The Bio-Individual Podcast
Episodes
#53 – Nietzsche: Revival of Ascetic Practices in the Service of Life
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Do we really understand Nietzsche's view on the ascetic ideal? Should practices associated with religions and philosophies be totally di...
#52 – Issues with an Emotions & Sensations Focus in Practice-work
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes We discuss the significant shortcomings of orienting oneself towards emotional expression and indulging in sensations in yogic, meditati...
#51 – A Bioindividual Conversation on Bioenergetic Work
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes An informal chat with the boys on some recent experiences during our re-engagement with bio-energetic work. An informal episode, where ...
#50 – Talking vs Do-ing? Fantasies and Physiological Practice
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This week we a casual discussion building on "onethingness" and "thinking/thoughting"... TALKING VS DOING. We all ...
#49 – Physiology & Differences Between Thinking & "Thoughting"
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Physiology, thoughting, thinking.... This week we take a look at thinking vs thoughting from a bio-individual perspective, the eternal b...
#48 – The Bio-individual Podcast Rails Against the Onethingist Fundamentalist Worldview...
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Please like, subscribe, comment. We like comments. Feedback - whatever you like. This week we discuss the disturbing trends towards obse...
#47 – Kevin on "Smart Bodies Stupid Bodies" & Retvrn to Mail Order Newsletters?
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Kevin tell us about some breakthroughs in understanding he's been having. How movement, action, consciousness, and language use define us as...
#46 – Bio-Individual Podcast: Homunculised, Traumatised
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Notes go here Extending on last week, riffing on Reich, Trauma Industrial Complex, the disdain for big thinkers like Freud in the modern...
#45 – Bio-Individuals on Self-Transcendence, Self-Overcoming Nihilisms?
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
DESCRIPTION: Bit more of a cassshhhuwal one this week. We give our thoughts on self-transcendence, maybe how this differs from traditional spiritual ...
#44 – The Power of Bio-Individual Meditation - Undoing Yourself with the Substack Series
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Please like, subscribe, comment. We like comments. Feedback - whatever you like. This week, continuing the meditation theme, we take a l...
#43 – Bio-Individual Shikantaza: Finding the Abdominal Heart & Reflections
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Part 2 on our chat re. the Zen sesshin. We answer Munro questions of Jana and what we think emptiness means. Seem incoherent now to be ...
#42 – Bio-Individual Shikantaza: Zazen Retreat, Results & Reflections
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Alex gets back from Zen Sesshin, so the boys have a casual chat about reactivity, how conscious humans really are, free will...enlighten...
#41 – Breathing, Psychophysiology & the Work: How it Fits Together
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join us on a “breathing what it is” episode. As some may know I run a business and plan an releasing a course soon, we go into this ...
#40 – It's All Just Sounds, Down in Cancún & Nuclear Disaster for Forced Evolution?
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join us in part 4 of our series on Dr. Chris Hyatt. The final one. Last 2 sections of the interview we’ve been analysing. This was a l...
#39 – Bio-individual's Firstest Ever Listener Q&A Speshul
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join us in part 3 of our series on Chris Hyatt. We had a couple of listeners chime in questions. Good questions. We thank those chaps ...
#38 – The Herd & the Marginal Humanoid: Dr. Hyatt's Path to Self-Overcoming for the New Man
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join us in part 2 of our series on Chris Hyatt. This week we focus more on the herd vs the marginal. How the herd can impact the margina...
#37 – Unveiling the Great Work of Dr. Christopher S. Hyatt: Power & Bio-Individual Philosophy
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join us in part 1 of our series on Chris Hyatt (aka Alan Miller). Perhaps the progenitor of the term "Bio-Individual", Kevin a...
#36 – A Direct Path to Brain Balance with Koans and Non-Rational Language
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes (Video version with introduction and visuals available on youtube (@Bioindiv) In this newest episode of “Bio-Individual” podcast, we...
#35 – Psychophysical Practices for Westerners: Do We Need Traditions or a Faustian Bargain?
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes In this newest episode of “Bio-Individual” podcast, we take a look at the split between the practice and the tradition. Is there eve...
