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Gurdjieff for a Time Between Worlds: Hyperpersonal Essays on the Grandfather of Metamodern Spirituality
In this collection of diverse and humorous micro-essays, spiritual teacher, philosopher, and cultural activist Layman Pascal takes us on a wild intellectual rollercoaster ride with one of history’s most enduringly relevant and cryptic sages.
ICON 2026 Integral Conference of North America
Layman's Upcoming Events
Jan
2026
ALL JANUARY on the Cadell Last's PHILOSOPHY PORTAL join ultrahumanist Layman Pascal & hyperhumanist Carl Hayden Smith for a darkly optimistic alternative to Transhumanism in "Accelerationism for Apocalyptarians".
May
2026
ICON 2026
May 28-31 Denver Colorado
"Closer to Coherence: Integrals' Role in Building a Post-Tragic Future"
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Layman will be in Denver at ICON 2026 to present his “INTEGRAL IS A UFO SEX CULT!” Finally, the truth comes out! Learn the disturbing secret history of this movement and its diabolical principles.
April
18-19
"Building A Second Body: Practicing with Gurdjieff in a Time-Between-Worlds"
Join Layman and friends for a two-day event at The Nectary in Washington, DC
In his 2023 book, Gurdjieff for a Time-Between-Worlds, Layman presents the “grandfather of metamodern spirituality” and the existential avant-garde practice of cultivating the second body bridge between heaven and earth. Join us for two days of practice, study, and discussion around the resurgence of Gurdjieff’s work.
June
2026
current book offerings
SEX, DEATH & THE OCCULT
Part textbook, part transcription of an online course, & part poetic grimoire. A grimoire is a fancy term for a collection of magical practices and ideas. Do you believe in magic? Does anyone really believe or disbelieve in magic? Maybe it is more about a kind of feeling. A special flavor of attention, energy and embodiment. A collection of interests in symbolism, manifestation, intention, ritual, ancient wisdom and the emancipatory vibe of all things wondrous. The provocative title of this book (Sex, Death & the Occult) is an homage to my childhood mentor Robert Anton Wilson and reflects the name of an online course hosted by my friends at the Parallax Academy. The basic content of this book is the transcription of that course, additionally my personal willingness to engage in the “occult” versions of wisdom development alongside my other work in more standard areas of existential self-cultivation and community building. Author: Layman Pascal Published by Parallax
In this first volume of his book series The Evolution of Meaning, Dempsey introduces a theory of meaning based in thermodynamics and information processing. Tracking the trajectory of this learning process through the emergent levels of Matter, Life, Mind, and Culture, we see how meaning takes on new shades of depth and informational richness across scales. Author: Brendan Dempsey Published by Sky Meadow Press Narrated by Layman Pascal
Substacks
I have never called myself a shaman. People occasionally refer to me that way either because they are being playful or perhaps because they want me to talk about the shamanic turn in spirituality, philosophy, and developmental psychology. Usually, I say “shamanism” in quotes. Or else I say “something-like-shamanism” or I say, “whatever we want to call it.” My own interest revolves around a study (that I made up) called metashamanics.
Black metamodernism??? That’s right. They said it couldn’t be done, but it turns out ‘they’ were racists. Or am I a racist? Maybe. Saying, “No!” is just a little too easy. And apparently, all the avowed non-racists & anti-racists are not preventing widespread cultural backsliding. Let us investigate together with daring minds, empathic hearts, serious levity, and an abundance of nuances.
Podcasts
November 10, 2025 In this new Integral Stage episode, Layman sits down again with Alexander Love to explore the roots and contours of a post-tragic worldview.
Soulmakers #13 - Jane Weintraub's Love Letter to the Future. From the bosom of farm life and the encroachment of Parkinson’s disease, developmental researcher Jane Weintraub tells her tale of transformation and discovery. Love, marriage, and the question of motherhood. School and culture.
Historic PILOT EPISODE, Layman and Farsam postulate that a more complete transdisciplinary view of reality might be awful, and proactively denouncing-and-embracing the circle jerk of metamodern culture and the fliminal webs.
One-on-one Avail
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