\">Bernard Charbonneau<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/549164\/the-world-the-flesh-and-the-devil-by-jd-bernal\/\">JD Bernal, The World, the Flesh and the Devil<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agnosticism#:~:text=The%20English%20biologist%20Thomas%20Henry,points%20of%20view,%20such%20as\">Thomas Henry Huxley, Agnosticism<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X_Club\">T.H. Huxley\u2019s X Club<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.authorama.com\/essays-of-francis-bacon-34.html\">Francis Bacon\u2019s essay Of Plantation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B_rwCZmx_NA\">Debashish Banerji on Posthumanism<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZxZh6S0edCc?si=Q55CiSKP5ZbvXfEu\">Douglas Batchelor HCP interview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gZ-X3AwfmGg?si=DoK9usBz6btx2Tcx\">Foolish Fish HCP interview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_Lady_of_La_Salette\">Our Lady of La Salette (a Marian Apparition)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamestunney.com\/books?pgid=lafn0qlu-eca5ee2a-d340-4432-8937-1ffa368171e8\">James Tunney, The Mystical Accord<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamestunney.com\/books?pgid=lafn0qlu-4937163a-4f3e-4674-b2a8-a92571439005\">James Tunney, Plantation of the Automatons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/force-through-green-fuse-drives-flower\">Dylan Thomas, The force that through the green fuse drives the flower<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecelticwiki.com\/legends-and-supporters\/songs-and-anthems\/grace-song\/\">Frank and Se\u00e1n O\u2019Meara, Grace<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Till_We_Have_Faces\">CS Lewis, Till We Have Faces<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*** TIMESTAMPS ***<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>0:00:00 INTRO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:08:56 James Tunney\u2019s bio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:10:49 INTERVIEW BEGINS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:13:29 A quote on an old Post-It note sets the tone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:15:14 An attempt at a \u00ab&nbsp;traditional first question&nbsp;\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:18:39 James\u2019 commitment to mysticism: a spiritual revolution is needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:28:04 Drawing the line on the technology spectrum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:44:51 Expanding on posthumanism\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:59:16 \u2026 and Prometheanism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:01:46 Dominic\u2026 DEE?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:05:04 James&#8217; views on Perennialism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:15:29 Dominic rambles incoherently about being a recovering non-dualist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:19:45 James patiently responds to Dominic\u2019s ramblings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:31:14 Incarnating the Light and finding one\u2019s voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:43:34 Winding down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:47:14 Ending statement and goodbyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*********************************************<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available on\u00a0Apple Podcasts,\u00a0Spotify\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube. In this dense and fascinating discussion, James Tunney adroitly makes the case for the dangers of post-humanism, its foundations and origins, thus advocating for a much needed spiritual evolution. James is joining us from his home in Sweden, under John Dee\u2019s watchful eye, to gift us with a glimpse inside his perennialist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hopscotch-chronicles-episode","category-hopscotch-chronicles-interview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}