Metapsychosis

Journal of Consciousness, Literature, and Art

Tag: personal transformation

Ordeal-ology: Let’s Start Figuring Out Optimal Suckiness

By | Banner, Features Essays, Philosophy Integral Theory, Metamodernism, antifragility, eustress, intentional suffering, personal transformation, shamanism, stress

In a world obsessed with comfort, Ordeal-ology explores why we crave ordeal and apocalypse. From The Walking Dead to ancient shamanic rites, the essay asks how deliberate difficulty might restore our resilience, creativity, and meaning. Through psychology, philosophy, and myth, it calls for a new “ordealology”—a practical wisdom of constructive distress.

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