"Metamodernism" bears more than slight resemblance to David's fluid mode. But then...
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He does make some good points, along with a lot of dubious or outright silly ones. Thanks for the heads up!
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“Metamodernism” is, indeed, similar to “the fluid mode.” So far I’d only come across it as an aesthetic movement.
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A political manifestation of metamodernism would be very interesting to me. One aspect would be explicit mythologization, which >
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> I think he’s advocating. On the other hand, one has to mediate between mythology and practicality…
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It's a sort of metanihilism, I think. Refusal of any constraint on construction of meaning.
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This happens to some occultists/people who do too much LSD.
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This is from a 70s RPG/fantasy setting called Glorantha. Check the last line in particular. http://glorantha.wikia.com/wiki/Illumination …
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This is warned of very explicitly in the official Vajrayana origin myth!
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The guy who created the setting is also a prominent occultist/shaman so probably familiar with the myth in question.
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There’s a version of it at http://www.khandro.net/deity_tale_of_two.htm … if curious; search for “Tharpa Nagpo” which is where it begins
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TL;DR Vajrayana got started with two Buddhas anally raping an Occluded guy in order to de-confuse him
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