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Ole Bjerg is the author of Poker the Parody of Capitalism and Parallax of Growth - The Philosophy of Ecology and Economy, he is also Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School. In this episode we discuss his latest book The Meaning of Being a Man, alongside discussions on Heidegger, masculinity and gender politics. Purchase link: https://www.themeaningofbeingaman.com/ Amazon link: https...

Jeffrey John Kripal is an American college professor. He is the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His work includes the study of comparative erotics and ethics in mystical literature, American countercultural translations of Asian religions, and the history of Western esotericism from gnosticism to New Age religions. In this episode we...

The second question and answer session with Meta-Nomad, host of Hermitix podcast. Support Hermitix at: Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter

Hans Gerding is a professor of philosophy at Leiden University and of parapsychology at Utrecht University. In this episode we discuss Kant, Schopenhauer, Philosophical Counselling and parapsychological experiences. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter B...

Todd McGowan has written books on comedy, capitalism, and various filmmakers, such as Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy and The Impossible David Lynch. In this episode we discuss his book Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets alongside discussions on consumption, freedom, Deleuze and Guattari and psychoanalysis. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter He...

John Michael Greer is an American author who writes on collapse, ecology, religion, philosophy, politics, appropriate technology, oil depletion and the occult. In this episode we discuss the 2020 US election, contemporary politics, modern conservatism, the ongoing occult war, Greer's latest book The King in Orange and more... Greer blogs at Ecosophia For a taster of Greer's latest book The King in...

Chad A. Haag is deeply committed to the project of developing a Philosophy of Peak Oil by joining the insights of John Michael Greer, Dmitry Orlov, and Richard Heinberg with the philosophical rigor of Aristotle, Kant, Zizek, and Heidegger. He left behind the academic path to relocate in India and dedicate himself to sustainability. He lives in the village of Uchakkada with his wife Minu. In this e...

Kingsley Dennis, PhD, is an author, researcher, and futurist. He is the author of multiple books on modernity, control and esotericism. In this episode we discuss his latest book Healing the Wounded Mind: The Psychosis of the Modern World and the Search for the Self, alongside discussions on education, society and freedom. Kingsley's work can be found here. Become part of the Hermitix community: H...

Robert Podgurski has been studying and practicing magick, qui gong, and yoga for over thirty years. In this episode we talk about his book The Sacred Alignments and Sigils: Angelic Magick, Renaissance Thought, and Modern Methods of Sigilization alongside discussions on magic, ritual and sigils. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Her...

Andrew Gallimore is a computational neurobiologist, pharmacologist, and chemist interested in psychedelic drugs, especially DMT. His work can be found here: http://www.buildingalienworlds.com/ Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address...

Christopher Watkin is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at Monash University, he is also the author of French Philosophy Today and Michel Serres: Figures of Thought. In this episode we discuss Michel Serres' text The Natural Contract alongside discussion on ecology, pollution, possession and nature. Christopher's book on Serres can be purchased here. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix...

Nicola Masciandaro, Professor of English at Brooklyn College (CUNY), is a writer and theorist specializing in medieval literature. In this episode we talk about his book On the Darkness of Will Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Addres...

Frida Beckman is a Professor of Comparative literature in the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University. In this episode we discuss her biography of Gilles Deleuze. Frida's biography can be purchased here. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix...

Carolina Armenteros is the Director for the Centre of European Studies and has written 4 books on Joseph De Maistre, including The French Idea of History: Joseph de Maistre and His Heirs, 1794–1854. More information about Joseph De Maistre can be found here: https://investigacion.pucmm.edu.do/joseph-maistre Amendments by Carolina: 40:01: Isaiah Berlin did read De Maistre, just not in the context o...

Gordon White hosts the Rune Soup podcast and is the author of multiple book including Pieces of Eight: Chaos Magic Essays and Enchantments and * The Chaos Protocols: Magical Techniques for Navigating the New Economic Reality*. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermiti...

David Sorensen is the Senior Editor of the Duke-Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (1970-2020; 47 vols.); he has edited a number of Carlyle texts for Oxford University Press, including The French Revolution, both in its English Texts series and the Oxford World’s Classics. He is currently editing an edition for OUP of Past and Present. In this episode we di...

David Vincent is Emeritus Professor of Social History at The Open University, and Visiting Professor at Keele University. He is the author or editor of sixteen books on British and European social history. We discuss his latest book A History of Solitude which can be purchased here. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreo...

The second question and answer session with Meta-Nomad, host of Hermitix podcast. Support Hermitix at: Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter

Quinten Weeterings is history post-graduate who studied under Rico Sneller at Leiden university. He has aphorisms published in French and German, and has published editions of Filosofie-Tijdschrift on Emil Cioran (https://gompel-svacina.eu/product/filosofie-tijdschrift-jrg-29-nr-1-emil-cioran/). In this episode we discuss the life and philosophy of Emil Cioran. Become part of the Hermitix communit...

Russell A. Berman is an American professor German Studies and Comparative Literature. He is the author multiple books including The Rise of the Modern German Novel: Crisis and Charisma and Cultural Studies of Modern Germany: History, Representation, and Nationhood in this episode we talk about Ernst Junger's novel Eumeswil alongside discussions on violence, myth and ideology. Become part of the He...

Tim Howles is an ordained priest in the Church of England and his research focuses on questions of 'transcendence' in the work of contemporary French sociologist and philosopher Bruno Latour. In this episode we discuss Michel Serres' text The Five Senses. Tim's blog can be found here: https://logisticsofreligionblog.wordpress.com/author/timhowles/ Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Tw...

James Riley is a Fellow of English Literature at Girton College, Cambridge, focusing on modern and contemporary literature, popular film and 1960s culture. In this episode we discuss his latest publication The Bad Trip – Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties, alongside discussions of counterculture, evil, poststructuralism, activism and control. Purchase The Bad Trip – Dark Omens, New...

Richard Gavin is the author of many acclaimed works of horror and the occult, his texts include Sylvan Dread: Tales of Pastoral Darkness, Omens and Primeval Wood. In this episode we discuss his book The Benighted Path: Primeval Gnosis and the Monstrous Soul, alongside discussions on horror, darkness and the sacred. The Benighted Path can be purchased here. grotesquerie can be pre-ordered here. Bec...

Vera Bühlmann is professor for architecture theory, and director of the Department for Architecture Theory and Philosophy of Technics ATTP at Vienna University of Technology. Her latest monograph is entitled Information and Mathematics in the Philosophy of Michel Serres. In this episode we discuss Michel Serres' text The Incandescent. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermiti...

Alexander Lee is a specialist in the cultural and political history of the Renaissance in Italy. He is the author of multiple books including Humanism and Empire, The Ugly Renaissance and Petrarch and St. Augustine: Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy. In this episode we discuss his latest book Machiavelli: His Life and Times, alongside discussions...