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Review of Heartsnatcher by Boris Vian --- 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 Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK   Ethereum Don...

Pepita Hesselberth is Assistant Professor of Film, Literary Studies, and Digital Culture at Leiden University. Joost de Bloois is Assistant Professor in the departments of  Cultural Analysis and Comparative Literature at the University of  Amsterdam. In this episode we discuss their co-edited book The Politics of Withdrawal.  Book link: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786616340/Politics...

Review of Butcher's Crossing by John Williams --- 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 Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK   Ethe...

Dr Valentin Gerlier is a scholar and musician, who teaches the Poetics of Imagination at Dartington Arts School. In this episode we discuss his book Shakespeare and the Grace of Words : Language, Theology, Metaphysics. Book link: https://www.routledge.com/Shakespeare-and-the-Grace-of-Words-Language-Theology-Metaphysics/Gerlier/p/book/9781032121406 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermiti...

Review of Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter  ---  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   Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2   Bitcoin Donation Addre...

Grant Kaplan, Ph. D. is an associate professor of theology in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. In this episode we discuss his book Faith and Reason through Christian History: A Theological Essay Book link: https://www.cuapress.org/9780813235837/faith-and-reason-through-christian-history/ ---   Become part of the Hermitix community:   Hermitix Twitter - htt...

Mauricio Loza is a writer, designer, and independent researcher working  in the intersection of technology, religion, and biopolitics. In this episode, we discuss his new documentary Eros Unchained.  Documentary link: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/erosdesencadenado  ---  Become part of the Hermitix community:   Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support He...

Dr.  Robert McNamara is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Franciscan  University of Steubenville. In this episode we discuss the philosophy of Edith Stein (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) --- 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/her...

John Jeffries Martin is a historian of early modern Europe, with  particular interests in the social, cultural, and intellectual history  of Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In this episode we discuss his book A Beautiful Ending - The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World . Book link: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300247329/a-beautiful-ending/...

Predrag Cicovacki is Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross, in this episode we discuss the life and work of Albert Schweitzer. --- 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 Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespr...

This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael Greer, to discuss his work his book The Spirit and the Sword, and his translation of Gerard Thibault's book The Academy of the Sword. Alongside discussions on Jung, Reich, and more... Spirit and the Sword link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spirit-Sword-John-Michael-Greer/dp/0578013096 The Academy of the Sword: https://www.amazon.c...

Patrick McNamara (born 1956) is an American neuroscientist. His work has centered on three major topics: sleep and dreams, religion, and mind/brain. In this episode we discuss his book Religion, Neuroscience and the Self: A New Personalism, alongside discussions on anarchism, the Anarch, Christianity, and more. McNamara's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Religion-Neuroscience-Self-Personalism-Neurot...

Q&A Christmas 2022 ---    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   Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2   Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4...

William  C. Hackett is a philosopher, novelist and translator. In this episode  we discuss the work of Stanislas Breton. Alongside discussions on phenomenology,  Neo-Platonism, and more... --- 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/he...

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 the work of Rudolf  Steiner a...

Michael P. Federici is a professor of political science and international relations at Middle Tennessee State University. He is the author and editor of multiple books on political philosophy. In this episode, we discuss the work of Irving Babbitt, alongside discussions on Rousseau, politics, inner will, Christianity, and more... --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https:...

A video covering specifically the philosophy of Ray Peat, largely from his books Generative Energy and Mind and Tissue.    Ray's site: https://raypeat.com/   Ray Peat forum: https://raypeatforum.com/community/   Danny Roddy's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQGwMyjFvF-N2c6RDQIV8sw   --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com...

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Victor Koman is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and agorist. In this episode we discuss the life and work of Samuel Edward Konkin III, alongside discussions on libertarianism, agorism, freedom, and more. Agorist archives: https://archives.kopubco.com/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https:/...

Dr. Robert McNamara is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. In this episode we discuss his work Being A Person - Edith Stein's Mature Personalism - A Synthesis of Thomism and Phenomenology , alongside discussions on Husserl, objectivity, personalism, and more --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Sup...

The first talk of four on Lewis Mumford's Technics and Civilization, covers Chapter 3, The Eotechnic Phase, and Chapter 4, The Paleotechnic Phase. --- 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 Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/sto...

Aaron Sachs is a historian and Cornell University professor who primarily studies American environmental and cultural history. In this episode we discuss his book Up From the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times. Link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691215419/up-from-the-depths --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://t...

Ryan Duns is a Jesuit Priest who works at the intersection of philosophy and systematic theology. He has published on Karl Rahner, Jean-Luc Marion,    René Girard, in this episode we discuss the overlap between theology and horror. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/her...

The first talk of four on Lewis Mumford's Technics and Civilization, covers Chapter 1, Cultural Preparation, and Chapter 2, Agents of Mechanization. --- 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 Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/s...

I'm once again joined by Paul Bishop and Aaron French to discuss the overlap between the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Rudolf Steiner, especially in relation to the spiritual and religious crisis of modernity. Notes from Aaron French:   1) At one point I said in the Nietzsche house in Weimar there is a picture of Heidegger in his “Nazi uniform.” I was just making a point here; in reality it...