35. Updating Neoplatonic Spirituality (w/ John Vervaeke)

Psychology professor and cognitive scientist John Vervaeke (@johnvervaeke) joins me to talk about how Neoplatonism (which has provided the worldview "grammar" of Western mysticism) is being revisioned in light of contemporary advances in philosophy, cognitive science, and cross-cultural exchange. 0:00 Introduction 1:21 Updating the Perennial Tradition 6:19 A Post-Two-Worlds Neoplatonism 12:20 "The One" according to 4E Cognitive Science 20:16 Ascent and Descent 26:05 Complexification as Narrative? Creating a Psycho-Ontology 36:01 Nonduality, Meaning, and Nihilism 44:30 Death and (Re-)Incarnation 53:11 After Life