Episode Details

Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD, is a philosopher and author of Prometheus and Atlas, World State of Emergency, Lovers of Sophia, Novel Folklore: The Blind Owl of Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian Leviathan: A Monumental History of Mithra’s Abode, and Prometheism.

Here he describes many facets associated with the archetype of Prometheus: the creator of humanity, the rebel, the trickster, the martyr, the wise titan, the visionary, and the daemonic force behind science and technology. He argues that if humanity does not become conscious of Prometheus’ mesmeric power, we will continue to blindly fall under the spell of our technological power – to our own detriment. He maintains that a deeper understanding of Prometheism is an antidote to the pitfalls of either fatalism or authoritarianism.

Many viewers will know that Jason Reza Jorjani has suffered from libel and persecution as a result of his, generally misunderstood, political views. He is a brilliant scholar who has now been unfairly disgraced and is forced to fight a legal battle, while continuing his research and writing, without any regular employment. Therefore we have set up this “Go Fund Me” page in order to assist this worthy individual. Please visit https://gofundme.com/f/help-jason-reza-jorjani-fight-for-academic-freedom and contribute generously.

(Recorded on July 31, 2020)

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Jorjani, Prometheus and Atlas — https://amzn.to/2UHR8S5 Jorjani, World State of Emergency — https://amzn.to/39oH2eh

Jorjani, Iranian Leviathan — https://amzn.to/2WTq8BW Jorjani, Novel Folklore — https://amzn.to/3auTslU

Jorjani, Lovers of Sophia – https://amzn.to/2QaO8wc

Marx, The Communist Manifesto – https://amzn.to/3ivLiOP

Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology – https://amzn.to/3g8UFBH

Hegel, The Phenonmenology of Spirit – https://amzn.to/2G4p8Eq

Spengler, The Decline of the West – https://amzn.to/32mUgrq

Bloom, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History – https://amzn.to/3hrfGYW

Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound – https://amzn.to/3aC88Rl

De Benoist, The Indo-Europeans – https://amzn.to/3bUXdm8

Wilson, Super Consciousness: The Quest for the Peak Experience – https://amzn.to/3bPtg7e

Shelley, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus – https://amzn.to/2RhMCs6

Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy – https://amzn.to/32paK2v

Fideler (Ed.), The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library – https://amzn.to/3hqbXL8

Zarathustra, The Gathas – https://amzn.to/3bRBhsh

Sitchen, The Lost Book of Enki – https://amzn.to/2GUWndY

Schnieders, The Books of Enoch – https://amzn.to/3bZkzXZ

Milton, Paradise Lost – https://amzn.to/2RkyuOL

Plato, Timaeus and Cri