Heideggers Phenomenological description of instrumentalities and the place of machines in such an environment. Wittgenstein on the impossibility of a machine being alive and conscious Support the show http://michaelrdjames.orgتوسط Michael R D James

Jung and Freud. The Greek "Balance of the Mind". Kleins Whole and part, good and bad objects. Quattrocento Art. Freud and the "spiritual". Freuds criticism of Jungs occultism. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The world in certain of its aspects resembles the workings of a computer: input-process-output. Computer Programmers and the "Zombie-experience" (Weizenbaum). The new men and techné: the reduction of experience and understanding to something that is only technically intelligent Support the show http://michaelrdjames.org…

Chat GPT does not qualify for the characterisation "artificial intelligence" because the word intelligence denotes a human power and the danger is that using such terminology will result in equating these forms of intelligence with each other. Chat is not aware of itself in the way in which a living human being is. The programmers could, if they ch…

Chat GPT claims that it is not capable of human understanding but that it is capable of a type of learning. The Zombie new men, Weizenbaum claims, became like the machines they were programming. Support the show http://michaelrdjames.orgتوسط Michael R D James

Jung and Freud, Jungs embrace of the occult ---Freuds more sceptical Kantian reservations http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast Support the show http://michaelrdjames.orgتوسط Michael R D James

The out of body experience of "death" The magic number of 432,000 years the "orbit" of the constellations of the Zodiac. Connection of animals to numbers. Kants Critique of Teleological Judgment. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The lived body and the the rejection of positivist science. The sacred circle and the end of our journey. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Being has many meanings. Consciousness and Practical Intelligence. The river is a strong brown God. The transcendental unity of apperception http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The noise of the I and the stillness of meditation--Kali and the black night. Buddhism and the extinguishing of the Light http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The light of Consciousness and Death. Kundilini Yoga and the mystic swimming in the sea of the psychotic http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

A light bulb that ceases to function is a light bulb in name only and this is an analogy for my body which when it cases to function bears my name which no longer designates the living me. Eastern Societies less exposed to war becuase of geographical location... http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcast…

Eastern Mythology, Greek Mythology, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle The many meanings of Being http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The transcendental X, the Sublime, "Thou art That!" Platos allegory of the cave http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Freud's vicissitudes and the Instincts , Consciousness Sublimation, Schopenhauer and Death http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The institution of writing and its influence on mental processes. The role of the Apollo mission in the search for a planetary Mythology. Jung versus Freud. Transcendence and Hinduism and Buddhism http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Transcendental Analogy and the distinction between nature and Spirit. Love thy enemies and the wounded Grail King http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Elementary Ideas, Collective Archetypes Freud Jung and Eudaimonia http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The Grail Myth and the values of chivalry where love violates morality. The Waste Land and the authentic life http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The replacement of agricultural goddesses by hunter killer gods and the subsequent interaction. Love, Eros and Agape and Freud s criticism of Christian maxims http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The reconciliation of opposites and Dualisms in Kantian Critical Philosophy may have its origins in Mythology. Buddhism and Stoicism, and the Ego as the precipitate of "lost objects" http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Constellation of images are tied together in stories but are in themselves ambiguous unless associated with aesthetic or rational ideas. Th new men and Darth Vader http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Arendt http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Freud's arguments against "love thy neighbour" countered by Campbells Transcendental "I and thou are one" arguments. Buddhist first principle: "All life is sorrowful". Wittgenstein: we are not put on earth to be happy. http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The Metaphysics of Man and Nature are affected by the form of life we are talking about, whether that be in the forest, on the plains, in the desert or in the Mountains and whether we are dealig with activities such as hunting or farming. The modern rituals of reading, writing and examinations have replaced primitive and Christian rituals in a cont…

Beauty, the Sublime, Intention, the Mystic Psychosis and Catharsis http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Comparison of Kantian account of religious ideas with the Mythological and Freudian accounts http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Comparison of Greek mythology with Biblical religion. Evaluation of Campbells claim that the USA ought to be the model for the forthcoming Planetary Mythology http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

The comparison of the two types of Myth with the Kantian Critical division of the realm of Philosophy between the Metaphysics of Nature and the Metaphysics of Morals. The Gaiai Principle and Chief Seattles letter to the President expressing confusion over the intention to buy his lad: "How can you buy the sk?"..."Our land is sacred". Narrated by Ju…

The Powers of perception, imagination and Consciousness: A Philosophical Critique http://michaelrdjames.org Delphic Podcastتوسط Michael R D James

Forms of life have both everyday and transcendental aspects with the former aspects dominating the latter. Campbell believes we Moderns are out of touch with the spiritual dimension of our personalities and refers to the myths of the world to ilustrate his case. He recommends that we study other peoples myths in order to see the limitations of the …