Extraordinary Discourse Podcast

F the Default Intelligence and temperament are not marathon races: there are no fixed criteria for success, no start or finish lines — and running sideways or backward, might secure victory. Siddhartha Mukherjee

Jimmying the Doxa Doxa (from ancient Greek δόξα, "glory", "praise" from δοκεῖν dokein, "to appear", "to seem", "to think" and "to accept"[1]) is a Greek word meaning common belief or popular opinion . Used by the Greek rhetoricians as a tool for the formation of argument by using common opinions, the doxa was often manipulated by sophists to persuade the people, leading to Plato's condemnation of Athenian democracy. Wikipedia

Another Think Coming Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men [sic]. Confucius

Leaning Out the Overton Window ...it must be sought in the margins of life, in the shadows of despair and at the edges of the unknown. If those willing to enter the darkest places and face the unknown would gather whatever threads of meaning and imagination they might find and begin to follow where they lead, new paths to unity would be revealed and old oppressions could be relieved. Michael Meade

Wiggle Room As Townsley (2001:271) argues: "From this standpoint, not even the often mentioned idea of 'illocutionary force', or any speech act or narrative which changes the world by redefining it or changing people's perception of it, could possibly encompass the sheer physicality of the transformations claimed by shamanism". Amazonian Vegetalismo: A study of the healing power of chants in Tarapoto, Peru. François DEMANGE Medicine M.A in Social Sciences by Independent Studies University of East London, 2000-2002.

F The MSM We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. Toni Morrison

Lots of Counter-Narrative Dr. Andrew Newberg, a neuroscientist at Thomas Jefferson University, and Mark Robert Waldman, a communications expert, collaborated on the book, “Words Can Change Your Brain.” In it, they write, “a single word has the power to influence the expression of genes that regulate physical and emotional stress.” Study Confirms: The Words We Speak Can Literally Alter Our Brain Mystical Raven [thanks to Jacquie Rafuse]