The Forest of Symbols

Paul Heron (formerly Heghoulian) returns to The Forest of Symbols to discuss a difficult but important thinker. Read his article, Forty Years of Baudrillard's "America" here .

In which I defend the existence of literature using a useful tool from Object Oriented Ontology from its attack by Terry Eagleton in his book Literary Theory. You can listen to OR read the full thing FOR FREE at patreon.com/symbolpod.

The third and final section elaborates the "deductive" method of myth criticism, and gets into the details of the fourfold cycle of the myth of the hero, which Frye believes underlies all of literature. Some references to Frazer and Jung, and discussion of Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep as a case study. To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content (writ...

The Inductive Method, and Frye's "spatial" conception of literature.

On the idea that literary criticism is, or could be, a science. To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content (written and audio), please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.--AA

I analyze another children's tale, using Nietzsche, JG Frazer, and others. To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content (written and audio), please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.--AA

Delving into one of Borges' lesser-known works. To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content (written and audio), please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.--AA

Happy New Year, listeners! To read the essay and access other bonus content (written and audio), or to support the show, please visit Patreon.com/symbolpod. --AA

Please join me as I ramble about my two favorite holiday stories: (after a brief prelude on Dickens' A Christmas Carol ) the 1993 film Groundhog Day , and James Joyce's 1914 (long) short story, "The Dead." To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content (written and audio), please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.--AA

Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time? For the full episode and other bonus content (written and audio), or to support the show, please visit Patreon.com/symbolpod. --AA

Are we all amphibians? To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content (written and audio), please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.

Spiegel Im Spiegel Im Spiegel It has been said that it is a symbol of the imagination--or of consciousness--in its capacity to reflect the formal reality of the visible world. It has also been related to thought, in so far as thought--for Scheler and other philosophers--is the instrument of self-contemplation as well as the reflection of the universe. This links mirror-symbolism with water as a re...

More foolishness. Mere foolishness. To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content (written and audio), please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.--AA

With a new Pynchon novel and a new PT Anderson movie based on Pynchon's Vineland out, it's probably a good time to let this one out of the vault.

Entropy, Codes, Information Theory, Threads, Towers, Pentacost, Networks, Signs and Wonders.

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This is a little PhaseGoht/Forest of Symbols collab intended for the Mirrors series that I wasn't able to fit in. Enjoy!

As Above, so Below For the rest of this series and other bonus content, or to support the show, please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.

To interpret or not to interpret? Susan Sontag, 1966

In the penultimate episode, we step into the abyss. For the conclusion to this series and other bonus content, or to support the show, please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.

The continuing story of the false messiah as recounted by Gershom Scholem. For the rest of this series and other bonus content, or to support the show, please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.

Scholem deals with moderate Sabbateanism, its revival/inversion of gnostic ideas, and I try to stay on point. For the rest of this series and other bonus content, or to support the show, please visit https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.

Author & podcaster Brad Kelly (https://twitter.com/bradkelly) returns to talk Art of Darkness (https://artofdarkpod.com/), the new McCarthy novels, the tarot in Blood Meridian, the Bung-Plug of the Void, and more. To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content, go to https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.

For destruction, ice is great. To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content, go to https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.

To support the show, and get early access to episodes and bonus content, go to https://www.patreon.com/symbolpod.