Depth of experience

Nobody comes from nowhere. André Rabe and Andrew Davis meet three thinkers of the modern process tradition: Leibniz and his monads (and why Whitehead rejected the “best of all possible worlds”), William James and the stream of consciousness, and Henri Bergson, who filled stadiums and argued with Einstein about time. Plus a look back over Part One.Based on Andrew M. Davis, Whitehead’s Universe: A Prismatic Introduction (Orbis Books, 2026), Chapter 4. Hosts: André Rabe and Andrew Davis More: alwaysloved.net #Whitehead #ProcessPhilosophy #Bergson #WilliamJames This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe

Can anything exist by itself? André Rabe and Andrew Davis explore what Whitehead called the misconception that has haunted philosophy for centuries: independent existence. From Descartes’ “nothing but” syndrome and a photo of a bee to dead matter, the hidden metaphysics of science, and quantum fields where even nothing is full of possibility.Based on Andrew M. Davis, Whitehead’s Universe: A Prismatic Introduction (Orbis Books, 2026), Chapter 3. Hosts: André Rabe and Andrew Davis More: alwaysloved.net #Whitehead #ProcessPhilosophy #Descartes #Philosophy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe

At 63, a mathematician who had never taught a course in philosophy was invited to Harvard, and said yes. In this first episode of Whitehead’s Universe, André Rabe and Andrew Davis begin a slow walk through Andrew’s new book: who Alfred North Whitehead was, why his ideas are only now getting the attention they deserve, and why metaphysics, the “M” word, is not an escape from life but the attempt to make sense of all of our experience.Based on Andrew M. Davis, Whitehead’s Universe: A Prismatic Introduction (Orbis Books, 2026), Introduction and Chapter 1. Hosts: André Rabe and Andrew Davis. More: alwaysloved.net This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe

Is reality a river or a mountain? André Rabe and Andrew Davis trace the ancient intuition that all things flow, from Lao Tzu and Confucius to the Buddha, Heraclitus, Plato and Aristotle, and why Whitehead found the whole problem of metaphysics in two lines of a hymn: “Abide with me; fast falls the eventide.”Based on Andrew M. Davis, Whitehead’s Universe: A Prismatic Introduction (Orbis Books, 2026), Chapter 2.Hosts: André Rabe and Andrew DavisMore: alwaysloved.net This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe

Experiencing the sacred wholeness of nature and participating in the consciousness of Christ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe

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Time, Eternity, Timelessness, God's relationship with time, and what this means to us - why is it relevant. These are the themes discussed by Ryan Mullins and Andre Rabe. Specifically, God's self-revelation in Exodus 3 and how it relates to time. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe

The unexpected event of the resurrection continues to have surprising implications for how we live. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe

Join me for this meditation on the meaning of the cross of Jesus, as we discover a whole new way of interpreting its meaning. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe

What kind of universe produces creatures that question the very nature of reality? Are our questions an anomaly in an otherwise mindless universe, or are consciousness and our search for meaning exemplifications of the fabric of reality? A conversation with Andrew Davis, Mary-Anne Rabe, and Andre Rabe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit andrerabe.substack.com/subscribe