Read a shared text
Begin from material whose edition, authorship, classification, and limits are visible to everyone.
Proposed small-group philosophy in practice
CIRCLES-00 / NOT OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT
Read together.
Disagree in public.
Temple Circles are a proposed next-stage format for people to test ideas through shared reading, fictional situations, reflection, dissent, and appeal. No Circle is operating or enrolling through this site.
- Roadmap state
- Next
- Enrollment
- Closed
- Membership
- None
Why meet at all
Understanding changes
when another person answers.
A Circle would move philosophy out of private certainty and into a bounded encounter with other interpretations, lived consequences, and the possibility of correction.
Experience a situation
Test an idea through a fictional case, structured reflection, or practical exercise rather than rewarding clever summaries.
Make disagreement ordinary
A participant can challenge the text, facilitator, interpretation, process, or group without losing standing merely for dissenting.
Provide appeal beyond the room
A facilitator cannot be the only authority on a complaint involving their own judgment or conduct.
Before enrollment can open
Publish the safeguards.
Then invite people.
Scope and refusal
Participation terms, confidentiality limits, consent, exit, protected refusal, and prohibited conduct must be explicit.
No spiritual rank
Selection, training, supervision, conflicts, complaints, and removal must be public enough to challenge. Facilitation confers no hidden status.
No vague registration
Any interest form needs a stated purpose, fields, retention period, access boundary, deletion route, and responsible contact.
Current boundary
Proposed.
Not operating.
This page claims no active cohort, membership body, campus, retreat, accreditation, curriculum, events calendar, or physical Temple. Circles are not required to play the game or pursue anything within it.
See the dependency sequence