Veils to the Soul
Season 2 ... Masculinity and Spirituality. An exploration into the current state of the Masculine in Therapy and Spirituality.
Season 1 ... Birthing Spirit in the Modern World. An exploration of what's between us and our Souls' birth, and how the Modern World resists that birth, but needs it - if it's to survive and thrive!
Episodes
30 episodes
12. Camping
Gary and Oliver's aversion to roughing it takes centre stage, do we have to go camping to reach Enlightenment? What's the purpose? Where's the intimacy? While acknowledging the importance and vitality of single sex spaces they ponder on the que...
11. Peace
Gary and Oliver talk about Peace and come to the conclusion that it's a good idea however ... Conflict, Tribe, Community, Projection, Surrender, the tendency to see Peace as 'over there' and how comfort and peace are not the same thing; Do they...
10. Intimacy
Gary and Oliver talk about Intimacy. Intimacy with Self, intimacy with the Other, feedback forms, the wincing heart, the importance of safety, creating space for intimacy, the limitations of purpose, big catch ups and neighbours, because everyo...
9. Aging
After postponing the episode on Fun Oliver and Gary tackle the topic of Aging.Looking at topics as diverse as the search for Elders, what it means to be an Elder and what responsibilities come with the 'role'. The transition from y...
8. Sex
Two English men brought up in the era of Carry On Films use all the Emotional Maturity they mustered in the previous episode to talk about Sex. Takes us about 10 minutes to get to nudes but we think you'll find it worth the wait.
7. Emotional Maturity
Gary and Oliver have a rather lovely and expansive conversation about Emotional Maturity and what it looks like in a Spiritual Environment.
6. Connection
Gary and Oliver look at what creates connection, particularly conscious connection. The Importance of Curiosity and Courage ... basically lots of C's.
5. Men Seperation, Isolation and Endings.
In this episode Gary and Oliver look at the particular problems Men face around Separation, Isolation and Endings. Do Men suffer with loneliness and longing in a different and particular way? Is a stint in Clown School the answer?
4. Needs?
Men and their needs, Why are we generally so rubbish at knowing and expressing our needs as men? What are we missing out on? Hint - Lots. Gary and Oliver explore the subject of Needs.
3. The Heart as a Mirror
What happens when we're faced with a reflection of ourselves? Gary and Oliver look at the challenges that we can face when attempting authentic relationship. Can we see the good and bad of ourselves in the other and lean into it with an open he...
2. Dance of the Archetypes
The second episode sees Gary and Oliver discuss the role of Archetypes in Spirituality particularly in relation to Men's work. Have we got stuck in a narrow field of exploring the apparently more male archetypes of the Warrior and King at the e...
1. The Initial Conversation
The start of a journey discussing and exploring the current state of Men's Therapy and Spirituality. Have we got stuck in a model of Masculinity defined by the Human Potential Movement and Counter Culture of the '70's and '80's? Is the limit of...
18. Epilogue - A Rough Guide to the Terrain
With Nicholas RosseinskyA (Very!) Rough Guide to the Cosmos! With Oliver Baum & Nicholas Rosseinsky...
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16. Science - Two Uses for a Material Universe!
With Nicholas RosseinskyThis Universe can be a place for hiding out from GoB*. (Repeatedly, in successive Universe-incarnations/cycles.) Or, it can be a place for the kindest, most joy-full, re-awakening to GoB...
10. Giving, Receiving, and the Divine Economy
With Nicholas RosseinskyPrevious Work: 'Sacred'/'Deep'/... EconomyA lot of great work identifies alternatives to current economic theory/practice, as 'Sacred', 'Deep' etc. [As well as Butterworth, authors that Nichola...
9. Culture and Conditioning
With Nicholas RosseinskyCulture has many definitions: we discuss values/ethics, religion, and a non-contradictory patchwork of cultural components (art, morality, spirituality/religion, science).Ethical SystemsWhat's r...
8. Society and Conditioning
With Nicholas RosseinskyThis Episode is the second of three looking at Conditioning: we discuss the idea that Familial (E7), Societal (this Episode), and Cultural (E9) versions form a sort of interlinked trinity.Family vs Soci...
7. Family and Conditioning
With Nicholas RosseinskyWell, this one's definitely an Episode of two halves!Part 1: Conditioning Occurring in the Family SettingWe revisit the two-fold model of Glitch/Wound*, or AS/IF*+incarnat...
6. Life Statements and Limiting Beliefs
With Nicholas RosseinskyWhat are Life Statements and Limiting Beliefs?One model depicts Statements and Beliefs as a tree, with a trunk formed from one of two positions: 'I'm bad', or 'I'm worthless/not-good-enough'. Branches a...