by Doug Scott, LCSW A Note on Vocabulary Before the essay begins, a short glossary. Several acronyms and specialized terms appear throughout this piece. Rather than defining them in passing and losing the thread, I am gathering them here so readers can refer back. MAGA — Make America Great Again. The political movement organized around … Continue reading Who Is Whispering? The Influencers Behind the Masks of the Collective Bellicosity Thoughtform
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Our Collective Bellicosity Thoughtform: The Great BASH and the Current Planetary Shift
Presentation by Doug Scott, MA, MSW, LCSW Doug Scott, LCSW, MA Panel 6: "On the Devil in Christian Thought" IIPSGP / Global Vision 2000 Joint International Conference — April 5, 2026 I. INTRODUCTION & EPISTEMOLOGICAL GROUNDING I'm grateful to be on this panel and I thank you for inviting me. Right here at the very … Continue reading Our Collective Bellicosity Thoughtform: The Great BASH and the Current Planetary Shift
The Prayer of the Pentagon: The Great BASH in Real Time
Part 4 of the Great BASH Series https://building4thpodcast.podbean.com/e/praying-for-war-the-pentagon-s-liturgy-of-annihilation/ “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation. Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Pentagon Christian … Continue reading The Prayer of the Pentagon: The Great BASH in Real Time
The Jesus Prayer: Efficacy and Metaphysics
Dr. Troy Caldwell, MD (Building 4th Community) Audio: https://building4thpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-jesus_prayer9d4gn/ Opening Doug opened with a prayer invoking the One Infinite Creator, noting that grace and gratitude flow outward from the Creator's very nature — and that our response is the Creator in us completing the circuit. He offered a particular blessing for Troy, whose presentation carries … Continue reading The Jesus Prayer: Efficacy and Metaphysics
Remembering Agency within Despair (A Vision)
By Doug Scott AUDIO: https://building4thpodcast.podbean.com/e/remembering-agency-within-despair-a-vision/ Summary of Doug's Story Doug recounts a transformative visionary experience that occurred during a family RV trip to Colorado in 2020 or 2021. In Leadville, the highest city in the country at 10,000 feet, he ran ten miles and then consumed a powerful cannabis edible—his first time using cannabis in … Continue reading Remembering Agency within Despair (A Vision)
The Charlie Kirk Event and the Great BASH
by Doug Scott, LCSW Section 1: Doug Scott's Presentation on Charlie Kirk and The Great BASH (Audio) Section 2: Charlie Kirk as Great BASH Manifestation: A Case Study in Collective Bellicosity Section 3: The Architecture of Blame: Charlie Kirk's Systematic Targeting of Marginalized Groups Section 1 https://building4thpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-charlie-kirk-event-and-the-great-bash/ Doug Scott opened by acknowledging his limited prior … Continue reading The Charlie Kirk Event and the Great BASH
The Spirituality Technology of Mutual Abiding: Kenosis as a Path Through Crisis
by Doug Scott, LCSW https://building4thpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-spirituality-technology-of-mutual-abiding-kenosis-as-a-path-through-crisis/ "The Spiritual Technology of Mutual Abiding: Kenosis as a Path Through Crisis" This dialogue reveals a spiritual community grappling with contemporary challenges through the lens of mystical Christianity and esoteric spirituality. The central presentation by Doug Scott introduces what he terms a "spiritual technology" - the practice of kenosis or … Continue reading The Spirituality Technology of Mutual Abiding: Kenosis as a Path Through Crisis
The Tripolar Self: A Rohrian Psychospiritual Framework for Transformation
by Doug Scott, MA, MSW, LCSW1 https://building4thpodcast.podbean.com/e/unveiling-the-tripolar-self-a-psycho-spiritual-framework/ Introduction For over two decades, I have walked alongside individuals seeking to understand themselves more deeply and navigate their spiritual journeys with greater awareness. As a psychospiritual therapist since 2001, my work has focused on integrating psychological insights with spiritual wisdom to create pathways for authentic transformation. My … Continue reading The Tripolar Self: A Rohrian Psychospiritual Framework for Transformation
The Spiral Path of Spiritual Growth
Presentation by Dr. Troy Caldwell Audio: https://building4thpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-spiral-path-a-journey-towards-spiritual-growth/ Dr. Troy Caldwell, a retired psychiatrist and spiritual director, presents a foundational pattern of Christian spiritual growth called "the spiral path." This model describes our journey toward God as an ascending spiral that combines cyclic, hierarchical, and linear movements. The Three Ways of the Spiritual Journey The spiral … Continue reading The Spiral Path of Spiritual Growth
Syngnosis: Reimagining Church as Shared Lived Experiential Knowledge
by Doug Scott, MA/LCSW Abstract This article introduces "syngnosis" as a conceptual framework for understanding collective spiritual knowing, addressing limitations in our current language about consciousness and religious experience. By examining the etymological roots of "consciousness" and proposing "syngnosis" (from Greek syn- "together" and gnosis "knowledge") as an alternative, Scott articulates how authentic Christian community … Continue reading Syngnosis: Reimagining Church as Shared Lived Experiential Knowledge








