Podcast Episodes

Cycles of History and Consciousness with John Michael Greer

This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael Greer, to discuss collapse, history, consciousness, cyclicity, and the work of Spengler and Toynbee.

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Contemplation with Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart  (editor) grew up in London and Brisbane, and now lives in the USA. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, including Flame Tree: Selected Poems (2002). He has won both the Victori…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Outer Dark, Schopenhauer, and Nihilism with Bryan Counter

In this episode I'm joined by Bryan Counter to discuss Cormac McCarthy's novel Outer Dark, alongside discussions on Schopenhauer, Plato, and Nihilism. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The Work of Francisco Varela with Sebastjan Vörös

Sebastjan Vörös is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His research interests encompass philosophy of science, epistemology, phenomenology, an…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Tarot and Divination with John Michael Greer

This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael Greer, to discuss John Gilbert's book The Tree of Spirit: Lessons on Tarot, Cabala, and the Spiritual Path.

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

VALIS and Dickian Gnosticism

A review of Philip K Dick's book 'VALIS', alongside discussion on Dickean Gnosticism.

PKD Gnostic site: https://dickiangnosticism.wordpress.com/

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Work of Hermann Burger with Adrian Nathan West

Adrian Nathan West has translated more than twenty books from Spanish, Catalan, and German. His first book, The Aesthetics of Degradation, was published in 2016. His essays and criticism have appear…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Work of Thomas Bernhard with Stephen Dowden

Steve Dowden is a Professor of German language and literature in the Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literatures. He graduated in 1984 from the University of California with a …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Work of William Gaddis with Steven Moore

Steven Moore is an American author and literary critic. Best known as the primary authority on the novelist William Gaddis, he is the author of the two-volume study The Novel: An Alternative History.…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Babbitt, More, and New Humanism with Eric Adler

This episode I'm joined by Eric Adler who is a Professor of Classics at the University of Maryland. We discuss the book he recently edited: Humanistic Letters: The Irving Babbitt-Paul Elmer More Corr…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago