Tell Me Again # 8

When I'm clean and I'm sober

Tell me again
When I've been to the river
And I've taken the edge off my thirst

Tell me again
We're alone and I'm listening
I'm listening so hard that it hurts

Tell me again
When I'm clean and I'm sober
Tell me again
When I've seen through the horror
Tell me again
Tell me over and over
Tell me that you want/need/love me then

Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen

-Leonard Cohen

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Overview:

Here is my latest update on my podcast integral facticity and a general overview of my ongoing research on the life and work of Leonard Cohen and Bill Wilson - the founder of Alcoholic Anonymous. In this talk, I also introduce Cornel West’s concept of prophetic pragmatism as an alternative theory to make sense of the life and work of Leonard Cohen, Bill Wilson, Ken Wilber, and Michael Brooks.

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References and links:

1. Leonard Cohen - Amen (Official Audio)

2. The Burnout Society—Byung-Chul Han (Book)

3. Algorithmic Desire: Toward a New Structuralist Theory of Social Media—Matt Flisfeder (Book)

4. Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation—Daniel Tutt (Book)

   

   In Loving Memory of Stephen Sims

5. River of Wisdom—Stephen Sims (Books, Videos, etc.)

6. McGill University Programs in Whole Person Care—Balfour M. Mount, Tom A. Hutchinson (Website)

7. Thomas More Institute—Bernard Lonergan, Gregory Baum (Website)

8. STIR Retreats (Spiritual Transformation in Recovery)—Bill Hatch, Kevin Kelly (Website)

   

9. Leonard Cohen - Short Biography (Video)

10. Leonard Cohen: The Early Years Documentary (Video)

11. Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius—Harry Freedman (Book)

12. How Leonard Cohen's hits were influenced by Christianity and Judaism—Harry Freedman (Podcast)

13. From This Broken Hill I Sing to You: God, Sex, and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen—Marcia Pally (Book)

14. A Conversation on Leonard Cohen: From This Broken Hill I Sing to You—Marcia Pally, Carol Gilligan, etc. (Video)

15. Leonard Cohen’s Theological Legacy: Exploring the Songwriter's Work through a Christian Lens (Video)

16. Leonard Cohen interview with Don Lane in Melbourne 1980 (Video)

17. Leonard Cohen Interview, December 1992 (Video)

18. Leonard Cohen on Depression and Relationships (Video)

19. Leonard Cohen on Substance Use, Mental Health, etc. - Post Mt. Baldy (Video)

    

20. Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor—Dawn E. Goldstein (Book)

21. The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S.J. and Bill Wilson in Letters—Robert Fitzgerald S.J. (Book)

22. We the North: Rethinking Addiction & Recovery in Canada—Erik Haines (Article)

23. A Canadian Perspective on Recovery Advocacy—Bill White and Erik Haines (Article)

24. Recovery Rising: A Retrospective of Addiction Treatment and Recovery Advocacy—William L. White (Book)

25. Pathways from the Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery: A Travel Guide for Addiction Professionals—William L. White (Book)

26. Conversation with William L. White—Society for the Study of Addiction: Addiction Journal (Article)

27. Recovery Spirituality—William L. White & Ernest Kurtz (Article)

28. Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous—Ernest Kutz (Book)

29. The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning—Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham (Book)

30. Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life—John Kaag (Book)

31. Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion? —Galen Watts (Article)

32. Recovering Enchantment: Addiction, Spirituality, and Charles Taylor’s Malaise of Modernity—Galen Watts (Article)

33. An Integral Guide to Recovery: Twelve Steps and Beyond—Guy du Plessis (Book)

34. Integral Recovery: A Revolutionary Approach to the Treatment of Alcoholism and Addiction—John Dupuy (Book)

35. A Guide to Integral Psychotherapy: Complexity, Integration, and Spirituality in Practice—Marc Forman (Book)

    

36. Convictions Freely Chosen: Galen Watts “The Spiritual Turn”—Matt McManus (Article)

37. The Spiritual Turn: The Religion of the Heart and the Making of Romantic Liberal Modernity—Galen Watts (Book)

38. Galen Watts on Robert Bellah, Romantic Liberalism & the Myth of Disenchantment—Integral [+] Facticity (Podcast)

39. Matt McManus on Rethinking Religion in the Postmodern Era— Integral [+] Facticity (Podcast)

40. The Future of Religious Studies & Metamodernism w/ Jason Ā. Josephson Storm—Integral [+] Facticity

41. In Search of a Schema in a Joyfully Serious Life: Robert Bellah, the Cold War, Psychoanalysis, and Intimate Experimentations—Matteo Bortolini (Article)

42. Matteo Bortolini on Robert Bellah, Religion, & his legacy for the Left—Integral [+] Facticity (Podcast)

43. Metamodern Spirituality | The Future of Theory w/ Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm—Brendan Graham Dempsey (Video)

44. Metamodern Spirituality | The Future of Theory, Pt. 2 w/ Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm—Brendan Graham Dempsey (Video)

45. Metamodern Spirituality | Values after Postmodernism, Pt. 3 w/ Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm—Brendan Graham Dempsey (Video)

46. New Religious Consciousness—Robert Bellah & Charles Y. Glock (Book)

47. Dancing with Sophia: Integral Philosophy on the Verge—Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Michael Schwartz (Book)

48. The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism—Cornel West (Book)

49. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism: A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race, and the Spiritual Blues— Jacob L. Goodson, Brad Elliott Stone (Book)