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A promotional video for the second Hermitix course called The Philosophy and Politics of Accelerationism, a collaboration with Matt Colquhoun (www.xenogothic.com). The course will be a paid course consisting of 10 lectures and transcripts, with optional seminars and one-on-ones. James Ellis (Meta-Nomad) will cover the philosophical aspects of Accelerationism and Matt Colquhoun will cover the polit...

Dave Monroe is an instructor of applied ethics at St Petersburg College in Florida and is currently researching his PHd on Michel Serres’ moral theory. In this episode we discuss the work of Michel Serres in relation to gustatory aesthetics, Serres’ notion of the second tongue and the idea of privileged senses within philosophy. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Disc...

Peter Ludlow is a philosopher of language whose research interests are related to cyberspace, cyber-rights and governance within virtual spaces. In this episode we talk about Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias, a collection of essays on cyber-space edited by Peter. Peter's site can be found here. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix...

Craig Lundy is a Senior Lecturer in Social Theory at Nottingham Trent University. He is also the author of Deleuze's Bergsonism. In this episode we discuss Henri Bergson's influence on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Craig's text can purchased here. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off D...

Rico Sneller is a professor at Leiden university and is the author of Wild Beasts fo the Philosophical Desert: Philosophers on Telepathy and Other Exceptional Experiences, in this episode we discuss his soon to be published book Perspectives on Synchronicity, Inspiration and the Soul, alongside discussions on death, suffering, modernity, mysticism, Jacques Derrida and limit experiences. Become par...

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 book Making Money - The Philosophy of Crisis Capitalism, alongside such topics as ontology, money, being and the work of Martin Heidegger and Slavoj Zizek Making Money book link. Be...

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

Iris van der Tuin is professor in Theory of Cultural Inquiry at Utrecht University. In this episode we discuss Michel Serres’ text Thumbelina in relation to knowledge, education, understanding, generational thinking and millennial culture. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at...

John Michael Greer is an American author who writes on collapse, ecology, religion, philosophy, politics, appropriate technology, oil depletion and the occult. We talk about Greer's latest translation On the Shadows of the Ideas, Giordano Bruno's first publication and work on the art of memory. We also discuss the life of Giordano Bruno, Hermeticism, psychedelics, magick, occultism and memory prac...

Curtis Yarvin, also known as Mencius Moldbug, is the author of the blog  www.unqualified-reservations.org alongside being the founder of Urbit.  We talk Yarvin’s latest work Gray Mirror of the Nihilist Prince,  alongside discussions on power, WW2, governance and meta-politics.  Gray Mirror of the Nihilist Prince can be found here:  https://graymirror.substack.com/   -...

Justin Murphy is a political scientist whose research has been published in The British Journal of Political Science, and popular outlets such as Foreign Affairs and New Statesman. He is also the author of Based Deleuze: The Reactionary Leftism of Gilles Deleuze. He now works independently as a writer and podcaster. In this episode we discuss academia, political science, community, the internet, b...

Born in Angola, Africa, David Beth is the co-owner of Theion Publishing and the founder of the Pandaemonic Current and Hierophant of its associated initiatic groups. University educated in Germany and the USA, he has received various Western esoteric transmissions and is well known for his past work as the former head of Michael Bertiaux’ Voudon Gnostic orders. For the past decade he has focused m...

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. He is also the author of Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life, a Vitalist Toolkit, one of the few English texts on the philosophy of Ludwig Klages who we’ll be talking about today. I’d also like to thank David Beth and Theion pu...

Welcome to the third episode within a series title ‘The Michel Serres Project’ In this series I aim to interview interview a Michel Serres scholar or researcher on one of Serres’ numerous text, or an aspect of Serres’ philosophy. David Webb is a professor of philosophy at Staffordshire University, specializing in contemporary European philosophy, French epistemology and philosophy of science. He h...

Jasun Horsley is the author of THE VICE OF KINGS: How Socialism, Occultism, & the Sexual Revolution Engineered a Culture of Abuse, PRISONER OF INFINITY: UFOS, Social Engineering, & the Psychology of Fragmentation, SEEN & NOT SEEN: Confessions of a Movie Autist and more. He writes about Ufology, social engineering, Occultism, film and may more topics. He blogs at: https://auticulture.co...

Welcome to the second episode within a series title ‘The Michel Serres Project’ In this series I aim to interview interview a Michel Serres scholar or researcher on one of Serres’ numerous text, or an aspect of Serres’ philosophy. In this episode I’m joined by Bill Ross,the translator of Serres' text The Birth of Physics and an independent researcher into the work of Michel Serres and cosmology. W...

Michael Martin is a biodynamic farmer, philosopher, theologian, poet, and musician and Director of The Center for Sophiological Studies. He is the author of The Incarnation of the Poetic Word: Theological Essays on Poetry and Philosophy/Philosophical Essays on Poetry and Theology and The Submerged Reality: Sophiology and the Turn to a Poetic Metaphysics as well as other works. He edits Jesus the I...

Ran Prieur is a writer and blogger, he is well known for his essay How to Drop Out and consistently blogs on topics such as collapse, society, psychology, freedom, drugs and consciousness. His work can be found at www.ranprieur.com In this episode we discuss collapse, freedom, psychedelics, anxiety, society and dropping out. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twi...

This week I’m joined once again by John Cussans who is Senior Lecturer of Fine Art at the University of  Worcester. In this episode we discuss consumerism, control, authority, freedom alongside the work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Karl Marx and Michel Foucault.  John’s work can be found at johncussans.com    ---    Become part of the Hermitix community: &nbs...

Welcome to the first episode within a series title ‘The Michel Serres Project’ In this series I aim to interview interview a Michel Serres scholar or researcher on one of Serres’ numerous text, or an aspect of Serres’ philosophy. In this episode I’m joined by Massimiliano Simons, a post-doctoral researcher in the philosophy of science at the University of Ghent. We discuss Michel Serres’ book *The...

Joseph Azize (Fr Yuhanna Azize) is a priest in the Maronite Catholic Church, working chiefly in the Chancery. He is also an honorary associate at the University of Sydney. For twenty-three years he was a practicing attorney for the Commonwealth of Australia, serving at one time as acting Senior Assistant Director of Publications. He has published academically in three areas; ancient history, litig...

The first question and answer session with Meta-Nomad, host of Hermitix podcast.

Dmitry Orlov is a Russian-American engineer and a writer on subjects related to "potential economic, ecological and political decline and collapse in the United States. (Wikipedia)  He is the author of multiple books including: Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects, The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivor's Toolkit and more. This episode we talk about the ongoing coron...

James Howard Kunstler (born October 19, 1948) is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012).  He blogs at Clusterfuck Nation - https://kunstler.com/writings/cluster...   ---   If you wish to su...

John Michael Greer is an American author who writes on collapse, ecology, religion, philosophy, politics, appropriate technology, oil depletion and the occult. We talk about Coronavirus (Covid-19) and its implications on the future. John currently blogs at www.ecosophia.net/ --- If you wish to support Hermitix please see our links below: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patr...