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This week I'm joined by Jack Zipes, who is a professor emeritus of German, comparative literature, and cultural studies. In this episode we discuss the ideas of Ernst Bloch, alongside discussions on hope, Marxism, fascism, atheism and more... Zipes' book can be found here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-21174-5 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https:/...

Professor Paul Bishop is the author of multiple books on the work of Carl Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche, alongside other texts on analytical psychology and German thought. In this episode we discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's The Antichrist, alongside discussions on Rudolf Steiner, Carl Jung, belief, atheism and more... The book: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nietzsche-s-the-anti-christ.html --...

The eleventh of 22 talks on the text 'Meditations on the Tarot: A  Journey Into Christian Hermeticism', covering the Eleventh Major Arcana -  Force.    --- Become part of the Hermitix community:   Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast   Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix   Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod &...

This episode I'm joined by Nick Ripatrazone to discuss his book Digital Communion Marshall McLuhan's Spiritual Vision for a Virtual Age , alongside discussions on Catholicism, the medium is the message, embodiment and more... The book: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506471143/Digital-Communion --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermit...

This episode I'm joined by Rupert Read is an academicand a Green Party  campaigner and a former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion). In this  episode we discuss the end of civilization, collapse, sustainable energy  and more...   Read's site: https://rupertread.net   ---    Become part of the Hermitix community:    Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter....

The ninth of 22 talks on the text 'Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey  Into Christian Hermeticism', covering the Ninth Major Arcana - The  Hermit.      ---   Become part of the Hermitix community:    Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast    Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod    Hermitix Merchandise - htt...

This  week I'm joined by Dale Brunsvold who is an independent Rudolf Steiner  researcher, and founder and host of rudolfsteineraudio.com. In this  first episode on Rudolf Steiner we discuss Steiner's relationship to  theosophy, the philosophy of freedom, elements of Steiner's biography,  spiritual growth and more. Dale's site: rudolfsteineraudio.com --- Become part of the...

Patrick O’Connor is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Digital, Technologies and Arts at Staffordshire University. Cormac McCarthy, Philosophy and the Physics of the Damned. Patrick's book: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cormac-mccarthy-philosophy-and-the-physics-of-the-damned.html --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpo...

I'm joined by Joseph Pearce, author of The Quest for Shakespeare, Tolkien: Man and Myth, The Unmasking of  Oscar Wilde, C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church, Literary Converts,  Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile, in this episode we discuss the work and life of Hilaire Belloc, taking inspiration from his book Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Bello...

The seventh of 22 talks on the text 'Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey  Into Christian Hermeticism', covering the Seventh Major Arcana - The  Chariot.      ---     Become part of the Hermitix community:     Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast     Support Hermitix:   Patreon - https://www.patreon.co...

This week I'm joined by Aidan Tynan, who is Senior lecturer in English literature at Cardiff University. In this episode we discuss his book The Desert in Modern Literature and Philosophy: Wasteland Aesthetics alongside discussions on Falling Down, Baudrillard, postmodernism and more The book: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-desert-in-modern-literature-and-philosophy.html ---  &...

Martin Tomszak is a professor in the Theology department at Loyola  University Chicago. In this episode we talk about the life and work of  Dorothy Day, alongside discussion on the Catholic Worker, Peter Maurin,  socialism, social justice, and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://w...

Aaron J. French is a post-doctoral researcher in Religious Studies at  the University of Erfurt in Germany.  His main research focuses on the  History of Esotericism, the History and Philosophy of Science, Sacred  Space and Architecture, modern German Philosophy, and Science and  Technology Studies. In this episode we discuss his dissertation Disenchanting and Re-Enchantin...

The fifth of 22 talks on the text 'Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey  Into Christian Hermeticism', covering the Fifth Major Arcana - The Pope.     ---   Become part of the Hermitix community:   Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast   Support Hermitix:  Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/   Patreon - https://www.pat...

This episode I'm joined once again by writer Sean Fleming to discuss the work of Thomas Hobbes, alongside discussion on Fleming's own book Leviathan on a Leash: A Theory of State Responsibility. Fleming's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leviathan-Leash-Theory-State-Responsibility/dp/0691206465 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support...

David Lloyd Dusenbury is a Visiting fellow Danube Institute and Visiting  professor Eötvös Loránd University. Author of The Space of Time (2014),  Platonic Legislations (2017). In this episode we discuss his book *The  Innocence of Pontius Pilate How the Roman Trial of Jesus Shaped  History*, alongside discussions law, judgement, The Passion and more... Dusenbury's book on Pila...

This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael   Greer, to discuss his book The Twilight of Pluto Astrology and the Rise and Fall of Planetary Influences --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - https://discord.gg/77abuTVYNG Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/s...

This week I'm joined by Ken Hirschkop who is a professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo. In this episode we discuss the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, alongside discussions on Donald Davidson, language, empathy, communication and more... Ken's latest book on Bakhtin: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cambridge-Introduction-Mikhail-Introductions-Literature/dp/1107521092/ref=sr_1_...

The third of 22 talks on the text 'Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism', covering the Third Major Arcana - The Empress.    ---   Become part of the Hermitix community:   Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast   Support Hermitix:  Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/   Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/...

This week I'm joined by Dale Brunsvold who is an independent Rudolf Steiner researcher, and founder and host of rudolfsteineraudio.com. In this first episode on Rudolf Steiner we discuss Steiner's relationship to theosophy, the philosophy of freedom, elements of Steiner's biography, spiritual growth and more. Dale's site: rudolfsteineraudio.com --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix T...

This episode I'm joined by Jared Spears, who is the Director of Communications and Resources at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. We discuss the work of E.F. Schumacher, alongside discussion on good work, capitalism, localism and more Schumacher Center: https://centerforneweconomics.org --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Suppo...

Louis Markos is Professor in English at Houston Baptist University He is  the author of multiple works on Christianity, the work of C.S. Lewis  and the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. In this episode we discuss his book The  Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian  Eyes, alongside discussions on the corn god, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Dante  and more... &nbs...

Rico Sneller is a professor at Leiden university and is the author of Wild Beasts of the Philosophical Desert: Philosophers on Telepathy and Other Exceptional Experiences and Perspectives on Synchronicity, Inspiration and the Soul. In this episode we discuss Carl Du Prel's text The Philosophy of Mysticism, which Hermitix has recently re-published and is available via the links in the description....

Miles Hollingworth is known for his biographies of Saint Augustine of  Hippo and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He lives in the USA with his wife, Susan  Wessel. Together, they run the Wessel-Hollingworth Foundation. He may be contacted through the W-H Foundation's website: wessel-hollingworthfoundation.org In this episode we discuss his philosophical biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein, alongside di...

The first of 22 talks on the text 'Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism', covering the First Major Arcana - The Magician.    ---   Become part of the Hermitix community:   Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast   Support Hermitix:   Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix   Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpo...