Space Hex: The Curse of Restlessness in Worldviews of Perpetual Escape

The Emerald

Joshua Schrei

Religion & Spirituality, Trance, Mythology, Culture, Society & Culture, Shamanism, Arts, Justice, Entheogens, Spirituality, Cosmology, Art, History

4.8 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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"We don’t go to other planets because our planet is dying. Our planet dies, specifically because we perpetually want to go somewhere else." Today on the podcast, we look at humanity’s increasing obsession with transcending planet earth, in the context of the mythologies of human restlessness. How human beings, whether through certain religious visions of transcendence, or through the increasing transhuman and supernatural focus of modern science, are ultimately looking to be anywhere but righ...

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. I'm Josh, and this is The Emerald,
0:10.4	currents and trends through a mythic lens.
0:13.8	The podcast where we explore an ever-changing world and our lives in it
0:18.3	through the lens of myth, story, and imagination.
0:27.6	The Emerald.
0:28.6	All that's happening on couple of astronauts into space. Floyd, SpaceX, Elon Musk's private space exploration operation, launched a rocket that sent a
0:56.7	couple of astronauts into space.
0:58.8	Here's what it sounded like.
1:03.0	Good evening.
1:04.4	It is Wednesday, June 3rd, and you are looking at a live view of Falcon 9, as it awaits
1:09.6	its 9.25 p.m. Eastern Time launch from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida.
1:16.6	10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
1:30.3	Ignition, lift off!
1:36.3	That's a short clip from their official launch video, complete with high-energy, peppy, electronic
1:46.6	music that's supposed to convey what? Boundless Horizons. Starscapes of light. We've had our coffee
1:54.5	and we're ready to meet our interstellar future. In the midst of worldwide social upheaval,
1:59.7	the timing, for me anyway, seemed a little strange.
2:02.6	In fact, all I could really think about was a song by Gil Scott Heron.
2:05.6	You may have heard of it. It was released 50 years ago at the height of the original space race,
2:10.6	and it goes a little something like this.
2:13.6	I can't pay no doctor bills, but white is on the moon.
2:18.5	Ten years from now, I'll be paying still while white is on the moon.
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