#34 – The Mind-blowing Impact of "Balancing Hemispheres": The Ideas of Iain McGilchrist & the BioIndividual
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Notes go In this newest episode of “Bio-Individual” podcast, we take a look at the implications on the so-called split brain hypoth...
#33 – Unlocking the Power of the Bio-Individual: Reichian Work, The "Brain Orgasm" and Character Change
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes pod 4 part 2 of the new “Bio-Individual” podcast, we’re taking a look at Wilhelm Reich and Reichian therapy from a perspective of ...
#32 – Unlocking the Power of the Bio-Individual: What You Need to Know about Wilhelm Reich & Reichian Work pt 1
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Notes go hereIn episode 4, part 1 of the new “Bio-Individual” podcast, we’re taking a look at Wilhelm Reich and Reichian therapy f...
#31 – The Bio-Individual - Reading, Language, Self-Transcendence & The Badly Wired Human Brain - Ep 2
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes In episode 2 of the new “Bio-Individual” podcast, we're going to explore the concept of the so-called language centres in the brain ...
#30 – The Bio-Individual: The Somewhat Badly Wired Human Brain & Psycho-Physiological Practice - Ep 1
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES In this new podcast, we're going to explore the concept of the "bio-individual". What this means in terms of how our brains are w...
#28 – SOF Cast - Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia and the Scythian Philosophy with Dr. Christopher Beckwith
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Dr. Christopher Beckwith Joins us to discuss his book “Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism” which examines links be...
#27 – SOF Cast - General Semantics in the Modern World - Breaking Down The Aristotelian Laws of Thought - Part 2
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Alfred Korzybski, General Semantics, Breaking Down The Aristotelian Laws of Thought. In part 2 of the General Semantics Series, we talk ...
#26 – SOF Cast - A Cure for Unsanity? Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity Through Science, Philosophy, Art and Spirituality with Dr. Rolf Sattler
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This week we are privileged to speak with Dr. Rolph Sattler, author of "Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity Through Science, ...
#25 – SOF Cast - The Magician's Apprentice - Interview With An Occult Student of Dr. Joseph Lisiewski
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Well, what a show. We spoke with Wolfe, a student of the occult and the late great Joseph Lisiewski. Wolfe got in contact with me after ...
On Douglas Harding's Having No Head, Short Follow Up and Some Tips for Catching a Glimpse
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Quick 6 minute discussion on the no-head episode, I go through some challenges someone approached me with and offered some context. Migh...
#24 – SOF Cast - Alfred Korzybski, the Verb "To Be" & English Prime - Use Case for General Semantics & ePrime: Part 1
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Alfred Korzybski, the Verb "To Be" & English Prime - Use Case for General Semantics & ePrime: Part 1 of a 4 part serie...
#23 – SOF Cast - The Realisation of Having No Head
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This week I'm reflecting on something momentous and yet so simple, in my own journey. Something everyone can also benefit from looking i...
#22 – SOF Cast - Hara: The Vital Center of Man
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about reinstalling the most important of all biological reflexes... I share my experiences and thoughts on Hara. Hara is the Japanes...
#21 – EcoClipper: Back to a Modern Sail Ship Venture with Captain Jorne Langelaan
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The EcoClipper 500... This week we catch up with sail cargo expert Captain Jorne Langelaan whom is developing and launching a line of emission-free, s...
#20 – SOF Cast - Worse than the Disease? Possible Unintended Consequences of mRNA Vaccines with Dr. Stephanie Seneff
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes I was privileged to have prolific scientist and author Stephanie Seneff, PhD on with me to discuss the politically charged and thus rath...
#19 – SOF Cast - The Alchemy of Wine in Christianity & Islam, with Dr. Rodney Blackhirst
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This week we have scholar Rodney Blackhirst on to discuss his excellent short essay, "Concerning the Mysteries of Wine & Spirit...
#18 – SOF Cast - Non-Duality and Non-Self: A Non-talk with Paññobhāsa
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes We welcome back Paññobhāsa, now also Mr. David Reynolds, to talk through the challenges and concept of non-duality, what Buddhism has...
