Layman Pascal is a Canadian "feral philosopher" and host of The Integral Stage podcast who has become a central connector and theorist in the overlapping worlds of metamodernism, integral theory, and Game B. His signature contributions—the Metaphysics of Adjacency, the Integration Surplus Model of spirituality, and Metashamanics—offer a sophisticated yet playful bridge between abstract philosophy and embodied transformation. Known for his capacity to hold complexity with humour, Pascal brings both philosophical rigour and playful irreverence to questions of meaning-making in an age of metacrisis.
In this conversation, we talk Nietzsche, metashamanism, and the ontology and epistemology of entities.We delve into the role of personal experience in shaping philosophical thought, and the implications of neurodiversity in understanding shamanic practices. The dialogue also touches on the nature of imagination, creativity, and the unpredictability of inspiration, exploring our different approaches to life from the moist pragmatism to dry scholarism.
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⏳ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro - the Feral Philosopher
03:19 Blaise Pascal's spiritual note
05:18 Nietzsche and the irrationality of philosophers
08:55 The power of irrationality in humanity's story
10:41 Layman's book on Nietzsche
12:00 The Integral Nietzsche
14:13 What if Nietzsche hadn't gone mad?
16:06 The enlightened Nietzsche
19:33 The shamanic Nietzsche
22:04 What is metashamanics?
23:07 Shamanic neurodivergence
26:26 Attributes of the well-adjusted shaman
28:33 Liminality and the epochal emergence of the shamanic
31:31 The shamanoid Elvis
33:17 The reality of entities
37:05 Layman Pascal: pragmatist?
47:12 The power of trance
51:50 The muse as entity
56:34 Layman's guest recommendation
57:59 More from Layman
