I recently had another stimulating conversation with Matthew O’Connell of The Imperfect Buddha Podcast. For those of you who are new to the world of Buddhism-and-beyond, Matthew is, in my opinion, the most creative, insightful, thoughtful, and daring podcaster in the game. He is an important thinker outright. We discussed Incite Seminars and, mainly, my recent tract Non Buddhist Mysticism: Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence. Here’s a description:
Non Buddhist Mysticism presents a radical reorientation to “spiritual” practice. Drawing from François Laruelle’s concept of future mysticism and the author’s own previous work on non-buddhism, Glenn Wallis galvanizes a materialist spirituality for the twenty-first century.
Liberated from the punctilious gaze of the masters, delivered into the hands (and hearts) of the reader, this is a spirituality “born in the spirit of heresy rather than sanctity.”
The intended outcome is a subject “fit for the clash with Hell” – a person equipped, lovingly and compassionately, to confront the injustices of the world.
What do you think?