#17 – SOF Cast - The Manplant: Ancient Greece, Alchemy & Agriculture with Rodney Blackhirst
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes This week we have scholar Rodney Blackhirst on to discuss his excellent short essay, "The Man-Plant: Central Themes in the Alchemy ...
#16 – SOF Cast - Steiner, Biodynamics & Soil: SOF Interview with the Aureus Press
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! Something a little different this week... SOF makes his first guest appearance on the Aureus Press Podcast. @Trad_West_Art Was invited on ...
#15 – SOF Cast - Wayward Cloud: Ordination into Thai Theravada
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have guest Wayward Cloud on his experiences in Thailand in the Theravada tradition. We have an in depth discussion on his experiences, vi...
#14 – SOF Cast - David Skrbina on Ted Kaczynski, Technological Slavery & Eco-Theology
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Very privileged to talk to Philosopher of technology David Skrbina, Ph.D., David was a senior lecturer at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, from 2...
#13 – SOF Cast - The Venerable Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu, Theravāda Traditionalism
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Venerable Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu seriously began considering himself a Buddhist, although a sloppy one, at around 19, on reading the book Zen Flesh...
#12 – SOF Cast - Mark Stavish on The Magical World of Dr. Joseph Lisiewski
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome Mark Stavish, prolific author and director of the Hermetic institute. Mark was kind enough to join us to discuss the life and work of his f...
#11 – SOF Solocast #1 - The Problem, as I See It...
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I express my worldview, the problem as I see it. I talk the overwhelming psychic masochism inherent in modernity, traditional...
#10 – Ship of Fools Cast - Harry Oldmeadow: Black Elk, Lakota Visionary
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Harry Oldmeadow, favourite guest of the show, generously joins us again. This week we speak about my personal favourite book of his “Black Elk, ...
#9 – Ship of Fools Cast - Professor John Powers & The Buddha: "A Bull of a Man"
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John Powers is a Professor of Asian studies, Buddhism & Religion. His books deal with Ancient Indian Buddhism, Indian Philosophy - as dealt w...
#8 – Ship of Fools Cast - Jan de Maansnijder on Janua Coeli and the Prima Materia (pt 2)
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jan de Maansnijder is a traditionalist, running a blog of high quality, link below. His works deal with Christian esoteric mysticism and symbolism. As...
#7 – Ship of Fools Cast - Jan de Maansnijder on Janua Coeli and the Prima Materia (pt 1)
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jan de Maansnijder is a traditionalist, running a blog of high quality, link below. His works deal with Christian esoteric mysticism and symbolism. A...
#6 – Ship of Fools Cast - Professor Patrick Laude & Shimmering Mirrors
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Laude is a scholar, author and teacher. His works deal with the relationship between mysticism, symbolism and poetry, as well as focusing on c...
#5 – Ship of Fools Cast - Phoenix Aurelius on Alchemy & "Alchemi-Culture"
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are privileged to speak to Alchemist Phoenix Aurelius on his concept of "Alchemi-Culture". That is the art and science of utilising the p...
#4 – Ship of Fools Cast - Peter "Genjo" Bruza on Zen and Awareness
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are privileged to speak to Zen master, Peter “Genjo” Bruza. Peter started Zen practice in the late 80’s with the “Kanzeon Sangha”...
#3 – Ship of Fools Cast - John Bradshaw on Biodynamic Farming
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week with John Bradshaw, editor of Biodynamic Growing, former farmer and Biodynamic certifier for Demeter Bio-Dynamic Research Institute and all ...
#2 – Ship of Fools Cast - Harry Oldmeadow & Traditionalist School (pt 2)
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Introduction - starts 02:36 interview - starts 05:54 Topics discussed include the Kali Yuga, Buddhism, Primordial Cultures and their out...
#1 – Ship of Fools Cast - Harry Oldmeadow on the Traditionalist School (pt 1)
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Catch up with scholar of the traditionalist school Harry Oldmeadow. Support The Bio-Individual Podcast by contributing to their tip ja...