2019-01-19 NSSAT - Proclus and Grimes - Elements of Theology; Philosophical Midwifery: Midwifery and Metaphysics, Part 2 - Free Audiobook

Synopsis

Another great Saturday morning chat with Pierre, this time around JulieH's kitchen table. Bradley continues his questions from last night, regarding how Pierre got himself to write his phenomenal book, Philosophical Midwifery(*). This leads into some war stories from Pierre, as well as reading some of the chapters (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35) from Proclus' _Elements of Theology_, Balboa translation in which the pathologos may be seen.

Highlights

• Bradley to Pierre: How did you come up with philosophical midwifery and the pathologos?

• Pierre's story of his early work with alcoholics

• His brief encounter with Albert Ellis at the New School for Social Research

• Paratroopers and a bad theory

• Psychology and another bad theory: "tumescence"

• Motivation Research

• APPA - new jobs in California posted, Santa Monica

• Orange Coast College: "I would prefer to teach in such a way that I don't have failures" -- "You're hired!!!"

• Josh: Who are the first people you did PMW counseling on?

• Wallets and watches: The Germans gave up once on their own soil (as his Dutch mother had predicted)

• The Via Roma -- fighting this fight against "the barbarians" for 1000 years

• European philosophy - 2nd rate thinkers

• Houseboat with Alan Watts. Lama Tada and other native philosophical / spiritual practitioners for teachers

• Fart story

• Duck entrails

• A New Paradigm

• The Mount Rushmore of Philosophers

More Info

• Pierre Grimes and Philosophical Midwifery

• (*) Pierre's book, Philosophical Midwifery: A New Paradigm for Understanding Human Problems, With Its Validation. Available on Amazon, AbeBooks, etc. ISBN-13: 978-0964819115. ISBN-10: 0964819112

• The Noetic Society

• The Pierre Grimes and the Noetic Society collection here on archive.org.