The Inklings and the Evolution of Consciousness, ft. Becca Tarnas & Mark Vernon [Mutations #13]
Channel: Jeremy Johnson
Date: 2020-06-26

In this much anticipated episode, Becca Tarnas and Mark Vernon return to the Mutations podcast for a trialogue on the Inklings and the evolution of consciousness. Together we explore the prescience and relevance of J.R.R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield, and Jean Gebser respectively, during a time when history and myth appear to be intersecting, intensifying. I was honored and inspired to have Becca and Mark back for this trialogue, and I'd like to think our itself was in the spirit of the historical Inklings at the Bird and Baby pub in Oxford, in the 20th century. I look forward to when, someday after this lockdown is over, we might do this again together, and in person.

Becca's Book: 
Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader's Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: https://amzn.to/2YCtz01
https://revelore.press/product/journey-to-the-imaginal-realm/
Homepage: https://beccatarnas.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeccaTarnas

Mark's Book: 
A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness
https://amzn.to/2YBQ6Kw
Homepage: https://www.markvernon.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/platospodcasts

Jeremy's book: 
Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and the Evolution of Consciousness
https://amzn.to/31kum7H
Homepage: http://www.mutations.blog/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdj_writes

More Notes:
- The notion club papers: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Notion_Club_Papers
- Owen Barfield and Jean Gebser (my podcast with Mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp7ysr3UyuE&t=1s
- Recovering the Imaginal with C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien (my podcast with Becca) https://anchor.fm/mutations/episodes/04-Dr-Becca-Segall-Tarnas---Recovering-the-Imaginal-with-J-R-R--Tolkien-and-C-G--Jung-e3g8l5

#Tolkien #OwenBarfield #JeanGebser