18 min
Talk
Earth Talk: A Few Qualities Common to Traditionally Oral, Indigenous Cultures - David Abram
A short Schumacher College Earth Talk on shared features of traditionally oral, indigenous cultures.
About the teacher
David Abram
Cultural ecologist and philosopher, author of The Spell of the Sensuous, whose work returns perception to the more-than-human world.
“To live is to dance with an unknown partner whose steps we can never wholly predict, to improvise within a field of forces whose shifting qualities we may feel as they play across our skin, or as they pulse between our cells, yet whose ultimate nature we can never grasp or possess in thought.”David Abram
Upcoming events
Meet David Abram in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
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Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
75 min
Interview
CRASSH | Magic and Ecology: Entangled Life I David Abram and Merlin Sheldrake
A public dialogue between Abram and biologist Merlin Sheldrake hosted by Cambridge's CRASSH.
68 min
Talk
The Commonwealth of Breath: Climate and Consciousness in a More-than-Human World
Abram's lecture at Harvard Divinity School linking breath, climate and consciousness.
67 min
Talk
David Abram: Ecological Consciousness and the More Than Human World
A full-length talk for the Garrison Institute on ecological consciousness and our relations beyond the human.
Listen
Recordings from David Abram.
Talks, guided meditations and podcast conversations, playing from the platform this teacher publishes them on.
David AbramThe Path of Interconnectedness
↗ emergencemagazine.org
The Ecology of Perception: An Interview with David Abram
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee interviews Abram about animism and the sensory life of the more-than-human world.
From the podcast Emergence Magazine Podcast
David AbramThe Path of Interconnectedness
↗ embodimentmatters.com
Remembering our Animal Senses and Sensuous Relationship With the Living World with David Abram
A conversation on embodied perception that includes Abram reading from his book Becoming Animal.
From the podcast Embodiment Matters Podcast
David AbramThe Path of Interconnectedness
↗ lacuna.org.uk
David Abram: The Spell of the Sensuous
Adam Weymouth talks with Abram about the ecology of the senses and how words shape perception of the world.
From the podcast Spoken Earth
David AbramThe Path of Interconnectedness
SC SoundCloud
David Abram
Sharon Blackie's podcast episode with Abram, described on the page as a cultural ecologist and geophilosopher.
From the podcast This Mythic Life
Path
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The Path of Interconnectedness
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