Spencer Hess

Midnight Lands

Religion EN ↓ 3 episodes

Journey into the catacombs as we peek out at the rubble of the late capitalist decadence in which we live as we study and earnestly pray that God's kingdom come and will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Striving to be grounded in Communio ecclessiology, we aim to orient ourselves amidst the post-modern maelstrom by learning more about the roots and fruits of Catholicism. This podcast is brought to you by Spencer Hess with the support of The Maurin Academy. Theme music ( https://benedictinesofmary.org/product/the-holy-trinity-at-ephesus/ ) used with the generous permission of The Benedictin...

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Soundings in Introuvability, with Apostolic Majesty 07.07.2026 1:05:38

The pseudonymous Apostolic Majesty ( https://www.youtube.com/@ApostolicMajesty ) joins us to talk about (among other things) the "Ultra posture" and what it's opposed to: the conceptual fraudulency of modernity. What It Means to be an Ultra (Royalist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q1LmQLVOIs Some details surrounding the Introuvable Chamber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambre_introuvable

Western Traditionalism from an Eastern Perspective, with Fr. Nathan Symeon Adams 21.12.2025 53:20

Fr. Nathan Symeon Adams joins us to talk about how "Traditionalism" is a quite modern phenomenon, about the primacy of mystical theology, and about the centrality of the Heart. Catch Searchers of the Lost here: https://www.youtube.com/@SearchersOfTheLost/videos For far more comprehensive coverage of the Blues and the Greens, listen to: https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2013/02/15/episode-20-the-ni...

Sub-Theocracy, Post-Theocracy, and Genuine Catholic Theology, with Dr. Matthew Dal Santo 19.04.2025 1:32:22

Dr. Matthew Dal Santo joins us to discuss his Communio article ( https://www.communio-icr.com/articles/print/a-theological-reading-of-the-russian-regime-sergei-bulgakov-and-the-theocra ) on Russia's political regime. We discuss some of the distinctions between being "sub-theocratic", "post-theocratic", and anti-theocratic, as well as how these categories intersect with genuine and degraded theolog...